[Users] outreach and visibility of the toolkit

[Erik Schnetter]

Slack is one of the mainstream chat applications these days. We can create
a "#newbies" channel there.

Maybe with a better name

-erik

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Eloisa Bentivegna <
eloisa.bentivegna at ct.infn.it> wrote:

> On 19/10/17 14:19, hwitek wrote:
> > Hi Jens, everyone,
> >
> > i think that is a great idea.
> > I've also met some students who were interested in learning how to use
> > the Einstein Toolkit but were a bit shy to write to the entire list. So
> > partnering "newbies" with a tutor or arrange for a monthly "how-to"
> > hang-out could be a good way to lower that threshold.
> > I'd be happy to help with that, but how about getting students (like
> > Jens) or young postdocs involved? That would be a good learning exercise
> > for both sides.
>
> Hi!
>
> I also think that this would be a good introductory step, but we've
> tried hangouts/chats several times in the past (via different platforms,
> often as regular weekly events), and we never had enough turnout to
> justify the effort. Maybe we could just activate this option on demand.
>
> Eloisa
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