From tatikatra at yahoo.com  Tue Nov 13 13:39:22 2012
From: tatikatra at yahoo.com (Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:39:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
Message-ID: <1352810362.75384.YahooMailNeo@web112312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Dear all,

I am a Physicists and Programming lecturer using and teaching Python. I would like to know how to organize Pycon conference, we want to organize one in Antananarivo.

Thanks,

Dina
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From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Wed Nov 14 19:11:46 2012
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:11:46 -0800
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
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Message-ID: <20121114181146.GA703@panix.com>

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy wrote:
> 
> I am a Physicists and Programming lecturer using and teaching
> Python. I would like to know how to organize Pycon conference, we want
> to organize one in Antananarivo.

Excellent!  

Overall, organizing a PyCon is similar to organizing any other
volunteer-run technical conference.  Instead of shoving a huge pile of
material at you, it'd help if you answer the following questions to
focus on your needs:

Do you have any active Python user groups on Madagascar?  Are you
talking with them about the conference?

How many people are you hoping will come to the conference?

How many people are already involved in setting up the conference?

What is your target date for the conference?

Are you trying to organize mostly a local conference or do you want to
bring non-local people?
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

"....Normal is what cuts off your sixth finger and your tail..."  --Siobhan

From apatrushev at gmail.com  Thu Nov 15 15:00:37 2012
From: apatrushev at gmail.com (Anton Patrushev)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:00:37 +0600
Subject: [Conferences] PyCon.RU
Message-ID: <CA+8sDDiOnmVVfSXrTsn=8drSEHFA9H+o5ODob-aOv35VgTAaOg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello, Pythonistas

Our initiative group in russian python community plans to organize
first PyCon in Russia.
You can find some info here: http://pycon.ru/PyConRussia/

We have already held several thematic events.
Unfortunately, the information about them is available only in Russian.
Links to the sites of events and their translation with the help of
Google Translate are below.
http://ekbpy.ru/
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fekbpy.ru%2F&act=url

http://rupy.ru/
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Frupy.ru%2F&act=url

Not only about Russian events (exUSSR)
http://citypy.org/
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=citypy.org&act=url

We want to ask you to delegate us domain name ru.pycon.org and place
the information in the list of events.
Thanks in advance.

WBR, Anton Patrushev

From r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com  Fri Nov 16 00:19:45 2012
From: r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com (Richard Jones)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:19:45 +1100
Subject: [Conferences] PyCon.RU
In-Reply-To: <CA+8sDDiOnmVVfSXrTsn=8drSEHFA9H+o5ODob-aOv35VgTAaOg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CA+8sDDiOnmVVfSXrTsn=8drSEHFA9H+o5ODob-aOv35VgTAaOg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHrZfZA_f5K9yQm_b8gyK9iEqGj=DZ8nFO3fpWuXM61+ffzp+A@mail.gmail.com>

I have added the conference to the Python Events Calendar.


    Richard

On 16 November 2012 01:00, Anton Patrushev <apatrushev at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, Pythonistas
>
> Our initiative group in russian python community plans to organize
> first PyCon in Russia.
> You can find some info here: http://pycon.ru/PyConRussia/
>
> We have already held several thematic events.
> Unfortunately, the information about them is available only in Russian.
> Links to the sites of events and their translation with the help of
> Google Translate are below.
> http://ekbpy.ru/
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fekbpy.ru%2F&act=url
>
> http://rupy.ru/
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Frupy.ru%2F&act=url
>
> Not only about Russian events (exUSSR)
> http://citypy.org/
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=citypy.org&act=url
>
> We want to ask you to delegate us domain name ru.pycon.org and place
> the information in the list of events.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> WBR, Anton Patrushev
> _______________________________________________
> Python 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.

From andrew.svetlov at gmail.com  Tue Nov 13 16:44:00 2012
From: andrew.svetlov at gmail.com (Andrew Svetlov)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:44:00 +0200
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
In-Reply-To: <1352810362.75384.YahooMailNeo@web112312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <1352810362.75384.YahooMailNeo@web112312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CAL3CFcVB2F7DAT0UYJ6iAaqLAhe6+3y5RoOdKcYz3EYjcvqXqA@mail.gmail.com>

What do you like to know?
I'm coorganizer of ua.pycon.org and I will be happy to share our experience.
Your questions?

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy
<tatikatra at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am a Physicists and Programming lecturer using and teaching Python. I
> would like to know how to organize Pycon conference, we want to organize one
> in Antananarivo.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dina
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python 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.



-- 
Thanks,
Andrew Svetlov

From bazanluis20 at gmail.com  Tue Nov 13 19:46:05 2012
From: bazanluis20 at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Luis_Enrique_Baz=E1n_De_Le=F3n?=)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:05 -0500
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon For Panama
Message-ID: <CAJNGqE6276CwtmDiC6E-41eSJv99pM1WqwYNVssMsVEWona-OA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

I'm using Linux Fedora, and I would like to coordinate the Pycon in Panama.

Best Regards!!
Luis Enrique Baz?n De Le?n
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From tatikatra at yahoo.com  Wed Nov 14 06:28:42 2012
From: tatikatra at yahoo.com (Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:28:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
In-Reply-To: <CAL3CFcVB2F7DAT0UYJ6iAaqLAhe6+3y5RoOdKcYz3EYjcvqXqA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1352810362.75384.YahooMailNeo@web112312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<CAL3CFcVB2F7DAT0UYJ6iAaqLAhe6+3y5RoOdKcYz3EYjcvqXqA@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear Andrew Svetlov,

At this point I have three quetions;
1. Do we have to establish a formal association for pycon in Antananarivo
2. Can we legally use the name pycon for the conferences or is it a free to use name
3. About the money, how do you pay the conference room, the advertinsing in news paper, ...

Thanks,

Dina


________________________________
 From: Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com>
To: Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy <tatikatra at yahoo.com> 
Cc: "conferences at python.org" <conferences at python.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
 
What do you like to know?
I'm coorganizer of ua.pycon.org and I will be happy to share our experience.
Your questions?

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy
<tatikatra at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am a Physicists and Programming lecturer using and teaching Python. I
> would like to know how to organize Pycon conference, we want to organize one
> in Antananarivo.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dina
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python 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.



-- 
Thanks,
Andrew Svetlov
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From andrew.svetlov at gmail.com  Wed Nov 14 21:01:27 2012
From: andrew.svetlov at gmail.com (Andrew Svetlov)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:01:27 +0200
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
In-Reply-To: <1352870922.27089.YahooMailNeo@web112311.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <1352810362.75384.YahooMailNeo@web112312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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	<1352870922.27089.YahooMailNeo@web112311.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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Our team sent request for PSF to be organizers for local Python conference.
I don't remember details, but we got answer quick enough with
ua.pycon.org domain and right to use pycon trademark. Please call
jnoller at gmail.com for that.
About money. It's complicated question. Friends help us with that.
Sure, you can find local company which can be legal for transfers.

