From dougal85 at gmail.com  Thu Mar  1 17:44:34 2012
From: dougal85 at gmail.com (Dougal Matthews)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:44:34 +0000
Subject: [Python Edinburgh] EuroPython 2012: Call for Proposal is Open!
	[Please spread the word]
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From: Francesco Pallanti <fpallanti at develer.com>
Date: 1 March 2012 14:15
Subject: [Python-Dev] EuroPython 2012: Call for Proposal is Open!
[Please spread the word]
To: python-dev at python.org


Hi guys,
I'm Francesco and I am writing on behalf of EuroPython Staff
(www.europython.eu). We are happy to announce that the Call for
Proposals is now officially open!

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: MARCH 18TH, 23:59:59 CET

For those who have never been at EuroPython (or similar conferences)
before, the Call for Proposals is the period in which the organizers ask
the community to submit proposals for talks to be held at the
conference.

Further details about Call for Proposal are online here:
http://ep2012.europython.eu/call-for-proposals/

EuroPython is a conference run by the community for the community: the
vast majority of talks that are presented at the conference will be
proposed, prepared and given by members of the Python community itself.

And not only that: the process that selects the best talks among all the
proposals will also be public and fully driven by the community: it's
called Community Voting, and will begin right after the Call for
Proposals ends.

CFP: Talks, Hands-On Trainings and Posters
------------------------------------------

We're looking for proposals on every aspect of Python: programming from
novice to advanced levels, applications and frameworks, or how you have
been involved in introducing Python into your organisation.

There are three different kind of contribution that you can present at
EuroPython:
- Regular talk. These are standard "talk with slides", allocated in
slots of 45, 60 or 90 minutes, depending on your preference and
scheduling constraints. A Q&A session is held at the end of the talk.
- Hands-on training. These are advanced training sessions for a smaller
audience (10-20 people), to dive into the subject with all details.
These sessions are 4-hours long, and the audience will be strongly
encouraged to bring a laptop to experiment. They should be prepared with
less slides and more source code.
- Posters. Posters are a graphical way to describe a project or a
technology, printed in large format; posters are exhibited at the
conference, can be read at any time by participants, and can be
discussed face to face with their authors during the poster session. We
will take care of printing the posters too, so don't worry about
logistics.

More details about Call for Proposal are online here:
http://ep2012.europython.eu/call-for-proposals/

Don't wait for the last day
---------------------------

If possible, please avoid submitting your proposals on the last day. It
might sound a strange request, but last year about 80% of the proposals
were submitted in the last 72 hours. This creates a few problems for
organizers because we can't have a good picture of the size of the
conference until that day.

Remember that proposals are fully editable at any time, even after the
Call for Proposals ends. You just need to login on the website, go to
the proposal page (linked from your profile page), and click the Edit
button.

First-time speakers are especially welcome; EuroPython is a community
conference and we are eager to hear about your experience. If you have
friends or colleagues who have something valuable to contribute, twist
their arms to tell us about it!

We are a conference run by the community for the community. Please help
to spread the word by distributing this announcement to colleagues,
mailing lists, your blog, Web site, and through your social networking
connections.

All the best,


--
Francesco Pallanti - fpallanti at develer.com
Develer S.r.l. - http://www.develer.com/
.software ?.hardware ?.innovation
Tel.: +39 055 3984627 - ext.: 215

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From tamwilmoth at gmail.com  Tue Mar 13 21:43:57 2012
From: tamwilmoth at gmail.com (Tee Wilmoth)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:43:57 -0700
Subject: [Python Edinburgh]  web based IRC
Message-ID: <CAC592GOHM9cQ=72CQXivHFP_oAR1hVtHbuaSef9CoHM_q+3ang@mail.gmail.com>

just noticed your post online concerning the lightirc apple.;


In order to use the lightirc applet on any irc network, the network itself
must load  the flash policy daemon onto the irc server.  This flash policy
can be found on the www.lightirc.com site.
Once loaded, than you can connect from a webpage tunnel ( lightirc applet),
to the irc network.

kind regards
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From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk  Tue Mar 27 11:40:14 2012
From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:40:14 +0100
Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Python Pub Meetup - Tonight!
Message-ID: <CA+7EdnkxS570PptF4EK=SM5jwJ-V904FUh8XSTrxcNCLkOnDDg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

It's that time of the month again - pub meetup time! As usual, we'll be
meeting at Berts Bar around 6:30pm. For anyone new planning to come along,
there'll be a printout of the Python logo on the end of the table.

Berts Bar: http://www.bertsbar.co.uk

I'm going to use this opportunity to promote the #python-edinburgh IRC
channel on freenode.net. There are around 10 of us hanging out there pretty
much all the time now, and it's a very useful way of getting help with
little Python problems, and there's a bunch of handy and/or useful links
posted there every day.

--Mark
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From steve at hawkz.com  Tue Mar 27 14:48:43 2012
From: steve at hawkz.com (Stephen Hawkes)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:48:43 +0100
Subject: [Python Edinburgh] New website happenings
Message-ID: <2F87404F-CC24-40EC-9989-B3F5B3B28E14@hawkz.com>

Hi there,

I'm from Python West Midlands, just wanted to say hello.

We're building a new site at the moment, and it occurred to me that once built it could be something we open-source, then other groups could benefit.

Three questions then, if you would be so kind:
- What do you need from a user group site? Anything you 'really' use beyond next events, blog of happenings, and links to mailing lists/groups?
- What would be the mascot for your group?
- Would you be interested if there was a Django site you could install that did everything you needed, with a custom mascot designed?

Can't wait to hear your feedback.

cheers!

Steve Hawkes


From bob at queryclick.com  Thu Mar 29 13:40:24 2012
From: bob at queryclick.com (Bob Cook)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:40:24 +0100
Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Two python jobs available
Message-ID: <4F744A28.5060101@queryclick.com>

Hi all,

We're currently looking for Python programmers - one freelance, one 
full-time. We're a 2008 startup and - I promise you - absolutely no 
corporate crap or people who don't understand dev work influencing your 
decisions. While not all of us work as python devs here, we're all very 
technically minded (including the bosses) and understand what new tool 
builds entail.

The two ads are here:

http://uk.queryclick.com/en/full-time-django-python-developer/

(Full-time work, permanent)

http://uk.queryclick.com/en/freelance-python-developer/

(One initial contract with possibility of extension)

Everything we build is in Django and Python and we've quite a lot of new 
Python based tools that need speccing and building from scratch in the 
near future.

Drop us (jobs at queryclick.com) or me personally (bob at queryclick.com)

Cheers!

Bob