From a.koppad at gmail.com  Thu Oct  3 03:32:00 2013
From: a.koppad at gmail.com (Annapoornima Koppad)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 07:02:00 +0530
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR] An open request
Message-ID: <CAALSmCzzpSc_rkVqVOoMPG8d+AeUDV3hkNHD67iytxbG84w+WA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

I have two say requests at the moment.

I have started realizing that people mail me in person rather than mailing
it to the entire group. Please do a reply to all so that everyone knows
about the conversation.  RVSPs, and individual matters are different. I am
talking about general conversations. I just went back and rechecked some of
the emails and realized that it was true in most cases.

I started Pyladies Bangalore on July 4 and the India Pycon conference
happened in the last week of August. There was not much time for me to plan
things or do much. However there are discussions happening regarding the
next years conference right now. I may or may not be there. So I am asking
someone on this group to take the lead for  ensuring that there will be
enough participation from ladies.

Couple of things that can be done.

1. Plan early and use this mailing list to make groups, travel together,
make plans to stay together.
2. I had someone request me for accommodation just a day or two before the
event. This is associated with a lot of problems. For one, I live with my
family. Two, all my friends have families. I just dont have someone who
will have en extra room or an extra bed for that matter for the two day
event. So like I said before, plan early and let us all know over the
mailing list, maybe we all can help each other better.
3.Also, slots for lighting talks will also be thrown open before the event
itself. So even if your talk did not get accepted, try for the lighting
talks at least.  I hope

If there is anything else that can be done, please let us all know. I will
be very happy to hear any positive stories, etc.

May the force be with you. *I am huge star wars fan. So ..:-) *

Thanks and regards,
Anu

From a.koppad at gmail.com  Sun Oct  6 15:15:00 2013
From: a.koppad at gmail.com (Annapoornima Koppad)
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:45:00 +0530
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR] Monthly meets for Pyladies Bangalore Sunday,
	October 6, 2013
Message-ID: <CAALSmCyjfpHexbXExMqhc17ZKWGz8dRbm0NOWMfZz3nTOOKB2g@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

Please be online for the monthly online meetup!

Thanks and regards,
Annapoornima

From sunita_chalam at yahoo.com  Tue Oct  8 08:57:35 2013
From: sunita_chalam at yahoo.com (Sunita)
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 23:57:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR] One day Hackathon at Thoughtworks Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <CAALSmCxorv17_FU2Am2nYedJUcVqaYMmRHsaWKMKC-G+ChULEw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAALSmCxorv17_FU2Am2nYedJUcVqaYMmRHsaWKMKC-G+ChULEw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1381215455.10258.YahooMailNeo@web126005.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Everyone please please inbox me your ph numbers - the ones who are confirmed to come. I'm at sunitav at thoughtworks.com

Annapoornima and I would like to know a little bit more of your needs 
before you come in. And since for some reason, not many of you are 
active over email, I think phone will work best.
Sunita

________________________________
 From: Annapoornima Koppad <a.koppad at gmail.com>
To: "PyLadies at Bangalore, India." <pyladies-blr at python.org>; PyladiesBangalore-announce at meetup.com 
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 11:52 PM
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR] One day Hackathon at Thoughtworks Bangalore
 

Dear All,

Sunita, who works with Thoughtworks is willing to host a one day hackathon
at her office premises.

I have been brainstorming with her to conduct the hackathon. We have couple
of ideas that we could hack on 12th Oct 2013 starting 9:00 am.

Our idea is to spend half a day learning some python and the rest of the
day spending time on open source projects.

1. https://openhatch.org/search/?q=&toughness=bitesize<https://openhatch.org/search/?q=&toughness=bitesize>
2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bugs?field.tag=low-hanging-fruit

There is another website, http://newcoder.io/tutorials which is written by
Lynn Root, founder of Pyladies SFO. We could work on one of the tutorial
there. Please let us know your choice so we can decide keeping your choice
in mind.

A few extraneous details,

Lunch can be catered with PSF grant that I have right now. We are also
planning to hire a nanny for ladies with children. Sunita again is taking
the lead there.

Koramangala office address is here.

147/F, 2nd Floor, ACR Mansion, 8th Main Rd, 3rd Block, Koramangala,
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560034

Please RSVP your attendance so that we can attend accordingly.

Thanks and regards,
Annapoornima
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From sunita_chalam at yahoo.com  Wed Oct  9 07:40:23 2013
From: sunita_chalam at yahoo.com (Sunita)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:40:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR]  Saturday Checklist
In-Reply-To: <1381215455.10258.YahooMailNeo@web126005.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
References: <CAALSmCxorv17_FU2Am2nYedJUcVqaYMmRHsaWKMKC-G+ChULEw@mail.gmail.com>
 <1381215455.10258.YahooMailNeo@web126005.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1381297223.16351.YahooMailNeo@web126002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Hi Folks,
Anu and I are super excited about Saturday! Here's what you need to do before you come in on Saturday - 

1. If you don't already have Python, Install Python 2.7.3 on your computer. http://www.python.org/download/...?
N.B: If you have an older or newer version already, no need to re-install.
2. Let us know if you do not have a laptop for the session. We can arrange for one!
3. Wifi will be provided.
4. Come with an open mind to learn. Pyladies should not worry about gender agendas and other side tracking topics. Our goal is to provide a safe 
place for men and women to learn Python. 
As the group is in its 
infancy we should set the culture for the group right now. We can 
discuss this and come up with a list of dos and don'ts when we meet on 
Saturday. Help us keep Pyladies safe and clean.
5. All organizers are doing this out of goodwill and community spirit, the activities are sponsored and free of cost to all of us. Let us remember to be kind to 
each other!


Thanks!
Anu/Sunita

From sunita_chalam at yahoo.com  Wed Oct  9 07:40:23 2013
From: sunita_chalam at yahoo.com (Sunita)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:40:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR]  Saturday Checklist
In-Reply-To: <1381215455.10258.YahooMailNeo@web126005.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
References: <CAALSmCxorv17_FU2Am2nYedJUcVqaYMmRHsaWKMKC-G+ChULEw@mail.gmail.com>
 <1381215455.10258.YahooMailNeo@web126005.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1381297223.16351.YahooMailNeo@web126002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Hi Folks,
Anu and I are super excited about Saturday! Here's what you need to do before you come in on Saturday - 

1. If you don't already have Python, Install Python 2.7.3 on your computer. http://www.python.org/download/...?
N.B: If you have an older or newer version already, no need to re-install.
2. Let us know if you do not have a laptop for the session. We can arrange for one!
3. Wifi will be provided.
4. Come with an open mind to learn. Pyladies should not worry about gender agendas and other side tracking topics. Our goal is to provide a safe 
place for men and women to learn Python. 
As the group is in its 
infancy we should set the culture for the group right now. We can 
discuss this and come up with a list of dos and don'ts when we meet on 
Saturday. Help us keep Pyladies safe and clean.
5. All organizers are doing this out of goodwill and community spirit, the activities are sponsored and free of cost to all of us. Let us remember to be kind to 
each other!


Thanks!
Anu/Sunita

From sunita_chalam at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 17 09:46:45 2013
From: sunita_chalam at yahoo.com (Sunita)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:46:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR] Fw: hackathon at Thoughtworks Bangalore, Oct 12, 2013
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References: <CALZmTxn8pv8nmcV-Qi6F2Wmipyk74scuArvfSjtSvF6fEVrPRQ@mail.gmail.com>	<CALZmTxnQ7UYz8HqCs4D=DsWkh9b=mSkUyUkH9+p3HuH0VopHQQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <1381996005.16419.YahooMailNeo@web126003.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>



Pictures of the hackathon!

Anu - we're waiting for the writeup on the blog now :)

Sunita

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Arun Kumar <arun1210 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: hackathon at Thoughtworks Bangalore, Oct 12, 2013
To: sunitav at thoughtworks.com



Hi Sunitha,

I had wonderful learning during last week meetup.

Please find the photo taken during the meetup, as attachments. ?Kindly circulate to others.

Waiting for an another meetup to have a wonderful learning.

Best regards
arun
+91 8050558443





On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Arun Kumar <arun1210 at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Sunita,
>?
>I would like to attend this session.
>?
>I am PhD in Biostatistics with more than 15 years of experience in Medical/Pharma research.? No prior experience in Python.
>?
>Kindly let me know the eligibility and availability, for me to attend this session.
>?
>Best regards
>arun
>+91 8050558443

From svaksha at gmail.com  Sun Oct 20 11:56:23 2013
From: svaksha at gmail.com (svaksha)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:56:23 +0000
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR] [RFC] Weekly dojo's with an agenda
Message-ID: <CAN9ztG_--iDV5Q+9KDZ3QvUVyt4S5of6rWnma92euhhXf98VQw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I was chatting with Sunita last week about reviving the weekly dojo's
where people meet each week for a short time and code and work on
something together - the focus is on "weekly" because even if you miss
one week the disconnect isnt as large as a monthly meet (speaking for
myself here). Does this seem interesting? Is it feasible?

As for the agenda, I realise the Python ecosystem is too large to be
able to accommodate all our diverse interests in one 3-hour meetup, so
I propose the following:

* Meet each Saturday for 3-hours (extendable, or you can leave early too.)
* Narrow the agenda and focus on one thing and make it work.
* Lightning talks at the end of the meetup where each person gets 5
min to speak about what they learned, discuss their problems, show
their code, etc...

To start out, we can..
1. Start with the basics: say, LPTHW and work out the exercises. (PS:
it could be any tutorial and there are quite a few, but I dont know
what to propose without knowing the attendee demographic.)

2. Once we establish a regular meetup pattern, we can pick higher fruits:
** Adopt one library package for a month and everyone pairs on either
learning it or fixing easy bugs;
** Or, form teams and delve deeper on a specific topic, say, "data
types in python / numpy", or "learning _your idea here_"
** Or, tackle MOOC courses <-- This one is a bit tricky as coursera,
udacity, et al.. have a code of conduct that prohibits code sharing,
so no pair programming etc..

The finer details (should we pair, group work or individuals hacking
alone?) can be decided and modified on-the-spot, by the people who are
attending on any given day so that the group can ensure flexibility
and interest in learning.

I propose one, at 1000 hrs (or post lunch at 1400 hrs) on Sat,
26-Oct-2013 at either CIS or TW (<-- Sunita is TW available this Sat,
or should I ask CIS?). Sunita had mentioned that TW is available on
Friday evenings (iirc, 4 pm?) too, so would people prefer that over a
Saturday? Keeping it very late would ofcourse make it harder for
people to stay late to hack away, as traveling late is not safe at
all.

Thoughts?

-svaksha

From a.koppad at gmail.com  Tue Oct 22 17:18:22 2013
From: a.koppad at gmail.com (Annapoornima Koppad)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:48:22 +0530
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR] Code of conduct for all events.
Message-ID: <CAALSmCyWb5e96-fuP7gRDjL721OH28eiMgFqnuPUvvxYWdod6Q@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

I have been trying to get a working code of conduct for Pyladies Bangalore.
Instead of drafting a new one and posting, I have looked up various
material online.

So far all the sessions that will be held, there will be a code of conduct
enforced.

I am yet to come up handling reports, incidents for Pyladies Bangalore
since I do not want to share phone numbers online, etc. Its should be safe
for the organizers also who try to ensure the safety of the members. Which
is why I prefer to do events at company locations where there is enough
security, enough people to reach out for, etc.

That said, I am borrowing content from the Openstack summit, the Ada
initiative, and the Ireland Pycon's code of conduct.

1. http://www.pyladies.com/CodeOfConduct/
2. http://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
3.
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Responding_to_reports
4.
http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/the-openstack-summit-code-of-conduct/
5. http://python.ie/pycon/2013/codeofconduct/

I am really impressed with the Ireland Pycon's code of conduct with the
part where they are very detailed in handling harassment procedures. We can
work something out without disclosing the organizers email IDs or phone
numbers.

For now, this is what we have!

Thanks and regards,
Annapoornima

From a.koppad at gmail.com  Mon Oct 28 10:43:31 2013
From: a.koppad at gmail.com (Annapoornima Koppad)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:13:31 +0530
Subject: [PyLadies-BLR] Agenda for November monthly meet
Message-ID: <CAALSmCwTALFqfkp6pc-tz96yK1UN98ANB5iXO7OJm+EGhdS5ng@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

I have the following agenda items for the November monthly meet.

1. One hackathon at thoughtworks, led by Sunita.
2. Weekly dojos which Svaksha will be leading.

Please let us all know what are the items that you want added to the list
for the monthly meet.

Thanks and regards,
Annapoornima