Below are strategies we aim to implement to grow and support an active, inclusive user and contributor community around the ICESat‑2 Mission Cookbook.
🧑🤝🧑 1. Hackweeks & Sprint Events¶
Host in-person hackweeks focused on ICESat‑2 data:
Walk through Cookbook tutorials and co-develop new notebooks.
Provide cloud access through CryoCloud or Binder.
💡 Bonus: Co-host with NASA Openscapes, CryoCloud, or other mission communities.
☕ 2. Monthly Office Hours or “Cookbook Cafés”¶
Schedule monthly 1-hour drop-in sessions for:
Live help with ICESat‑2 data access or analysis
Open reviews of proposed tutorials
Rotate facilitators from the Cookbook contributor team and Steering Committee.
🎥 3. Tutorial Showcases and Mini Demos¶
Record and share short 5–10 minute screencasts or live demos of tutorials or short versions of them.
Share these via:
AGU/EGU posters and sessions
NASA town halls
Pangeo Showcases
🚀 4. “Cookbook Contributor Challenge”¶
Run a 2–4 week event encouraging first-time contributors:
Fix broken links or typos
Add new visualizations or workflows
Translate notebooks or docs to other languages
Offer public recognition via GitHub, badges, or shout-outs.
Encourage labs or students to join as teams!
💬 5. Discourse & GitHub Discussions¶
Create a dedicated tag on Pangeo Discourse
Enable GitHub Discussions in the repo
Feature Requests
Q&A and Tips
Use case spotlights
This builds searchable institutional memory over time.
🧑🏫 6. Partner with Teaching & Training Programs¶
Collaborate with:
NASA Openscapes
Other NASA missions
ARSET training programs
University remote sensing courses
Encourage instructors to:
Integrate Cookbook notebooks into curriculum
Assign contributions as class projects
📣 7. Social Media and Storytelling¶
Share success stories using:
X (Twitter), BlueSky, LinkedIn, NASA blogs
Highlight:
Research that began with Cookbook tutorials
Visual outputs like plots and maps
New contributors
Use screenshots and animated GIFs to drive engagement.
📚 8. Co-authored Papers or JOSS Submission¶
Invite contributors to help co-author:
A white paper or journal article (e.g. JOSS, GMD)
A “lessons learned” post-Hackweek retrospective
Provide scholarly credit and visibility for open science contributions.
💬 9. Slack Channel¶
Use our existing community space for:
Real-time collaboration
Coordination during events or review sprints
Low-friction Q&A
📝 10. Feedback and Survey Loops¶
Include a feedback widget or Google Form in the Jupyter Book
Ask questions like:
What was unclear or broken?
What topics do you want to see next?
What data products are you using?
Use feedback to prioritize and guide future tutorials.
🙌 Let’s Build Together!¶
Want to help implement one of these strategies? Open an issue or join an upcoming discussion to help shape the future of the Cookbook community.