Meeting notes

Notes from teleconferences.

2019-08-13 – Community bonding period

@lilyminium, @richardjgowers, @orbeckst

Decisions

1. Build UserGuide in separate repo https://github.com/MDAnalysis/UserGuide/
   • more agile development possible (decouple from restrictive workflow on the library code)
   • @lilyminium has admin rights on the repo to be able to fully control development
   • will appear as https://www.mdanalysis.org/UserGuide
   • use CI from https://github.com/MDAnalysis/MDAnalysisTutorial as a starting point
   • use reST as markup language (added after email discussion)
2. Start collecting existing resources outside of the current docs in the wiki page resources.
3. We will communicate by email (developer list preferred), GitHub issue tracker, and teleconferences (zoom/skype). We will schedule teleconferences when needed. Anyone can request to hold a telecon. Because of timezones, a telecon will typically involve @lilyminium and one of the mentors. If all three need to meet then pretty much the only sensible time is 6am AU (+1) / 9pm UK / 1pm AZ.

Objectives for community bonding period

1. Set up repository for UserGuide (@richardjgowers)
2. Develop a sphinx skeleton for the UserGuide. (@lilyminium)
3. Be able to locally build and proof-read the docs. (@lilyminium)
4. Read through existing FAQ, mailing list archive, and "gray" docs (see resources) to identify key concepts that should be highlighted for users. Start collecting such notes on this wiki.(@lilyminium + mentors)
5. Generate a list of concrete deliverables for the first 4 weeks of GSoD (starting Sept 2, 2019). (@lilyminium)