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy
<tatikatra at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Andrew Svetlov,
>
> At this point I have three quetions;
> 1. Do we have to establish a formal association for pycon in Antananarivo
> 2. Can we legally use the name pycon for the conferences or is it a free to
> use name
> 3. About the money, how do you pay the conference room, the advertinsing in
> news paper, ...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dina
> ________________________________
> From: Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com>
> To: Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy <tatikatra at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "conferences at python.org" <conferences at python.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
>
> What do you like to know?
> I'm coorganizer of ua.pycon.org and I will be happy to share our experience.
> Your questions?
>
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy
> <tatikatra at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am a Physicists and Programming lecturer using and teaching Python. I
>> would like to know how to organize Pycon conference, we want to organize
>> one
>> in Antananarivo.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dina
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Python 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.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Andrew Svetlov
>
>



-- 
Thanks,
Andrew Svetlov

From tatikatra at yahoo.com  Fri Nov 16 12:05:55 2012
From: tatikatra at yahoo.com (Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:05:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Conferences] Tanks, It will help us Re:  Pycon for Antananarivo
In-Reply-To: <CA+2gdZGyYr6gdHwUncWmXce9=6M985cROziaNgtVxj1G6esCkw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1352810362.75384.YahooMailNeo@web112312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<CAL3CFcVB2F7DAT0UYJ6iAaqLAhe6+3y5RoOdKcYz3EYjcvqXqA@mail.gmail.com>
	<1352870922.27089.YahooMailNeo@web112311.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<CA+2gdZGyYr6gdHwUncWmXce9=6M985cROziaNgtVxj1G6esCkw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1353063955.81238.YahooMailNeo@web112304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Thank you Vicky, it will help us to clarify our futur actions.

Dina




________________________________
 From: Vicky Lee - Python Ireland <whykay at python.ie>
To: Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy <tatikatra at yahoo.com> 
Cc: Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com>; "conferences at python.org" <conferences at python.org> 
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
 

Hi,


At this point I have three quetions;

1. Do we have to establish a formal association for pycon in Antananarivo
How we did it for PyCon Ireland, we formed a Python Ireland Committee, this is an umbrella for all events including PyCon Ireland. Python Ireland Committee also set up a bank account. We also have a PyCon Ireland Committee, a subgroup of Python Ireland.

2. Can we legally use the name pycon for the conferences or is it a free to use name
You can ask the US PyCon folks, afaik, we just decided to have PyCon Ireland and started to talk to other PyCon organisers (John Pinnar from PyConUK and Steve Holden) at the time.
?
3. About the money, how do you pay the conference room, the advertinsing in news paper, ...
>
>
It's different for each locality, even different cities in one country are different.
But re. money, ask local companies and big companies that have a big influence in your country for sponsorship. You can request PSF for funding, as another email mentioned, contact Jesse Noller.

Cheers,

/// Vicky
?
Thanks,
>
>
>Dina
>
>
>________________________________
> From: Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com>
>To: Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy <tatikatra at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: "conferences at python.org" <conferences at python.org> 
>Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
> 
>
>What do you like to know?
>I'm coorganizer of ua.pycon.org and I will be happy to share our experience.
>Your questions?
>
>On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy
><tatikatra at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am a Physicists and Programming lecturer using and teaching Python. I
>> would like to know how to organize Pycon conference, we want to organize one
>> in Antananarivo.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dina
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Python 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.
>
>
>
>-- 
>Thanks,
>Andrew Svetlov
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Python 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.
>
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From whykay at python.ie  Fri Nov 16 11:51:11 2012
From: whykay at python.ie (Vicky Lee - Python Ireland)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:51:11 +0000
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
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References: <1352810362.75384.YahooMailNeo@web112312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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	<1352870922.27089.YahooMailNeo@web112311.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CA+2gdZGyYr6gdHwUncWmXce9=6M985cROziaNgtVxj1G6esCkw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

At this point I have three quetions;

> 1. Do we have to establish a formal association for pycon in Antananarivo
>
How we did it for PyCon Ireland, we formed a Python Ireland Committee, this
is an umbrella for all events including PyCon Ireland. Python Ireland
Committee also set up a bank account. We also have a PyCon Ireland
Committee, a subgroup of Python Ireland.

 2. Can we legally use the name pycon for the conferences or is it a free
> to use name
>
You can ask the US PyCon folks, afaik, we just decided to have PyCon
Ireland and started to talk to other PyCon organisers (John Pinnar from
PyConUK and Steve Holden) at the time.


> 3. About the money, how do you pay the conference room, the advertinsing
> in news paper, ...
>
> It's different for each locality, even different cities in one country are
different.
But re. money, ask local companies and big companies that have a big
influence in your country for sponsorship. You can request PSF for funding,
as another email mentioned, contact Jesse Noller.

Cheers,

/// Vicky


>  Thanks,
>
> Dina
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com>
> *To:* Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy <tatikatra at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* "conferences at python.org" <conferences at python.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:44 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
>
> What do you like to know?
> I'm coorganizer of ua.pycon.org and I will be happy to share our
> experience.
> Your questions?
>
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy
> <tatikatra at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am a Physicists and Programming lecturer using and teaching Python. I
> > would like to know how to organize Pycon conference, we want to organize
> one
> > in Antananarivo.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dina
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Python 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.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Andrew Svetlov
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python 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.
>
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From chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org  Fri Nov 16 16:15:04 2012
From: chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org (Chad Cooper)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:15:04 -0600
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
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Dina,

Hello. I have been working with pyArkansas <http://www.pyarkansas.org/> for
a few years now and can give you some advice on funds, facility, and
promotion.

Starting out, you should try to keep things as cheap as possible, as in
free if you can, it will make things much easier on you. For a location to
 hold you event, for instance, try to find a local university computer
science department that you can team up with that will let you use their
facilities - we did this for pyArkansas for the first four years and it
worked out great. Getting students and faculty involved will be a win for
everyone. If you cannot find a free facility, that will be you biggest
expense more than likely.

For fund raising, reach out to the Python community, you will be amazed at
how giving they are. Be aware that this takes time, patience, and fortitude
on your part; do not wait until the last minute to do this, get started as
early as possible. Also, local tech companies, especially those using
Python, are usually interested in sponsoring events. Draft up a sponsor
prospectus (we modeled ours after
PyCon's<https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/prospectus/>)
that you can present to potential sponsors, this will tell them who you
are, what they get out of sponsoring, and what you would like to see from
them  $$ wise - they need a target dollar amount that you are wanting to
get from them. Plus it saves you sending the same thing out over and over.

Promotion: Twitter helped us reach a previous untapped group of folks just
one state over this past year for pyArkansas. Use Twitter to you advantage.
You can also get your event posted to the front page of python.org and get
it added to the list of pycons on the PSF blog. Email this list to get that
done. If you have speakers in mind that you would like to invite, then do
it - email them and ask them to come, many of them will. Send out
announcements to local/regional/national listserves about your event - and
not just Python lists, send it out to Linzx user groups, database user
groups, .NET user groups - there are people all over that will be
interested. Finally, get a website for your event. 2012 was the first year
pyArkansas had a "real" site, and it helped tremendously. We are running
Symposion <http://pinax.github.com/symposion/> by Eldarion, and it's
awesome (and what the main PyCon site runs on).

HTH, if you have any more specific questions, let us know.

chad



On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy <
tatikatra at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Andrew Svetlov,
>
> At this point I have three quetions;
> 1. Do we have to establish a formal association for pycon in Antananarivo
> 2. Can we legally use the name pycon for the conferences or is it a free
> to use name
> 3. About the money, how do you pay the conference room, the advertinsing
> in news paper, ...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dina
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com>
> *To:* Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy <tatikatra at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* "conferences at python.org" <conferences at python.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:44 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Conferences] Pycon for Antananarivo
>
> What do you like to know?
> I'm coorganizer of ua.pycon.org and I will be happy to share our
> experience.
> Your questions?
>
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ralainirina Dina Randriantsizafy
> <tatikatra at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am a Physicists and Programming lecturer using and teaching Python. I
> > would like to know how to organize Pycon conference, we want to organize
> one
> > in Antananarivo.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dina
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Python 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.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Andrew Svetlov
>
>
>
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From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Sun Nov 18 18:14:23 2012
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:14:23 -0800
Subject: [Conferences] Pycon For Panama
In-Reply-To: <CAJNGqE6276CwtmDiC6E-41eSJv99pM1WqwYNVssMsVEWona-OA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJNGqE6276CwtmDiC6E-41eSJv99pM1WqwYNVssMsVEWona-OA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20121118171423.GA11476@panix.com>

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012, Luis Enrique Baz?n De Le?n wrote:
> 
> I'm using Linux Fedora, and I would like to coordinate the Pycon in Panama.

Could you provide a bit more information?  Are you working with other
Pythonistas in Panama?
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

"LL YR VWL R BLNG T S"  -- www.nancybuttons.com

From jason at jasonamyers.com  Sun Nov 18 23:03:31 2012
From: jason at jasonamyers.com (Jason Myers)
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:03:31 -0600
Subject: [Conferences] SouthernPy or PyTennessee
Message-ID: <7DA8B5AA-DB19-4E55-900F-C6CEFF0A06AF@jasonamyers.com>

I'm very interested in establishing a Python Conference in Tennessee, and we recently did a survey which got a 35 responses that I've attached to this email.  I've never run a conference before, but I'm a hard worker, and we have a great community that would help as well.

Thanks,
Jason
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From whykay at python.ie  Mon Nov 19 10:11:05 2012
From: whykay at python.ie (Vicky Lee - Python Ireland)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:11:05 +0000
Subject: [Conferences] SouthernPy or PyTennessee
In-Reply-To: <7DA8B5AA-DB19-4E55-900F-C6CEFF0A06AF@jasonamyers.com>
References: <7DA8B5AA-DB19-4E55-900F-C6CEFF0A06AF@jasonamyers.com>
Message-ID: <CA+2gdZEg6OTVobW_kD9pPnpFiWmrTBmm78T0CM1PgfRmQv+Lqg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Jason,

My suggestion is to form a committee and get a bank account sorted to
handle any Python-related stuff for your user group and that includes the
conference.

Scout venues and get quotes. If you can get catering in, it's much cheaper
than the lock in from hotels. Estimate how many people may come and get a
sponsorship brochure together. Contact local companies as well as the big
companies for sponsorship and prizes (latter optional). We initially used a
one of the committee member's merchant account for our first conference,
but switched to EventBrite. Since you are based in US, you have more
alternatives than us, so try out different services.

Also you can apply to PSF for funding as well.

The big thing is to have a couple of people you can rely on and not end up
running it yourself.

Good luck.

Cheers,

/// Vicky

/// Vicky

Python Ireland <http://python.ie/> Treasurer
EuroPython Board<https://ep2012.europython.eu/blog/2012/07/08/change-board-europython-society>
PSF member <http://pyfound.blogspot.ie/2012/08/welcome-new-psf-members.html>

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Jason Myers <jason at jasonamyers.com> wrote:

> I'm very interested in establishing a Python Conference in Tennessee, and
> we recently did a survey which got a 35 responses that I've attached to
> this email.  I've never run a conference before, but I'm a hard worker, and
> we have a great community that would help as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
> _______________________________________________
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From carl at personnelware.com  Mon Nov 19 16:30:57 2012
From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:30:57 -0600
Subject: [Conferences] SouthernPy or PyTennessee
In-Reply-To: <CA+2gdZEg6OTVobW_kD9pPnpFiWmrTBmm78T0CM1PgfRmQv+Lqg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7DA8B5AA-DB19-4E55-900F-C6CEFF0A06AF@jasonamyers.com>
	<CA+2gdZEg6OTVobW_kD9pPnpFiWmrTBmm78T0CM1PgfRmQv+Lqg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:11 AM, Vicky Lee - Python Ireland
<whykay at python.ie> wrote:
> get a sponsorship brochure together.

We should collect sponsorship brochures from other events.   I can see
the need for some being unique, but there is a huge amount that is the
same.

 It seems like it would fit well with the marketing literature
project.  Not that they need to work on content,  but the marketing
literature seems like an obvious thing to use to help promote why
someone would want to sponsor a Python event.

-- 
Carl K

From whykay at python.ie  Mon Nov 19 16:44:32 2012
From: whykay at python.ie (Vicky Lee - Python Ireland)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:44:32 +0000
Subject: [Conferences] SouthernPy or PyTennessee
In-Reply-To: <CADmzSSgwScUTfyf9HtsrPC41o1WiB532dqK3XZsLr+qgi392ww@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7DA8B5AA-DB19-4E55-900F-C6CEFF0A06AF@jasonamyers.com>
	<CA+2gdZEg6OTVobW_kD9pPnpFiWmrTBmm78T0CM1PgfRmQv+Lqg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADmzSSgwScUTfyf9HtsrPC41o1WiB532dqK3XZsLr+qgi392ww@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CA+2gdZFF--UnQO_R6OCYmhM3ShZi-pC3Jdgbxp2pNxkPpsea6g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

We based PyCon Ireland on PyCon UK's one in 2010, and it's been kind of the
same each year:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8f9AuYUSSQtVkxwNjhTNDhTT2FSVTVnYmlzamlSQQ/edit
We revisit the sponsorship packages after each conference to see what works
and what doesn't.

