From babuenir at gmail.com  Wed Jul  1 14:17:49 2015
From: babuenir at gmail.com (C.Babu Subash Chandar)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:47:49 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy]  Photographs of June meetup
Message-ID: <CAPXxWUSVEHzdd+0Z40U5JcLB2WbeXa_v_3yBj7jLHT=Kdk-9VQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

Please find the photographs of June 2015 on
http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/photos/26229902/

-- 
-Thanks and Regards,
BabuSubashChandar.C
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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Sat Jul  4 09:07:11 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 02:07:11 -0500
Subject: [Chennaipy] Photographs of June meetup
In-Reply-To: <CAPXxWUSVEHzdd+0Z40U5JcLB2WbeXa_v_3yBj7jLHT=Kdk-9VQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPXxWUSVEHzdd+0Z40U5JcLB2WbeXa_v_3yBj7jLHT=Kdk-9VQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <54bc62ac79a9a7e0712fdeae49ff9390.squirrel@gator3315.hostgator.com>

On Wed, July 1, 2015 7:17 am, C.Babu Subash Chandar wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> Please find the photographs of June 2015 on
> http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/photos/26229902/

Hi Babu, thanks for the photos. I guess we missed the group photo this
time as well.

Regards,
Vijay

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Sat Jul  4 10:15:26 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 13:45:26 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Photographs of June meetup
In-Reply-To: <54bc62ac79a9a7e0712fdeae49ff9390.squirrel@gator3315.hostgator.com>
References: <CAPXxWUSVEHzdd+0Z40U5JcLB2WbeXa_v_3yBj7jLHT=Kdk-9VQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <54bc62ac79a9a7e0712fdeae49ff9390.squirrel@gator3315.hostgator.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89O1cv5x2t00we_feM_KKtAUC3HQ+eaSBzkKJzP_+nuoOw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> Hi Babu, thanks for the photos. I guess we missed the group photo this
> time as well.

Lets do it in the July Meetup. We'll put out an announcement as well

From babuenir at gmail.com  Sat Jul  4 20:59:24 2015
From: babuenir at gmail.com (C.Babu Subash Chandar)
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 00:29:24 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Photographs of June meetup
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89O1cv5x2t00we_feM_KKtAUC3HQ+eaSBzkKJzP_+nuoOw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPXxWUSVEHzdd+0Z40U5JcLB2WbeXa_v_3yBj7jLHT=Kdk-9VQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <54bc62ac79a9a7e0712fdeae49ff9390.squirrel@gator3315.hostgator.com>
 <CAEkH89O1cv5x2t00we_feM_KKtAUC3HQ+eaSBzkKJzP_+nuoOw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPXxWUTw3UxBdBRCuWPHbCEwsOfb3RRO+LeB11GMf7wgAH04QQ@mail.gmail.com>

Announcing it in the agenda would retain people for group photo I guess.
On 4 Jul 2015 13:45, "Shrayas rajagopal" <shrayasr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
> > Hi Babu, thanks for the photos. I guess we missed the group photo this
> > time as well.
>
> Lets do it in the July Meetup. We'll put out an announcement as well
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From ks at claylabs.com  Sun Jul  5 12:07:13 2015
From: ks at claylabs.com (KS Sreeram)
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 15:37:13 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Parser Code
Message-ID: <2DDFA895-F978-4658-A3DB-0779135F8A8A@claylabs.com>

Hi folks

I've attached 'parse.py' which has the parser code I presented in the last meetup. This is a self-contained program that doesn't depend on any other modules.

The file has the parser building blocks followed by 3 examples. I've added comment sections describing each of the building blocks.

In order to run the program you must uncomment one of the example initializers.

#
# Uncomment one of the following lines.
#
# main_parser = example1()
# main_parser = example2()
# main_parser = example3()


The first two examples are simple and the third is a bit more complex.

If anybody has any questions at all, do feel free to ask me!
 
Cheers
KS Sreeram
http://claylabs.com <http://claylabs.com/>



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From suresh_vv at yahoo.com  Mon Jul  6 08:34:18 2015
From: suresh_vv at yahoo.com (Suresh V.)
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:04:18 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Where can I get the June presentation on jenkins?
Message-ID: <mnd7hl$vnh$1@ger.gmane.org>

Hi Vijay:

I would like to get this presentation.

Is this available online (on chennaipy or meetup site)?

Thanks.

Suresh


From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jul  6 13:01:45 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 16:31:45 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Where can I get the June presentation on jenkins?
In-Reply-To: <mnd7hl$vnh$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <mnd7hl$vnh$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89M2HfKvxrznEPuXLfzF5C2e8brZ1vz9fha5vCdUyBiq3Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Suresh V. via Chennaipy
<chennaipy at python.org> wrote:
> I would like to get this presentation.
>
> Is this available online (on chennaipy or meetup site)?

All of the content is stored on the chennaipy/talks[1] repo. But looks
like June hasn't been updated here.

[1]: https://github.com/chennaipy/talks

From lists at chandrashekar.info  Mon Jul  6 16:40:20 2015
From: lists at chandrashekar.info (lists at chandrashekar.info)
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 20:10:20 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] =?utf-8?q?Screencast_of_my_talk_at_ChennaiPy_meet_on_?=
	=?utf-8?q?27th_June_2015?=
Message-ID: <20150706144020.18802.qmail@server301.com>

Hi All,

Sorry for the delay! Please find my screen-cast
recording of my talk (OOP using Python and "Pythonisms") 
at ChennaiPy meet on 27th June 2015 at the following URL:

   - https://youtu.be/4vVza5eAl50

Thank you all for this wonderful opportunity to
share my thoughts and experiences.

Thanks and Regards!

--
Chandrashekar Babu.,
Experienced FOSS Technologist and Corporate Trainer.
http://www.chandrashekar.info/

From vijaykumar at zilogic.com  Mon Jul  6 17:52:42 2015
From: vijaykumar at zilogic.com (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:22:42 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Where can I get the June presentation on jenkins?
In-Reply-To: <mnd7hl$vnh$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <mnd7hl$vnh$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <559AA44A.8040002@zilogic.com>

On Monday 06 July 2015 12:04 PM, Suresh V. via Chennaipy wrote:
> Hi Vijay:
>
> I would like to get this presentation.
>
> Is this available online (on chennaipy or meetup site)?

There is a link in the meetup page, it doesn't seem to
work now. Anyway the slides have been uploaded to slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/VijayKumarBagavathSi/managing-jenkins-with-python

Regards,
Vijay

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jul  6 19:05:23 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 22:35:23 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Parser Code
In-Reply-To: <2DDFA895-F978-4658-A3DB-0779135F8A8A@claylabs.com>
References: <2DDFA895-F978-4658-A3DB-0779135F8A8A@claylabs.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89NtORLJ50XoMn3-DJOtQgn-912WrP1Fe8LNoK+yNtYuxw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Sreeram,

On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 3:37 PM, KS Sreeram <ks at claylabs.com> wrote:
> If anybody has any questions at all, do feel free to ask me!

Could you please upload this on a gist so that it can be shared on the
Chennaipy/talks[1] repo?

[1]: https://github.com/chennaipy/talks

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jul  6 19:30:22 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 23:00:22 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Screencast of my talk at ChennaiPy meet on 27th
	June 2015
In-Reply-To: <20150706144020.18802.qmail@server301.com>
References: <20150706144020.18802.qmail@server301.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89OzKTR98OSu4Xs4DswEL-JXDMK1ScJTroq4dBJ97wKP0w@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:10 PM,  <lists at chandrashekar.info> wrote:
> Please find my screen-cast
> recording of my talk (OOP using Python and "Pythonisms")

This is a really nice talk. Thanks so much for sharing.

Regards,
Shrayas

From vijayapr at buffalo.edu  Mon Jul  6 19:35:59 2015
From: vijayapr at buffalo.edu (vijayapr)
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:35:59 -0400
Subject: [Chennaipy] Screencast of my talk at ChennaiPy meet on 27th
 June 2015
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89OzKTR98OSu4Xs4DswEL-JXDMK1ScJTroq4dBJ97wKP0w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20150706144020.18802.qmail@server301.com>
 <CAEkH89OzKTR98OSu4Xs4DswEL-JXDMK1ScJTroq4dBJ97wKP0w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <161ebb99f40089647f626b8694174459@buffalo.edu>

Hi,
Thank you so much for sharing this.

Regards,
Vijay

On 07/06/2015 1:30 pm, Shrayas rajagopal wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:10 PM,  <lists at chandrashekar.info> wrote:
>> Please find my screen-cast
>> recording of my talk (OOP using Python and "Pythonisms")
> 
> This is a really nice talk. Thanks so much for sharing.
> 
> Regards,
> Shrayas
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy

From suresh_vv at yahoo.com  Tue Jul  7 12:02:11 2015
From: suresh_vv at yahoo.com (Suresh V.)
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:32:11 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Where can I get the June presentation on jenkins?
In-Reply-To: <559AA44A.8040002@zilogic.com>
References: <mnd7hl$vnh$1@ger.gmane.org> <559AA44A.8040002@zilogic.com>
Message-ID: <mng83e$aoo$1@ger.gmane.org>

On Monday 06 July 2015 09:22 PM, Vijay Kumar wrote:

>
> http://www.slideshare.net/VijayKumarBagavathSi/managing-jenkins-with-python

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Suresh



From ks at claylabs.com  Wed Jul  8 16:09:41 2015
From: ks at claylabs.com (KS Sreeram)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 19:39:41 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Parser Code
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89NtORLJ50XoMn3-DJOtQgn-912WrP1Fe8LNoK+yNtYuxw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2DDFA895-F978-4658-A3DB-0779135F8A8A@claylabs.com>
 <CAEkH89NtORLJ50XoMn3-DJOtQgn-912WrP1Fe8LNoK+yNtYuxw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <FBB73C23-C321-4126-8355-DA44B320D142@claylabs.com>

Hi Shrayas

Here?s the gist:
https://gist.github.com/kssreeram/16549d95711a98702ed3

KS Sreeram
http://claylabs.com <http://claylabs.com/>



> On 06-Jul-2015, at 10:35 pm, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sreeram,
> 
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 3:37 PM, KS Sreeram <ks at claylabs.com> wrote:
>> If anybody has any questions at all, do feel free to ask me!
> 
> Could you please upload this on a gist so that it can be shared on the
> Chennaipy/talks[1] repo?
> 
> [1]: https://github.com/chennaipy/talks
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy

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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Wed Jul  8 16:15:10 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 19:45:10 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Parser Code
In-Reply-To: <FBB73C23-C321-4126-8355-DA44B320D142@claylabs.com>
References: <2DDFA895-F978-4658-A3DB-0779135F8A8A@claylabs.com>
 <CAEkH89NtORLJ50XoMn3-DJOtQgn-912WrP1Fe8LNoK+yNtYuxw@mail.gmail.com>
 <FBB73C23-C321-4126-8355-DA44B320D142@claylabs.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89MDrSpCK5SZXv2=hKrw9PR+eJX-6WOKTKiDScNSEfy=TQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 7:39 PM, KS Sreeram <ks at claylabs.com> wrote:
> Here?s the gist:
> https://gist.github.com/kssreeram/16549d95711a98702ed3

Awesome, Sent PR[1] to update the README.

Regards,
Shrayas

[1]: https://github.com/Chennaipy/talks/pull/10

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Thu Jul  9 03:04:47 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:34:47 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
Message-ID: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>

Hi Everyone,
The next meetup is on 25th July, the 4th Saturday of this month. The
meetup will consist of short 20 min talks. If you are interested in
doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
description.

Regards,
Vijay

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Thu Jul  9 08:34:54 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:04:54 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
In-Reply-To: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89Nmm_aRMn+jVNjK7D57DdUvDC7mC2FHhzaOcuxEvWXX5w@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> The next meetup is on 25th July, the 4th Saturday of this month. The
> meetup will consist of short 20 min talks.


Any volunteers to add this into the website? :) Gaurav did it last time[1]

[1]: https://github.com/Chennaipy/website/pull/83

From sakthirengaraj at gmail.com  Thu Jul  9 08:38:34 2015
From: sakthirengaraj at gmail.com (Rengaraj D)
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:08:34 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89Nmm_aRMn+jVNjK7D57DdUvDC7mC2FHhzaOcuxEvWXX5w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
 <CAEkH89Nmm_aRMn+jVNjK7D57DdUvDC7mC2FHhzaOcuxEvWXX5w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANgAyd6J38aBfGx9wxJGO0LRq3PsB5GJzsXvxkRr5EBnk82PBA@mail.gmail.com>

> Any volunteers to add this into the website? :) Gaurav did it last time[1]
>
>
Will do that.
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From vijaykumar at zilogic.com  Mon Jul 13 18:11:52 2015
From: vijaykumar at zilogic.com (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:41:52 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] June Talk Videos
Message-ID: <55A3E348.8080704@zilogic.com>

Hi Everyone,
The videos for the following talks are now available on Vimeo.

   1. Writing Parsers in Python by Hand
      https://vimeo.com/133283348

   2. Managing Jenkins with Python
      https://vimeo.com/133283349

Unfortunately, we couldn't get the Plone talk recorded.

Thanks to IMSc for recording the audio.
Thanks to the speakers, for having recorded the desktop session.
Thanks to Karthik Viswanathan for post processing the videos.

Regards,
Vijay

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Mon Jul 13 18:14:11 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:44:11 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] June Talk Videos
In-Reply-To: <55A3E348.8080704@zilogic.com>
References: <55A3E348.8080704@zilogic.com>
Message-ID: <55A3E3D3.3090808@bravegnu.org>

On Monday 13 July 2015 09:41 PM, Vijay Kumar wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> The videos for the following talks are now available on Vimeo.
>
> 1. Writing Parsers in Python by Hand
> https://vimeo.com/133283348
>
> 2. Managing Jenkins with Python
> https://vimeo.com/133283349

Anybody willing to contribute by adding these links to
https://github.com/Chennaipy/talks  ?

Regards,
Vijay

From vijaykumar at zilogic.com  Mon Jul 13 18:29:07 2015
From: vijaykumar at zilogic.com (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:59:07 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] June Meet Minutes
Message-ID: <55A3E753.20506@zilogic.com>

Hi Everyone,
The meeting minutes is available at
http://chennaipy.org/june-2015-meet-minutes.html

Thanks to Krishna Sangeeth for contributing the minutes.

Regards,
Vijay

From igauravsehrawat at gmail.com  Mon Jul 13 20:12:17 2015
From: igauravsehrawat at gmail.com (Gaurav Sehrawat)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:42:17 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] June Talk Videos
In-Reply-To: <55A3E3D3.3090808@bravegnu.org>
References: <55A3E348.8080704@zilogic.com>
	<55A3E3D3.3090808@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAC2qNN4M_VKsBM+LpwtivoxDeh1obLztS4q8+UA38dT93_djVg@mail.gmail.com>

will do.
but should we refactor the readme.md into multiple files. It's getting
pretty long.

Cheers

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
wrote:

> On Monday 13 July 2015 09:41 PM, Vijay Kumar wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> The videos for the following talks are now available on Vimeo.
>>
>> 1. Writing Parsers in Python by Hand
>> https://vimeo.com/133283348
>>
>> 2. Managing Jenkins with Python
>> https://vimeo.com/133283349
>>
>
> Anybody willing to contribute by adding these links to
> https://github.com/Chennaipy/talks  ?
>
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From JakkampudiKiranKumar at Eaton.com  Tue Jul 14 09:30:39 2015
From: JakkampudiKiranKumar at Eaton.com (JakkampudiKiranKumar at Eaton.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:30:39 +0000
Subject: [Chennaipy] Interested to join python Community
Message-ID: <17FDE7AA545E5543B57F5C8F7EABEAAC081F7B51@SIMTCSMB12.napa.ad.etn.com>

Dear Sir,
My Name is Kiran Can you please suggest the procedure to take part in the events and the conferences conducted on python in Chennai.

Thanks & Regards,
Kirankumar

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From tshrinivasan at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 09:56:09 2015
From: tshrinivasan at gmail.com (Shrinivasan T)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:26:09 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Interested to join python Community
In-Reply-To: <17FDE7AA545E5543B57F5C8F7EABEAAC081F7B51@SIMTCSMB12.napa.ad.etn.com>
References: <17FDE7AA545E5543B57F5C8F7EABEAAC081F7B51@SIMTCSMB12.napa.ad.etn.com>
Message-ID: <CAND2794mRgT0o-coVvq1NwtojwedN_4=Xw8S_T-ew0nj00HqHg@mail.gmail.com>

Welcome to chennaipy group.

The monthly meetings and other events will be announced here.

You can join there. No procedures for monthly meetings. Just walk-in.

Shrini
On Jul 14, 2015 8:49 AM, <JakkampudiKiranKumar at eaton.com> wrote:

>  Dear Sir,
>
> My Name is Kiran Can you please suggest the procedure to take part in the
> events and the conferences conducted on python in Chennai.
>
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Kirankumar
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 09:57:30 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:27:30 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Interested to join python Community
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:00 PM, <JakkampudiKiranKumar at eaton.com> wrote:

> My Name is Kiran Can you please suggest the procedure to take part in the
> events and the conferences conducted on python in Chennai.



?Hi Kiran,

Welcome to Chennaipy.

We have a meetup coming up:
http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/events/223800671/. Please do feel free a
join us for the meet. There isn't any procedure as such.

All announcements will be made here. So if you follow this list, you'll not
miss anything :)

Cheers and hope to see u this time.

Regards,
Shrayas?
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 09:58:08 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:28:08 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] June Talk Videos
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat <igauravsehrawat at gmail.com
> wrote:

> but should we refactor the readme.md into multiple files. It's getting
> pretty long.
>

As of now it has a TOC at the top?. What do you suggest?
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From murugadossb at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 12:37:57 2015
From: murugadossb at gmail.com (Murugadoss B)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:07:57 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] June Meet Minutes
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Vijay

Hope you are doing great! I will try to join the coming meetup (and waiting
to join for a long time)

I am organizing the meetup group called "Electronics Design and Technology"

http://www.meetup.com/chnedt/

I would like to learn few things from your group perspective and do we have
any opportunity to collaborate etc.

My mobile number is 9840212346 and share your too.

Regards,
Doss



On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at zilogic.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> The meeting minutes is available at
> http://chennaipy.org/june-2015-meet-minutes.html
>
> Thanks to Krishna Sangeeth for contributing the minutes.
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 13:01:03 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:31:03 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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Hi All,

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> The next meetup is on 25th July, the 4th Saturday of this month. The
> meetup will consist of short 20 min talks. If you are interested in
> doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
> description.

I genuinely think more new people should present talks. Our meetup is
going at a steady pace with a large bunch of people who come everytime
and it would be lovely to hear them talk.

If there is anything that is holding anyone back from giving a talk,
let us have a discussion about it, on the mailing list or even
offline. I, personally would love to help anyone that I can to give
their first talk.

Remember, the greatest of orators the world has seen were once
hesitant too. But once they got over that emotion, they were able to
give the world so many things to remember them by.

Cheers,
Shrayas

From murugadossb at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 13:16:45 2015
From: murugadossb at gmail.com (Murugadoss B)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:46:45 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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Hey Shrayas,

If you can accomodate, I can make a quick keynote about my meetup

http://www.meetup.com/chnedt/

Let me know what you think.

Regards,

Doss

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
> > The next meetup is on 25th July, the 4th Saturday of this month. The
> > meetup will consist of short 20 min talks. If you are interested in
> > doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
> > description.
>
> I genuinely think more new people should present talks. Our meetup is
> going at a steady pace with a large bunch of people who come everytime
> and it would be lovely to hear them talk.
>
> If there is anything that is holding anyone back from giving a talk,
> let us have a discussion about it, on the mailing list or even
> offline. I, personally would love to help anyone that I can to give
> their first talk.
>
> Remember, the greatest of orators the world has seen were once
> hesitant too. But once they got over that emotion, they were able to
> give the world so many things to remember them by.
>
> Cheers,
> Shrayas
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 13:22:12 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:52:12 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Murugadoss B <murugadossb at gmail.com> wrote:

[...]

> Let me know what you think.

As long as it is related to python, you're more than welcome :)

From murugadossb at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 13:30:47 2015
From: murugadossb at gmail.com (Murugadoss B)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:00:47 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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If you are restricitng to just python, then my keynote wont qualify.
Otheriwise I will be listening mode :)


Regards,

Doss


On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Murugadoss B <murugadossb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Let me know what you think.
>
> As long as it is related to python, you're more than welcome :)
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From vijaykumar at zilogic.com  Tue Jul 14 17:41:35 2015
From: vijaykumar at zilogic.com (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 21:11:35 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Tuesday 14 July 2015 04:46 PM, Murugadoss B wrote:
> Hey Shrayas,
>
> If you can accomodate, I can make a quick keynote about my meetup
>
> http://www.meetup.com/chnedt/
>
> Let me know what you think.

Can this be done as 5 min lightning talk?

Regards,
Vijay

From vijaykumar at zilogic.com  Tue Jul 14 17:51:29 2015
From: vijaykumar at zilogic.com (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 21:21:29 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Tuesday 14 July 2015 04:31 PM, Shrayas rajagopal wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Vijay Kumar<vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>  wrote:
>> The next meetup is on 25th July, the 4th Saturday of this month. The
>> meetup will consist of short 20 min talks. If you are interested in
>> doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
>> description.
>
> I genuinely think more new people should present talks. Our meetup is
> going at a steady pace with a large bunch of people who come everytime
> and it would be lovely to hear them talk.
>
> If there is anything that is holding anyone back from giving a talk,
> let us have a discussion about it, on the mailing list or even
> offline. I, personally would love to help anyone that I can to give
> their first talk.

BTW, to add this, just wanted let everyone know that the talk need not
be on advanced topics. Basic talks are also welcome.If you looking
for talk ideas please see http://www.bravegnu.org/blog/lightning-talks.html
I guess they still hold true.

Regards,
Vijay

From murugadossb at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 18:08:55 2015
From: murugadossb at gmail.com (Murugadoss B)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 21:38:55 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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Vijay - Yup! I hope so

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at zilogic.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 14 July 2015 04:46 PM, Murugadoss B wrote:
>
>> Hey Shrayas,
>>
>> If you can accomodate, I can make a quick keynote about my meetup
>>
>> http://www.meetup.com/chnedt/
>>
>> Let me know what you think.
>>
>
> Can this be done as 5 min lightning talk?
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>


-- 
Regards
Doss

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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Tue Jul 14 18:15:41 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 21:45:41 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Tuesday 14 July 2015 09:38 PM, Murugadoss B wrote:
> Vijay - Yup! I hope so

I guess off-topic lightning talks, are not problem.

What do you say Shrayas?

Regards,
Vijay

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 19:13:10 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:43:10 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at zilogic.com> wrote:
> BTW, to add this, just wanted let everyone know that the talk need not
> be on advanced topics. Basic talks are also welcome.

Most definitely. What is important is that you give a talk, the
remaining will follow.

> If you looking
> for talk ideas please see http://www.bravegnu.org/blog/lightning-talks.html
> I guess they still hold true.

+1 to this. They definitely do!

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jul 14 19:13:32 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:43:32 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:

[...]

> What do you say Shrayas?

+1 :)

From james.mortensen at synclio.com  Wed Jul 15 07:50:09 2015
From: james.mortensen at synclio.com (James Mortensen)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:20:09 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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Hey Shrayas,

The biggest bottleneck to getting people to speak is shyness and/or
introversion.  I think it's safe to say that many people in tech are
naturally more introverted than extroverted. Introverts can be people
oriented and social, but it's not their natural state.

Making the lightning talks 20 minutes instead of 10 might make the idea of
giving a talk scarier to some people, so maybe we can have some flexibility
there for first time speakers.

Also, I think another idea that could help is if we could get a group to
help people prepare for their speeches.  In my public speaking class in
college, the instructor suggested we practice in the same place where we'd
be giving the speech, so maybe IMSc would let a group come in on the 3rd
Saturday to practice in front of a small group of people.

Another idea is to do group presentations.  We have people who I suspect
would be more comfortable if they were up on stage with another person and
not just themselves.

Hope this helps!

James
Phone: * 866-707-4590*


On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
> > The next meetup is on 25th July, the 4th Saturday of this month. The
> > meetup will consist of short 20 min talks. If you are interested in
> > doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
> > description.
>
> I genuinely think more new people should present talks. Our meetup is
> going at a steady pace with a large bunch of people who come everytime
> and it would be lovely to hear them talk.
>
> If there is anything that is holding anyone back from giving a talk,
> let us have a discussion about it, on the mailing list or even
> offline. I, personally would love to help anyone that I can to give
> their first talk.
>
> Remember, the greatest of orators the world has seen were once
> hesitant too. But once they got over that emotion, they were able to
> give the world so many things to remember them by.
>
> Cheers,
> Shrayas
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Wed Jul 15 15:28:42 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:58:42 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:20 AM, James Mortensen
<james.mortensen at synclio.com> wrote:

[...]

> Making the lightning talks 20 minutes instead of 10 might make the idea of
> giving a talk scarier to some people, so maybe we can have some flexibility
> there for first time speakers.

Maybe we should make the messaging clear. A better model would be to
have talks that can be all the way from 5 minutes to 20 minutes? I
don't think we decided anywhere that talks *should* be 20 minutes
long?

> Also, I think another idea that could help is if we could get a group to
> help people prepare for their speeches.  In my public speaking class in
> college, the instructor suggested we practice in the same place where we'd
> be giving the speech, so maybe IMSc would let a group come in on the 3rd
> Saturday to practice in front of a small group of people.

This sounds like an idealistic thing to do but the availability of
people and the venue would become very big variables in the execution
of such a plan. For example: I would really love to help people with
their presentations and patter but I work on 3rd Saturdays so it would
not be possible for me to make it in spite of the fact that I'd want
to help.

Maybe another way to think of this would be to use talks at user
groups like Chennaipy as practice for higher level conferences like
the PyCons. We're a closely knit set of people with a lot of us being
recurring members now. Many of us want to help each other and I don't
think there will be too much of judgement imposed on first time
speakers (if any at all).

> Another idea is to do group presentations.  We have people who I suspect
> would be more comfortable if they were up on stage with another person and
> not just themselves.

This I like and something that I will +1 for. I don't know why this
hasn't come up yet. Group presentations make sense now that we can
have talks for 20 minutes.

From james.mortensen at synclio.com  Wed Jul 15 17:24:14 2015
From: james.mortensen at synclio.com (James Mortensen)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:54:14 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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Hi Shrayas,

Yes, I think it could be more clear that 20 minutes is the timebox, and
that presentations don't have to be 20 minutes long.  I assumed wrong, so
others may have as well.

