From pycon.brandon at gmail.com Sat Mar 12 10:34:19 2016 From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes) Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:34:19 -0500 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] An improvement to the overview diagram Message-ID: Good morning, Open Spacers! A quick note on how Open Spaces are illustrated on the web site: You might already have seen my first attempt at a schedule overview diagram on the web site. It tries to put in one place a miniature picture of what is happening at PyCon each day, so that people can see which events run concurrently. ? Ewa pointed out to me that it was not clear why the Open Spaces are covered with little squares. I explained that it was my attempt to show that sometimes open space rooms are occupied and sometimes not, but her question made me realize that probably no one but me would get why they were illustrated that way! I came up with another way to illustrate them, in a way that might connect better with how the Open Spaces themselves are organized: with a pinboard. So I used the magic of SVG to, in just a few minutes, switch the overview to looking like this: ? A real graphic designer could probably make it look even better, but I hope that this is far clearer than the weird 1970's-esque partial grid of boxes that was my first attempt. Hopefully this will better connect, in people's minds, with what Open Spaces organization looks like when they get to the conference! -- Brandon Rhodes PyCon 2016 Conference Chair pycon.brandon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: os2.png Type: image/png Size: 32351 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It tries to put in one place a miniature picture of what is happening at PyCon each day, so that people can see which events run concurrently. > > > ? > Ewa pointed out to me that it was not clear why the Open Spaces are covered with little squares. I explained that it was my attempt to show that sometimes open space rooms are occupied and sometimes not, but her question made me realize that probably no one but me would get why they were illustrated that way! > > I came up with another way to illustrate them, in a way that might connect better with how the Open Spaces themselves are organized: with a pinboard. So I used the magic of SVG to, in just a few minutes, switch the overview to looking like this: > > > ? > A real graphic designer could probably make it look even better, but I hope that this is far clearer than the weird 1970's-esque partial grid of boxes that was my first attempt. Hopefully this will better connect, in people's minds, with what Open Spaces organization looks like when they get to the conference! > > -- > Brandon Rhodes > PyCon 2016 Conference Chair > pycon.brandon at gmail.com _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hobsonlane at gmail.com Sat Mar 12 14:52:43 2016 From: hobsonlane at gmail.com (Hobson Lane) Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 19:52:43 +0000 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] An improvement to the overview diagram In-Reply-To: <4838CE58-3445-41D4-84A5-980A3BEE53D5@gmx.de> References: <4838CE58-3445-41D4-84A5-980A3BEE53D5@gmx.de> Message-ID: Beautiful! On Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 11:42 AM Anna Ossowski wrote: > Great job, Brandon! > > I really like the graphic and think it is a fantastic idea that you > illustrated the Open Spaces with little pinboards. It looks awesome! > > Have a great weekend! > Anna > > Am 12.03.2016 um 16:34 schrieb Brandon Rhodes : > > Good morning, Open Spacers! A quick note on how Open Spaces are > illustrated on the web site: > > You might already have seen my first attempt at a schedule overview > diagram on the web site. It tries to put in one place a miniature picture > of what is happening at PyCon each day, so that people can see which events > run concurrently. > > > ? > > Ewa pointed out to me that it was not clear why the Open Spaces are > covered with little squares. I explained that it was my attempt to show > that sometimes open space rooms are occupied and sometimes not, but her > question made me realize that probably no one but me would get why they > were illustrated that way! > > I came up with another way to illustrate them, in a way that might connect > better with how the Open Spaces themselves are organized: with a pinboard. > So I used the magic of SVG to, in just a few minutes, switch the overview > to looking like this: > > > ? > > A real graphic designer could probably make it look even better, but I > hope that this is far clearer than the weird 1970's-esque partial grid of > boxes that was my first attempt. Hopefully this will better connect, in > people's minds, with what Open Spaces organization looks like when they get > to the conference! > > -- > Brandon Rhodes > PyCon 2016 Conference Chair > pycon.brandon at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Tue Mar 15 03:05:22 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:05:22 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces sign up cards Message-ID: Good morning Ewa! I was wondering if it would be possible to have different colored cards for open space sign up this year. Since we will be putting up two boards at time, one for the current day and one for the next day, it might be less confusing for hosts and attendees if we had two colors available for the sign up cards. Please let me know what you think of this idea and whether this is possible or not. Thank you! :) Anna From ossanna16 at gmx.de Tue Mar 15 07:30:51 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:30:51 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update Message-ID: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! I hope all of you are well! PyCon is approaching fast and will be here before we know it. We still have time to get things done and sorted out but I?d rather for us to get started early than to run out of time closer to the conference. I went ahead and wrote a blog post, some tweets, and a draft for an email we could use for reaching out to groups about hosting an open space. You can find the links to all documents in Trello. Please feel free to make suggestions for adjustments or additions. The two big tasks which are still on our to-do list are creating a list of potential open space topics and reaching out to different groups. Kinga is going to tackle the list of topics. Hobson, do you think you could take on the task of creating a list of groups we should reach out to and maybe start reaching out to them closer to PyCon? Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon website. How do I do that? Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon, if I forgot any tasks or you have anything else in mind which needs to be tackled, please add it to the Trello board so we know we need to plan in some time for it. Thank you and have a great day! Anna From ewa at python.org Tue Mar 15 09:45:34 2016 From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:45:34 -0500 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces sign up cards In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Anna - Unfortunately, not this year. We have close to 2,000 cards left from 2015 that we will be using for 2016. However, if we do run out in 2016 and will need to order more for 2017, we can certainly do different colors. Our budget is tight for 2016 so we can to save when possible - I hope you understand :) Best regards, Ewa Director of Operations Python Software Foundation Cell: 415-319-5237 On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 2:05 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Good morning Ewa! > > I was wondering if it would be possible to have different colored cards > for open space sign up this year. Since we will be putting up two boards at > time, one for the current day and one for the next day, it might be less > confusing for hosts and attendees if we had two colors available for the > sign up cards. > Please let me know what you think of this idea and whether this is > possible or not. > > Thank you! :) > Anna -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Tue Mar 15 09:55:23 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:55:23 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces sign up cards In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ewa, It totally makes sense to use up the cards that are left over from last year. Thank you! :) Anna > Am 15.03.2016 um 14:45 schrieb Ewa Jodlowska : > > Hi Anna - > > Unfortunately, not this year. We have close to 2,000 cards left from 2015 that we will be using for 2016. However, if we do run out in 2016 and will need to order more for 2017, we can certainly do different colors. > > Our budget is tight for 2016 so we can to save when possible - I hope you understand :) > > Best regards, > > Ewa > Director of