From ryan at rfk.id.au Wed Apr 20 12:28:57 2011 From: ryan at rfk.id.au (Ryan Kelly) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:28:57 +1000 Subject: [Conferences] PyCon Australia 2011: registrations now open Message-ID: <1303295337.1982.142.camel@durian> Hi Everyone, I'm pleased to announce that registrations are now open for PyCon Australia 2011. PyCon Australia is Australia's only conference dedicated exclusively to the Python programming language, and will be held at the Sydney Masonic Center over the weekend of August 20 and 21. See below for more information and updates on: 1. Registration is now open 2. Classroom Track 3. Call For Proposals deadline approaching 4. Sponsors Announced Please pass this message on to those you feel may be interested. Registration Is Now Open ======================== We offer three levels of registration for PyCon Australia 2011. Registration provides access to two full days of technical content presented by Python enthusiasts from around the country, as well as the new classroom track and a seat at the conference dinner. We are currently offering a limited number of early-bird tickets, but get in quick because they are selling fast! Corporate - $440 If your company is paying for you to attend PyCon, please register at the corporate rate. You'll be helping to keep the conference affordable for all. Full (Early Bird) - $165 This is the registration rate for regular attendees. We are offering a limited Early Bird rate for the first 50 registrations until the end of May. Student - $44 For students able to present a valid student card we're offering this reduced rate, which does not include the conference dinner. All prices include GST. For more information or to register, please visit the conference website. Register here: http://pycon-au.org/reg Classroom Track =============== In addition to the standard technical talks, this year's conference will feature a "Classroom Track" designed specifically for tutorial style presentations. If you need to get up to speed on some of the latest language features and tools, this will be a great opportunity to learn fast in a supportive environment. Call For Proposals ================== We've had some great initial responses to the Call For Proposals, but there's still time left and plenty of program to fill. Remember, the deadline for proposal submission is the 2nd of May. That's just under two weeks away! We are looking for proposals for talks on all aspects of Python programming from novice to advanced levels; applications and frameworks, or how you have been involved in introducing Python into your organisation. We're especially interested in short presentations that will teach conference-goers something new and useful. Can you show attendees how to use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an application? We welcome first-time speakers; we are a community conference and we are eager to hear about your experience. If you have friends or colleagues who have something valuable to contribute, twist their arms to tell us about it! Please also forward this Call for Proposals to anyone that you feel may be interested. The earlier you submit your proposal, the more time we will have to review and give you feedback before the program is finalised. Speakers receive free registration for the conference, including a seat at the conference dinner. Don't miss out, submit your proposal today! http://pycon-au.org/cfp Sponsors Announced ================== We are happy to announce our first set of sponsors. Thank you to the following companies for their continuing support of Python and for helping to make PyCon Australia 2011 a reality: Gold: Google Gold: Microsoft Silver: Anchor Silver: Enthought Silver: Python Software Foundation Thanks also to Linux Australia, who provide the overarching legal and organisational structure for PyCon Australia. Ryan Kelly PyCon Australia 2011 From liew_beng_keat at rp.sg Fri Apr 22 16:15:35 2011 From: liew_beng_keat at rp.sg (Liew Beng Keat) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:15:35 +0800 Subject: [Conferences] PyCon APAC 2011 - Early Bird Registration is Now Open! Message-ID: <70C1A5315505C942A8274FCA16F363AF63D32AA24C@STAFFMAIL1.rp.edu.sg> Hi Everyone, On behalf of the organizing committee, registration for PyCon APAC 2011 in Singapore is now open! It will be held from 9th - 11th June. For details on all matters related to the conference, including the list of talks and tutorials, pls go to http://apac.pycon.org. Conference Registration Rates Early bird rates (Up to 15th May) Individual SGD$200 Corporate SGD$250 Regular rates (15th May - 1 June) Individual SGD$250 Corporate SGD$300 On-site rates (9 - 11 June) Individual SGD$300 Corporate SGD$350 Student rates Individual SGD$80. Conference registration includes lunch and morning and afternoon break refreshments on the two conference days (Friday & Saturday). Overseas participants will be treated to a special visit to Singapore's Night Safari (http://www.nightsafari.com.sg/) on Friday evening (10th June)! Tutorial Registration Rates Tutorials are SGD$75 each Tutorial attendees who have signed up for 2 tutorials will be provided with lunch and break refreshments. Tutorials are charged separately from registration and do not include admission to the conference. 