From goodger at python.org Sat Nov 10 04:56:43 2007 From: goodger at python.org (David Goodger) Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:56:43 -0500 Subject: [Pycon-interest] Only one week left for PyCon proposals! Message-ID: <47352BFB.4010500@python.org> There is only one week left for PyCon tutorial & scheduled talk proposals. If you've been thinking about making a proposal, now's the time! Tutorial details and instructions here: http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/proposals/ Scheduled talk details and instructions here: http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/proposals/ The deadline is Friday, November 16. Don't put it off any longer! PyCon 2008: http://us.pycon.org -- David Goodger PyCon 2008 Chair -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pycon-interest/attachments/20071109/b28f6dc0/attachment.pgp From doug at dougma.com Tue Nov 13 06:23:25 2007 From: doug at dougma.com (Douglas Napoleone) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:23:25 -0500 Subject: [Pycon-interest] The PyCon 2008 Program Committee needs your help Message-ID: All, Ivan and I were chatting tonight and we are both concerned that we have not received enough proposals. We will get more over the week, but it will be quite shy of what we would like to see for the friday deadline. I believe the primary reason for this is a lack of advertising. We need your help to get the word out. Blogs/PodCasts: If you have a blog or poscast, please post about the deadline. If you have given a talk in the past, please post about the experience. IRC: I have started making regular announcements in the following irc channels on freenode.net: python django turbogears plone What others should be included? Anyone can make announcements in these channels, the more the better. Mailing lists/user groups: If you are a user group member, please get the word out, and consider having a group meeting dedicated to practice talks. We should make a list of mailing lists and make posts (python-users, django-users, etc.) Local Schools: For those in the Chicago area, please try to contact professors at local colleges and institutions. Undergrads, Grads, and especially Doctorate students are a prime source of interesting presentations. Focusing on local schools has a greater ROE, as students do not have much cash for travel. Anything else you can think of. We need to do a grass roots blitz to get the word out to the greater community. Anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated. It does not take any special knowledge or skills to give a presentation. Even the most basic users can present on something, and we like these types of beginner proposals. The call for proposals contains more details: http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/proposals/ -Doug Napoleone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pycon-interest/attachments/20071113/d619ed64/attachment.htm From goodger at python.org Fri Nov 16 06:54:17 2007 From: goodger at python.org (David Goodger) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:54:17 -0500 Subject: [Pycon-interest] Last chance for PyCon talk & tutorial proposals! Message-ID: <473D3089.9060107@python.org> Thanks to all the proposal authors so far, we have received lots of proposals for PyCon talks & tutorials. But we'd like to have even more. Alas, the proposal submission deadline should have been set after a weekend, not before. So we have decided to extend the proposal submission deadline to Monday, November 19 at midnight (Chicago time). This gives you a *whole extra weekend* to write up your talk and tutorial ideas! If you've been procrastinating, stop! Get started on a proposal instead! See the call for conference talk proposals: http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/proposals/ Topic ideas: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Talk_Subjects http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2007/Feedback#head-e2dca74d1492e49fae11550e6cbc40fa18a17f40 See the call for tutorial proposals http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/proposals/ Topic ideas from the PyCon 2007 feedback: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2007/Feedback/TutorialIdeas I hope to see (and hear) you at PyCon 2008! http://us.pycon.org -- David Goodger, PyCon 2008 Chair -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pycon-interest/attachments/20071116/1b6b5311/attachment.pgp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pycon-interest/attachments/20071116/1b6b5311/attachment-0001.pgp