From gslindstrom at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 16:05:42 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:05:42 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Jeff Rush Speaking at PyArkansas Message-ID: Hello Everyone, While working on organizing pyArkansas, I wrote Jeff Rush (Python Advocacy Coordinator and all around nice guy) about speaking at our humble get together in October. He has responded very enthusiastically and on an email sent to the Python list mentioned that he was booked in October for Python Arkansas! Jeff is one of the "Big Dogs" in the community and I'm extremely happy that he is willing to come help us out. He says that he will bring some folks with him to attend as well. So, we really need to meet -- either in person or IRC -- to get things planned. How about Saturday, August 16th? Should we set up a freenode channel (anyone know how to do that?). I need to met with our friends at UCA to look over the classrooms/labs and coordinate with them as well. Also, it's time to think about classes/talks. Jeff will cover "Introduction to Python", which will be either a 3 or 6 hour class (or, maybe do a couple shorter classes on different subjects). It would be nice to have some 45-minute talks on various subjects. Anyone want to volunteer? Database Text/File Processing Packages/Modules Web Development Scientific Applications Object Oriented Python Gaming (pyGame) Anything Else? If you do not want to (or do not feel qualified to) host a talk, what would you want to see someone else speak on (what talks would you like to go to)? Do we want Open Space for talks or "show and tell"? I'd like at lest 30 minutes at the end of the day for everyone to get together for a wrap up (and to give away door prizes). Anyone want to work on swag? It would involve writing people asking if the y want to give us anything (OReilly is very good about that) or get any coupons for us to give away. It would also be nice to have a small (8.5x11) "poster" to send out with the announcements I plan to mail out next month. Anyone want to put one together? I'll create a Google Document to share with a proposed schedule, etc. Let me know if you want access to it. Thanks, --greg From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Mon Aug 4 16:22:09 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:22:09 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Jeff Rush Speaking at PyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Greg, great job on getting Jeff Rush in on PyArkansas. I would be willing to take on Text/file processing. Regarding swag, I will email Doug Hellmann at Python Magazine about getting some issues of PyMag to give away, I think they would be happy to do that. They may even advertise PyArkansas on their website. I'll also take on making the 8.5 by 11 flyer. We probably need to put togehter a "whos doing what" spreadsheet on google docs to track all of this activity and to prevent duplication of effort, eh? chad! -----Original Message----- From: pyar2-bounces at python.org [mailto:pyar2-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 9:06 AM To: pyar2 at python.org Cc: Diana Watkins; cscbecx at cs.gsu.edu; Michael Nooner; Chenyi Hu Subject: [PyAR2] Jeff Rush Speaking at PyArkansas Hello Everyone, While working on organizing pyArkansas, I wrote Jeff Rush (Python Advocacy Coordinator and all around nice guy) about speaking at our humble get together in October. He has responded very enthusiastically and on an email sent to the Python list mentioned that he was booked in October for Python Arkansas! Jeff is one of the "Big Dogs" in the community and I'm extremely happy that he is willing to come help us out. He says that he will bring some folks with him to attend as well. So, we really need to meet -- either in person or IRC -- to get things planned. How about Saturday, August 16th? Should we set up a freenode channel (anyone know how to do that?). I need to met with our friends at UCA to look over the classrooms/labs and coordinate with them as well. Also, it's time to think about classes/talks. Jeff will cover "Introduction to Python", which will be either a 3 or 6 hour class (or, maybe do a couple shorter classes on different subjects). It would be nice to have some 45-minute talks on various subjects. Anyone want to volunteer? Database Text/File Processing Packages/Modules Web Development Scientific Applications Object Oriented Python Gaming (pyGame) Anything Else? If you do not want to (or do not feel qualified to) host a talk, what would you want to see someone else speak on (what talks would you like to go to)? Do we want Open Space for talks or "show and tell"? I'd like at lest 30 minutes at the end of the day for everyone to get together for a wrap up (and to give away door prizes). Anyone want to work on swag? It would involve writing people asking if the y want to give us anything (OReilly is very good about that) or get any coupons for us to give away. It would also be nice to have a small (8.5x11) "poster" to send out with the announcements I plan to mail out next month. Anyone want to put one together? I'll create a Google Document to share with a proposed schedule, etc. Let me know if you want access to it. Thanks, --greg _______________________________________________ PyAR2 mailing list PyAR2 at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Mon Aug 4 16:34:01 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:34:01 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Python Magazine copies for swag at PyArkansas mini-conference Message-ID: Doug, Hello. The Python Artists of Arkansas (PyAr^2) Python User Group is hosting a one-day Python conference in Conway, Arkansas on October 4, 2008. We were wondering if Python Magazine would be so gracious as to donate some issues of PyMag for conference giveaways. We are co-hosting the conference with the University of Central Arkansas Dept of Computer Science, so this would be an excellent opportunity for both us and PyMag to promote Python. Any amount of support that you and Python Magazine would be willing to provide would be most appreciated. Thanks chad ---------------------------------------------- Chad Cooper GIS Analyst IT Data Systems Southwestern Energy Company 1083 Sain Street Fayetteville, AR 72703 479.582.8549 (o) 479.530.8416 (c) http://www.super-cooper.com Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srilyk at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 16:44:28 2008 From: srilyk at gmail.com (W W) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:44:28 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Jeff Rush Speaking at PyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <333efb450808040744s190d5b2en688d3e2b12d19509@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > > So, we really need to meet -- either in person or IRC -- to get things > planned. How about Saturday, August 16th? Should we set up a > freenode channel (anyone know how to do that?). I need to met with > our friends at UCA to look over the classrooms/labs and coordinate > with them as well. IRC works well for me. Evidently, this works: /connect irc.freenode.net /join pyar2 Currently (at 9:34AM, Monday, Aug. 4, 2008) there's a room called pyar2 on irc.freenode.net. With one user, @waynew in it. > If you do not want to (or do not feel qualified to) host a talk, what > would you want to see someone else speak on (what talks would you like to go to)? I'm definitely interested in the PyGame. > Do we want Open Space for talks or "show and tell"? I'd like at lest > 30 minutes at the end of the day for everyone to get together for a > wrap up (and to give away door prizes). I don't know if there would be much interest, but I wonder about a panel discussion (15-30 minutes? less? more?) with all/some of the presenters? And then when interest seems to be slowing down, just wrap it up and give out the door prizes. > It would also be nice to have a small (8.5x11) "poster" to send out > with the announcements I plan to mail out next month. Anyone want to > put one together? Do we have a logo yet? > I'll create a Google Document to share with a proposed schedule, etc. > Let me know if you want access to it. I would. It might even be a good idea to just create a google group for the event? Once we get the poster, I can see about talking to the computing class at the A+ Charter school in maumelle. I'm sure I could put one up at the Maumelle Library as well. -Wayne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Mon Aug 4 17:05:28 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:05:28 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] FW: Python Magazine copies for swag at PyArkansas mini-conference Message-ID: All, looks like PyMag is willing and able to help us out, they just need some attendance estimates which I will get to them later. Also note the 3 free months deal to members of Python UGs. chad! ________________________________ From: Doug Hellmann [mailto:doug.hellmann at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Doug Hellmann Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 9:54 AM To: Chad Cooper Subject: Re: Python Magazine copies for swag at PyArkansas mini-conference On Aug 4, 2008, at 10:34 AM, Chad Cooper wrote: Doug, Hello. The Python Artists of Arkansas (PyAr^2) Python User Group is hosting a one-day Python conference in Conway, Arkansas on October 4, 2008. Hi, Chad, Great, I'm looking forward to identifying potential authors from your presenter list. I'll keep an eye out for announcements. We were wondering if Python Magazine would be so gracious as to donate some issues of PyMag for conference giveaways. We are co-hosting the conference with the University of Central Arkansas Dept of Computer Science, so this would be an excellent opportunity for both us and PyMag to promote Python. Any amount of support that you and Python Magazine would be willing to provide would be most appreciated. We should be able to do something for you. Do you have estimates for attendance numbers, yet? In the mean time, are you aware of the subscription promotion offer we have for members of user groups who discuss Python-related topics? 3 months free PDF subscription to the magazine, with no obligation. To take advantage of the offer, each member of the group should go to our web site (http://www.pythonmagazine.com) and set up an account (that's already free). When they register, the site will ask them for an email address to identify the account. If a single member of the group (you or someone you appoint) sends me a list of all the email addresses used (no names, just email addresses), I'll make sure we enable the subscriptions. You can announce the offer at your next meeting, or right away if your group has a private communication channel like a mailing list (i.e., please don't post the offer on your blog). Thanks, Doug -- Doug Hellmann Editor in Chief Python Magazine Thanks chad ---------------------------------------------- Chad Cooper GIS Analyst IT Data Systems Southwestern Energy Company 1083 Sain Street Fayetteville, AR 72703 479.582.8549 (o) 479.530.8416 (c) http://www.super-cooper.com Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. 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I thought some of you might find it interesting to see how Python is used in GIS, and some of this will end up in my text processing talk for PyArkansas in Oct. http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0708/files/tappingpython.pdf you can grab the code listings here: http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0708/files/tappingpython.txt chad Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 19:37:36 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:37:36 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Kudos to UCA Message-ID: I wanted to share this response I received today from Dr. Hu at UCA. This is really extraordinary; other regional conferences have had to deal with all sorts of issues and we have a University department going to bat for us. Dear Greg, Thanks for the good news! I will be unavailable from 16th to 24th due to participating in a workshop at DoE Lawrence Berkeley Lab. As promised, this department will do our best to facilitate the conference. Please let me know your preferences. I will be available most time this week (except the 7th) and the week of 11th (except afternoon of Friday, the 15th). You are very welcome if you want to see our facility before your meeting. Best regards, Chenyi Chenyi Hu Ph.D., Professor and Chairman Computer Science Department University of Central Arkansas http://www.cs.uca.edu From bob.fahr at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 21:55:56 2008 From: bob.fahr at gmail.com (Bob Fahr) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:55:56 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Jeff Rush Speaking at PyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3e011c0f0808041255u6ad657e9le9c95c0d8a9d825a@mail.gmail.com> Greg, I'd be interested in doing a tutorial on Trac and Trac enhancement/extension if you think that'd be of interest. Another idea would be Eclipse integration. I'll also see if I can get my boss to kick in some give-aways. If you'd like I can also check with the Conway chamber of commerce and see if they can get HP to provide something. On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > While working on organizing pyArkansas, I wrote Jeff Rush (Python > Advocacy Coordinator and all around nice guy) about speaking at our > humble get together in October. He has responded very > enthusiastically and on an email sent to the Python list mentioned > that he was booked in October for Python Arkansas! Jeff is one of the > "Big Dogs" in the community and I'm extremely happy that he is willing > to come help us out. He says that he will bring some folks with him > to attend as well. > > So, we really need to meet -- either in person or IRC -- to get things > planned. How about Saturday, August 16th? Should we set up a > freenode channel (anyone know how to do that?). I need to met with > our friends at UCA to look over the classrooms/labs and coordinate > with them as well. > > Also, it's time to think about classes/talks. Jeff will cover > "Introduction to Python", which will be either a 3 or 6 hour class > (or, maybe do a couple shorter classes on different subjects). It > would be nice to have some 45-minute talks on various subjects. > Anyone want to volunteer? > > Database > Text/File Processing > Packages/Modules > Web Development > Scientific Applications > Object Oriented Python > Gaming (pyGame) > Anything Else? > > If you do not want to (or do not feel qualified to) host a talk, what > would you want to see someone else speak on (what talks would you like > to go to)? > > Do we want Open Space for talks or "show and tell"? I'd like at lest > 30 minutes at the end of the day for everyone to get together for a > wrap up (and to give away door prizes). > > Anyone want to work on swag? It would involve writing people asking > if the y want to give us anything (OReilly is very good about that) or > get any coupons for us to give away. > > It would also be nice to have a small (8.5x11) "poster" to send out > with the announcements I plan to mail out next month. Anyone want to > put one together? > > I'll create a Google Document to share with a proposed schedule, etc. > Let me know if you want access to it. > > Thanks, > --greg > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 21:58:52 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:58:52 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Jeff Rush Speaking at PyArkansas In-Reply-To: <3e011c0f0808041255u6ad657e9le9c95c0d8a9d825a@mail.gmail.com> References: <3e011c0f0808041255u6ad657e9le9c95c0d8a9d825a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Good Grief. Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! I'd be interested in the the Eclipse integration; it's always been a mystery to me, but everyone who uses it seems to like it. I'll add you to the Google doc. You should get an email shortly. Thanks! --greg On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Bob Fahr wrote: > Greg, > I'd be interested in doing a tutorial on Trac and Trac enhancement/extension > if you think that'd be of interest. Another idea would be Eclipse > integration. I'll also see if I can get my boss to kick in some > give-aways. If you'd like I can also check with the Conway chamber of > commerce and see if they can get HP to provide something. > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Greg Lindstrom > wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> While working on organizing pyArkansas, I wrote Jeff Rush (Python >> Advocacy Coordinator and all around nice guy) about speaking at our >> humble get together in October. He has responded very >> enthusiastically and on an email sent to the Python list mentioned >> that he was booked in October for Python Arkansas! Jeff is one of the >> "Big Dogs" in the community and I'm extremely happy that he is willing >> to come help us out. He says that he will bring some folks with him >> to attend as well. >> >> So, we really need to meet -- either in person or IRC -- to get things >> planned. How about Saturday, August 16th? Should we set up a >> freenode channel (anyone know how to do that?). I need to met with >> our friends at UCA to look over the classrooms/labs and coordinate >> with them as well. >> >> Also, it's time to think about classes/talks. Jeff will cover >> "Introduction to Python", which will be either a 3 or 6 hour class >> (or, maybe do a couple shorter classes on different subjects). It >> would be nice to have some 45-minute talks on various subjects. >> Anyone want to volunteer? >> >> Database >> Text/File Processing >> Packages/Modules >> Web Development >> Scientific Applications >> Object Oriented Python >> Gaming (pyGame) >> Anything Else? >> >> If you do not want to (or do not feel qualified to) host a talk, what >> would you want to see someone else speak on (what talks would you like >> to go to)? >> >> Do we want Open Space for talks or "show and tell"? I'd like at lest >> 30 minutes at the end of the day for everyone to get together for a >> wrap up (and to give away door prizes). >> >> Anyone want to work on swag? It would involve writing people asking >> if the y want to give us anything (OReilly is very good about that) or >> get any coupons for us to give away. >> >> It would also be nice to have a small (8.5x11) "poster" to send out >> with the announcements I plan to mail out next month. Anyone want to >> put one together? >> >> I'll create a Google Document to share with a proposed schedule, etc. >> Let me know if you want access to it. >> >> Thanks, >> --greg >> _______________________________________________ >> PyAR2 mailing list >> PyAR2 at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > From gslindstrom at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 22:21:54 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:21:54 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas wiki Message-ID: It just occurred to me that we already have a wiki for PyArkanas http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/HomePage I'll transfer the stuff on the Google doc over to it and we can work on the wiki. Thanks, --greg From gslindstrom at gmail.com Wed Aug 6 04:47:08 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:47:08 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Funding pyArkansas Message-ID: Hello, I am writing on behalf of the Arkansas Python Users Group, Python Artists of Arkansas (PyAR^2). Our group is just over 6 months old and are planning the first annual "Python Arkansas" conference on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas (www.uca.edu) on October 4th. This will be a 1-day conference currently planned from 8:30AM - 4:00PM with an emphasis on introducing Python to High School and College students. We have Jeff Rush scheduled to teach a "Python 101" track and well as other group members presenting talks on file/text processing, Django, packages/modules, pyGame and database methods. There will also be a panel discussion/Q&A to end the day. We have commitments from PyMagazine, O'Reilly, WingWare and Elegant Stitches for swag as well. The venue for the event is the Computer Science Department at the University of Central Arkansas. I wrote Dr. Hu (the department chairman) about the event not expecting much in return but they have been extremely encouraging, committing not only 3 classrooms (with computers) and a wireless network. but making sure the UCA cafeteria can handle us and they are tossing in at least 2 faculty members as well. One faculty member has recently moved to Arkansas from Georgia Tech (where he taught Python to non-CS majors) who has offered to teach a class on modules and packages. To promote the event we plan to send a letter to all High Schools in Faulkner County as well as all of the adjoining counties (17 High Schools) and all of the 2 and 4 year Universities (12 if my count is correct). I am putting the letter together and Chad Cooper (group member) is putting together a flier to post as well. We will try to get announcements in the University newspapers, but we don't know what's involved with that. I would like to see 100 people attend, but we really have no way to know the numbers at this point. To raise funds, we are asking businesses in Central Arkansas that we know use Python (Acxiom Corporation, Novasys Health, and others). David Goodger suggested that we check the Python Job board for other that use Python, and we are looking at listings on Internet job boards. We do not want to charge the attendees if at all possible, A very modest proposed budget is: $ 75.00 Promotional mailing and fund raising letters $ 600.00 Speaker (gas (from Texas), 2 nights hotel, meals and stipend, currently aimed at Jeff Rush) $ 100.00 MIsc. Expenses It's modest, but a big part of this is due to the response we have received from UCA. Lunch will be the responsibility of each attendee at the UCA student center (one member is working on getting meal tickets for all organizers and volunteers). We are asking for any monetary support you can provide. We will provide receipts to account for all funds you can provide, as well as a report on how the conference went (what went well, what flopped, etc). Thank you for your consideration, Greg Lindstrom, on behalf of PyAR^2 From steve at holdenweb.com Wed Aug 6 13:31:15 2008 From: steve at holdenweb.com (Steve Holden) Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:31:15 -0400 Subject: [PyAR2] [PSF-Board] Funding pyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48998B83.9090202@holdenweb.com> Greg: Thanks for your email. It's on the agenda for next Monday's Board meeting. regards Steve Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Hello, > > I am writing on behalf of the Arkansas Python Users Group, Python > Artists of Arkansas (PyAR^2). Our group is just over 6 months old and > are planning the first annual "Python Arkansas" conference on the > campus of the University of Central Arkansas (www.uca.edu) on October > 4th. This will be a 1-day conference currently planned from 8:30AM - > 4:00PM with an emphasis on introducing Python to High School and > College students. We have Jeff Rush scheduled to teach a "Python 101" > track and well as other group members presenting talks on file/text > processing, Django, packages/modules, pyGame and database methods. > There will also be a panel discussion/Q&A to end the day. We have > commitments from PyMagazine, O'Reilly, WingWare and Elegant Stitches > for swag as well. > > The venue for the event is the Computer Science Department at the > University of Central Arkansas. I wrote Dr. Hu (the department > chairman) about the event not expecting much in return but they have > been extremely encouraging, committing not only 3 classrooms (with > computers) and a wireless network. but making sure the UCA cafeteria > can handle us and they are tossing in at least 2 faculty members as > well. One faculty member has recently moved to Arkansas from Georgia > Tech (where he taught Python to non-CS majors) who has offered to > teach a class on modules and packages. > > To promote the event we plan to send a letter to all High Schools in > Faulkner County as well as all of the adjoining counties (17 High > Schools) and all of the 2 and 4 year Universities (12 if my count is > correct). I am putting the letter together and Chad Cooper (group > member) is putting together a flier to post as well. We will try to > get announcements in the University newspapers, but we don't know > what's involved with that. I would like to see 100 people attend, but > we really have no way to know the numbers at this point. > > To raise funds, we are asking businesses in Central Arkansas that we > know use Python (Acxiom Corporation, Novasys Health, and others). > David Goodger suggested that we check the Python Job board for other > that use Python, and we are looking at listings on Internet job > boards. We do not want to charge the attendees if at all possible, A > very modest proposed budget is: > > $ 75.00 Promotional mailing and fund raising letters > $ 600.00 Speaker (gas (from Texas), 2 nights hotel, meals and stipend, > currently aimed at Jeff Rush) > $ 100.00 MIsc. Expenses > > It's modest, but a big part of this is due to the response we have > received from UCA. Lunch will be the responsibility of each attendee > at the UCA student center (one member is working on getting meal > tickets for all organizers and volunteers). > > We are asking for any monetary support you can provide. We will > provide receipts to account for all funds you can provide, as well as > a report on how the conference went (what went well, what flopped, > etc). > > Thank you for your consideration, > > Greg Lindstrom, on behalf of PyAR^2 > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Board mailing list > PSF-Board at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-board > > > . > -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ From gredbug at gmail.com Wed Aug 6 16:01:36 2008 From: gredbug at gmail.com (Greg Reddin) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:01:36 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Funding pyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <91478db0808060701g7eb394eu5d57b24e84c79ee3@mail.gmail.com> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > > To promote the event we plan to send a letter to all High Schools in > Faulkner County as well as all of the adjoining counties (17 High > Schools) and all of the 2 and 4 year Universities (12 if my count is > correct). Greg, I'd like to put an article in the newsletter that reaches our Faulkner County homeschool association as well. If you could send a copy of the letter to the list or post it on the wiki that would be helpful. Thanks, Greg From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Fri Aug 8 17:17:52 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:17:52 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas swag update Message-ID: Folks, heres an update on the swag situation for PyArkansas. Its looking really good so far. * Python Magazine is going to give us 100 copies of the September issue * Greg has about 100 Python logo stickers he got at PyCon * Greg has contacted O'Reilly about books and has gotten positive response from them * I just found out that Wingware is giving us three 3-OS Wingware IDE Professional seats - those babies are $395 a pop! This is very encouraging, folks. I'd like to keep the ball rolling on this and contact some more vendors/publishers/etc. Anyone have any ideas? thanks chad Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Fri Aug 8 17:24:04 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:24:04 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas swag update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Chad Cooper wrote: > Folks, heres an update on the swag situation for PyArkansas. Its looking > really good so far. > > - Python Magazine is going to give us 100 copies of the September issue > - Greg has about 100 Python logo stickers he got at PyCon > - Greg has contacted O'Reilly about books and has gotten positive > response from them > - I just found out that Wingware is giving us three 3-OS Wingware IDE > Professional seats - those babies are $395 a pop! > > This is very encouraging, folks. I'd like to keep the ball rolling on this > and contact some more vendors/publishers/etc. Anyone have any ideas? > > thanks > > chad > When I write companies for $$, I'll invite them to send swag as well (most companies have it and are happy to part with it, too). I plan to contact: Acxiom Novasys Health (my employer) Windstream HP Any others I should contact? and...GREAT JOB, CHAD!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Looking forward to the conference! -Wayne -- To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Fri Aug 8 22:27:06 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:27:06 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] OLPC at PyArkansas Message-ID: I am pleased to announce that Chad Files has agreed to present a talk on the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) program at pyArkansas. Chad is a honch-level programmer at Novasys Health where he handles all of the web duties. He was one of the first people to get his hands on a OLPC computer and it's always fun when he brings it to work to show us the latest. OLPC is heavily into Python and, even if it weren't, it's a fascinating project that needs to get more press. More press....I'll contact my friends at the Log Cabin Democrat (Conway's local paper) to see if we can get some ink. I wonder if the DemGaz would be interested. Anyone else want to commit to a class/talk. We are setting up 50-minute blocks, so the actual talk should last about 40 minutes to allow for questions. I think we have Jeff Rush for a 3-hour "Python 101" class (9-12, with breaks) and then something "more advanced" in the afternoon. We have a UCA faculty member (Bernard) volunteering to teach a class; I hope he will do a talk on the Standard Library and another on Packages and Modules. Chad Cooper is presenting on Text/File processing (1 or 2 sessions, Chad?) Is anyone up on Django? I've used it for 6 months but do not feel ready to get in front of people. How about pyGame? TurboGears? Is there interest in object-oriented programming? Chad (Cooper) has done some cool stuff with GIS. GUI programming? Database programming? Marsee (from OReilly) asked if we would be interesed in them sending a speaker. I replied we are very interested and asked for a list of speakers and topics. It looks like we will have three "tracks"; one for beginners and the other two for intermediate/advanced topics. There's the start of a schedule scratched out on the wiki. It's time to put your name on a class! If you don't want to present, what do you want to see? --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pyar2 at cowsgomoo.org Fri Aug 8 22:34:01 2008 From: pyar2 at cowsgomoo.org (Coltrey Mather) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:34:01 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] OLPC at PyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Will anyone be documenting the talks (i.e.: video?) and/or are there rules against something like that? On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 15:27, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > I am pleased to announce that Chad Files has agreed to present a talk on > the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) program at pyArkansas. Chad is a > honch-level programmer at Novasys Health where he handles all of the web > duties. He was one of the first people to get his hands on a OLPC computer > and it's always fun when he brings it to work to show us the latest. OLPC > is heavily into Python and, even if it weren't, it's a fascinating project > that needs to get more press. > > More press....I'll contact my friends at the Log Cabin Democrat (Conway's > local paper) to see if we can get some ink. I wonder if the DemGaz would be > interested. > > Anyone else want to commit to a class/talk. We are setting up 50-minute > blocks, so the actual talk should last about 40 minutes to allow for > questions. I think we have Jeff Rush for a 3-hour "Python 101" class (9-12, > with breaks) and then something "more advanced" in the afternoon. We have a > UCA faculty member (Bernard) volunteering to teach a class; I hope he will > do a talk on the Standard Library and another on Packages and Modules. > > Chad Cooper is presenting on Text/File processing (1 or 2 sessions, Chad?) > > Is anyone up on Django? I've used it for 6 months but do not feel ready to > get in front of people. How about pyGame? TurboGears? Is there interest in > object-oriented programming? Chad (Cooper) has done some cool stuff with > GIS. GUI programming? Database programming? > > Marsee (from OReilly) asked if we would be interesed in them sending a > speaker. I replied we are very interested and asked for a list of speakers > and topics. > > It looks like we will have three "tracks"; one for beginners and the other > two for intermediate/advanced topics. There's the start of a schedule > scratched out on the wiki. > > It's time to put your name on a class! 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URL: From srilyk at gmail.com Fri Aug 8 22:58:23 2008 From: srilyk at gmail.com (srilyk at gmail.com) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:58:23 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] OLPC at PyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <333efb450808081358v2efc75d7qee37bae942e736ca@mail.gmail.com> you might want to check out some local schools to see if any of them have a film class, or even check out the UCA film department. On 8/8/08, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Coltrey Mather wrote: > >> Will anyone be documenting the talks (i.e.: video?) and/or are there rules >> against something like that? >> > > That's a huge kettle of fish. The national conference, PyCon, has tried for > years to audio/video the presentations and it is a loads of work. > > Perhaps we can offer "class notes" to everyone. Do you want to look into it > (recording, notes, etc.)? > -- To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Sat Aug 9 00:11:16 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:11:16 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] OLPC at PyArkansas References: Message-ID: Greg, I think I'll do one session on text/file processing. If we have a hole still in a couple of weeks, I'll plan on doing a talk on Python and GIS. chad -----Original Message----- From: pyar2-bounces+chad_cooper=swn.com at python.org on behalf of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Fri 8/8/2008 3:27 PM To: pyar2 at python.org Subject: [PyAR2] OLPC at PyArkansas I am pleased to announce that Chad Files has agreed to present a talk on the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) program at pyArkansas. Chad is a honch-level programmer at Novasys Health where he handles all of the web duties. He was one of the first people to get his hands on a OLPC computer and it's always fun when he brings it to work to show us the latest. OLPC is heavily into Python and, even if it weren't, it's a fascinating project that needs to get more press. More press....I'll contact my friends at the Log Cabin Democrat (Conway's local paper) to see if we can get some ink. I wonder if the DemGaz would be interested. Anyone else want to commit to a class/talk. We are setting up 50-minute blocks, so the actual talk should last about 40 minutes to allow for questions. I think we have Jeff Rush for a 3-hour "Python 101" class (9-12, with breaks) and then something "more advanced" in the afternoon. We have a UCA faculty member (Bernard) volunteering to teach a class; I hope he will do a talk on the Standard Library and another on Packages and Modules. Chad Cooper is presenting on Text/File processing (1 or 2 sessions, Chad?) Is anyone up on Django? I've used it for 6 months but do not feel ready to get in front of people. How about pyGame? TurboGears? Is there interest in object-oriented programming? Chad (Cooper) has done some cool stuff with GIS. GUI programming? Database programming? Marsee (from OReilly) asked if we would be interesed in them sending a speaker. I replied we are very interested and asked for a list of speakers and topics. It looks like we will have three "tracks"; one for beginners and the other two for intermediate/advanced topics. There's the start of a schedule scratched out on the wiki. It's time to put your name on a class! If you don't want to present, what do you want to see? --greg Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As my graduate advisor always said, trees are cheap, its the ink (or toner now anymore) thats expensive. chad -----Original Message----- From: pyar2-bounces at python.org on behalf of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Sat 8/9/2008 8:03 PM To: pyar2 at python.org Subject: [PyAR2] Another Expense It just occurred to me that we will want a program guide of some sort to hand out at registration. It will need to have a schedule and a (short) description of each class/talk and (perhaps) a brief vita on each speaker. It should also have information on our humble mailing list as well as some of the python lists (tutor, general, etc.). Then 100 copies (100 seems to be our best guess on attendance...we jsut pulled it out of the air). Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. 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For the flyer, I'd say it looks rather excellent, the only thing that sticks out to me as looking a little out of place is the star with the "now with swag!" Something about it just doesn't quite "fit" with the rest of the flyer. I'm not sure what it is that makes it that way... it may be that the star is too "bright" or something else, I'm really not sure. Except that it doesn't seem to really fit. Other than that... great job! -Wayne On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Chad Cooper wrote: > All, here's a first draft of the pyArkansas flyer, it will be 8.5 by 11 > in > PDF. Please let me know what you think. Greg, do you have more info on the > location, like the building name and rooms?? > > All comments pro and con are welcome. > > thanks > > chad > > > *Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential > information and is intended only for the addressee. 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As my graduate advisor always > said, trees are cheap, its the ink (or toner now anymore) thats expensive. > > chad > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pyar2-bounces at python.org on behalf of Greg Lindstrom > Sent: Sat 8/9/2008 8:03 PM > To: pyar2 at python.org > Subject: [PyAR2] Another Expense > > It just occurred to me that we will want a program guide of some sort to > hand out at registration. It will need to have a schedule and a (short) > description of each class/talk and (perhaps) a brief vita on each speaker. > It should also have information on our humble mailing list as well as some > of the python lists (tutor, general, etc.). Then 100 copies (100 seems to > be our best guess on attendance...we jsut pulled it out of the air). > > > > > > *Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential > information and is intended only for the addressee. 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It really doenst need to be fancy, does it? If its just a few sheets of paper stapled together, I could probably throw my company's logo on, put something at the bottom about them sponsoring it, and print it off at the office. As my graduate advisor always said, trees are cheap, its the ink (or toner now anymore) thats expensive. chad -----Original Message----- From: pyar2-bounces at python.org on behalf of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Sat 8/9/2008 8:03 PM To: pyar2 at python.org Subject: [PyAR2] Another Expense It just occurred to me that we will want a program guide of some sort to hand out at registration. It will need to have a schedule and a (short) description of each class/talk and (perhaps) a brief vita on each speaker. It should also have information on our humble mailing list as well as some of the python lists (tutor, general, etc.). Then 100 copies (100 seems to be our best guess on attendance...we jsut pulled it out of the air). Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. _______________________________________________ PyAR2 mailing list PyAR2 at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 -- To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. 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Of course, any help would be nice. /Chad From gslindstrom at gmail.com Mon Aug 11 15:13:01 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:13:01 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Running a Conference paper Message-ID: Just found this and thought I should post it as an FYI http://wiki.python.org/moin/AdvocacyWritingTasks/RunningAConference -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve at holdenweb.com Mon Aug 11 19:24:45 2008 From: steve at holdenweb.com (Steve Holden) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:24:45 -0400 Subject: [PyAR2] [PSF-Board] Funding pyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48A075DD.8000704@holdenweb.com> Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Hello, > > I am writing on behalf of the Arkansas Python Users Group, Python > Artists of Arkansas (PyAR^2). Our group is just over 6 months old and > are planning the first annual "Python Arkansas" conference on the > campus of the University of Central Arkansas (www.uca.edu) on October > 4th. This will be a 1-day conference currently planned from 8:30AM - > 4:00PM with an emphasis on introducing Python to High School and > College students. We have Jeff Rush scheduled to teach a "Python 101" > track and well as other group members presenting talks on file/text > processing, Django, packages/modules, pyGame and database methods. > There will also be a panel discussion/Q&A to end the day. We have > commitments from PyMagazine, O'Reilly, WingWare and Elegant Stitches > for swag as well. > > The venue for the event is the Computer Science Department at the > University of Central Arkansas. I wrote Dr. Hu (the department > chairman) about the event not expecting much in return but they have > been extremely encouraging, committing not only 3 classrooms (with > computers) and a wireless network. but making sure the UCA cafeteria > can handle us and they are tossing in at least 2 faculty members as > well. One faculty member has recently moved to Arkansas from Georgia > Tech (where he taught Python to non-CS majors) who has offered to > teach a class on modules and packages. > > To promote the event we plan to send a letter to all High Schools in > Faulkner County as well as all of the adjoining counties (17 High > Schools) and all of the 2 and 4 year Universities (12 if my count is > correct). I am putting the letter together and Chad Cooper (group > member) is putting together a flier to post as well. We will try to > get announcements in the University newspapers, but we don't know > what's involved with that. I would like to see 100 people attend, but > we really have no way to know the numbers at this point. > > To raise funds, we are asking businesses in Central Arkansas that we > know use Python (Acxiom Corporation, Novasys Health, and others). > David Goodger suggested that we check the Python Job board for other > that use Python, and we are looking at listings on Internet job > boards. We do not want to charge the attendees if at all possible, A > very modest proposed budget is: > > $ 75.00 Promotional mailing and fund raising letters > $ 600.00 Speaker (gas (from Texas), 2 nights hotel, meals and stipend, > currently aimed at Jeff Rush) > $ 100.00 MIsc. Expenses > > It's modest, but a big part of this is due to the response we have > received from UCA. Lunch will be the responsibility of each attendee > at the UCA student center (one member is working on getting meal > tickets for all organizers and volunteers). > > We are asking for any monetary support you can provide. We will > provide receipts to account for all funds you can provide, as well as > a report on how the conference went (what went well, what flopped, > etc). > > Thank you for your consideration, > > Greg Lindstrom, on behalf of PyAR^2 Dear Greg: We have just concluded the Board meeting at which this request was considered. I am pleased to be able to tell you that the Board recommended that we fund your event with a grant of $300. Since you apparently do not yet have a formal organization, if you are unable to provide an invoice we can instead reimburse a single individual in return for an expense claim backed by receipts. I trust that this will help you to run a terrific event. Please don't hesitate to ask for appropriate publicity items on the python.org web site or the PSF blog. You might also want to contact Catherine Devlin, who recently ran a successful event for PyOhio, and is therefore the current expert on regional Python conferences :) regards Steve PS: on an unrelated matter I understand we are still missing addresses and IRS forms for a number of this year's PyCon tutorial presenters. As we are getting close to the deadline for financial reporting I'd be grateful if you could liaise with Kurt Kaiser to get this issue cleared up. -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Mon Aug 11 23:02:16 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:02:16 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] pyArkansas flyer, draft 2 Message-ID: Ok folks, this should do, or be really close at least. With input for a few of you, I made some changes. I also added a few more details on location and the talks. 