From gautier at fry-it.com  Fri Feb  1 09:31:41 2013
From: gautier at fry-it.com (Gautier HAYOUN)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 08:31:41 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the February London Code Dojo
Message-ID: <CAOZBAa94NOJ_yHUYUaNiMwTut=_BdN89L0cRzv4JbQS68sBBBQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello fellow Pythonistas!

The first Thursday of February is next week the 07/02 and that means
London Python Code Dojo!

Grab your tickets now before they are all gone :

  https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-4-episode-6

We are open for problem suggestions. By experience an algorithmic
problem is good, but a 3d MMORPG is bad.

If you need any more information, contact the team via Twitter:
@ldnpydojo or via email team at ldnpydojo.org.uk .

Look forward to seeing you all next Thursday.

Gautier

From gautier at fry-it.com  Thu Feb  7 10:17:33 2013
From: gautier at fry-it.com (Gautier HAYOUN)
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 09:17:33 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the February London Code Dojo
In-Reply-To: <CAOZBAa94NOJ_yHUYUaNiMwTut=_BdN89L0cRzv4JbQS68sBBBQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAOZBAa94NOJ_yHUYUaNiMwTut=_BdN89L0cRzv4JbQS68sBBBQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAOZBAa-gsh1cfE8TwcnwtuBewSCoYSbsSJrUODFCM80io4FfRQ@mail.gmail.com>

We've had a couple of drop-outs for tonight so check eventwax for more
tickets if you couldn't get one last week.

> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Gautier HAYOUN <gautier at fry-it.com> wrote:
> Hello fellow Pythonistas!
>
> The first Thursday of February is next week the 07/02 and that means
> London Python Code Dojo!()
> problem is good, but a 3d MMORPG is bad.
>
> If you need any more information, contact the team via Twitter:
> @ldnpydojo or via email team at ldnpydojo.org.uk .
>
> Look forward to seeing you all next Thursday.
>
> Gautier

From daniele at vurt.org  Tue Feb 12 00:11:26 2013
From: daniele at vurt.org (Daniele Procida)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:11:26 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python & Kraftwerk
Message-ID: <20130211231126.2030848289@smtp.ntlworld.com>

Hi folks. I'm putting on an event next month: <http://consolationnight.org.uk>.

It will feature eight live bands playing Kraftwerk songs. Between the acts I am assembling various videos and other things that will function to provide some entertainments in the interludes. 

I am also collecting various computer-generated visuals to play while the bands are playing.

If you have, or know of, or would even like to create any Python-generated materials that would be suitable for the event, I'd love to use them.

It could be anything, pretty much. 

I found an interesting program for Mac OS X which makes it easier to get it to sing using the built-in voices <http://code.google.com/p/sing/> but I haven't had brilliant results with it and it's in Perl so I have no idea what it's doing.

If you can suggest any Python software that might be useful for creating something suitable, or even contributing something (of course everything will be credited, with links to your websites or whatever) I'd be interested to hear about it.

Daniele



From jamesbtobin at gmail.com  Thu Feb 14 16:44:25 2013
From: jamesbtobin at gmail.com (James Tobin)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:44:25 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] JOB: QA Engineer
Message-ID: <CAMyPCTSHh+h+MhN-fo=eoAObGYLRfdhNOj1JRO2NgV+yFAgOoA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

I'm working with an employer that is looking to hire both experienced
and graduate QA Engineers.  This would be a permanent position working
from home.

You should have:
1. An interest in programming as well as open source databases;
2. Test development skills using C++/Java as well as scripting
languages like Python, Ruby, Perl.

Please email me using jamesbtobin at gmail.com to learn more.

All the best, James

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Thu Feb 14 21:29:28 2013
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:29:28 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
Message-ID: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>

For those who don't follow other channels.

http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html

tl;dr - the PSF, to defend the use of "Python" in Europe, needs 
testimony and documentation to demonstrate that, for as long as 
possible, "Python" has meant the Python language in order to contest a 
commercial trademark application.

TJG

From jjl at pobox.com  Thu Feb 14 21:35:48 2013
From: jjl at pobox.com (John Lee)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:35:48 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1302142031520.2994@alice.lan>

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Tim Golden wrote:

> For those who don't follow other channels.
>
> http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html
>
> tl;dr - the PSF, to defend the use of "Python" in Europe, needs testimony and 
> documentation to demonstrate that, for as long as possible, "Python" has 
> meant the Python language in order to contest a commercial trademark 
> application.

...particularly short letters from businesses, including businesses 
outside of the UK (the latter according to this HN comment from someone 
who claims to be a lawyer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5221407).

Why is there no "throw it out as absurd within 10 minutes" process to save 
everybody the expense and hassle?  Including the company making the 
application.  Are trademark as messed up as patents?


John

From roger at rolepoint.com  Thu Feb 14 21:42:15 2013
From: roger at rolepoint.com (Roger Toor)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:42:15 -0800
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
Message-ID: <CAM7hSM183Zi=CcYaZRa2arm9mykDHq9F2cvJFOQ4M-2N7ML6Tg@mail.gmail.com>

Hey folks

We're building our London team, which will consist of 4-5 developers in the
next few weeks. However, being based in Silicon Valley at the moment, I am
struggling to find where suitable candidates available now/soon hang out.

I'll be flying in this weekend, so would appreciate it if anyone on the
list can suggest anyone appropriate that I should speak with?


*Here's a quick overview:*

4 of us started the company in London and moved to San Francisco 1 year ago
for the AngelPad incubator (0.5% admission rate) and subsequently raised
one of the largest seed funding rounds in recent history, our investors
include Google's chairman (Eric Schmidt) and 30 others of a similar
calibre.

They're flooding us with introductions to companies they're invested in as
potential clients (Skype, Spotify, Zynga, Pinterest, Square, Palantir etc),
now we just need help building out more of the product in addition to a
great engineering culture.

We have the resources of a much larger company and an unfair advantage that
most never get access to, with the pace and openness to change of a
startup. We're still only 10 strong and on the cusp of some very aggressive
growth, so anyone joining now will shape how big business we become. We're
already making money and looking at raising our Series B at the end of this
year. Exciting things ahead!


*Requirements:*

   - Mid-Senior developers looking for perm / contract-to-hire in London
   - Available immediately or in the next few weeks
   - Strong with Python 2.x
   - Ideally also strong with Flask, Django is okay too
   - Google App Engine (NoSQL)
   - Strong experience building rich web applications

We're also looking for frontend skill set, which ideally would sit with the
backend guys:

   - Backbone.JS, CoffeeScript


Engineers get the best kit (we can afford ;)) and we're big on continuous
integration + automation.

All the best,

Roger Toor

Co-Founder and CTO at RolePoint
(415) 323 9340 | skype: rogertoor | www.rolepoint.com
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From richard at arbee-design.co.uk  Thu Feb 14 23:39:40 2013
From: richard at arbee-design.co.uk (Richard Barran)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:39:40 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
In-Reply-To: <CAM7hSM183Zi=CcYaZRa2arm9mykDHq9F2cvJFOQ4M-2N7ML6Tg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM7hSM183Zi=CcYaZRa2arm9mykDHq9F2cvJFOQ4M-2N7ML6Tg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2F2B222E-4FC0-4331-BC7C-D878E454CAB1@arbee-design.co.uk>

The various beer-and-tech gatherings organised through meetup.com could be a good starting point?

http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Python-Group-TLPG/

and 

http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Django-Meetup-Group/  (for Django [warm] bodies).

Personally I got my first job in London through one of these; I'm gonna work 2 weeks later this month for a co. I met at a recent meetup; and today I helped interview a guy who was at the last Django meet. So they definitely work.

