From mal at europython.eu Mon Jul 4 09:48:31 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 15:48:31 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] EuroPython 2016: Please configure your tickets Message-ID: <577A692F.3080502@europython.eu> The EuroPython website supports buying tickets for other people (friends, colleagues, etc.). As a result, it is necessary to assign the tickets you buy to either yourself or someone else. The assignment process is explained below. Please tell us your preferences ------------------------------- The reason we?re interested in you applying this configuration as soon as possible, is that the tickets include a number of preferences which we need to know about in order to properly prepare the conference. When assigning tickets you will fill some fields, telling us your t-shirt size and cut (women or men style) and your diet preferences. If you don?t provide this information, we cannot assure we?ll have the right t-shirt available for you. Likewise, if you are vegetarian, it is important to mark this in the preferences, so that we can order enough vegetarian food. How to assign tickets to attendees ---------------------------------- First you need to log in and go to your profile and, if you already bought your tickets, you will see something similar to this. Click on "View your tickets". After you have navigated to the tickets, we need you to assign the ticket: simply hover over the ticket and you will see two options. Please select, if the ticket is for you or for someone else. Remember: Before assigning the ticket the other persons, these must be registered on the website. Otherwise, the assignment won?t work. If you have assigned the tickets to someone else, please let them know. The system will send out automatic emails, but it?s safer to send a separate email so that the information doesn?t get lost in a spam filter. How to edit the fields of the tickets ------------------------------------- After assigning the ticket, each attendee will need to fill out the ticket preferences using his/her profile page (don?t forget to click save to store the settings). Some additional help for the preference form: * Tagline: This line will appear after you name. Be original! * Diet: Omnivorous, Vegetarian or Other (we?ll try to provide food for other diets as well) * Python experience: Whats your experience level with Python? You can also enter ?no comment?, if you prefer not to make this information public. * Dates: Which days do you plan to attend. This is not binding in any way, it just helps us to better prepare for the conference. With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/749960553280528384 Thanks. From mal at europython.eu Wed Jul 6 11:40:40 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 17:40:40 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] Invitation to the EuroPython Society General Assembly 2016 Message-ID: <577D2678.1030003@europython.eu> We would like to officially invite all EuroPython Society (EPS) members to attend this year?s EPS General Assembly (GA), which we will run as in-person meeting at the upcoming EuroPython Conference 2016 in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. This email is also available blog post: http://www.europython-society.org/post/146998034935/invitation-to-the-europython-society-general Place of the General Assembly meeting ------------------------------------- We will meet on Thursday, July 21 2016, at 14:30 CEST in room A2 of the EuroPython 2016 conference venue Euskalduna Conference Center (ECC) in Bilbao, Spain. There will be a talk to invite volunteers to participate in organizing EuroPython 2017 in preparation for next year?s event at 14:00 CEST in the same room, right before the General Assembly. You may want to attend that talk as well. In this talk, we will present the EuroPython Workgroup Concept, we have been using successfully for two years now. General Assembly Agenda ----------------------- The agenda contents for the assembly is defined by the EPS bylaws. We are planning to use the following structure: * Opening of the meeting * Selection of meeting chair, secretary and 2 checkers of the minutes * Motion establishing the timeliness of the call to the meeting * Presentation of the annual report and annual accounts by the board * Presentation of the report of the auditor * Discharge from liability for the board * Presentation of a budget by the outgoing board. * Acceptance of budget and decision on membership fees for the upcoming year * Propositions from the board (relating to the board election) * Determination of the size of the board for the period until the next annual meeting of the General Assembly * Election of members of the board * Election of chair of the board * Election of one auditor and one replacement. The auditor does not have to be certified in any way and is normally selected among the members of the society. * The optional election of a nomination committee for the next annual meeting of the General Assembly * Propositions from the board (all others) * Motions from the members, if any * Closing of the meeting Election of the members of the board ------------------------------------ The EPS bylaws limit the number of board members to one chair and 2 - 6 directors, at most 7 directors in total (also see the proposition below to increase this number to 9). Experience has shown that the board members are the most active organizers of the EuroPython conference, so we try to get as many board members as possible to spread the work load. All members of the EPS are free to nominate or self nominate board members. Please write to board at europython-society.org no later than Friday, July 15 2016, if you want to run for board. We will then include you in the list we?ll have in the final nomination announcement before the GA, which is scheduled for July 16. The following people have shown interest in running for board in the next term (in alphabetical order): * Borja Ayerdi * Christian Barra * Joaquin Berenguer * Darya Chyzhyk * Oier Etxaniz * Alexander Hendorf * Marc-Andr? Lemburg * Alexandre Savio * Anthon van der Neut We will post more detailed information about the above candidates and any new nominations in a separate blog post. Propositions from the board --------------------------- The board is currently preparing a number of changes to EPS bylaws to broaden the scope of the EPS and prepare it for taking on more responsibility in the coming years: * Broaden membership to all Python users in Europe and broaden the focus to not only run conferences, but also further the use of Python in Europe. * Initiate the rebasing of the EPS from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Brussels, Belgium. This will be a two step process and we?d like to prepare the first step at this year?s GA by creating a new EPS non-profit in Brussels, possibly as subsidiary of the existing society in Sweden. * Increase the possible number of directors to 2-8 in addition to one chair (9 directors in total), in order to attract more highly active board members and better distribute the work load. The bylaws allow for additional propositions to be announced up until 5 days before the GA, so the above list is not necessarily the final list. Motions from the members ------------------------ EPS members are entitled to suggest motions to be voted on at the GA. The bylaws require any such motions to be announced at least 5 days before the GA. If you would like to propose a motion, please send it to board at europython-society.org no later than Friday, July 15 2016. Enjoy, -- EuroPython Society http://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Thu Jul 7 03:35:54 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 09:35:54 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] EuroPython 2016: Last day to get tickets at regular rate Message-ID: <577E065A.8000604@europython.eu> We will be switching to the on-desk rates for tickets tomorrow, so today is your last chance to get tickets at the regular rate, which is about 30% less than the on-desk rate: EuroPython 2016 Registration *** https://ep2016.europython.eu/registration/ *** Day Passes ---------- As in the past, we will also sell day passes at the conference venue. To make things more affordable especially for students and other people who want to attend the Beginners? Day or the sprints, we have split the day pass prices into ones valid from Monday-Friday for the main conference days and ones for the weekend days. Day passes for the first Sunday (Beginners? Day) and the sprints weekend (valid for the day when they are purchased): * Student weekend day pass: EUR 25.00 * Personal weekend day pass: EUR 70.00 * Business weekend day pass: EUR 110.00 Day passes for the main conference (valid for the day when they are purchased): * Student conference day pass: EUR 50.00 * Personal conference day pass: EUR 140.00 * Business conference day pass: EUR 225.00 All prices include 10% Spanish VAT. Please see the registration page for full details of what is included in the ticket price. With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/750955219975016448 Thanks. From mal at europython.eu Wed Jul 13 06:23:50 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:23:50 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] EuroPython 2016: Guggenheim and Fine Arts Museum Message-ID: <578616B6.2090105@europython.eu> EuroPython is not the only attraction in Bilbao to attend in July. The city also hosts the famous Guggenheim Museum, featuring modern art in an amazing building designed by Frank O. Gehry. >>> Please see below for a special deal we have for EuroPython attendees *** Guggenheim Museum *** https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/venue/guggenheim-museum/ You can also find the Fine Arts Museum in Bilbao, with exhibitions of Tucker and 50s fashion in France, in addition to other masterpieces. It is very close to the conference venue. *** Fine Arts Museum *** https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/venue/fine-arts-museum/ Special offer for EuroPython attendees: Avoid long queues --------------------------------------------------------- If you want to avoid long queues at the Guggenheim Museum, you can benefit from getting a ticket at the conference desk. We have acquired a block of tickets and will give them away for free, if you donate at least EUR 10 to the EuroPython conference financial aid budget for next year. That?s less than the regular ticket price and you get the additional warm fuzzy feeling of helping others as bonus :-) Donations can be made in cash at the conference desk. With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/753158920781332481 Thanks. From mal at europython.eu Thu Jul 14 07:44:05 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:44:05 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] EuroPython 2016: Getting your badge & ticket IDs Message-ID: <57877B05.6030308@europython.eu> For this year, we have reconsidered the way we give out badges to try to reduce the queue lengths and your waiting time. Badges distributed based on ticket ID ------------------------------------- To make finding badges easier, we have printed the ticket ID on each badge and