Even though this is an easy going group, some of the most introverted folks
can still be a little intimidated.  I encourage people to practice on their
own or with a small group of friends in their own office perhaps.  I admit
my original suggestion is quite idealistic.

As for group presentations, I'm excited to see what people come up with!


James


On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:20 AM, James Mortensen
> <james.mortensen at synclio.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Making the lightning talks 20 minutes instead of 10 might make the idea
> of
> > giving a talk scarier to some people, so maybe we can have some
> flexibility
> > there for first time speakers.
>
> Maybe we should make the messaging clear. A better model would be to
> have talks that can be all the way from 5 minutes to 20 minutes? I
> don't think we decided anywhere that talks *should* be 20 minutes
> long?
>
> > Also, I think another idea that could help is if we could get a group to
> > help people prepare for their speeches.  In my public speaking class in
> > college, the instructor suggested we practice in the same place where
> we'd
> > be giving the speech, so maybe IMSc would let a group come in on the 3rd
> > Saturday to practice in front of a small group of people.
>
> This sounds like an idealistic thing to do but the availability of
> people and the venue would become very big variables in the execution
> of such a plan. For example: I would really love to help people with
> their presentations and patter but I work on 3rd Saturdays so it would
> not be possible for me to make it in spite of the fact that I'd want
> to help.
>
> Maybe another way to think of this would be to use talks at user
> groups like Chennaipy as practice for higher level conferences like
> the PyCons. We're a closely knit set of people with a lot of us being
> recurring members now. Many of us want to help each other and I don't
> think there will be too much of judgement imposed on first time
> speakers (if any at all).
>
> > Another idea is to do group presentations.  We have people who I suspect
> > would be more comfortable if they were up on stage with another person
> and
> > not just themselves.
>
> This I like and something that I will +1 for. I don't know why this
> hasn't come up yet. Group presentations make sense now that we can
> have talks for 20 minutes.
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Wed Jul 15 18:25:26 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:55:26 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:54 PM, James Mortensen
<james.mortensen at synclio.com> wrote:
> Yes, I think it could be more clear that 20 minutes is the timebox, and that
> presentations don't have to be 20 minutes long.  I assumed wrong, so others
> may have as well.

Should we properly start this from the August meet? We can aim to make
the communication clear.

> Even though this is an easy going group, some of the most introverted folks
> can still be a little intimidated.  I encourage people to practice on their
> own or with a small group of friends in their own office perhaps.  I admit
> my original suggestion is quite idealistic.

Agree with you entirely. The best way is to practice in front of a
mirror or as though you are presenting to an actual audience. I do
that everytime and it really helps.

> As for group presentations, I'm excited to see what people come up with!

Me too! Lets start this in August as well. I'm +1 on this.

@Others: What are your thoughts on these?

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Wed Jul 15 18:25:40 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:55:40 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Wednesday 15 July 2015 08:54 PM, James Mortensen wrote:
> Hi Shrayas,
>
> Yes, I think it could be more clear that 20 minutes is the timebox, and
> that presentations don't have to be 20 minutes long.  I assumed wrong,
> so others may have as well.

Will be a bit more explicit next time.  :-)

>
> Even though this is an easy going group, some of the most introverted
> folks can still be a little intimidated.  I encourage people to practice
> on their own or with a small group of friends in their own office
> perhaps.  I admit my original suggestion is quite idealistic.

This is generally what I do before every meetup. I present the topic
to a group within my organization. This helps me get feedback about things
like the pace of the talk, the talk duration, missed out dependencies,
etc.

Regards,
Vijay

From igauravsehrawat at gmail.com  Thu Jul 16 16:46:48 2015
From: igauravsehrawat at gmail.com (Gaurav Sehrawat)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:16:48 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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I agree with all the feedback, but here is a different view of one of my
friend as i asked him to give a talk.
Quoting him
>>> i don't have the time to prepare and give talks and stuff
>>> and i like discussing one on one rather than talk without an engaging
discussion
>>> social service can wait. until i'm ready to serve.

I think he didn't get the idea.

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From james.mortensen at synclio.com  Thu Jul 16 17:44:41 2015
From: james.mortensen at synclio.com (James Mortensen)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:14:41 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On that note, based on Gaurav's feedback, is another idea:  Can there be a
10-20 minute "discussion" on some topic instead of a presentation.  Would
something more interactive take less preparation?

I don't have any examples at the moment, but I thought I would toss out the
idea and see if it spurs any better ones.


James

Phone: * 866-707-4590*

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat <igauravsehrawat at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree with all the feedback, but here is a different view of one of my
> friend as i asked him to give a talk.
> Quoting him
> >>> i don't have the time to prepare and give talks and stuff
> >>> and i like discussing one on one rather than talk without an engaging
> discussion
> >>> social service can wait. until i'm ready to serve.
>
> I think he didn't get the idea.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From vijaykumar at zilogic.com  Thu Jul 16 18:06:59 2015
From: vijaykumar at zilogic.com (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:36:59 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Thursday 16 July 2015 08:16 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat wrote:
> I agree with all the feedback, but here is a different view of one of my
> friend as i asked him to give a talk.
> Quoting him
>  >>> i don't have the time to prepare and give talks and stuff
>> >> and i like discussing one on one rather than talk without an
> engaging discussion
>> >> social service can wait. until i'm ready to serve.
>
> I think he didn't get the idea.

One on One discussions are also an integral part of the meetup. That's
why we have a 30 min slot for networking over tea. And we have
discussions time towards the end of the meetup. So I appreciate people
coming to the meetup for exactly that purpose.

But I would like debunk some myths here:

   1. The talks give an opportunity for you to attract like minded
      people, to the meetup first, and then for a One on One discussion
      after your talk. So if you are interested in One on One
      discussions, then you would be better off giving a talk!

   2. Giving a talk is not a social service. That's at least not how I
      think about it. When I learn something new, and I am excited
      about it, I naturally feel like sharing it with someone else.
      Unfortunately not many people around me are interested in what I
      have got to say. That's why I talk about in a meetup, where there
      are like minded people, who are more than willing to listen.

   3. I sometimes do a talk for purely selfish reasons. For example,
      when I want to improve my knowledge and understanding of a topic,
      I do a talk on it. It forces me to learn the topic deeper, think
      about it at length. The fact that others benefit from it is a
      nice side-effect. So yeah, you don't need a halo above your
      head to do a talk :-)

Regards,
Vijay

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Thu Jul 16 18:34:35 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:04:35 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Thursday 16 July 2015 09:14 PM, James Mortensen wrote:
> On that note, based on Gaurav's feedback, is another idea:  Can there be
> a 10-20 minute "discussion" on some topic instead of a presentation.
> Would something more interactive take less preparation?
>
> I don't have any examples at the moment, but I thought I would toss out
> the idea and see if it spurs any better ones.

Having some form of organized discussions, is something I have been
thinking about too. Fishbowl conversation [1] is one way of doing it.
If somebody is willing to act as a moderator, then we can try it in
one of the meetups.

Regards,
Vijay

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_%28conversation%29


From shrayasr at gmail.com  Thu Jul 16 19:43:16 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 23:13:16 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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Hi All,

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat
<igauravsehrawat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> i don't have the time to prepare and give talks and stuff
>>>> and i like discussing one on one rather than talk without an engaging
>>>> discussion
>>>> social service can wait. until i'm ready to serve.

One on one's are really a crucial part of our meets I feel. I've had
the opportunity to meet some absolutely fantastic people simply during
the tea sessions and learn so much from them. The popularity of our
one on one's is indicated by the fact that Vijay has to (almost
everytime) come and request us to get back into the audi so that we
can continue ;)

Also talking isn't social service. That ideology is quite flawed IMHO.
A talk is firstly, meant for oneself. When you _think_ you know
something, chances are that you don't know it. Only when you are
talking about it and explaining it to a bunch of people do you really
start to see the fallacies in it yourself. Such an experience is
vastly rewarding.

Social service is the act of helping people out and the person that
you're helping the most here is yourself. I'd probably even go to the
extent of saying that it is a happy side effect that it helps other
people more than the true intention.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:14 PM, James Mortensen
<james.mortensen at synclio.com> wrote:
> On that note, based on Gaurav's feedback, is another idea:  Can there be a
> 10-20 minute "discussion" on some topic instead of a presentation.

This sounds like an idea that we could give a shot to. I heard from
quite a few people that there was one such discussion during
Functional Conf 2014 and it worked out pretty well.

However I'd like to insist on the fact that such a thing really needs
to be moderated otherwise it might end up being like "The great net
neutrality debate of April'15". (wink wink)

> Would
> something more interactive take less preparation?

The thing with preparation is it is required in any case, be it for a
talk or for a discussion, if you're not thorough about your thoughts
and your opinions it can be hard to have a fruitful discussion. In
fact I might argue that it is harder during a discussion since you
should be able to refute what you don't believe in as much as (if not
more) what you believe in.

[...]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at zilogic.com> wrote:

[...]

> But I would like debunk some myths here:
>
>   1. The talks give an opportunity for you to attract like minded
>      people, to the meetup first, and then for a One on One discussion
>      after your talk. So if you are interested in One on One
>      discussions, then you would be better off giving a talk!
>
>   2. Giving a talk is not a social service. That's at least not how I
>      think about it. When I learn something new, and I am excited
>      about it, I naturally feel like sharing it with someone else.
>      Unfortunately not many people around me are interested in what I
>      have got to say. That's why I talk about in a meetup, where there
>      are like minded people, who are more than willing to listen.
>
>   3. I sometimes do a talk for purely selfish reasons. For example,
>      when I want to improve my knowledge and understanding of a topic,
>      I do a talk on it. It forces me to learn the topic deeper, think
>      about it at length. The fact that others benefit from it is a
>      nice side-effect. So yeah, you don't need a halo above your
>      head to do a talk :-)

A wonderfully worded set of points. +1 to this.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> Having some form of organized discussions, is something I have been
> thinking about too. Fishbowl conversation [1] is one way of doing it.
> If somebody is willing to act as a moderator, then we can try it in
> one of the meetups.

Ah yes, I just remembered the session at FuConf was a Fishbowl as
well. I'm all +1 for this. We should give it a shot. Probably we'll do
it post break at one of the upcoming meetups?

---

Its so great that we have so much of diversity in this group. Makes me
feel so happy to see open ended discussions like these. Cheers to all
of us!

Regards,
Shrayas

From sunil at planmytour.in  Thu Jul 16 19:53:00 2015
From: sunil at planmytour.in (Sunil Gupta)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 23:23:00 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] iterate through the columns for an object in model
Message-ID: <CAEB9zJqZw3LGvxq5rX=ox_T1i5egvbVALQ2AiGKRTSL72v7OwQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All

how can I iterate through the columns for an object in model

example
for an given object of a model I want to print the verbose name and its
value when the help_text in the model is not NULL.

class Client(models.Model):
    cli_clientid = models.CharField(primary_key=True, verbose_name =
"Client Id", help_text= "This is help")
    cli_client_type = models.CharField(max_length=4, verbose_name = "Client
Type", help_text= "")

Assume Test_Client_Id is the value of cli_clientid os respective object

for each column in Obj
     if column.help_text != "" :
              print "The column ", column.verbose_name, " has value ",
column.value

expected output

The column Client Id has value Test_Client_Id

Thanks
Sunil
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From james.mortensen at synclio.com  Thu Jul 16 20:40:07 2015
From: james.mortensen at synclio.com (James Mortensen)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:10:07 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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I think it's interesting that both Shrayas and Vijay agree and see eye to
eye on the social service point.  I've never thought of talks in that
manner, but I can relate and see your points.  On Stack Exchange, the
people answering the questions learn just as much as the people asking
them, if not more.  The times I've written an answer and been down-voted on
Stack Overflow were the times I really learned something extraordinary.  I
can see the same happening with talks as well.  They say teaching is the
best way to master something, so this makes sense to me.

Thank you both for organizing such a great community.  I am honored to be a
part of it.

James


On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat
> <igauravsehrawat at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> i don't have the time to prepare and give talks and stuff
> >>>> and i like discussing one on one rather than talk without an engaging
> >>>> discussion
> >>>> social service can wait. until i'm ready to serve.
>
> One on one's are really a crucial part of our meets I feel. I've had
> the opportunity to meet some absolutely fantastic people simply during
> the tea sessions and learn so much from them. The popularity of our
> one on one's is indicated by the fact that Vijay has to (almost
> everytime) come and request us to get back into the audi so that we
> can continue ;)
>
> Also talking isn't social service. That ideology is quite flawed IMHO.
> A talk is firstly, meant for oneself. When you _think_ you know
> something, chances are that you don't know it. Only when you are
> talking about it and explaining it to a bunch of people do you really
> start to see the fallacies in it yourself. Such an experience is
> vastly rewarding.
>
> Social service is the act of helping people out and the person that
> you're helping the most here is yourself. I'd probably even go to the
> extent of saying that it is a happy side effect that it helps other
> people more than the true intention.
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:14 PM, James Mortensen
> <james.mortensen at synclio.com> wrote:
> > On that note, based on Gaurav's feedback, is another idea:  Can there be
> a
> > 10-20 minute "discussion" on some topic instead of a presentation.
>
> This sounds like an idea that we could give a shot to. I heard from
> quite a few people that there was one such discussion during
> Functional Conf 2014 and it worked out pretty well.
>
> However I'd like to insist on the fact that such a thing really needs
> to be moderated otherwise it might end up being like "The great net
> neutrality debate of April'15". (wink wink)
>
> > Would
> > something more interactive take less preparation?
>
> The thing with preparation is it is required in any case, be it for a
> talk or for a discussion, if you're not thorough about your thoughts
> and your opinions it can be hard to have a fruitful discussion. In
> fact I might argue that it is harder during a discussion since you
> should be able to refute what you don't believe in as much as (if not
> more) what you believe in.
>
> [...]
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at zilogic.com>
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > But I would like debunk some myths here:
> >
> >   1. The talks give an opportunity for you to attract like minded
> >      people, to the meetup first, and then for a One on One discussion
> >      after your talk. So if you are interested in One on One
> >      discussions, then you would be better off giving a talk!
> >
> >   2. Giving a talk is not a social service. That's at least not how I
> >      think about it. When I learn something new, and I am excited
> >      about it, I naturally feel like sharing it with someone else.
> >      Unfortunately not many people around me are interested in what I
> >      have got to say. That's why I talk about in a meetup, where there
> >      are like minded people, who are more than willing to listen.
> >
> >   3. I sometimes do a talk for purely selfish reasons. For example,
> >      when I want to improve my knowledge and understanding of a topic,
> >      I do a talk on it. It forces me to learn the topic deeper, think
> >      about it at length. The fact that others benefit from it is a
> >      nice side-effect. So yeah, you don't need a halo above your
> >      head to do a talk :-)
>
> A wonderfully worded set of points. +1 to this.
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
> > Having some form of organized discussions, is something I have been
> > thinking about too. Fishbowl conversation [1] is one way of doing it.
> > If somebody is willing to act as a moderator, then we can try it in
> > one of the meetups.
>
> Ah yes, I just remembered the session at FuConf was a Fishbowl as
> well. I'm all +1 for this. We should give it a shot. Probably we'll do
> it post break at one of the upcoming meetups?
>
> ---
>
> Its so great that we have so much of diversity in this group. Makes me
> feel so happy to see open ended discussions like these. Cheers to all
> of us!
>
> Regards,
> Shrayas
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com  Thu Jul 16 22:09:42 2015
From: kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com (Krishna Sangeeth KS)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:09:42 +0000
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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I absolutely agree to the point on giving a talk not necessarily implying
social service. We are bound to forget things that we have just learned.
IMO the effective ways of retaining the newly learned topic is to either
write about it or talk about it to a group of people (preferably to folks
who might be interested in the topic). Thus talking about a cool thing
newly learned helps the speaker in retaining what he learned for a much
longer period. There are other intangible benefits such as building more
confidence or overcoming stage fear. So the speaker has more to gain from
the meetup AFAIK. (Yup. This is an advert for Giving a talk)

I like to use the word 'talk' instead of 'teach' in the context of our
meetup. This way we are freeing ourselves from the idea that the speaker
should be a foremost expert on the topic. Normally we are so accustomed to
one person talking and everyone listening from schools to college, that we
sometimes forget that any discussion or talk to be effective should be a
back and forth process with interaction. We often set prejudices where the
speaker is the highly knowledgeable teacher and the listener is the
slightly inferior lesser knowledgeable individual. This is so not true and
yet this leads to people not asking their doubt's for the fear of being
tagged as a stupid question.  (+1 for the fact that we have added a slot
for asking questions in our meet up format)

Since the common link that connects us is an interest in learning Python,
the one sure way that it would genuinely serve the purpose is if we
actively take part in the discussions whether it is asking questions or
giving a talk or interacting with fellow Pythonistas.

These are just few things that came on top of my head. As James said, I
feel very honored to be part of this community.

I am not sure whether we have a mission/vision statement. Since we are
delving into lots of good discussions it might be worthwhile to think of
one.

-
Sangeeth


 I think it's interesting that both Shrayas and Vijay agree and see eye to
eye on the social service point.  I've never thought of talks in that
manner, but I can relate and see your points.  On Stack Exchange, the
people answering the questions learn just as much as the people asking
them, if not more.  The times I've written an answer and been down-voted on
Stack Overflow were the times I really learned something extraordinary.  I
can see the same happening with talks as well.  They say teaching is the
best way to master something, so this makes sense to me.

Thank you both for organizing such a great community.  I am honored to be a
part of it.

James

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

Hi All,

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat
<igauravsehrawat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> i don't have the time to prepare and give talks and stuff
>>>> and i like discussing one on one rather than talk without an engaging
>>>> discussion
>>>> social service can wait. until i'm ready to serve.

One on one's are really a crucial part of our meets I feel. I've had
the opportunity to meet some absolutely fantastic people simply during
the tea sessions and learn so much from them. The popularity of our
one on one's is indicated by the fact that Vijay has to (almost
everytime) come and request us to get back into the audi so that we
can continue ;)

Also talking isn't social service. That ideology is quite flawed IMHO.
A talk is firstly, meant for oneself. When you _think_ you know
something, chances are that you don't know it. Only when you are
talking about it and explaining it to a bunch of people do you really
start to see the fallacies in it yourself. Such an experience is
vastly rewarding.

Social service is the act of helping people out and the person that
you're helping the most here is yourself. I'd probably even go to the
extent of saying that it is a happy side effect that it helps other
people more than the true intention.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:14 PM, James Mortensen
<james.mortensen at synclio.com> wrote:
> On that note, based on Gaurav's feedback, is another idea:  Can there be a
> 10-20 minute "discussion" on some topic instead of a presentation.

This sounds like an idea that we could give a shot to. I heard from
quite a few people that there was one such discussion during
Functional Conf 2014 and it worked out pretty well.

However I'd like to insist on the fact that such a thing really needs
to be moderated otherwise it might end up being like "The great net
neutrality debate of April'15". (wink wink)

> Would
> something more interactive take less preparation?

The thing with preparation is it is required in any case, be it for a
talk or for a discussion, if you're not thorough about your thoughts
and your opinions it can be hard to have a fruitful discussion. In
fact I might argue that it is harder during a discussion since you
should be able to refute what you don't believe in as much as (if not
more) what you believe in.

[...]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at zilogic.com> wrote:

[...]

> But I would like debunk some myths here:
>
>   1. The talks give an opportunity for you to attract like minded
>      people, to the meetup first, and then for a One on One discussion
>      after your talk. So if you are interested in One on One
>      discussions, then you would be better off giving a talk!
>
>   2. Giving a talk is not a social service. That's at least not how I
>      think about it. When I learn something new, and I am excited
>      about it, I naturally feel like sharing it with someone else.
>      Unfortunately not many people around me are interested in what I
>      have got to say. That's why I talk about in a meetup, where there
>      are like minded people, who are more than willing to listen.
>
>   3. I sometimes do a talk for purely selfish reasons. For example,
>      when I want to improve my knowledge and understanding of a topic,
>      I do a talk on it. It forces me to learn the topic deeper, think
>      about it at length. The fact that others benefit from it is a
>      nice side-effect. So yeah, you don't need a halo above your
>      head to do a talk :-)

A wonderfully worded set of points. +1 to this.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
wrote:
> Having some form of organized discussions, is something I have been
> thinking about too. Fishbowl conversation [1] is one way of doing it.
> If somebody is willing to act as a moderator, then we can try it in
> one of the meetups.

Ah yes, I just remembered the session at FuConf was a Fishbowl as
well. I'm all +1 for this. We should give it a shot. Probably we'll do
it post break at one of the upcoming meetups?

---

Its so great that we have so much of diversity in this group. Makes me
feel so happy to see open ended discussions like these. Cheers to all
of us!

Regards,
Shrayas

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From vengat.lnx at gmail.com  Fri Jul 17 07:24:32 2015
From: vengat.lnx at gmail.com (Vengat)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:54:32 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
In-Reply-To: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <55A89190.1010509@gmail.com>

Hi Everyone,
     I would like to give a presentation on Selenium.

Topic: "Automating things using Selenium"

Description:
Selenium is a powerful automation tool for web browsers, which is used 
for testing web applications. This talk is all about an overview of 
selenium and how to automate your own web application through selenium.
To know a more details about selenium just have a look at
1. "SeleniumHQ" http://www.seleniumhq.org/
2. "Selenium with Python" https://selenium-python.readthedocs.org/index.html


--Regards
Vengatesh.S

On Thursday 09 July 2015 06:34 AM, Vijay Kumar wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> The next meetup is on 25th July, the 4th Saturday of this month. The
> meetup will consist of short 20 min talks. If you are interested in
> doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
> description.
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy


From shrayasr at gmail.com  Fri Jul 17 07:52:55 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:22:55 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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Hi All,

A correction.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat
> <igauravsehrawat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> i don't have the time to prepare and give talks and stuff
>>>>> and i like discussing one on one rather than talk without an engaging
>>>>> discussion
>>>>> social service can wait. until i'm ready to serve.

The above quote seems like Gaurav said it but it isn't so. I quoted
only a part of the mail which probably gave off this impression. My
sincerest apologies to Gaurav for that.

Whatever I said was directed at his friend whom he quoted.

Hope this clears things up.

Regards,
Shrayas

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Fri Jul 17 12:13:30 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:43:30 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
In-Reply-To: <55A89190.1010509@gmail.com>
References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org> <55A89190.1010509@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89OLg6WPXJto3i4x+-SrcuRzZPxDANRFa6FoieDp0vA-eQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Vengat,

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Vengat <vengat.lnx at gmail.com> wrote:
>     I would like to give a presentation on Selenium.

[...]

Added to the agenda :)

From deepsukhwani at gmail.com  Sat Jul 18 14:03:27 2015
From: deepsukhwani at gmail.com (Deep Sukhwani)
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:33:27 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Nominations for Kenneth Gonsalves Award
Message-ID: <CAEMqiPcsU6zy6Rv0_r3qjSrCYWzhOMz3sXqa0tOuPa0N5Y=CzQ@mail.gmail.com>

Its time of the year to nominate for the prestigious Kenneth Gonsalves
award.

This award is instituted by PSSI and PSF in the name of our late friend and
mentor, Kenneth Gonsalves who passed away in August 2012. KG, as he is
fondly known in the community, was the founder of the Indian Python
Software Society. This award is for the ones who are doing exemplary work
in Python programming language, its development/adoption/advocacy in India.

You can read more about it on PyConIndia blog:
https://in.pycon.org/blog/2015/kenneth-gonsalves-2015.html

We Pythonistas, strongly encourage you, to come forward and nominate a
worthy candidate for this year's Kenneth Gonsalves award. The nominations
are open now.

If you know someone who has played a key role in the Indian Python
community's development, please nominate their name through the link below:
https://pssi.org.in/nomination/KG2015/

Do your part to help us find a deserving personality to accept the award
this year.

--
Regards
Deep L Sukhwani
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From igauravsehrawat at gmail.com  Sun Jul 19 14:28:05 2015
From: igauravsehrawat at gmail.com (Gaurav Sehrawat)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:58:05 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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Message-ID: <CAC2qNN7H68zR+JXWzrJztdKX9vhpeLrev1yCmK0C9nWJLLi0uA@mail.gmail.com>

*Talk Title:* Data Science 101
*Description:* Introduction to probabilistic model particularly Bayesian
theory. Solving one Kaggle machine learning  problem based on bayesian
 model using tools like scylearn, numpy, pandas and ipython.


Cheers

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Vengat,
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Vengat <vengat.lnx at gmail.com> wrote:
> >     I would like to give a presentation on Selenium.
>
> [...]
>
> Added to the agenda :)
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Sun Jul 19 14:36:01 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:06:01 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org> <55A89190.1010509@gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAEkH89NMtk9SZdbDC6J7yTs3C0broVwZ58oZzGtprUyjeM6r0A@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat
<igauravsehrawat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Talk Title: Data Science 101

Added to agenda!

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Sun Jul 19 20:04:16 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 23:34:16 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
In-Reply-To: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <55ABE6A0.7060903@bravegnu.org>

On Thursday 09 July 2015 06:34 AM, Vijay Kumar wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> The next meetup is on 25th July, the 4th Saturday of this month. The
> meetup will consist of short 20 min talks. If you are interested in
> doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
> description.

Hi Everyone,
I will be doing a talk on Git.

Topic: Building Git From Scratch
Description: This talk will incrementally build a prototype of Git
in Python. The idea is to learn how Git works, by building a
miniature version of it. We will see how files are tracked by Git,
how commits are stored, how branching works, and if time permits
how merging works.

Regards,
Vijay


From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jul 20 07:39:09 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:09:09 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
In-Reply-To: <55ABE6A0.7060903@bravegnu.org>
References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org> <55ABE6A0.7060903@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89MkEwiBa5Vmp45bv7FzMg-XRZR4w90f8R2UtnQpsaC0PA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> This talk will incrementally build a prototype of Git
> in Python. The idea is to learn how Git works, by building a
> miniature version of it. We will see how files are tracked by Git,
> how commits are stored, how branching works, and if time permits
> how merging works

WOOOOOOAH. Sweet!

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jul 20 08:39:39 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:09:39 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
In-Reply-To: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89M5j4CtOcGmr-CPqtHnC50orXS2iwDHBqK6zaLcxiOXyA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> If you are interested in
> doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
> description.

Would it be ok if 2 people spoke this time? We considered trying this
from next time onwards but is it ok to give it a shot this time?