You can do a quick google to look for other sponsorship brochures out
there, we did that in our first year and we also found EuroPython's one.

Also do contact folks re. PSF Python Brochure:
http://brochure.getpython.info/

Good luck!

Cheers,

/// Vicky

Python Ireland <http://python.ie/> Treasurer
EuroPython Board<https://ep2012.europython.eu/blog/2012/07/08/change-board-europython-society>
PSF member <http://pyfound.blogspot.ie/2012/08/welcome-new-psf-members.html>

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:11 AM, Vicky Lee - Python Ireland
> <whykay at python.ie> wrote:
> > get a sponsorship brochure together.
>
> We should collect sponsorship brochures from other events.   I can see
> the need for some being unique, but there is a huge amount that is the
> same.
>
>  It seems like it would fit well with the marketing literature
> project.  Not that they need to work on content,  but the marketing
> literature seems like an obvious thing to use to help promote why
> someone would want to sponsor a Python event.
>
> --
> Carl K
> _______________________________________________
> Python Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/conferences
>
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From jnoller at gmail.com  Mon Nov 19 16:55:52 2012
From: jnoller at gmail.com (Jesse Noller)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:55:52 -0500
Subject: [Conferences] SouthernPy or PyTennessee
In-Reply-To: <CA+2gdZFF--UnQO_R6OCYmhM3ShZi-pC3Jdgbxp2pNxkPpsea6g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7DA8B5AA-DB19-4E55-900F-C6CEFF0A06AF@jasonamyers.com>
	<CA+2gdZEg6OTVobW_kD9pPnpFiWmrTBmm78T0CM1PgfRmQv+Lqg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADmzSSgwScUTfyf9HtsrPC41o1WiB532dqK3XZsLr+qgi392ww@mail.gmail.com>
	<CA+2gdZFF--UnQO_R6OCYmhM3ShZi-pC3Jdgbxp2pNxkPpsea6g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <989AB8C8E6A6486FA13C829436BDE5B6@gmail.com>

Same here. 

https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/prospectus/
https://us.pycon.org/2012/sponsors/prospectus/

https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/whysponsor/
http://jessenoller.com/2011/09/23/pycon-2012-sponsorship-making-the-case-for-sponsorship/


On Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Vicky Lee - Python Ireland wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> We based PyCon Ireland on PyCon UK's one in 2010, and it's been kind of the same each year:
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8f9AuYUSSQtVkxwNjhTNDhTT2FSVTVnYmlzamlSQQ/edit
> We revisit the sponsorship packages after each conference to see what works and what doesn't.
> 
> You can do a quick google to look for other sponsorship brochures out there, we did that in our first year and we also found EuroPython's one. 
> 
> Also do contact folks re. PSF Python Brochure: http://brochure.getpython.info/
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> /// Vicky
> 
> Python Ireland (http://python.ie/) Treasurer
> EuroPython Board (https://ep2012.europython.eu/blog/2012/07/08/change-board-europython-society)
> PSF member (http://pyfound.blogspot.ie/2012/08/welcome-new-psf-members.html)
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com (mailto:carl at personnelware.com)> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:11 AM, Vicky Lee - Python Ireland
> > <whykay at python.ie (mailto:whykay at python.ie)> wrote:
> > > get a sponsorship brochure together.
> > 
> > 
> > We should collect sponsorship brochures from other events. I can see
> > the need for some being unique, but there is a huge amount that is the
> > same.
> > 
> > It seems like it would fit well with the marketing literature
> > project. Not that they need to work on content, but the marketing
> > literature seems like an obvious thing to use to help promote why
> > someone would want to sponsor a Python event.
> > 
> > --
> > Carl K
> > _______________________________________________
> > Python Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org (mailto: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.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Python Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org (mailto: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. 



From chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org  Mon Nov 19 17:06:36 2012
From: chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org (Chad Cooper)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:06:36 -0600
Subject: [Conferences] SouthernPy or PyTennessee
In-Reply-To: <989AB8C8E6A6486FA13C829436BDE5B6@gmail.com>
References: <7DA8B5AA-DB19-4E55-900F-C6CEFF0A06AF@jasonamyers.com>
	<CA+2gdZEg6OTVobW_kD9pPnpFiWmrTBmm78T0CM1PgfRmQv+Lqg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADmzSSgwScUTfyf9HtsrPC41o1WiB532dqK3XZsLr+qgi392ww@mail.gmail.com>
	<CA+2gdZFF--UnQO_R6OCYmhM3ShZi-pC3Jdgbxp2pNxkPpsea6g@mail.gmail.com>
	<989AB8C8E6A6486FA13C829436BDE5B6@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAG_b13edVZW-iCjBKFdTTFbQXaUBa5xnyQk+D58U_4ZQQ4u3LQ@mail.gmail.com>

Those are exactly what I modeled the pyArkansas 2012 sponsor prospectus
after. The PyCon site is a huge help in modeling a local/regional
conference.

chad


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:

> Same here.
>
> https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/prospectus/
> https://us.pycon.org/2012/sponsors/prospectus/
>
> https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/whysponsor/
>
> http://jessenoller.com/2011/09/23/pycon-2012-sponsorship-making-the-case-for-sponsorship/
>
>
> On Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Vicky Lee - Python Ireland wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > We based PyCon Ireland on PyCon UK's one in 2010, and it's been kind of
> the same each year:
> >
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8f9AuYUSSQtVkxwNjhTNDhTT2FSVTVnYmlzamlSQQ/edit
> > We revisit the sponsorship packages after each conference to see what
> works and what doesn't.
> >
> > You can do a quick google to look for other sponsorship brochures out
> there, we did that in our first year and we also found EuroPython's one.
> >
> > Also do contact folks re. PSF Python Brochure:
> http://brochure.getpython.info/
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > /// Vicky
> >
> > Python Ireland (http://python.ie/) Treasurer
> > EuroPython Board (
> https://ep2012.europython.eu/blog/2012/07/08/change-board-europython-society
> )
> > PSF member (
> http://pyfound.blogspot.ie/2012/08/welcome-new-psf-members.html)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com(mailto:
> carl at personnelware.com)> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:11 AM, Vicky Lee - Python Ireland
> > > <whykay at python.ie (mailto:whykay at python.ie)> wrote:
> > > > get a sponsorship brochure together.
> > >
> > >
> > > We should collect sponsorship brochures from other events. I can see
> > > the need for some being unique, but there is a huge amount that is the
> > > same.
> > >
> > > It seems like it would fit well with the marketing literature
> > > project. Not that they need to work on content, but the marketing
> > > literature seems like an obvious thing to use to help promote why
> > > someone would want to sponsor a Python event.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Carl K
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Python Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org (mailto:
> 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.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Python Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org (mailto:
> 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.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org
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>
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From juanlu001 at gmail.com  Mon Nov 19 22:37:29 2012
From: juanlu001 at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Juan_Luis_Cano_Rodr=EDguez?=)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:37:29 +0100
Subject: [Conferences] Organizing PyCon in Spain
Message-ID: <CAFmivUXS92HkebgLLUEbLNHPLr31b1ykfjaQ99mfXpS2Mcgccw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everybody, my name is Juan Luis Cano, I am an engineering student
passionate about Python and I am willing to organize the first PyCon in my
country, Spain.

Actually it is not the first time someone comes up with this, but in the
end the people get tired and this never gets done. I am too enthusiastic, I
have been diving into the Python ecosystem more and more and I have the
means to achive this goal.

We are thinking of stablishing a formal association country-wide, but if it
is too much of a mess we will try to rely on existing non-profit
organizations to organize the event.

We expect around 200 people, will to set 2 tracks (basic and advanced) and
we intend to celebrate the conference by october-november 2013.

Someone actually had contacted the PSF before so we already have the
es.pycon.org domain ready for hosting a promotion website.

We are already promoting the upcoming event on Twitter (@Pybonacci,
@pycon_es) and working in the mailing list python-es.

I will read carefully the advice given to others in this mailing list (just
not to repeat the same questions), but any kind of help will be much
appreciated.

Best regards,

Juan Luis Cano
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From mal at egenix.com  Tue Nov 20 12:57:51 2012
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:57:51 +0100
Subject: [Conferences] SouthernPy or PyTennessee
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References: <7DA8B5AA-DB19-4E55-900F-C6CEFF0A06AF@jasonamyers.com>
	<CA+2gdZEg6OTVobW_kD9pPnpFiWmrTBmm78T0CM1PgfRmQv+Lqg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADmzSSgwScUTfyf9HtsrPC41o1WiB532dqK3XZsLr+qgi392ww@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19.11.2012 16:30, Carl Karsten wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:11 AM, Vicky Lee - Python Ireland
> <whykay at python.ie> wrote:
>> get a sponsorship brochure together.
> 
> We should collect sponsorship brochures from other events.   I can see
> the need for some being unique, but there is a huge amount that is the
> same.
> 
>  It seems like it would fit well with the marketing literature
> project.  Not that they need to work on content,  but the marketing
> literature seems like an obvious thing to use to help promote why
> someone would want to sponsor a Python event.

Once the brochure has gone to print, the PSF will be able to send
out boxes to user groups and conference organizers to help with
marketing Python and local events.

We're currently looking at spring next year as printing date.

The details on the ordering process have not been finalized yet,
but I assume that you'd simply contact Ewa, in her role as
PSF secretary, and she'll then get you in touch with Armin
who will initiate the shipping.

It's also possible to simply link to the PDF of the brochure
(once it's finalized), if you'd rather like to bundle information
in electronic form.

-- 
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From mal at egenix.com  Tue Nov 20 13:13:55 2012
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:13:55 +0100
Subject: [Conferences] PyCon.RU
In-Reply-To: <CA+8sDDiOnmVVfSXrTsn=8drSEHFA9H+o5ODob-aOv35VgTAaOg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CA+8sDDiOnmVVfSXrTsn=8drSEHFA9H+o5ODob-aOv35VgTAaOg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 15.11.2012 15:00, Anton Patrushev wrote:
> Hello, Pythonistas
> 
> Our initiative group in russian python community plans to organize
> first PyCon in Russia.
> You can find some info here: http://pycon.ru/PyConRussia/
> 
> We have already held several thematic events.
> Unfortunately, the information about them is available only in Russian.
> Links to the sites of events and their translation with the help of
> Google Translate are below.
> http://ekbpy.ru/
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fekbpy.ru%2F&act=url
> 
> http://rupy.ru/
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Frupy.ru%2F&act=url
> 
> Not only about Russian events (exUSSR)
> http://citypy.org/
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=citypy.org&act=url
> 
> We want to ask you to delegate us domain name ru.pycon.org and place
> the information in the list of events.

Hi Anton,

I've setup a CNAME entry for you:

ru.pycon.org.           IN      CNAME   pycon.ru.
*.ru.pycon.org.         IN      CNAME   pycon.ru.

I'll also add a note to the pycon.org site about the conference.

Thank you and good luck with your conference !

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From diana.joan.clarke at gmail.com  Tue Nov 20 18:45:40 2012
From: diana.joan.clarke at gmail.com (Diana Clarke)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:45:40 -0500
Subject: [Conferences] Organizing PyCon in Spain
In-Reply-To: <CAFmivUXS92HkebgLLUEbLNHPLr31b1ykfjaQ99mfXpS2Mcgccw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFmivUXS92HkebgLLUEbLNHPLr31b1ykfjaQ99mfXpS2Mcgccw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEZAPrDi8QqYpFPwc3QtsK0Mbwi32Uh_9DWuPBmEFsz=sNAtpQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello from Canada!

We just finished hosting the first PyCon Canada. It was similar in
size (~275 attendees, ~50 speakers, 2 tracks) to what you're looking
to host in Spain.

    http://2012.pycon.ca/

At some point, I should write down our lessons learned, but off the
top of my head here are some notes:

1) We modeled PyCon Canada after PyCon USA. They've been doing this
for years now, and there's a lot you can just copy. I copied a ton,
and they didn't seem to mind ;)

2) Code of Conduct: PyCon USA has a code of conduct, and so should you
(in my humble opinion). We modified it a bit; you should feel free to
do the same (to reflect your local norms and community). Make sure
your communications (twitter, email, etc) to attendees and speakers
make your code of conduct well known in advance. Encourage speakers to
check with your board if they are even a little bit uncertain about
the content of their slides and talks. You don't want your conference
to end up on Hacker News for all the wrong reasons (example:
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/CouchDB_talk).

    https://us.pycon.org/2012/codeofconduct/

They even have instructions on how to deal with code of conduct
incidents, so that you're not caught of guard. Train your volunteers
before the conference about your code of conduct. Have printed copies
of these documents on hand for you and your staff at the event.

    https://us.pycon.org/2013/about/code-of-conduct/harassment-incidents-staff/
    https://us.pycon.org/2013/about/code-of-conduct/harassment-incidents/

2) Team: PyCon Canada had a board of three that were responsible for
making decisions. We created a non-profit association, so that we
could open a business banking account for the conference. Only the
board members had access to the bank account. In addition to the
board, we also had a core group of organizers (about 5 people) who
attended all of our planning meetings. It took months to put together,
and even then we made mistakes. We met every second week for the first
few months, every week for the last month, and every day leading up to
the event. It takes hours and hours of volunteer work to pull a
conference off. Consider yourself warned! It's worth it though!

