From ossanna16 at gmx.de  Sun Apr 16 14:22:48 2017
From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski)
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:22:48 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open spaces idea for next year
Message-ID: <A43B1BE2-5DC9-42F5-8B3F-8C6523272952@gmx.de>

Hi everyone!

DockerCon is introducing an interesting concept called ?Moby Mingle <https://mobymingle.dockercon.com/>?. It?s like open spaces but planned in advance and with the possibility to book a one-on-one chat time with the person offering the Moby Mingle. Their platform also offers to request Moby Mingles for topics you are interested in.

I think it would be really interesting to look into doing something like this for next year at PyCon maybe so before I forget I wanted to send you all an email about it.

Happy Easter!
Anna

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From ewa at python.org  Tue Apr 18 17:29:33 2017
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:29:33 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open spaces idea for next year
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Thanks for sharing this, Anna.

It is an interesting idea to bring people together, especially those that
have common interests.

Some discussion thoughts:

   - Too many apps. We already have a mobile guide app, do we want more
   apps? Perhaps one app to help address both conference aspects is best?
   - Do we limit it to non-sponsor attendees? Even though our community is
   less market-centric than others, I still worry that sponsors may take
   advantage of this to get one on one attendee time. If we want to limit to
   non-sponsors, the obstacle is that some of our sponsor registrations are
   actual developer attendees.

I wish I could go to DockerCon to see the apps fruition. Will you be there,
Anna? Or someone you know?

Best regards,

Ewa
Director of Operations
Python Software Foundation
Cell: 415-319-5237

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> DockerCon is introducing an interesting concept called ?Moby Mingle
> <https://mobymingle.dockercon.com>?. It?s like open spaces but planned in
> advance and with the possibility to book a one-on-one chat time with the
> person offering the Moby Mingle. Their platform also offers to request Moby
> Mingles for topics you are interested in.
>
> I think it would be really interesting to look into doing something like
> this for next year at PyCon maybe so before I forget I wanted to send you
> all an email about it.
>
> Happy Easter!
> Anna
>
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
> Pycon-openspaces at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces
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From pycon.brandon at gmail.com  Tue Apr 18 20:40:05 2017
From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:40:05 -0400
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open spaces idea for next year
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Thanks for pointing this out, Anna! It's an interesting idea for next year
? I wonder if they'll be open sourcing the app or making it available for
other conferences? After PyCon (when we'll all have more time to reflect),
your team can review the reports coming out of DockerCon and find out if
people found it easier to connect. Also: it will be interesting to find out
whether DockerCon has a collection of pre-ready rooms for these meetings,
and/or if people find places to meet on their own or even in off campus
settings (coffee shops?).

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing this, Anna.
>
> It is an interesting idea to bring people together, especially those that
> have common interests.
>
> Some discussion thoughts:
>
>    - Too many apps. We already have a mobile guide app, do we want more
>    apps? Perhaps one app to help address both conference aspects is best?
>    - Do we limit it to non-sponsor attendees? Even though our community
>    is less market-centric than others, I still worry that sponsors may take
>    advantage of this to get one on one attendee time. If we want to limit to
>    non-sponsors, the obstacle is that some of our sponsor registrations are
>    actual developer attendees.
>
> I wish I could go to DockerCon to see the apps fruition. Will you be
> there, Anna? Or someone you know?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ewa
> Director of Operations
> Python Software Foundation
> Cell: 415-319-5237 <(415)%20319-5237>
>
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> DockerCon is introducing an interesting concept called ?Moby Mingle
>> <https://mobymingle.dockercon.com>?. It?s like open spaces but planned
>> in advance and with the possibility to book a one-on-one chat time with the
>> person offering the Moby Mingle. Their platform also offers to request Moby
>> Mingles for topics you are interested in.
>>
>> I think it would be really interesting to look into doing something like
>> this for next year at PyCon maybe so before I forget I wanted to send you
>> all an email about it.
>>
>> Happy Easter!
>> Anna
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> You are appreciated.
>> You are enough.
>> You matter.
>> You are not alone.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>
>


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From ossanna16 at gmx.de  Wed Apr 19 01:28:54 2017
From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:28:54 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open spaces idea for next year
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I think they hired a company to build that app so not sure if they?ll be open sourcing it but I can chat with some organizers after the conference. DockerCon is gathering attendee feedback regarding the Moby Mingles. I?ll ask if they would be willing to share some of it. From what I heard, feedback has been positive so far.

I saw that they have a ?Moby Mingle meeting point?. The idea behind this is that you meet the person you scheduled your Moby Mingle with at the meeting point and then you go wherever you would like to go to have a chat. Since it?s mostly 1-on-1 meetings I don?t think there?s a need for dedicated rooms. The Austin convention center is huge, and there are places to sit and talk everywhere. And choosing to go to a nearby coffee shop also isn?t a bad idea.

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You are appreciated.
You are enough.
You matter.
You are not alone.



> On Apr 18, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out, Anna! It's an interesting idea for next year ? I wonder if they'll be open sourcing the app or making it available for other conferences? After PyCon (when we'll all have more time to reflect), your team can review the reports coming out of DockerCon and find out if people found it easier to connect. Also: it will be interesting to find out whether DockerCon has a collection of pre-ready rooms for these meetings, and/or if people find places to meet on their own or even in off campus settings (coffee shops?).
> 
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org <mailto:ewa at python.org>> wrote:
> Thanks for sharing this, Anna. 
> 
> It is an interesting idea to bring people together, especially those that have common interests.
> 
> Some discussion thoughts:
> Too many apps. We already have a mobile guide app, do we want more apps? Perhaps one app to help address both conference aspects is best? 
> Do we limit it to non-sponsor attendees? Even though our community is less market-centric than others, I still worry that sponsors may take advantage of this to get one on one attendee time. If we want to limit to non-sponsors, the obstacle is that some of our sponsor registrations are actual developer attendees.
> I wish I could go to DockerCon to see the apps fruition. Will you be there, Anna? Or someone you know?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ewa
> Director of Operations
> Python Software Foundation
> Cell: 415-319-5237 <tel:(415)%20319-5237>
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de <mailto:ossanna16 at gmx.de>> wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> 
> DockerCon is introducing an interesting concept called ?Moby Mingle <https://mobymingle.dockercon.com/>?. It?s like open spaces but planned in advance and with the possibility to book a one-on-one chat time with the person offering the Moby Mingle. Their platform also offers to request Moby Mingles for topics you are interested in.
> 
> I think it would be really interesting to look into doing something like this for next year at PyCon maybe so before I forget I wanted to send you all an email about it.
> 
> Happy Easter!
> Anna
> 
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
> Pycon-openspaces at python.org <mailto:Pycon-openspaces at python.org>
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces>
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
> Pycon-openspaces at python.org <mailto:Pycon-openspaces at python.org>
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Brandon Rhodes
> PyCon 2017 Conference Chair
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From pycon.brandon at gmail.com  Wed Apr 19 08:14:52 2017
From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 08:14:52 -0400
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open spaces idea for next year
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Oh ? it's more for 1-on-1 conversations! That's interesting, and does sound
like it's trying to tackle the issue of "how do I meet people" when some
folks are going to have as hard a time speaking up and making connections
in a 10-person Open Space as they are in a big ballroom, because in each
case they might not feel qualified to even say anything on the topic.
Whereas 1-on-1, you're clearly both there to get turns talking, and there
to meet someone, not to (hopefully!) hear a lecture or be an expert.

After PyCon, we can gather reports of how it went and the new Chair for the
Cleveland years can work with you on whether it can fit and expand the role
of our Open Spaces.

It would be great for PyCon to become ever friendlier to the shy and to
those who have not yet developed lots of connections in the community, by
creating ever more ways for them to actually talk *with* other folks
instead of simply being talked *at* by the other attendees.

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:

> I think they hired a company to build that app so not sure if they?ll be
> open sourcing it but I can chat with some organizers after the conference.
> DockerCon is gathering attendee feedback regarding the Moby Mingles. I?ll
> ask if they would be willing to share some of it. From what I heard,
> feedback has been positive so far.
>
> I saw that they have a ?Moby Mingle meeting point?. The idea behind this
> is that you meet the person you scheduled your Moby Mingle with at the
> meeting point and then you go wherever you would like to go to have a chat.
> Since it?s mostly 1-on-1 meetings I don?t think there?s a need for
> dedicated rooms. The Austin convention center is huge, and there are places
> to sit and talk everywhere. And choosing to go to a nearby coffee shop also
> isn?t a bad idea.
>
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
>
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks for pointing this out, Anna! It's an interesting idea for next year
> ? I wonder if they'll be open sourcing the app or making it available for
> other conferences? After PyCon (when we'll all have more time to reflect),
> your team can review the reports coming out of DockerCon and find out if
> people found it easier to connect. Also: it will be interesting to find out
> whether DockerCon has a collection of pre-ready rooms for these meetings,
> and/or if people find places to meet on their own or even in off campus
> settings (coffee shops?).
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for sharing this, Anna.
>>
>> It is an interesting idea to bring people together, especially those that
>> have common interests.
>>
>> Some discussion thoughts:
>>
>>    - Too many apps. We already have a mobile guide app, do we want more
>>    apps? Perhaps one app to help address both conference aspects is best?
>>    - Do we limit it to non-sponsor attendees? Even though our community
>>    is less market-centric than others, I still worry that sponsors may take
>>    advantage of this to get one on one attendee time. If we want to limit to
>>    non-sponsors, the obstacle is that some of our sponsor registrations are
>>    actual developer attendees.
>>
>> I wish I could go to DockerCon to see the apps fruition. Will you be
>> there, Anna? Or someone you know?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ewa
>> Director of Operations
>> Python Software Foundation
>> Cell: 415-319-5237 <(415)%20319-5237>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone!
>>>
>>> DockerCon is introducing an interesting concept called ?Moby Mingle
>>> <https://mobymingle.dockercon.com/>?. It?s like open spaces but planned
>>> in advance and with the possibility to book a one-on-one chat time with the
>>> person offering the Moby Mingle. Their platform also offers to request Moby
>>> Mingles for topics you are interested in.
>>>
>>> I think it would be really interesting to look into doing something like
>>> this for next year at PyCon maybe so before I forget I wanted to send you
>>> all an email about it.
>>>
>>> Happy Easter!
>>> Anna
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> You are appreciated.
>>> You are enough.
>>> You matter.
>>> You are not alone.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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 2017 Conference Chair
> pycon.brandon at gmail.com
>
>
>


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From ossanna16 at gmx.de  Wed Apr 19 19:29:50 2017
From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:29:50 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open spaces idea for next year
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Sounds good! :) 

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> On Apr 19, 2017, at 7:14 AM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oh ? it's more for 1-on-1 conversations! That's interesting, and does sound like it's trying to tackle the issue of "how do I meet people" when some folks are going to have as hard a time speaking up and making connections in a 10-person Open Space as they are in a big ballroom, because in each case they might not feel qualified to even say anything on the topic. Whereas 1-on-1, you're clearly both there to get turns talking, and there to meet someone, not to (hopefully!) hear a lecture or be an expert.
> 
> After PyCon, we can gather reports of how it went and the new Chair for the Cleveland years can work with you on whether it can fit and expand the role of our Open Spaces.
> 
> It would be great for PyCon to become ever friendlier to the shy and to those who have not yet developed lots of connections in the community, by creating ever more ways for them to actually talk with other folks instead of simply being talked at by the other attendees.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de <mailto:ossanna16 at gmx.de>> wrote:
> I think they hired a company to build that app so not sure if they?ll be open sourcing it but I can chat with some organizers after the conference. DockerCon is gathering attendee feedback regarding the Moby Mingles. I?ll ask if they would be willing to share some of it. From what I heard, feedback has been positive so far.
> 
> I saw that they have a ?Moby Mingle meeting point?. The idea behind this is that you meet the person you scheduled your Moby Mingle with at the meeting point and then you go wherever you would like to go to have a chat. Since it?s mostly 1-on-1 meetings I don?t think there?s a need for dedicated rooms. The Austin convention center is huge, and there are places to sit and talk everywhere. And choosing to go to a nearby coffee shop also isn?t a bad idea.
> 
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 18, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com <mailto:pycon.brandon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for pointing this out, Anna! It's an interesting idea for next year ? I wonder if they'll be open sourcing the app or making it available for other conferences? After PyCon (when we'll all have more time to reflect), your team can review the reports coming out of DockerCon and find out if people found it easier to connect. Also: it will be interesting to find out whether DockerCon has a collection of pre-ready rooms for these meetings, and/or if people find places to meet on their own or even in off campus settings (coffee shops?).
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org <mailto:ewa at python.org>> wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing this, Anna. 
>> 
>> It is an interesting idea to bring people together, especially those that have common interests.
>> 
>> Some discussion thoughts:
>> Too many apps. We already have a mobile guide app, do we want more apps? Perhaps one app to help address both conference aspects is best? 
>> Do we limit it to non-sponsor attendees? Even though our community is less market-centric than others, I still worry that sponsors may take advantage of this to get one on one attendee time. If we want to limit to non-sponsors, the obstacle is that some of our sponsor registrations are actual developer attendees.
>> I wish I could go to DockerCon to see the apps fruition. Will you be there, Anna? Or someone you know?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Ewa
>> Director of Operations
>> Python Software Foundation
>> Cell: 415-319-5237 <tel:(415)%20319-5237>
>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de <mailto:ossanna16 at gmx.de>> wrote:
>> Hi everyone!
>> 
>> DockerCon is introducing an interesting concept called ?Moby Mingle <https://mobymingle.dockercon.com/>?. It?s like open spaces but planned in advance and with the possibility to book a one-on-one chat time with the person offering the Moby Mingle. Their platform also offers to request Moby Mingles for topics you are interested in.
>> 
>> I think it would be really interesting to look into doing something like this for next year at PyCon maybe so before I forget I wanted to send you all an email about it.
>> 
>> Happy Easter!
>> Anna
>> 
>> ---------------------------------
>> You are appreciated.
>> You are enough.
>> You matter.
>> You are not alone.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
>> Pycon-openspaces at python.org <mailto:Pycon-openspaces at python.org>
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
>> Pycon-openspaces at python.org <mailto:Pycon-openspaces at python.org>
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Brandon Rhodes
>> PyCon 2017 Conference Chair
>> pycon.brandon at gmail.com <mailto:pycon.brandon at gmail.com>
> 
> 
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From ossanna16 at gmx.de  Sat Apr 22 14:07:29 2017
From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski)
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 13:07:29 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open spaces idea for next year
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I just wanted to add that I saw later that they actually *did* have dedicated spaces where people could sit down and mingle at DockerCon. Those spaces also had big white board walls and markers, which I thought was cool and actually came in handy during one of my mingle experiences. I do still believe though that the concept would also work without these dedicated spaces, it?s just a nice touch.

I also saw that there are speed networking opportunities at the O?Reilly conferences, which might be another good way of solving the problem of giving shy people an opportunity to network. I will be at OSCON in two weeks and am hoping to attend one of the speed networking events so I can report back with my experience.
OSCON also does ?tribe tables? during breakfast and lunch, which means the tables are labelled with certain topics like community, python, data science, etc. I find that really useful because it gives people the opportunity to sit with like minded people and have something to talk about. 

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> On Apr 19, 2017, at 7:14 AM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oh ? it's more for 1-on-1 conversations! That's interesting, and does sound like it's trying to tackle the issue of "how do I meet people" when some folks are going to have as hard a time speaking up and making connections in a 10-person Open Space as they are in a big ballroom, because in each case they might not feel qualified to even say anything on the topic. Whereas 1-on-1, you're clearly both there to get turns talking, and there to meet someone, not to (hopefully!) hear a lecture or be an expert.
> 
> After PyCon, we can gather reports of how it went and the new Chair for the Cleveland years can work with you on whether it can fit and expand the role of our Open Spaces.
> 
> It would be great for PyCon to become ever friendlier to the shy and to those who have not yet developed lots of connections in the community, by creating ever more ways for them to actually talk with other folks instead of simply being talked at by the other attendees.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de <mailto:ossanna16 at gmx.de>> wrote:
> I think they hired a company to build that app so not sure if they?ll be open sourcing it but I can chat with some organizers after the conference. DockerCon is gathering attendee feedback regarding the Moby Mingles. I?ll ask if they would be willing to share some of it. From what I heard, feedback has been positive so far.
> 
> I saw that they have a ?Moby Mingle meeting point?. The idea behind this is that you meet the person you scheduled your Moby Mingle with at the meeting point and then you go wherever you would like to go to have a chat. Since it?s mostly 1-on-1 meetings I don?t think there?s a need for dedicated rooms. The Austin convention center is huge, and there are places to sit and talk everywhere. And choosing to go to a nearby coffee shop also isn?t a bad idea.
> 
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 18, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com <mailto:pycon.brandon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for pointing this out, Anna! It's an interesting idea for next year ? I wonder if they'll be open sourcing the app or making it available for other conferences? After PyCon (when we'll all have more time to reflect), your team can review the reports coming out of DockerCon and find out if people found it easier to connect. Also: it will be interesting to find out whether DockerCon has a collection of pre-ready rooms for these meetings, and/or if people find places to meet on their own or even in off campus settings (coffee shops?).
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org <mailto:ewa at python.org>> wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing this, Anna. 
>> 
>> It is an interesting idea to bring people together, especially those that have common interests.
>> 
>> Some discussion thoughts:
>> Too many apps. We already have a mobile guide app, do we want more apps? Perhaps one app to help address both conference aspects is best? 
>> Do we limit it to non-sponsor attendees? Even though our community is less market-centric than others, I still worry that sponsors may take advantage of this to get one on one attendee time. If we want to limit to non-sponsors, the obstacle is that some of our sponsor registrations are actual developer attendees.
>> I wish I could go to DockerCon to see the apps fruition. Will you be there, Anna? Or someone you know?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Ewa
>> Director of Operations
>> Python Software Foundation
>> Cell: 415-319-5237 <tel:(415)%20319-5237>
>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de <mailto:ossanna16 at gmx.de>> wrote:
>> Hi everyone!
>> 
>> DockerCon is introducing an interesting concept called ?Moby Mingle <https://mobymingle.dockercon.com/>?. It?s like open spaces but planned in advance and with the possibility to book a one-on-one chat time with the person offering the Moby Mingle. Their platform also offers to request Moby Mingles for topics you are interested in.
>> 
>> I think it would be really interesting to look into doing something like this for next year at PyCon maybe so before I forget I wanted to send you all an email about it.
>> 
>> Happy Easter!
>> Anna
>> 
>> ---------------------------------
>> You are appreciated.
>> You are enough.
>> You matter.
>> You are not alone.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Pycon-openspaces at python.org <mailto:Pycon-openspaces at python.org>
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces>
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Brandon Rhodes
>> PyCon 2017 Conference Chair
>> pycon.brandon at gmail.com <mailto:pycon.brandon at gmail.com>
> 
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From pycon.brandon at gmail.com  Sun Apr 23 21:56:23 2017
From: pycon.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Rhodes)
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 21:56:23 -0400
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open spaces idea for next year
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Thanks for the additional updates! I had vaguely hoped that something like
this would happen with the tables in the Ginkoberry Concourse, but without
explicit encouragement few people seemed to have used that space ? I had
toyed with the idea of having signs so that people could designate tables
for discussions, but I wasn't sure if anything more than a few haphazard
meetings would happen that way.

If there are room for tables in Cleveland in an area like the Ginkoberry
Concourse, where they're away from the doors to the ballrooms and won't
create noise for the talks, then we might want to think about something
like DockerCon or OSCON.

On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:

> I just wanted to add that I saw later that they actually *did* have
> dedicated spaces where people could sit down and mingle at DockerCon. Those
> spaces also had big white board walls and markers, which I thought was cool
> and actually came in handy during one of my mingle experiences. I do still
> believe though that the concept would also work without these dedicated
> spaces, it?s just a nice touch.
>
> I also saw that there are speed networking opportunities at the O?Reilly
> conferences, which might be another good way of solving the problem of
> giving shy people an opportunity to network. I will be at OSCON in two
> weeks and am hoping to attend one of the speed networking events so I can
> report back with my experience.
> OSCON also does ?tribe tables? during breakfast and lunch, which means the
> tables are labelled with certain topics like community, python, data
> science, etc. I find that really useful because it gives people the
> opportunity to sit with like minded people and have something to talk
> about.
>
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
>
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2017, at 7:14 AM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Oh ? it's more for 1-on-1 conversations! That's interesting, and does
> sound like it's trying to tackle the issue of "how do I meet people" when
> some folks are going to have as hard a time speaking up and making
> connections in a 10-person Open Space as they are in a big ballroom,
> because in each case they might not feel qualified to even say anything on
> the topic. Whereas 1-on-1, you're clearly both there to get turns talking,
> and there to meet someone, not to (hopefully!) hear a lecture or be an
> expert.
>
> After PyCon, we can gather reports of how it went and the new Chair for
> the Cleveland years can work with you on whether it can fit and expand the
> role of our Open Spaces.
>
> It would be great for PyCon to become ever friendlier to the shy and to
> those who have not yet developed lots of connections in the community, by
> creating ever more ways for them to actually talk *with* other folks
> instead of simply being talked *at* by the other attendees.
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> I think they hired a company to build that app so not sure if they?ll be
>> open sourcing it but I can chat with some organizers after the conference.
>> DockerCon is gathering attendee feedback regarding the Moby Mingles. I?ll
>> ask if they would be willing to share some of it. From what I heard,
>> feedback has been positive so far.
>>
>> I saw that they have a ?Moby Mingle meeting point?. The idea behind this
>> is that you meet the person you scheduled your Moby Mingle with at the
>> meeting point and then you go wherever you would like to go to have a chat.
>> Since it?s mostly 1-on-1 meetings I don?t think there?s a need for
>> dedicated rooms. The Austin convention center is huge, and there are places
>> to sit and talk everywhere. And choosing to go to a nearby coffee shop also
>> isn?t a bad idea.
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> You are appreciated.
>> You are enough.
>> You matter.
>> You are not alone.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 18, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for pointing this out, Anna! It's an interesting idea for next
>> year ? I wonder if they'll be open sourcing the app or making it available
>> for other conferences? After PyCon (when we'll all have more time to
>> reflect), your team can review the reports coming out of DockerCon and find
>> out if people found it easier to connect. Also: it will be interesting to
>> find out whether DockerCon has a collection of pre-ready rooms for these
>> meetings, and/or if people find places to meet on their own or even in off
>> campus settings (coffee shops?).
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for sharing this, Anna.
>>>
>>> It is an interesting idea to bring people together, especially those
>>> that have common interests.
>>>
>>> Some discussion thoughts:
>>>
>>>    - Too many apps. We already have a mobile guide app, do we want more
>>>    apps? Perhaps one app to help address both conference aspects is best?
>>>    - Do we limit it to non-sponsor attendees? Even though our community
>>>    is less market-centric than others, I still worry that sponsors may take
>>>    advantage of this to get one on one attendee time. If we want to limit to
>>>    non-sponsors, the obstacle is that some of our sponsor registrations are
>>>    actual developer attendees.
>>>
>>> I wish I could go to DockerCon to see the apps fruition. Will you be
>>> there, Anna? Or someone you know?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Ewa
>>> Director of Operations
>>> Python Software Foundation
>>> Cell: 415-319-5237 <(415)%20319-5237>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>
>>>> DockerCon is introducing an interesting concept called ?Moby Mingle
>>>> <https://mobymingle.dockercon.com/>?. It?s like open spaces but
>>>> planned in advance and with the possibility to book a one-on-one chat time
>>>> with the person offering the Moby Mingle. Their platform also offers to
>>>> request Moby Mingles for topics you are interested in.
>>>>
>>>> I think it would be really interesting to look into doing something
>>>> like this for next year at PyCon maybe so before I forget I wanted to send
>>>> you all an email about it.
>>>>
>>>> Happy Easter!
>>>> Anna
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------
>>>> You are appreciated.
>>>> You are enough.
>>>> You matter.
>>>> You are not alone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> 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 2017 Conference Chair
>> pycon.brandon at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Brandon Rhodes
> PyCon 2017 Conference Chair
> pycon.brandon at gmail.com
>
>
>


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From ossanna16 at gmx.de  Mon Apr 24 20:12:27 2017
From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:12:27 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
Message-ID: <9817F0EC-D37A-43C8-8AB8-CEBD9CF78FE1@gmx.de>

Hello everyone!

I had it on my calendar for today to take a final look at the Open Spaces blog post. The blog post is almost good to go, we just need to add a sentence or two about the Open Spaces bot and explain the promotional aspect of using our hashtag. The blog post is here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLfbLVM/edit#heading=h.55czulx95ir4 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLfbLVM/edit#heading=h.55czulx95ir4>

Hobson and Trey, would one of you be able to add the part that is missing to the blog post and then give Brandon the final go once you?ve done so please?

Hobson gave me instructions on how to test the Open Spaces bot but I have been busy with conferences and work and I am going on a much needed work-free (that also includes volunteer work) vacation on Wednesday for a week so I actually won?t have time to test the bot before I leave. I was planning on having time to test the bot today or tomorrow but I had something come up at work and I actually have to put my job before my volunteer work this time, which is something that I rarely do and which I feel bad about. 
I trust Hobson that the bot works. If however one of you still would like to test the bot, please reach out to Hobson for instructions.

