CommunityData:Meetup April 2020

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We're meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on April 9-11! We will be meeting in TBD. If you're calling in, we'll be at http://meet.jit.si/cdsc as per our custom.

We'll be taking group notes at in a shared Etherpad for the event. You can see the pad we created last time for an idea of what this might look like.

Agenda

Thursday April 9

Friday April 10

  • 8:30 AM, Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM, Introductions/logistics
  • 9:30 AM, Critique and feedback
  • 12:00 noon, Lunch (walk to Franklin St, or Coker Arboretum is weather cooperates)
  • 1:30 PM, Critique and feedback
  • 4:00 PM, Open house, with invited folks from other parts of UNC
  • 5:30 PM, Wrap up
  • 7:30 PM, Dinner and social activity, tentatively at Al's and The Baxter

Saturday, April 11

  • 8:30 AM, Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM, Unconference
  • 12:00 noon, Lunch (Franklin St/Coker Arboretum)
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 Unconference and meetup wrap up

Critique and Feedback Sessions

Who's Coming to What?

Please add your name below if you think that you'll be attending any of the meetup's events! Also, if you'll be traveling and/or have food requirements, make sure to fill out the Accommodations, Dietary Restrictions, and Travel Plans sections.

If you are planning on presenting during the critique and feedback sessions, answer "yes" to the "C&F" box with optional details next to your name on the table below! Not everybody will present, so don't feel pressure to sign up.

For reference:

  • C&F is Critique + Feedback sessions are expected to be Friday;
  • Saturday will probably have flexible (co-)working sessions;
  • A fun social outing is probably going to be scheduled Thursday evening after dinner or on Saturday.
Attendee C&F Session Submission? Thursday Dinner Friday Dinner Saturday Sessions Saturday Fun Event
Example User no yes yes yes yes
User:Salt yes yes yes yes yes

Accommodations

[Sayamindu has a spare bedroom with 2 twin beds, and an additional airbed (for one more person) that can go in the living room.]

Dietary Restrictions

[No need to add yourself here if you are unrestricted.]

Name Dietary notes
Mako, Charlie, Floor, Aaron Vegetarian (👍: milk, eggs)
User:Kaylea don't eat fish (sushi and shellfish ok); don't eat eggs (chocolate cake ok)
Sejal Allergic to seafood (esp. prawns)
Aaron Allergic to sesame, nuts (except almonds and peanuts...which are inexplicably fine)

Travel Plans

If you are traveling in from outside, add your name and arrival details here (days, times and flights if you have them, status (purchased/in-progress), any notes).

Copy /paste format, fill in with your details:

  • [NAME]
    • 🛬Date - [WEEKDAY], April [DAY] [time and flight information]
    • 🛫Date - [WEEKDAY], April [DAY] [time and flight information]
    • Status: [PURCHASED / NOT PURCHASED]

  • Emilia
    • 🛬Date - Wednesday, April 8 [time and flight information]
    • 🛫Date - Sunday, April 12 [time and flight information]
    • Status: NOT PURCHASED
  • Salt
    • 🛬Date - Thursday, April 9 [time and flight information]
    • 🛫Date - Saturday, April 11 [time and flight information]
    • Status: NOT PURCHASED
  • Sohyeon
    • 🛬Date - (Probably) Friday, April 10 [time and flight information]
    • 🛫Date - Sunday, April 12 [time and flight information]
    • Status: [NOT PURCHASED]

UNC To-do

Logistics Planning

  • Get attendance list + travel details of people flying in
  • Get dietary restrictions
  • Decide retreat schedule
    • Figure out what the social event will be
  • Determine restaurants/ordering food
  • Reach out to any potential speakers if we want to have research presentations
  • Schedule C&F sessions

Accommodations

Meal planning

  • Obtain list of dietary restrictions
  • Plan breakfast/lunch/dinner/snacks
  • Make reservations / catering orders for any restaurants

Notes

Activity planning

  • Outline work-related events
  • Decide on non-work events
  • Decide on where we will hold the event(s)

Ideas of fun things to do

Previous Meetups

We meet roughly twice a year and you can see what we've done in the past at: