[Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces Update

[Betsy Waliszewski]

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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:

> Thanks, Hobson!
>
> Added your suggestion:
>
> "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 like neural nets or natural
> language processing, 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.“
>
> Anna
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> Am 21.03.2016 um 16:31 schrieb Hobson Lane <hobsonlane at gmail.com>:
>
> You can also just mention previous open spaces on neural nets and natural
> language processing along side nail painting to fully capture the "breadth".
>
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> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Good point, Betsy!
>>
>> I took this wording from the open spaces section on the PyCon website. I
>> personally think this demonstrates the scope of the open spaces and
>> basically says „it doesn’t have to be super technical and serious, anything
>> two or more people are interested in which sounds fun and doesn’t go
>> against the CoC is possible“. I think the wording is fine for contacting
>> wider groups of people like PyLadies, Django Girls, etc, which was my
>> original intention. If we contact individuals we should indeed consider
>> changing the wording.
>>
>> Thoughts from others?
>>
>> Best,
>> Anna
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>>
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>> Am 21.03.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>:
>>
>> I hope you don't mind my $.02. I was wondering about the reference to an
>> open space talk about yoga or nail painting and thinking about how that
>> would sound to someone who had a talk rejected. It makes it sound less
>> "serious" than a proposed talk. I wouldn't want folks who didn't have their
>> talk chosen to be offended by being offered an opportunity in the "2nd
>> tier" of gatherings.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Betsy
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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. :)
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> 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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>>
>>
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