From atendimento@ia.com.br Tue Aug 13 19:15:01 2002 From: atendimento@ia.com.br (Interart Comunicação & Sistemas) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:15:01 -0300 Subject: [Conferences-discuss] Contato - Seu Site na Web Message-ID: <1382916-22002821318151320@ia.com.br> Prezado Sr=2E(a):=20 Vimos oferecer a sua empresa nossos servi=E7os de produ=E7=E3o de sites e manuten=E7=E3o de sites j=E1 existentes=2E=20 Nossa empresa atua com desenvolvimento de sites Internet desde 1997, atendendo empresas nacionais e internacionais=2E=20 Para mais informa=E7=F5es, visite nosso site http://www=2Eia=2Ecom=2Ebr Caso necessite, aguardamos o agendamento de uma reuni=E3o em=20 sua empresa=2E Somos especialistas no desenvolvimento de sites profissionais, com qualidade e custos competitivos=2E=20 Atenciosamente,=20 Equipe Interart=20 www=2Eia=2Ecom=2Ebr --------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------- Esta mensagem =E9 enviada as empresas associadas da Amcham,=20 contanto, nossa empresa n=E3o possui v=EDnculo comercial com a Amcham=2E=20= From guido@python.org Fri Aug 30 16:57:09 2002 From: guido@python.org (Guido van Rossum) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 11:57:09 -0400 Subject: [Conferences-discuss] DC conference in March Message-ID: <200208301557.g7UFv9P09387@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net> Adam Turoff just sent me a serious proposal for a YAS-style conference in Washington, DC. I'm inclined to go for it, especially as nobody else in the Python community has offered to do any work to find an alternative. Here's my summary of the deal that Adam has worked out with GWU: - Date: three days in the week of March 24, 2003. - Location: GWU conference center in downtown DC. - Facilities: a grand ballroom holding over 400 people, plus three rooms with a capacity of 80-90 each, and a spacious hallway. LCD projector in each room. - Food: breakfast, lunch and two coffee breaks (nothing fancy). - Sprint: a three-day coding sprint event before or after the conference is an option. - Cost: with a price of $100/head, a break-even point at 300 attendees. With a price of $125/head, break even at 250. - No hotel deals. There are plenty of hotels in downtown DC, though most are pricey. The conference is near a metro stop so you can always find cheaper lodging elsewhere and metro in. Or stay with a friend. My main question at this point is, are these dates OK? This is as late in the low season as we can go; the weather is expected to be fine by then (no risk of being snowed in). If yall would check your calendars to see if there are any conflicting events, that would be great! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) From beazley@cs.uchicago.edu Fri Aug 30 17:41:37 2002 From: beazley@cs.uchicago.edu (David Beazley) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 11:41:37 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Conferences-discuss] DC conference in March In-Reply-To: <200208301557.g7UFv9P09387@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net> References: <200208301557.g7UFv9P09387@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net> Message-ID: <15727.41025.130633.795327@gargoyle.cs.uchicago.edu> Guido van Rossum writes: > Adam Turoff just sent me a serious proposal for a YAS-style conference > in Washington, DC. I'm inclined to go for it, especially as nobody > else in the Python community has offered to do any work to find an > alternative. Here's my summary of the deal that Adam has worked out > with GWU: > > - Date: three days in the week of March 24, 2003. > [ snip ] > My main question at this point is, are these dates OK? These dates are right in the middle of spring break for me (which is perfect). I suspect a lot of other universities are also on break at that time (or the week before) so it may be reasonably good timing for people in academia. Cheers, Dave From iron@mso.oz.net Fri Aug 30 17:59:50 2002 From: iron@mso.oz.net (Mike Orr) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:59:50 -0700 Subject: [Conferences-discuss] DC conference in March In-Reply-To: <200208301557.g7UFv9P09387@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net> References: <200208301557.g7UFv9P09387@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net> Message-ID: <20020830165950.GC29673@mso.oz.net> On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:57:09AM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote: > YAS-style conference What does YAS mean again? > - Location: GWU conference center in downtown DC. Georgetown? It would be a huge thumbs-up to have it in the downtown/Georgetown area. > The conference is near a metro stop so you can > always find cheaper lodging elsewhere and metro in. Or stay with a > friend. Exactly. One of the problems with the Mark Center was its isolated location. I was staying in Adams Morgan in NW DC, and it was a 1 1/2 hour commute. But having the conference in central DC would allow one to stay anywhere in DC or in Rosslyn / Pentagon City. > - Cost: with a price of $100/head, a break-even point at 300 > attendees. With a price of $125/head, break even at 250. $125 for three days? That would be sweet; we'd definitely get a significant number of ppl who wouldn't attend otherwise. > My main question at this point is, are these dates OK? Fine with me, as is any time in February or March. -- -Mike (Iron) Orr, iron@mso.oz.net (if mail problems: mso@oz.net) http://iron.cx/ English * Esperanto * Russkiy * Deutsch * Espan~ol From guido@python.org Fri Aug 30 18:05:17 2002 From: guido@python.org (Guido van Rossum) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:05:17 -0400 Subject: [Conferences-discuss] DC conference in March In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:59:50 PDT." <20020830165950.GC29673@mso.oz.net> References: <200208301557.g7UFv9P09387@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net> <20020830165950.GC29673@mso.oz.net> Message-ID: <200208301705.g7UH5HP10201@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net> > > - Location: GWU conference center in downtown DC. > > Georgetown? It would be a huge thumbs-up to have it in the > downtown/Georgetown area. Sorry, GWU is George Washington University. It's not Georgetown but downtown: the address is 800, 21st St NW. Look it up on mapquest. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) From ziggy@panix.com Fri Aug 30 18:22:48 2002 From: ziggy@panix.com (Adam Turoff) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:22:48 -0400 Subject: [Conferences-discuss] DC conference in March In-Reply-To: <20020830165950.GC29673@mso.oz.net> References: <200208301557.g7UFv9P09387@pcp02138704pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net> <20020830165950.GC29673@mso.oz.net> Message-ID: <20020830172248.GB299@panix.com> On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 09:59:50AM -0700, Mike Orr wrote: > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:57:09AM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > YAS-style conference > > What does YAS mean again? Yet Another Society. It's the nonprofit that organizes YAPC, (Yet Another Perl Conference) in the eastern half of North America and in Europe. YAS' mission is to support collaborative efforts in open source development. It's explicitly set up to be much more than just Perl, and has already held a Mozilla conference. Z.