Operations > Python Software Foundation > Cell: 415-319-5237 > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 2:05 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: > Good morning Ewa! > > I was wondering if it would be possible to have different colored cards for open space sign up this year. Since we will be putting up two boards at time, one for the current day and one for the next day, it might be less confusing for hosts and attendees if we had two colors available for the sign up cards. > Please let me know what you think of this idea and whether this is possible or not. > > Thank you! :) > Anna > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hobsonlane at gmail.com Tue Mar 15 13:06:55 2016 From: hobsonlane at gmail.com (Hobson Lane) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:06:55 -0700 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> Message-ID: Sure thing, Anna, I'll compose a list of groups that might be interested in hosting open spaces. Do you have a "seed" list of previous open spaces and their hosts/groups/organizers? --Hobson (503) 974-6274 gh twtr li g+ so On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! > > I hope all of you are well! > PyCon is approaching fast and will be here before we know it. We still > have time to get things done and sorted out but I?d rather for us to get > started early than to run out of time closer to the conference. > I went ahead and wrote a blog post, some tweets, and a draft for an email > we could use for reaching out to groups about hosting an open space. You > can find the links to all documents in Trello. Please feel free to make > suggestions for adjustments or additions. > > The two big tasks which are still on our to-do list are creating a list of > potential open space topics and reaching out to different groups. Kinga is > going to tackle the list of topics. > Hobson, do you think you could take on the task of creating a list of > groups we should reach out to and maybe start reaching out to them closer > to PyCon? > > Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial > didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that > topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely > involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) > > Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon > website. How do I do that? > > Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon, if I forgot any tasks or you have anything > else in mind which needs to be tackled, please add it to the Trello board > so we know we need to plan in some time for it. > > Thank you and have a great day! > Anna > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Tue Mar 15 13:09:18 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:09:18 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> Message-ID: Thank you, Hobson! We have a list of last year?s open spaces but it doesn?t mention any organizers. Here you go https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yEXt6GxQ6jXxIUfTMB1WdIWc_56WNM-9F7i2Rdmsqdw/edit#gid=0 Anna > Am 15.03.2016 um 18:06 schrieb Hobson Lane : > > Sure thing, Anna, I'll compose a list of groups that might be interested in hosting open spaces. Do you have a "seed" list of previous open spaces and their hosts/groups/organizers? > > --Hobson > (503) 974-6274 > gh twtr li g+ so > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: > Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! > > I hope all of you are well! > PyCon is approaching fast and will be here before we know it. We still have time to get things done and sorted out but I?d rather for us to get started early than to run out of time closer to the conference. > I went ahead and wrote a blog post, some tweets, and a draft for an email we could use for reaching out to groups about hosting an open space. You can find the links to all documents in Trello. Please feel free to make suggestions for adjustments or additions. > > The two big tasks which are still on our to-do list are creating a list of potential open space topics and reaching out to different groups. Kinga is going to tackle the list of topics. > Hobson, do you think you could take on the task of creating a list of groups we should reach out to and maybe start reaching out to them closer to PyCon? > > Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) > > Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon website. How do I do that? > > Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon, if I forgot any tasks or you have anything else in mind which needs to be tackled, please add it to the Trello board so we know we need to plan in some time for it. > > Thank you and have a great day! > Anna > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do you have a "seed" list of previous open spaces > and their hosts/groups/organizers? > > --Hobson > (503) 974-6274 > gh twtr li > g+ > so > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > >> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! >> >> I hope all of you are well! >> PyCon is approaching fast and will be here before we know it. We still >> have time to get things done and sorted out but I?d rather for us to get >> started early than to run out of time closer to the conference. >> I went ahead and wrote a blog post, some tweets, and a draft for an email >> we could use for reaching out to groups about hosting an open space. You >> can find the links to all documents in Trello. Please feel free to make >> suggestions for adjustments or additions. >> >> The two big tasks which are still on our to-do list are creating a list >> of potential open space topics and reaching out to different groups. Kinga >> is going to tackle the list of topics. >> Hobson, do you think you could take on the task of creating a list of >> groups we should reach out to and maybe start reaching out to them closer >> to PyCon? >> >> Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial >> didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that >> topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely >> involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) >> >> Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon >> website. How do I do that? >> >> Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon, if I forgot any tasks or you have anything >> else in mind which needs to be tackled, please add it to the Trello board >> so we know we need to plan in some time for it. >> >> Thank you and have a great day! >> Anna >> _______________________________________________ >> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >> Pycon-openspaces at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do you have a "seed" list of previous open spaces and their hosts/groups/organizers? >> >> --Hobson >> (503) 974-6274 >> gh twtr li g+ so >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: >> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! >> >> I hope all of you are well! >> PyCon is approaching fast and will be here before we know it. We still have time to get things done and sorted out but I?d rather for us to get started early than to run out of time closer to the conference. >> I went ahead and wrote a blog post, some tweets, and a draft for an email we could use for reaching out to groups about hosting an open space. You can find the links to all documents in Trello. Please feel free to make suggestions for adjustments or additions. >> >> The two big tasks which are still on our to-do list are creating a list of potential open space topics and reaching out to different groups. Kinga is going to tackle the list of topics. >> Hobson, do you think you could take on the task of creating a list of groups we should reach out to and maybe start reaching out to them closer to PyCon? >> >> Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) >> >> Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon website. How do I do that? >> >> Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon, if I forgot any tasks or you have anything else in mind which needs to be tackled, please add it to the Trello board so we know we need to plan in some time for it. >> >> Thank you and have a great day! >> Anna >> _______________________________________________ >> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >> Pycon-openspaces at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It would surely > involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) > That has already happened, I think ? in general, when a committee sends a rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure communications always include those options. I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement. So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without needing a further email spree. > Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon > website. How do I do that? I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? 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It would surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) > > That has already happened, I think ? in general, when a committee sends a rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure communications always include those options. > > I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement. > > So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without needing a further email spree. > > Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon website. How do I do that? > > I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? I'll Cc her on this email.) > > -- > Brandon Rhodes > PyCon 2016 Conference Chair > pycon.brandon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ewa at python.org Fri Mar 18 09:57:18 2016 From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:57:18 -0500 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> Message-ID: Hi Anna - I have made you a page editor but our django permissions are not 100% functional. Can you try now to see if you see an edit button on the page? (FYI - I am on this mailing list and do not need to be cc'ed :)) Best regards, Ewa Director of Operations Python Software Foundation Cell: 415-319-5237 On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Thank you so much Brandon! I?m glad Open Spaces were mentioned in > rejection emails :) > > Have a good Friday! > Anna > > Am 18.03.2016 um 14:52 schrieb Brandon Rhodes : > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > >> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! >> > > Good morning! :) > > >> Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial >> didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that >> topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely >> involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) >> > > That has already happened, I think ? in general, when a committee sends a > rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about > their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, > and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to > make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure > communications always include those options. > > I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as > sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement. > > So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without > needing a further email spree. > > >> Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon >> website. How do I do that? > > > I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so > I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? I'll Cc > her on this email.) > > -- > Brandon Rhodes > PyCon 2016 Conference Chair > pycon.brandon at gmail.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pycon.brandon at gmail.com Fri Mar 18 10:02:10 2016 From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:02:10 -0400 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> Message-ID: On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Thank you so much Brandon! I?m glad Open Spaces were mentioned in > rejection emails :) > Have a good Friday! > You too! :) For your own records, the relevant paragraph from this year's talk rejection emails was as follows: *I hope you still decide to attend PyCon! It's an amazing conference, and we still have several venues in which you could deliver your material. 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I?m glad Open Spaces were mentioned in rejection emails :) > Have a good Friday! > > You too! :) For your own records, the relevant paragraph from this year's talk rejection emails was as follows: > > I hope you still decide to attend PyCon! It's an amazing conference, and we still have several venues in which you could deliver your material. Lightning talks are quick, five-minute talks on any topic, and open spaces provide dedicated rooms for informal, unscheduled proposals and discussions. > > -- > Brandon Rhodes > PyCon 2016 Conference Chair > pycon.brandon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Fri Mar 18 10:04:21 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:04:21 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> Message-ID: Hello Ewa, Thank you for your prompt response :) I can see the edit button. (And noted ;)) Thanks so much and have a great Friday and weekend! Anna > Am 18.03.2016 um 14:57 schrieb Ewa Jodlowska : > > Hi Anna - > > I have made you a page editor but our django permissions are not 100% functional. Can you try now to see if you see an edit button on the page? > > (FYI - I am on this mailing list and do not need to be cc'ed :)) > > Best regards, > > Ewa > Director of Operations > Python Software Foundation > Cell: 415-319-5237 > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: > Thank you so much Brandon! I?m glad Open Spaces were mentioned in rejection emails :) > > Have a good Friday! > Anna > >> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:52 schrieb Brandon Rhodes >: >> >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: >> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! >> >> Good morning! :) >> >> Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) >> >> That has already happened, I think ? in general, when a committee sends a rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure communications always include those options. >> >> I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement. >> >> So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without needing a further email spree. >> >> Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon website. How do I do that? >> >> I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? I'll Cc her on this email.) >> >> -- >> Brandon Rhodes >> PyCon 2016 Conference Chair >> pycon.brandon at gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hobsonlane at gmail.com Sat Mar 19 17:12:09 2016 From: hobsonlane at gmail.com (Hobson Lane) Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:12:09 -0700 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> Message-ID: Is it possible to get a list of the email addresses of folks who've already been informed of open spaces (paper rejections and acceptances)? I can make sure the open spaces mailing list doesn't include those e-mails. --Hobson --Hobson (503) 974-6274 gh twtr li g+ so On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Hello Ewa, > > Thank you for your prompt response :) I can see the edit button. > > (And noted ;)) > > Thanks so much and have a great Friday and weekend! > Anna > > Am 18.03.2016 um 14:57 schrieb Ewa Jodlowska : > > Hi Anna - > > I have made you a page editor but our django permissions are not 100% > functional. Can you try now to see if you see an edit button on the page? > > (FYI - I am on this mailing list and do not need to be cc'ed :)) > > Best regards, > > Ewa > Director of Operations > Python Software Foundation > Cell: 415-319-5237 > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > >> Thank you so much Brandon! I?m glad Open Spaces were mentioned in >> rejection emails :) >> >> Have a good Friday! >> Anna >> >> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:52 schrieb Brandon Rhodes : >> >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: >> >>> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! >>> >> >> Good morning! :) >> >> >>> Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or >>> tutorial didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on >>> that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would >>> surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea >>> :) >>> >> >> That has already happened, I think ? in general, when a committee sends a >> rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about >> their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, >> and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to >> make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure >> communications always include those options. >> >> I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as >> sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement. >> >> So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without >> needing a further email spree. >> >> >>> Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon >>> website. How do I do that? >> >> >> I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so >> I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? I'll Cc >> her on this email.) >> >> -- >> Brandon Rhodes >> PyCon 2016 Conference Chair >> pycon.brandon at gmail.com >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Sat Mar 19 17:18:54 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 22:18:54 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> Message-ID: <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Good question! Brandon or