Minutes of SunPy Board Meeting 20180905
Attendees: Albert, Steven, Kevin, Russell, Steven, Juan Carlos, Monica, Sabrina
Membership renewals: expired Dec 2017 according to https://github.com/sunpy/sunpy-SEP/blob/master/SEP-0006.md
- Russell
- Juan Carlos
Vote for Russ re-up of 1 more year on board: +1 = Monica, Steven, Kevin, Sabrina, Albert Vote for Juan re-up of 1 more year on board: +1 = Monica, Steven, Kevin, Sabrina, Albert, Russell
Expirations in Dec 2018 : Steven, Jack, Stuart, David, Kevin, Albert
Heliopython meeting - October/November in Boulder, CO:
Purpose:
- get the heliophysics packages together come to a standards agreement for cross-compatibility for progression; create core helio group of programs
- Interface between SEPs
- Possible creation of software development AO (Aaron Roberts)
- Email thread in mailing list: https://lists.lasp.colorado.edu/sympa/help/introduction (Alex.DeWolfe@lasp.colorado.edu)
- Not a conference (no NCTS #)
- Invitation only; no funding
Need to address interfaces with heliopy (community unification) SunPy is data-centric, versus a one-stop shop like astropy
Reference: Astropy Time support: https://github.com/sunpy/sunpy-SEP/pull/32 Reference: Time conversions: http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/api/astropy.time.Time.html#astropy.time.Time.FORMATS
Vote on SEP 9 for astropy Time support through Github: +1: Albert, Steven, Kevin, Russell, Steven, Juan Carlos, Monica, Sabrina → Approved
https://github.com/sunpy/sunpy-SEP/blob/8003986ebe4b4c026a7b16d56d06563a884154a2/SEP-0004.md Affiliated -- independent responsibility Sponsored -- SunPy responsible for
Accepted via “board concurrence” Review annually by the board
Albert: Need to define “owned” or change to “responsible for” → changed
Vote on Affiliated Package SEP through Github: +1: Albert, Steven, Kevin, Russell, Steven, Juan Carlos, Monica, Sabrina → Approved
Meeting calendar via Google working well