HTH,

Richard

On 14 Feb 2013, at 20:42, Roger Toor <roger at rolepoint.com> wrote:
> ...
> We're building our London team, which will consist of 4-5 developers in the next few weeks. However, being based in Silicon Valley at the moment, I am struggling to find where suitable candidates available now/soon hang out
> ...


From tom at viner.tv  Fri Feb 15 00:03:07 2013
From: tom at viner.tv (Tom Viner)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:03:07 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1302142031520.2994@alice.lan>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
	<alpine.DEB.2.02.1302142031520.2994@alice.lan>
Message-ID: <CANBSuyHvUCdtkMqdfVGp3T_2En7jgqc0YNLhY=F7NVTnGu2aoA@mail.gmail.com>

I contacted Webfaction, who say they're looking at this now. I think
they'll make a good case as they were trading at python-hosting.com back in
the beginning<https://blog.webfaction.com/2010/11/a-look-at-our-python-setup/>
.


Tom
@tomviner <https://twitter.com/tomviner>

On 14 February 2013 20:35, John Lee <jjl at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Tim Golden wrote:
>
>  For those who don't follow other channels.
>>
>> http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/**2013/02/python-trademark-at-**
>> risk-in-europe-we.html<http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html>
>>
>> tl;dr - the PSF, to defend the use of "Python" in Europe, needs testimony
>> and documentation to demonstrate that, for as long as possible, "Python"
>> has meant the Python language in order to contest a commercial trademark
>> application.
>>
>
> ...particularly short letters from businesses, including businesses
> outside of the UK (the latter according to this HN comment from someone who
> claims to be a lawyer: https://news.ycombinator.com/**item?id=5221407<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5221407>
> ).
>
> Why is there no "throw it out as absurd within 10 minutes" process to save
> everybody the expense and hassle?  Including the company making the
> application.  Are trademark as messed up as patents?
>
>
> John
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> python-uk mailing list
> python-uk at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/python-uk<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk>
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From chris at simplistix.co.uk  Fri Feb 15 01:03:09 2013
From: chris at simplistix.co.uk (Chris Withers)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:03:09 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <511D7B3D.2070208@simplistix.co.uk>

On 14/02/2013 20:29, Tim Golden wrote:
> For those who don't follow other channels.
>
> http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html
>
> tl;dr - the PSF, to defend the use of "Python" in Europe, needs
> testimony and documentation to demonstrate that, for as long as
> possible, "Python" has meant the Python language in order to contest a
> commercial trademark application.

The irony for me: I wonder how much Python software those guys are 
running in their cloud stack?

*sigh*

Chris

-- 
Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting
            - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

From ntoll at ntoll.org  Fri Feb 15 07:41:26 2013
From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:41:26 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
In-Reply-To: <CAM7hSM183Zi=CcYaZRa2arm9mykDHq9F2cvJFOQ4M-2N7ML6Tg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM7hSM183Zi=CcYaZRa2arm9mykDHq9F2cvJFOQ4M-2N7ML6Tg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <511DD896.3040502@ntoll.org>

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Hi Roger,

The London Python Code Dojo happens on the first Thursday of every
month. Many developers have found jobs through attending this event
(see: http://ntoll.org/article/how-to-run-an-awesome-code-dojo for the
full details of what a dojo is - basically lots of live coding,
problem solving and discussion).

It's not uncommon for companies to turn up, stand up and say, "We're
hiring, come grab me for details". Also, were you to take part in the
dojo you'd also get to see and work with potential applicants thinking
about, resolving and presenting solutions to computing problems in Python.

We announce details on this list.

HTH,

Nicholas.

