From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sat May 28 01:38:09 2011 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 18:38:09 -0500 Subject: [Conferences] PyTexas sponsor prospectus needs putting together Message-ID: We're running short of time to line up sponsors for PyTexas 2011 (on Sept 10-11 at Texas A&M). When I spoke to a number of interested potential sponsors in this year's PyCon expo hall, several of them said they need several months lead time. I've been so busy with work & travel lately that I feel that it's almost too late, so now feel a sense of urgency in creating the sponsor prospectus. I'd like to send out general PyTexas announcements this weekend to the larger Python community, along with the call for proposals, and it would be good to have the sponsor options included with the main announcement. I'm looking for ideas about what we should be offering sponsors, as well as a volunteer to create a nicely formatted prospectus document. Here are the goals I have in mind for sponsorships at PyTexas: * Increase attendee interest in the conference (last year we had a "RackSpace effect" which drew in attendees as a result of their OpenStack talks and evening party) * Pay for t-shirts and conference supplies (badges, etc) * Create a budget for speakers to travel to PyTexas * Raise money for PSF * Maybe pay for catering food/snacks/drinks * Boost local Python employers in a way that fosters goodwill * Help local Python developers and students know about Python employment opportunities * Help local Python employers expand their pool of potential employees or consultants * Distribute cool swag Here are the incentives I can think of offering; most of these are unoriginal. Please help brainstorm additional ideas: * Give away sponsor swag * Company logo on PyTexas website * Booths & tables (need to look at how much space we'll have) * Banner display at PyTexas (not sure if Texas A&M can accomodate) * I liked what SciPy is doing, namely creating a SciPy t-shirt with sponsor logos on the back * Have a verbal "thanks to our sponsor" along with some custom words just before the keynote * Promote sponsor parties * Recruit developers to help on open source projects of interest to sponsors Let me know if you think of any others ideas. From ryan at rfk.id.au Sat May 28 15:42:37 2011 From: ryan at rfk.id.au (Ryan Kelly) Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 23:42:37 +1000 Subject: [Conferences] PyCon Australia 2011: Early Bird Closing Soon Message-ID: <1306590157.2129.21.camel@durian> Hi Everyone, A reminder that Early Bird Registrations for PyCon Australia 2011 will be closing soon. There are only a few days left to get your tickets at the discounted rate. 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. Early-Bird Registration Closing Soon 2. Presentations Selected 3. More Sponsors Announced Please pass this message on to those you feel may be interested. Early-Bird Registration Closing Soon ==================================== Early-bird registration closes at the end of May, so you've only got a few days left to get your tickets at the special discounted rate. 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. 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. Once the early-bird period ends, Full Registration will be $198. 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. 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 Presentations Selected ====================== We have had a fantastic response to our Call For Proposals this year. While the detailed talk schedule is still being finalised, we are pleased to announce that the following presentations have been selected for the conference: Standard Talks: A Python on the Couch (Mark Rees) Behaviour Driven Development (Malcolm Tredinnick) Benchmarking stuff made ridiculously easy (Tennessee Leeuwenburg) Bytecode: What, Why, and How to Hack it (Ryan Kelly) Developing Scientific Software in Python (Duncan Gray) Fun with App Engine 1.5.0 (Greg Darke) Hosting Python Web Applications (Graham Dumpleton) How Python Evolves (and How You Can Help Make It Happen) (Nick Coghlan) Infinite 8-bit Platformer (Chris McCormick) Networking Libraries in Python. (Senthil Kumaran) Pants - Network Programming Made Easy (Evan Davis) Say What You Mean: Meta-Programming a Declarative API (Ryan Kelly) State of CPython and Python Ecosystem (Senthil Kumaran) Sysadmins vs Developers, a take from the other side of the fence (Benjamin Smith) Teaching Python to the young and impressionable (Katie Bell) The NCSS Challenge: teaching programming via automated testing (Tim Dawborn) Weather field warping using Python. (Nathan Faggian) Zookeepr: Home-grown conference management software (Brianna Laugher) In-Depth Talks: Ah! I see you have the machine that goes "BING"! (Graeme Cross) Easy site migration using Diazo and Funnelweb (Adam Terrey) How to maintain big app stacks without losing your mind (Dylan Jay) Introduction to the Geospatial Web with GeoDjango (Javier Candeira) Panel: Python 3 (Richard Jones) Panel: Python in the webs (Richard Jones) Pyramid: Lighter, faster, better web apps (Dylan Jay) Web micro-framework battle (Richard Jones) Classroom Track: Meta-matters: using decorators for better Python programming (Graeme Cross) Python 101+ (Peter Lovett) Python's dark corners - the bad bits in Python and how to avoid them (Peter Lovett) Python for Science and Engineering, Part 1 (Edward Schofield) Python for Science and Engineering, Part 2 (Edward Schofield) The Zen of Python (Richard Jones) Thanks again to everyone who submitted a proposal. More Sponsors Announced ======================= We are delighted to announce that WingWare and Superior Recruitment have joined as Silver 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: ComOps Silver: Anchor Silver: Enthought Silver: Python Software Foundation Silver: WingWare Silver: Superior Recruitment 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 Tue May 31 00:29:23 2011 From: whykay at gmail.com (Vicky Twomey-Lee) Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 23:29:23 +0100 Subject: [Conferences] PyCon Ireland 2011: Registration now open Message-ID: Hi All, Early bird and student tickets are now available for PyCon Ireland 2011 (Sat 8th - Sun 9th Oct). You can register here: https://secure.python.ie/pycon-ireland-2011/ Interested in giving a talk? You can submit your talks here: http://www.python.ie/pyconireland/callfor/#paper Interested in sponsoring PyCon Ireland 2011? Register interest here: http://www.python.ie/pyconireland/callfor/#sponsor More information: http://python.ie/pyconireland/ Cheers, /// Vicky Lee (PyCon Ireland 2011 Committee) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tetsuya.morimoto at gmail.com Tue May 31 08:26:52 2011 From: tetsuya.morimoto at gmail.com (Tetsuya Morimoto) Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 15:26:52 +0900 Subject: [Conferences] Adding PyCon JP link within sidebar Message-ID: Hi folks, We're trying to hold PyCon JP for the first time in Japan. Sorry, I'm not good at English, so I cannot introduce detailed announcement. Now, I wrote about CFP on the PyCon blog. http://pycon.blogspot.com/2011/05/pycon-jp-2011-call-for-proposals.html I have only an POST permission. Could anyone add "PyCon JP in Japan ( http://pycon.jp/ )" within "Pycon in the world" sidebar?