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Python is a popular computer programming language (www.python.org) and our group, aptly named "Python Artists of Arkansas" (pyAR^2, it's a geek joke) is holding a 1-day conference October 4th from 8:00-4:00 at the University of Central Arkansas Department of Computer Science. We will be emphasizing introducing Python as a first computer language by sending invitations to all High Schools in Faulkner County as well as all adjoining Counties (nearly 70 schools) and holding special classes for beginners. Classes are also being planned for intermediate and advanced Python users, and we will end the day with a panel discussion and give-aways (door prizes). The conference will be funded by local businesses and the Python Software Foundation (the national committee), so there will be no charge for our attendees. I am attaching our "official" flier. We would welcome any publicity you, or channel 5, could give us to get the word out. 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Greg, are we going to put together an > official announcement to send out to python announce, schools, other > user groups, etc? I think we need an "official" announcement for > everyone to send out to all of the different groups we are all affliated > with. I'll be happy to work with everyone on this. > > chad > > Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential > information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the > addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, > you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from > your system. -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com From gslindstrom at gmail.com Thu Aug 14 00:22:37 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:22:37 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] UCA Visit Message-ID: Hello Everyone- I just got in from a visit to the UCA campus and department of computer science. Let's be clear about one thing; we could not have more gracious and enthusiastic hosts for this event! Dr. Hu (pronounced 'who'), the department chair was excited to meet me and has made it clear that he will do (almost) anything for us. Dr. Bernard Chen has just moved here from Georgia State University where he taught Python to non-cs majors and uses Python for his research in biometrics (just ask him...he loves what he does). Both of them are encouraging and seem genuinely interested in helping us. Dr. Hu even mentioned "community" which is a common theme in the Python world. This feels like a great fit! The CS department is on the 3rd floor of the math/computer science building. It's a beautiful facility. We have 3 rooms with computers at each desk. The largest room holds 40 people in a stadium seating layout with laptops everywhere. The 2 smaller rooms hold 24 each and have PCs. All rooms have projectors and the hallway connecting the rooms is large and clean. Dr. Hu will check to see if there is a problem with vendors setting up in the hall (we may have O'Reilly and Elegant Stitches). There is no football game scheduled for October 4th, but we still need to look into parking for the event. The computer network is set up for their (UCA) computers and they have given us permission to use the machines. People are welcome to bring their own laptops, but will not be able to access the UCA network (the wireless is intended to UCA students). They will insure that Python 2.5 is installed on all the machines. If there are other packages we need installed for classes or talks we need to let them know ASAP. There is no food or drink allowed in the classrooms and we need to enforce that. Dr. Hu is concerned with the number of people attending. We do not have one, large room that everyone can get into (we might be able to use the large classroom briefly, but it won't be comfortable). We need to get the best count we possible can. Right now we are asking people to sign up on the wiki, but let's all encourage people to sign up. We really can't handle more than 100 people. The other thing Dr. Hu wanted was a schedule. I'm working on it and could use more people to step up for talks. Also, he thought that 8:30-4:00 might be too long; that people may stay away because it makes for a long day. I'm thinking people may stay away if it's too short. We may look at shutting things down at 3, but that will sort itself out in the next couple of weeks as we get the schedule together. Your thoughts are welcome. Overall, I was very happy with the visit. --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Thu Aug 14 00:52:22 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:52:22 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Python Arkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Marsee... I guess you can ship them to me. As soon as we get a web site up, we'll get your logo up, too. Greg Lindstrom 5 Chester Cv Conway, AR 72034 501-514-2219 (cell phone) 501-975-4859 (work) Thanks! We will make sure to mention O'Reilly by name at the opening and closing sessions. --greg On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Marsee Henon wrote: > Oops, forgot to ask where I should ship these books. Please include a phone > number too. Thanks > Marsee > > On Aug 8, 2008, at 8:45 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > > Hi Marsee, >> >> Plans for Python Arkansas are in full swing. We have set a goal for 100 >> attendees and the response so far has been phenomenal. The University of >> Central Arkansas (www.uca.edu) is hosting the event and giving us 3 >> classrooms with computers, a wireless network and faculty to help out! Chad >> Cooper is working on swag and we have some neat goodies including 3 >> professional license for WingWare's professional editor to give away. >> >> You mentioned that OReilly would be willing to send some books (and maybe >> some pins?) to give away. Anything you could provided would be greatly >> appreciated. Obviously, we would like titles with a Python flavor, but you >> have sent other titles our way (Collective Intelligence comes to mind) that >> we have enjoyed. If you send anything please provide us with a logo we can >> use on our website and fliers. 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Here are just some random issues and thoughts I have this afternoon. Swag is going well; in fact it's great for a local conference. Chad picked up 50 copies of a GIS magazine and OReilly is sending a case of books to give away. Add that to the 100 copies of Py Magazine, Python stickers that I have left over from PyCon, and 5 wingware editors to give away and we are looking pretty good. Do we need a bag of some kind to put stuff in? My insurance agent might give us 100; they would have State Farm written all over them and might have a promotional item or two inside (pen? I don't know). What about the wingware editors? I'd hate to see them go to a total newbie if we have serious developers attending. But there are more pressing concerns. Hours. When do we want this to run? We have 8:00-400 as follows: 8-8:30 registration 8:30-9:00: Welcome 9:00-11:30: Classes 11:30-12;30; Lunch 12:30-1;20: Talk Session I 1:30-2:20: Talk Session II 2:30-3:30: Panel Discussion/Giveaways OK. 8:30-3:30. Is this too much for our first try? The thinking is that it makes for a long day for those traveling and may be over taxing our UCA hosts. The other side of the coin is that if I were driving a couple hours I would want as much as I could get. Another issue, which we will consider in a minute, is classes; it's not like we have a lot to offer. We could drop an afternoon talk and get out at 2:30, but this would limit anyone wanting to take a "python 101" class to one other talk. Dr. Chen, in particular, said that he was looking forward to sitting in on a talk or two. With the seating set out as it is -- 40 in one room, 24 in each of the others (88 total seats) -- we may want to think of 2 "python 101" classes. Though I don't know, it seems to me that many, if not most of the participants will be new. The other option is to have an intro class, then two "intermediate" classes combined into the 2nd "class": Text/file processing and then Python Standard Library. The Third morning track would be Django and something else. Talks for the afternoon include OLPC, GIS, PyGame. Any others (Jeff??). Maybe we could "re offer" the Python 102 talks from the morning (text/file processing and then PSL) in the afternoon. I'd like the final session to be a panel discussion with Jeff, Dr. Chen, Chad (who else?) where people could ask questions and get answers. It might be nice to show off some Python based software/websites etc. The largest room holds 40, so this may be a problem. On to Funding. We have $300.00 from the PSF (Python Software Foundation). I have to get a checking account open so we can send out letters. I think I will ask for $250.00 from Acxiom and Windstream, as well as Novasys Health (my employer). Bringing Jeff in, which I think is a good thing, will run about $500.00 (travel, 2 nights hotel, meals). I plan to get a maiing out to the area High Schools (I have 73 listed on the wiki) and Universities. Should we cut back, since we need to shut down registration at 100? Maybe Faulkner and Pulaski counties? We need someone to work on the wiki telling people how to register. I mean, how to edit the wiki to get their name on it (or email someone and they will edit it). We shouldn't go over 100 registrants...what do we do if more people show up? Maybe allow them to stand in, but I think those registered should get seats and computers and swag. Maybe it won't be a problem. Also (to our UCA friends): what about parking? Can we get "exemptions" to allow people to park on campus (maybe in a specified lot)? Is there someone I can call to find out? We've received some nice emails from people looking forward to coming to our humble littel event. Let's start talking it up, but we need to get people to register and keep UCA informed. Also, we need to let them know what software needs to be installed on their machines. Let me know what you think and if I've missed anything. Thanks everyone! --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Sun Aug 17 00:54:17 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:54:17 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas Conference References: Message-ID: >> We need someone to work on the wiki telling people how to register. DONE. We now also have some sponsor logos on the main page at http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/HomePage. I got the case of GIS mags yesterday. >> I'd like the final session to be a panel discussion with Jeff, Dr. Chen, Chad (who else?) where people could ask questions and get answers. Greg, dont think that youre getting out of the panel discussion, pal :-) chad -----Original Message----- From: pyar2-bounces at python.org on behalf of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Sat 8/16/2008 4:58 PM To: pyar2 at python.org; cscbecx at cs.gsu.edu; Chenyi Hu; Jeff Rush Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas Conference Hi Everyone Plans continue. Here are just some random issues and thoughts I have this afternoon. Swag is going well; in fact it's great for a local conference. Chad picked up 50 copies of a GIS magazine and OReilly is sending a case of books to give away. Add that to the 100 copies of Py Magazine, Python stickers that I have left over from PyCon, and 5 wingware editors to give away and we are looking pretty good. Do we need a bag of some kind to put stuff in? My insurance agent might give us 100; they would have State Farm written all over them and might have a promotional item or two inside (pen? I don't know). What about the wingware editors? I'd hate to see them go to a total newbie if we have serious developers attending. But there are more pressing concerns. Hours. When do we want this to run? We have 8:00-400 as follows: 8-8:30 registration 8:30-9:00: Welcome 9:00-11:30: Classes 11:30-12;30; Lunch 12:30-1;20: Talk Session I 1:30-2:20: Talk Session II 2:30-3:30: Panel Discussion/Giveaways OK. 8:30-3:30. Is this too much for our first try? The thinking is that it makes for a long day for those traveling and may be over taxing our UCA hosts. The other side of the coin is that if I were driving a couple hours I would want as much as I could get. Another issue, which we will consider in a minute, is classes; it's not like we have a lot to offer. We could drop an afternoon talk and get out at 2:30, but this would limit anyone wanting to take a "python 101" class to one other talk. Dr. Chen, in particular, said that he was looking forward to sitting in on a talk or two. With the seating set out as it is -- 40 in one room, 24 in each of the others (88 total seats) -- we may want to think of 2 "python 101" classes. Though I don't know, it seems to me that many, if not most of