From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 1 01:49:24 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 01:49:24 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Getting the programme rolling Message-ID: Greetings We're close to the point where we'll be calling for talks so I'd like to start a discussion about what kinds of things we'd like to be on the programme. The final programme obviously depends on finding speakers but I think we need to know what sorts of talks to push. I've started by listing of topics that seemed important to me below. Things that I thought we might want tutorials on I've marked with "(T)" although since tutorials are longer, space for those in the programme is going to be limited. If anyone has any topics to add, or thoughts on the direction of the programme, please reply. Possible topics: Core Python: * Python packaging (T) * Unit testing (T) * Python performance Web development: * Django (T) * GeoDjango * Flask Python for science, engineering and data crunching: * Scipy * Numpy * Pypy * Pandas * Spatial Data Infrastructures Python development for Mobiles: * Writing Android applications in Python * Mobile messaging with Python * Django for mobi sites (T) * Embedded Python Backend Python: * Twisted * Managing Cloud Servers (Fabric, Boto) * Monitoring (Diamond, Carbon, Graphite) * Writing Scalable Python programs Storing data: * SQLAlchemy * SQLObject * Accessing NoSQL datastores from Python Community development: * Getting involved with Python projects * Why you should take part in PyWeek People doing things with Python: * SKA From gustav at praekelt.com Wed Aug 1 07:46:09 2012 From: gustav at praekelt.com (Gustav) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:46:09 +0300 Subject: [pycon-za] Getting the programme rolling In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <615F56695957476E9477E39CA991F20E@praekeltconsulting.com> Morning Simon et al Some thoughts: We should have something that is aimed at Python novices (not programming novices). Maybe this could be a tutorial? Python in action: I would love to see projects that apply Python in the African environment to solve real problems. Maybe the format of these talks can be shorter (no more than 10-15 minute talks?). Examples: Unicef's work on Rapid in Uganda, Childcount, etc. G GUSTAV PRAEKELT | CEO PRAEKELT.COM | PRAEKELTFOUNDATION.ORG Twitter: gustavp On Wednesday 01 August 2012 at 2:49 AM, Simon Cross wrote: > Greetings > > We're close to the point where we'll be calling for talks so I'd like > to start a discussion about what kinds of things we'd like to be on > the programme. The final programme obviously depends on finding > speakers but I think we need to know what sorts of talks to push. I've > started by listing of topics that seemed important to me below. Things > that I thought we might want tutorials on I've marked with "(T)" > although since tutorials are longer, space for those in the programme > is going to be limited. > > If anyone has any topics to add, or thoughts on the direction of the > programme, please reply. > > Possible topics: > > Core Python: > * Python packaging (T) > * Unit testing (T) > * Python performance > > Web development: > * Django (T) > * GeoDjango > * Flask > > Python for science, engineering and data crunching: > * Scipy > * Numpy > * Pypy > * Pandas > * Spatial Data Infrastructures > > Python development for Mobiles: > * Writing Android applications in Python > * Mobile messaging with Python > * Django for mobi sites (T) > * Embedded Python > > Backend Python: > * Twisted > * Managing Cloud Servers (Fabric, Boto) > * Monitoring (Diamond, Carbon, Graphite) > * Writing Scalable Python programs > > Storing data: > * SQLAlchemy > * SQLObject > * Accessing NoSQL datastores from Python > > Community development: > * Getting involved with Python projects > * Why you should take part in PyWeek > > People doing things with Python: > * SKA > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org (mailto:PyCon-ZA at python.org) > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drnlmuller at gmail.com Wed Aug 1 08:55:43 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:55:43 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Getting the programme rolling In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 1 August 2012 01:49, Simon Cross wrote: > Greetings > > We're close to the point where we'll be calling for talks so I'd like > to start a discussion about what kinds of things we'd like to be on > the programme. The final programme obviously depends on finding > speakers but I think we need to know what sorts of talks to push. I've > started by listing of topics that seemed important to me below. Things > that I thought we might want tutorials on I've marked with "(T)" > although since tutorials are longer, space for those in the programme > is going to be limited. > > If anyone has any topics to add, or thoughts on the direction of the > programme, please reply. > > Possible topics: > > Core Python: > * Python packaging (T) > * Unit testing (T) > * Python performance * Porting to Py3k / approaches for supporting both python 2 & 3 in a single codebase > Web development: > * Django (T) > * GeoDjango > * Flask Given the size of the local plone community, we should definately include that on the programme. > Python for science, engineering and data crunching: > * Scipy > * Numpy > * Pypy > * Pandas > * Spatial Data Infrastructures > > Python development for Mobiles: > * Writing Android applications in Python > * Mobile messaging with Python > * Django for mobi sites (T) > * Embedded Python > > Backend Python: > * Twisted > * Managing Cloud Servers (Fabric, Boto) > * Monitoring (Diamond, Carbon, Graphite) > * Writing Scalable Python programs > > Storing data: > * SQLAlchemy > * SQLObject > * Accessing NoSQL datastores from Python > > Community development: > * Getting involved with Python projects > * Why you should take part in PyWeek > > People doing things with Python: > * SKA > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From simon at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 1 09:35:02 2012 From: simon at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon de Haan) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:35:02 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Getting the programme rolling In-Reply-To: <615F56695957476E9477E39CA991F20E@praekeltconsulting.com> References: <615F56695957476E9477E39CA991F20E@praekeltconsulting.com> Message-ID: I'm +1 on having something aimed at people with a solid PHP & Java background but need an introduction to get up & running in Python (and not necessarily focussed on web dev) Off the top of my head I think it should touch on: * virtualenv / virtualenvwrapper / buildout (maven / pear package alternatives) * easy_install / pip / pypi (also maven / pear alternatives) * setup.py / packaging * python shell (foreign to most PHP & Java ppl afaik) * an editor / IDE setup that'll get them up to speed, lots of people will be coming from an Eclipse type of background. Thoughts? On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Gustav wrote: > > Morning Simon et al > > Some thoughts: > > We should have something that is aimed at Python novices (not programming novices). Maybe this could be a tutorial? > > Python in action: > I would love to see projects that apply Python in the African environment to solve real problems. > > Maybe the format of these talks can be shorter (no more than 10-15 minute talks?). > > Examples: Unicef's work on Rapid in Uganda, Childcount, etc. > > G > > > > GUSTAV PRAEKELT | CEO > PRAEKELT.COM | PRAEKELTFOUNDATION.ORG > Twitter: gustavp > > > On Wednesday 01 August 2012 at 2:49 AM, Simon Cross wrote: > > Greetings > > We're close to the point where we'll be calling for talks so I'd like > to start a discussion about what kinds of things we'd like to be on > the programme. The final programme obviously depends on finding > speakers but I think we need to know what sorts of talks to push. I've > started by listing of topics that seemed important to me below. Things > that I thought we might want tutorials on I've marked with "(T)" > although since tutorials are longer, space for those in the programme > is going to be limited. > > If anyone has any topics to add, or thoughts on the direction of the > programme, please reply. > > Possible topics: > > Core Python: > * Python packaging (T) > * Unit testing (T) > * Python performance > > Web development: > * Django (T) > * GeoDjango > * Flask > > Python for science, engineering and data crunching: > * Scipy > * Numpy > * Pypy > * Pandas > * Spatial Data Infrastructures > > Python development for Mobiles: > * Writing Android applications in Python > * Mobile messaging with Python > * Django for mobi sites (T) > * Embedded Python > > Backend Python: > * Twisted > * Managing Cloud Servers (Fabric, Boto) > * Monitoring (Diamond, Carbon, Graphite) > * Writing Scalable Python programs > > Storing data: > * SQLAlchemy > * SQLObject > * Accessing NoSQL datastores from Python > > Community development: > * Getting involved with Python projects > * Why you should take part in PyWeek > > People doing things with Python: > * SKA > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > > > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- SIMON DE HAAN | CHIEF ENGINEER PRAEKELT FOUNDATION PRAEKELTFOUNDATION.ORG | PRAEKELT.COM M: +27 (0) 76 449 3806 | TWITTER.COM/SMN From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Fri Aug 3 15:47:36 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:47:36 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! Message-ID: Greetings The new za.pycon.org website is live and running. I'd appreciate everyone here playing around with it for a bit and giving feedback before we start the big announcements. I've dumped the registration and speaker databases to file and cleared them out. Everyone who registers now is officially signing up. I'll be converting the dumped data to CSV so that we can email all the people who signed up previously and asked them to register. Schiavo Simon From stefano at rivera.za.net Fri Aug 3 15:54:41 2012 From: stefano at rivera.za.net (Stefano Rivera) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:54:41 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Hi Simon (2012.08.03_15:47:36_+0200) > The new za.pycon.org website is live and running. I'd appreciate > everyone here playing around with it for a bit and giving feedback > before we start the big announcements. Looks seriously weird on my machine. http://stefanor.uctleg.net/tmp/za-pycon-site (Firefox / Iceweasel 10.0.6 on Debian wheezy, if that helps) SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 From euan at unomena.com Fri Aug 3 15:57:16 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:57:16 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: Stefano, Do you see the same thing on our QA link? http://pycon.qa.unomena.net/ Regards, Euan. On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi Simon (2012.08.03_15:47:36_+0200) > > The new za.pycon.org website is live and running. I'd appreciate > > everyone here playing around with it for a bit and giving feedback > > before we start the big announcements. > > Looks seriously weird on my machine. > > http://stefanor.uctleg.net/tmp/za-pycon-site > > (Firefox / Iceweasel 10.0.6 on Debian wheezy, if that helps) > > SR > > -- > Stefano Rivera > http://tumbleweed.org.za/ > H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ruan at unomena.com Fri Aug 3 15:57:50 2012 From: ruan at unomena.com (Ruan Zeelie) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:57:50 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: Hi Stefano, Can you please see if this link is doing the same? http://pycon.qa.unomena.net/ Thanks, Ruan Zeelie *UNOMENA* http://unomena.com | 082 576 5085 On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi Simon (2012.08.03_15:47:36_+0200) > > The new za.pycon.org website is live and running. I'd appreciate > > everyone here playing around with it for a bit and giving feedback > > before we start the big announcements. > > Looks seriously weird on my machine. > > http://stefanor.uctleg.net/tmp/za-pycon-site > > (Firefox / Iceweasel 10.0.6 on Debian wheezy, if that helps) > > SR > > -- > Stefano Rivera > http://tumbleweed.org.za/ > H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stefano at rivera.za.net Fri Aug 3 15:58:15 2012 From: stefano at rivera.za.net (Stefano Rivera) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:58:15 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: <20120803135815.GA1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Hi pycon-za (2012.08.03_15:54:41_+0200) > Looks seriously weird on my machine. > > http://stefanor.uctleg.net/tmp/za-pycon-site In the JS console, I see: jQuery("a.popup").colorbox is not a function SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 From stefano at rivera.za.net Fri Aug 3 15:59:12 2012 From: stefano at rivera.za.net (Stefano Rivera) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:59:12 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: <20120803135912.GB1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Hi Ruan (2012.08.03_15:57:50_+0200) > Can you please see if this link is doing the same? > > http://pycon.qa.unomena.net/ That's much better. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 From euan at unomena.com Fri Aug 3 16:03:19 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:03:19 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: <20120803135815.GA1912@bach.rivera.co.za> References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120803135815.GA1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: Stefano, Please do a hard refresh, that is still of the previous site's JS cached on your machine. Perhaps we should rename the JS file, so others don't get the same issue. Regards, Euan. On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi pycon-za (2012.08.03_15:54:41_+0200) > > Looks seriously weird on my machine. > > > > http://stefanor.uctleg.net/tmp/za-pycon-site > > In the JS console, I see: > jQuery("a.popup").colorbox is not a function > > SR > > -- > Stefano Rivera > http://tumbleweed.org.za/ > H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ruan at unomena.com Fri Aug 3 16:03:36 2012 From: ruan at unomena.com (Ruan Zeelie) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:03:36 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: <20120803135912.GB1912@bach.rivera.co.za> References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120803135912.GB1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: Just refreshing on za.pycon.org should do the trick - can you please let me know if you get errors after the refresh? Ruan Zeelie *UNOMENA* http://unomena.com | 082 576 5085 On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi Ruan (2012.08.03_15:57:50_+0200) > > Can you please see if this link is doing the same? > > > > http://pycon.qa.unomena.net/ > > That's much better. > > SR > > -- > Stefano Rivera > http://tumbleweed.org.za/ > H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fijall at gmail.com Fri Aug 3 16:04:40 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:04:40 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120803135815.GA1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: > Stefano, > > Please do a hard refresh, that is still of the previous site's JS cached on > your machine. > > Perhaps we should rename the JS file, so others don't get the same issue. > > Regards, > Euan. People will have issues. Just add ?x=3 to the JS URL to force the refresh From euan at unomena.com Fri Aug 3 16:12:03 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:12:03 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120803135815.GA1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: Hi Simon, Changes applied and pushed to master. Please pull on to the server. Regards, Euan. On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: > > Stefano, > > > > Please do a hard refresh, that is still of the previous site's JS cached > on > > your machine. > > > > Perhaps we should rename the JS file, so others don't get the same issue. > > > > Regards, > > Euan. > > People will have issues. Just add ?x=3 to the JS URL to force the refresh > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Fri Aug 3 16:12:54 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:12:54 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120803135815.GA1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: > Changes applied and pushed to master. > Please pull on to the server. Pulled. From stefano at rivera.za.net Fri Aug 3 16:30:23 2012 From: stefano at rivera.za.net (Stefano Rivera) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:30:23 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120803135815.GA1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: <20120803143023.GC1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Hi Simon (2012.08.03_16:12:54_+0200) > Pulled. LGTM. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 From stefano at rivera.za.net Fri Aug 3 16:35:14 2012 From: stefano at rivera.za.net (Stefano Rivera) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:35:14 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Website version 2.0 up! In-Reply-To: <20120803143023.GC1912@bach.rivera.co.za> References: <20120803135441.GZ1912@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120803135815.GA1912@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120803143023.GC1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: <20120803143514.GD1912@bach.rivera.co.za> Hi pycon-za (2012.08.03_16:30:23_+0200) > LGTM. Actually, no, the logo still looks odd. http://stefanor.uctleg.net/tmp/za-pycon-logo It's another caching issue, because a shift-reload for me fixed it. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Fri Aug 3 22:46:03 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 22:46:03 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Testing the EFT payment option Message-ID: Greetings I propose testing the EFT payment option by paying for Adrianna. Can anyone think of any reason I shouldn't do that? * Ruan and Euan: Could you add a "paid" boolean field to the attendees model? It shouldn't be visible on the site, I just want it in the admin interface so I can record payments there. * Lauren, Wendy: Any idea how information about which payments have been received will be communicated? Is me recording it in the web site database sufficient? If so, how does that information get to me? Can it be mostly automated somehow? Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Fri Aug 3 22:51:34 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 22:51:34 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA site now officially live Message-ID: Greetings The new PyConZA site is now officially live. Thanks especially to Ruan and Euan from Unomena for all the hard work they've put in getting the site up and running and also to everyone who contributed content and corrections (notably Wendy, Sam, Lauren, Stefano and Maciej). Let the advertising begin. :) Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Mon Aug 6 10:39:48 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:39:48 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Testing the EFT payment option In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > I propose testing the EFT payment option by paying for Adrianna. Can > anyone think of any reason I shouldn't do that? Payment sent. Now awaiting response from someone who has access to the account. Schiavo Simon From simon at praekeltfoundation.org Mon Aug 6 12:44:28 2012 From: simon at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon de Haan) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 12:44:28 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA site now officially live In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Excellent! What are our thoughts on open-sourcing the website? On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > Greetings > > The new PyConZA site is now officially live. Thanks especially to Ruan > and Euan from Unomena for all the hard work they've put in getting the > site up and running and also to everyone who contributed content and > corrections (notably Wendy, Sam, Lauren, Stefano and Maciej). > > Let the advertising begin. :) > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za -- SIMON DE HAAN | CHIEF ENGINEER PRAEKELT FOUNDATION PRAEKELTFOUNDATION.ORG | PRAEKELT.COM M: +27 (0) 76 449 3806 | TWITTER.COM/SMN From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Mon Aug 6 13:01:13 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 13:01:13 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA site now officially live In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Simon de Haan wrote: > What are our thoughts on open-sourcing the website? I think Unomena have an important say in this. I'm +1 on the idea generally but there is some question of exactly how to do so. Would people just be expected to copy the site and then tweak it? How easy is it to modify and tweak the site? Would we want to replace the artwork and PyConZA specific copy? I'm keen on leaving this until closer to the convention itself. Perhaps it's something interested people could work on during the sprints. Schiavo Simon From jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com Mon Aug 6 13:05:55 2012 From: jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com (Jonathan Hitchcock) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 13:05:55 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA site now officially live In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Simon Cross < simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Simon de Haan > wrote: > > What are our thoughts on open-sourcing the website? > > I'm +1 on the idea generally but there is some question of exactly how > to do so. Would people just be expected to copy the site and then > tweak it? How easy is it to modify and tweak the site? Would we want > to replace the artwork and PyConZA specific copy? > Another anecdote from my ScaleConf experience: There were a few positive comments on the "Pull requests on this site are welcome!" message at the bottom of the ScaleConf site, which linked to the GitHub repo. And it actually worked pretty well, too: https://github.com/scaleconf/scaleconf.github.com/pulls -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From euan at unomena.com Mon Aug 6 13:30:43 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 13:30:43 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA site now officially live In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Unomena says: We're fine with it, as long as it's hosted on our GitHub profile. We'll upload it shortly and send the link around. Cheers, Euan. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Simon Cross < simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Simon de Haan > wrote: > > What are our thoughts on open-sourcing the website? > > I think Unomena have an important say in this. > > I'm +1 on the idea generally but there is some question of exactly how > to do so. Would people just be expected to copy the site and then > tweak it? How easy is it to modify and tweak the site? Would we want > to replace the artwork and PyConZA specific copy? > > I'm keen on leaving this until closer to the convention itself. > Perhaps it's something interested people could work on during the > sprints. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 7 19:30:13 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:30:13 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA Message-ID: Hi Wendy Is recording talks currently in our AV budget for PyConZA? I suspect it isn't [1] so I'll do some poking around the tech community to see if there's anyone who can help us record talks. [1] because the AV spending was one of the things heavily slashed to bring us down to a budget. :) Schiavo Simon From drnlmuller at gmail.com Wed Aug 8 12:10:35 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:10:35 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 7 August 2012 19:30, Simon Cross wrote: > Hi Wendy > > Is recording talks currently in our AV budget for PyConZA? I suspect > it isn't [1] so I'll do some poking around the tech community to see > if there's anyone who can help us record talks.i Equipment should be easy enough to arrange, although ensuring we have adequate storage on hand will require some planning. The tricky bits are manpower to handle the recordings during the conference (we can probably manage that with a handful of volunteers if we're not trying to be too fancy with how we record the talks [1]), and massaging the recordings into shape after the conference, which, while it can be managed by volunteers, will require a large chunk of time. [1] We can always use the time-honoured academic tradition of sponsoring the attendance fee of a few students provided they handle the recordings. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 8 12:29:46 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:29:46 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Neil Muller wrote: > Equipment should be easy enough to arrange, although ensuring we have > adequate storage on hand will require some planning. The tricky bits > are manpower to handle the recordings during the conference (we can > probably manage that with a handful of volunteers if we're not trying > to be too fancy with how we record the talks [1]), and massaging the > recordings into shape after the conference, which, while it can be > managed by volunteers, will require a large chunk of time. Maybe this is something CTPUG can handle? If so, perhaps we can work out the details at the next CTPUG meeting? > [1] We can always use the time-honoured academic tradition of > sponsoring the attendance fee of a few students provided they handle > the recordings. We definitely have budget for this and it's good to get the people we're sponsoring involved in organization because it introduces them to organizers and speakers. Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 8 23:08:32 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 23:08:32 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA invoices Message-ID: Hi Hanno and Celeste I just generated and emailed invoices to everyone that had already signed up. Your inboxes should be stuffed with your copies of them. Apologies for the mini mail bomb (15 emails plus Adrianna's). Schiavo Simon From fijall at gmail.com Mon Aug 13 21:50:31 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:50:31 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card Message-ID: Hi Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are there any plans to fix it? Cheers, fijal From fijall at gmail.com Tue Aug 14 10:52:17 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:52:17 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Deadline for talk submissions Message-ID: We should put on website a clear indication what's the deadline for talk submission. From drnlmuller at gmail.com Tue Aug 14 10:57:16 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:57:16 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Deadline for talk submissions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 14 August 2012 10:52, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > We should put on website a clear indication what's the deadline for > talk submission. Have we settled on a clear dealine yet? Since we haven't really sent out a call for talks yet, we can't set anything too tight, so mid-September? -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 14 11:34:48 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:34:48 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Promoting PyConZA through event guides and online communities In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Mariska Du Preez | *mdp marketing wrote: > I neglected to inform you about an agreement we made with Girl Geek > Dinners Cape Town to sponsor 5 tickets for their members to the event. > Gustav suggested a while ago we should try and get more girls at the event, > and I suggested including GGDCPT, which he was happy with. Apologies for not > communicating this arrangement earlier! Cool. Sounds good. In future I would confirm free ticket give-aways with Wendy and Sam because there are potentially budget implications (obviously a few tickets isn't much but a bunch of similar promotions will add up). Please also bounce these sorts of ideas via pycon-za at python.org -- the people on that list need to be kept in the loop (I think both Wendy and Sam are on it too). Btw, the upcoming Silicon Cape partnership adds another 3 free tickets, which brings us to 8 in total. Wendy, is that okay with you? Schiavo Simon From lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 14 14:14:42 2012 From: lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lauren_Kotz=E9?=) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:14:42 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Maciej, Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested by Gustav. Thanks, Lauren On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > Hi > > Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are > there any plans to fix it? > > Cheers, > fijal > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From euan at unomena.com Tue Aug 14 14:17:33 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:17:33 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Lauren, So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we can get the ball rolling on our side. Cheers, Euan. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi Maciej, > > Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested by > Gustav. > > Thanks, Lauren > > > On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >> there any plans to fix it? >> >> Cheers, >> fijal >> _______________________________________________ >> PyCon-ZA mailing list >> PyCon-ZA at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >> > > > > -- > *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa > *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM > *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze > > > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gustav at praekelt.com Tue Aug 14 14:18:12 2012 From: gustav at praekelt.com (Gustav) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:18:12 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sure, lets gogo. * GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: > Hi Lauren, > > So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? > If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we can > get the ball rolling on our side. > > Cheers, > Euan. > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < > lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Hi Maciej, >> >> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested by >> Gustav. >> >> Thanks, Lauren >> >> >> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>> there any plans to fix it? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> fijal >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PyCon-ZA mailing list >> PyCon-ZA at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >> >> > > > -- > *Euan Jonker* > > *UNOMENA** > *http://unomena.com > +27 83 400 2042 > > > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 14 14:20:53 2012 From: lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lauren_Kotz=E9?=) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:20:53 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Busy registering an account - will send you details shortly. On 14 August 2012 14:18, Gustav wrote: > Sure, lets gogo. > > * > GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO > *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG > *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt > > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: > >> Hi Lauren, >> >> So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? >> If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we can >> get the ball rolling on our side. >> >> Cheers, >> Euan. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi Maciej, >>> >>> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested by >>> Gustav. >>> >>> Thanks, Lauren >>> >>> >>> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>>> there any plans to fix it? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> fijal >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Euan Jonker* >> >> *UNOMENA** >> *http://unomena.com >> +27 83 400 2042 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PyCon-ZA mailing list >> PyCon-ZA at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >> >> > -- *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 14 15:44:15 2012 From: lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lauren_Kotz=E9?=) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:44:15 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi guys, You can now buy tickets on quicket here: http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this on the site? Does anyone want to test it? Thanks, Lauren On 14 August 2012 14:20, Lauren Kotz? wrote: > Busy registering an account - will send you details shortly. > > > On 14 August 2012 14:18, Gustav wrote: > >> Sure, lets gogo. >> >> * >> GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO >> *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG >> *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: >> >>> Hi Lauren, >>> >>> So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? >>> If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we can >>> get the ball rolling on our side. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Euan. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Maciej, >>>> >>>> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested by >>>> Gustav. >>>> >>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>> >>>> >>>> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>>>> there any plans to fix it? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> fijal >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Euan Jonker* >>> >>> *UNOMENA** >>> *http://unomena.com >>> +27 83 400 2042 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>> >>> >> > > > -- > *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa > *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM > *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze > > -- *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From euan at unomena.com Tue Aug 14 15:49:23 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:49:23 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Lauren, That's great, but I think perhaps we want to integrate their widget onto our site. Could you please send me the login details for the account you created? Thanks, Euan. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Lauren Kotz? < lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi guys, > > You can now buy tickets on quicket here: > http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ > Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this on > the site? Does anyone want to test it? > > Thanks, Lauren > > > > On 14 August 2012 14:20, Lauren Kotz? > wrote: > >> Busy registering an account - will send you details shortly. >> >> >> On 14 August 2012 14:18, Gustav wrote: >> >>> Sure, lets gogo. >>> >>> * >>> GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO >>> *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG >>> *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Lauren, >>>> >>>> So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? >>>> If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we can >>>> get the ball rolling on our side. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Euan. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Maciej, >>>>> >>>>> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested >>>>> by Gustav. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>>>>> there any plans to fix it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> fijal >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Euan Jonker* >>>> >>>> *UNOMENA** >>>> *http://unomena.com >>>> +27 83 400 2042 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >> >> > > > -- > *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa > *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM > *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze > > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 14 15:58:58 2012 From: lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lauren_Kotz=E9?=) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:58:58 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sure its: email address: (my email address) password: P at ssw0rd02 On 14 August 2012 15:49, Euan Jonker wrote: > Lauren, > > That's great, but I think perhaps we want to integrate their widget onto > our site. > > Could you please send me the login details for the account you created? > > Thanks, > Euan. > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Lauren Kotz? < > lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> You can now buy tickets on quicket here: >> http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ >> Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this on >> the site? Does anyone want to test it? >> >> Thanks, Lauren >> >> >> >> On 14 August 2012 14:20, Lauren Kotz? < >> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >> >>> Busy registering an account - will send you details shortly. >>> >>> >>> On 14 August 2012 14:18, Gustav wrote: >>> >>>> Sure, lets gogo. >>>> >>>> * >>>> GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO >>>> *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG >>>> *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Lauren, >>>>> >>>>> So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? >>>>> If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we >>>>> can get the ball rolling on our side. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Euan. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Maciej, >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested >>>>>> by Gustav. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>>>>>> there any plans to fix it? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> fijal >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Euan Jonker* >>>>> >>>>> *UNOMENA** >>>>> *http://unomena.com >>>>> +27 83 400 2042 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >> >> > > > -- > *Euan Jonker* > > *UNOMENA** > *http://unomena.com > +27 83 400 2042 > > -- *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From euan at unomena.com Tue Aug 14 16:00:06 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:00:06 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: :) I'll change the password and send it to separately. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Lauren Kotz? < lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > Sure its: > email address: (my email address) > password: P at ssw0rd02 > > > On 14 August 2012 15:49, Euan Jonker wrote: > >> Lauren, >> >> That's great, but I think perhaps we want to integrate their widget onto >> our site. >> >> Could you please send me the login details for the account you created? >> >> Thanks, >> Euan. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> You can now buy tickets on quicket here: >>> http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ >>> Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this >>> on the site? Does anyone want to test it? >>> >>> Thanks, Lauren >>> >>> >>> >>> On 14 August 2012 14:20, Lauren Kotz? < >>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Busy registering an account - will send you details shortly. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 14 August 2012 14:18, Gustav wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sure, lets gogo. >>>>> >>>>> * >>>>> GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO >>>>> *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG >>>>> *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Lauren, >>>>>> >>>>>> So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? >>>>>> If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we >>>>>> can get the ball rolling on our side. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Euan. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>>>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Maciej, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested >>>>>>> by Gustav. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>>>>>>> there any plans to fix it? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> fijal >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> *Euan Jonker* >>>>>> >>>>>> *UNOMENA** >>>>>> *http://unomena.com >>>>>> +27 83 400 2042 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Euan Jonker* >> >> *UNOMENA** >> *http://unomena.com >> +27 83 400 2042 >> >> > > > -- > *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa > *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM > *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze > > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ruan at unomena.com Tue Aug 14 16:01:48 2012 From: ruan at unomena.com (Ruan Zeelie) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:01:48 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes - these mails are searchable in Google :) Ruan Zeelie *UNOMENA* http://unomena.com | 082 576 5085 On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: > :) > > I'll change the password and send it to separately. > > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Lauren Kotz? < > lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Sure its: >> email address: (my email address) >> password: P at ssw0rd02 >> >> >> On 14 August 2012 15:49, Euan Jonker wrote: >> >>> Lauren, >>> >>> That's great, but I think perhaps we want to integrate their widget onto >>> our site. >>> >>> Could you please send me the login details for the account you created? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Euan. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi guys, >>>> >>>> You can now buy tickets on quicket here: >>>> http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ >>>> Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this >>>> on the site? Does anyone want to test it? >>>> >>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 14 August 2012 14:20, Lauren Kotz? < >>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Busy registering an account - will send you details shortly. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 14 August 2012 14:18, Gustav wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sure, lets gogo. >>>>>> >>>>>> * >>>>>> GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO >>>>>> *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG >>>>>> *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Lauren, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? >>>>>>> If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we >>>>>>> can get the ball rolling on our side. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Euan. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>>>>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Maciej, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, >>>>>>>> suggested by Gustav. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>>>>>>>> there any plans to fix it? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>> fijal >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> *Euan Jonker* >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *UNOMENA** >>>>>>> *http://unomena.com >>>>>>> +27 83 400 2042 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Euan Jonker* >>> >>> *UNOMENA** >>> *http://unomena.com >>> +27 83 400 2042 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >> >> > > > -- > *Euan Jonker* > > *UNOMENA** > *http://unomena.com > +27 83 400 2042 > > > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From euan at unomena.com Tue Aug 14 16:09:21 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:09:21 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The widget looks so: http://www.quicket.co.za/embed.aspx?productid=933&productname=pyconza-2012&embed=true But we will change the colours to match. Cheers, Euan. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Ruan Zeelie wrote: > Yes - these mails are searchable in Google :) > > > Ruan Zeelie > > *UNOMENA* > http://unomena.com | 082 576 5085 > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: > >> :) >> >> I'll change the password and send it to separately. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >> >>> Sure its: >>> email address: (my email address) >>> password: P at ssw0rd02 >>> >>> >>> On 14 August 2012 15:49, Euan Jonker wrote: >>> >>>> Lauren, >>>> >>>> That's great, but I think perhaps we want to integrate their widget >>>> onto our site. >>>> >>>> Could you please send me the login details for the account you created? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Euan. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys, >>>>> >>>>> You can now buy tickets on quicket here: >>>>> http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ >>>>> Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this >>>>> on the site? Does anyone want to test it? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 14 August 2012 14:20, Lauren Kotz? < >>>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Busy registering an account - will send you details shortly. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 14 August 2012 14:18, Gustav wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Sure, lets gogo. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * >>>>>>> GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO >>>>>>> *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG >>>>>>> *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Lauren, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? >>>>>>>> If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we >>>>>>>> can get the ball rolling on our side. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> Euan. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>>>>>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Maciej, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, >>>>>>>>> suggested by Gustav. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>>>>>>>>> there any plans to fix it? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>> fijal >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>>>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>>>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> *Euan Jonker* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *UNOMENA** >>>>>>>> *http://unomena.com >>>>>>>> +27 83 400 2042 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Euan Jonker* >>>> >>>> *UNOMENA** >>>> *http://unomena.com >>>> +27 83 400 2042 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Euan Jonker* >> >> *UNOMENA** >> *http://unomena.com >> +27 83 400 2042 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PyCon-ZA mailing list >> PyCon-ZA at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >> >> > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks Wendy Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Euan Jonker Sender: pycon-za-bounces+wendy=speakerscorner.co.za at python.org Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:09:21 To: Ruan Zeelie Cc: pycon-za Subject: Re: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za From drnlmuller at gmail.com Tue Aug 14 16:03:51 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:03:51 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 14 August 2012 15:44, Lauren Kotz? wrote: > Hi guys, > > You can now buy tickets on quicket here: > http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ > Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this on > the site? Does anyone want to test it? > I'll test this tonight and see if things work as expected. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Tue Aug 14 17:47:26 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (wendy at speakerscorner.co.za) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:47:26 +0000 Subject: [pycon-za] Deadline for talk submissions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <904455499-1344959249-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-317836264-@b28.c4.bise7.blackberry> Hi Neil I agree let's say 15th Sept. Thanks Wendy Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Neil Muller Sender: pycon-za-bounces+wendy=speakerscorner.co.za at python.org Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:57:16 To: Maciej Fijalkowski Cc: pycon-za Subject: Re: [pycon-za] Deadline for talk submissions On 14 August 2012 10:52, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > We should put on website a clear indication what's the deadline for > talk submission. Have we settled on a clear dealine yet? Since we haven't really sent out a call for talks yet, we can't set anything too tight, so mid-September? -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za From drnlmuller at gmail.com Tue Aug 14 21:34:43 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:34:43 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 14 August 2012 16:03, Neil Muller wrote: > On 14 August 2012 15:44, Lauren Kotz? > wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> You can now buy tickets on quicket here: >> http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ >> Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this on >> the site? Does anyone want to test it? >> > > I'll test this tonight and see if things work as expected. Appears to work fine. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From gustav at praekelt.com Tue Aug 14 21:37:12 2012 From: gustav at praekelt.com (Gustav) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:37:12 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Sponsorship Update Message-ID: Hi All Just a quick note on the state of our sponsorships thus far. The last 2 weeks have been really successful for us, and I'm happy to announce the following sponsors: Gold: Amazon Web Services Google Thoughtworks Silver: Python Software Foundation Basho (Riak) Website + Lanyard: Unomena Needless to say this is great for the event. We'll be updating the the website to reflect these sponsorships in the next day or so. G * GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sam at speakerscorner.co.za Tue Aug 14 22:22:36 2012 From: sam at speakerscorner.co.za (Samantha Manclark) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:22:36 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Promoting PyConZA through event guides and online communities In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Mariska, Simon and team, All good on the 8 tickets for the Girl Geek Dinners (5) and the Silicon Cape (3). This was agreed with Gustav. @Wendy will you make a note on your side for these to be set aside. Thanks so much Sam On 14 August 2012 11:34, Simon Cross wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Mariska Du Preez | *mdp marketing > wrote: > > I neglected to inform you about an agreement we made with Girl Geek > > Dinners Cape Town to sponsor 5 tickets for their members to the event. > > Gustav suggested a while ago we should try and get more girls at the > event, > > and I suggested including GGDCPT, which he was happy with. Apologies for > not > > communicating this arrangement earlier! > > Cool. Sounds good. In future I would confirm free ticket give-aways > with Wendy and Sam because there are potentially budget implications > (obviously a few tickets isn't much but a bunch of similar promotions > will add up). > > Please also bounce these sorts of ideas via pycon-za at python.org -- the > people on that list need to be kept in the loop (I think both Wendy > and Sam are on it too). > > Btw, the upcoming Silicon Cape partnership adds another 3 free > tickets, which brings us to 8 in total. Wendy, is that okay with you? > > Schiavo > Simon > -- Samantha Manclark I MD I Speakers Corner I +27 11 327 1540 I +27 825565188 I www.speakerscorner.co.