Minutes of SunPy Board Meeting 20170802

Agenda

freeze ~next Monday
outstanding: documentation; guide section needs review
vso client documentation
need section on user guide for coordinates inside api docs
fido is done and running; fairly stable; could use more use for testing
fido is the new interface for downloading data
one interface and determines correct client and consistent api
major feature of 0.8
- working on deprecating lightcurve to time series (wcs)
- sunpy coordinates = astropy sky coordinates
- corners of submap need to be in coordinates framework
- albert added ability to move from solar coordinates to astro coordinates
- can put galactic coordinates on sun, if you ever wanted to
- no uses of wcs left
biggest blocker for release right now is documentation
rename net methods
beta release early next week
side discussion about aia cutouts through fido, not yet possible because of problem with how it is distributed to requester

a few issues still outstanding
main content issue – no formal board page / want bios & photos / github, affiliations or links
need website and documentation consistency
search is broken but will be fixed
official launch with 0.8 / August 18th or 21st
will be live before announcement (~week after next)
buttons on home page at the bottom of some people screens (fine on all of savage's screens/browsers...shrug)
SunPy version number not displayed
need the latest version, how to install, and what to do with it immediately accessible
steven still does not like sun in background because busy, reverse-scaled annoying

Wednesday, 6:30-8:30
SPD business meeting at same time
People need to have Python already installed since Binder appears dead
Steven suggested eclipse notebook for Savage to present with a personal eclipse photo for flair
Other notebook suggestions: fido/coordinates
Agenda for workshop:
- Monica gives a ~15 minute overview of why Python is cool
- Monica gives a ~5 minute lightning talk showcasing some interesting tools and/or analysis in a jupyter notebook
- Sabrina gives a ~5 minute lightning talk showcasing some interesting tools and/or analysis in a jupyter notebook
- Dan gives a ~5 minute lightning talk showcasing some interesting tools and/or analysis in a jupyter notebook
- Andrew gives a ~5 minute lightning talk showcasing some interesting tools and/or analysis in a jupyter notebook
- Andrew gives a ~10 minute lightning talk about Sunpy, governance, and how it differs from SSWIDL
- We have an interactive session that lasts ~1:15. During this interactive session, people (either individually or in pairs) load up one of the four jupyter notebooks presented during the lightning talks (using either their own machine or Binder) and work through the notebooks -- by understanding and executing the existing code, manipulating the code, and appending to the code. All of us will be around to help people work through their notebook of choice.

He and Stuart are going to numfocus meeting to coordinate sustainability, may be room for one more.