From guido at python.org Mon Feb 16 12:55:18 2004 From: guido at python.org (Guido van Rossum) Date: Mon Feb 16 12:55:35 2004 Subject: [Pycon-announce] PyCon DC Early bird rate EXTENDED until Feb 22, 2004 Message-ID: <200402161755.i1GHtJC25824@c-24-5-134-209.client.comcast.net> Due to overwhelming success, the early bird deadline for PyCon DC 2004 has been *extended* to February 22. The early bird registration fee is only $175 ($125 for students). Monday the 23rd it goes up to $250 (really). To register, visit: http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/register/ Speakers, you too!!! DC 2004 will be held March 24-26, 2004 in Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker is Mitch Kapor of the Open Source Applications Foundation (http://www.osafoundation.org/). Famous C++/Java/Python author/evangelist Bruce Eckel will give a closing keynote. There will be a four-day development sprint before the conference. For all PyCon information: http://www.pycon.org/ See you all there! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) From pycon at python.org Sat Feb 21 16:10:47 2004 From: pycon at python.org (PyCon Chair) Date: Sat Feb 21 16:10:55 2004 Subject: [Pycon-announce] PyCon talks and schedule posted Message-ID: <20040221211047.GA25618@panix.com> First of all, don't forget that early-bird reg ends midnight Sunday Feb 22. We've now got a list of talks and a planned schedule: http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/talks/ http://www.python.org/pycon/dc2004/schedule.html We've also added Guido van Rossum and Bruce Eckel as keynote speakers: http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/talks/keynote PyCon is a community-oriented conference targeting developers (both those using Python and those working on the Python project). It gives you opportunities to learn about significant advances in the Python development community, to participate in a programming sprint with some of the leading minds in the Open Source community, and to meet fellow developers from around the world. The organizers work to make the conference affordable and accessible to all. DC 2004 will be held March 24-26, 2004 in Washington, D.C. at the GWU Cafritz Conference Center. The keynote speakers are Mitch Kapor, Guido van Rossum, and Bruce Eckel. There will be a four-day development sprint before the conference (March 20-23). We're looking for volunteers to help run PyCon. If you're interested, subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers Don't miss any PyCon announcements! Subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-announce You can discuss PyCon with other interested people by subscribing to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-interest The central resource for PyCon DC 2004 is http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/ -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Do not taunt happy fun for loops. Do not change lists you are looping over." --Remco Gerlich, comp.lang.python