Meeting on January 9, 2012

Agenda

1. Attendance
2. Announce agenda
3. Approve December 12, 2011 Meeting Notes. Ask for review and address any problems seen in the notes.
4. Discuss ideas for Opticks promotion.
   1. Assign non-code tasks as appropriate
5. Open Questions
6. Summary and closing

Notes

Attendance

• tclarke
• dsulgrov
• dadkins
• mconsidi

Summary

There were no additional ideas to add to the list of Opticks promotion tasks. Some of the existing tasks have been assigned to volunteers. Please email the list of you would like to help out.

Decisions

The following tasks were assigned based on input from this meeting and the last. Status updates are expected during the next IRC meeting.

Logs

2012-01-09T14:02:01 <tclarke> let's start with attendance
2012-01-09T14:02:02 <tclarke> here
2012-01-09T14:02:03 <dsulgrov> here
2012-01-09T14:02:03 <dadkins> hdere
2012-01-09T14:02:06 <dadkins> here
2012-01-09T14:02:08 *** mconsidi has joined #opticks
2012-01-09T14:02:17 <mconsidi> here
2012-01-09T14:02:21 <tclarke> Attendance
2012-01-09T14:02:21 <tclarke> Announce agenda
2012-01-09T14:02:21 <tclarke> Approve December 12, 2011 Meeting Notes. Ask for review and address any problems seen in the notes.
2012-01-09T14:02:21 <tclarke> Discuss ideas for Opticks promotion.
2012-01-09T14:02:21 <tclarke> Assign non-code tasks as appropriate
2012-01-09T14:02:21 <tclarke> Open Questions
2012-01-09T14:02:21 <tclarke> Summary and closing
2012-01-09T14:02:37 <tclarke> it's been a while since the last meeting so the notes are here: http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksChat/December+12%2C+2011+Meeting+Notes
2012-01-09T14:02:46 <tclarke> if there are problems, let me know so I can fix them
2012-01-09T14:03:07 <tclarke> the main item on the agenda today belongs to dadkins so I'll let him start
2012-01-09T14:03:46 <dadkins> Before I start, does anyone have ideas in addition to those discussed last meeting?
2012-01-09T14:03:55 <dadkins> w.r.t. Opticks promotion
2012-01-09T14:04:08 <tclarke> nothing specific comes to mind
2012-01-09T14:05:44 <dadkins> does anyone want to volunteer for any of those tasks?
2012-01-09T14:06:29 <tclarke> let's refresh people about the tasks, I'm looking for a list now
2012-01-09T14:06:47 <tclarke> http://opticks-users.980204.n3.nabble.com/Discussion-of-ideas-to-promote-Opticks-td3583034.html
2012-01-09T14:07:37 <dadkins> I know some folks have volunteered for a few things on-list, so I will skip those.
2012-01-09T14:07:45 <tclarke> I think some of these are things the core developers are doing to a limited extent (like engage universities) and the place for improvement is getting other people to do more of the same
2012-01-09T14:08:28 <tclarke> I'd be willing to look into integration with qgis and write up a report and do some time estimates
2012-01-09T14:09:24 <dadkins> ok, great – anyone else want to volunteer?
2012-01-09T14:09:24 <tclarke> if we get a list of tutorial topics which would be useful I can put them together (the hard thing is knowing which to make...people who have recently started learning opticks programming are the best people to make this list)
2012-01-09T14:10:39 <tclarke> we'll need to follow up since pratikone isn't here but he volunteered to promote with some universities near him
2012-01-09T14:11:35 <tclarke> I think the other main this to work now is the website...dadkins, I know you've been making some changes...will you take the action to push on the list for some more specific ideas and requests to determine which parts of the site are hard to locate?
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2012-01-09T14:12:04 <dadkins> Nate has submitted some tutorial ideas. I think working off of that list would be good for now.
2012-01-09T14:12:32 <tclarke> ok, I'll look at the list and either work them myself or assign them to volunteers as appropriate
2012-01-09T14:12:33 <dadkins> Yes, I have been updating the website and will continue to do so.
2012-01-09T14:14:05 <tclarke> anyone else want to volunteer for anything at this point?
2012-01-09T14:14:35 <tclarke> I'll put a follow up item on the next meeting agenda and I'll expect a report on these items (they don't need to be done, just some sort of status update)
2012-01-09T14:14:38 <tclarke> sound good?
2012-01-09T14:14:45 <dadkins> sure
2012-01-09T14:15:06 <dadkins> if anyone decides to volunteer for anything, they can do so on the list
2012-01-09T14:15:15 <tclarke> ok. anything else on this topic?
2012-01-09T14:15:42 <dadkins> no
2012-01-09T14:15:52 <tclarke> if not, let's move to open discussion...how about a quick update on 4.8.0?
2012-01-09T14:16:42 <dadkins> It is still scheduled to be available later this month. We have identified some issues, so there will be an rc2 for Opticks.
2012-01-09T14:17:03 <dadkins> 4.8.0rc2 should be available tomorrow.
2012-01-09T14:17:10 <tclarke> that's rolling up this week correct?
2012-01-09T14:17:36 <dadkins> yes
2012-01-09T14:17:47 <tclarke> ok, any other topics for today?
2012-01-09T14:18:34 <tclarke> thanks for attending, watch the email lists for notes, next meeting in a couple of weeksw