<div dir="ltr">Slack is one of the mainstream chat applications these days. We can create a "#newbies" channel there.<div><br></div><div>Maybe with a better name</div><div><br></div><div>-erik</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Eloisa Bentivegna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eloisa.bentivegna@ct.infn.it" target="_blank">eloisa.bentivegna@ct.infn.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 19/10/17 14:19, hwitek wrote:<br>
> Hi Jens, everyone,<br>
><br>
> i think that is a great idea.<br>
> I've also met some students who were interested in learning how to use<br>
> the Einstein Toolkit but were a bit shy to write to the entire list. So<br>
> partnering "newbies" with a tutor or arrange for a monthly "how-to"<br>
> hang-out could be a good way to lower that threshold.<br>
> I'd be happy to help with that, but how about getting students (like<br>
> Jens) or young postdocs involved? That would be a good learning exercise<br>
> for both sides.<br>
<br>
</span>Hi!<br>
<br>
I also think that this would be a good introductory step, but we've<br>
tried hangouts/chats several times in the past (via different platforms,<br>
often as regular weekly events), and we never had enough turnout to<br>
justify the effort. Maybe we could just activate this option on demand.<br>
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Eloisa<br>
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