checklist/proposal for items to cover during the opening meeting

[jdkent]

• [x] introduce all committee members
• [x] give reason why we are doing this/what we hope to accomplish
• [x] mention code of conduct (expectations of participant interactions)
  • identify contact person for code of conduct violations
• [x] introduce people with python/programming expertise helping
  • Adam Harding
  • Jose Jimenez
  • Zoheb Khan
  • Jiefeng Jiang(?)
• [x] register for meeting
• [x] go over communication channels (slack/zoom)
  • (still want to mention hubs even if not going to primarily use it, pending committee approval)
• [x] go over the main concepts covered in the material
• [x] send a poll to get feedback on the pacing of the tutorials.
• [x] announce ice-breaker activity
  • (could use up goer 5 again to describe your work/research): https://splasho.com/upgoer5/
  • give participants ~3 minutes to complete the exercise
• [x] while participants are writing, host can create breakout rooms to place experienced python users with novice users.
• [x] move everyone into breakout rooms to discuss questions/material (fewer than 10 per group ideally, to encourage everyone's participation).
• [x] ~20-30 minutes people either log off or return to the main room to ask more questions or talk more about python.
  • what the most surprising concept/thing you learned from the episode?
  • what is something you still feel hazy about?
• [x] debrief and decide what material to cover next week (just the committee + python/programming experts)