3) Roles: Each organizer and board member was responsible for
something: volunteers (we needed about 25 in addition to our team),
raising money (sponsors), audio/video (check out
http://nextdayvideo.com/ and the results
http://pyvideo.org/category/25/pycon-ca-2012), catering (expensive),
the print schedule and program (also really expensive), the conference
website (talk submission form, online schedule, etc), internet/wifi at
the venue, finding a venue (was hard for us), negotiations with the
conference hotel, registration (we used https://guestlistapp.com/),
communications (lots of twitter, we also emailed all attendees once a
week, in the final weeks, with announcements, surprise speakers,
information about the hotel, code of conduct etc), etc...

4) Costs: Everybody pays to attend PyCon USA, even speakers and the
organizers. We decided to do the same. We set the ticket price low
($75), but high enough so that if we didn't end up being able to raise
money from sponsors, we would be at least able to cover our basic
costs (renting the venue, renting audio equipment, etc). As we started
to get sponsors, we added nice-to-haves (free lunch for attendees,
video, print program, stickers, t-shirts, airfare for invited
speakers, etc). We didn't do a good job at making sure people knew in
advance that "everybody pays", which resulted in some awkward email
exchanges between speakers and organizers after talk selection was
complete. Whatever you decide, make sure your decision is clear. Some
PyCons have a "nobody pays" policy, but you might find that people
scoop up your tickets and then not actually attend.

    http://jessenoller.com/2011/05/25/pycon-everybody-pays/

5) Tickets: We doubled the ticket price ($150) for companies that were
sending employees. Individuals that were paying for themselves paid
$75. Students paid $25. We also had a start-up ticket price ($350)
that included some special advertising perks to bolster our local
start-up scene. We kept announcing on twitter etc how many tickets
were remaining (75%, 50%, 25%, 10%, 0%) etc to drive early ticket
sales. We also announced our invited speakers and keynotes in advance
to drive ticket sales. We sold-out about a month in advance. Knowing
the number of attendees in advance, rather than having last-minute
sign-ups, made planning so much easier. If your capacity is limited
(our was, by fire-code), make sure *everyone* has a ticket, even if
its just a placeholder for people like media, volunteers,
photographers, sponsors at their booth (if you decide to have booths),
etc.

6) Sponsors: We created a sponsorship prospectus similar to the PyCon
USA prospectus. Our top sponsorship slot was $10,000 (much lower than
the USA number). Most of our sponsorships came from local companies
that were looking to hire developers or were supporting their
employees that were attending or speaking at PyCon Canada. Big names
(like mozilla, google, etc) were also really supportive and generous.
You'll need to give these larger companies a bit more time to process
your request for sponsorship. You can also ask the PSF for a donation
(http://www.python.org/psf/). Our sponsors
(http://2012.pycon.ca/sponsors) paid us by cheque, and paypal. Like
PyCon USA, we announced our sponsors on twitter, included their logos
in our online and print material, and offered our top sponsors a booth
at the event.

    https://us.pycon.org/2012/sponsors/prospectus/

8) Schedule: You and your board are responsible for the curation of
your schedule. You do not need to stick to a strict voting system
(which often reinforces the status quo). If you want 25% of your
speakers to be Spanish: make it happen! If you want 20% of your
speakers to be female: make it happen! If you want 20% of your talks
to be academic: make it happen! If you do your homework, hunting down
great speakers from groups that are otherwise underrepresented in our
Python community, none of these speakers will be "token" or
"unworthy". Obviously, you should not just put your friends and
sponsors up on stage, but otherwise you get to decide as a team what
your goals are, and then work toward them.

7) Diversity: From day one, diversity was one of our goals. Google
kindly provided us with $500 diversity grants to help more women
attend PyCon Canada. Google even sent a gift for each of the
recipients. I strongly encourage you to contact them. When we found
that very few women were submitting talk proposals, we reached out
individually to women and encouraged them to submit talks. The PSF,
PyLadies, etc helped us spread the word about the grants, and
encouraged women to submit talks. We also made sure that the invited
keynotes and speakers included women and people working in different
fields (http://2012.pycon.ca/learn). Oops, that page title should
really be "Invited Speakers". Anyway, your invited speakers and
keynotes set the tone for your conference. Diversity is obviously
about more than just women -- we did our best to offer financial
assistance to *anyone* that asked (even if it was just a small
amount). This brought in attendees from India, Argentina, and beyond.

8) Talks: People learn in different ways. Some people get a lot out of
listening to talks, others need a more hands-on approach. We had 5
minute lightning talks, 20 minute talks, 45 minute talks, tutorials
(hours long), and sprints (two days, totally hands-on, open source
work). I wish we had had more tutorials. Two 20 minute talks with a 5
minute setup break in between worked out well for us. It meant both
tracks had breaks at the same time (20min + 20min + 5min = 45min). We
encouraged attendees to commit to both 20 minute talks in the 45
minute window, and tried to make sure we paired 20 minute talks that
complimented each other. The 5 minute and 20 minute talks also proved
to be a good way to increase the diversity of the conference. People
who were intimidated at the prospect of giving a 45 minute talk and
would have otherwise said no to us, were more easily convinced to
speak when given shorter talk options. First time speakers, students,
people new to Python, speakers who's first language wasn't English,
were just some of the people these shorter talk slots appealed to.

9) Lightning Talks: We confirmed our lightning talks in advance just
like normal 20 minute and 45 minute talks. Note that PyCon USA does
not do this. At PyCon USA, there is a lottery for who gets to give
lightning talks once everyone is already at PyCon. We decided to
confirm the talks in advance so that a) we were sure people knew what
made a good lightning talk b) so that we had lightning talks - I was
terrified we'd have dead air time c) because lightning talks have
become really popular at PyCon USA and I found that people were really
disappointed when their name didn't end up being drawn; especially
after having spent the time preparing the content and slides d) to
increase the diversity of speakers.

10) Conference Site: We decided to build our own conference website.
In hindsight, this was probably a mistake. And totally my fault (I
felt like building something just for fun), but running a PyCon has
very little to do with code: it's management, management, management.
And email, *so* much email. You'll have enough to worry about, as it
is. If I were to do it over again, I probably would have used the same
code PyCon USA uses (https://github.com/pinax/symposion).

And I could go on and on... it was such an incredible learning experience.