Regards,
Shrayas

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Mon Jul 20 10:45:22 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:15:22 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89M5j4CtOcGmr-CPqtHnC50orXS2iwDHBqK6zaLcxiOXyA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <559DC8AF.5010800@bravegnu.org>
 <CAEkH89M5j4CtOcGmr-CPqtHnC50orXS2iwDHBqK6zaLcxiOXyA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <366e7cc4d6420baef6efb2481a228543.squirrel@gator3315.hostgator.com>

On Mon, July 20, 2015 12:09 pm, Shrayas rajagopal wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
>
>> If you are interested in
>> doing a talk at the meetup, please send in a talk title and short
>> description.
>
> Would it be ok if 2 people spoke this time? We considered trying this
> from next time onwards but is it ok to give it a shot this time?

Should be OK.

Regards,
Vijay

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jul 20 11:22:45 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:52:45 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> please send in a talk title and short
> description.

Topic: The beauty that is PostgreSQL - Part 1
Description: This session will highlight a few of the brilliant things
that come with the PostgreSQL Database. Requires the 9.4 version of
PG.

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jul 20 11:23:35 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:53:35 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Topic: The beauty that is PostgreSQL - Part 1
> Description: This session will highlight a few of the brilliant things
> that come with the PostgreSQL Database. Requires the 9.4 version of
> PG.

Sorry forgot to mention that VK (Karthik Viswanathan) and I will be
doing this talk together.

From kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com  Mon Jul 20 11:26:51 2015
From: kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com (Krishna Sangeeth KS)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:26:51 +0000
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for the Next Meet
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 <CAEkH89Ok1HA9DKtC3E9t67WJr1s6cEkMewu=OwkxL7epCrdSHg@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEkH89ORDDNQ5A801bFRS+fq0wH+_g1+JdqRM+isL=OcqWdMfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAOZZnL+1kN-xs=c-vLSKw1me8YhghyvrNWwe1v9myMVz9BfmhQ@mail.gmail.com>

Awesome. Looking forward to this



Sorry forgot to mention that VK (Karthik Viswanathan) and I will be
doing this talk together.
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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Mon Jul 20 18:55:40 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 22:25:40 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] July Meetup (RSVP Required)
Message-ID: <55AD280C.20501@bravegnu.org>

# July Meetup

## Date & Time

    * 25th July (Saturday)
    * 3:00pm to 5:30pm

## Venue

Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc,
C.I.T Campus,
4th Cross Street,
Tharamani,
Chennai.

Location map: http://www.google.com/maps?q=12.994337,80.247170

## Schedule

   * Automating things using Selenium (20 min)
     by Vengatesh

   * Data Science 101  (20 min)
     by Gaurav

   * Networking Tea sponsored by Zilogic Systems (30 min)

   * Building Git from Scratch (20 min)
     by Vijay Kumar

   * The beauty that is PostgreSQL - Part 1 (20 min)
     by Shrayas & Karthik

   * Discussions (30 min)

Only the talk titles are included here, for the sake of brevity. For
details about the talks and the speakers, please visit
http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/events/223800671/

## RSVP

Please RSVP on our Meetup page
http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/events/223800671/

## New to Python?

If you are new to Python, you can make best use of the meetup, if you
go through any of the following resources, before attending the
meetup.

    * Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, Chapters 1 - 9
      http://inventwithpython.com/chapters/

    * Google's Python Course (with Lecture Videos)
      https://developers.google.com/edu/python/

    * How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, Chapters 1 - 12
      http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/


From nandanself at gmail.com  Tue Jul 21 21:53:10 2015
From: nandanself at gmail.com (Maruti Nandan)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 01:23:10 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Django doubt
Message-ID: <CAPX0S93Gw7VXE37UJ=f-j2+djPd_DUwLnH=1OF=HMgYintLOcw@mail.gmail.com>

I am a newbie to django.I am designing a rest ful  api. In my response I am
getting something like this

{ "id":"1" , " type ": "thin,tall,round", " "name": " foo" }

But I want something like this

{ "id":"1" , " type ": ["thin","tall","round"] , " "name": " foo" }

What model field type should I use to achieve this or any other approach.
This may be very small query. But it will help me a lot
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From harshitlingamneni at gmail.com  Wed Jul 22 07:47:59 2015
From: harshitlingamneni at gmail.com (Harshit Lingamneni)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:17:59 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Django doubt
In-Reply-To: <CAPX0S93Gw7VXE37UJ=f-j2+djPd_DUwLnH=1OF=HMgYintLOcw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello,

There are many ways to do it.

1) If you are using postgresql, the TYPE of "type" can be set to json
(postgres dialects) and it can save arrays and dictionaries.

2) you can form an Array, and serialize it before dumping it in the
database, and jsonify the string you retrieved from the database and send
an array in response.

Corrections welcomed.

Thank You.


On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 1:23 AM, Maruti Nandan <nandanself at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am a newbie to django.I am designing a rest ful  api. In my response I
> am getting something like this
>
> { "id":"1" , " type ": "thin,tall,round", " "name": " foo" }
>
> But I want something like this
>
> { "id":"1" , " type ": ["thin","tall","round"] , " "name": " foo" }
>
> What model field type should I use to achieve this or any other approach.
> This may be very small query. But it will help me a lot
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Chennaipy at python.org
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From harshitlingamneni at gmail.com  Wed Jul 22 07:49:44 2015
From: harshitlingamneni at gmail.com (Harshit Lingamneni)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:19:44 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] iterate through the columns for an object in model
In-Reply-To: <CAEB9zJqZw3LGvxq5rX=ox_T1i5egvbVALQ2AiGKRTSL72v7OwQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAOMrpmWJCt2Hs+LVk5TgFqQE1tD60FTvk=NJP_Bp2eoPTnOYAg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

Obj._meta.get_all_field_names() is what you are looking for.

Thank you.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:23 PM, Sunil Gupta <sunil at planmytour.in> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> how can I iterate through the columns for an object in model
>
> example
> for an given object of a model I want to print the verbose name and its
> value when the help_text in the model is not NULL.
>
> class Client(models.Model):
>     cli_clientid = models.CharField(primary_key=True, verbose_name =
> "Client Id", help_text= "This is help")
>     cli_client_type = models.CharField(max_length=4, verbose_name =
> "Client Type", help_text= "")
>
> Assume Test_Client_Id is the value of cli_clientid os respective object
>
> for each column in Obj
>      if column.help_text != "" :
>               print "The column ", column.verbose_name, " has value ",
> column.value
>
> expected output
>
> The column Client Id has value Test_Client_Id
>
> Thanks
> Sunil
> 9008524726
>
>
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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Wed Jul 22 19:04:54 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:34:54 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] PyCon Chennai: The Beginning!
Message-ID: <55AFCD36.3050806@bravegnu.org>

Hi Everyone,
A Python conference in Chennai, is something that everybody wants. And
I guess, now we have a viable volunteer base to make it happen.

A conference is a large event, and organizing it requires a team of
volunteers. And for a team to function effectively, without friction,
it is necessary to understand:

   * The purpose of the conference
   * The core values of the team

We also need to create a roadmap of events, that will prepare us for
the conference. The events will help us identify our strengths and
weaknesses.

We will meet this Sunday (26 Jul) and discuss these topics, between
10:30 AM and 12:30 AM at Logic Soft (See
http://logicsoft.co.in/contact-us/ for directions). Please attend the
meeting if you are interested in organizing the conference.

Regards,
Vijay

From vikneshwaren.u at gmail.com  Wed Jul 22 19:37:39 2015
From: vikneshwaren.u at gmail.com (Vikneshwaren)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 23:07:39 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] PyCon Chennai: The Beginning!
In-Reply-To: <55AFCD36.3050806@bravegnu.org>
References: <55AFCD36.3050806@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAAyiP1aCONR8TsPRTQUVzQ==H=me6=TyJTcyHbbkPVWvL+dTyQ@mail.gmail.com>

Awesome!

--
Vikneshwaren
Free Software Hardware Movement, Puducherry

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> A Python conference in Chennai, is something that everybody wants. And
> I guess, now we have a viable volunteer base to make it happen.
>
> A conference is a large event, and organizing it requires a team of
> volunteers. And for a team to function effectively, without friction,
> it is necessary to understand:
>
>   * The purpose of the conference
>   * The core values of the team
>
> We also need to create a roadmap of events, that will prepare us for
> the conference. The events will help us identify our strengths and
> weaknesses.
>
> We will meet this Sunday (26 Jul) and discuss these topics, between
> 10:30 AM and 12:30 AM at Logic Soft (See
> http://logicsoft.co.in/contact-us/ for directions). Please attend the
> meeting if you are interested in organizing the conference.
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From kausikram at gmail.com  Thu Jul 23 13:05:34 2015
From: kausikram at gmail.com (kausikram krishnasayee)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:35:34 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] PyCon Chennai: The Beginning!
In-Reply-To: <CAAyiP1aCONR8TsPRTQUVzQ==H=me6=TyJTcyHbbkPVWvL+dTyQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <55AFCD36.3050806@bravegnu.org>
 <CAAyiP1aCONR8TsPRTQUVzQ==H=me6=TyJTcyHbbkPVWvL+dTyQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHYLgg13ZxwVszs28=BnPZKTwQRCdaXXdihPbeKgthCn5n9h7A@mail.gmail.com>

i am a big +1 for this. However i would really appreciate if we could have
this meeting on a Friday evening. Sundays are strict family time for lots
of people.