the participants will be new. The other option is to have an intro class, then two "intermediate" classes combined into the 2nd "class": Text/file processing and then Python Standard Library. The Third morning track would be Django and something else. Talks for the afternoon include OLPC, GIS, PyGame. Any others (Jeff??). Maybe we could "re offer" the Python 102 talks from the morning (text/file processing and then PSL) in the afternoon. I'd like the final session to be a panel discussion with Jeff, Dr. Chen, Chad (who else?) where people could ask questions and get answers. It might be nice to show off some Python based software/websites etc. The largest room holds 40, so this may be a problem. On to Funding. We have $300.00 from the PSF (Python Software Foundation). I have to get a checking account open so we can send out letters. I think I will ask for $250.00 from Acxiom and Windstream, as well as Novasys Health (my employer). Bringing Jeff in, which I think is a good thing, will run about $500.00 (travel, 2 nights hotel, meals). I plan to get a maiing out to the area High Schools (I have 73 listed on the wiki) and Universities. Should we cut back, since we need to shut down registration at 100? Maybe Faulkner and Pulaski counties? We need someone to work on the wiki telling people how to register. I mean, how to edit the wiki to get their name on it (or email someone and they will edit it). We shouldn't go over 100 registrants...what do we do if more people show up? Maybe allow them to stand in, but I think those registered should get seats and computers and swag. Maybe it won't be a problem. Also (to our UCA friends): what about parking? Can we get "exemptions" to allow people to park on campus (maybe in a specified lot)? Is there someone I can call to find out? We've received some nice emails from people looking forward to coming to our humble littel event. Let's start talking it up, but we need to get people to register and keep UCA informed. Also, we need to let them know what software needs to be installed on their machines. Let me know what you think and if I've missed anything. Thanks everyone! --greg Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Sun Aug 17 01:18:33 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:18:33 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] pyArkansas Conference, Oct 4 Message-ID: <3404099A317B2D4687FC3E423FFDB484083E2083@FAY-MAILCLUSTER.SWN.COM> All, this one day conference will be great for anyone interested in the Python programming language. The conference is free of charge and is being held at the Univ of Central Arkansas Computer Science Department facilities, so all you need to bring is yourself. There will also be some great giveaways. The schedule is still evolving, so please see the wiki for more info (http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/). Please help in spreading the word by forwarding this email to anyone who may be interested. Thanks chad ________________________________ From: pyar2-bounces at python.org [mailto:pyar2-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:28 AM To: python-announce-list at python.org Cc: pyar2 at python.org Subject: [PyAR2] pyArkansas Conference, Oct 4 The Arkansas Python Users Group announces a 1-day Python conference to be held on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas (www.uca.edu) on October 4. We plan a 3-hour "Introduction to Python" class as well as talks on text/file processing, Python standard library, Django, pyGame, OLPC and GIS programming. Everyone is welcome although we need to cap registration at 100 due to the physical space we have. Check out our wiki (http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/) for more information. Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT726880.txt URL: From bob.fahr at gmail.com Sun Aug 17 23:04:03 2008 From: bob.fahr at gmail.com (Bob Fahr) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:04:03 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas Conference In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3e011c0f0808171404g244d7f32h3ef9bb7c45f4d20a@mail.gmail.com> Greg, You're doing a great job! I doing think that 8:30-3:30 is too long, I agree with your assessment that those interested in driving will want to get their (gas) money's worth. I also agree that it would be a good idea to have a couple of the intro classes. We're expecting many new to python and I think that since we can only offer 40 seats in the intro class we should have two in order to allow as many as possible to take it. The whole idea to so promote Python right? Does UCA have the capability to live video broadcast from one room to the others? If so we could do the intro course in all rooms as once. We might be able to use Webex/Live meeting to facilitate this. If you still need to fill spots I'd be glad to do a Eclipse session and cover PyDev, and include info on use of Subversion and Trac for a complete environment. Jeff might be covering this in his intro. On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Plans continue. Here are just some random issues and thoughts I have this > afternoon. > > Swag is going well; in fact it's great for a local conference. Chad picked > up 50 copies of a GIS magazine and OReilly is sending a case of books to > give away. Add that to the 100 copies of Py Magazine, Python stickers that > I have left over from PyCon, and 5 wingware editors to give away and we are > looking pretty good. Do we need a bag of some kind to put stuff in? My > insurance agent might give us 100; they would have State Farm written all > over them and might have a promotional item or two inside (pen? I don't > know). What about the wingware editors? I'd hate to see them go to a total > newbie if we have serious developers attending. But there are more pressing > concerns. > > Hours. When do we want this to run? We have 8:00-400 as follows: > 8-8:30 registration > 8:30-9:00: Welcome > 9:00-11:30: Classes > 11:30-12;30; Lunch > 12:30-1;20: Talk Session I > 1:30-2:20: Talk Session II > 2:30-3:30: Panel Discussion/Giveaways > > OK. 8:30-3:30. Is this too much for our first try? The thinking is that > it makes for a long day for those traveling and may be over taxing our UCA > hosts. The other side of the coin is that if I were driving a couple hours > I would want as much as I could get. Another issue, which we will consider > in a minute, is classes; it's not like we have a lot to offer. We could > drop an afternoon talk and get out at 2:30, but this would limit anyone > wanting to take a "python 101" class to one other talk. Dr. Chen, in > particular, said that he was looking forward to sitting in on a talk or two. > > With the seating set out as it is -- 40 in one room, 24 in each of the > others (88 total seats) -- we may want to think of 2 "python 101" classes. > Though I don't know, it seems to me that many, if not most of the > participants will be new. The other option is to have an intro class, then > two "intermediate" classes combined into the 2nd "class": Text/file > processing and then Python Standard Library. The Third morning track would > be Django and something else. Talks for the afternoon include OLPC, GIS, > PyGame. Any others (Jeff??). Maybe we could "re offer" the Python 102 > talks from the morning (text/file processing and then PSL) in the afternoon. > > I'd like the final session to be a panel discussion with Jeff, Dr. Chen, > Chad (who else?) where people could ask questions and get answers. It might > be nice to show off some Python based software/websites etc. The largest > room holds 40, so this may be a problem. > > On to Funding. We have $300.00 from the PSF (Python Software Foundation). > I have to get a checking account open so we can send out letters. I think I > will ask for $250.00 from Acxiom and Windstream, as well as Novasys Health > (my employer). Bringing Jeff in, which I think is a good thing, will run > about $500.00 (travel, 2 nights hotel, meals). I plan to get a maiing out > to the area High Schools (I have 73 listed on the wiki) and Universities. > Should we cut back, since we need to shut down registration at 100? Maybe > Faulkner and Pulaski counties? > > We need someone to work on the wiki telling people how to register. I > mean, how to edit the wiki to get their name on it (or email someone and > they will edit it). We shouldn't go over 100 registrants...what do we do if > more people show up? Maybe allow them to stand in, but I think those > registered should get seats and computers and swag. Maybe it won't be a > problem. > > Also (to our UCA friends): what about parking? Can we get "exemptions" to > allow people to park on campus (maybe in a specified lot)? Is there someone > I can call to find out? > > We've received some nice emails from people looking forward to coming to > our humble littel event. Let's start talking it up, but we need to get > people to register and keep UCA informed. Also, we need to let them know > what software needs to be installed on their machines. > > Let me know what you think and if I've missed anything. > > Thanks everyone! > > --greg > > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Also, the lunch -- are the nearby facilities suitable for getting 100 people in and out in an hour, or are we talking about an on-site lunch like PyOhio did with pizza? -Jeff From jeff at taupro.com Mon Aug 18 00:37:32 2008 From: jeff at taupro.com (Jeff Rush) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:37:32 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas Conference In-Reply-To: <3e011c0f0808171404g244d7f32h3ef9bb7c45f4d20a@mail.gmail.com> References: <3e011c0f0808171404g244d7f32h3ef9bb7c45f4d20a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <48A8A82C.3080206@taupro.com> Bob Fahr wrote: > > If you still need to fill spots I'd be glad to do a Eclipse session and > cover PyDev, and include info on use of Subversion and Trac for a > complete environment. Jeff might be covering this in his intro. Nope, I don't cover any of the IDEs - I just use the command-line for all my programming (under emacs ;-). And I'm not sure, given the constrained timeframe, that it is reasonable to cover Subversion and Trac in a Python introductory talk. I'd prefer to focus on the language/library itself. So your offer to present on those topics, if we have the timeslot/room, would be good. -Jeff From gslindstrom at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 14:35:24 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:35:24 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas Conference In-Reply-To: <48A8A82C.3080206@taupro.com> References: <3e011c0f0808171404g244d7f32h3ef9bb7c45f4d20a@mail.gmail.com> <48A8A82C.3080206@taupro.com> Message-ID: > Just to be clear, is it a condition of the site that we vacate by 4pm? I'd > rather start a bit later and run later but that may not be an option. No, but they are volunteering their time and space (for free) and voiced a concern. > Also, the lunch -- are the nearby facilities suitable for getting 100 > people in and out in an hour, or are we talking about an on-site lunch like > PyOhio did with pizza? There is the UCA cafeteria, which has just gone through a remodel and is very nice (nothing like what passed for a cafeteria when I went to school). We are going to let them know that we are going to be there but, with school in session, I don't think an extra 100 people will tax them too much. There are also a lot of places to eat within easy walking distance; Subway, Papa Johns, etc.(it's a University, after all :-). We decided against trying to do lunch because we have no idea how many people will be there and the cafeteria really is first rate. --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Your experience would be a great addition for our more advanced users, complimenting our beginning and intermediate level classes. You can check out our wiki at http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/HomePage. Is this something you would be interested in? Our main concern is the cost involved (I'm sorry if that's blunt...this is our first conference and we're learning as we go. No disrespect intended). How does the speakers program work and how much would it cost us to get you to attend and teach? We would love to have you come, if at all possible. Thanks, --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Tue Aug 19 15:34:43 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:34:43 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Funding In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wow, thats quite the resume Noah has. Getting him in would be incredible. I'd really like to meet him. Great work yet again, Greg. Could you hook me up with the letters you drafted to Acxiom and Novasys, I want to submit a request to my company, but have no idea how to word this kind of thing. Thanks chad ________________________________ From: pyar2-bounces at python.org [mailto:pyar2-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 6:54 PM To: pyar2 at python.org Subject: [PyAR2] Funding I have opened a checking account in the name of Python Users Group of Arkansas and placed $100.00 into it (I will take the money back if any is left over after the conference). As promised, I have drafted letters to Acxiom Corporation and Novasys Health requesting $300.00 each (the same amount the PSF donated). Any others? I will create a spreadsheet on Google Docs as a register for the account. If anyone wants read access I will grant it. I also got word that Noah Gift may be able to come up from Atlanta to speak. Noah really is smarter than your average bear and is part of the OReilly Speakers Progam (http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3039). He could speak on a number of advanced topics, many of which I would like to attend. I will write him to find out if he is interested in attending and to see how much OReilly picks up (we don't have the budget to bring in two speakers). It would be a big deal and a draw for our more advanced attendees. --greg Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greddin at apache.org Tue Aug 19 16:15:17 2008 From: greddin at apache.org (Greg Reddin) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:15:17 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas Audio Message-ID: <91478db0808190715y7f1541d2i2e95e4f0070e12ec@mail.gmail.com> I *might* be able to help with audio for the conference if it is needed. I haven't checked with my "social coordinator (wife)" yet, but I don't immediately know of anything that would prevent it. Does the facility have audio capabilities to ensure the larger sessions can be heard adequately by all attendees? Do they have recording capabilities? Is there interest in making audio recordings of some of the seminars available? I can set up a small PA system with 3 or 4 mic inputs. I can also record one session at a time. I could deliver a master CD or upload the audio to a website - whatever is desired. I would need about an hour of setup time. Of course, if UCA already has these capabilities I'd prefer to just come and listen :-) But if the audio services are needed I might be able to help. Thanks! Greg Reddin From noah.gift at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 02:45:07 2008 From: noah.gift at gmail.com (Noah Gift) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:45:07 -0400 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas Conference In-Reply-To: References: <3e011c0f0808171404g244d7f32h3ef9bb7c45f4d20a@mail.gmail.com> <48A8A82C.3080206@taupro.com> Message-ID: Greg, I would be happy to be as helpful as I could for you first conference. I live in Atlanta, GA, which is about 9 hours away. I would be more than happy to swap giving tutorials and a talk for a plane ticket if that is possible. I could give a pretty good tutorial on systems administration with Python which could take 2.5 hours. Alternately, I could also give a talk on Google App Engine. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Hi Noah, > > Marsee Henon (O'Reilly) gave me your address to contact as a possible > speaker at our regional Python conference on October 4th. This is a one-day > conference (8:30-3:30) and we would use you as much as possible. The > morning session is set up for a 2-1/2 hour class and the afternoon is set > for 2-50 minute talks. The day will wrap up with a panel discussion. Your > experience would be a great addition for our more advanced users, > complimenting our beginning and intermediate level classes. > > You can check out our wiki at http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/HomePage. > Is this something you would be interested in? > > Our main concern is the cost involved (I'm sorry if that's blunt...this is > our first conference and we're learning as we go. No disrespect intended). > How does the speakers program work and how much would it cost us to get you > to attend and teach? We would love to have you come, if at all possible. > > Thanks, > --greg > > > -- Noah Gift http://noahgift.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srilyk at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 04:42:37 2008 From: srilyk at gmail.com (W W) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:42:37 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] PyArkansas Conference In-Reply-To: References: <3e011c0f0808171404g244d7f32h3ef9bb7c45f4d20a@mail.gmail.com> <48A8A82C.3080206@taupro.com> Message-ID: <333efb450808191942kd326870j3e03ccb6aaf2e413@mail.gmail.com> I'd be really interested in the Sysadmin talk! -Wayne On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Noah Gift wrote: > Greg, > > I would be happy to be as helpful as I could for you first conference. I > live in Atlanta, GA, which is about 9 hours away. I would be more than > happy to swap giving tutorials and a talk for a plane ticket if that is > possible. > I could give a pretty good tutorial on systems administration with Python > which could take 2.5 hours. Alternately, I could also give a talk on Google > App Engine. > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > >> Hi Noah, >> >> Marsee Henon (O'Reilly) gave me your address to contact as a possible >> speaker at our regional Python conference on October 4th. This is a one-day >> conference (8:30-3:30) and we would use you as much as possible. The >> morning session is set up for a 2-1/2 hour class and the afternoon is set >> for 2-50 minute talks. The day will wrap up with a panel discussion. Your >> experience would be a great addition for our more advanced users, >> complimenting our beginning and intermediate level classes. >> >> You can check out our wiki at http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/HomePage. >> Is this something you would be interested in? >> >> Our main concern is the cost involved (I'm sorry if that's blunt...this >> is our first conference and we're learning as we go. No disrespect >> intended). How does the speakers program work and how much would it cost us >> to get you to attend and teach? We would love to have you come, if at all >> possible. >> >> Thanks, >> --greg >> >> >> > > > -- > Noah Gift > http://noahgift.com > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -- To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I >> live in Atlanta, GA, which is about 9 hours away. I would be more than >> happy to swap giving tutorials and a talk for a plane ticket if that is >> possible. >> I could give a pretty good tutorial on systems administration with Python >> which could take 2.5 hours. Alternately, I could also give a talk on Google >> App Engine. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: >> >>> Hi Noah, >>> >>> Marsee Henon (O'Reilly) gave me your address to contact as a possible >>> speaker at our regional Python conference on October 4th. This is a one-day >>> conference (8:30-3:30) and we would use you as much as possible. The >>> morning session is set up for a 2-1/2 hour class and the afternoon is set >>> for 2-50 minute talks. The day will wrap up with a panel discussion. Your >>> experience would be a great addition for our more advanced users, >>> complimenting our beginning and intermediate level classes. >>> >>> You can check out our wiki at http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/HomePage. >>> Is this something you would be interested in? >>> >>> Our main concern is the cost involved (I'm sorry if that's blunt...this >>> is our first conference and we're learning as we go. No disrespect >>> intended). How does the speakers program work and how much would it cost us >>> to get you to attend and teach? We would love to have you come, if at all >>> possible. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> --greg >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Noah Gift >> http://noahgift.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PyAR2 mailing list >> PyAR2 at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 >> >> > > > -- > To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called > gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, > every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and > exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 17:10:25 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:10:25 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] More Swag! Message-ID: When I got home last night I found a package from OReilly with 6 T-shirts to give away. 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None of those URLs point to anything valid, my first assumption was a spammer got in there. Surely theres a way to roll it back? chad ________________________________ From: pyar2-bounces at python.org [mailto:pyar2-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:16 AM To: pyar2 at python.org; Jeff Rush Subject: [PyAR2] Links on Wiki The links on the left hand side of the wiki are hosed. Anybody know what's going on? Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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None of those URLs point to anything valid, my first assumption was > a spammer got in there. Surely theres a way to roll it back? > > chad > > > ________________________________ > > From: pyar2-bounces at python.org [mailto:pyar2-bounces at python.org] > On Behalf Of Greg Lindstrom > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:16 AM > To: pyar2 at python.org; Jeff Rush > Subject: [PyAR2] Links on Wiki > > > The links on the left hand side of the wiki are hosed. Anybody > know what's going on? > > > > Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential > information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the > addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, > you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from > your system. -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com From gslindstrom at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 22:36:14 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:36:14 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Money! Message-ID: Novasys Health just approved $300.00 for us; I should get a check on Friday!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Thu Aug 21 00:18:43 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:18:43 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Money! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Rock on Greg! Can I use the Novasys logo on the wiki? I'm going to write up a letter requesting $300 (using your template) to give my boss and get it to him in the morning. Great work. chad ________________________________ From: pyar2-bounces at python.org [mailto:pyar2-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Greg Lindstrom Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:36 PM To: pyar2 at python.org Subject: [PyAR2] Money! Novasys Health just approved $300.00 for us; I should get a check on Friday!! Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return e-mail and promptly delete the original message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Thu Aug 21 02:15:05 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:15:05 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Money! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks...With the $$ from the PSF and now this, we have enough for a bare-bones meeting. I really want to get Noah here, though. He said he would do a class (2 1/2 hours) on Python and System Administration (he just launched a book from OReilly) and a talk on the standard library. Tickets on Expedia were running about 450.00 (Atlanta to Little Rock). If we get another donation I'll ask him to commit and cover it if we fall short. The letter for Acxiom goes out tonight and Windstream will follow shortly. Anyone else have an employer? You can use the template I wrote and ask for any amount; even $50.00 would help out at this point. I'll get a Novasys Logo for us to use (or, you can rip it from the website). On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Chad Cooper wrote: > Rock on Greg! Can I use the Novasys logo on the wiki? I'm going to write > up a letter requesting $300 (using your template) to give my boss and get it > to him in the morning. > > Great work. > > chad > > ------------------------------ > *From:* pyar2-bounces at python.org [mailto:pyar2-bounces at python.org] *On > Behalf Of *Greg Lindstrom > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:36 PM > *To:* pyar2 at python.org > *Subject:* [PyAR2] Money! > > Novasys Health just approved $300.00 for us; I should get a check on > Friday!! > > > > *Notice: This e-mail may contain privileged and/or confidential > information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the > addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you > may not copy or distribute this communication to anyone else. 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It looks like we will have Noah Gift from the Atlanta Users Group coming as part of the OReilly Speakers Program to give a class on Python and System Administration. This will be an exceptional advanced class. We really need a beginners class. Bernard, you have taught such a class at Georgia State University? Jeff, could you lead an "intermediate" class (Python for people with some knowledge of the language already)? If not a "python 102" class, could you cover other intermediate topics? Nothing is set, yet, so don't worry if this is not what we agreed to (if it's not, now is the time to clear things up). Are there other classes/talks you would like to give? I think we have the 6 talks covered in the afternoon, than we'll have then panel wrap-up from 2:30-3:30 where you can answer questions and show off anything Python you want to show off. We have lots of stuff to give away as well. Thanks to both of you for helping out. Jeff, I'll be getting with you to finalize travel arrangements. 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It > looks > like we will have Noah Gift from the Atlanta Users Group coming as part of > the OReilly Speakers Program to give a class on Python and System > Administration. This will be an exceptional advanced class. We really > need > a beginners class. Bernard, you have taught such a class at Georgia State > University? Jeff, could you lead an "intermediate" class (Python for > people > with some knowledge of the language already)? If not a "python 102" > class, > could you cover other intermediate topics? > > Nothing is set, yet, so don't worry if this is not what we agreed to (if > it's not, now is the time to clear things up). Are there other > classes/talks you would like to give? I think we have the 6 talks covered > in the afternoon, than we'll have then panel wrap-up from 2:30-3:30 where > you can answer questions and show off anything Python you want to show > off. > We have lots of stuff to give away as well. > > Thanks to both of you for helping out. Jeff, I'll be getting with you to > finalize travel arrangements. I'm assuming you will want 2 nights in a > hotel (do you plan on returning to Dallas on Saturday?). > > --greg > From Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM Thu Aug 21 15:22:53 2008 From: Chad_Cooper at SWN.COM (Chad Cooper) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:22:53 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Money! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >> I'll get a Novasys Logo for us to use (or, you can rip it from the website). Done. Ripped it from the web and you're up as a sponsor on the wiki. I gave my boss here at Southwestern Energy an "official" request for funds last night and he really liked the letter, so I hope to hear something on that by next week. chad ________________________________ From: Greg Lindstrom [mailto:gslindstrom at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:15 PM To: Chad Cooper Cc: pyar2 at python.org Subject: Re: [PyAR2] Money! Thanks...With the $$ from the PSF and now this, we have enough for a bare-bones meeting. I really want to get Noah here, though. He said he would do a class (2 1/2 hours) on Python and System Administration (he just launched a book from OReilly) and a talk on the standard library. Tickets on Expedia were running about 450.00 (Atlanta to Little Rock). If we get another donation I'll ask him to commit and cover it if we fall short. The letter for Acxiom goes out tonight and Windstream will follow shortly. Anyone else have an employer? You can use the template I wrote and ask for any amount; even $50.00 would help out at this point. I'll get a Novasys Logo for us to use (or, you can rip it from the website). On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Chad Cooper wrote: Rock on Greg! Can I use the Novasys logo on the wiki? I'm going to write up a letter requesting $300 (using your template) to give my boss and get it to him in the morning. 