[Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update

[Brandon Rhodes]

Thank you, Anna!

Here is a light edit for you to consider — the main tweak that I made was
to change the idea of the “open spaces headquarters” to the official name
“Open Spaces Committee” so that they realize who, exactly, on the
conference Staff web page you correspond to. :)

Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that
they realize they don't have to pay.

How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and
not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are
sad?

Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited
about Open Spaces this year. :)

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Hello [insert name],

It’s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the
Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are
involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in —
and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this
year.

Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference
days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together
and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like
yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or
more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people
would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space.

You may ask: what’s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups the
ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that often
doesn’t happen anywhere else at PyCon.

The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the
PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces,
please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna’s blog post).

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at
pycon-openspaces at python.org.

We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces!

Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane

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