Ewa, could you please help/advise with this? ----- https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > Am 19.03.2016 um 22:12 schrieb Hobson Lane : > > Is it possible to get a list of the email addresses of folks who've already been informed of open spaces (paper rejections and acceptances)? I can make sure the open spaces mailing list doesn't include those e-mails. > > --Hobson > > --Hobson > (503) 974-6274 > gh twtr li g+ so > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: > Hello Ewa, > > Thank you for your prompt response :) I can see the edit button. > > (And noted ;)) > > Thanks so much and have a great Friday and weekend! > Anna > >> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:57 schrieb Ewa Jodlowska >: >> >> Hi Anna - >> >> I have made you a page editor but our django permissions are not 100% functional. Can you try now to see if you see an edit button on the page? >> >> (FYI - I am on this mailing list and do not need to be cc'ed :)) >> >> Best regards, >> >> Ewa >> Director of Operations >> Python Software Foundation >> Cell: 415-319-5237 >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: >> Thank you so much Brandon! I?m glad Open Spaces were mentioned in rejection emails :) >> >> Have a good Friday! >> Anna >> >>> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:52 schrieb Brandon Rhodes >: >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: >>> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! >>> >>> Good morning! :) >>> >>> Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) >>> >>> That has already happened, I think ? in general, when a committee sends a rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure communications always include those options. >>> >>> I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement. >>> >>> So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without needing a further email spree. >>> >>> Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon website. How do I do that? >>> >>> I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? I'll Cc her on this email.) >>> >>> -- >>> Brandon Rhodes >>> PyCon 2016 Conference Chair >>> pycon.brandon at gmail.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pycon.brandon at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 09:19:42 2016 From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:19:42 -0400 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Message-ID: I am not sure you should try to avoid sending your email to people whose talks were rejected. First, we don?t know whether the topic of their talk had anything to do with the Open Space ? if they got a rejection note for their talk on ?Python Iterators? and saw the note about the possibility of doing an Open Space, that would not necessarily have inspired them to make CherryPy ? the technology *you* are thinking of them as an expert and leader in ? the topic of an Open Space. Second, an email from you, the actual Open Spaces people, asking whether they are planning to host a CherryPy Open Space, is going to be so much more personal and inspiring than a little addendum to a talk rejection! Thirdly, think of the small team of core CherryPy people. Some get Open Spaces invitations. Others do not. They eventually get curious and compare notes about this. It turns out, they realize, that if you have had a talk rejected, then you are blackballed by the PyCon leadership from receiving any further invitations sent to you about contributing to the conference. It could make people feel bad. Finally, I?d like to preserve the feeling people have that their rejection is private between them and the Talks committee, and not being shared with other committees. So I?d say, go ahead and plan an email, without worrying about whether they had talks rejected. If you worry that your language might sound inappropriate to someone who received an earlier rejection notice, then feel free to post the text here in this thread first, and the rest of us can let you know if there are any awkward phrasings you might improve. Thanks! On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Good question! > > Brandon or Ewa, could you please help/advise with this? > ----- > https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > > > > Am 19.03.2016 um 22:12 schrieb Hobson Lane : > > Is it possible to get a list of the email addresses of folks who've > already been informed of open spaces (paper rejections and acceptances)? I > can make sure the open spaces mailing list doesn't include those e-mails. > > --Hobson > > --Hobson > (503) 974-6274 > gh twtr li > g+ > so > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > >> Hello Ewa, >> >> Thank you for your prompt response :) I can see the edit button. >> >> (And noted ;)) >> >> Thanks so much and have a great Friday and weekend! >> Anna >> >> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:57 schrieb Ewa Jodlowska : >> >> Hi Anna - >> >> I have made you a page editor but our django permissions are not 100% >> functional. Can you try now to see if you see an edit button on the page? >> >> (FYI - I am on this mailing list and do not need to be cc'ed :)) >> >> Best regards, >> >> Ewa >> Director of Operations >> Python Software Foundation >> Cell: 415-319-5237 >> >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: >> >>> Thank you so much Brandon! I?m glad Open Spaces were mentioned in >>> rejection emails :) >>> >>> Have a good Friday! >>> Anna >>> >>> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:52 schrieb Brandon Rhodes : >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: >>> >>>> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! >>>> >>> >>> Good morning! :) >>> >>> >>>> Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or >>>> tutorial didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on >>>> that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would >>>> surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea >>>> :) >>>> >>> >>> That has already happened, I think ? in general, when a committee sends >>> a rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about >>> their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, >>> and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to >>> make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure >>> communications always include those options. >>> >>> I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as >>> sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement. >>> >>> So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without >>> needing a further email spree. >>> >>> >>>> Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon >>>> website. How do I do that? >>> >>> >>> I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so >>> I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? I'll Cc >>> her on this email.) >>> >>> -- >>> Brandon Rhodes >>> PyCon 2016 Conference Chair >>> pycon.brandon at gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >> Pycon-openspaces at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > -- Brandon Rhodes PyCon 2016 Conference Chair pycon.brandon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Mon Mar 21 09:27:36 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:27:36 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Message-ID: Thank you Brandon, good point! I wrote this email draft last week: Hello [insert name], It?s only a couple more weeks until PyCon US and we here at the open spaces headquarters are getting really excited. We?d like to encourage and invite you to host an open space at PyCon this year. Open spaces are little one hour long meetups for people to come together and talk about topics and ideas, do fun things like yoga, paint their nails, play board games, or to do whatever they would like to do or talk about. Any topic that two or more attendees are interested in or any activity that more than two people would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. You may ask what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at pycon-openspaces at python.org . We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane Any thoughts, comments, or edits are welcome! :) Anna ----- https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > Am 21.03.2016 um 14:19 schrieb Brandon Rhodes : > > I am not sure you should try to avoid sending your email to people whose talks were rejected. > > First, we don?t know whether the topic of their talk had anything to do with the Open Space ? if they got a rejection note for their talk on ?Python Iterators? and saw the note about the possibility of doing an Open Space, that would not necessarily have inspired them to make CherryPy ? the technology you are thinking of them as an expert and leader in ? the topic of an Open Space. > > Second, an email from you, the actual Open Spaces people, asking whether they are planning to host a CherryPy Open