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Here's a list of titles: * Beautiful Code, 1st Edition * Building Embedded Linux Systems * FBML Essentials * Hackerteen, 1st Edition (goes with the way-cool T-Shirts) * High Performance MYSQL * High Performance Web Sites * Intellectual Property and Open Source * Learning Vi and Vim * Learning Python * Making Things Happen (Project Administration) * Programming Collective Intelligence * Python in a Nutshell * Python Cookbook * Web 2.0, A strategy Guide Wow! Do we need to think how we are going to give these away? I could write a random choice generator (using names listed in a file) in the IDLE editor *during* the Q&A session, projecting it on the screen. Or, we could have names dropped in a hat. Do we draw for a particular prize, or let people pick? Whatever we do, we all owe a big thank-you to Marsee and her friends at OReilly. THANKS, MARSEE!!! -greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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And I'll second that thank-you to Marsee & co! -Wayne -- To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From supercooper at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 03:46:08 2008 From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:46:08 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Books!! In-Reply-To: <333efb450808221620k77694151lcc9b8bb2321d21c9@mail.gmail.com> References: <333efb450808221620k77694151lcc9b8bb2321d21c9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8398c3a60808221846u6b6aeed8mb3df332220481f23@mail.gmail.com> I agree, let the winner pick, which means all of the Python books will go first, eh? You writing a random generator on the fly would be cool, Greg. Thanks to Marsee and O'Reilly. chad -------------------------------------------------------- Chad Cooper http://www.super-cooper.com/ On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 6:20 PM, W W wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > >> Wow! Do we need to think how we are going to give these away? I could >> write a random choice generator (using names listed in a file) in the IDLE >> editor *during* the Q&A session, projecting it on the screen. Or, we could >> have names dropped in a hat. Do we draw for a particular prize, or let >> people pick? >> >> Whatever we do, we all owe a big thank-you to Marsee and her friends at >> OReilly. THANKS, MARSEE!!! >> > > I think we should let people pick their prize. I know several of those > titles interest me, but some of them would really be... less appreciated. > > And I'll second that thank-you to Marsee & co! > > -Wayne > > -- > To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called > gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, > every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and > exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From supercooper at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 04:10:55 2008 From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:10:55 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] pyar2.org?? Message-ID: <8398c3a60808221910s2ad85f3dj94558b22d257adfe@mail.gmail.com> OK folks, I think its time we really, really consider a website. I just checked and pyar2.org is available. I would be willing to host the domain on my Webfaction account. Thoughts? chad -------------------------------------------------------- Chad Cooper http://www.super-cooper.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bob.fahr at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 17:12:17 2008 From: bob.fahr at gmail.com (Bob Fahr) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:12:17 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Books!! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3e011c0f0808230812l7c1b9ceau9baf14691cafd4ec@mail.gmail.com> How about buying a roll of tickets and drawing from a fish bowl? Its not as much fun as writing code but it is proven technology. :-) On 8/22/08, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > I just got a truckload of books from Marsee (courtesy of OReilly) for us to > give away. Here's a list of titles: > > * Beautiful Code, 1st Edition > * Building Embedded Linux Systems > * FBML Essentials > * Hackerteen, 1st Edition (goes with the way-cool T-Shirts) > * High Performance MYSQL > * High Performance Web Sites > * Intellectual Property and Open Source > * Learning Vi and Vim > * Learning Python > * Making Things Happen (Project Administration) > * Programming Collective Intelligence > * Python in a Nutshell > * Python Cookbook > * Web 2.0, A strategy Guide > > Wow! Do we need to think how we are going to give these away? I could > write a random choice generator (using names listed in a file) in the IDLE > editor *during* the Q&A session, projecting it on the screen. Or, we could > have names dropped in a hat. Do we draw for a particular prize, or let > people pick? > > Whatever we do, we all owe a big thank-you to Marsee and her friends at > OReilly. THANKS, MARSEE!!! > > -greg > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com From bob.fahr at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 18:51:15 2008 From: bob.fahr at gmail.com (Bob Fahr) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:51:15 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Facilities for Conference Message-ID: <3e011c0f0808230951u30ae8d1ck52c0d9359b11e05b@mail.gmail.com> I had some thoughts about the conference I don't believe we've discussed yet. What are our plans for the computer setup for the sessions? Will all of the sessions be hands-on? Will we install all of the necessary software beforehand, or will we attempt to do that during the sessions? In my experience with training we probably don't want attendees downloading and installing software, and its likely that security is setup so that they cannot do that. Having the software installed and preconfigured would lessen the likelihood of problems during the sessions. We also should have some volunteers in the room to help with problems, primarily in the intro sections but it might be nice to have some in all of the sessions. When will we be able to access the rooms? Can we set them up the day before or will there be classes? UCA probably images the computers on a regular basis and we might have to wait until after that if it happens on Friday night. We might be able to give the the additional software ahead of time so they can image what the conference software. Do we want to put the presentations and software on a CD that we can hand out to attendees? Should we get some pyar2 shirts made so that we can wear our "colors"? I'm sure there are more logistical things but that's all that come to mind right now. Bob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As far as the "random" program, I was thinking we could have all the attendees listed in a text file (one name per line) and then while questions are being answered I would do something like this (done using IDLE on the screen): import random input_filename = INSERT_FILENAME_HERE names = [] for name in file(input_filename): names.append(name) while True: print random.choice(names) raw_input('Press to continue') I'd like to do something like this to show how easy Python is to use. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From supercooper at gmail.com Sun Aug 24 03:24:51 2008 From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:24:51 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Letters and Give-Aways In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8398c3a60808231824q377423edh7932bc7753c64661@mail.gmail.com> Nice Greg, I like it. Now make it so no one can win twice. Maybe three more lines of code? :-) Maybe save the big enchilladas (like the Wing licenses) for last during the panel session. No way to keep people around til the end like bribery, eh? -------------------------------------------------------- Chad Cooper http://www.super-cooper.com/ On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Today I am sending out letters to High Schools and Colleges/Universities in > Faulkner and White Counties (White County because I lived there for 10 > years). I have letters and fliers left over (as well as envelopes and > stamps). If you want me to send an invite out to someone please let me > know. Send me the name and address. > > As for give-aways, I think we may want to split it up and give some away > throughout the day (target certain things for certain classes). We're going > to have a small mountain of stuff that would take a good deal of time. > > As far as the "random" program, I was thinking we could have all the > attendees listed in a text file (one name per line) and then while questions > are being answered I would do something like this (done using IDLE on the > screen): > > import random > input_filename = INSERT_FILENAME_HERE > names = [] > for name in file(input_filename): > names.append(name) > > while True: > print random.choice(names) > raw_input('Press to continue') > > I'd like to do something like this to show how easy Python is to use. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From supercooper at gmail.com Sun Aug 24 03:30:40 2008 From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:30:40 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Facilities for Conference In-Reply-To: <3e011c0f0808230951u30ae8d1ck52c0d9359b11e05b@mail.gmail.com> References: <3e011c0f0808230951u30ae8d1ck52c0d9359b11e05b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8398c3a60808231830g3a17d13s6be967b128ff7edd@mail.gmail.com> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Bob Fahr wrote: > I had some thoughts about the conference I don't believe we've discussed > yet. > > What are our plans for the computer setup for the sessions? Will all of > the sessions be hands-on? Will we install all of the necessary software > beforehand, or will we attempt to do that during the sessions? > > > In my experience with training we probably don't want attendees downloading > and installing software, and its likely that security is setup so that they > cannot do that. Having the software installed and preconfigured would > lessen the likelihood of problems during the sessions. We also should have > some volunteers in the room to help with problems, primarily in the intro > sections but it might be nice to have some in all of the sessions. > > When will we be able to access the rooms? Can we set them up the day before > or will there be classes? UCA probably images the computers on a regular > basis and we might have to wait until after that if it happens on Friday > night. We might be able to give the the additional software ahead of time > so they can image what the conference software. > > Do we want to put the presentations and software on a CD that we can hand > out to attendees? > I'm hoping we could have a website up and running soon after the conference (sometime this fall) and we could just put everything up on that. I know I will be working on my presentation(s) up to the last minute probably, so it would probably be hard to get everything together before the conference. > > Should we get some pyar2 shirts made so that we can wear our "colors"? > Maybe we could get red nametags (the sticky kind) for "conference people" to wear, and the plain white ones for everyone else? Making a tshirt could take some time, not to mention funds. > > > I'm sure there are more logistical things but that's all that come to mind > right now. > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Now make it so no one can win twice. Maybe three more > lines of code? > :-) > > Maybe save the big enchilladas (like the Wing licenses) for last during the > panel session. No way to keep people around til the end like bribery, eh? > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Chad Cooper > http://www.super-cooper.com/ > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > >> Today I am sending out letters to High Schools and Colleges/Universities >> in Faulkner and White Counties (White County because I lived there for 10 >> years). I have letters and fliers left over (as well as envelopes and >> stamps). If you want me to send an invite out to someone please let me >> know. Send me the name and address. >> >> As for give-aways, I think we may want to split it up and give some away >> throughout the day (target certain things for certain classes). We're going >> to have a small mountain of stuff that would take a good deal of time. >> >> As far as the "random" program, I was thinking we could have all the >> attendees listed in a text file (one name per line) and then while questions >> are being answered I would do something like this (done using IDLE on the >> screen): >> >> import random >> input_filename = INSERT_FILENAME_HERE >> names = [] >> for name in file(input_filename): >> names.append(name) >> >> while True: >> print random.choice(names) >> raw_input('Press to continue') >> >> I'd like to do something like this to show how easy Python is to use. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PyAR2 mailing list >> PyAR2 at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -- To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You bet! Message-ID: <8398c3a60808261232o3e3c2ab6p9b3fc659d8808129@mail.gmail.com> I just got off the phone with my boss, and our CIO is pitching in $500! Thanks Southwestern Energy Company! Greg, who do they make the check to? chad On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Chad Cooper wrote: > I'm still waiting to hear from my employer. > chad > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Chad Cooper > http://www.super-cooper.com/ > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> Any word on more funding? I really want to book Noah Gift but we need >> another $500.00 before we can do it. >> >> --greg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PyAR2 mailing list >> PyAR2 at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Greg, who do they make the check to? > > chad > > > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Chad Cooper wrote: > >> I'm still waiting to hear from my employer. >> chad >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Chad Cooper >> http://www.super-cooper.com/ >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> Any word on more funding? I really want to book Noah Gift but we need >>> another $500.00 before we can do it. >>> >>> --greg >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PyAR2 mailing list >>> PyAR2 at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 >>> >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From supercooper at gmail.com Tue Aug 26 21:47:05 2008 From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:47:05 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] More $$? You bet! In-Reply-To: References: <8398c3a60808261232o3e3c2ab6p9b3fc659d8808129@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8398c3a60808261247x5c94a575l62a3b7b71b578ec1@mail.gmail.com> Greg, get me the bank/acct info tonite, they may want to go that route. Yeah, I was really surprised at the dollar amount, and my boss came up with that number, not me. I just asked for "...whatever they could give...". chad On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > HOLY COW, CHAD!! Way to go!!!!!! > > They can deposit it directly or make it out to Python Unser Group of > Arkansas and mail it to me. I'll get you the banks address and account > number tonight if they want to go directly to the bank. > > Looks like we can get Noah to come! This is great news. > > --greg > > my address: 5 Chester Cove, Conway, AR 72034 > > > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Chad Cooper wrote: > >> I just got off the phone with my boss, and our CIO is pitching in $500! >> Thanks Southwestern Energy Company! 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URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Wed Aug 27 00:13:13 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:13:13 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Speaking at pyArkansas Message-ID: Hello Noah, It now appears that we will have funding to bring you to Conway for the pyArkansas conference. We would like to invite you to lead a 2 1/2 class on "System Administration with Python" and then a 50 minute talk on the Python Standard Library. If that's not too much, we invite you to sit in on a panel to answer any audience questions for the final hour (we will have giveaways as well). I looked for your book today; is it still in pre-production? I'd like to get some copies to sell (at the very least, I would like one!), if possible. Are you available and can you attend? Earlier you mentioned that if we could pick up the airplane ticket you could do the rest. The conference is October 4th (Saturday) running from 8:30 - 3:30 on the campus of UCA. The closest airport would be Little Rock, which is about 50 minutes SW of Conway. We would love to have you attend. Our wiki is pycamp.pycon.org/Arkansas (your name is on the schedule already, but it is a proposed schedule). Best Regards, --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From noah.gift at gmail.com Wed Aug 27 02:28:24 2008 From: noah.gift at gmail.com (Noah Gift) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:28:24 -0400 Subject: [PyAR2] Speaking at pyArkansas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Hello Noah, > > It now appears that we will have funding to bring you to Conway for the > pyArkansas conference. We would like to invite you to lead a 2 1/2 class on > "System Administration with Python" and then a 50 minute talk on the Python > Standard Library. If that's not too much, we invite you to sit in on a > panel to answer any audience questions for the final hour (we will have > giveaways as well). I looked for your book today; is it still in > pre-production? I'd like to get some copies to sell (at the very least, I > would like one!), if possible. > Greg, This schedule sounds fine, and shouldn't be a problem. Yes, just a plane ticket is fine. I am huge advocate of Python and want to do anything I can to spread the word and help user communities. The book I co-wrote should be out in book stores on Sept. 2nd, but it is available on Safari now if you have an account. Here is a simple Google App Engine page I setup that has a link to a free Ubuntu Virtual Machine, source code, toc, etc. http://py4sa.com > > > Are you available and can you attend? > yes, this works for me. > Earlier you mentioned that if we could pick up the airplane ticket you > could do the rest. The conference is October 4th (Saturday) running from > 8:30 - 3:30 on the campus of UCA. The closest airport would be Little Rock, > which is about 50 minutes SW of Conway. We would love to have you attend. > Our wiki is pycamp.pycon.org/Arkansas (your name is on the schedule > already, but it is a proposed schedule). > Hopefully there is a reasonable way to get to and from the airport, but I am happy with any form of transportation. Maybe there will be a PyArkansas carpool? > > > Best Regards, > Yes, see you Oct. 4. Feel free to get in touch in the meantime. > > > --greg > -- Noah Gift http://noahgift.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Wed Aug 27 21:04:15 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:04:15 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Website Down? Message-ID: The pyArkansas wiki isn't responding today. 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In-Reply-To: <3e011c0f0808280621g4191f4cbs7244e3d154cef006@mail.gmail.com> References: <3e011c0f0808280621g4191f4cbs7244e3d154cef006@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8398c3a60808280624n4d27c6c2ifd454e6e1d741ad1@mail.gmail.com> Bob, I've been meaning to update it with our new sponsors and talk topics, I can do it first thing after work today and get it out then. I'll let the list know as soon as its done. chad On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Bob Fahr wrote: > Do we have an up-to-date flyer for the conference? I've gotten a request > for info and I'd like to send the flyer. > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Thu Aug 28 15:40:54 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:54 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] HELP! pyArkanss wiki is still down!! Message-ID: I still can not connect to the pyArkansas wiki page. This is particularly bad because the invitations are hitting the schools righ about now. We also have requests for funding out there telling our potential donors to look at the site! Can anyone else hit it? Jeff, can you take a look at this? Thanks, --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Thu Aug 28 15:43:11 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:11 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Updated Flyer? In-Reply-To: <8398c3a60808280624n4d27c6c2ifd454e6e1d741ad1@mail.gmail.com> References: <3e011c0f0808280621g4191f4cbs7244e3d154cef006@mail.gmail.com> <8398c3a60808280624n4d27c6c2ifd454e6e1d741ad1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Jeff Rush will be coming up, too, and teaching the following in the "intermediate python" class. He has also offered to host a talk in the afternoon, so I may request a 4th classroom (I'd like to see the "eggs" and "eclipse" talks be offered). --greg 1) A Tour of Pythonic Concepts names, values and namespaces control structures being callable being iterable subscripting and slicing introspection about strings, formatting and parsing 2) A Walkthru of Interesting Python Techniques RDBMS / dbapi OODBMS / ZODB / Durus STAN templating reStructuredText usage re piece extraction On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Chad Cooper wrote: > Bob, I've been meaning to update it with our new sponsors and talk topics, > I can do it first thing after work today and get it out then. I'll let the > list know as soon as its done. > > chad > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Bob Fahr wrote: > >> Do we have an up-to-date flyer for the conference? I've gotten a request >> for info and I'd like to send the flyer. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PyAR2 mailing list >> PyAR2 at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From supercooper at gmail.com Thu Aug 28 15:45:09 2008 From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:09 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] HELP! pyArkanss wiki is still down!! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8398c3a60808280645g633a8911na720bb7ae37ebc76@mail.gmail.com> I looked at it early this morning, like 6-ish, and no problems, but dead for me now as well. chad -------------------------------------------------------- Chad Cooper http://www.super-cooper.com/ On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > I still can not connect to the pyArkansas wiki page. This is particularly > bad because the invitations are hitting the schools righ about now. We also > have requests for funding out there telling our potential donors to look at > the site! Can anyone else hit it? > > Jeff, can you take a look at this? > > Thanks, > --greg > > _______________________________________________ > PyAR2 mailing list > PyAR2 at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In case anyone is curious, the particular syslog entry saying Apache has falled over is: kernel: application bug: httpd(31973) has SIGCHLD set to SIG_IGN but calls wait(). kernel: (see the NOTES section of 'man 2 wait'). Workaround activated. Doug and I are both chasing the problem and will keep a close eye on the site. Certainly keep sending me emails (or IMs via Jabber: xanalogica at gmail.com) when the site appears down so we can restart it ASAP. -Jeff From supercooper at gmail.com Fri Aug 29 04:53:52 2008 From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:53:52 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Updated Flyer? In-Reply-To: References: <3e011c0f0808280621g4191f4cbs7244e3d154cef006@mail.gmail.com> <8398c3a60808280624n4d27c6c2ifd454e6e1d741ad1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8398c3a60808281953n39d64a59tceed5c9ae7030cbf@mail.gmail.com> All, the pyArkansas flyer has been updated with a couple of talks and a few new sponsors. I didnt have much room left on it, its pretty busy, but I'm really really crunched for time tonight. The pdf is here: http://www.super-cooper.com/pyarkansas/ and the jpeg is on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/supercooper/2757343106/ chad! -------------------------------------------------------- Chad Cooper http://www.super-cooper.com/ On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Jeff Rush will be coming up, too, and teaching the following in the > "intermediate python" class. He has also offered to host a talk in the > afternoon, so I may request a 4th classroom (I'd like to see the "eggs" and > "eclipse" talks be offered). > > --greg > > 1) A Tour of Pythonic Concepts > > names, values and namespaces > control structures > being callable > being iterable > subscripting and slicing > introspection > about strings, formatting and parsing > > 2) A Walkthru of Interesting Python Techniques > > RDBMS / dbapi > OODBMS / ZODB / Durus > STAN templating > reStructuredText usage re piece extraction > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Chad Cooper wrote: > >> Bob, I've been meaning to update it with our new sponsors and talk topics, >> I can do it first thing after work today and get it out then. I'll let the >> list know as soon as its done. >> >> chad >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Bob Fahr wrote: >> >>> Do we have an up-to-date flyer for the conference? I've gotten a >>> request for info and I'd like to send the flyer. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PyAR2 mailing list >>> PyAR2 at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PyAR2 mailing list >> PyAR2 at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2 >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslindstrom at gmail.com Fri Aug 29 04:53:59 2008 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:53:59 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Funding Letters going out Message-ID: I just sent out funding requests to Windstream Communications and Mainstream Technologies. There was someone who volunteered to lead a talk on Eclipse and Python...are you still willing to do that? Was there someone willing to do a 50 minute talk on Eggs? Also, I'm not in a position to lead a Django talk; is there someone who can do it? If need be, I imagine we could get a 4th room for the afternoon talks, but I'd like to get the schedule wrapped up next week, if possible. --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srilyk at gmail.com Fri Aug 29 12:35:55 2008 From: srilyk at gmail.com (W W) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:35:55 -0500 Subject: [PyAR2] Updated Flyer? In-Reply-To: <8398c3a60808281953n39d64a59tceed5c9ae7030cbf@mail.gmail.com> References: <3e011c0f0808280621g4191f4cbs7244e3d154cef006@mail.gmail.com> <8398c3a60808280624n4d27c6c2ifd454e6e1d741ad1@mail.gmail.com> <8398c3a60808281953n39d64a59tceed5c9ae7030cbf@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <333efb450808290335p254568ah694db0a1cbd288aa@mail.gmail.com> Excellent little update! Hopefully today I should be able to get a few of them put up (in the CS department at UCA, at the Maumelle Library) -Wayne On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Chad Cooper wrote: > All, the pyArkansas flyer has been updated with a couple of talks and a few > new sponsors. I didnt have much room left on it, its pretty busy, but I'm > really really crunched for time tonight. The pdf is here: > http://www.super-cooper.com/pyarkansas/ > > and the jpeg is on flickr: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/supercooper/2757343106/ > > chad! > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Chad Cooper > http://www.super-cooper.com/ > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > >> Jeff Rush will be coming up, too, and teaching the following in the >> "intermediate python" class. He has also offered to host a talk in the >> afternoon, so I may request a 4th classroom (I'd like to see the "eggs" and >> "eclipse" talks be offered). >> >> --greg >> >> 1) A Tour of Pythonic Concepts >> >> names, values and namespaces >> control structures >> being callable >> being iterable >> subscripting and slicing >> introspection >> about strings, formatting and parsing >> >> 2) A Walkthru of Interesting Python Techniques >> >> RDBMS / dbapi >> OODBMS / ZODB / Durus >> STAN templating >> reStructuredText usage re piece extraction >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Chad Cooper wrote: >> >>> Bob, I've been meaning to update it with our new sponsors and talk >>> topics, I can do it first thing after work today and get it out then. I'll >>> let the list know as soon as its done. >>> >>> chad >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Bob Fahr wrote: >>> >>>> Do we have an up-to-date flyer for the conference? 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