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URL: From catherine.devlin at gmail.com Fri Apr 29 02:54:25 2011 From: catherine.devlin at gmail.com (Catherine Devlin) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:54:25 -0400 Subject: [Conferences] PyOhio (July 30-31) Call for Proposals; due June 3 Message-ID: PyOhio 2011, the fourth annual Python programming conference for Ohio and the surrounding region, will take place Saturday-Sunday, July 30-31, 2011 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. A variety of activities are planned, including tutorials, scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, Open Spaces and Sprints. PyOhio invites all interested people to submit proposals for scheduled talks, tutorials, and panels. All topics of interest to Python programmers will be considered. Standard presentation slots will be 40 minutes plus a 10 minute question-and-answer period. PyOhio is a great venue to get word out about your favorite Python library and how you use it, talk about how Python is used in your company, or practice your speaking in front of a welcoming audience. PyOhio is especially interested in hosting a Beginner?s Track for those new to Python or new to programming in general. If your proposal would be suitable for inclusion in a Beginner?s Track, please indicate so. Organizers will work with speakers and instructors in the Beginner?s Track to help them coordinate their talks/tutorials into a smooth, coherent learning curve for new Python users. To ensure that you provide all necessary information, please use the submission template provided below. If organizing a panel, please confirm all panelists? intention to participate before submitting your proposal. PyOhio may record presentations for later release over the web. Presenters will need to sign a release of recording rights to PyOhio; see http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyOhio/RecordingRelease All proposals should be emailed to cfp at pyohio.org for review. Please submit proposals by Friday, June 3, 2011. Accepted speakers will be notified by June 17. You can read more about the conference at http://pyohio.org. If you have questions about proposals, please email cfp at pyohio.org. You can also contact the PyOhio organizers at pyohio-organizers at python.org. The template can be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/lJAACo [pyohio.org] -- - Catherine http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ryan at rfk.id.au Fri Apr 29 06:51:28 2011 From: ryan at rfk.id.au (Ryan Kelly) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:51:28 +1000 Subject: [Conferences] PyCon Australia 2011: cfp closing soon! Message-ID: <1304052688.5836.6.camel@durian> Hi Everyone, A reminder that the Call for Proposals for PyCon Australia 2011 will be closing soon. We've had some great proposals so far, but there is still time left and program to fill. PyCon Australia is Australia's only conference dedicated exclusively to the Python programming language, and will be held at the Sydney Masonic Center over the weekend of August 20 and 21. See below for more information and updates on: 1. Call For Proposals 2. More Sponsors Announced Please pass this message on to those you feel may be interested. Call For Proposals ================== The deadline for proposal submission is the 2nd of May. That's only a few days away! We are looking for proposals for talks on all aspects of Python programming from novice to advanced levels; applications and frameworks, or how you have been involved in introducing Python into your organisation. We're especially interested in short presentations that will teach conference-goers something new and useful. Can you show attendees how to use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an application? We welcome first-time speakers; we are a community conference and we are eager to hear about your experience. If you have friends or colleagues who have something valuable to contribute, twist their arms to tell us about it! Please also forward this Call for Proposals to anyone that you feel may be interested. The earlier you submit your proposal, the more time we will have to review and give you feedback before the program is finalised. Speakers receive free registration for the conference, including a seat at the conference dinner. Don't miss out, submit your proposal today! http://pycon-au.org/cfp More Sponsors Announced ======================= We are delighted to announce that ComOps has joined as a Gold Sponsor. Thank you to the following companies for their continuing support of Python and for helping to make PyCon Australia 2011 a reality: Gold: Google Gold: Microsoft Gold: ComOps Silver: Anchor Silver: Enthought Silver: Python Software Foundation Thanks also to Linux Australia, who provide the overarching legal and organisational structure for PyCon Australia. Ryan Kelly PyCon Australia 2011 From whykay at gmail.com Fri Apr 29 20:02:21 2011 From: whykay at gmail.com (Vicky Twomey-Lee) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:02:21 +0100 Subject: [Conferences] Recommended EU-based online event registration service Message-ID: Hi All, To all the conference organisers here, can anyone recommend an EU-based online event registration service? I know of EventBrite, Event Elephant and Amiando. Given that PyCon Ireland is a small growing (non-profit) conference, cost is a big thing for us (even with sponsors), so we would like to find a friendly on the pocket online event