Re: [matplotlib-devel] idea for a matplotlib figure contest (in memoriam John Hunter)

2012-08-30 Thread Michael Droettboom
Yes, this is a great idea, and I think SciPy is a great forum for it. I'll coordinate with next year's organizers and see if we can't add this as a new category along with the paper submissions. Mike On 08/30/2012 04:58 AM, Phil Elson wrote: What a great idea! Perhaps we could arrange judging

Re: [matplotlib-devel] idea for a matplotlib figure contest (in memoriam John Hunter)

2012-08-30 Thread Phil Elson
What a great idea! Perhaps we could arrange judging at the annual SciPy conference (or similar) with printouts of all the submissions. This would be a great opportunity for everybody in the community to see the broad and diverse usage of matplotlib globally, and an even greater opportunity to refle

[matplotlib-devel] idea for a matplotlib figure contest (in memoriam John Hunter)

2012-08-30 Thread Andrew Straw
Hi all, Shocked by news of John Hunter's untimely severe health problems and now death, I have been thinking about what we could do as a community to 1) fuel matplotlib to further heights and 2) give everyone, but especially John's family, some appreciation for how wide, and ongoing, his impact