Thank you all for your help in making the Open Spaces awesome again this year! 
Anna

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From hobsonlane at gmail.com  Tue Apr 25 12:19:52 2017
From: hobsonlane at gmail.com (Hobson Lane)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:19:52 -0700
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
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Thank you Anna,

Zak, since you built the bot, would you mind working with Trey to put
together a sentence explaining how it works? The key is to make it clear
that the twitter bot interaction is entirely optional, "just for fun". It's
a way for someone to promote their Open Spaces event. This blog post that
you are writing the sentence for with
trey is for the public, so they will only interact with the bot through
tweets with the hashtag #pyconopenspaces. In addition, Open Spaces
organizers (like myself) can tweet on behalf of any events in order to help
the bot promote an event that we see on the scheduling poster boards. The
poster boards are where PyCon attendees put up cards to schedule/suggest an
open spaces meetup.

Trey, the bot simply extracts date, time and room number from any tweets
that contain #pyconopenspaces . If the tweet looks like someone promoting a
valid open spaces event time slot that no one else has yet "claimed" with
the bot, the bot will retweet the tweet 15 minutes before the event. It, of
course, can't verify that that event exists on the scheduling poster
boards, however. Organizers, like you and I and Anna will have access to
the twitter bot's schedule and can delete any tweets that are inappropriate
or have the bot ignore (blacklist) any accounts that are spamming that
hashtag. And we'll have some pretty robust spam filters in place. It may
not retweet all the legitimate openspaces tweets, but it will be highly
unlikely to embarrass us. And it will not be tweeting from an official
pycon account. We can set that account to whatever you and Anna would like.
The current test account is @tw_testy . That's where the promotional tweets
will come from, not a name attendees need to remember or tweet to.

--Hobson
(503) 974-6274

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> I had it on my calendar for today to take a final look at the Open Spaces
> blog post. The blog post is almost good to go, we just need to add a
> sentence or two about the Open Spaces bot and explain the promotional
> aspect of using our hashtag. The blog post is here
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_
> EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLfbLVM/edit#heading=h.55czulx95ir4
>
> Hobson and Trey, would one of you be able to add the part that is missing
> to the blog post and then give Brandon the final go once you?ve done so
> please?
>
> Hobson gave me instructions on how to test the Open Spaces bot but I have
> been busy with conferences and work and I am going on a much needed
> work-free (that also includes volunteer work) vacation on Wednesday for a
> week so I actually won?t have time to test the bot before I leave. I was
> planning on having time to test the bot today or tomorrow but I had
> something come up at work and I actually have to put my job before my
> volunteer work this time, which is something that I rarely do and which I
> feel bad about.
> I trust Hobson that the bot works. If however one of you still would like
> to test the bot, please reach out to Hobson for instructions.
>
> Thank you all for your help in making the Open Spaces awesome again this
> year!
> Anna
>
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
> Pycon-openspaces at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces
>
>
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From ossanna16 at gmx.de  Tue Apr 25 13:36:33 2017
From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:36:33 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
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Hobson, this all sounds great!

For the name maybe something like @openspaces_bot if it?s still available?

Thank you all for your hard work!
Anna

---------------------------------
You are appreciated.
You are enough.
You matter.
You are not alone.



> On Apr 25, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Hobson Lane <hobsonlane at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Anna,
> 
> Zak, since you built the bot, would you mind working with Trey to put together a sentence explaining how it works? The key is to make it clear that the twitter bot interaction is entirely optional, "just for fun". It's a way for someone to promote their Open Spaces event. This blog post that you are writing the sentence for with 
> trey is for the public, so they will only interact with the bot through tweets with the hashtag #pyconopenspaces. In addition, Open Spaces organizers (like myself) can tweet on behalf of any events in order to help the bot promote an event that we see on the scheduling poster boards. The poster boards are where PyCon attendees put up cards to schedule/suggest an open spaces meetup.
> 
> Trey, the bot simply extracts date, time and room number from any tweets that contain #pyconopenspaces . If the tweet looks like someone promoting a valid open spaces event time slot that no one else has yet "claimed" with the bot, the bot will retweet the tweet 15 minutes before the event. It, of course, can't verify that that event exists on the scheduling poster boards, however. Organizers, like you and I and Anna will have access to the twitter bot's schedule and can delete any tweets that are inappropriate or have the bot ignore (blacklist) any accounts that are spamming that hashtag. And we'll have some pretty robust spam filters in place. It may not retweet all the legitimate openspaces tweets, but it will be highly unlikely to embarrass us. And it will not be tweeting from an official pycon account. We can set that account to whatever you and Anna would like. The current test account is @tw_testy . That's where the promotional tweets will come from, not a name attendees need to remember or tweet to.
> 
> --Hobson
> (503) 974-6274
> 
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de <mailto:ossanna16 at gmx.de>> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I had it on my calendar for today to take a final look at the Open Spaces blog post. The blog post is almost good to go, we just need to add a sentence or two about the Open Spaces bot and explain the promotional aspect of using our hashtag. The blog post is here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLfbLVM/edit#heading=h.55czulx95ir4 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLfbLVM/edit#heading=h.55czulx95ir4>
> 
> Hobson and Trey, would one of you be able to add the part that is missing to the blog post and then give Brandon the final go once you?ve done so please?
> 
> Hobson gave me instructions on how to test the Open Spaces bot but I have been busy with conferences and work and I am going on a much needed work-free (that also includes volunteer work) vacation on Wednesday for a week so I actually won?t have time to test the bot before I leave. I was planning on having time to test the bot today or tomorrow but I had something come up at work and I actually have to put my job before my volunteer work this time, which is something that I rarely do and which I feel bad about. 
> I trust Hobson that the bot works. If however one of you still would like to test the bot, please reach out to Hobson for instructions.
> 
> Thank you all for your help in making the Open Spaces awesome again this year! 
> Anna
> 
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
> Pycon-openspaces at python.org <mailto:Pycon-openspaces at python.org>
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces>
> 
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From zak.kent at gmail.com  Tue Apr 25 15:15:44 2017
From: zak.kent at gmail.com (Zak Kent)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:15:44 -0700
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
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Hi everyone,

I just setup a twitter account with the name @openspaces_bot and will set
up the bot using that account this week sometime. For the moment it's still
using the old @tw_testy account.

I'm totally willing to help out with the a sentence or two promoting the
use of the bot for the blog post if needed. I noticed in the google doc
that there is already a section talking about the use of the
#PyConOpenSpace hashtag. I've included a message about the bot that could
possibly be added to that paragraph below. Feel free to change anything or
everything :)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# possible message about bot

"If you would like to reach a wider audience when promoting your Open
Space, please take advantage of the Open Spaces Twitter Bot,
@openspaces_bot. Send out a tweet that contains the hashtag
#PyConOpenSpace, the time of your event, and the room number where the
event will be held and the bot will retweet your message 15 minutes before
your Open Space is scheduled!"
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We can also have the bot send out multiple reminder tweets before the event
at different time intervals if that is needed. For example retweets 15 & 30
mins before an Open Space, etc.

Let me know if y'all have any other questions about the bot setup or
anything else.

Thank you for letting us use the bot to help promote Open Spaces at
PyCon!!!

- Zak

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hobson, this all sounds great!
>
> For the name maybe something like @openspaces_bot if it?s still available?
>
> Thank you all for your hard work!
> Anna
>
> ---------------------------------
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
>
>
>
> On Apr 25, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Hobson Lane <hobsonlane at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Anna,
>
> Zak, since you built the bot, would you mind working with Trey to put
> together a sentence explaining how it works? The key is to make it clear
> that the twitter bot interaction is entirely optional, "just for fun". It's
> a way for someone to promote their Open Spaces event. This blog post that
> you are writing the sentence for with
> trey is for the public, so they will only interact with the bot through
> tweets with the hashtag #pyconopenspaces. In addition, Open Spaces
> organizers (like myself) can tweet on behalf of any events in order to help
> the bot promote an event that we see on the scheduling poster boards. The
> poster boards are where PyCon attendees put up cards to schedule/suggest an
> open spaces meetup.
>
> Trey, the bot simply extracts date, time and room number from any tweets
> that contain #pyconopenspaces . If the tweet looks like someone promoting a
> valid open spaces event time slot that no one else has yet "claimed" with
> the bot, the bot will retweet the tweet 15 minutes before the event. It, of
> course, can't verify that that event exists on the scheduling poster
> boards, however. Organizers, like you and I and Anna will have access to
> the twitter bot's schedule and can delete any tweets that are inappropriate
> or have the bot ignore (blacklist) any accounts that are spamming that
> hashtag. And we'll have some pretty robust spam filters in place. It may
> not retweet all the legitimate openspaces tweets, but it will be highly
> unlikely to embarrass us. And it will not be tweeting from an official
> pycon account. We can set that account to whatever you and Anna would like.
> The current test account is @tw_testy . That's where the promotional tweets
> will come from, not a name attendees need to remember or tweet to.
>
> --Hobson
> (503) 974-6274
>
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I had it on my calendar for today to take a final look at the Open Spaces
>> blog post. The blog post is almost good to go, we just need to add a
>> sentence or two about the Open Spaces bot and explain the promotional
>> aspect of using our hashtag. The blog post is here
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_
>> EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLfbLVM/edit#heading=h.55czulx95ir4
>>
>> Hobson and Trey, would one of you be able to add the part that is missing
>> to the blog post and then give Brandon the final go once you?ve done so
>> please?
>>
>> Hobson gave me instructions on how to test the Open Spaces bot but I have
>> been busy with conferences and work and I am going on a much needed
>> work-free (that also includes volunteer work) vacation on Wednesday for a
>> week so I actually won?t have time to test the bot before I leave. I was
>> planning on having time to test the bot today or tomorrow but I had
>> something come up at work and I actually have to put my job before my
>> volunteer work this time, which is something that I rarely do and which I
>> feel bad about.
>> I trust Hobson that the bot works. If however one of you still would like
>> to test the bot, please reach out to Hobson for instructions.
>>
>> Thank you all for your help in making the Open Spaces awesome again this
>> year!
>> Anna
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> You are appreciated.
>> You are enough.
>> You matter.
>> You are not alone.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
>> Pycon-openspaces at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces
>>
>>
>
>
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From hobsonlane at gmail.com  Tue Apr 25 15:17:33 2017
From: hobsonlane at gmail.com (Hobson Lane)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:17:33 -0700
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
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I grabbed @openspacesbot at the same time. Just keep using yours for now,
but we have backup if we get blocked/throttled by Twitter for some reason.

--Hobson
(503) 974-6274
gh <https://github.com/hobson/> twtr <https://twitter.com/hobsonlane> li
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/hobsonlane> g+
<http://plus.google.com/+HobsonLane/> so
<http://stackoverflow.com/users/623735/hobs>

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Zak Kent <zak.kent at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I just setup a twitter account with the name @openspaces_bot and will set
> up the bot using that account this week sometime. For the moment it's still
> using the old @tw_testy account.
>
> I'm totally willing to help out with the a sentence or two promoting the
> use of the bot for the blog post if needed. I noticed in the google doc
> that there is already a section talking about the use of the
> #PyConOpenSpace hashtag. I've included a message about the bot that could
> possibly be added to that paragraph below. Feel free to change anything or
> everything :)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------
> # possible message about bot
>
> "If you would like to reach a wider audience when promoting your Open
> Space, please take advantage of the Open Spaces Twitter Bot,
> @openspaces_bot. Send out a tweet that contains the hashtag
> #PyConOpenSpace, the time of your event, and the room number where the
> event will be held and the bot will retweet your message 15 minutes before
> your Open Space is scheduled!"
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------
>
> We can also have the bot send out multiple reminder tweets before the
> event at different time intervals if that is needed. For example retweets
> 15 & 30 mins before an Open Space, etc.
>
> Let me know if y'all have any other questions about the bot setup or
> anything else.
>
> Thank you for letting us use the bot to help promote Open Spaces at
> PyCon!!!
>
> - Zak
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hobson, this all sounds great!
>>
>> For the name maybe something like @openspaces_bot if it?s still available?
>>
>> Thank you all for your hard work!
>> Anna
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> You are appreciated.
>> You are enough.
>> You matter.
>> You are not alone.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Hobson Lane <hobsonlane at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Anna,
>>
>> Zak, since you built the bot, would you mind working with Trey to put
>> together a sentence explaining how it works? The key is to make it clear
>> that the twitter bot interaction is entirely optional, "just for fun". It's
>> a way for someone to promote their Open Spaces event. This blog post that
>> you are writing the sentence for with
>> trey is for the public, so they will only interact with the bot through
>> tweets with the hashtag #pyconopenspaces. In addition, Open Spaces
>> organizers (like myself) can tweet on behalf of any events in order to help
>> the bot promote an event that we see on the scheduling poster boards. The
>> poster boards are where PyCon attendees put up cards to schedule/suggest an
>> open spaces meetup.
>>
>> Trey, the bot simply extracts date, time and room number from any tweets
>> that contain #pyconopenspaces . If the tweet looks like someone promoting a
>> valid open spaces event time slot that no one else has yet "claimed" with
>> the bot, the bot will retweet the tweet 15 minutes before the event. It, of
>> course, can't verify that that event exists on the scheduling poster
>> boards, however. Organizers, like you and I and Anna will have access to
>> the twitter bot's schedule and can delete any tweets that are inappropriate
>> or have the bot ignore (blacklist) any accounts that are spamming that
>> hashtag. And we'll have some pretty robust spam filters in place. It may
>> not retweet all the legitimate openspaces tweets, but it will be highly
>> unlikely to embarrass us. And it will not be tweeting from an official
>> pycon account. We can set that account to whatever you and Anna would like.
>> The current test account is @tw_testy . That's where the promotional tweets
>> will come from, not a name attendees need to remember or tweet to.
>>
>> --Hobson
>> (503) 974-6274
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> I had it on my calendar for today to take a final look at the Open
>>> Spaces blog post. The blog post is almost good to go, we just need to add a
>>> sentence or two about the Open Spaces bot and explain the promotional
>>> aspect of using our hashtag. The blog post is here
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_
>>> EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLfbLVM/edit#heading=h.55czulx95ir4
>>>
>>> Hobson and Trey, would one of you be able to add the part that is
>>> missing to the blog post and then give Brandon the final go once you?ve
>>> done so please?
>>>
>>> Hobson gave me instructions on how to test the Open Spaces bot but I
>>> have been busy with conferences and work and I am going on a much needed
>>> work-free (that also includes volunteer work) vacation on Wednesday for a
>>> week so I actually won?t have time to test the bot before I leave. I was
>>> planning on having time to test the bot today or tomorrow but I had
>>> something come up at work and I actually have to put my job before my
>>> volunteer work this time, which is something that I rarely do and which I
>>> feel bad about.
>>> I trust Hobson that the bot works. If however one of you still would
>>> like to test the bot, please reach out to Hobson for instructions.
>>>
>>> Thank you all for your help in making the Open Spaces awesome again this
>>> year!
>>> Anna
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> You are appreciated.
>>> You are enough.
>>> You matter.
>>> You are not alone.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
>>> Pycon-openspaces at python.org
>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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From ewa at python.org  Tue Apr 25 15:27:30 2017
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:27:30 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
In-Reply-To: <CAGTaL05mtiSzf8YyOn8-vBL+AkvUqk4oQPrUrRiHqSpe4yfgVA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9817F0EC-D37A-43C8-8AB8-CEBD9CF78FE1@gmx.de>
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Zak Kent <zak.kent at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I just setup a twitter account with the name @openspaces_bot and will set
> up the bot using that account this week sometime. For the moment it's still
> using the old @tw_testy account.
>
> I'm totally willing to help out with the a sentence or two promoting the
> use of the bot for the blog post if needed. I noticed in the google doc
> that there is already a section talking about the use of the
> #PyConOpenSpace hashtag. I've included a message about the bot that could
> possibly be added to that paragraph below. Feel free to change anything or
> everything :)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------
> # possible message about bot
>
> "If you would like to reach a wider audience when promoting your Open
> Space, please take advantage of the Open Spaces Twitter Bot,
> @openspaces_bot. Send out a tweet that contains the hashtag
> #PyConOpenSpace, the time of your event, and the room number where the
> event will be held and the bot will retweet your message 15 minutes before
> your Open Space is scheduled!"
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------
>

Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to
place by the board.
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From ewa at python.org  Tue Apr 25 15:28:45 2017
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:28:45 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
In-Reply-To: <CADx+GQOojJcgjgyN=g1NPSdNQpfzo5G-PKF-hsQqdY=_UtR6Cw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9817F0EC-D37A-43C8-8AB8-CEBD9CF78FE1@gmx.de>
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Zak Kent <zak.kent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I just setup a twitter account with the name @openspaces_bot and will set
>> up the bot using that account this week sometime. For the moment it's still
>> using the old @tw_testy account.
>>
>> I'm totally willing to help out with the a sentence or two promoting the
>> use of the bot for the blog post if needed. I noticed in the google doc
>> that there is already a section talking about the use of the
>> #PyConOpenSpace hashtag. I've included a message about the bot that could
>> possibly be added to that paragraph below. Feel free to change anything or
>> everything :)
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> -----------------------------------
>> # possible message about bot
>>
>> "If you would like to reach a wider audience when promoting your Open
>> Space, please take advantage of the Open Spaces Twitter Bot,
>> @openspaces_bot. Send out a tweet that contains the hashtag
>> #PyConOpenSpace, the time of your event, and the room number where the
>> event will be held and the bot will retweet your message 15 minutes before
>> your Open Space is scheduled!"
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> -----------------------------------
>>
>
> Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to
> place by the board.
>

Sigh, email sent before I was finished typing:

Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to
place by the board. If you all think that is appropriate and approve, let
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From zak.kent at gmail.com  Tue Apr 25 15:28:46 2017
From: zak.kent at gmail.com (Zak Kent)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:28:46 -0700
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
In-Reply-To: <CADx+GQOojJcgjgyN=g1NPSdNQpfzo5G-PKF-hsQqdY=_UtR6Cw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9817F0EC-D37A-43C8-8AB8-CEBD9CF78FE1@gmx.de>
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Message-ID: <CAGTaL05CwiPZNiWgCHT1wDwrOCXubot4gBHPXdECxjpRRgamuQ@mail.gmail.com>

Of course, thanks :)

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Zak Kent <zak.kent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I just setup a twitter account with the name @openspaces_bot and will set
>> up the bot using that account this week sometime. For the moment it's still
>> using the old @tw_testy account.
>>
>> I'm totally willing to help out with the a sentence or two promoting the
>> use of the bot for the blog post if needed. I noticed in the google doc
>> that there is already a section talking about the use of the
>> #PyConOpenSpace hashtag. I've included a message about the bot that could
>> possibly be added to that paragraph below. Feel free to change anything or
>> everything :)
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> -----------------------------------
>> # possible message about bot
>>
>> "If you would like to reach a wider audience when promoting your Open
>> Space, please take advantage of the Open Spaces Twitter Bot,
>> @openspaces_bot. Send out a tweet that contains the hashtag
>> #PyConOpenSpace, the time of your event, and the room number where the
>> event will be held and the bot will retweet your message 15 minutes before
>> your Open Space is scheduled!"
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> -----------------------------------
>>
>
> Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to
> place by the board.
>
>
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From ossanna16 at gmx.de  Tue Apr 25 15:34:22 2017
From: ossanna16 at gmx.de (Anna Ossowski)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:34:22 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
In-Reply-To: <CADx+GQOkPrSo3C=_2zr98i6AE7VLi3qs5pQ2WUiNxHviM8uftQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9817F0EC-D37A-43C8-8AB8-CEBD9CF78FE1@gmx.de>
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Hi all!

Thank you for the great work!

I currently don?t have time to catch up with the conversation but I?ll do so when I?m back next week.

+1 on the blog post text. Thank you, Zak! Thank you for snagging those two Twitter handles.

Also +1 for adding that text to a sign by the board.

Have a great week!
Anna

---------------------------------
You are appreciated.
You are enough.
You matter.
You are not alone.



> On Apr 25, 2017, at 2:28 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org <mailto:ewa at python.org>> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Zak Kent <zak.kent at gmail.com <mailto:zak.kent at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I just setup a twitter account with the name @openspaces_bot and will set up the bot using that account this week sometime. For the moment it's still using the old @tw_testy account. 
> 
> I'm totally willing to help out with the a sentence or two promoting the use of the bot for the blog post if needed. I noticed in the google doc that there is already a section talking about the use of the #PyConOpenSpace hashtag. I've included a message about the bot that could possibly be added to that paragraph below. Feel free to change anything or everything :)
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # possible message about bot
> 
> "If you would like to reach a wider audience when promoting your Open Space, please take advantage of the Open Spaces Twitter Bot, @openspaces_bot. Send out a tweet that contains the hashtag #PyConOpenSpace, the time of your event, and the room number where the event will be held and the bot will retweet your message 15 minutes before your Open Space is scheduled!"
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to place by the board. 
> 
> Sigh, email sent before I was finished typing:
> 
> Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to place by the board. If you all think that is appropriate and approve, let me know.
> 
> 

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From hobsonlane at gmail.com  Tue Apr 25 15:42:28 2017
From: hobsonlane at gmail.com (Hobson Lane)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:42:28 -0700
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
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+1 good idea!

--Hobson
(503) 974-6274
gh <https://github.com/hobson/> twtr <https://twitter.com/hobsonlane> li
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/hobsonlane> g+
<http://plus.google.com/+HobsonLane/> so
<http://stackoverflow.com/users/623735/hobs>

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Zak Kent <zak.kent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I just setup a twitter account with the name @openspaces_bot and will
>>> set up the bot using that account this week sometime. For the moment it's
>>> still using the old @tw_testy account.
>>>
>>> I'm totally willing to help out with the a sentence or two promoting the
>>> use of the bot for the blog post if needed. I noticed in the google doc
>>> that there is already a section talking about the use of the
>>> #PyConOpenSpace hashtag. I've included a message about the bot that could
>>> possibly be added to that paragraph below. Feel free to change anything or
>>> everything :)
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> # possible message about bot
>>>
>>> "If you would like to reach a wider audience when promoting your Open
>>> Space, please take advantage of the Open Spaces Twitter Bot,
>>> @openspaces_bot. Send out a tweet that contains the hashtag
>>> #PyConOpenSpace, the time of your event, and the room number where the
>>> event will be held and the bot will retweet your message 15 minutes before
>>> your Open Space is scheduled!"
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -----------------------------------
>>>
>>
>> Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to
>> place by the board.
>>
>
> Sigh, email sent before I was finished typing:
>
> Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to
> place by the board. If you all think that is appropriate and approve, let
> me know.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Pycon-openspaces mailing list
> Pycon-openspaces at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces
>
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From trey at truthful.technology  Wed Apr 26 19:18:55 2017
From: trey at truthful.technology (Trey Hunner)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:18:55 -0700
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
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Chiming in a little late. Thanks for re-starting the conversation Anna and
thanks for the bot explanation Hobson.

Zak, I think that blurb sounds good.

Ewa, I really like the idea of using a blurb for the open spaces board so
people filling out a card know how to promote it on Twitter.

I think a slightly shorter blurb might stand out more near for the
in-person board. Maybe a one sentence one: "Tweet the time, room number,
and description of your event using #PyConOpenSpace and the Twitter
@openspaces_bot will help you promote your open space."

Also I wonder whether we should remind folks looking at the board that find
open space reminders on Twitter too. Same idea, but different audience
(since most people looking at the board will not be open space organizers
but open space attendees).

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Hobson Lane <hobsonlane at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 good idea!
>
> --Hobson
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>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Zak Kent <zak.kent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I just setup a twitter account with the name @openspaces_bot and will
>>>> set up the bot using that account this week sometime. For the moment it's
>>>> still using the old @tw_testy account.
>>>>
>>>> I'm totally willing to help out with the a sentence or two promoting
>>>> the use of the bot for the blog post if needed. I noticed in the google doc
>>>> that there is already a section talking about the use of the
>>>> #PyConOpenSpace hashtag. I've included a message about the bot that could
>>>> possibly be added to that paragraph below. Feel free to change anything or
>>>> everything :)
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>> # possible message about bot
>>>>
>>>> "If you would like to reach a wider audience when promoting your Open
>>>> Space, please take advantage of the Open Spaces Twitter Bot,
>>>> @openspaces_bot. Send out a tweet that contains the hashtag
>>>> #PyConOpenSpace, the time of your event, and the room number where the
>>>> event will be held and the bot will retweet your message 15 minutes before
>>>> your Open Space is scheduled!"
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to
>>> place by the board.
>>>
>>
>> Sigh, email sent before I was finished typing:
>>
>> Sorry to interject mid-convo, but I may use the above text for a sign to
>> place by the board. If you all think that is appropriate and approve, let
>> me know.
>>
>>
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From ewa at python.org  Thu Apr 27 10:04:02 2017
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 09:04:02 -0500
Subject: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces blog post
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On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:18 PM, Trey Hunner <trey at truthful.technology>
wrote:

> Chiming in a little late. Thanks for re-starting the conversation Anna and
> thanks for the bot explanation Hobson.
>
> Zak, I think that blurb sounds good.
>
> Ewa, I really like the idea of using a blurb for the open spaces board so
> people filling out a card know how to promote it on Twitter.
>
> I think a slightly shorter blurb might stand out more near for the
> in-person board. Maybe a one sentence one: "Tweet the time, room number,
> and description of your event using #PyConOpenSpace and the Twitter
> @openspaces_bot will help you promote your open space."
>

Unfortunately, too late. This has already gone to print. This close to the
conference, we have pretty quick turn over :)

>
> Also I wonder whether we should remind folks looking at the board that
> find open space reminders on Twitter too. Same idea, but different audience
> (since most people looking at the board will not be open space organizers
> but open space attendees).
>
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