# PyGMT Community Zoom Meeting, Tuesday 15 June 2021 (UTC 1700) **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance\ **Created:** [June 9, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/pygmt-community-zoom-meeting-tuesday-15-june-2021-utc-1700/1762 "2021-06-09T02:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![weiji14](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/weiji14/32/33_2.png) [@weiji14](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/weiji14)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/pygmt-community-zoom-meeting-tuesday-15-june-2021-utc-1700/1762/1 "2021-06-09T02:34:41Z")
The PyGMT team will be having a community meeting on Tuesday 15 June 2021 (UTC 17:00). The agenda is as follows: 1. PyGMT Release v0.4.0 plans ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/projects/5](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/projects/5)) 2. Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) PyGMT Professional Development Workshop ([Open Source Software Workshop - ESWN](https://eswnonline.org/29375-2)) 3. (Tentative) Scipy 2021 sprints ([https://www.scipy2021.scipy.org/sprints](https://www.scipy2021.scipy.org/sprints)) and AGU 2021 Fall Meeting abstract submission? 4. etc The main focus will be on getting a new PyGMT release out (by end of June) and some talk on upcoming workshops, but hopefully there will be time to chat about other things too. [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=PyGMT+Community+Meeting+&iso=20210615T17&p1=1440](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=PyGMT+Community+Meeting+&iso=20210615T17&p1=1440) Meeting notes: [PyGMT Community Calls 2021 - HackMD](https://hackmd.io/@pygmt/community-calls-2021) Meeting link: > **[Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting](https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/97365036385)** > > Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications. ---
**Author:** ![weiji14](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/weiji14/32/33_2.png) [@weiji14](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/weiji14)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/pygmt-community-zoom-meeting-tuesday-15-june-2021-utc-1700/1762/2 "2021-06-15T18:30:27Z")
## 2021-06-16 (UTC 17:00) Youtube recording: [https://youtu.be/f2WEgRJ7gOM](https://youtu.be/f2WEgRJ7gOM) Participants (please add your name): - Meghan Jones - Michael Grund - DongDong Tian - Will Schlitzer - Jiayuan Yao - Wei Ji Leong Agenda: 1. PyGMT Release v0.4.0 plans ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/projects/5](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/projects/5)) 2. Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) PyGMT Professional Development Workshop ([https://eswnonline.org/29375-2](https://eswnonline.org/29375-2)) 3. (Tentative) Scipy 2021 sprints ([https://www.scipy2021.scipy.org/sprints](https://www.scipy2021.scipy.org/sprints) and AGU 2021 Fall Meeting abstract submission? ### Discussion: 1. PyGMT Release v0.4.0 - Will has some PRs in progress, could be v0.5.0 if not v0.4.0 - Meghan will try to finish some stuff on blockm\* ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1319](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1319)), and will open an issue for Release v0.4.0 ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/1333](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/1333)) - The auto-tab-completion feature ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1282](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1282)) could be merged maybe, even though it might be a problem on Visual Studio Code. - DongDong has a couple of PRs open, including a syntax warning one when long and short form parameters are both used ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1316](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1316)) - Michael has hlines module PR open ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/923](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/923)), but can wait v0.5.0 - Jiayuan will try to get multi-parameter symbol gallery PR done ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1325](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1325)), and may work on “Passing in array as symbols for plot” PR ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1117](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1117)) after some more discussion - Wei Ji is working on conda dependency issues with geopandas installation ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1331](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1331)) - important to get in for SciPy sprint 2. Earth Science Women’s Network PyGMT developer workshop - [https://eswnonline.org/29375-2](https://eswnonline.org/29375-2) - Meghan, Wei Ji and Paul will be working on the workshop applications, announcements to be made early July - A lot of good applications, will probably get 15 people, assuming 1:5 instructor to participant ratio. Could increase number of participants to \>15 if more people volunteer to help out! - Quite a few who are keen on learning PyGMT rather than development work, need to find a way to cater to that demand. - Could see if we can get more than 15 people in for the 1st day refresher workshop (there are 50 applicants), for those who just want to learn how to use PyGMT in their studies/work. - Need to get more beginner friendly issues in for people to work on during the workshop! - Have a recorded tutorial so that other people can have access to it at a later date - Liam is running ROSES tutorial again - possibly will provide an updated video recording on the PyGMT website’s front page. 3. SciPy 2021 - Not running a tutorial this year - Hosting a two day code sprint (hackathon) over the weekend - [https://www.scipy2021.scipy.org/sprints](https://www.scipy2021.scipy.org/sprints) - Open up a lot of beginner framed issues so that people can work on it! - Wei Ji posted a [https://gather.town](https://gather.town) environment that could be used for running the workshop interactively, will test things out within the dev team before running the actual sprint 4. Miscellaneous - AGU abstracts open tomorrow ([https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting/Pages/Present](https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting/Pages/Present)), can put one in for a workshop? - PyGMT table output formats ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/1318](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/1318)) - standardize output formats to be str or pandas.DataFrame for now, and decide on what formats to support next for v0.5.0 - Pythonic-friendly long form parameters ([https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/1082](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/1082)) - for v0.5.0, e.g. pen (-P) and region (-R). - Have some proof of concept PRs open for some long modifier options, and get feedback on these implementation from the wider community. - v0.4.1? Will focus on bug fixes and documentation improvements on the few weeks after v0.4.0 release and not add any new features. ---
**Author:** ![leouieda](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/leouieda/32/2134_2.png) [@leouieda](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/leouieda)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/pygmt-community-zoom-meeting-tuesday-15-june-2021-utc-1700/1762/3 "2021-06-15T19:22:57Z")
Hey everyone, sorry I missed this. I put the wrong time in my calendar (19:00 UTC instead of 17:00 🙁). Thanks for the detailed notes and it’s always great to see this group so active!