[Madison-Python] [Madison] Saying Goodbye (to Meetup)

[Davi Post]

Is MadPUG meeting tomorrow (Thu) at the Central Library?

What time?

Thanks,

--Davi



On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Ian Cordasco <graffatcolmingov at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Long story short, December will be the last MadPUG.
>
> Recently both Cea and I have moved house. We both now live well over
> 30 minutes away making the commute into Madison onerous. We've
> recently learned that as organizers we're not really meeting the needs
> of all the members. As we're already stretched thin and growing more
> disconnected from the Madison area it is clear that we need to call it
> quits.
>
> During September's meetup many expressed their needs and desires for
> MadPUG. We think most of these needs are better suited to a mailing
> list where people can organize tiny events themselves rather than a
> meetup group. We had been discussing shutting down MadPUG long before
> this, but September's meeting made it certain that we can't organize
> the diverse set of events people want.
>
> We are not providing the option for someone to take over the meetup
> for multiple reasons. The primary one is what we've already said: a
> python meetup group in Madison does not serve what its attendees want
> (and indeed, what they want can either be served by the mailing list
> or by one of the other meetups already organized in town). Second, we
> are committed to enforcing a Code of Conduct and refuse to hand off
> the meetup group to anyone that isn't as passionate about it as we
> are. Given the response to the Code of Conduct when it was introduced,
> we do not believe any interested parties would come forward. We do not
> want the group to continue without a Code of Conduct because it has
> had one for years and its removal would introduce confusion and an
> unsafe environment for those that depend on its presence.
>
> You can join the mailing list via
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/madison. November and
> December's meetups will be organized via that mailing list and will
> purely be social meetings compliant with our Code of Conduct (the
> library reservations exist for your use for those two months only).
>
> Best,
> Ian & Cea
>
> P.S.
>
> This was originally sent to the users of meetup.com who subscribed to
> organizer messages.
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