From chrisjrn at gmail.com Wed May 1 00:59:45 2013 From: chrisjrn at gmail.com (Chris Neugebauer) Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 08:59:45 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] PyCon Australia 2013 announces wide-ranging financial aid programme Message-ID: Following in the footsteps of PyCon North America, PyCon Australia is introducing a generous financial aid programme, so that some attendees and speakers have some, or in rare cases, all of their expenses such as flight, hotel and admission provided to them from the conference bud?get. PyCon Australia strongly encourages people to apply for financial aid -- even if we can?t cover all of your expenses, we will give you free admission based on need. The application process is simple, and straight? for?ward. It?s also very liberal -- the only caveat is that speakers at the conference "get bumped to the top" of the applications so that we don?t lose a good talk because of financial need. We also don?t ban any?one from apply?ing. Essentially, the financial aid programme is the PyCon Outreach program - it's the community holding up the community and making itself accessible at this major event through these financial grants. It is the very spirit of the conference; make the information, knowledge, friendships and connection available to everyone. The generous contribution of the Python Software Foundation has helped us in kicking off this programme. Financial aid is core to the mission of the PSF -- The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse (http://www.python.org/psf/diversity/) and international community of Python programmers. Google Australia has also generously contributed to the financial aid programme, so that we can increase the pool of financial aid available to deserving women, in order to help reduce the barriers to attending PyCon Australia. To apply for financial aid to attend PyCon Australia, applicants must fill out the application form found at,http://2013.pycon-au.org/grants - the first round of aid applications will be awarded after Friday 17 May. == Eligibility == Anyone interested in attending PyCon Australia is eligible to apply for financial aid. Grants are allocated on the basis of need, and applications will be assessed by our financial aid panel. Cases that will be looked upon favourably include, but are not limited to: - Presenters with accepted proposals, who would otherwise not be able afford to attend the conference. - Contributors to Python Open Source projects, looking to participate in the post-conference sprints. - Members of Python-related user groups, looking to bring knowledge back to their local community. - Members of groups that encourage diversity in computing and technology, including PyLadies groups, looking to bring knowledge back to their local community. - Students interested in Python, who can contribute knowledge of Python back to their peers. - Teachers looking to contribute knowledge of the state of the art in Python back to their students. In short, anyone whose attendance at PyCon Australia will help improve the Python community in Australia, or around the world, is invited to apply. For more information on the grants programme, and for information on how to apply, see our financial aid programme page: http://2013.pycon-au.org/grants === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The fourth PyCon Australia will be held on July 5--7, 2013 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country?s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2013, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum sponsor: Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); and our Gold Sponsors, Google Australia (www.google.com.au), the Tasmanian Government Department of Economic Development, and TasICT. For full details of our sponsors, see our website. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- AIM: chrisjrn157 -- MSN: chris at neugebauer.id.au -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn From eliswilson at hushmail.com Wed May 1 01:16:00 2013 From: eliswilson at hushmail.com (eliswilson at hushmail.com) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:16:00 -0400 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science Message-ID: <20130430231601.1DFE8E6736@smtp.hushmail.com> Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science We are researchers from different parts of the world and conducted a study on the world?s biggest bogus computer science conference WORLDCOMP http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1 organized by Prof. Hamid Arabnia from University of Georgia, USA. We submitted a fake paper to WORLDCOMP 2011 and again (the same paper with a modified title) to WORLDCOMP 2012. This paper had numerous fundamental mistakes. Sample statements from that paper include: (1). Binary logic is fuzzy logic and vice versa (2). Pascal developed fuzzy logic (3). Object oriented languages do not exhibit any polymorphism or inheritance (4). TCP and IP are synonyms and are part of OSI model (5). Distributed systems deal with only one computer (6). Laptop is an example for a super computer (7). Operating system is an example for computer hardware Also, our paper did not express any conceptual meaning. However, it was accepted both the times without any modifications (and without any reviews) and we were invited to submit the final paper and a payment of $500+ fee to present the paper. We decided to use the fee for better purposes than making Prof. Hamid Arabnia richer. After that, we received few reminders from WORLDCOMP to pay the fee but we never responded. This fake paper is different from the two fake papers already published (see https://sites.google.com/site/worlddump4 for details) in WORLDCOMP. We MUST say that you should look at the above website if you have any thoughts of participating in WORLDCOMP. DBLP and other indexing agencies have stopped indexing WORLDCOMP?s proceedings since 2011 due to its fakeness. See http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icai/index.html for of one of the conferences of WORLDCOMP and notice that there is no listing after 2010. See Section 2 of http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf for comments from well-known researchers about WORLDCOMP. The status of your WORLDCOMP papers can be changed from scientific to other (i.e., junk or non-technical) at any time. Better not to have a paper than having it in WORLDCOMP and spoil the resume and peace of mind forever! Our study revealed that WORLDCOMP is money making business, using University of Georgia mask, for Prof. Hamid Arabnia. He is throwing out a small chunk of that money (around 20 dollars per paper published in WORLDCOMP?s proceedings) to his puppet (Mr. Ashu Solo or A.M.G. Solo) who publicizes WORLDCOMP and also defends it at various forums, using fake/anonymous names. The puppet uses fake names and defames other conferences to divert traffic to WORLDCOMP. He also makes anonymous phone calls and threatens the critiques of WORLDCOMP (See Item 7 of Section 5 of above website). That is, the puppet does all his best to get a maximum number of papers published at WORLDCOMP to get more money into his (and Prof. Hamid Arabnia?s) pockets. Prof. Hamid Arabnia makes a lot of tricks. For example, he appeared in a newspaper to fool the public, claiming him a victim of cyber-attack (see Item 8 in Section 5 of above website). Monte Carlo Resort (the venue of WORLDCOMP for more than 10 years, until 2012) has refused to provide the venue for WORLDCOMP?13 because of the fears of their image being tarnished due to WORLDCOMP?s fraudulent activities. That is why WORLDCOMP?13 is taking place at a different resort. WORLDCOMP will not be held after 2013. The draft paper submission deadline is over but still there are no committee members, no reviewers, and there is no conference Chairman. The only contact details available on WORLDCOMP?s website is just an email address! We ask Prof. Hamid Arabnia to publish all reviews for all the papers (after blocking identifiable details) since 2000 conference. Reveal the names and affiliations of all the reviewers (for each year) and how many papers each reviewer had reviewed on average. We also ask him to look at the Open Challenge (Section 6) at https://sites.google.com/site/moneycomp1 and respond if he has any professional values. Sorry for posting to multiple lists. Spreading the word is the only way to stop this bogus conference. Please forward this message to other mailing lists and people. We are shocked with Prof. Hamid Arabnia and his puppet?s activities at http://worldcomp-fake-bogus.blogspot.com Search Google using the keyword worldcomp fake for additional links. From javier at candeira.com Wed May 1 03:01:21 2013 From: javier at candeira.com (Javier Candeira) Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 11:01:21 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Melbourne Python meeting reminder: Monday 6 May, 18h, Inspire 9 Message-ID: Hi Melbourne Python people, This is just a reminder that next Monday, 6th May, from 18h we'll have our usual monthly meeting about all things Python. As of later sessions, we'll enjoy the hospitality of Inspire 9, Level 1 41 Stewart Street Richmond, just next to Richmond Train Station. It's also a reminder that you can propose your own talks. Please write yourself in! http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG Cheers, Javier and the other organisers. From chrisjrn at gmail.com Thu May 2 03:00:06 2013 From: chrisjrn at gmail.com (Chris Neugebauer) Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 11:00:06 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Solve your problems with Python - Tennessee Leeuwenburg joins PyCon Australia 2013 as a keynote presenter Message-ID: PyCon Australia, the national conference for the Python programming community is happy to announce that Tennessee Leeuwenburg, one of the veterans of the Australian Python community will be joining the 2013 conference as a keynote presenter. PyCon Australia 2013 will be held in Hobart, Tasmania on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July, 2013, following DjangoCon AU and the OpenStack Miniconf on Friday 5 July. As a long-time software developer at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and currently a leader of the software development team responsible for the first draft of most Australian weather forecasts, Tennessee has a long history of translating between programmers and the requirements of experts outside the field of Computer Science: "The tools of developer teams, like revision control and code reviews are great for software quality, but not everyone outside your team will know how to work with them.", Tennessee says. But there is another way: "By using a variety of techniques and technologies, you can tap into the expert knowledge of others more effectively", Tennessee notes. "Tools such as sharing gists, demonstration sessions and screencasts, along with emerging Python tools like the iPython Notebook are a great way to get others involved in problem solving." "Knowing how to use these tools quickly and effectively can also be a great way to explain problems to management, or to walk them through a complex requirement." A long-time member of the Australian Python community, Tennessee is on the editorial team of The Python Papers; his interests include artificial intelligence and automation, topics he has presented at every PyCon Australia since the first conference in 2010, and before that, numerous Open Source Developer Conferences. We're looking forward to hearing Tennessee's keynote, which is sure to be a great insight into bridging the divide between developers and pepople from outside the field, at PyCon Australia in July. Conference registrations are now open at http://2013.pycon-au.org/register/prices === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The fourth PyCon Australia will be held on July 5--7, 2013 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country?s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2013, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum sponsor: Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); and our Gold Sponsors, Google Australia (www.google.com.au), the Tasmanian Government Department of Economic Development, and TasICT. For full details of our sponsors, see our website. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- AIM: chrisjrn157 -- MSN: chris at neugebauer.id.au -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn From jon at willowit.com.au Sun May 5 08:25:46 2013 From: jon at willowit.com.au (Jonathan Wilson) Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 16:25:46 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Python application programmer position in Melb available Message-ID: Hi All WillowIT, an exciting, friendly and growing company specialising in Open Source ERP, is looking for an enthusiastic Python Application Programmer with experience in business application development. Use your knowledge of Python and open source development to work with our small team of highly skilled and passionate IT specialists, in our boutique offices in Bayside Melbourne. Refer to seek add here . 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If you have anything else you'd like to talk about, there are a couple of 5 minute slots still free. Write yourself up on the wiki, or let us know during the meeting! See you tomorrow! From brianna.laugher at gmail.com Mon May 6 02:16:10 2013 From: brianna.laugher at gmail.com (Brianna Laugher) Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 10:16:10 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Django meetup this Thursday Message-ID: Hi, I didn't see any mention of it here yet - there is a Django meetup group with their first meeting this Thursday. http://www.meetup.com/MelbDjango/events/116880212/ cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From chrisjrn at gmail.com Wed May 8 02:39:35 2013 From: chrisjrn at gmail.com (Chris Neugebauer) Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 10:39:35 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Revealing the PyCon Australia 2013 Programme! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: tl;dr: The PyCon Australia 2013 programme is out now -- you can see it at http://2013.pycon-au.org/programme/schedule/saturday -- registration info is up at http://2013.pycon-au.org/register/prices Now that we've announced both of our keynote presenters, PyCon Australia is very proud to be able to reveal the rest of the programme for the 2013 conference, to be held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July 2013, following DjangoCon AU and the PyCon AU OpenStack Miniconf on Friday 5 July 2013 in Hobart, Tasmania. Following a record-breaking response to our Call for Proposals the conference will feature three full tracks of presentations and tutorials, across two days, covering all aspects of the Python ecosystem, presented by experts and core developers of key Python technology. Our keynote presenters, Alex Gaynor, software engineer at Rdio and core contributor to many Python open source projects, and Tennessee Leeuwenburg, software engineer at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, will be joined by a wide array of presenters covering a broad range of backgrounds, including industry, research, government and academia. As ever, PyCon Australia is a great place to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in Python web technology: Django lead developer, Jacob Kaplan-Moss will be presenting on Building secure web apps: Python vs the OWASP Top 10. As well as DjangoCon AU, the main conference will feature talks on testing, deployment, and optimisation of Python-based web apps. For the first time, we've packed out an entire stream of talks on using Python in the Sciences. Centred around Edward Schofield's tutorial, Modern scientific computing and big data analytics in Python, there are also talks on the amazingly versatile IPython Notebook, and the Pandas numerical library. We've also made sure that beginners, or people looking to brush up on their Python skillset, have a clear path through the conference. Starting with Peter Lovett's Python 102 tutorial, you can rapidly enhance your knowledge of Python, and then you can attend our general stream talks to glean a snapshot of the state of the art in Python. The full schedule for PyCon Australia 2013 can be found at http://2013.pycon-au.org/programme/schedule/saturday Registrations for PyCon Australia 2013 are now open, with prices starting at AU$44 for students, and tickets for the general public starting at AU$198. All prices include GST, and more information can be found at http://2013.pycon-au.org/register/prices We're looking forward to seeing this excellent programme brought to life at PyCon Australia 2013, in Hobart, in July. === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The fourth PyCon Australia will be held on July 5--7, 2013 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country?s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2013, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum sponsor: Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); and our Gold Sponsors, Google Australia (www.google.com.au), the Tasmanian Government Department of Economic Development, and TasICT. For full details of our sponsors, see our website. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at nzpug.org Fri May 10 04:01:37 2013 From: president at nzpug.org (Danny Adair) Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 14:01:37 +1200 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Kiwi PyCon 2013 Call for Proposals is now open! (closes 01 June) Message-ID: Dear fellow Pythonistas, We're pleased to announce that Kiwi PyCon 2013's Call for Proposals is now open! This year the conference will be held Saturday 06 and Sunday 07 September in Auckland, New Zealand. Friday 05 September will see tutorials and workshops run during the day - a Kiwi PyCon first! The deadline for proposal submission is Saturday 01 June 2013. For more information please visit http://nz.pycon.org/call-for-proposals/ Looking forward to seeing you in Auckland in September! -- Danny W. Adair Event Director Kiwi PyCon 2013 From steven.farlie at gmail.com Mon May 13 02:14:11 2013 From: steven.farlie at gmail.com (Steven Farlie) Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 10:14:11 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Call for coaches: Python Beginner workshop this Saturday! Message-ID: Hi Pythonistas, It's that time again: we at OpenTechSchool are running a workshop for Python beginners and are looking for coaches. This is a raw beginner workshop using the standard library turtle module. We even have Alec Clews coming along from the Raspberry Jam meetup trying out Python on the Raspberry Pi. We are all volunteers here at OpenTechSchool, we teach beginners how to code using open technology. All the coursework is open-source as well and hosted on GitHub. If you are thinking about coaching then come along and try it out! We are a fun bunch and you'll get the opportunity to socialise with fellow Pythonistas. We even have a little coaching guide to give a taste of what it is like: http://opentechschool.github.io/slides/presentations/coaching/ Where: Electron Workshop, 31 Arden St, North Melbourne When: this Saturday 18th, 11:45am. What: http://opentechschool.github.io/python-beginners/en/index.html See you Saturday! -- Steven -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nick at back-pain-self-help.com Fri May 10 09:14:26 2013 From: nick at back-pain-self-help.com (Nick Mellor) Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 17:14:26 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Tomorrow meeting: 6 May, 18h (6pm), Inspire9 (Level 1 41 Stewart Street, near Richmond Station) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Javier, When's the next Melbourne-PUG meeting? Sorry to miss this one. Nick On 5 May 2013 19:47, Javier Candeira wrote: > This is just a reminder that tomorrow, as announced, we'll have our > Melbourne Python Users Group meeting for the month of May. > > We'll order pizza for those who want it at $10 per head, and Inspire9 > provides a fridge with beers and ciders. Since they lend us the space > for free, beers are a $5 minimum recommended donation. > > Talks already on the wiki: > - Stephen Moore - Nose of Yeti, a rspec-alike testing language > (a)busing Python codecs > - Javier Candeira - Ansible, easy configuration and deployment using > Python, yaml and ssh. > > If you have anything else you'd like to talk about, there are a couple > of 5 minute slots still free. Write yourself up on the wiki, or let us > know during the meeting! > > See you tomorrow! > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gcross at fastmail.fm Tue May 14 10:25:31 2013 From: gcross at fastmail.fm (Graeme Cross) Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 18:25:31 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Tomorrow meeting: 6 May, 18h (6pm), Inspire9 (Level 1 41 Stewart Street, near Richmond Station) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1368519931.8514.140661230774529.63ECCD7E@webmail.messagingengine.com> On Fri, May 10, 2013, at 05:14 PM, Nick Mellor wrote: When's the next Melbourne-PUG meeting? Sorry to miss this one. Nick Hi Nick. The next meeting is on Monday June 3. The MPUG meetings are (almost!) always on the first Monday of the month. I've updated the wiki -- if anyone would like to give a talk (eg. a trial run of their PyCon AU talk or keynote ;) please add yourself to the list. [1]http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG And speaking of PyCon AU, tickets are still on sale. If you haven't decided yet if you are going, the programme is now online and looks excellent... [2]http://2013.pycon-au.org/ [3]http://2013.pycon-au.org/programme/overview Thanks Graeme References 1. http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG 2. http://2013.pycon-au.org/ 3. http://2013.pycon-au.org/programme/overview -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From claresloggett at gmail.com Tue May 14 12:00:44 2013 From: claresloggett at gmail.com (Clare Sloggett) Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:44 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Call for coaches: Python Beginner workshop this Saturday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Steven, I am able to help out with this - do you need coaches to RSVP, or register in some way, or do we just turn up? Clare On 13 May 2013 10:14, Steven Farlie wrote: > Hi Pythonistas, > > It's that time again: we at OpenTechSchool are running a workshop for > Python beginners and are looking for coaches. This is a raw beginner > workshop using the standard library turtle module. We even have Alec Clews > coming along from the Raspberry Jam meetup trying out Python on the > Raspberry Pi. > > We are all volunteers here at OpenTechSchool, we teach beginners how to > code using open technology. All the coursework is open-source as well and > hosted on GitHub. > > If you are thinking about coaching then come along and try it out! We are > a fun bunch and you'll get the opportunity to socialise with fellow > Pythonistas. We even have a little coaching guide to give a taste of what > it is like: http://opentechschool.github.io/slides/presentations/coaching/ > > Where: Electron Workshop, 31 Arden St, North Melbourne > When: this Saturday 18th, 11:45am. > What: http://opentechschool.github.io/python-beginners/en/index.html > > See you Saturday! > -- > Steven > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They will be releasing last year?s problems and possible solutions so you have an idea of tests that will be on offer. Think you?ve got what it takes? Put your code where your keyboard is and register for free today at http://Codehire.com/cup Registrations close Midnight AEST on the 7th of June, 2013.* * * *We'd also love to know your thoughts on any other languages we should look to add. * * * *Thanks guys,* * * *Nathan* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From noonslists at gmail.com Thu May 23 08:44:51 2013 From: noonslists at gmail.com (Noon Silk) Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:51 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Calling Aussie Python coders: $10k in cash & prizes up for grabs in the Codehire Cup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Add Haskell. And I'd be partial to Mathematica. (Note: I don't plan on competing, to take my advice for what it's worth.) And if you mean C# and not say the .NET environment, you should also add the various .NET languages (including Boo and whatnot). On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Nathan Hockley wrote: > Hi guys, > > * > > I?ve got some exciting news today, we've just opened registrations to our > free Australian based coding competition called the Codehire Cup. > > It is an individual based event with contestants battling to solve > problems in Python, C/C#/C++, PHP, JavaScript, Java or Ruby in the fastest > time possible for cash, prizes and glory! > > The competition begins June 8 with the preliminary and semi-final rounds > being held online. If you?re one of the top competitors during these online > rounds, you?ll be offered a spot in the live finale at Fishburners in > Sydney (July 13), and have the chance to share in over $10,000 in cash and > prizes. > > (If you do make it to the finals and can?t make it to Sydney you can > compete remotely.) > > They will be releasing last year?s problems and possible solutions so you > have an idea of tests that will be on offer. > > Think you?ve got what it takes? Put your code where your keyboard is and > register for free today at http://Codehire.com/cup > > Registrations close Midnight AEST on the 7th of June, 2013.* > * > * > *We'd also love to know your thoughts on any other languages we should > look to add. * > * > * > *Thanks guys,* > * > * > *Nathan* > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > -- Noon Silk Fancy a quantum lunch? https://sites.google.com/site/quantumlunch/ "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy ? the joy of being this signature." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gcross at fastmail.fm Tue May 28 13:18:59 2013 From: gcross at fastmail.fm (Graeme Cross) Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 21:18:59 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] June Melbourne Python Users Group meeting - Monday June 3 Message-ID: <1369739939.19966.140661236569485.1AD389E8@webmail.messagingengine.com> Hi everyone. The next Melbourne Python Users Group meeting is this coming Monday, June 3, 6pm at Inspire 9, 1/41 Stewart Street, Richmond. For those who haven't been to Inspire 9 before, it is just opposite Richmond train station: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1/41+Stewart+Street,+Richmond If you would like to do a presentation, please let us know and add yourself to the list of talks on the MPUG wiki page: http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG This is an ideal opportunity for people who are giving talks at PyCon AU next month to do a practice run with a very friendly audience. At the end of the presentations, we will have pizza and drinks. If you are coming, please RSVP via Meetup so we have an idea of numbers for seating etc. http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Python-Meetup-Group/events/116549932/ If you are allergic to Meetup, feel welcome to drop me an email instead and I will add you to the head count :) Thanks Graeme PS. If you haven't registered yet for PyCon AU, it's not too late and it is looking like being another excellent conference: http://2013.pycon-au.org/ From chrisjrn at gmail.com Wed May 29 02:42:55 2013 From: chrisjrn at gmail.com (Chris Neugebauer) Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:42:55 +1000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] PyCon Australia registration and accommodation deadlines fast approaching! Message-ID: With little over one month remaining before PyCon Australia 2013 kicks off in Hobart, Tasmania, there are some important conference deadlines fast approaching. There's just one week left to book conference accommodation at the conference venue, and only registrations completed before the end of Tuesday 11 June will include a conference T-shirt. == Accommodation -- Book by Wednesday 5 June == Our conference venue, Wrest Point, has a number of hotel rooms reserved for PyCon Australia delegates, at guaranteed prices. These are good value-for-money, and are all very close to the conference rooms. These rates will only be guaranteed for delegates who reserve their rooms on or before Wednesday 5 June 2013. For details of prices, room types, and how to book, see our website at http://2013.pycon-au.org/register/accommodation To reserve your room, one night's (refundable) deposit must be paid on reservation. == Conference Registration -- Register by Tuesday 11 June to guarantee your t-shirt == Conference registrations will be open until just before the conference kicks off, unless we sell out earlier. However, we need final numbers for our t-shirt supplier a few weeks beforehand. So, if you want your conference t-shirt, please register before Tuesday 11 June! If you've got any queries about the conference, registration or accommodation, please don't hesitate to get in contact with us through e-mail at contact at pycon-au.org See you here in July! === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The fourth PyCon Australia will be held on July 5--7, 2013 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country?s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2013, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum sponsor: Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); and our Gold Sponsors, Google Australia (www.google.com.au), the Tasmanian Government Department of Economic Development, and TasICT. For full details of our sponsors, see our website. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- AIM: chrisjrn157 -- MSN: chris at neugebauer.id.au -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn From liew_beng_keat at rp.edu.sg Wed May 29 06:44:12 2013 From: liew_beng_keat at rp.edu.sg (Liew Beng Keat) Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:44:12 +0800 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Invitation to the Python Programming Language Conference, PyCon Singapore 2013 References: <70C1A5315505C942A8274FCA16F363AFBE96DC242E@STAFFMAIL1.rp.edu.sg> <324FBD3380D1CE4781428411BC293B77B3A2505D55@STAFFMAIL1.rp.edu.sg> <70C1A5315505C942A8274FCA16F363AFBE96DC2AA5@STAFFMAIL1.rp.edu.sg> <7EDC4676CA05504BBFB2F2FC25FC982BE973FD52A3@STAFFMAIL1.rp.edu.sg> <6A2F99F5F4CF894F9BC971C8B533A4D41AB7741539@STAFFMAIL2.rp.edu.sg> <7EDC4676CA05504BBFB2F2FC25FC982BE973FD52B0@STAFFMAIL1.rp.edu.sg> Message-ID: <70C1A5315505C942A8274FCA16F363AFBE96E80CD7@STAFFMAIL1.rp.edu.sg> On behalf of The Python Programming Language User Group of Singapore or PUGS, I would like to announce PyCon Singapore 2013 (http://pycon.sg) which will be held this year from the 13th ? 15th June 2013 in Republic Polytechnic. Some of you may already know this. 13th June will be the Tutorial Day and 14-15th June are Conference Days. We are expecting a great conference again and the highlights, besides reduced rates this year, include : [cid:image001.jpg at 01CE5C60.8A35CAC0] ? Wes McKinney as our keynote. Wes McKinney is the main developer of pandas and author of the new book ?Python for Data Analysis? from O?Reilly Media. (pandas being the Python alternative of R) ? About 20 presentations over 2/3 concurrent sessions on the latest developments of the language and the broad scope of real world projects that use Python. ? 8 tutorial sessions for learning new Python skills and other tips and tricks. ? An expected 150 to 180+ programmers and the presence of Python-powered Singapore Startups (ala Startup Row of PyCon US) for some great networking. ? And reduced rates. Early bird conference rate (by 31st May 2013) ? SGD$150 (instead of $200 previously); Tutorial rate - SGD$50 per tutorial (instead of $75) Please visit https://pycon.sg/schedule/ for details of conference presentations and tutorials. We look forward to seeing you at PyCon Singapore Sincerely Dr. Liew Beng Keat On behalf of Python User Group (Singapore) Advisor to Organizing Committee PyCon SG 2013 ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY CAUTION: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and contains information that is privileged and confidential. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the original message. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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