I apologize if this email isn't very clear -- it was written very
quickly. I should follow-up with "10 things we did wrong" ;)

Feel free to ping me with questions.

Good luck!

--diana

PyCon Canada 2012 Chair

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Juan Luis Cano Rodr?guez
<juanlu001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody, my name is Juan Luis Cano, I am an engineering student
> passionate about Python and I am willing to organize the first PyCon in my
> country, Spain.
>
> Actually it is not the first time someone comes up with this, but in the end
> the people get tired and this never gets done. I am too enthusiastic, I have
> been diving into the Python ecosystem more and more and I have the means to
> achive this goal.
>
> We are thinking of stablishing a formal association country-wide, but if it
> is too much of a mess we will try to rely on existing non-profit
> organizations to organize the event.
>
> We expect around 200 people, will to set 2 tracks (basic and advanced) and
> we intend to celebrate the conference by october-november 2013.
>
> Someone actually had contacted the PSF before so we already have the
> es.pycon.org domain ready for hosting a promotion website.
>
> We are already promoting the upcoming event on Twitter (@Pybonacci,
> @pycon_es) and working in the mailing list python-es.
>
> I will read carefully the advice given to others in this mailing list (just
> not to repeat the same questions), but any kind of help will be much
> appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Juan Luis Cano
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python 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.

From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Sat Nov 24 18:01:28 2012
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:01:28 -0800
Subject: [Conferences] Organizing PyCon in Spain
In-Reply-To: <CAEZAPrDi8QqYpFPwc3QtsK0Mbwi32Uh_9DWuPBmEFsz=sNAtpQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFmivUXS92HkebgLLUEbLNHPLr31b1ykfjaQ99mfXpS2Mcgccw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEZAPrDi8QqYpFPwc3QtsK0Mbwi32Uh_9DWuPBmEFsz=sNAtpQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20121124170127.GA12583@panix.com>

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012, Diana Clarke wrote:
>
> I apologize if this email isn't very clear -- it was written very
> quickly. I should follow-up with "10 things we did wrong" ;)

Both this e-mail and your planned followup should go on a web page so
people can easily link to them.
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

"LL YR VWL R BLNG T S"  -- www.nancybuttons.com

From jnoller at gmail.com  Sun Nov 25 21:51:17 2012
From: jnoller at gmail.com (Jesse Noller)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:51:17 -0500
Subject: [Conferences] Organizing PyCon in Spain
In-Reply-To: <CAEZAPrDi8QqYpFPwc3QtsK0Mbwi32Uh_9DWuPBmEFsz=sNAtpQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFmivUXS92HkebgLLUEbLNHPLr31b1ykfjaQ99mfXpS2Mcgccw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAEZAPrDi8QqYpFPwc3QtsK0Mbwi32Uh_9DWuPBmEFsz=sNAtpQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AB6C78B1AE1746D7B9931CC373E8B724@gmail.com>

I started to flesh this all out finally, thanks for the kick in the pants diana:  

https://from-python-import-conference.readthedocs.org/en/latest/  


On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Diana Clarke wrote:

> Hello from Canada!
>  
> We just finished hosting the first PyCon Canada. It was similar in
> size (~275 attendees, ~50 speakers, 2 tracks) to what you're looking
> to host in Spain.
>  
> http://2012.pycon.ca/
>  
> At some point, I should write down our lessons learned, but off the
> top of my head here are some notes:
>  
> 1) We modeled PyCon Canada after PyCon USA. They've been doing this
> for years now, and there's a lot you can just copy. I copied a ton,
> and they didn't seem to mind ;)
>  
> 2) Code of Conduct: PyCon USA has a code of conduct, and so should you
> (in my humble opinion). We modified it a bit; you should feel free to
> do the same (to reflect your local norms and community). Make sure
> your communications (twitter, email, etc) to attendees and speakers
> make your code of conduct well known in advance. Encourage speakers to
> check with your board if they are even a little bit uncertain about
> the content of their slides and talks. You don't want your conference
> to end up on Hacker News for all the wrong reasons (example:
> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/CouchDB_talk).
>  
> https://us.pycon.org/2012/codeofconduct/
>  
> They even have instructions on how to deal with code of conduct
> incidents, so that you're not caught of guard. Train your volunteers
> before the conference about your code of conduct. Have printed copies
> of these documents on hand for you and your staff at the event.
>  
> https://us.pycon.org/2013/about/code-of-conduct/harassment-incidents-staff/
> https://us.pycon.org/2013/about/code-of-conduct/harassment-incidents/
>  
> 2) Team: PyCon Canada had a board of three that were responsible for
> making decisions. We created a non-profit association, so that we
> could open a business banking account for the conference. Only the
> board members had access to the bank account. In addition to the
> board, we also had a core group of organizers (about 5 people) who
> attended all of our planning meetings. It took months to put together,
> and even then we made mistakes. We met every second week for the first
> few months, every week for the last month, and every day leading up to
> the event. It takes hours and hours of volunteer work to pull a
> conference off. Consider yourself warned! It's worth it though!
>  
> 3) Roles: Each organizer and board member was responsible for
> something: volunteers (we needed about 25 in addition to our team),
> raising money (sponsors), audio/video (check out
> http://nextdayvideo.com/ and the results
> http://pyvideo.org/category/25/pycon-ca-2012), catering (expensive),
> the print schedule and program (also really expensive), the conference
> website (talk submission form, online schedule, etc), internet/wifi at
> the venue, finding a venue (was hard for us), negotiations with the
> conference hotel, registration (we used https://guestlistapp.com/),
> communications (lots of twitter, we also emailed all attendees once a
> week, in the final weeks, with announcements, surprise speakers,
> information about the hotel, code of conduct etc), etc...
>  
> 4) Costs: Everybody pays to attend PyCon USA, even speakers and the
> organizers. We decided to do the same. We set the ticket price low
> ($75), but high enough so that if we didn't end up being able to raise
> money from sponsors, we would be at least able to cover our basic
> costs (renting the venue, renting audio equipment, etc). As we started
> to get sponsors, we added nice-to-haves (free lunch for attendees,
> video, print program, stickers, t-shirts, airfare for invited
> speakers, etc). We didn't do a good job at making sure people knew in
> advance that "everybody pays", which resulted in some awkward email
> exchanges between speakers and organizers after talk selection was
> complete. Whatever you decide, make sure your decision is clear. Some
> PyCons have a "nobody pays" policy, but you might find that people
> scoop up your tickets and then not actually attend.
>  
> http://jessenoller.com/2011/05/25/pycon-everybody-pays/
>  
> 5) Tickets: We doubled the ticket price ($150) for companies that were
> sending employees. Individuals that were paying for themselves paid
> $75. Students paid $25. We also had a start-up ticket price ($350)
> that included some special advertising perks to bolster our local
> start-up scene. We kept announcing on twitter etc how many tickets
> were remaining (75%, 50%, 25%, 10%, 0%) etc to drive early ticket
> sales. We also announced our invited speakers and keynotes in advance
> to drive ticket sales. We sold-out about a month in advance. Knowing
> the number of attendees in advance, rather than having last-minute
> sign-ups, made planning so much easier. If your capacity is limited
> (our was, by fire-code), make sure *everyone* has a ticket, even if
> its just a placeholder for people like media, volunteers,
> photographers, sponsors at their booth (if you decide to have booths),
> etc.
>  
> 6) Sponsors: We created a sponsorship prospectus similar to the PyCon
> USA prospectus. Our top sponsorship slot was $10,000 (much lower than
> the USA number). Most of our sponsorships came from local companies
> that were looking to hire developers or were supporting their
> employees that were attending or speaking at PyCon Canada. Big names
> (like mozilla, google, etc) were also really supportive and generous.
> You'll need to give these larger companies a bit more time to process
> your request for sponsorship. You can also ask the PSF for a donation
> (http://www.python.org/psf/). Our sponsors
> (http://2012.pycon.ca/sponsors) paid us by cheque, and paypal. Like
> PyCon USA, we announced our sponsors on twitter, included their logos
> in our online and print material, and offered our top sponsors a booth
> at the event.
>  
> https://us.pycon.org/2012/sponsors/prospectus/
>  
> 8) Schedule: You and your board are responsible for the curation of
> your schedule. You do not need to stick to a strict voting system
> (which often reinforces the status quo). If you want 25% of your
> speakers to be Spanish: make it happen! If you want 20% of your
> speakers to be female: make it happen! If you want 20% of your talks
> to be academic: make it happen! If you do your homework, hunting down
> great speakers from groups that are otherwise underrepresented in our
> Python community, none of these speakers will be "token" or
> "unworthy". Obviously, you should not just put your friends and
> sponsors up on stage, but otherwise you get to decide as a team what
> your goals are, and then work toward them.
>  
> 7) Diversity: From day one, diversity was one of our goals. Google
> kindly provided us with $500 diversity grants to help more women
> attend PyCon Canada. Google even sent a gift for each of the
> recipients. I strongly encourage you to contact them. When we found
> that very few women were submitting talk proposals, we reached out
> individually to women and encouraged them to submit talks. The PSF,
> PyLadies, etc helped us spread the word about the grants, and
> encouraged women to submit talks. We also made sure that the invited
> keynotes and speakers included women and people working in different
> fields (http://2012.pycon.ca/learn). Oops, that page title should
> really be "Invited Speakers". Anyway, your invited speakers and
> keynotes set the tone for your conference. Diversity is obviously
> about more than just women -- we did our best to offer financial
> assistance to *anyone* that asked (even if it was just a small
> amount). This brought in attendees from India, Argentina, and beyond.
>  
> 8) Talks: People learn in different ways. Some people get a lot out of
> listening to talks, others need a more hands-on approach. We had 5
> minute lightning talks, 20 minute talks, 45 minute talks, tutorials
> (hours long), and sprints (two days, totally hands-on, open source
> work). I wish we had had more tutorials. Two 20 minute talks with a 5
> minute setup break in between worked out well for us. It meant both
> tracks had breaks at the same time (20min + 20min + 5min = 45min). We
> encouraged attendees to commit to both 20 minute talks in the 45
> minute window, and tried to make sure we paired 20 minute talks that
> complimented each other. The 5 minute and 20 minute talks also proved
> to be a good way to increase the diversity of the conference. People
> who were intimidated at the prospect of giving a 45 minute talk and
> would have otherwise said no to us, were more easily convinced to
> speak when given shorter talk options. First time speakers, students,
> people new to Python, speakers who's first language wasn't English,
> were just some of the people these shorter talk slots appealed to.
>  
> 9) Lightning Talks: We confirmed our lightning talks in advance just
> like normal 20 minute and 45 minute talks. Note that PyCon USA does
> not do this. At PyCon USA, there is a lottery for who gets to give
> lightning talks once everyone is already at PyCon. We decided to
> confirm the talks in advance so that a) we were sure people knew what
> made a good lightning talk b) so that we had lightning talks - I was
> terrified we'd have dead air time c) because lightning talks have
> become really popular at PyCon USA and I found that people were really
> disappointed when their name didn't end up being drawn; especially
> after having spent the time preparing the content and slides d) to
> increase the diversity of speakers.
>  
> 10) Conference Site: We decided to build our own conference website.
> In hindsight, this was probably a mistake. And totally my fault (I
> felt like building something just for fun), but running a PyCon has
> very little to do with code: it's management, management, management.
> And email, *so* much email. You'll have enough to worry about, as it
> is. If I were to do it over again, I probably would have used the same
> code PyCon USA uses (https://github.com/pinax/symposion).
>  
> And I could go on and on... it was such an incredible learning experience.
>  
> I apologize if this email isn't very clear -- it was written very
> quickly. I should follow-up with "10 things we did wrong" ;)
>  
> Feel free to ping me with questions.
>  
> Good luck!
>  
> --diana
>  
> PyCon Canada 2012 Chair
>  
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Juan Luis Cano Rodr?guez
> <juanlu001 at gmail.com (mailto:juanlu001 at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > Hello everybody, my name is Juan Luis Cano, I am an engineering student
> > passionate about Python and I am willing to organize the first PyCon in my
> > country, Spain.
> >  
> > Actually it is not the first time someone comes up with this, but in the end
> > the people get tired and this never gets done. I am too enthusiastic, I have
> > been diving into the Python ecosystem more and more and I have the means to
> > achive this goal.
> >  
> > We are thinking of stablishing a formal association country-wide, but if it
> > is too much of a mess we will try to rely on existing non-profit
> > organizations to organize the event.
> >  
> > We expect around 200 people, will to set 2 tracks (basic and advanced) and
> > we intend to celebrate the conference by october-november 2013.
> >  
> > Someone actually had contacted the PSF before so we already have the
> > es.pycon.org (http://es.pycon.org) domain ready for hosting a promotion website.
> >  
> > We are already promoting the upcoming event on Twitter (@Pybonacci,
> > @pycon_es) and working in the mailing list python-es.
> >  
> > I will read carefully the advice given to others in this mailing list (just
> > not to repeat the same questions), but any kind of help will be much
> > appreciated.
> >  
> > Best regards,
> >  
> > Juan Luis Cano
> >  
> > _______________________________________________
> > Python Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org (mailto: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.
>  
>  
> _______________________________________________
> Python Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org (mailto: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.