Slack is one of the mainstream chat applications these days. We can create a "#newbies" channel there.
Maybe with a better name -erik On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Eloisa Bentivegna < eloisa.bentive...@ct.infn.it> wrote: > On 19/10/17 14:19, hwitek wrote: > > Hi Jens, everyone, > > > > i think that is a great idea. > > I've also met some students who were interested in learning how to use > > the Einstein Toolkit but were a bit shy to write to the entire list. So > > partnering "newbies" with a tutor or arrange for a monthly "how-to" > > hang-out could be a good way to lower that threshold. > > I'd be happy to help with that, but how about getting students (like > > Jens) or young postdocs involved? That would be a good learning exercise > > for both sides. > > Hi! > > I also think that this would be a good introductory step, but we've > tried hangouts/chats several times in the past (via different platforms, > often as regular weekly events), and we never had enough turnout to > justify the effort. Maybe we could just activate this option on demand. > > Eloisa > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@einsteintoolkit.org > http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Erik Schnetter <schnet...@cct.lsu.edu> http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/personal/eschnetter/
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