Space, is going to be so much more personal and inspiring than a little addendum to a talk rejection! > > Thirdly, think of the small team of core CherryPy people. Some get Open Spaces invitations. Others do not. They eventually get curious and compare notes about this. It turns out, they realize, that if you have had a talk rejected, then you are blackballed by the PyCon leadership from receiving any further invitations sent to you about contributing to the conference. It could make people feel bad. > > Finally, I?d like to preserve the feeling people have that their rejection is private between them and the Talks committee, and not being shared with other committees. > > So I?d say, go ahead and plan an email, without worrying about whether they had talks rejected. If you worry that your language might sound inappropriate to someone who received an earlier rejection notice, then feel free to post the text here in this thread first, and the rest of us can let you know if there are any awkward phrasings you might improve. Thanks! > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: > Good question! > > Brandon or Ewa, could you please help/advise with this? > ----- > https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > > > >> Am 19.03.2016 um 22:12 schrieb Hobson Lane >: >> >> Is it possible to get a list of the email addresses of folks who've already been informed of open spaces (paper rejections and acceptances)? I can make sure the open spaces mailing list doesn't include those e-mails. >> >> --Hobson >> >> --Hobson >> (503) 974-6274 >> gh twtr li g+ so >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: >> Hello Ewa, >> >> Thank you for your prompt response :) I can see the edit button. >> >> (And noted ;)) >> >> Thanks so much and have a great Friday and weekend! >> Anna >> >>> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:57 schrieb Ewa Jodlowska >: >>> >>> Hi Anna - >>> >>> I have made you a page editor but our django permissions are not 100% functional. Can you try now to see if you see an edit button on the page? >>> >>> (FYI - I am on this mailing list and do not need to be cc'ed :)) >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Ewa >>> Director of Operations >>> Python Software Foundation >>> Cell: 415-319-5237 >>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: >>> Thank you so much Brandon! I?m glad Open Spaces were mentioned in rejection emails :) >>> >>> Have a good Friday! >>> Anna >>> >>>> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:52 schrieb Brandon Rhodes >: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: >>>> Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon! >>>> >>>> Good morning! :) >>>> >>>> Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial didn?t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :) >>>> >>>> That has already happened, I think ? in general, when a committee sends a rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure communications always include those options. >>>> >>>> I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement. >>>> >>>> So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without needing a further email spree. >>>> >>>> Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon website. How do I do that? >>>> >>>> I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? I'll Cc her on this email.) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Brandon Rhodes >>>> PyCon 2016 Conference Chair >>>> pycon.brandon at gmail.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >> Pycon-openspaces at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > > > > -- > Brandon Rhodes > PyCon 2016 Conference Chair > pycon.brandon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pycon.brandon at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 09:42:50 2016 From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:42:50 -0400 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Message-ID: Thank you, Anna! Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made was to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official name ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that they realize they don't have to pay. How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are sad? Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited about Open Spaces this year. :) ------------------------------------------------------ Hello [insert name], It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this year. Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at pycon-openspaces at python.org. We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane ----------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Mon Mar 21 09:50:33 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:50:33 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Message-ID: <8664CF13-FE2F-4E85-B534-6670720369C4@gmx.de> Thank you for your edits Brandon! It sounds much better now :) My original idea was to email groups of people like the PyLadies, the Django Girls, etc. When emailing groups it is pretty likely that at least 1 person will attend PyCon and they might be able/willing to share our email with people subscribed to their mailing list, etc. For individual people I?m not quite sure. I guess we would have to check whether they are registered for PyCon (if there?s a way for us to do that) or not. Any thoughts on this, Hobson? Best, Anna ----- https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > Am 21.03.2016 um 14:42 schrieb Brandon Rhodes : > > Thank you, Anna! > > Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made was to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official name ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) > > Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that they realize they don't have to pay. > > How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are sad? > > Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited about Open Spaces this year. :) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Hello [insert name], > > It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this year. > > Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. > > You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. > > The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). > > If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at pycon-openspaces at python.org . > > We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! > > Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane > > ----------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pycon.brandon at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 10:05:04 2016 From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:05:04 -0400 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: <8664CF13-FE2F-4E85-B534-6670720369C4@gmx.de> References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> <8664CF13-FE2F-4E85-B534-6670720369C4@gmx.de> Message-ID: That makes sense! One problem with English is that the reader can never tell whether "you" means one person, as I was assuming, or means a whole group of people, which is how you are actually intending on sending this letter. :) In that case I would throw out my sentence: ?We noticed that you are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this year.? and replace it with something like: ?We know that your group might have several members attending PyCon ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at the conference this year.? Or, you know, something like that. On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Thank you for your edits Brandon! It sounds much better now :) > > My original idea was to email groups of people like the PyLadies, the > Django Girls, etc. When emailing groups it is pretty likely that at least 1 > person will attend PyCon and they might be able/willing to share our email > with people subscribed to their mailing list, etc. For individual people > I?m not quite sure. I guess we would have to check whether they are > registered for PyCon (if there?s a way for us to do that) or not. > > Any thoughts on this, Hobson? > > Best, > Anna > ----- > https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > > > > Am 21.03.2016 um 14:42 schrieb Brandon Rhodes : > > Thank you, Anna! > > Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made was > to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official name > ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the > conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) > > Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that > they realize they don't have to pay. > > How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and > not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are > sad? > > Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited > about Open Spaces this year. :) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Hello [insert name], > > It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the > Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are > involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? > and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this > year. > > Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference > days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together > and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like > yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or > more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people > would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. > > You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups > the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that > often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. > > The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the > PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, > please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). > > If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at > pycon-openspaces at python.org. > > We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! > > Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane > > ----------------------------- > > > -- Brandon Rhodes PyCon 2016 Conference Chair pycon.brandon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Mon Mar 21 10:15:10 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:15:10 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> <8664CF13-FE2F-4E85-B534-6670720369C4@gmx.de> Message-ID: <45DFD16A-40A9-495A-BF9B-DEECBA17FF49@gmx.de> Thank you, Brandon! :) ----- https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > Am 21.03.2016 um 15:05 schrieb Brandon Rhodes : > > That makes sense! One problem with English is that the reader can never tell whether "you" means one person, as I was assuming, or means a whole group of people, which is how you are actually intending on sending this letter. :) > > In that case I would throw out my sentence: > > ?We noticed that you are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this year.? > > and replace it with something like: > > ?We know that your group might have several members attending PyCon ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at the conference this year.? > > Or, you know, something like that. > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: > Thank you for your edits Brandon! It sounds much better now :) > > My original idea was to email groups of people like the PyLadies, the Django Girls, etc. When emailing groups it is pretty likely that at least 1 person will attend PyCon and they might be able/willing to share our email with people subscribed to their mailing list, etc. For individual people I?m not quite sure. I guess we would have to check whether they are registered for PyCon (if there?s a way for us to do that) or not. > > Any thoughts on this, Hobson? > > Best, > Anna > ----- > https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > > > >> Am 21.03.2016 um 14:42 schrieb Brandon Rhodes >: >> >> Thank you, Anna! >> >> Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made was to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official name ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) >> >> Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that they realize they don't have to pay. >> >> How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are sad? >> >> Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited about Open Spaces this year. :) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Hello [insert name], >> >> It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this year. >> >> Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. >> >> You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. >> >> The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). >> >> If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at pycon-openspaces at python.org . >> >> We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! >> >> Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane >> >> ----------------------------- > > > > > -- > Brandon Rhodes > PyCon 2016 Conference Chair > pycon.brandon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From betsy at python.org Mon Mar 21 11:24:18 2016 From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 08:24:18 -0700 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Message-ID: I hope you don't mind my $.02. I was wondering about the reference to an open space talk about yoga or nail painting and thinking about how that would sound to someone who had a talk rejected. It makes it sound less "serious" than a proposed talk. I wouldn't want folks who didn't have their talk chosen to be offended by being offered an opportunity in the "2nd tier" of gatherings. Best, Betsy On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Brandon Rhodes wrote: > Thank you, Anna! > > Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made was > to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official name > ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the > conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) > > Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that > they realize they don't have to pay. > > How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and > not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are > sad? > > Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited > about Open Spaces this year. :) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Hello [insert name], > > It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the > Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are > involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? > and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this > year. > > Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference > days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together > and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like > yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or > more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people > would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. > > You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups > the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that > often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. > > The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the > PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, > please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). > > If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at > pycon-openspaces at python.org. > > We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! > > Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane > > ----------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Mon Mar 21 11:28:31 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:28:31 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Message-ID: Good point, Betsy! I took this wording from the open spaces section on the PyCon website. I personally think this demonstrates the scope of the open spaces and basically says ?it doesn?t have to be super technical and serious, anything two or more people are interested in which sounds fun and doesn?t go against the CoC is possible?. I think the wording is fine for contacting wider groups of people like PyLadies, Django Girls, etc, which was my original intention. If we contact individuals we should indeed consider changing the wording. Thoughts from others? Best, Anna ----- https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > Am 21.03.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Betsy Waliszewski : > > I hope you don't mind my $.02. I was wondering about the reference to an open space talk about yoga or nail painting and thinking about how that would sound to someone who had a talk rejected. It makes it sound less "serious" than a proposed talk. I wouldn't want folks who didn't have their talk chosen to be offended by being offered an opportunity in the "2nd tier" of gatherings. > > Best, > > Betsy > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Brandon Rhodes > wrote: > Thank you, Anna! > > Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made was to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official name ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) > > Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that they realize they don't have to pay. > > How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are sad? > > Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited about Open Spaces this year. :) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Hello [insert name], > > It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this year. > > Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. > > You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? 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URL: From hobsonlane at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 11:31:58 2016 From: hobsonlane at gmail.com (Hobson Lane) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 08:31:58 -0700 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Message-ID: You can also just mention previous open spaces on neural nets and natural language processing along side nail painting to fully capture the "breadth". --Hobson (503) 974-6274 gh twtr li g+ so On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Good point, Betsy! > > I took this wording from the open spaces section on the PyCon website. I > personally think this demonstrates the scope of the open spaces and > basically says ?it doesn?t have to be super technical and serious, anything > two or more people are interested in which sounds fun and doesn?t go > against the CoC is possible?. I think the wording is fine for contacting > wider groups of people like PyLadies, Django Girls, etc, which was my > original intention. If we contact individuals we should indeed consider > changing the wording. > > Thoughts from others? > > Best, > Anna > ----- > https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > > > > Am 21.03.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Betsy Waliszewski : > > I hope you don't mind my $.02. I was wondering about the reference to an > open space talk about yoga or nail painting and thinking about how that > would sound to someone who had a talk rejected. It makes it sound less > "serious" than a proposed talk. I wouldn't want folks who didn't have their > talk chosen to be offended by being offered an opportunity in the "2nd > tier" of gatherings. > > Best, > > Betsy > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Brandon Rhodes > wrote: > >> Thank you, Anna! >> >> Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made was >> to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official name >> ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the >> conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) >> >> Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so >> that they realize they don't have to pay. >> >> How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, >> and not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and >> are sad? >> >> Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee >> excited about Open Spaces this year. :) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Hello [insert name], >> >> It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on >> the Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you >> are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested >> in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon >> this year. >> >> Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference >> days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together >> and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like >> yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or >> more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people >> would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. >> >> You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups >> the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that >> often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. >> >> The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the >> PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, >> please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). >> >> If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at >> pycon-openspaces at python.org. >> >> We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! >> >> Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane >> >> ----------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >> Pycon-openspaces at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces >> >> > > > -- > Betsy Waliszewski > Python Software Foundation > Event Coordinator / Administrator > @betswaliszewski > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Mon Mar 21 11:36:27 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:36:27 +0100 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> Message-ID: <8F231444-CAB3-4E40-A2F6-23C7B3DA5AF8@gmx.de> Thanks, Hobson! Added your suggestion: "Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together and talk about their favorite topics and ideas like neural nets or natural language processing, or enjoy activities like yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space.? Anna ----- https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > Am 21.03.2016 um 16:31 schrieb Hobson Lane : > > You can also just mention previous open spaces on neural nets and natural language processing along side nail painting to fully capture the "breadth". > > --Hobson > (503) 974-6274 > gh twtr li g+ so > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Anna Ossowski > wrote: > Good point, Betsy! > > I took this wording from the open spaces section on the PyCon website. I personally think this demonstrates the scope of the open spaces and basically says ?it doesn?t have to be super technical and serious, anything two or more people are interested in which sounds fun and doesn?t go against the CoC is possible?. I think the wording is fine for contacting wider groups of people like PyLadies, Django Girls, etc, which was my original intention. If we contact individuals we should indeed consider changing the wording. > > Thoughts from others? > > Best, > Anna > ----- > https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > > > >> Am 21.03.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Betsy Waliszewski >: >> >> I hope you don't mind my $.02. I was wondering about the reference to an open space talk about yoga or nail painting and thinking about how that would sound to someone who had a talk rejected. It makes it sound less "serious" than a proposed talk. I wouldn't want folks who didn't have their talk chosen to be offended by being offered an opportunity in the "2nd tier" of gatherings. >> >> Best, >> >> Betsy >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Brandon Rhodes > wrote: >> Thank you, Anna! >> >> Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made was to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official name ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) >> >> Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that they realize they don't have to pay. >> >> How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are sad? >> >> Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited about Open Spaces this year. :) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Hello [insert name], >> >> It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this year. >> >> Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. >> >> You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. >> >> The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). >> >> If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at pycon-openspaces at python.org . >> >> We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! >> >> Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane >> >> ----------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >> Pycon-openspaces at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Betsy Waliszewski >> Python Software Foundation >> Event Coordinator / Administrator >> @betswaliszewski > > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From betsy at python.org Mon Mar 21 12:42:27 2016 From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:42:27 -0700 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update In-Reply-To: <8F231444-CAB3-4E40-A2F6-23C7B3DA5AF8@gmx.de> References: <11BD7417-F822-4B5A-AF7D-6F35F2B352C0@gmx.de> <9320EB47-228F-43A9-92A1-BF5D3213F4CA@gmx.de> <8F231444-CAB3-4E40-A2F6-23C7B3DA5AF8@gmx.de> Message-ID: +1 On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Thanks, Hobson! > > Added your suggestion: > > "Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference > days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together > and talk about their favorite topics and ideas like neural nets or natural > language processing, or enjoy activities like yoga, painting their nails, > and playing board games. Any topic that two or more attendees are > interested in, or any activity that more than two people would like to do, > is a great candidate for an open space.? > > Anna > ----- > https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ > > > > Am 21.03.2016 um 16:31 schrieb Hobson Lane : > > You can also just mention previous open spaces on neural nets and natural > language processing along side nail painting to fully capture the "breadth". > > --Hobson > (503) 974-6274 > gh twtr li > g+ > so > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > >> Good point, Betsy! >> >> I took this wording from the open spaces section on the PyCon website. I >> personally think this demonstrates the scope of the open spaces and >> basically says ?it doesn?t have to be super technical and serious, anything >> two or more people are interested in which sounds fun and doesn?t go >> against the CoC is possible?. I think the wording is fine for contacting >> wider groups of people like PyLadies, Django Girls, etc, which was my >> original intention. If we contact individuals we should indeed consider >> changing the wording. >> >> Thoughts from others? >> >> Best, >> Anna >> ----- >> https://calendly.com/ossanna16/ >> >> >> >> Am 21.03.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Betsy Waliszewski : >> >> I hope you don't mind my $.02. I was wondering about the reference to an >> open space talk about yoga or nail painting and thinking about how that >> would sound to someone who had a talk rejected. It makes it sound less >> "serious" than a proposed talk. I wouldn't want folks who didn't have their >> talk chosen to be offended by being offered an opportunity in the "2nd >> tier" of gatherings. >> >> Best, >> >> Betsy >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Brandon Rhodes >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you, Anna! >>> >>> Here is a light edit for you to consider ? the main tweak that I made >>> was to change the idea of the ?open spaces headquarters? to the official >>> name ?Open Spaces Committee? so that they realize who, exactly, on the >>> conference Staff web page you correspond to. :) >>> >>> Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so >>> that they realize they don't have to pay. >>> >>> How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, >>> and not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and >>> are sad? >>> >>> Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee >>> excited about Open Spaces this year. :) >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> Hello [insert name], >>> >>> It?s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on >>> the Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you >>> are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested >>> in ? and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon >>> this year. >>> >>> Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference >>> days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together >>> and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like >>> yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or >>> more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people >>> would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space. >>> >>> You may ask: what?s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups >>> the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that >>> often doesn?t happen anywhere else at PyCon. >>> >>> The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the >>> PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, >>> please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna?s blog post). >>> >>> If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at >>> pycon-openspaces at python.org. >>> >>> We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces! >>> >>> Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane >>> >>> ----------------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >>> Pycon-openspaces at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Betsy Waliszewski >> Python Software Foundation >> Event Coordinator / Administrator >> @betswaliszewski >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >> Pycon-openspaces at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces >> >> > > -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k.kieczkowska at gmail.com Wed Mar 30 05:04:55 2016 From: k.kieczkowska at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Kinga_Ki=C4=99czkowska?=) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:04:55 +0200 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] List of topics for the website Message-ID: Hello everyone, I compiled a list of ideas for open spaces topics, based on what we already had, what was done last year, and what people suggested on Twitter. You can find it in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C38lRU7zlZ2pgnGcP0w6bRGU8kD8JspA6fE-reO9Nk0/edit?usp=sharing If you have any suggestions / more ideas, please feel free to contribute. I'd also love your feedback on the childcare and quiet rooms, and the space for people to organise tours of Portland - would we want something like that? Cheers, Kinga -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ossanna16 at gmx.de Thu Mar 31 04:17:55 2016 From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:17:55 +0200 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] List of topics for the website In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <344E6C65-58BB-47C4-85DB-9C3D17D3E2BA@gmx.de> Thank you Kinga for compiling this list! If no one has to add anything to it we can add it to the PyCon website next week. I think child care and quiet rooms are important but they don?t fit into the scope of the open spaces. There will be child care at PyCon. I?m not sure if there will be something like a quiet room but it would be a good idea to have one. i?m just not sure that blocking an open spaces room for 3 days to use it as a quiet room is the best idea. There will also most likely be something like an ?explore Portland? program so I?m not sure if an open space like that would be necessary or make a whole lot of sense but I don?t have anything against it. Warm regards, Anna > Am 30.03.2016 um 11:04 schrieb Kinga Ki?czkowska : > > Hello everyone, > > I compiled a list of ideas for open spaces topics, based on what we already had, what was done last year, and what people suggested on Twitter. You can find it in this document: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C38lRU7zlZ2pgnGcP0w6bRGU8kD8JspA6fE-reO9Nk0/edit?usp=sharing > > If you have any suggestions / more ideas, please feel free to contribute. I'd also love your feedback on the childcare and quiet rooms, and the space for people to organise tours of Portland - would we want something like that? > > Cheers, > Kinga > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pycon.brandon at gmail.com Thu Mar 31 08:57:10 2016 From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 08:57:10 -0400 Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] List of topics for the website In-Reply-To: <344E6C65-58BB-47C4-85DB-9C3D17D3E2BA@gmx.de> References: <344E6C65-58BB-47C4-85DB-9C3D17D3E2BA@gmx.de> Message-ID: Yes, thank you, Kinga! I agree, Anna, that childcare, Portland tours, and a quiet space are not a good fit and could be usefully removed from the list. Most people retreat to their hotels for quiet; there will additionally be seating areas in the venue where people can sit with laptops; and one of the big round tables out in the public area could be used for coordinating visits to Portland things. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 4:17 AM, Anna Ossowski wrote: > Thank you Kinga for compiling this list! > > If no one has to add anything to it we can add it to the PyCon website > next week. > > I think child care and quiet rooms are important but they don?t fit into > the scope of the open spaces. There will be child care at PyCon. I?m not > sure if there will be something like a quiet room but it would be a good > idea to have one. i?m just not sure that blocking an open spaces room for 3 > days to use it as a quiet room is the best idea. There will also most > likely be something like an ?explore Portland? program so I?m not sure if > an open space like that would be necessary or make a whole lot of sense but > I don?t have anything against it. > > Warm regards, > Anna > > > > Am 30.03.2016 um 11:04 schrieb Kinga Ki?czkowska >: > > Hello everyone, > > I compiled a list of ideas for open spaces topics, based on what we > already had, what was done last year, and what people suggested on Twitter. > You can find it in this document: > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C38lRU7zlZ2pgnGcP0w6bRGU8kD8JspA6fE-reO9Nk0/edit?usp=sharing > > If you have any suggestions / more ideas, please feel free to contribute. > I'd also love your feedback on the childcare and quiet rooms, and the space > for people to organise tours of Portland - would we want something like > that? > > Cheers, > Kinga > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pycon-openspaces mailing list > Pycon-openspaces at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces > > -- Brandon Rhodes PyCon 2016 Conference Chair pycon.brandon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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