will distribute badges based on ticket ID ranges. Each queue will be for one ticket ID range. Finding your ticket ID ---------------------- We will send all attendees an email with their ticket ID, but you can also look on the website to find your ticket ID. Simply log in and then check the ticket page to find your ticket preview: https://ep2016.europython.eu/p3/tickets/ The ticket ID is listed at the bottom of the ticket preview. If you forget your ticket ID, no worries. We will have a number of volunteers at the registration desk with a mobile app to quickly search the ticket database for your ticket. Simply ask them to help you find the right queue and you?re all set. Should they have trouble finding your ticket in the database, you?ll be asked to visit the registration counter to sort out any issues. Please check your ticket ------------------------ Please note that in order to find your tickets, the person who bought the ticket will have to have assigned the ticket to you, as we?ve outline in a previous blog post: http://blog.europython.eu/post/146895278207/europython-2016-please-configure-your-tickets We already know that there are a number of tickets which have not been assigned to the final attendee, so please double check that you can see your ticket on the ticket page after logging in to the website: https://ep2016.europython.eu/p3/tickets/ If you cannot find your ticket on that page, please ask the person who bought the ticket for you. The process for assigning the ticket is described in our blog post on the topic. If all else fails, simply write to our helpdesk at europython.eu for help. Opening times of the registration desks --------------------------------------- These are the planned opening times of the registration desks where you can pick up your badge (or buy conference tickets or day passes). * Sunday, July 17 In the afternoon at 16:00, we will open the registration desk at the main conference venue, the Euskalduna Conference Center (ECC). It?ll stay open until around 19:00. You will be able to pick up the badges for your already purchased tickets as well as buy new ones at this registration desk. * Monday, July 18 The registration desk at the conference venue, the Euskalduna Conference Center (ECC), will open at 08:00 on Monday. Conference bag distribution --------------------------- We will do the bag stuffing on Sunday, starting at around 16:00 at the ECC. You?re welcome to come and help. The stuffed bags will then be distributed starting on Monday. With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/753553441239293954 Thanks. From mal at europython.eu Sat Jul 16 05:33:43 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 11:33:43 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] EuroPython 2016: Recruiting Offers Message-ID: <5789FF77.70502@europython.eu> Many of our sponsors are looking for new employees, so EuroPython 2016 is not only an exciting conference, but may very well also be your chance to find the perfect job you?ve always been looking for. Sponsor job board ----------------- We will post sponsor recruiting offers on the job board of our website: *** EuroPython 2016 Job Board *** https://ep2015.europython.eu/en/sponsor/job-board/ Sponsor recruiting messages --------------------------- If you want to receive the sponsor messages directly to your inbox, please log in to the website and enable the recruiting message option in your privacy settings. With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/754246761380798464 Thanks. From mal at europython.eu Sat Jul 16 06:12:19 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:12:19 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] EPS Board Candidates for 2016/2017 Message-ID: <578A0883.6040300@europython.eu> At this year?s General Assembly we will vote in a new board of the EuroPython Society: http://www.europython-society.org/post/146998034935/invitation-to-the-europython-society-general This posting is also available as blog post: http://www.europython-society.org/post/147488545100/eps-board-candidates-for-20162017 List of Board Candidates ======================== The EPS bylaws require one chair and 2 - 6 board members. The following candidates have stated their willingness to work on the EPS board. We are presenting them here (in alphabetical order). Borja Ayerdi ------------ PhD Student / Co-Founder and CEO of Neurita / Treasurer Borja is a PhD student in the University of the Basque Country. He has a degree in Information Engineering of the same university. His PhD thesis is focused in several areas of machine learning applications to image processing, including aortic and brain imaging as well as hyperspectral satellite imaging. He uses Python for his research projects. He is a co-founder and the treasurer of the non-profit Python San Sebastian society (ACPySS). With the local community he is co-organizer of Python San Sebastian Conference Series. He is member of the EuroPython 2015 and 2016 core organization team. He loves the social interaction and the community. Christian Calogero Barra ------------------------ Curious / Traveler / Pythonista / Student of Statistics @UNIPD >From 2015 he is a member of the EuroPython Organisers, chair of the Web workgroup and a member of the Program and Support workgroup. He is a Free Software enthusiasm and he would like to teach Python to european kids. Until 2014 he had a company in the renewable energy sector, company founded in 2009. He is also a member of PyCon Italia Organisers and Python Italia Association and plans to join other Python Communities in Europe. Currently is studying Statistics at the University of Padua, with a focus on big data and technology applications. When he is not having fun with his computer he likes to enjoy Travels, the Nature, sports and books. Oier Echaniz Beneitez --------------------- PhD Student / Consultant / Chair of ACPySS Oier currently is a PhD Student in the University of the Basque Country. He has a degree in Information Engineering from the same university. His PhD is focused in medical imaging, cancer diagnosis and machine learning. He uses Python in his daily programming projects. He is also co-founder and chair of the Python San Sebastian society (ACPySS), a non-profit organization involved in the use of Python, Free Software and Technology in business and education. With the local community he co-organized a Software Carpentry and is co-organizer in the Python San Sebastian conference series. He is member of the EuroPython 2015 and 2016 core organization team. In his leisure time he helps as an IT expert in a non-profit organization called ASPANOGI. This organization takes care of children with cancer, teaching them computer science and providing them tools and machines where they can play during hospitalization. Joaquin Berenguer ----------------- PhD / Consultant / Software Engineering Manager Joaquin is Director at Berentec, a Professional Services Company. He has a MS in Telecommunication at University of Madrid, and MS in Robotics at University of Alicante, Services Manager at Sybase during 19 years. Python is my favorite Language, and EPS gives the opportunity to be engaged in the future of this Language. Dr. Darya Chyzhyk ----------------- PhD / Python programming enthusiastic for research and science Currently, Darya is a Post-Doc at the University of Florida, USA. She has a degree in applied mathematics and defended her thesis in computer science. Last 7 years Darya has been working on computer aided diagnostic computer systems for brain diseases at the University of the Basque Country, Spain and she is a member of of the Computational Intelligence Group since 2009. Her aim is to develop computational methods for brain MRI processing and analysis, including open sours tools, that help to the medical people in their specific pathologies research studies. She has experience in International Conference organization and take part in the events for the teenagers and kids such as Week of science. Participant in more than 10 international science conference, trainings and summer courses. Board member of Python San Sebastian Society (ACPySS) and on-site team of EuroPython 2015 and 2016. Alexander Hendorf ----------------- Pythonista / CTO / Speaker / Data-Nerd As Chief Information Officer of German management consultancy K?nigsweg, Alexander is guiding enterprises and institutions through change processes of digitalization and automation. Alexander always loved data almost as much as music and so no wonder he?s organizer of local meet ups and one of the 25 mongoDB Community Masters. He loves to share this expertise and engages in the global community as program chair of the EuroPython conference, speaker and trainer at multiple international conferences. Since 2015 he is member of the EuroPython core organization team. Marc-Andr? Lemburg ------------------ Pythonista / CEO / Coach / Consultant Marc-Andre is the CEO and founder of eGenix.com, a Python-focused project and consulting company based in Germany. He has a degree in mathematics from the University of D?sseldorf. His work with and for Python started in 1994. He became Python Core Developer in 1997, designed and implemented the Unicode support in Python and continued to maintain the Python Unicode implementation for more than a decade. Marc-Andre is a founding member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) and has served on the PSF Board several times. In 2002, Marc-Andre was on the executive committee to run the first EuroPython conference in Charleroi, Belgium. He also co-organized the second EuroPython 2003 conference. Since then, he has attended every single EuroPython conference and continued being involved in the workings of the conference organization. In 2012, he was elected as board member of the EuroPython Society (EPS). He enjoyed the last few years working with the EPS board members on steering the EuroPython conference to the new successful EuroPython Workgroup structures to sustain the continued growth, while maintaining the EuroPython spirit and fun aspect of the conference. For the EuroPython 2016 edition, Marc-Andre chaired the EuroPython Admin WG and Communications WG and contributed to several other WGs. He worked on the EuroPython website, signed up new sponsors, setup the conference app, wrote tools for the registration desk, the schedule and the speaker lists. He also setup the pre-launch website back in Nov 2015, helped running the budget and kept an eye on the EPS operations. Going forward, he would like to broaden the scope of the EPS, aiding Python adoption in Europe, enable it to provide full financial backing of the conference and prepare it for a bright future. Anthon van der Neut ------------------- Consultant / Software Engineering Manager He has been working with Python on a professional basis since 1998, after having been introduced to the language a few years earlier while working in Amsterdam. Since 2007 he maintains the C implementation of OrderedDict he developed, used by those pythonistas for whom a Pure Python implementation is not fast enough. He has spoken at and visited PyCon and visited several EuroPythons after moving back to Europe. He has managed software development in companies across 3 