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Community Building Report: Project Jupyter

2024-08-29T19:21:00+00:00

The Jupyter Community Building Working Group would like to share a report and community building recommendations from interviews with members of Project Jupyter subprojects. We invite you to view the full report by clicking here and we welcome feedback on the Jupyter Discourse channel.

Community Building Report: Executive Summary

In late 2023, the Jupyter Community Building Working Group (JCB) launched a series of discussions with subproject representatives to better understand and support their community-building needs: a Jupyter Community Building Survey. The goals of the survey were to understand community-building needs and goals for each subproject, to gather information necessary to advise the Executive Council (EC) on where and what types of resources would be most impactful to meeting these needs and goals, and to identify and share community practices across Project Jupyter.

The JCB used a hybrid approach including a written survey followed by a 30 minute in-depth interview. The report includes our methodology and findings broken out by cross subproject topics and by subproject interviews. A copy of the interview questionnaire is included as Appendix A. This report will be publicly shared and sent to the EC to inspire or serve as a catalyst for strategic activities moving forward. If you have ideas or feedback, we invite you to reach out to us on Discourse.

Here is a brief summary of our recommendations (in no particular order).

1. Create a sustainable events program for subprojects
Project Jupyter should establish stable sources of funding, allocation procedures, and logistical support specifically for subprojects to conduct synchronous, in-person, collaborative meetings on an annual basis. The Project should also provide a way for associated events funded externally to label themselves as “affiliated” or “endorsed” by Project Jupyter.

2. Establish a mechanism for requesting resources
Project Jupyter should establish a procedure for accepting, reviewing, and funding proposals from subprojects. This could include support for external consulting services, infrastructure, or other items that have the potential to benefit the subproject itself and by extension the wider Jupyter ecosystem.

3. Increase Cross Project Coordination
Project Jupyter should create a regular program of Jupyter-wide meetings (virtual and in-person). These meetings should include opportunities to share news between subprojects, discuss best practices and lessons, and also provide opportunities for the wider user community to share information with contributors.

4. Improve onboarding processes for contributors
Project Jupyter should establish a dedicated effort to improve onboarding processes for contributors. This could be a working group, strategic initiative, or paid staff and should focus on creating a more streamlined, consistent, and inclusive onboarding experience for all contributors. An approach that includes code and non-code contributors is important to success.

For more context on these four recommendations and some idea of what next steps are for implementing them, please visit section 4 of the full report.

Acknowledgements

The members of the Jupyter Community Building Working Group — Rollin Thomas (Berkeley Lab NERSC), Martha Cryan (Plotly), Ana Ruvalcaba (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo), and Jason Grout (Databricks) — would like to thank all involved in this survey. We extend our gratitude to the subproject participants who found time in their busy schedules to respond to our survey questions and meet with us for interviews! We enjoyed learning more about the different subprojects and connecting with their contributors. This report represents a significant investment of time and we hope that its contents will help drive new strategic initiatives at Project Jupyter.

Jupyter Community 2021 Update

2021-12-20T17:53:00+00:00

Attendees to the June 2019 Community Workshop on Dashboarding in Paris (Photo credit to Lindsey Heagy)

New committee announcement

Project Jupyter is happy to share some exciting news in key efforts to connect the global Jupyter community. First, we’d like to introduce a new committee that was created to act on behalf of the Project Jupyter Steering Council with the objective of growing, building, and connecting the global Jupyter community of users and contributors. You can learn more about the Jupyter Community Building committee here.

We’re hiring!

We are hiring a Jupyter Community Events Manager to help manage Jupyter Community Workshops and the JupyterCon conference. Check out the blog post about the position at NumFOCUS blog.

Jupyter Community Workshops

The Jupyter Community Workshop program has been an outstanding success in bringing together small groups of Jupyter community members and core contributors for high-impact strategic work and community engagement on focused topics. Community members have hosted 11 community workshops since 2018 exploring using Jupyter in specific disciplines (education, scientific facilities with supercomputers), promoting Jupyter around the world (Hawaii, South America, D.R. Congo), and developing core Jupyter projects and attracting new contributors (Jupyter server, Jupyter widgets, Jupyter kernels, nbgrader, Voilà).

Many more workshops were in planning stages when the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly paused in-person gatherings globally in March, 2020. All workshops were put on hold until 2021, and organizers are currently working through how to best proceed in the still-uncertain environment around global in-person gatherings (for example, scheduling far into the future, or moving to a virtual gathering). Two upcoming workshops have been scheduled for 2022 (on accessibility in Jupyter and Jupyter in musculoskeletal research), and more workshops are in the planning stages. Stay tuned for more details.

JupyterCon

In 2017 and 2018, our first two global user conferences were made possible through a grant from the Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust and a partnership with O’Reilly Media and NumFOCUS.

Unlike in 2017 and 2018, JupyterCon 2020 was entirely led by the community. Together with NumFOCUS, a team of community volunteers made the event possible, despite the enormous challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. With over 170 tutorials, talks, and posters, and over 700 attendees, JupyterCon 2020 was a huge success. We are incredibly grateful to all the volunteers who worked on the conference and to all the participants for their contributions.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to our generous sponsors! These community building efforts, including the hiring of an Event Manager, is made possible through significant donations from our partners at Bloomberg and AWS.

About the Authors

This post was written by the Jupyter Community Building Committee, currently composed of Ana Ruvalcaba, Jason Grout, and Sylvain Corlay.

Jupyter Community Workshops: Call for Proposals

2018-11-14T19:26:00+00:00

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.

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

JupyterDays Boston 2016

2016-02-17T00:46:00+00:00

We’re excited to announce our next event! Join us for JupyterDays Boston in Cambridge, MA on March 17–18, 2016. The event will be hosted at the Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A & B, and organized by O’Reilly Media, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Library and the Harvard Law School Library. This event is being co-organized with core Jupyter/IPython project contributors, some of whom will be present.

What is it?

JupyterDays Boston is a two-day workshop on the open-source Jupyter/IPython Project, including major components like the widely used Jupyter Notebook as well as the project’s underlying architecture and tools. The event will be an engaging mix of talks, discussions, hands-on training sessions, and hacking with topics spanning the full ecosystem of Jupyter.

Breakfast, lunch (first day only) and snacks will be served.

So what will we be doing?

Below you will find agenda highlights, a full speaker lineup will be announced closer to the event date.

Day 1

9:00am — 9:30am: Check in, network, and enjoy breakfast
9:30am — 10:30am: Project Jupyter Keynote with Q&A
10:30am — 12:00pm: Birds of a Feather (BoF) session and lively discussion
12:00pm — 1:30pm: Yummy lunch (provided) and more BoF discussions
1:30pm — 2:30pm: Two brief talks by members of the Jupyter community
2:30pm — 2:45pm: Relax, it’s break time
2:45pm — 3:45pm: Two brief talks by members of the Jupyter community
3:45pm — 4:00pm: Get up and stretch
4:00pm — 5:30pm: Panel Discussion: Jupyter in education

Day 2

9:00am — 9:30am: Check in, network, and enjoy breakfast
9:30am — 10:30am: Introduction to Docker and Jupyter
10:30am — 12:00pm: Deploying Jupyter on Carina
12:00pm — 4:30pm: Lunch (on your own), coding and projects
4:30pm — 5:00pm: Closing remarks

Where can I register to attend? If you are interested in attending JupyterDays Boston, you can purchase your ticket by visiting our EventBrite page.

How can I be a part of it? If you are interested in being a part of the event, there are several opportunities for you. You can choose to submit a proposal by February 26 for either a talk or a birds of a feather session on a Jupyter-related topic that you think attendees would be interested in hearing about or discussing. Additionally, if you have experience with using Jupyter in education and would be interested in participating in a panel discussion on the topic, please get in touch with us.

How can my organization be a part of it? If your organization is a fan of the Jupyter Notebook and would like to give back to the community, we are looking for contributors and sponsors. If you are interested, please contact the organizers at odewahn@oreilly.com for further information.

Who will be speaking? Stay tuned! We will provide updates as we get closer to the workshop.