The large majority of Jupyter’s work is accomplished through remote, online collaboration; yet, over the years, we have found deep value in focused in-person work over a few days. In-person events are particularly useful for tackling challenging development and design projects, growing the community of contributors, and for strengthening collaborations.

In early 2018 Bloomberg announced funding to enable contributors to Project Jupyter to host workshops and small events in their local communities. We are thrilled with the level of interest generated by our first round of funding and are happy to share that we were able to fund two recipients, Chalmer Lowe and Lorena Barba for events scheduled for mid and late November. Chalmer Lowe’s proposal included a series of community events to engage his local Python and data science community to use support/use/contribute to Jupyter. Lorena Barba’s proposal focuses on hosting a writing sprint to create the first draft of a handbook for teaching with Jupyter. Look for future blog posts to highlight the results and impact of those events.

The second call for proposals and final round of funding is open through December 10, 2018.

The idea behind these workshops is to bring together small groups (12 to 24 people), of Jupyter community members and core contributors for high-impact strategic work and community engagement on focused topics. Our vision is that these events would occur no later than June of 2019.

We are particularly interested in workshops that explore and address topics of strategic importance for the future of Jupyter. We expect the workshops to involve 1–2 dozen participants over a 2–3 day period, and have a total Jupyter-funded budget of approximately $10,000 to $20,000, which may help cover expenses such as travel, lodging, meals, or event space. It is our intent for the workshops to include both participants who are core Jupyter contributors, as well as stakeholders and contributors and potential contributors within the larger Jupyter ecosystem. While not the primary focus of the workshops, it would be highly beneficial to couple the workshop with broader community outreach events, such as sprints, talks, or tutorials, at local meetings or conferences.

Proposal Process Highlights:

Submit initial proposal using this form by Monday, December 10, 8am Pacific time (1600 UTC). Initial steering council review (up to a week). Proposal goes to Steering Council for initial review and feedback. Proposal is either approved or declined. Budget and Logistics Development (up to four weeks). Operations Manager will support workshop organizer who work will develop a venue/date proposal, detailed budget, event plan, and proposed list of participants. Final steering council review (up to a week). Proposal presented for final approval to steering council, including final budget, event details, and an estimate of the potential impact of the event. Assuming the budget included in the initial proposal is fully developed and no major changes are proposed, this period may be waived.

The proposal process for these workshops is being managed by the Jupyter Operations Manager, Ana Ruvalcaba (jupyterops@gmail.com), and the Steering Council. Applications can be completed using the online form and are due by December 10, 2018, 8am Pacific time (1600 UTC). Events should be hosted no later than June of 2019.

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This initiative is organized by Jason Grout, Paul Ivanov, Brian Granger, and Ana Ruvalcaba.