Cheers,
Kausik

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:07 PM, Vikneshwaren <vikneshwaren.u at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Awesome!
>
> --
> Vikneshwaren
> Free Software Hardware Movement, Puducherry
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> A Python conference in Chennai, is something that everybody wants. And
>> I guess, now we have a viable volunteer base to make it happen.
>>
>> A conference is a large event, and organizing it requires a team of
>> volunteers. And for a team to function effectively, without friction,
>> it is necessary to understand:
>>
>>   * The purpose of the conference
>>   * The core values of the team
>>
>> We also need to create a roadmap of events, that will prepare us for
>> the conference. The events will help us identify our strengths and
>> weaknesses.
>>
>> We will meet this Sunday (26 Jul) and discuss these topics, between
>> 10:30 AM and 12:30 AM at Logic Soft (See
>> http://logicsoft.co.in/contact-us/ for directions). Please attend the
>> meeting if you are interested in organizing the conference.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vijay
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chennaipy mailing list
>> Chennaipy at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>
>


-- 
Kausikram Krishnasayee
Webpage: kausikram.in |  Twitter: http://twitter.com/kausikram
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From kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com  Thu Jul 23 13:46:03 2015
From: kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com (Krishna Sangeeth KS)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:46:03 +0000
Subject: [Chennaipy] PyCon Chennai: The Beginning!
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References: <55AFCD36.3050806@bravegnu.org>
 <CAAyiP1aCONR8TsPRTQUVzQ==H=me6=TyJTcyHbbkPVWvL+dTyQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAHYLgg13ZxwVszs28=BnPZKTwQRCdaXXdihPbeKgthCn5n9h7A@mail.gmail.com>
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Will it be possible to have the discussion on Saturday itself? I would come
anyway but it would be nice if meet up and discussions happen on the same
day.

I think more people would be unavailable on Friday evening when compared
with Saturday and Sunday .

Thanks,
Krishna Sangeeth

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015, 4:42 PM kausikram krishnasayee <kausikram at gmail.com>
wrote:

> i am a big +1 for this. However i would really appreciate if we could have
> this meeting on a Friday evening. Sundays are strict family time for lots
> of people.
>
> Cheers,
> Kausik
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:07 PM, Vikneshwaren <vikneshwaren.u at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Awesome!
>>
>> --
>> Vikneshwaren
>> Free Software Hardware Movement, Puducherry
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>> A Python conference in Chennai, is something that everybody wants. And
>>> I guess, now we have a viable volunteer base to make it happen.
>>>
>>> A conference is a large event, and organizing it requires a team of
>>> volunteers. And for a team to function effectively, without friction,
>>> it is necessary to understand:
>>>
>>>   * The purpose of the conference
>>>   * The core values of the team
>>>
>>> We also need to create a roadmap of events, that will prepare us for
>>> the conference. The events will help us identify our strengths and
>>> weaknesses.
>>>
>>> We will meet this Sunday (26 Jul) and discuss these topics, between
>>> 10:30 AM and 12:30 AM at Logic Soft (See
>>> http://logicsoft.co.in/contact-us/ for directions). Please attend the
>>> meeting if you are interested in organizing the conference.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Vijay
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Chennaipy mailing list
>>> Chennaipy at python.org
>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chennaipy mailing list
>> Chennaipy at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Kausikram Krishnasayee
> Webpage: kausikram.in |  Twitter: http://twitter.com/kausikram
>  _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Thu Jul 23 14:58:45 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:28:45 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] PyCon Chennai: The Beginning!
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 <CAHYLgg13ZxwVszs28=BnPZKTwQRCdaXXdihPbeKgthCn5n9h7A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 4:35 PM, kausikram krishnasayee
<kausikram at gmail.com> wrote:

[...]

> i would really appreciate if we could have this meeting on a Friday evening.
> Sundays are strict family time for lots of people.

Fridays are harder since there will be lots of traffic and the "friday
evening" feeling sets in. Sundays are better IMO since:

1. Less traffic so can commute easily
2. Office space will be available

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Krishna Sangeeth KS
<kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Will it be possible to have the discussion on Saturday itself? I would come
> anyway but it would be nice if meet up and discussions happen on the same
> day.

The meetup itself usually goes on for long enough right? Having it on
the same day might be impractical. Good to start off on a fresh mind.

> I think more people would be unavailable on Friday evening when compared
> with Saturday and Sunday .

+1

From karthikeyan at openmailbox.org  Sun Jul 26 16:25:13 2015
From: karthikeyan at openmailbox.org (Karthikeyan A K)
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:55:13 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Help Wesnoth
Message-ID: <55B4EDC9.1040809@openmailbox.org>

http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=42912

Enjoy Coding!

Karthikeyan A K
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jul 27 07:16:57 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:46:57 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] PyCon Chennai: The Beginning!
In-Reply-To: <55AFCD36.3050806@bravegnu.org>
References: <55AFCD36.3050806@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89MHybF9MdaeZXCtM-xqeKZCyFOLRHjH+2MEF77PW3h=jQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:

[...]

> We will meet this Sunday (26 Jul) and discuss these topics, between
> 10:30 AM and 12:30 AM at Logic Soft (See
> http://logicsoft.co.in/contact-us/ for directions). Please attend the
> meeting if you are interested in organizing the conference.

Here are the minutes of the meeting:

A few of us got together on Sunday (26th July 2015) to kick start discussions
around PyCon Chennai (Name subject to change).

Everyone started trickling in by 10:30 and we had a few people who came in a
bit later as well. Including me, there were 10 people who were part of the
discussion.

Looking at the kind of talk submissions that we get to Chennaipy from the
community, it was decided that this would be a Beginner to Intermediate level
conference.

Following that, the majority of the discussion was centered around the whys of
organizing a conference in Chennai.  Some of the points, in no particular order
were:

- Chennai doesn't have the reputation of a good "tech" scene. The de facto
  place for tech in India seems to be Bangalore. By organizing a good
  conference, we take a step towards breaking that image.
- There is a very strong need for such a conferences. People are looking for
  ways to learn new things and we could be that platform. Additionally Python
  is fragmented enough to be found in different places and organizing a
  conference helps to bring all such people together
- We need to create a platform where people who want to learn and people who
  want to share are brought together
- A recent graduate made the point that almost no engineering student knows
  about python and even if they do, the feeling around it is that it is a
  "hard" language to learn. Additionally there is no clarity on the job
  availability after learning a language like Python. The conference should aim
  to bring exposure to the colleges and help them to get a clarity on Python
  and its varied fields of application
- One of the things that latches people on to a language is the ability to do
  lots of "magic" with it. The conference should dazzle newcomers and
  intermediates with the sheer power of the language.
- The conference should be able to get people started with using the language
  and to show them the various niches in which the language is applied.

To make the reasoning more clear, it was decided that we would split the
objectives into a set of primary and secondary objectives. The distinction was
quite clear

Primary Objectives:
  - Maintain the same diversity of talks that we get every month in Chennaipy
  - Expose the different fields of application of Python
  - Bring together the people who want to learn and the people who want to share
  - Spread the word and create Awareness

Secondary Objectives:
  - Contribute largely to the betterment of a tech scene in Chennai
  - Incorporate Job awareness somehow?

We also had a few thoughts on how we should run the conference and what
different things we should try. Some of those points were:

- Have a separate section just to get started with python and learn basics
- Look at different way to deliver content other than legacy talks: BOFs,
  Lightning talks, Speed Geeking, Ignite talks, Pecha Kucha
- Have kiosks to facilitate a place to ask questions
- Have discussion times during the conference itself. Go so far as to even
  freeze talks
- Panel discussions
- The participants of the conference can pick up an item that says "I am
  interested in X or Y". This can be can conversation starter.
- Have experts identifiable in case someone wants to ask questions about
  certain topics.

---

It was a rather interesting discussion and good to get the ball rolling on
PyCon Chennai. It was also decided that the conference would not be in the
foreseeable future and that we have to organize a lot more smaller events
(hackathons, workshops) in order to really get a sense of what it takes to put
together something at a larger scale.

---

We are STILL looking for more volunteers and people to join the organizing
committee.  There will a lot of exciting work and it will be a wonderful
experience to organize something at such a large scale together with the
community.

The next meeting is scheduled for the 9th of August. The venue is yet to be
decided. It will either be at Logic Soft or at Voice Gear Networks.

Anyone who is interested is more than welcome to join us.

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@People who attended: Please feel free to add anything that I might have missed
out on.

Best Regards,
Shrayas

From vijaykumar at zilogic.com  Tue Jul 28 16:07:02 2015
From: vijaykumar at zilogic.com (Vijay Kumar B.)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:37:02 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] [OT] Git Workshop
Message-ID: <55B78C86.8060407@zilogic.com>

Hi Everyone,
At Zilogic Systems we are doing a free workshop on Git basics on August 
23. The details of the workshop is available at 
http://www.meetup.com/embedded-linux/events/224147277/

The registration procedure is available in the above mentioned event page.

Regards,
Vijay Kumar