Hi all, Shocked by news of John Hunter's untimely severe health problems and now death, I have been thinking about what we could do as a community to 1) fuel matplotlib to further heights and 2) give everyone, but especially John's family, some appreciation for how wide, and ongoing, his impact is. To those ends, I envision an MPL figure contest. I have a lot of ideas about the shape such a contest could take (it could be an annual event, have multiple categories, have corporate sponsored prizes, and so on). Ultimately, however, I simply don't have the time to organize the contest myself. I do see this as an ideal project for someone who wants to contribute to the MPL community without necessarily requiring in-depth technical skills. Consequently, I'm floating this idea here, and I hope someone in the community can run with it. You would certainly have figure submissions from my lab! Best regards, Andrew
What a great idea! Perhaps we could arrange judging at the annual SciPy conference (or similar) with printouts of all the submissions. This would be a great opportunity for everybody in the community to see the broad and diverse usage of matplotlib globally, and an even greater opportunity to reflect on the amazing work that John did on bringing this fantastic community together. Regards, On 30 August 2012 08:58, Andrew Straw <str...@as...> wrote: > Hi all, > > Shocked by news of John Hunter's untimely severe health problems and now > death, I have been thinking about what we could do as a community to 1) > fuel matplotlib to further heights and 2) give everyone, but especially > John's family, some appreciation for how wide, and ongoing, his impact > is. To those ends, I envision an MPL figure contest. > > I have a lot of ideas about the shape such a contest could take (it > could be an annual event, have multiple categories, have corporate > sponsored prizes, and so on). Ultimately, however, I simply don't have > the time to organize the contest myself. I do see this as an ideal > project for someone who wants to contribute to the MPL community without > necessarily requiring in-depth technical skills. Consequently, I'm > floating this idea here, and I hope someone in the community can run > with it. You would certainly have figure submissions from my lab! > > Best regards, > Andrew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Mat...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel >
Yes, this is a great idea, and I think SciPy is a great forum for it. I'll coordinate with next year's organizers and see if we can't add this as a new category along with the paper submissions. Mike On 08/30/2012 04:58 AM, Phil Elson wrote: > What a great idea! Perhaps we could arrange judging at the annual > SciPy conference (or similar) with printouts of all the submissions. > This would be a great opportunity for everybody in the community to > see the broad and diverse usage of matplotlib globally, and an even > greater opportunity to reflect on the amazing work that John did on > bringing this fantastic community together. > > Regards, > > > On 30 August 2012 08:58, Andrew Straw <str...@as... > <mailto:str...@as...>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Shocked by news of John Hunter's untimely severe health problems > and now > death, I have been thinking about what we could do as a community > to 1) > fuel matplotlib to further heights and 2) give everyone, but > especially > John's family, some appreciation for how wide, and ongoing, his impact > is. To those ends, I envision an MPL figure contest. > > I have a lot of ideas about the shape such a contest could take (it > could be an annual event, have multiple categories, have corporate > sponsored prizes, and so on). Ultimately, however, I simply don't have > the time to organize the contest myself. I do see this as an ideal > project for someone who wants to contribute to the MPL community > without > necessarily requiring in-depth technical skills. Consequently, I'm > floating this idea here, and I hope someone in the community can run > with it. You would certainly have figure submissions from my lab! > > Best regards, > Andrew > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in > malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Mat...@li... > <mailto:Mat...@li...> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Mat...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel