[CentralOH] [clepy] PyOhio

[dave]

I'm liking how this one is shakin' out. This could be rather cool. Columbus
is definitely doable. Not too far of a drive.

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Catherine Devlin <
catherine.devlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, Pythonistas!
>
> Ohio had a good, strong representation at PyCon this year.  One thing we
> agreed on is that The Time Has Come for PyOhio (or perhaps OhPyO, let's
> figure that out).  Imagine a daylong miniconference bringing people from
> across the state and beyond.  Let's do it!
>
> Pardon me for splicing you into our conversation like this, but here are
> some of the thoughts we've been kicking around so far.
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:24 AM, David Stanek <dstanek at dstanek.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Catherine Devlin <
> > catherine.devlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Suggestions I want to throw out for discussion -
> > >
> > > Name: PyOhio?  I like that.  Somebody (Kartic?) suggested OhPyO.  As
> > > soon as we've got the name we should carve out space on
> > > wiki.python.org and ask about getting our own serious web space where
> > > we can run an instance of the PyCon software; I think the PSF will give us
> > > that.
> >
> >
> > I can host it if we don't have anywhere else. Once we get a name I can
> > register it and have a wiki up there in just a few minutes.
> >
> > Where: Columbus?  It's much more likely to bring people from Cincinnati,
> > > Athens, Dayton, etc. than Cleveland is.  OTOH if Cleveland people can find a
> > > good location first, maybe that'll be the decider.  I'm planning to ping OSU
> > > for space.
> >
> >
> > Yep I agree. What do you think the cost would be?
> >
>
> I'm hoping to do this on a no-cost basis, with donated space and
> bring-your-own-brownbag lunch.  Of course, if some lovely sponsor wants to
> spring for lunch, I won't complain.
>
> So, who's interested in the glory and honor of hosting the very first
> PyCon, in exchange for, um, glory and honor?  Pete, would the Ohio
> Supercomputing Center be interested in hosting us?  How about our people out
> at OSU?  I can ping the OSU Open Source club, too.  Maybe even the public
> library.  Other thoughts?
>
> When: Midsummer?  That gives us a good distance from PyCon (March),
> > > Penguicon (April), Ohio LinuxFest (September), and CodeMash (January).  It
> > > also gives us the best chance of securing space at a university, and I think
> > > we can whip it together by then.  Only problem is some peoples' vacations
> > > may interfere.
> >
> >
> >  That sounds good, but my be short notice. If we don't think we can pull
> > it together by then we can have it as an extension to LinuxFest (suggested
> > by a NOOSS guy).
> >
>
> That's certainly a possibility, although will OLF need to reserve
> convention center space for extra time to accomodate us?  Will that cost
> them, will they want $ from us for that?  Anybody here involved in OLF
> organization?
>
> What do people think of freestanding vs. attached to OLF?
>
>
> >  How many people should we plan for?  50?  100?
> >
> >
> > I think 100. Once we get a website up and running we can send emails to
> > other Ohio-based groups and the the python-list.
> >
> >
> > > BarCamp: I think we should have some conventional talks scheduled in
> > > advance, too, b/c
> > > 1. Many people might not come to something that seems experimental or
> > > unfamiliar to them
> > > 2. Future PyCon & CodeMash speakers can get practice
> > > 3. Specific topics on schedule could lure attendees.
> > > 4. Experts might travel further to join us if they have a formal
> > > speaking slot
> > >
> > > However, if we can combine those with a BarCamp, I think that'd be
> > > fantastic.  Maybe a few traditional talks for the morning, followed by
> > > BarCamp through the afternoon and into the night?
> >
> >
> > I think that can work rather well.
> >
> >
> > > We should move this conversation to clepy at googlegroups.com and
> > > centralOH at python.org.  In fact, we'll want a
> > > pyohio-organizers at python.org and pyohio at python.org (for attendees)
> > > eventually, too.
> >
> >
> > Good point. Who do we talk to got those email addresses?
> >
>
> I'll do that, as soon as we've got a name - I got centralOH at python.orgthat way.
>
> Thanks, everyone!
>
> --
> - Catherine
> http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/
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