On 14/02/13 20:42, Roger Toor wrote:
> Hey folks
> 
> We're building our London team, which will consist of 4-5
> developers in the next few weeks. However, being based in Silicon
> Valley at the moment, I am struggling to find where suitable
> candidates available now/soon hang out.
> 
> I'll be flying in this weekend, so would appreciate it if anyone on
> the list can suggest anyone appropriate that I should speak with?
> 
> 
> *Here's a quick overview:*
> 
> 4 of us started the company in London and moved to San Francisco 1
> year ago for the AngelPad incubator (0.5% admission rate) and
> subsequently raised one of the largest seed funding rounds in
> recent history, our investors include Google's chairman (Eric
> Schmidt) and 30 others of a similar calibre.
> 
> They're flooding us with introductions to companies they're
> invested in as potential clients (Skype, Spotify, Zynga, Pinterest,
> Square, Palantir etc), now we just need help building out more of
> the product in addition to a great engineering culture.
> 
> We have the resources of a much larger company and an unfair
> advantage that most never get access to, with the pace and openness
> to change of a startup. We're still only 10 strong and on the cusp
> of some very aggressive growth, so anyone joining now will shape
> how big business we become. We're already making money and looking
> at raising our Series B at the end of this year. Exciting things
> ahead!
> 
> 
> *Requirements:*
> 
> * Mid-Senior developers looking for perm / contract-to-hire in
> London * Available immediately or in the next few weeks * Strong
> with Python 2.x * Ideally also strong with Flask, Django is okay
> too * Google App Engine (NoSQL) * Strong experience building rich
> web applications
> 
> We're also looking for frontend skill set, which ideally would sit
> with the backend guys:
> 
> * Backbone.JS, CoffeeScript
> 
> 
> Engineers get the best kit (we can afford ;)) and we're big on 
> continuous integration + automation.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Roger Toor
> 
> Co-Founder and CTO at RolePoint
> 
> (415) 323 9340 | skype: rogertoor | www.rolepoint.com 
> <http://www.rolepoint.com/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing
> list python-uk at python.org 
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
> 

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From richard at arbee-design.co.uk  Fri Feb 15 09:16:17 2013
From: richard at arbee-design.co.uk (Richard Barran)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:16:17 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
In-Reply-To: <511DD896.3040502@ntoll.org>
References: <CAM7hSM183Zi=CcYaZRa2arm9mykDHq9F2cvJFOQ4M-2N7ML6Tg@mail.gmail.com>
	<511DD896.3040502@ntoll.org>
Message-ID: <F2DB7932-47AE-4396-B4A7-1DECA570A5CC@arbee-design.co.uk>

Apologies Nick - I completely forgot about the dojo in my list of regular meetups. I'll wear a dunce cap for today in penance.
 
On 15 Feb 2013, at 06:41, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org> wrote:

> Hi Roger,
> 
> The London Python Code Dojo happens on the first Thursday of every
> month. Many developers have found jobs through attending this event
> (see: http://ntoll.org/article/how-to-run-an-awesome-code-dojo for the
> full details of what a dojo is - basically lots of live coding,
> problem solving and discussion).
> 
> It's not uncommon for companies to turn up, stand up and say, "We're
> hiring, come grab me for details". Also, were you to take part in the
> dojo you'd also get to see and work with potential applicants thinking
> about, resolving and presenting solutions to computing problems in Python.
> 
> We announce details on this list.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Nicholas.
> 


From andy at reportlab.com  Fri Feb 15 10:08:14 2013
From: andy at reportlab.com (Andy Robinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:08:14 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <511D7B3D.2070208@simplistix.co.uk>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
	<511D7B3D.2070208@simplistix.co.uk>
Message-ID: <CABjtApuYB2OeJv7kz1oximp3uR96umA=Yp5tqL6GS_YbpocK9A@mail.gmail.com>

Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!

I'll attempt to muster all my righteous indignation and write a letter
this weekend - also happy to contribute some money for lawyers.  If
anyone needs a 'Mr. Angry' to go and testify anywhere I would be happy
to.

Just a thought - surely the long track record of EuroPython
conferences must count for a lot within the EU?

I can probably work in the following...
- first person organising Python community technical meetings in
London, back to 1996
- (co) author of a book with Python in the title in 2000 - OK, it was
published by O'Reilly but it was promoted and on sale here
- first company based entirely on Python software, 2000 onwards,
evangelising the use of the language in UK etc etc
- 'chaired' UK Python Conference (albeit as a track somewhat under the
radar within the ACCU, but I can downplay) for about 5 years from 2002
onwards

Andy Robinson
ReportLab

From duncan.booth at suttoncourtenay.org.uk  Fri Feb 15 10:22:52 2013
From: duncan.booth at suttoncourtenay.org.uk (Duncan Booth)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:22:52 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <CABjtApuYB2OeJv7kz1oximp3uR96umA=Yp5tqL6GS_YbpocK9A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
	<511D7B3D.2070208@simplistix.co.uk>
	<CABjtApuYB2OeJv7kz1oximp3uR96umA=Yp5tqL6GS_YbpocK9A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAGGicCLb-3DVFkc4XW6687NBqq1SW6x-CBRGa3ZG+WiyCJRfEg@mail.gmail.com>

I've posted about this on the ACCU mailing list asking if anyone has old
conference programmes etc. they can send to the PSF. I need to see if I can
find the appropriate person at work to write a letter.
Duncan


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Andy Robinson <andy at reportlab.com> wrote:

> Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!
>
> I'll attempt to muster all my righteous indignation and write a letter
> this weekend - also happy to contribute some money for lawyers.  If
> anyone needs a 'Mr. Angry' to go and testify anywhere I would be happy
> to.
>
> Just a thought - surely the long track record of EuroPython
> conferences must count for a lot within the EU?
>
> I can probably work in the following...
> - first person organising Python community technical meetings in
> London, back to 1996
> - (co) author of a book with Python in the title in 2000 - OK, it was
> published by O'Reilly but it was promoted and on sale here
> - first company based entirely on Python software, 2000 onwards,
> evangelising the use of the language in UK etc etc
> - 'chaired' UK Python Conference (albeit as a track somewhat under the
> radar within the ACCU, but I can downplay) for about 5 years from 2002
> onwards
>
> Andy Robinson
> ReportLab
> _______________________________________________
> python-uk mailing list
> python-uk at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
>
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From sparks.m at gmail.com  Fri Feb 15 12:01:50 2013
From: sparks.m at gmail.com (Michael)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:01:50 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <CAGGicCLb-3DVFkc4XW6687NBqq1SW6x-CBRGa3ZG+WiyCJRfEg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
	<511D7B3D.2070208@simplistix.co.uk>
	<CABjtApuYB2OeJv7kz1oximp3uR96umA=Yp5tqL6GS_YbpocK9A@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAB+QZVDeW5akn7a2uuD-bganq33Wwaccg-e5EgzXW7YW78Z6MA@mail.gmail.com>

In order to get support at work regarding this, I decided to do some
digging, and it turns out, looking at archive.org, that the company in
question or at least the domain in question - has been used to mean "python
internet" or "python internet services" off and on since 1998.

It's also been called cheapnet, and various other things in its early days
by the looks of things.

The blog description is slightly inaccurate in saying that the company in
question have only just started using the name - they appear to have used
the name off and on for 15 years.

This doesn't mean to say that the trademark application has merit - it
doesn't - I first did a python tutorial around 15 years ago, and there were
published books etc at the time, but it doesn't help to say "they've just
started using this", when that's not really quite the case.

The question I'd personally have (which is unclear from the domain name) is
whether this is the same company today (through acquisition or merger) as
the company from 1998?

