From python-uk@python.org Tue Mar 26 08:53:26 2002 From: python-uk@python.org (Andy Robinson) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:53:26 -0000 Subject: [python-uk] FW: BCS OOPS / Python Community Message-ID: Hi everybody! First a reminder that the First UK Python Conference is late next week! I think we should have some kind of inaugural UK User Group meeting or something down there, and pick a chairman/secretary/whatever. Secondly, the British Computer Society OOPS chapter would like to do stuff with us (see below). I have realised just how overcommitted I am in the last 3 months, and while IO tend to hear about a lot of stuff I just can't follow through to organizing it. So if anyone fancies organizing events, that would be great. We are lucky in theat the ACCU and BCS both have infrastructure and experience, and it's just a matter of deciding what should happen and broadcasting to speakers. Best Regards Andy Robinson > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Edwards [mailto:steve@escala.co.uk] > Sent: 25 March 2002 20:48 > To: Andy Robinson > Cc: Brian Saxby; Immo Huneke; Steve Cook; John Daniels > Subject: BCS OOPS / Python Community > > > Andy, > > Would wish for the Python community in UK to consider the following: > > Future events: > > - offering OOPS some presentation(s) > http://www.bcs.org.uk/siggroup/oops.htm > > - running a one-day special in conjunction with OOPS > http://xpday.xpdeveloper.com/main.html > > - having your 2003 conference as a full adjunct to our main conference > http://www.ot2002.org > > - running an evening series similar to our XML evening series > http://www.bcs-oops.org.uk/xmleveningseries.html > > Merging with OOPS, I think we have more synergy with Python than ACCU :-? > > Also, OOPS is financially very healthy and could easily > underwrite any future > Python community initiatives. > > Look forward to your reply, > Steve > BCS OOPS Chair > ============== > > From python-uk@python.org Tue Mar 26 10:24:54 2002 From: python-uk@python.org (Duncan Booth) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:24:54 -0000 Subject: [python-uk] FW: BCS OOPS / Python Community In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <3CA04C76.27627.1434B5C4@localhost> On 26 Mar 2002 at 8:53, Andy Robinson wrote: > Secondly, the British Computer Society OOPS chapter would like to do > stuff with us (see below). I have realised just how overcommitted I > am in the last 3 months, and while IO tend to hear about a lot of > stuff I just can't follow through to organizing it. So if anyone > fancies organizing events, that would be great. We are lucky in theat > the ACCU and BCS both have infrastructure and experience, and it's > just a matter of deciding what should happen and broadcasting to > speakers. Count me in on being involved with this. > > From: Steve Edwards [mailto:steve@escala.co.uk] > > To: Andy Robinson > > - running a one-day special in conjunction with OOPS > > http://xpday.xpdeveloper.com/main.html I went to that. It was great fun and I probably learned lots too. Evidence= of my attendance is at http://xpday.xpdeveloper.com/photos/103-0307_IMG.JPG (I'm the one in the P= ython t-shirt.) > > > > - having your 2003 conference as a full adjunct to our main > > conference > > http://www.ot2002.org One advantage of the ACCU conference, at least for a first time event such= as this, is that it involves a comparatively small investment. OT2002 is =A31754 including mea= ls and accomodation, =A31298 for BCS members and even =A3533 for session leaders. The ACCU conf= erence by comparison is =A3475 (plus accomodation) or =A3130 per day. I think this idea is worth considering, but my guess is that we will get p= eople at the ACCU conference to whom Python is not their main job who couldn't have persuade= d their employers to stretch to paying for OT. > > > > - running an evening series similar to our XML evening series > > http://www.bcs-oops.org.uk/xmleveningseries.html Which reminds me, I must remember to tell the Oxford BCS branch that I am = available for evening talks... > > > > Merging with OOPS, I think we have more synergy with Python than > > ACCU :-? I am a little wary of the word 'merging' there. I would hope Python would = have its own presence. Allying or associating would be fine though. > > > > Also, OOPS is financially very healthy and could easily > > underwrite any future > > Python community initiatives. That sounds good. I think we should discuss what sort of community initiat= ives we could have. Raising the profile of Python all round seems like a good idea. BTW, Andy, have you prepared any sort of press release about the UK Python= Conference? It would probably be a good idea to send something like that out to the likes= of Computing or maybe even Guardian Online. -- Duncan Booth duncan@rcp.co.uk From python-uk@python.org Fri Mar 29 13:59:45 2002 From: python-uk@python.org (Tim Couper) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:59:45 -0000 Subject: [python-uk] FW: BCS OOPS / Python Community In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Andy R wrote: First a reminder that the First UK Python Conference is late next week! I think we should have some kind of inaugural UK User Group meeting or something down there, and pick a chairman/secretary/whatever. TC - Good idea! Secondly, the British Computer Society OOPS chapter would like to do stuff with us (see below). I have realised just how overcommitted I am in the last 3 months, and while IO tend to hear about a lot of stuff I just can't follow through to organizing it. So if anyone fancies organizing events, that would be great. We are lucky in theat the ACCU and BCS both have infrastructure and experience, and it's just a matter of deciding what should happen and broadcasting to speakers. -TC Steve copied me in on your original, Andy, and I responded as follows (not having, of course, checked the newsgroup first). Here's my response: --- Hi Steve Thanks very much for copying me in on this kind invitation. I'm sure that this is a positive proposal which I'd like to talk over with Andy and the others at ACCU (as that happens next week, and it's Easter ....), at least the 2003 question and one day or evening events. Perhaps the urgent question is do you have a slot to fill in your conference 8-10 April, and if so what would you like to have covered? --- I'd be happy to coordinate a group at the ACCU conference to look at getting a planned response back to OOPS; Duncan - let's see it we can find a time and interested others to meet (maybe a BOF variant might work?). I thought also that if they have a slot in their conference we might be able to get some very-short-notice-volunteers from ACCU to start the ball rolling as it were. Tim