registration service. It would be interesting to find out what other PyCons are using around the world. Any recommendations/feedback would help us a lot. Thanks, /// Vicky Lee (PyCon Ireland 2011 Committee) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carl at personnelware.com Fri Apr 29 23:19:47 2011 From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:19:47 -0500 Subject: [Conferences] Recommended EU-based online event registration service In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: PyCon US uses a service that would be too expensive for a small event (I looked into it for PyOhio...) I have just started working with http://zookeepr.org - it does registration, I have not used it but the over all quality of the code is pretty good, so I would recommend looking at it. It has an active group of developers, I hope to be more involved once I am off of vacation in a week. On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee wrote: > Hi All, > > To all the conference organisers here, can anyone recommend an EU-based > online event registration service? > > I know of EventBrite, Event Elephant and Amiando. Given that PyCon Ireland > is a small growing (non-profit) conference, cost is a big thing for us (even > with sponsors), so we would like to find a friendly on the pocket online > event registration service. > > It would be interesting to find out what other PyCons are using around the > world. > > Any recommendations/feedback would help us a lot. > > Thanks, > > /// Vicky Lee (PyCon Ireland 2011 Committee) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ > ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/conferences > > This is an open list with open archives; sensitive or confidential > information should not be discussed here. > -- Carl K -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From whykay at gmail.com Fri Apr 29 23:35:53 2011 From: whykay at gmail.com (Vicky Twomey-Lee) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:35:53 +0100 Subject: [Conferences] Recommended EU-based online event registration service In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Carl, Thanks for your reply. Just had a quick look, I'm more looking for something off the shelf and researching for price comparisons. I'll pass it on to our committee. Cheers, /// Vicky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: > PyCon US uses a service that would be too expensive for a small event (I > looked into it for PyOhio...) > > I have just started working with http://zookeepr.org - it does > registration, I have not used it but the over all quality of the code is > pretty good, so I would recommend looking at it. It has an active group of > developers, I hope to be more involved once I am off of vacation in a week. > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> To all the conference organisers here, can anyone recommend an EU-based >> online event registration service? >> >> I know of EventBrite, Event Elephant and Amiando. Given that PyCon Ireland >> is a small growing (non-profit) conference, cost is a big thing for us (even >> with sponsors), so we would like to find a friendly on the pocket online >> event registration service. >> >> It would be interesting to find out what other PyCons are using around the >> world. >> >> Any recommendations/feedback would help us a lot. >> >> Thanks, >> >> /// Vicky Lee (PyCon Ireland 2011 Committee) >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >> ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/conferences >> >> This is an open list with open archives; sensitive or confidential >> information should not be discussed here. >> > > > > -- > Carl K > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carl at personnelware.com Fri Apr 29 23:44:04 2011 From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:44:04 -0500 Subject: [Conferences] Recommended EU-based online event registration service In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: How many attendees are you expecting, and how much do you expect to charge? About a year ago I came to the conclusion that from 0-200 attendees at $200 each eventbrite was the best deal. On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee wrote: > Hi Carl, > > Thanks for your reply. > > Just had a quick look, I'm more looking for something off the shelf and > researching for price comparisons. I'll pass it on to our committee. > > Cheers, > > /// Vicky > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ > ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: > >> PyCon US uses a service that would be too expensive for a small event (I >> looked into it for PyOhio...) >> >> I have just started working with http://zookeepr.org - it does >> registration, I have not used it but the over all quality of the code is >> pretty good, so I would recommend looking at it. It has an active group of >> developers, I hope to be more involved once I am off of vacation in a week. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> To all the conference organisers here, can anyone recommend an EU-based >>> online event registration service? >>> >>> I know of EventBrite, Event Elephant and Amiando. Given that PyCon >>> Ireland is a small growing (non-profit) conference, cost is a big thing for >>> us (even with sponsors), so we would like to find a friendly on the pocket >>> online event registration service. >>> >>> It would be interesting to find out what other PyCons are using around >>> the world. >>> >>> Any recommendations/feedback would help us a lot. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> /// Vicky Lee (PyCon Ireland 2011 Committee) >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >>> ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/conferences >>> >>> This is an open list with open archives; sensitive or confidential >>> information should not be discussed here. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Carl K >> > > -- Carl K -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, /// Vicky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: > How many attendees are you expecting, and how much do you expect to charge? > > About a year ago I came to the conclusion that from 0-200 attendees at $200 > each eventbrite was the best deal. > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee wrote: > >> Hi Carl, >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> Just had a quick look, I'm more looking for something off the shelf and >> researching for price comparisons. I'll pass it on to our committee. >> >> Cheers, >> >> /// Vicky >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >> ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: >> >>> PyCon US uses a service that would be too expensive for a small event (I >>> looked into it for PyOhio...) >>> >>> I have just started working with http://zookeepr.org - it does >>> registration, I have not used it but the over all quality of the code is >>> pretty good, so I would recommend looking at it. It has an active group of >>> developers, I hope to be more involved once I am off of vacation in a week. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> To all the conference organisers here, can anyone recommend an EU-based >>>> online event registration service? >>>> >>>> I know of EventBrite, Event Elephant and Amiando. Given that PyCon >>>> Ireland is a small growing (non-profit) conference, cost is a big thing for >>>> us (even with sponsors), so we would like to find a friendly on the pocket >>>> online event registration service. >>>> >>>> It would be interesting to find out what other PyCons are using around >>>> the world. >>>> >>>> Any recommendations/feedback would help us a lot. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> /// Vicky Lee (PyCon Ireland 2011 Committee) >>>> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >>>> ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/conferences >>>> >>>> This is an open list with open archives; sensitive or confidential >>>> information should not be discussed here. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Carl K >>> >> >> > > > -- > Carl K > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wescpy at gmail.com Sat Apr 30 08:45:52 2011 From: wescpy at gmail.com (wesley chun) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:45:52 -0700 Subject: [Conferences] Recommended EU-based online event registration service In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: EventBrite is also a Python house, as you can see if you scroll down and take a peek at their job listing: http://www.python.org/community/jobs on top of having competitive rates, i'd contact them to see if anything can be done with regards to additional discounts for Python, PyCon, and/or non-profit conferences, etc. good luck! -wesley On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee wrote: > That's really interesting. > We are expecting up to 150 attending the conference. EventBrite seems to be > the top answer so far from the answers I get from various lists/tweets/etc. > That's between Ireland, UK and US. > Thanks again for your feedback, Carl! > Cheers, > /// Vicky > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ > ~~? ? ?? http://www.python.ie? ?? ~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Carl Karsten > wrote: >> >> How many attendees are you expecting, and how much do you expect to >> charge? >> >> About a year ago I came to the conclusion that from 0-200 attendees at >> $200 each eventbrite was the best deal. >> >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Carl, >>> Thanks for your reply. >>> Just had a quick look, I'm more looking for something off the shelf and >>> researching for price comparisons. I'll pass it on to our committee. >>> Cheers, >>> /// Vicky >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >>> ~~? ? ?? http://www.python.ie? ?? ~~ >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Carl Karsten >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> PyCon US uses a service that would be too expensive for a small event (I >>>> looked into it for PyOhio...) >>>> >>>> I have just started working with http://zookeepr.org - it does >>>> registration, I have not used it but the over all quality of the code is >>>> pretty good, so I would recommend looking at it.? It has an active group of >>>> developers, I hope to be more involved once I am off of vacation in a week. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> To all the conference organisers here, can anyone recommend an EU-based >>>>> online event registration service? >>>>> I know of EventBrite, Event Elephant and Amiando. Given that PyCon >>>>> Ireland is a small growing (non-profit) conference, cost is a big thing for >>>>> us (even with sponsors), so we would like to find a friendly on the pocket >>>>> online event registration service. >>>>> It would be interesting to find out what other PyCons are using around >>>>> the world. >>>>> Any recommendations/feedback would help us a lot. >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> /// Vicky Lee (PyCon Ireland 2011 Committee) >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >>>>> ~~? ? ?? http://www.python.ie? ?? ~~ >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 ? ? http://corepython.com wesley.chun : wescpy-gmail.com : @wescpy python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sat Apr 30 16:41:45 2011 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:41:45 -0500 Subject: [Conferences] tools for volunteer conferences Message-ID: For PyTexas last year, we relied on a MoinMoin wiki for nearly everything which worked well for many things we needed to do. This year for PyTexas, I plan to continue to use the wiki, but find more suitable alternatives for particular use cases. * Registration: that was awkward for registration and didn't join easily to survey data. Jeremy Kelley and Josh Marshall built the conTroll web app during the PyCon 2011 sprints to create a more useful registration system. * To-do lists: I've found the GTD system to be useful for my own to-do lists, but haven't yet evaluated tools that support GTD for groups. Any suggestions? I'm planning to dig through some GTD resource lists (such as http://mashable.com/2009/01/29/getting-things-done/). * Event scheduling software: the wiki was somewhat tedious. PyCon scheduling used a custom web app, as well as a mobile conference scheduling app called The Conventionist (now renamed to GuideBook). Since GuideBook is now free (thanks to Jeremy Kelley for discovering that), I plan to use that. * Publicity: We'll continue with blogging, email, and twitter. However I suspect I'll need to explore creating some kind of advertisement on Facebook; several people have told me we can expand the audience that way. We'll also want to post our event date on http://techvenue.com/. * Attendee live discussion/note-taking: IRC is the old standby, and Convore was fun to use during the last PyCon. I imagine we'll do both for PyTexas this year. * Tracking sponsor relationships: This list is semi-private and shared in a Google docs spreadsheet, accessible only to our sponsor coordinators. Any thoughts on these ideas? From marcello at linux.com.uy Sat Apr 30 17:15:51 2011 From: marcello at linux.com.uy (Marcello Farias) Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:15:51 -0300 Subject: [Conferences] tools for volunteer conferences In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, Please check the following Django CMS www.django-cms.org -- Marcello Farias... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carl at personnelware.com Sat Apr 30 19:27:27 2011 From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten) Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:27:27 -0500 Subject: [Conferences] tools for volunteer conferences In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Brad Allen wrote: > For PyTexas last year, we relied on a MoinMoin wiki for nearly > everything which worked well for many things we needed to do. This > year for PyTexas, I plan to continue to use the wiki, but find more > suitable alternatives for particular use cases. > > * Registration: that was awkward for registration and didn't join > easily to survey data. Jeremy Kelley and Josh Marshall built the > conTroll web app during the PyCon 2011 sprints to create a more useful > registration system. > > * To-do lists: I've found the GTD system to be useful for my own to-do > lists, but haven't yet evaluated tools that support GTD for groups. > Any suggestions? I'm planning to dig through some GTD resource lists > (such as http://mashable.com/2009/01/29/getting-things-done/). > > * Event scheduling software: the wiki was somewhat tedious. PyCon > scheduling used a custom web app, as well as a mobile conference > scheduling app called The Conventionist (now renamed to GuideBook). > Since GuideBook is now free (thanks to Jeremy Kelley for discovering > that), I plan to use that. > > * Publicity: We'll continue with blogging, email, and twitter. However > I suspect I'll need to explore creating some kind of advertisement on > Facebook; several people have told me we can expand the audience that > way. We'll also want to post our event date on http://techvenue.com/. > > * Attendee live discussion/note-taking: IRC is the old standby, and > Convore was fun to use during the last PyCon. I imagine we'll do both > for PyTexas this year. > > * Tracking sponsor relationships: This list is semi-private and shared > in a Google docs spreadsheet, accessible only to our sponsor > coordinators. > > > Any thoughts on these ideas? > I am taking a really close look at http://zookeepr.org - PyOhio is going to use it for proposals and scheduling and maybe attendee registration if I can figure out how to make that work. I am going to use it for a few user group meetings (way overkill, just doing it to get some hands on experience.) It has the schedule export I need to do videos, one of the main reasons I have taken interest in it. It has a pretty active development group, and I know 2 of them personally and would vouch for their skills. I would look it over. -- Carl K -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: