From pycon at python.org Wed Mar 10 16:37:24 2004 From: pycon at python.org (Steve Holden) Date: Wed Mar 10 16:37:26 2004 Subject: [Pycon-interest] View Talks - Buy 'Zen of Python' Tshirt - Free with PyCON by 17th Message-ID: Dear Python User: View the Talks online and Reserve your Zen of Python Shirt now or get one free if you register for PyCON 2004 by the 17th. Don't miss the most important Python event of the year. PyCON 2004 is only 2 weeks away. If you haven't registered for PyCON, please do so immediately before the regular registration expires March 17th. http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/register We are extending the Free T-Shirt offer to all regular registrants (valued at $20). See the shirts online at http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/shirts.pt We are also taking orders for extra shirts, including shipping to those that cannot attend. Please email zope@toenjes.com to reserve your shirts. All requests must be received by March 19. Price will be $20 + $5 shipping and handling. We will ship them sometime around mid-April. Payment instructions from the Python Software Foundation will follow. The Talks schedule is now published and can be viewed at http://www.python.org/pycon/dc2004/schedule.html For more about PyCON... http://www.pycon.org regards Steve Holden Chairman, PyCON DC 2004 From amk at amk.ca Sat Mar 13 17:19:28 2004 From: amk at amk.ca (A.M. Kuchling) Date: Sat Mar 13 18:00:06 2004 Subject: [Pycon-interest] First cut of proceedings Message-ID: <20040313221928.GA5216@rogue.amk.ca> The first papers have begun to get uploaded to submit.pycon.org; two people have uploaded their papers, and I've uploaded one of mine. You can see the current draft of the proceedings at http://www.python.org/pycon/dc2004/papers/ . I'll generate an updated version every few days or so, so we can watch the slate of papers get filled in. Suggestions for improving the proceedings are welcome, but most things will have to wait until the final version is made; I don't think spending much time hacking the script that builds the proceedings is worthwhile. --amk From amk at amk.ca Mon Mar 22 09:11:21 2004 From: amk at amk.ca (A.M. Kuchling) Date: Mon Mar 22 09:12:16 2004 Subject: [Pycon-interest] DC2004 papers arriving Message-ID: <20040322141121.GB9795@rogue.amk.ca> Just a reminder: the papers and/or presentation material for PyCon are available from http://www.python.org/pycon/dc2004/papers/ ; currently 1/3 to 1/2 of them are available. If you're presenting a talk at PyCon, remember to upload your material as soon as you can. If you do it before PyCon, attendees can look at presentations to decide which ones to attend. --amk From amk at amk.ca Wed Mar 31 11:09:12 2004 From: amk at amk.ca (A.M. Kuchling) Date: Wed Mar 31 11:09:30 2004 Subject: [Pycon-interest] PyCon success stories wanted Message-ID: <20040331160912.GA18969@rogue.amk.ca> The PyCon organizers are trying to get more information about the things that got done at PyCon -- code written, project decisions made, etc. This is useful for figuring out which parts of the conference were the most useful, and for PR purposes. Please record your PyCon accomplishments at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PyCon2004Successes. Thanks! --amk From amk at amk.ca Wed Mar 31 20:05:22 2004 From: amk at amk.ca (A.M. Kuchling) Date: Wed Mar 31 20:06:17 2004 Subject: [Pycon-interest] ANN: List for PyCon submission software Message-ID: <20040401010522.GA20656@rogue.amk.ca> This year the software for submitting proposals to PyCon was written extremely hurriedly, and often new features were added just before (or just after) a conference deadline. I'd like to do better next time by having the software be more polished before the proposal submission madness begins. To that end, a Wiki page for recording ideas for the conference software is at http://www.amk.ca/ng-arch/ConferenceSWIdeas Please add any suggestions you might have; suggestions from proposal authors and reviewers will be especially valuable. I've akso set up a mailing list named 'conf' for people who want to help test alphas and betas of software; you can join at http://www.amk.ca/mailman/listinfo/conf . My plan is to hack on the conference software fairly intensively for the next month or two, with mailing list readers trying out the current snapshot and offering comments/triggering bugs. Then I'll then move on to other projects, at least until the CFP for PyCon 2005 goes out and new feature requests begin arriving. --amk