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 14 22:51:32 2012 From: simon at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon de Haan) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:51:32 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Sponsorship Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That's awesome! On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Gustav wrote: > Hi All > > Just a quick note on the state of our sponsorships thus far. > > The last 2 weeks have been really successful for us, > and I'm happy to announce the following sponsors: > > Gold: > Amazon Web Services > Google > Thoughtworks > > Silver: > Python Software Foundation > Basho (Riak) > > Website + Lanyard: > Unomena > > Needless to say this is great for the event. > > We'll be updating the the website to reflect these sponsorships > in the next day or so. > > G > > > > GUSTAV PRAEKELT | CEO > PRAEKELT.COM | PRAEKELTFOUNDATION.ORG > Mobile +27.82.459.3656 | Skype gustav.praekelt > > > > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- SIMON DE HAAN | CHIEF ENGINEER PRAEKELT FOUNDATION PRAEKELTFOUNDATION.ORG | PRAEKELT.COM M: +27 (0) 76 449 3806 | TWITTER.COM/SMN From lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 15 08:22:30 2012 From: lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lauren_Kotz=E9?=) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:22:30 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: great thanks Neil. On 14 August 2012 21:34, Neil Muller wrote: > On 14 August 2012 16:03, Neil Muller wrote: > > On 14 August 2012 15:44, Lauren Kotz? > > wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> You can now buy tickets on quicket here: > >> http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ > >> Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this > on > >> the site? Does anyone want to test it? > >> > > > > I'll test this tonight and see if things work as expected. > > Appears to work fine. > > -- > Neil Muller > drnlmuller at gmail.com > > I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? > -- *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From team at za.pycon.org Wed Aug 15 08:31:10 2012 From: team at za.pycon.org (Wendy Griffiths) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:31:10 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Sponsorship Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Team That means we have the following still available for clients / contacts to take up: 2 x Platinums 1 x Gold 4 x Silver 6 x Patron 1 x Cocktail Function 1 x Coffee Breaks Kind Regards On 14 August 2012 21:37, Gustav wrote: > Hi All > > Just a quick note on the state of our sponsorships thus far. > > The last 2 weeks have been really successful for us, > and I'm happy to announce the following sponsors: > > Gold: > Amazon Web Services > Google > Thoughtworks > > Silver: > Python Software Foundation > Basho (Riak) > > Website + Lanyard: > Unomena > > Needless to say this is great for the event. > > We'll be updating the the website to reflect these sponsorships > in the next day or so. > > G > > > * > GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO > *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG > *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt > > > > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Wed Aug 15 08:32:51 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (Wendy Griffiths) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:32:51 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Promoting PyConZA through event guides and online communities In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: All confirmed my side Thanks Wendy Griffiths I Executive Producer I Speakers Corner I +27 11 327 1540 I +27 823775913 I www.speakerscorner.co.za I skype: princesswendilz On 14 August 2012 22:22, Samantha Manclark wrote: > Hi Mariska, Simon and team, > > All good on the 8 tickets for the Girl Geek Dinners (5) and the Silicon > Cape (3). This was agreed with Gustav. > @Wendy will you make a note on your side for these to be set aside. > > Thanks so much > Sam > > > > On 14 August 2012 11:34, Simon Cross wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Mariska Du Preez | *mdp marketing >> wrote: >> > I neglected to inform you about an agreement we made with Girl Geek >> > Dinners Cape Town to sponsor 5 tickets for their members to the event. >> > Gustav suggested a while ago we should try and get more girls at the >> event, >> > and I suggested including GGDCPT, which he was happy with. Apologies >> for not >> > communicating this arrangement earlier! >> >> Cool. Sounds good. In future I would confirm free ticket give-aways >> with Wendy and Sam because there are potentially budget implications >> (obviously a few tickets isn't much but a bunch of similar promotions >> will add up). >> >> Please also bounce these sorts of ideas via pycon-za at python.org -- the >> people on that list need to be kept in the loop (I think both Wendy >> and Sam are on it too). >> >> Btw, the upcoming Silicon Cape partnership adds another 3 free >> tickets, which brings us to 8 in total. Wendy, is that okay with you? >> >> Schiavo >> Simon >> > > > > -- > Samantha Manclark I MD I Speakers Corner I +27 11 327 1540 I +27 > 825565188 I www.speakerscorner.co.za > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Wed Aug 15 08:45:18 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (Wendy Griffiths) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:45:18 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Payments by credit card In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Looks great Lauren, well done on getting this up and running so quickly. Ruan the logo is perfect and thanks for linking to the site too. Thanks Wendy Griffiths I Executive Producer I Speakers Corner I +27 11 327 1540 I +27 823775913 I www.speakerscorner.co.za I skype: princesswendilz On 14 August 2012 15:44, Lauren Kotz? wrote: > Hi guys, > > You can now buy tickets on quicket here: > http://www.quicket.co.za/events/933-pyconza-2012/ > Let me know if there are any changes required before we advertise this on > the site? Does anyone want to test it? > > Thanks, Lauren > > > > On 14 August 2012 14:20, Lauren Kotz? > wrote: > >> Busy registering an account - will send you details shortly. >> >> >> On 14 August 2012 14:18, Gustav wrote: >> >>> Sure, lets gogo. >>> >>> * >>> GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO >>> *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG >>> *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Euan Jonker wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Lauren, >>>> >>>> So is Quicket a go then? Can we implement it already? >>>> If so, please create us a Pycon account and send us the deets so we can >>>> get the ball rolling on our side. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Euan. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Kotz? < >>>> lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Maciej, >>>>> >>>>> Yes, we are looking into using http://www.quicket.co.za/, suggested >>>>> by Gustav. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Lauren >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 13 August 2012 21:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> Paying by EFT might be kind of hard by people from outside SA. Are >>>>>> there any plans to fix it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> fijal >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >>>>> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >>>>> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Euan Jonker* >>>> >>>> *UNOMENA** >>>> *http://unomena.com >>>> +27 83 400 2042 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PyCon-ZA mailing list >>>> PyCon-ZA at python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa >> *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM >> *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze >> >> > > > -- > *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa > *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM > *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze > > > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 15 16:29:04 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:29:04 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker Message-ID: Greetings Since sponsorship is going well it looks like we'll be able to fund one or two guest international speakers [1]. I'm going to put feelers out to some of the core Python developers and a few other people I'm keen to have speak but suggestions for people to approach would be greatly appreciated. Once we have a short list of possibilities, I'll post it to this list and hopefully get consensus on who to extend invitations to. [1] The number depends a bit on the cost of their flights and accommodation, etc. Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 16 14:24:01 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:24:01 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site Message-ID: Hi So Ruan kindly integrated Quicket into the site at fairly short notice but I'm not sure the whole thing was ever really thought through properly from our side. What we had before was: user signs up, user is automatically sent invoice (Hanno and Celeste CC'ed), user receives invoice and pays via EFT, Hanno and Celeste reconcile and email Wendy, Wendy marks people as paid in the Django admin interface. What we have now in QA is: user signs up and enters details and selects registration type, user taken to Quicket widget on PyConZA site and selects registration type again, user is transferred to Quicket and enters details again, user pays Quicket by credit card or EFT. So: 1) Are we happy with Quicket as the only payment method? Specifically, are we happy with receiving something like R100k three days after the conference? 2) Are we happy with users entering the registration type twice? Should we remove one or will someone volunteer to fix errors and reverse payments somehow (is this possible with Quicket?)? Removing one means we rely on Quicket for payment. 3) Are we happy with users entering their details twice? If we remove one, are we happy maintaining the database of registrations entirely in Quicket? Who will migrate the current sign-ups across? 4) How do we match who has paid with the database in Django? Wendy, are you happy to do this? 5) What happens if someone buys multiple tickets via Quicket in a single transaction? 6) The direct EFT details are currently still on the site (under About). If we're not using them they should be removed. 7) Some people will have Quicket tickets. Do those mean anything? Are we using tickets? Do people who signed up elsewhere get tickets? 8) What happens if someone buys tickets on Quicket without signing up via us at all? Before we make the Quicket stuff live we need a plan for how all of the logistics around it are going to work. Schiavo Simon From jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com Thu Aug 16 15:38:39 2012 From: jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com (Jonathan Endersby) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:38:39 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi I worry that we're breaking a nice clean UX to accomodate a small percentage of (admittedly important) guests. Can't we just offer the option of a quicket purchase to non-South Africans? ie. A link at the bottom of the page to the quicket page. J. On 16 August 2012 14:24, Simon Cross wrote: > Hi > > So Ruan kindly integrated Quicket into the site at fairly short notice > but I'm not sure the whole thing was ever really thought through > properly from our side. > > What we had before was: user signs up, user is automatically sent > invoice (Hanno and Celeste CC'ed), user receives invoice and pays via > EFT, Hanno and Celeste reconcile and email Wendy, Wendy marks people > as paid in the Django admin interface. > > What we have now in QA is: user signs up and enters details and > selects registration type, user taken to Quicket widget on PyConZA > site and selects registration type again, user is transferred to > Quicket and enters details again, user pays Quicket by credit card or > EFT. > > So: > > 1) Are we happy with Quicket as the only payment method? Specifically, > are we happy with receiving something like R100k three days after the > conference? > > 2) Are we happy with users entering the registration type twice? > Should we remove one or will someone volunteer to fix errors and > reverse payments somehow (is this possible with Quicket?)? Removing > one means we rely on Quicket for payment. > > 3) Are we happy with users entering their details twice? If we remove > one, are we happy maintaining the database of registrations entirely > in Quicket? Who will migrate the current sign-ups across? > > 4) How do we match who has paid with the database in Django? Wendy, > are you happy to do this? > > 5) What happens if someone buys multiple tickets via Quicket in a > single transaction? > > 6) The direct EFT details are currently still on the site (under > About). If we're not using them they should be removed. > > 7) Some people will have Quicket tickets. Do those mean anything? Are > we using tickets? Do people who signed up elsewhere get tickets? > > 8) What happens if someone buys tickets on Quicket without signing up > via us at all? > > Before we make the Quicket stuff live we need a plan for how all of > the logistics around it are going to work. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- *JONATHAN ENDERSBY* | SENIOR STRATEGIST *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG *M*: +27 82 414 3129 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ruan at unomena.com Thu Aug 16 15:46:23 2012 From: ruan at unomena.com (Ruan Zeelie) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:46:23 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That's a nice suggestion right there. +1. Ruan Zeelie *UNOMENA* http://unomena.com | 082 576 5085 On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Jonathan Endersby < jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com> wrote: > Hi > > I worry that we're breaking a nice clean UX to accomodate a small > percentage of (admittedly important) guests. > > Can't we just offer the option of a quicket purchase to non-South > Africans? ie. A link at the bottom of the page to the quicket page. > > J. > > On 16 August 2012 14:24, Simon Cross wrote: > >> Hi >> >> So Ruan kindly integrated Quicket into the site at fairly short notice >> but I'm not sure the whole thing was ever really thought through >> properly from our side. >> >> What we had before was: user signs up, user is automatically sent >> invoice (Hanno and Celeste CC'ed), user receives invoice and pays via >> EFT, Hanno and Celeste reconcile and email Wendy, Wendy marks people >> as paid in the Django admin interface. >> >> What we have now in QA is: user signs up and enters details and >> selects registration type, user taken to Quicket widget on PyConZA >> site and selects registration type again, user is transferred to >> Quicket and enters details again, user pays Quicket by credit card or >> EFT. >> >> So: >> >> 1) Are we happy with Quicket as the only payment method? Specifically, >> are we happy with receiving something like R100k three days after the >> conference? >> >> 2) Are we happy with users entering the registration type twice? >> Should we remove one or will someone volunteer to fix errors and >> reverse payments somehow (is this possible with Quicket?)? Removing >> one means we rely on Quicket for payment. >> >> 3) Are we happy with users entering their details twice? If we remove >> one, are we happy maintaining the database of registrations entirely >> in Quicket? Who will migrate the current sign-ups across? >> >> 4) How do we match who has paid with the database in Django? Wendy, >> are you happy to do this? >> >> 5) What happens if someone buys multiple tickets via Quicket in a >> single transaction? >> >> 6) The direct EFT details are currently still on the site (under >> About). If we're not using them they should be removed. >> >> 7) Some people will have Quicket tickets. Do those mean anything? Are >> we using tickets? Do people who signed up elsewhere get tickets? >> >> 8) What happens if someone buys tickets on Quicket without signing up >> via us at all? >> >> Before we make the Quicket stuff live we need a plan for how all of >> the logistics around it are going to work. >> >> Schiavo >> Simon >> _______________________________________________ >> PyCon-ZA mailing list >> PyCon-ZA at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za >> > > > > -- > *JONATHAN ENDERSBY* | SENIOR STRATEGIST > > *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG > *M*: +27 82 414 3129 > > > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 16 16:11:16 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:11:16 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Ruan Zeelie wrote: > That's a nice suggestion right there. > > +1. +1 from me too. From drnlmuller at gmail.com Thu Aug 16 16:24:07 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:24:07 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 16 August 2012 15:38, Jonathan Endersby wrote: > Hi > > I worry that we're breaking a nice clean UX to accomodate a small percentage of (admittedly important) guests. I would expect a lot more people to want a credit card payment option than just the foreign attendees [1]. I'd rather we keep it as an option for everyone. [1] For several academic grants, for instance, claiming back credit card expenses is trivial, since that's how they expect the grant holders to pay, but everthing else requires more paperwork. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 16 16:30:21 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:30:21 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Neil Muller wrote: > I would expect a lot more people to want a credit card payment option > than just the foreign attendees [1]. I'd rather we keep it as an > option for everyone. I'm happy for everyone to be able to use the link. Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 16 18:45:02 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:45:02 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Alex Gaynor tweeted that he'd like to come to PyConZA and he has extensive experience with Django which a lot of people use (although I think he's more focused on PyPy development these days). Gustav suggested we invite him. Any objections or other suggestions? Schiavo Simon From fijall at gmail.com Thu Aug 16 18:49:34 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:49:34 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > Hello > > Alex Gaynor tweeted that he'd like to come to PyConZA and he has > extensive experience with Django which a lot of people use (although I > think he's more focused on PyPy development these days). > > Gustav suggested we invite him. Any objections or other suggestions? > > Schiavo > Simon I'm obviously abstaining (Alex is my friend, I cannot judge him). Cheers, fijal From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 16 18:52:01 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:52:01 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > Gustav suggested we invite him. Any objections or other suggestions? Two other people we know are keen to come but would need to invited are Armin Ronacher and David Cramer. Schiavo Simon From fijall at gmail.com Thu Aug 16 18:52:31 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:52:31 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Invited speaker suggestion Message-ID: I would like to suggest Armin Ronacher (author of flask, among other things). I want other people to have opinions though since I personally know Armin, so my opinion can be biased. Cheers, fijal From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Thu Aug 16 18:53:23 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (wendy at speakerscorner.co.za) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:53:23 +0000 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <441535217-1345136002-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-498484955-@b28.c4.bise7.blackberry> I agree I think its good to offer to all. W Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Neil Muller Sender: pycon-za-bounces+wendy=speakerscorner.co.za at python.org Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:24:07 To: pycon-za Subject: Re: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site On 16 August 2012 15:38, Jonathan Endersby wrote: > Hi > > I worry that we're breaking a nice clean UX to accomodate a small percentage of (admittedly important) guests. I would expect a lot more people to want a credit card payment option than just the foreign attendees [1]. I'd rather we keep it as an option for everyone. [1] For several academic grants, for instance, claiming back credit card expenses is trivial, since that's how they expect the grant holders to pay, but everthing else requires more paperwork. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za From simon at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 16 19:29:50 2012 From: simon at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon de Haan) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:29:50 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: +1 on either Other possible suggestions - Leah Culver - Simon Willison - Kenneth Reitz On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Simon Cross > wrote: >> Gustav suggested we invite him. Any objections or other suggestions? > > Two other people we know are keen to come but would need to invited > are Armin Ronacher and David Cramer. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za -- SIMON DE HAAN | CHIEF ENGINEER PRAEKELT FOUNDATION PRAEKELTFOUNDATION.ORG | PRAEKELT.COM M: +27 (0) 76 449 3806 | TWITTER.COM/SMN From euan at unomena.com Thu Aug 16 21:59:14 2012 From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:59:14 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: +1 on David Cramer On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Simon Cross < simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Simon Cross > wrote: > > Gustav suggested we invite him. Any objections or other suggestions? > > Two other people we know are keen to come but would need to invited > are Armin Ronacher and David Cramer. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- *Euan Jonker* *UNOMENA** *http://unomena.com +27 83 400 2042 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Fri Aug 17 13:24:21 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:24:21 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ruan On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > I'm happy for everyone to be able to use the link. Should I add the link to the registration email and invoice? Schiavo Simon From ruan at unomena.com Fri Aug 17 13:25:59 2012 From: ruan at unomena.com (Ruan Zeelie) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:25:59 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes, let's do that. Ruan Zeelie *UNOMENA* http://unomena.com | 082 576 5085 On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Simon Cross < simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi Ruan > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Simon Cross > wrote: > > I'm happy for everyone to be able to use the link. > > Should I add the link to the registration email and invoice? > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Fri Aug 17 14:04:53 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (wendy at speakerscorner.co.za) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:04:53 +0000 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <693194508-1345205093-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-156951467-@b28.c4.bise7.blackberry> Great plan guys W Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Ruan Zeelie Sender: pycon-za-bounces+wendy=speakerscorner.co.za at python.org Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:25:59 To: Simon Cross Cc: pycon-za Subject: Re: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za From stefano at rivera.za.net Sun Aug 19 22:42:28 2012 From: stefano at rivera.za.net (Stefano Rivera) Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:42:28 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20120819204228.GA1694@bach.rivera.co.za> Hi Neil (2012.08.08_12:10:35_+0200) Bringing this up again, as we covered it a bit on IRC this morning... > Equipment should be easy enough to arrange, although ensuring we have > adequate storage on hand will require some planning. These days, storage isn't really a huge problem. An hour of standard definition video in DV takes only 11 GB. So one can easily fit a whole day's recordings onto your average computer. If we're doing video ourselves, I'd highly recommend that we use dvswitch, the software developed by the DebConf video team. It's limited to standard definition, but lets us edit the video in real time, leaving very little post-production work. http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Videoteam The dvswitch software is simple and reliable. I've used it for Umonya, and been on the video crew for 2 DebConfs. It needs us to have cameras with firewire ports, and we need one computer with firewire for each camera, to stream the video to the dvswitch editing machine. That's usually the same machine as the main camera. It's nice to have 2 cameras in each room (one for the speaker, and one at the front, facing the audience, for questions), as well as a VGA frame grabber (such as the Canopus TwinPact 100) so that we can get high quality capture of the speaker's slides and any live demos they do. Cameras are presumably easily hireable in Cape Town, but TwinPacts won't be. Chances are we'd have to buy them from the US. Then, one also needs decent audio, which means a audio feed from the mixing desk, and at least one wireless handheld mic for each room, for audience questions. > The tricky bits are manpower to handle the recordings during the > conference (we can probably manage that with a handful of volunteers I'm happy to organise the infrastructure for DVswitch, and train volunteers, but I'd probably need some help. And much of the equipment quite a bit in advance, for setup. Being able to set up in the venue a day or two before the conference, would be very useful, and likely necessary for training. Would that be possible? > [1] We can always use the time-honoured academic tradition of > sponsoring the attendance fee of a few students provided they handle > the recordings. The curse is post-production work. You'd probably have to provide hardware (storage) and some training to any students doing it. It's easier to just automate everything, and try to get the manual labour to happen during the talk. Or just outsource the whole thing. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Mon Aug 20 11:26:08 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:26:08 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Quicket integration with the PyCon ZA site In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Jonathan Endersby wrote: > Can't we just offer the option of a quicket purchase to non-South Africans? > ie. A link at the bottom of the page to the quicket page. Done. From jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com Mon Aug 20 11:29:56 2012 From: jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com (Jonathan Endersby) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:29:56 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: <20120819204228.GA1694@bach.rivera.co.za> References: <20120819204228.GA1694@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: Hi As much faith as I have in Stefano, and as awesome a guy he is... On 19 August 2012 22:42, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Or just outsource the whole thing. +1 -- *JONATHAN ENDERSBY* | SENIOR STRATEGIST *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG *M*: +27 82 414 3129 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Or we give the problem to people who are paid :) SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 461 1230 C: +27 72 419 8559 From drnlmuller at gmail.com Mon Aug 20 11:40:50 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:40:50 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: References: <20120819204228.GA1694@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: On 20 August 2012 11:29, Jonathan Endersby wrote: > Hi > > As much faith as I have in Stefano, and as awesome a guy he is... > > On 19 August 2012 22:42, Stefano Rivera wrote: >> >> Or just outsource the whole thing. > > +1 Which brings us full circle to the budget issue that started this thread. My impression is we don't have that much money available [1], so we're going to have to rely on volunteers to do the work. The question is what do we absolutely HAVE to provide to make that feasible. From the sounds of it, cameras and computers will be reasonably easy to arrange, but we'll have to spend a fair chunk if we want to capture slides in reasonable quality. [1] Equipment, at least 2 camera operators for 2 days plus whatever other expenses will be involved all adds up fairly quickly. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com Mon Aug 20 11:42:51 2012 From: jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com (Jonathan Hitchcock) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:42:51 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: <20120820093740.GC1694@bach.rivera.co.za> References: <20120819204228.GA1694@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120820093740.GC1694@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > I don't want to end up in the same situation as ScaleConf, where I have > a pile of crappy video on my computer that needs lots of love and > attention to get it presentable. > Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything ;-) On this topic, though - if you do buy equipment, I'm sure I can get Duncan to agree to ScaleConf chipping in, or even sponsoring it all, if it means we can borrow it next year. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From graemeglass at gmail.com Mon Aug 20 11:56:18 2012 From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:56:18 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: References: <20120819204228.GA1694@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120820093740.GC1694@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Jonathan Hitchcock wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Stefano Rivera > wrote: >> >> I don't want to end up in the same situation as ScaleConf, where I have >> a pile of crappy video on my computer that needs lots of love and >> attention to get it presentable. > > > Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything ;-) > > On this topic, though - if you do buy equipment, I'm sure I can get Duncan > to agree to ScaleConf chipping in, or even sponsoring it all, if it means we > can borrow it next year. >From our discussion on Saturday, I think first prize for everyone would be to outsource it, but using http://www.nextdayvideo.com/page/pricing.html (who Simon mentioned) as a watermark, it seems outsourcing is impractical from a budget point of view. (now is the time for someone to jump in with a good affordable contact) We all agreed that having the conference filmed is a high priority, so if outsourcing is not an option, then doing it ourselves is the only option left? (as crappy as it will be) From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Mon Aug 20 13:30:52 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:30:52 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: References: <20120819204228.GA1694@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120820093740.GC1694@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Either we do it ourselves, and put in the effort beforehand + during the > conference, when the energy is there. Or we give the problem to people > who are paid :) Completely agreed. Although we don't have a huge budget, I'm sure we can find some budget. We might be able to cover buying two VGA frame grabbers, for example (which appear to be about $500 each). We just can't afford $4000 per day (the price quoted on Next Day Video). Now that I know what we need I'll motivate for it at the meeting with Speakers Corner people on Wednesday morning (btw, if anyone wants to be in on that Skype call -- please shout). Schiavo Simon From hodgestar at gmail.com Mon Aug 20 15:12:29 2012 From: hodgestar at gmail.com (Simon Cross) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:12:29 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Fwd: Covering PyCon '12 In-Reply-To: <502FD3E3.3070807@ngportal.com> References: <502FD3E3.3070807@ngportal.com> Message-ID: I received the offer below from Michael Adeyeye of Asmic Computers to provide video. I've asked for details (what they need from the organizers, speakers, time required for post processing, costs). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Adeyeye Date: Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:41 PM Subject: Covering PyCon '12 To: team at pyconza.ctpug.org.za, sam at speakerscorner.co.za Hi, I am Michael Adeyeye, a senior research fellow at CPUT and an entrepreneur (Asmic Computers Nig./SA). The reason I am contacting you is that my company would like to record presentations at PyCon '12. The company offers IT services and has worked for NGOs, government parastatals and private firms to date. We would be happy to help record presentations at the event as we have done for past events, such as POSSE SA (http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_South_Africa) and CPUT FOSHS '12 (http://www.cput.ac.za/about/events/open-source-and-hardware-symposium). Below are some of recordings we've done: 1. POSSE SA http://bit.ly/IlCZgB [~909MB] http://bit.ly/IzArjj [~520MB] 2. CPUT FOSHS '12 http://bit.ly/S475LV http://bit.ly/PCfRkV 3. Google I/O EXtended http://bit.ly/NZUg0i We look forward to your reply. Regards, Michael Adeyeye. Lead Developer, Asmic Computers. From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Mon Aug 20 15:34:29 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:34:29 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Deadline for talk submissions In-Reply-To: <904455499-1344959249-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-317836264-@b28.c4.bise7.blackberry> References: <904455499-1344959249-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-317836264-@b28.c4.bise7.blackberry> Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 5:47 PM, wrote: > I agree let's say 15th Sept. Added to the site on the following pages: * http://za.pycon.org/schedule.html * http://za.pycon.org/speaker.html Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Mon Aug 20 15:45:01 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:45:01 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've created a new sheet in the schedule Google Doc and populated with all the speakers people have suggested in this thread. I'd like to take an informal vote on who to invite later in the week so please keep the suggestions rolling in (and feel free to include motivations for those who don't necessarily know the speaker). Schiavo Simon From drnlmuller at gmail.com Mon Aug 20 15:59:29 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:59:29 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers Message-ID: Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers real soon now (tm). I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should not be too hard to do. The current list of places to send it to is, AFAIK: * python-announce * clug * ctpug * LEAD (durban Linux group) * glug * gapugsa * Code bridge * Ubuntu ZA * SPIN-SA The list is a bit linux-centric though - any other groups we could hit? -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From graemeglass at gmail.com Mon Aug 20 18:58:00 2012 From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:58:00 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Neil Muller wrote: > Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a > final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers > real soon now (tm). > > I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. > > We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I > expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for > speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should > not be too hard to do. > > The current list of places to send it to is, AFAIK: > > * python-announce > * clug > * ctpug > * LEAD (durban Linux group) > * glug > * gapugsa > * Code bridge > * Ubuntu ZA > * SPIN-SA > > The list is a bit linux-centric though - any other groups we could hit? > > -- > Neil Muller > drnlmuller at gmail.com > > I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za nodecpt at googlegroups.com (http://nodecpt.github.com/) Although most people will be in the other mailing lists might catch one or two here From graemeglass at gmail.com Mon Aug 20 19:47:08 2012 From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:47:08 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Graeme Glass wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Neil Muller wrote: >> Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a >> final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers >> real soon now (tm). >> >> I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. >> >> We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I >> expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for >> speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should >> not be too hard to do. >> >> The current list of places to send it to is, AFAIK: >> >> * python-announce >> * clug >> * ctpug >> * LEAD (durban Linux group) >> * glug >> * gapugsa >> * Code bridge >> * Ubuntu ZA >> * SPIN-SA >> >> The list is a bit linux-centric though - any other groups we could hit? >> >> -- >> Neil Muller >> drnlmuller at gmail.com >> >> I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? >> _______________________________________________ >> PyCon-ZA mailing list >> PyCon-ZA at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > nodecpt at googlegroups.com (http://nodecpt.github.com/) > Although most people will be in the other mailing lists might catch > one or two here Also try conferences at python.org I also requested that pycon-za get added to http://www.python.org/community/workshops/ and it has been added. From drnlmuller at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 12:14:14 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:14:14 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 20 August 2012 15:59, Neil Muller wrote: > Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a > final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers > real soon now (tm). > > I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. > > We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I > expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for > speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should > not be too hard to do. Based of the PyCon Finland Call for proposals (http://mail.python.org/pipermail//conferences/2012-June/000370.html), which I think is a nice, compact version, I have currently: PyCon ZA 2012 - Call for Speakers PyCon ZA will take place October 4-5 in Cape Two, South Africa. There will be 2 days of talks, and we will also hold sprints on the 6 and 7th of October. We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a presentation, please submit you proposal at http://www.za.pycon.org/. The deadline for proposals is the 15th of September. Accepted presenters will be notified by no later than the 20th of September. The presentation slots will be 45 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion at the end. Shared sessions are also possible. The language for the presentations should be English. If you wish to coordinate a sprint on a specific topic, please contact team at za dot pycon dot org with the details. See you in PyCon ZA 2012! -- On behalf of the PyconZA organising committee Anything editing suggestions? I don't want to make the final acceptance date too close to the actual conference - is the 20th September reasonable? We're going to have accept some talks as they're submitted rather than reviewing stuff after all the submissions are closed, otherwise we're going to run into serious timing issues. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From graemeglass at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 12:29:50 2012 From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:29:50 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Neil Muller wrote: > On 20 August 2012 15:59, Neil Muller wrote: >> Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a >> final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers >> real soon now (tm). >> >> I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. >> >> We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I >> expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for >> speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should >> not be too hard to do. > > Based of the PyCon Finland Call for proposals > (http://mail.python.org/pipermail//conferences/2012-June/000370.html), > which I think is a nice, compact version, I have currently: > > > PyCon ZA 2012 - Call for Speakers > > PyCon ZA will take place October 4-5 in Cape Two, South Africa. > There will be 2 > days of talks, and we will also hold sprints on the 6 and 7th of October. > > We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a > presentation, please submit you proposal at http://www.za.pycon.org/. The > deadline for proposals is the 15th of September. Accepted presenters will be > notified by no later than the 20th of September. The presentation > slots will be > 45 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion at the end. Shared sessions are also > possible. The language for the presentations should be English. > > If you wish to coordinate a sprint on a specific topic, please > contact team at > za dot pycon dot org with the details. > > See you in PyCon ZA 2012! > > -- > On behalf of the PyconZA organising committee > > > Anything editing suggestions? > > I don't want to make the final acceptance date too close to the actual > conference - is the 20th September reasonable? We're going to have > accept some talks as they're submitted rather than reviewing stuff > after all the submissions are closed, otherwise we're going to run > into serious timing issues. > > -- > Neil Muller > drnlmuller at gmail.com > > I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za Looks good. A typo: Cape Two -> Cape Town Nitpick, are we using http://www.za.pycon.org/ or http://za.pycon.org/ I know they redirect to the same place, but it is nice to standardise on 1 URL. From graemeglass at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 12:58:07 2012 From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:58:07 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Graeme Glass wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Neil Muller wrote: >> On 20 August 2012 15:59, Neil Muller wrote: >>> Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a >>> final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers >>> real soon now (tm). >>> >>> I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. >>> >>> We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I >>> expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for >>> speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should >>> not be too hard to do. >> >> Based of the PyCon Finland Call for proposals >> (http://mail.python.org/pipermail//conferences/2012-June/000370.html), >> which I think is a nice, compact version, I have currently: >> >> >> PyCon ZA 2012 - Call for Speakers >> >> PyCon ZA will take place October 4-5 in Cape Two, South Africa. >> There will be 2 >> days of talks, and we will also hold sprints on the 6 and 7th of October. >> >> We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a >> presentation, please submit you proposal at http://www.za.pycon.org/. The >> deadline for proposals is the 15th of September. Accepted presenters will be >> notified by no later than the 20th of September. The presentation >> slots will be >> 45 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion at the end. Shared sessions are also >> possible. The language for the presentations should be English. >> >> If you wish to coordinate a sprint on a specific topic, please >> contact team at >> za dot pycon dot org with the details. >> >> See you in PyCon ZA 2012! >> >> -- >> On behalf of the PyconZA organising committee >> >> >> Anything editing suggestions? >> >> I don't want to make the final acceptance date too close to the actual >> conference - is the 20th September reasonable? We're going to have >> accept some talks as they're submitted rather than reviewing stuff >> after all the submissions are closed, otherwise we're going to run >> into serious timing issues. >> >> -- >> Neil Muller >> drnlmuller at gmail.com >> >> I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? >> _______________________________________________ >> PyCon-ZA mailing list >> PyCon-ZA at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > Looks good. > A typo: Cape Two -> Cape Town > > Nitpick, are we using http://www.za.pycon.org/ or http://za.pycon.org/ > I know they redirect to the same place, but it is nice to standardise on 1 URL. Added PyConZA to http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEvents Should I add a call to Speakers? (http://za.pycon.org/speaker.html) From simon at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 21 12:58:29 2012 From: simon at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon de Haan) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:58:29 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Looks great, another small nitpick on the email address. I prefer spelling it team at za.pycon.org so mail clients will highlight it and readers will more easily spot it. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Graeme Glass wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Neil Muller wrote: >> On 20 August 2012 15:59, Neil Muller wrote: >>> Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a >>> final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers >>> real soon now (tm). >>> >>> I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. >>> >>> We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I >>> expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for >>> speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should >>> not be too hard to do. >> >> Based of the PyCon Finland Call for proposals >> (http://mail.python.org/pipermail//conferences/2012-June/000370.html), >> which I think is a nice, compact version, I have currently: >> >> >> PyCon ZA 2012 - Call for Speakers >> >> PyCon ZA will take place October 4-5 in Cape Two, South Africa. >> There will be 2 >> days of talks, and we will also hold sprints on the 6 and 7th of October. >> >> We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a >> presentation, please submit you proposal at http://www.za.pycon.org/. The >> deadline for proposals is the 15th of September. Accepted presenters will be >> notified by no later than the 20th of September. The presentation >> slots will be >> 45 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion at the end. Shared sessions are also >> possible. The language for the presentations should be English. >> >> If you wish to coordinate a sprint on a specific topic, please >> contact team at >> za dot pycon dot org with the details. >> >> See you in PyCon ZA 2012! >> >> -- >> On behalf of the PyconZA organising committee >> >> >> Anything editing suggestions? >> >> I don't want to make the final acceptance date too close to the actual >> conference - is the 20th September reasonable? We're going to have >> accept some talks as they're submitted rather than reviewing stuff >> after all the submissions are closed, otherwise we're going to run >> into serious timing issues. >> >> -- >> Neil Muller >> drnlmuller at gmail.com >> >> I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? >> _______________________________________________ >> PyCon-ZA mailing list >> PyCon-ZA at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > > Looks good. > A typo: Cape Two -> Cape Town > > Nitpick, are we using http://www.za.pycon.org/ or http://za.pycon.org/ > I know they redirect to the same place, but it is nice to standardise on 1 URL. > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za -- Simon de Haan | Chief Engineer Praekelt Foundation praekeltfoundation.org | praekelt.com M: +27 (0) 76 449 3806 | twitter.com/smn From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 21 15:26:15 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:26:15 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Neil Muller wrote: > We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a > presentation, please submit you proposal at http://www.za.pycon.org/. The > deadline for proposals is the 15th of September. Accepted presenters will be > notified by no later than the 20th of September. The presentation > slots will be 45 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion at the end. Shared > sessions are also possible. The language for the presentations should be English. The current draft timetable has mostly 45 minute talks including questions, but we can probably tweak that a bit still. Schiavo Simon From fijall at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 15:45:09 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:45:09 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Neil Muller wrote: >> We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a >> presentation, please submit you proposal at http://www.za.pycon.org/. The >> deadline for proposals is the 15th of September. Accepted presenters will be >> notified by no later than the 20th of September. The presentation >> slots will be 45 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion at the end. Shared >> sessions are also possible. The language for the presentations should be English. > > The current draft timetable has mostly 45 minute talks including > questions, but we can probably tweak that a bit still. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za I would strongly suggest talks be either 30 or 45 minutes, preferably 30min (including Q&A!) and not longer? It makes people think harder what they actually want to say and not go on and on and on. That said I volunteer to organize session chairs (or be one myself) and have some idea how to deal with that. Cheers, fijal From drnlmuller at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 16:00:40 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:00:40 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 21 August 2012 15:45, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > I would strongly suggest talks be either 30 or 45 minutes, preferably > 30min (including Q&A!) and not longer? It makes people think harder > what they actually want to say and not go on and on and on. That said > I volunteer to organize session chairs (or be one myself) and have > some idea how to deal with that. 30 minutes including questions is too short for a conference like this, since it leaves no time to cover the basics of the topic. 30 minutes talks and then 10 minutes for questions / session switching is minimum we should be looking at. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Tue Aug 21 16:02:24 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:02:24 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > I would strongly suggest talks be either 30 or 45 minutes, preferably > 30min (including Q&A!) and not longer? It makes people think harder > what they actually want to say and not go on and on and on. That said > I volunteer to organize session chairs (or be one myself) and have > some idea how to deal with that. First volunteer for a session chair accepted. :) Schiavo Simon From fijall at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 16:05:10 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:05:10 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Neil Muller wrote: > On 21 August 2012 15:45, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >> I would strongly suggest talks be either 30 or 45 minutes, preferably >> 30min (including Q&A!) and not longer? It makes people think harder >> what they actually want to say and not go on and on and on. That said >> I volunteer to organize session chairs (or be one myself) and have >> some idea how to deal with that. > > 30 minutes including questions is too short for a conference like > this, since it leaves no time to cover the basics of the topic. 30 > minutes talks and then 10 minutes for questions / session switching is > minimum we should be looking at. It's totally not. Pycon US has this as a default and it works quite well IMO. From drnlmuller at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 16:38:44 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:38:44 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 21 August 2012 16:05, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > > It's totally not. Pycon US has this as a default and it works quite well IMO. How much of that is due to audience self-selection, though? Since we're running only two sessions, and aiming to attract a wide audience, I firmly believe that providing adequate time for speakers to explain the problem background is very important, and would much rather err on the side of overly long slots as a result. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From fijall at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 17:00:22 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:00:22 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Neil Muller wrote: > On 21 August 2012 16:05, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >> >> It's totally not. Pycon US has this as a default and it works quite well IMO. > > How much of that is due to audience self-selection, though? Since > we're running only two sessions, and aiming to attract a wide > audience, I firmly believe that providing adequate time for speakers > to explain the problem background is very important, and would much > rather err on the side of overly long slots as a result. Ok. Let's retract a bit. Why do you say overly long slots are actually better than overly short slots? Cheers, fijal From drnlmuller at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 17:12:02 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:12:02 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 21 August 2012 17:00, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > Ok. Let's retract a bit. Why do you say overly long slots are actually > better than overly short slots? Of what benefit is a talk where the speaker does not have time to adequately explain the problem and the solution adopted? -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From fijall at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 17:23:45 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:23:45 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Neil Muller wrote: > On 21 August 2012 17:00, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >> Ok. Let's retract a bit. Why do you say overly long slots are actually >> better than overly short slots? > > Of what benefit is a talk where the speaker does not have time to > adequately explain the problem and the solution adopted? The benefit is typically (besides the fact that you can fit more talks) so the speaker has to think harder how to convey his idea. Most talks don't have to occupy 45 minutes of talking. Both the quality of listeners and the quality of speakers deteriorate over time. If the speaker has harsher time constraints, he would try harder to cut irrelevant details in order to provide the actual picture. Some talks are not fitting in such times, but the majority of them completely do. You want the diversity more than depth on such conferences. I hate to bring this up, since I don't believe in argument by authority, but I've been to a lot of conferences and generally those that have shorter talks are of higher quality (for related or unrelated reasons). From drnlmuller at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 17:47:30 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:47:30 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 21 August 2012 17:23, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Neil Muller wrote: >> On 21 August 2012 17:00, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >>> Ok. Let's retract a bit. Why do you say overly long slots are actually >>> better than overly short slots? >> >> Of what benefit is a talk where the speaker does not have time to >> adequately explain the problem and the solution adopted? > > I hate to bring this up, since I don't believe in argument by > authority, but I've been to a lot of conferences and generally those > that have shorter talks are of higher quality (for related or > unrelated reasons). Um - professional academic here, so I don't think you get to play the "you haven't been to enough conferences" card. I've seen far too many potentially interesting talks destroyed by overly short time limits, and that's in areas where the speaker can and does assume a lot of common background with the audience. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 22 00:24:51 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:24:51 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Confirming first few speakers Message-ID: Greetings We have firm offers for talks from: * Larry Hastings (Stepping through CPython -- his PyCon US 2012 talk) * Armin Rigo & Maciej Fija?kowski (New Approaches to Concurrency in Python -- a talk about STM, the GIL, etc) And from: * Edward van Kuik (How to open a bar in Python) Edward is a long-time CTPUG supporter, owner of nitric.co.za and currently runs a bar with a lot of funky features using software he wrote himself in Python. If there are no objections (speak now) I'd like to accept these three talks just to get the speaker ball rolling. Schiavo Simon From jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com Wed Aug 22 07:56:51 2012 From: jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com (Jonathan Endersby) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:56:51 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Confirming first few speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I would suggest that you get all the potential speakers to submit an intro paragraph and then have a committee decide after the submission deadline... This of course does not apply to invited speakers. The selection criteria is not just "Is this a good talk?", but also, have we covered all our bases? It's quite possible, for instance, that no one wants to talk about Django because the topic is so broad. Do we get a "Intro to Django" talk (which I think we should have) or/and a "Timing attacks using Django Signals on virtual hosts" talk. If we say yes early-on we run the risk of having to say no to someone really awesome because their talk overlaps too closely with another talk we've already said yes too. Lastly, I think it's important that we push people who we know are awesome/interesting to submit a talk proposal. Often the really awesome speakers are too busy being awesome (or just genuinely humble) to suggest themselves. J. - sent from my tricorder. On Aug 22, 2012 12:25 AM, "Simon Cross" wrote: > Greetings > > We have firm offers for talks from: > > * Larry Hastings (Stepping through CPython -- his PyCon US 2012 talk) > * Armin Rigo & Maciej Fija?kowski (New Approaches to Concurrency in > Python -- a talk about STM, the GIL, etc) > > And from: > > * Edward van Kuik (How to open a bar in Python) > > Edward is a long-time CTPUG supporter, owner of nitric.co.za and > currently runs a bar with a lot of funky features using software he > wrote himself in Python. > > If there are no objections (speak now) I'd like to accept these three > talks just to get the speaker ball rolling. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 22 09:58:19 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:58:19 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Confirming first few speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jonathan On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Jonathan Endersby wrote: > I would suggest that you get all the potential speakers to submit an intro > paragraph and then have a committee decide after the submission deadline... > This of course does not apply to invited speakers. This is the plan for later on. Their are a couple of issues for *right now* though: * International speakers need to make travel plans. * We need to confirm some cool speakers to advertise. It's worth bearing in mind that because we have two tracks we have something like double the talk slots that ScaleConf had. > The selection criteria is not just "Is this a good talk?", but also, have we > covered all our bases? It's quite possible, for instance, that no one wants > to talk about Django because the topic is so broad. Do we get a "Intro to > Django" talk (which I think we should have) or/and a "Timing attacks using > Django Signals on virtual hosts" talk. Agreed. And agreed about Django. > If we say yes early-on we run the risk of having to say no to someone really > awesome because their talk overlaps too closely with another talk we've > already said yes too. Agreed in theory. I don't see that being likely with any of the three speakers mentioned though. > Lastly, I think it's important that we push people who we know are > awesome/interesting to submit a talk proposal. Often the really awesome > speakers are too busy being awesome (or just genuinely humble) to suggest > themselves. Completely agreed -- everyone push these people to submit proposals. :) Schiavo Simon From drnlmuller at gmail.com Wed Aug 22 10:17:29 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:17:29 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 21 August 2012 12:14, Neil Muller wrote: > On 20 August 2012 15:59, Neil Muller wrote: >> Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a >> final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers >> real soon now (tm). >> >> I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. >> >> We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I >> expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for >> speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should >> not be too hard to do. > > Based of the PyCon Finland Call for proposals > (http://mail.python.org/pipermail//conferences/2012-June/000370.html), > which I think is a nice, compact version, I have currently: > > > PyCon ZA 2012 - Call for Speakers > > PyCon ZA will take place October 4-5 in Cape Two, South Africa. > There will be 2 > days of talks, and we will also hold sprints on the 6 and 7th of October. > > We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a > presentation, please submit you proposal at http://www.za.pycon.org/. The > deadline for proposals is the 15th of September. Accepted presenters will be > notified by no later than the 20th of September. The presentation > slots will be > 45 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion at the end. Shared sessions are also > possible. The language for the presentations should be English. > > If you wish to coordinate a sprint on a specific topic, please > contact team at > za dot pycon dot org with the details. > > See you in PyCon ZA 2012! > > -- > On behalf of the PyconZA organising committee > > > Anything editing suggestions? > > I don't want to make the final acceptance date too close to the actual > conference - is the 20th September reasonable? We're going to have > accept some talks as they're submitted rather than reviewing stuff > after all the submissions are closed, otherwise we're going to run > into serious timing issues. So, other than the "Two" typo fix, and shorting the suggested slot to "30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions", any further comments before we start sending this out? -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 22 10:21:35 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:21:35 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Neil Muller wrote: > So, other than the "Two" typo fix, and shorting the suggested slot to > "30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions", any further comments before > we start sending this out? None from my side. From ruan at unomena.com Wed Aug 22 10:22:47 2012 From: ruan at unomena.com (Ruan Zeelie) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:22:47 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There was also the email address change from Simon, and the website standardization request from Graeme. Ruan Zeelie *UNOMENA* http://unomena.com | 082 576 5085 On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Simon Cross < simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Neil Muller > wrote: > > So, other than the "Two" typo fix, and shorting the suggested slot to > > "30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions", any further comments before > > we start sending this out? > > None from my side. > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fijall at gmail.com Wed Aug 22 10:22:59 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:22:59 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Simon Cross wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Neil Muller wrote: >> So, other than the "Two" typo fix, and shorting the suggested slot to >> "30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions", any further comments before >> we start sending this out? > > None from my side. Other than "I would love to argue some more just because", no. +1 for 30 + 10 From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 22 10:56:51 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:56:51 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Ruan Zeelie wrote: > There was also the email address change from Simon, and the website > standardization request from Graeme. And now I've just noticed a few more things :): * "we will also hold sprints" -> "we will hold sprints" * "please submit you proposal" -> "please submit your proposal" From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 22 16:02:28 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:02:28 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track Message-ID: Greetings We've been made an offer to record just the primary talk for free. Is everyone happy to just have the primary track recorded? The secondary track room can be sub-divided into three smaller rooms so we may lose some flexibility if we have a complex AV setup there anyway. Schiavo Simon From lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 22 16:38:55 2012 From: lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lauren_Kotz=E9?=) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:38:55 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: happy. On 22 August 2012 16:02, Simon Cross wrote: > Greetings > > We've been made an offer to record just the primary talk for free. Is > everyone happy to just have the primary track recorded? The secondary > track room can be sub-divided into three smaller rooms so we may lose > some flexibility if we have a complex AV setup there anyway. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- *LAUREN KOTZE* | Programme Manager: Southern Africa *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG | *PRAEKELT*.COM *M*: +27 76 738 4103 | ***S*: lauren.kotze3 | *Tw*: lauren_kotze -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com Wed Aug 22 16:43:09 2012 From: jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com (Jonathan Endersby) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:43:09 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Simon Are we talking about video and audio or just audio? Who is the company? What are their credentials etc... Gift horse in mouth, but we should make sure they're not going to mess it up. J. On 22 August 2012 16:02, Simon Cross wrote: > Greetings > > We've been made an offer to record just the primary talk for free. Is > everyone happy to just have the primary track recorded? The secondary > track room can be sub-divided into three smaller rooms so we may lose > some flexibility if we have a complex AV setup there anyway. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -- *JONATHAN ENDERSBY* | SENIOR STRATEGIST *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG *M*: +27 82 414 3129 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Wed Aug 22 16:51:30 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (wendy at speakerscorner.co.za) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:51:30 +0000 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1848523195-1345647091-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1834949556-@b27.c4.bise7.blackberry> Hi Simon I think the main session for the 1st year would be good. Can they show us some of their other work they have done maybe? Tx Wendy Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Simon Cross Sender: pycon-za-bounces+wendy=speakerscorner.co.za at python.org Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:02:28 To: pycon-za Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track Greetings We've been made an offer to record just the primary talk for free. Is everyone happy to just have the primary track recorded? The secondary track room can be sub-divided into three smaller rooms so we may lose some flexibility if we have a complex AV setup there anyway. Schiavo Simon _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Wed Aug 22 16:58:15 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:58:15 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Fwd: Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oops. Replied just to Jonathan. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Jonathan Endersby wrote: > Are we talking about video and audio or just audio? Video and audio. > Who is the company? What are their credentials etc... Gift horse in mouth, > but we should make sure they're not going to mess it up. Michael Adeyeye from Asmic Computers. Some of the recordings they've done: 1. POSSE SA http://bit.ly/IlCZgB [~909MB] http://bit.ly/IzArjj [~520MB] 2. CPUT FOSHS '12 http://bit.ly/S475LV http://bit.ly/PCfRkV 3. Google I/O EXtended http://bit.ly/NZUg0i Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 23 00:07:15 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:07:15 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Riak ambassadors for PyConZA Message-ID: Greetings Basho have put out all call for Riak ambassadors to PyConZA -- http://basho.com/blog/technical/2012/08/23/Riak-ambassadors-needed-for-PyCon-ZA/. We need to spread the word. I've tweeted about it via @pyconza. Any other thoughts about how to get the word out. I'd like to put the link on the website somewhere -- the question is where. Maybe a news panel on the front page? Suggestions welcome. Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 23 00:16:05 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:16:05 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Current attendee numbers Message-ID: Greetings We're now at 60 people signed up. Of those: * 24 are student registrations * 8 are corporate registrations * 28 are individual registrations We're a bit behind marking people as paid though -- only two are marked as paid and I know more people have paid than that. Wendy, would you chase that when you get the chance? Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 23 01:01:40 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:01:40 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: So far I've received positive replies from Wendy and Lauren and a query from Jonathan. I'd like to give Michael an answer soon if possible. If anyone would like me to hold off the decision in order to give more time to evaluate the offer or has additional feedback, please shout before the end of tomorrow morning. Schiavo Simon From drnlmuller at gmail.com Thu Aug 23 01:32:03 2012 From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:32:03 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 22 August 2012 16:02, Simon Cross wrote: > Greetings > > We've been made an offer to record just the primary talk for free. Is > everyone happy to just have the primary track recorded? The secondary > track room can be sub-divided into three smaller rooms so we may lose > some flexibility if we have a complex AV setup there anyway. I'd like to avoid recording just a single track if at all feasible, It creates more of a "second string track" vibe than I'll really comfortable with. On the other hand, it's hard to argue with someone offering to do the work for free. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller at gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? From team at za.pycon.org Thu Aug 23 06:41:23 2012 From: team at za.pycon.org (Wendy Griffiths) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:41:23 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA In-Reply-To: References: <20120819204228.GA1694@bach.rivera.co.za> <20120820093740.GC1694@bach.rivera.co.za> Message-ID: Hi Simon Sure let me know what you need and I can arrange Wendy On 20 August 2012 13:30, Simon Cross wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Stefano Rivera > wrote: > > Either we do it ourselves, and put in the effort beforehand + during the > > conference, when the energy is there. Or we give the problem to people > > who are paid :) > > Completely agreed. > > Although we don't have a huge budget, I'm sure we can find some > budget. We might be able to cover buying two VGA frame grabbers, for > example (which appear to be about $500 each). We just can't afford > $4000 per day (the price quoted on Next Day Video). > > Now that I know what we need I'll motivate for it at the meeting with > Speakers Corner people on Wednesday morning (btw, if anyone wants to > be in on that Skype call -- please shout). > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From team at za.pycon.org Thu Aug 23 06:42:06 2012 From: team at za.pycon.org (Wendy Griffiths) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:42:06 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Deadline for talk submissions In-Reply-To: References: <904455499-1344959249-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-317836264-@b28.c4.bise7.blackberry> Message-ID: Looking awesome! On 20 August 2012 15:34, Simon Cross wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 5:47 PM, wrote: > > I agree let's say 15th Sept. > > Added to the site on the following pages: > > * http://za.pycon.org/schedule.html > * http://za.pycon.org/speaker.html > > Schiavo > Simon > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Thu Aug 23 06:57:16 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (Wendy Griffiths) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:57:16 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Official call for speakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Great from my side, thank you Neil Wendy Griffiths I Executive Producer I Speakers Corner I +27 11 327 1540 I +27 823775913 I www.speakerscorner.co.za I skype: princesswendilz On 22 August 2012 10:17, Neil Muller wrote: > On 21 August 2012 12:14, Neil Muller wrote: > > On 20 August 2012 15:59, Neil Muller wrote: > >> Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a > >> final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers > >> real soon now (tm). > >> > >> I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. > >> > >> We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I > >> expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for > >> speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should > >> not be too hard to do. > > > > Based of the PyCon Finland Call for proposals > > (http://mail.python.org/pipermail//conferences/2012-June/000370.html), > > which I think is a nice, compact version, I have currently: > > > > > > PyCon ZA 2012 - Call for Speakers > > > > PyCon ZA will take place October 4-5 in Cape Two, South Africa. > > There will be 2 > > days of talks, and we will also hold sprints on the 6 and 7th of > October. > > > > We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to > give a > > presentation, please submit you proposal at http://www.za.pycon.org/. > The > > deadline for proposals is the 15th of September. Accepted presenters > will be > > notified by no later than the 20th of September. The presentation > > slots will be > > 45 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion at the end. Shared sessions are > also > > possible. The language for the presentations should be English. > > > > If you wish to coordinate a sprint on a specific topic, please > > contact team at > > za dot pycon dot org with the details. > > > > See you in PyCon ZA 2012! > > > > -- > > On behalf of the PyconZA organising committee > > > > > > Anything editing suggestions? > > > > I don't want to make the final acceptance date too close to the actual > > conference - is the 20th September reasonable? We're going to have > > accept some talks as they're submitted rather than reviewing stuff > > after all the submissions are closed, otherwise we're going to run > > into serious timing issues. > > So, other than the "Two" typo fix, and shorting the suggested slot to > "30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions", any further comments before > we start sending this out? > > > -- > Neil Muller > drnlmuller at gmail.com > > I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Thu Aug 23 06:59:32 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (Wendy Griffiths) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:59:32 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Current attendee numbers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Simon I will have those marked asap, this morning. Thanks! Wendy Griffiths I Executive Producer I Speakers Corner I +27 11 327 1540 I +27 823775913 I www.speakerscorner.co.za I skype: princesswendilz On 23 August 2012 00:16, Simon Cross wrote: > Greetings > > We're now at 60 people signed up. Of those: > > * 24 are student registrations > * 8 are corporate registrations > * 28 are individual registrations > > We're a bit behind marking people as paid though -- only two are > marked as paid and I know more people have paid than that. Wendy, > would you chase that when you get the chance? > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za Thu Aug 23 07:01:29 2012 From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (Wendy Griffiths) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:01:29 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: How about we go back and see what they would charge to do the other track, one for free and one we pay for? I can go back, no harm in asking? hey Wendy Griffiths I Executive Producer I Speakers Corner I +27 11 327 1540 I +27 823775913 I www.speakerscorner.co.za I skype: princesswendilz On 23 August 2012 01:32, Neil Muller wrote: > On 22 August 2012 16:02, Simon Cross > wrote: > > Greetings > > > > We've been made an offer to record just the primary talk for free. Is > > everyone happy to just have the primary track recorded? The secondary > > track room can be sub-divided into three smaller rooms so we may lose > > some flexibility if we have a complex AV setup there anyway. > > I'd like to avoid recording just a single track if at all feasible, It > creates more of a "second string track" vibe than I'll really > comfortable with. > > On the other hand, it's hard to argue with someone offering to do the > work for free. > > -- > Neil Muller > drnlmuller at gmail.com > > I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool? > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From graemeglass at gmail.com Thu Aug 23 07:08:07 2012 From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:08:07 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Simon Cross wrote: > So far I've received positive replies from Wendy and Lauren and a > query from Jonathan. I'd like to give Michael an answer soon if > possible. If anyone would like me to hold off the decision in order to > give more time to evaluate the offer or has additional feedback, > please shout before the end of tomorrow morning. > > Schiavo > Simon No objections with Michael doing the recording From graemeglass at gmail.com Thu Aug 23 07:09:17 2012 From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:09:17 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Wendy Griffiths wrote: > How about we go back and see what they would charge to do the other track, > one for free and one we pay for? > I can go back, no harm in asking? > > hey Indeed, sounds reasonable From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 23 13:47:47 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:47:47 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Recording just the primary talk track In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > We've been made an offer to record just the primary talk for free. Is > everyone happy to just have the primary track recorded? The secondary > track room can be sub-divided into three smaller rooms so we may lose > some flexibility if we have a complex AV setup there anyway. At this morning's organization conference call we decided we probably have budget to pay Michael to record both tracks so we're pursuing that. Will hopefully have a concrete plan in place by the end of the week. Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 23 16:02:09 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:02:09 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The current list in the spreadsheet is: Armin Ronacher Alex Gaynor Leah Culver Simon Willison Kenneth Reitz Asheesh Laroia Michael Foord Paul Sciarra David Cramer I plan to run voting tomorrow and then we'll start inviting people in an order influenced by the result of the vote. If there's anyone else people want added to the list please email them to me tonight. Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 23 16:07:19 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:07:19 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > I plan to run voting tomorrow and then we'll start inviting people in > an order influenced by the result of the vote. If there's anyone else > people want added to the list please email them to me tonight. It's suddenly struck me that we're perhaps going about this the wrong way. Maybe we should just create as big a list as possible, email them all tomorrow and see what responses we get? Schiavo Simon From fijall at gmail.com Thu Aug 23 19:11:09 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:11:09 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Simon Cross > wrote: >> I plan to run voting tomorrow and then we'll start inviting people in >> an order influenced by the result of the vote. If there's anyone else >> people want added to the list please email them to me tonight. > > It's suddenly struck me that we're perhaps going about this the wrong > way. Maybe we should just create as big a list as possible, email them > all tomorrow and see what responses we get? > > Schiavo > Simon That's a bit lame, since this means you kind of cannot promise anything until you get responses. From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 30 01:22:42 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:22:42 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Greetings My order of preference for sending out invitations is: Asheesh Laroia Leah Culver ---- Paul Sciarra Guido van Rossum Armin Ronacher Michael Foord David Cramer Alex Gaynor Simon Willison Kenneth Reitz The chances of getting either Paul Sciarra or Guido seem vanishingly slim but I'm willing to give it a shot. If anyone wants a different order, please shout and motivate. I should know definitely whether Asheesh is available later today. David Cramer I've emailed to ask about whether he's available but haven't got a response from. Schiavo Simon From fijall at gmail.com Thu Aug 30 09:49:38 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:49:38 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Simon Cross wrote: > Greetings > > My order of preference for sending out invitations is: > > Asheesh Laroia > Leah Culver > ---- > Paul Sciarra > Guido van Rossum > Armin Ronacher > Michael Foord > David Cramer > Alex Gaynor > Simon Willison > Kenneth Reitz > > The chances of getting either Paul Sciarra or Guido seem vanishingly > slim but I'm willing to give it a shot. If anyone wants a different > order, please shout and motivate. > > I should know definitely whether Asheesh is available later today. > David Cramer I've emailed to ask about whether he's available but > haven't got a response from. > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za My preference is Asheesh and then Armin Ronacher. Guido is an incredibly boring speaker and he'll not come anyway. cheers, fijal From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 30 16:43:59 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:43:59 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Simon Cross wrote: > My order of preference for sending out invitations is: > > Asheesh Laroia > Leah Culver > ---- > Paul Sciarra > Guido van Rossum > Armin Ronacher > Michael Foord > David Cramer > Alex Gaynor > Simon Willison > Kenneth Reitz Since so far I've had one +1, one -+0 and one "put Armin Ronacher higher on the list" I will start emailing invitations in my original order shortly and see how it goes. I plan to send out firm invitations and to work down the list as I receive rejection letters. :) Schiavo Simon From fijall at gmail.com Thu Aug 30 16:56:56 2012 From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:56:56 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Simon Cross > wrote: >> My order of preference for sending out invitations is: >> >> Asheesh Laroia >> Leah Culver >> ---- >> Paul Sciarra >> Guido van Rossum >> Armin Ronacher >> Michael Foord >> David Cramer >> Alex Gaynor >> Simon Willison >> Kenneth Reitz > > Since so far I've had one +1, one -+0 and one "put Armin Ronacher > higher on the list" I will start emailing invitations in my original > order shortly and see how it goes. I plan to send out firm invitations > and to work down the list as I receive rejection letters. :) > > Schiavo > Simon > _______________________________________________ > PyCon-ZA mailing list > PyCon-ZA at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za do you need some help with that? From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Thu Aug 30 17:02:53 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:02:53 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > do you need some help with that? Sure! Will chat with you off list. From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Fri Aug 31 00:52:49 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:52:49 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Simon Cross wrote: > Asheesh Laroia > Leah Culver > ---- > Paul Sciarra > Guido van Rossum > Armin Ronacher Lead declined. I failed to find contact details for Paul [1] so I'm bumping him down the list until someone can give me some and contacted Guido. [1] The best I could find was the LinkedIn invite page. I don't feel like abusing that for a conference invite and in any case the number of characters available for the message is too tiny to say anything useful. Schiavo Simon From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org Fri Aug 31 10:07:20 2012 From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:07:20 +0200 Subject: [pycon-za] Guest speaker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Simon Cross wrote: > Lead declined. I failed to find contact details for Paul [1] so I'm > bumping him down the list until someone can give me some and contacted > Guido. s/ead/eah/ Guido declined too. Armin Ronacher contacted.