continents, primarily oriented at 3D resp. 2D computer graphics and media management software. This included managing the Commotion development team, then used at ILM for rotoscoping Star Wars episodes I-III. He was quaestor on the board of the student society Augustinus while studying Mathematics, Japanese and Linguistics in Leiden. He was founding chairman of the Dutch 68000 user group (back in 1984 when that processor was state-of-the-art) and published about his work on how to hook up a floating point coprocessor in his Atari ST, as well as on how to adapt the libraries of Modula-2 to use it. More recently he has managed the website and member administration of his local karate-club. When not working on Python, but still at the computer, he can be found answering questions on the Unix & Linux resp. Ebooks StackExchange sites, or refreshing his math skills at Khan Academy where he is one of the few to hold the coveted Tesla badge. When detached from his keyboard, he can be found cooking for his teenage daughter or practising karate. He joined the EPS as he likes to work with like minded people in a multicultural environment promoting his favourite programming language. Dr. Alexandre Manhaes Savio --------------------------- Pythonista / PhD / Co-Founder and CTO / Trainer / Spokesperson Alex has a PhD on machine learning applied to different modalities of brain MRI for the detection of neurodegeneration and psychiatric disorders. After that he tried to start a company, but instead co-founded a local Python society called ACPySS. He was one of the core organizers of EP2015 and now EP2016. He currently works as a researcher in the Nuclear Medicine Department of the university clinic of the Technical University of Munich in Germany. There he contributes to and create neuroimaging modules with Python as well as code to improve the efficiency of the EuroPython organization tasks. He doesn?t know very well what to do with his life so he is trying to enjoy it for now. What does the EPS Board do ? ---------------------------- The EPS board runs the day-to-day business of the EuroPython Society. It is allowed to enter contracts for the society and handle any issues that have not been otherwise regulated in the bylaws or by the General Assembly. Most business is handled by email on the board mailing list, board meetings are usually run as conference calls. Board members are generally expected to take on leadership roles within the EuroPython Workgroups. Enjoy, -- EuroPython Society http://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Sat Jul 16 06:40:43 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:40:43 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] EuroPython 2017 On-site Teams: Call for Interest (CFI) Message-ID: <578A0F2B.9080500@europython.eu> The EuroPython Society (EPS) is happy to announce the Call for Interest (CFI) for EuroPython 2017: http://www.europython-society.org/post/147488978255/europython-2017-on-site-teams-call-for-interest The purpose of this call is to get to know teams willing to help organize the EuroPython conference on site at a suitable location and determine the Call for Participation (CFP) candidates in the second phase of the selection process. If your team is interested in submitting a CFP in phase two of the process, please send in a CFI proposal. Some important dates: * 2016-07-22 CFIs received until this day will be announced in the conference closing session * 2016-07-29 Deadline for CFI submissions Enjoy, -- EuroPython Society http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europythons/status/754261202260361217 Thanks. From mal at europython.eu Wed Jul 20 06:23:05 2016 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:23:05 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython-Announce] EuroPython 2016: EPS and PSF sessions Message-ID: <578F5109.3020603@europython.eu> We would like to draw your attention to the following sessions by the EuroPython Society and the Python Software Foundation, two of our Python community organizations working for you. EuroPython Society Sessions --------------------------- The EuroPython Society (EPS) is organizing the EuroPython conference series and working with the EuroPython Workgroups, including the on-site team, to run EuroPython conferences. Each year, we are running our General Assembly at the conference, reporting on our activities and, probably more interesting for many of you, a session to introduce the organization concepts we?re using to run these conferences. * EPS General Assembly Thursday, July 21, 14:30, Room A2 * EuroPython 2017 - Help us build the next edition ! Thursday, July 21, 14:00, Room A2 Both sessions are open to all EuroPython attendees. If you?d like to help us with the organization, please attend the EuroPython 2017 session. You can also become a member of the EPS and then vote at the General Assembly. Python Software Foundation Session ---------------------------------- The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is the organization behind Python itself. It holds the IP rights, runs PyCon US and tries to help the Python community world-wide to run events, user groups, workshops or Python related programming projects by giving out grants. This year, we?re again having a PSF Members meeting at EuroPython, where the PSF reports on its activities, new plans and organizational changes. * PSF Members Meeting Wednesday, July 20, 15:45, Room A2 The meeting is open to everyone, so if you want to learn more about the PSF activities, please join in. With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/755690142912942080 Thanks.