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 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 reflect on the amazing work that John did on
> bringing this fantastic community together.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> On 30 August 2012 08:58, Andrew Straw <str...@as...
> <mailto:str...@as...>> wrote:
>
> 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
> is. To those ends, I envision an MPL figure contest.
>
> I have a lot of ideas about the shape such a contest could take (it
> could be an annual event, have multiple categories, have corporate
> sponsored prizes, and so on). Ultimately, however, I simply don't have
> the time to organize the contest myself. I do see this as an ideal
> project for someone who wants to contribute to the MPL community
> without
> necessarily requiring in-depth technical skills. Consequently, I'm
> floating this idea here, and I hope someone in the community can run
> with it. You would certainly have figure submissions from my lab!
>
> Best regards,
> Andrew
>
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