From drnlmuller at gmail.com  Tue Apr 10 16:46:16 2012
From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller)
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:46:16 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Getting PyCon ZA off the ground
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On 22 March 2012 16:28, Simon Cross <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Neil Muller <drnlmuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We need to settle on the date real soon now. The 4th & 5th October
>> option looks good to me, so I think we should commit to that date and
>> start planning from there.
>
> Agreed. I'd really like to get a date set before the end of this week
> or early next week is possible. The main stumbling blocks are
> confirming with ThoughtWorks whether the day before works for them for
> Agile Africa and then getting at least a tentative booking for a
> venue.

This dropped off my radar for a bit. What's the current status, and is
theere any reason we can't set the date yet?

> Jonathan (Endersby) suggested having two conference tracks -- one
> advanced, one more introductory. I think it's a good idea. Obviously
> keynotes and such will be single track. Having two tracks does
> potentially affect venue selection though which is why I'm raising it
> early.

Multiple tracks is certainly worthwhile, although I'm not convinced
introductory / advanced is the best split, and it's tricky to pre-empt
this until we start seeing submitted ideas. I suspect splitting by
interest area is going to be more natural.

We could look at arranging tutorials before the conference (perhaps
the plone people are interested in running one), but then things start
getting rather long.

-- 
Neil Muller
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