From brianhray at gmail.com Tue Aug 9 17:18:44 2011 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:18:44 -0500 Subject: [ChiPy-announce] ANN August ChiPy Monthly Meeting this Thursday at 7pm Message-ID: Chicago Python User Group ===================== RSVP now at?http://chipy.org/ The agenda will include lightening talks by a dozen or so members. There will be prizes (sponsors may be adding more $$$). This will be fun and we can hang out at the convenient roof top deck right outside the meeting to discuss more Python and (if course) the meaning of life. Our host for the meeting is Sully's House Tap Room & Grill. All ages are welcome to this Free Private Event. For those of age, Sully?s House offer 20 Beers on tap, and 35 Bottles - all craft and microbrewery, specializing in Belgium, Irish and German selections. Enjoy great Bar Food & Pizza from our Italian Oven and Daily discounted menu specials. The host has given us a dedicated bartender. We will meet in the private party room on the second floor that is well equipped with top of the line video equipment ? 100? HD screen & full A/V Nice big space, bring a friend. Thanks Sully's!!! This *will* be our best meeting yet. Put this on your calendar. All levels welcome! New to Python, welcome. Scientist, welcome. Financial people, welcome. Curious... come watch your friends defend their favorite module. come on up to the second floor at Sully's this Thursday. Forward this to others! When: 7 PM Thursday August 11th, 2011 Where:?Sully's House 1501 N. Dayton Street Chicago, Illinois 60642 Join us for the best meeting ever! You will need to RSVP at?http://chipy.org/ RSVP Quick Links: YES?http://chipy.org/meetings/rsvp/37/yes MAYBE?http://chipy.org/meetings/rsvp/37/maybe Topics ------ We have a series of timed lightening talks about standard cPython. Currently taken modules are: * CSV * JSON Other suggestions: * hashlib * csv dialects * pickle * re * mail * inspect * json * logging * urllib2 * linecache * glob * gettext * pyclbr Take One and give a quick 5 minute demo, talk, walk through, complaint,.. whatever. obscure finds are welcome and may win the most obscure reward. If you want a non-standard module or non cPython module go for it--those in attendance will be voting they are the ones you need to convince, not me ;) Take your module today by email the chipy mailing list or contact me `brian h ray (at) gmail dot com' Cheers Location ----------- Sully?s House Tap Room & Grill, 1501 N. Dayton St. Chicago, Illinois 60622 At the corner of Blackhawk and Dayton http://www.sullyshouse.com/ (2) Blocks from the North & Clybourn Red Line stop. Free street parking available. About the group --------------- ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs. Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago. Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info. ChiPy website: ChiPy Mailing List: ChiPy Announcement *ONLY* Mailing List: Python website: