[python-uk] Python UK user groups / website / coordination

[John Pinner]

HI,

On 2 August 2010 17:42, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> On 02/08/2010 15:44, Nicholas Tollervey wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm... I like the app-engine idea since it is v.simple and plain ol'
>> Python (rather than a complex project like Pinax that requires Django-fu to
>> understand).
>>
>> GitHub / BitBucket is a great idea too.
>>
>> Seriously, all we need to start with right now is:
>>
>> 1) A shared Google Calendar that is readable by *everyone* and writable by
>> PUG organisers (that identify themselves here on this mailing list)
>> 2) A Twitter list of Python-UK people
>> 3) A web-page with both these embedded on them.
>>
>>
>
> This sounds great.
>
>> I *would* volunteer to create these right now but I'm up to my eyes in
>> code and it's my wedding anniversary today so this evening is out. Also,
>> perhaps we could decide on the date of an IRC meeting / open up the doodle
>> so people on this list can say when they're available..? Coordination and
>> community collaboration is the way to go before actually doing anything
>> (IMHO) ;-)
>>
>>
>
> Some kind of organisation - like deciding who will maintain the calendar and
> twitter lists.
>
> To be honest a Pinax site seems like overkill, but if people with spare
> energy are *volunteering* to do the work then that is great.

Although I am inclined to agree, and fancied a wiki for PyWm, the fact
is that work has been done already, by Zeth and Steve Hawkes, so let's
use it.

Best wishes,

John
--
(Still recovering from EuroPython).