From strombrg at gmail.com  Tue Feb  2 10:16:22 2016
From: strombrg at gmail.com (Dan Stromberg)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 07:16:22 -0800
Subject: [group-organizers] Python Club OAU
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You could do about anything really.

I tend to ask people how they use (or want to use) Python, and then go into
some sort of presentation for 30-60 minutes.

HTH

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Lekan Wahab <olamyy53 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello guys.
> My name is Lekan.
> I run a Python Club on campus (Obafemi Awolowo University).
> However, considering the fact that am a fresh man and have limited
> capabilities, I was wondering if someone could help me with tips on how
> well to manage the club's activities.
>
> Lekan Wahab
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From doug at doughellmann.com  Tue Feb  2 10:36:05 2016
From: doug at doughellmann.com (Doug Hellmann)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:36:05 -0500
Subject: [group-organizers] Python Club OAU
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> On Jan 31, 2016, at 2:20 AM, Lekan Wahab <olamyy53 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello guys.
> My name is Lekan.
> I run a Python Club on campus (Obafemi Awolowo University).
> However, considering the fact that am a fresh man and have limited
> capabilities, I was wondering if someone could help me with tips on how
> well to manage the club's activities.
> 
> Lekan Wahab

My advice is to not try to do everything yourself. Find one or two other members who are interested in helping, and split up the work of finding speakers (yes, you don?t have to speak at every meeting yourself), etc.

To find speakers for the Atlanta, Georgia meetup, I talk to our members about what they are working on. We have members at all different levels of experience, but each of them is doing something interesting. I don?t think I?ve had a single meeting at which I didn?t find someone I could ask to prepare a short talk for us for a later meeting. Inviting someone individually with a specific topic in mind has been much more effective than sending out general emails to all of the members.

We also build some time for socializing into our meetings, so members can get to know each other, catch up with friends, etc. That makes the meeting fun, even if the talk we have scheduled isn?t on a topic of interest to everyone in the group.

Doug



From trey at treyhunner.com  Fri Feb  5 16:55:33 2016
From: trey at treyhunner.com (Trey Hunner)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 13:55:33 -0800
Subject: [group-organizers] Python Club OAU
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I'd like to echo Doug's advice of finding co-organizers. Being a sole
organizer can be overwhelming... maybe not at first but at some point
you may want to take a break or have a partner or two to hold you
accountable.

I go to meetups mostly for the socializing, but having at least one talk
topic can be helpful for adding structure and learning to the event. We
moved to a lightning talk format in the past and we've found that it
seems to work pretty well. New members and new programmers seem much
more comfortable committing to a 5 minute talk than committing to a 25
minute talk. A shorter talk format also opens the door to topics that
are much more niche.

Best of luck with your Python club! :)

On 02/02/2016 07:36 AM, Doug Hellmann wrote:
>> On Jan 31, 2016, at 2:20 AM, Lekan Wahab <olamyy53 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello guys.
>> My name is Lekan.
>> I run a Python Club on campus (Obafemi Awolowo University).
>> However, considering the fact that am a fresh man and have limited
>> capabilities, I was wondering if someone could help me with tips on how
>> well to manage the club's activities.
>>
>> Lekan Wahab
> My advice is to not try to do everything yourself. Find one or two other members who are interested in helping, and split up the work of finding speakers (yes, you don?t have to speak at every meeting yourself), etc.
>
> To find speakers for the Atlanta, Georgia meetup, I talk to our members about what they are working on. We have members at all different levels of experience, but each of them is doing something interesting. I don?t think I?ve had a single meeting at which I didn?t find someone I could ask to prepare a short talk for us for a later meeting. Inviting someone individually with a specific topic in mind has been much more effective than sending out general emails to all of the members.
>
> We also build some time for socializing into our meetings, so members can get to know each other, catch up with friends, etc. That makes the meeting fun, even if the talk we have scheduled isn?t on a topic of interest to everyone in the group.
>
> Doug
>
>
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> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers

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Technical Trainer, Teacher
http://treyhunner.com



From brianhray at gmail.com  Fri Feb  5 21:22:59 2016
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 20:22:59 -0600
Subject: [group-organizers] Python Club OAU
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The key to Python User gory success is:

* consistently - try set a fixed time to meet
* flexibility - don't let flux get you get you down.  "One's company, two's
crowd, three is a party" Warhol said
* fun - it's a balancing act
* example - it's actually how to lead anything
* audience - keep in mind diversity
* Python- duh...but seriously stay on topic
* communicate- find a method and stick with it
* freedom - as in beer. allow expression
* legacy - you will get old, hit by bus, or graduate. Who will take over?
* help - know when to ask
* love - all you need is love



>

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From akshayaurora at gmail.com  Wed Feb 10 07:45:39 2016
From: akshayaurora at gmail.com (qua non)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:15:39 +0530
Subject: [group-organizers] PyDelhi Group organizing a PyDelhi Conference
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Hi Folks,

I am Akshay Arora, one of the core developers of Kivy <http://kivy.org/>, I
have been lately part of a local community effort named PyDelhi
<http://pydelhi.org/>. We are a group of 20 + regular volunteers in the
National Capital Region of India also know as New Delhi. We  have been
holding regular bi-monthly meetups with 70 + average attendees for more
than 13 months.

We are holding a regional level conference PyDelhiConf
<https://conference.pydelhi.org>. which will be be held on 5th of march.

We are currently at the stage where we are reviewing proposals for the
conference.

There are some confusions on how to judge these proposals sometimes made by
experts in their fields by us volunteers who might not be as qualified as
the people proposing the talks/workshops.

I am trying to reach out to wider community out there in order to
understand the following::


   1.

   How we can sustain the event without getting funded by PSF.
   2.

   How to do marketing of the event.
   3.

   Get technical reviewers for the CFP?s.



I am curious how you guys solve these kinds of issues. Looking for help
with spreading the word around,  judging  proposals on cfp.pydelhi.org and
insights that might help us to make our event  sucessful.

Kind Regards

Akkshay
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