(I still think the trademark application hasn't got any merit, but given
the fact they came back  to use the same name over a period of years, I can
see what probably led them to think (incorrectly) they could/should try to
get it)



Michael.
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From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Fri Feb 15 12:09:13 2013
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:09:13 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <CAB+QZVDeW5akn7a2uuD-bganq33Wwaccg-e5EgzXW7YW78Z6MA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
	<511D7B3D.2070208@simplistix.co.uk>
	<CABjtApuYB2OeJv7kz1oximp3uR96umA=Yp5tqL6GS_YbpocK9A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAGGicCLb-3DVFkc4XW6687NBqq1SW6x-CBRGa3ZG+WiyCJRfEg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAB+QZVDeW5akn7a2uuD-bganq33Wwaccg-e5EgzXW7YW78Z6MA@mail.gmail.com>
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In case that's useful info, Michael, would you mind forwarding it
back to psf-trademarks at python.org ? As far as I can tell you're only
sending to python-uk.

TJG

On 15/02/2013 11:01, Michael wrote:
> In order to get support at work regarding this, I decided to do some
> digging, and it turns out, looking at archive.org <http://archive.org>,
> that the company in question or at least the domain in question - has
> been used to mean "python internet" or "python internet services" off
> and on since 1998.
> 
> It's also been called cheapnet, and various other things in its early
> days by the looks of things.
> 
> The blog description is slightly inaccurate in saying that the company
> in question have only just started using the name - they appear to have
> used the name off and on for 15 years.
> 
> This doesn't mean to say that the trademark application has merit - it
> doesn't - I first did a python tutorial around 15 years ago, and there
> were published books etc at the time, but it doesn't help to say
> "they've just started using this", when that's not really quite the case.
> 
> The question I'd personally have (which is unclear from the domain name)
> is whether this is the same company today (through acquisition or
> merger) as the company from 1998?
> 
> (I still think the trademark application hasn't got any merit, but given
> the fact they came back  to use the same name over a period of years, I
> can see what probably led them to think (incorrectly) they could/should
> try to get it)
> 
> 
> 
> Michael.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> python-uk at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
> 


From sparks.m at gmail.com  Fri Feb 15 12:58:14 2013
From: sparks.m at gmail.com (Michael)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:58:14 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <511E1759.6020505@timgolden.me.uk>
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Hi Tim,


On 15 February 2013 11:09, Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
>
> In case that's useful info, Michael, would you mind forwarding it
> back to psf-trademarks at python.org ? As far as I can tell you're only
> sending to python-uk.

Will do. As you'd expect/suspect I fully support the PSF's stance on this, but I
just think in terms of discussions where the benefit of the doubt will
be given to
both sides, a little more accuracy would go a long way.

After all, if someone has been using a name off and on, as well as making their
claim more tenuous (since even with a registered mark you have to defend use),
it also suggests that they did not see utility in the name for much of that time
period -- which could be viewed as implying that if you said "python"
people would
not think of them. (and of course most people have never heard of them
until now!)


Michael.

From jjl at pobox.com  Fri Feb 15 23:13:01 2013
From: jjl at pobox.com (John Lee)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:13:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <CAGGicCLb-3DVFkc4XW6687NBqq1SW6x-CBRGa3ZG+WiyCJRfEg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1302152209570.3987@alice.lan>

I imagine Andy may have some, because his company produced those 
conference programmes, IIRC :-)


John

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Duncan Booth wrote:

> I've posted about this on the ACCU mailing list asking if anyone has old
> conference programmes etc. they can send to the PSF. I need to see if I can
> find the appropriate person at work to write a letter.
> Duncan
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Andy Robinson <andy at reportlab.com> wrote:
>
>> Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!
>>
>> I'll attempt to muster all my righteous indignation and write a letter
>> this weekend - also happy to contribute some money for lawyers.  If
>> anyone needs a 'Mr. Angry' to go and testify anywhere I would be happy
>> to.
>>
>> Just a thought - surely the long track record of EuroPython
>> conferences must count for a lot within the EU?
>>
>> I can probably work in the following...
>> - first person organising Python community technical meetings in
>> London, back to 1996
>> - (co) author of a book with Python in the title in 2000 - OK, it was
>> published by O'Reilly but it was promoted and on sale here
>> - first company based entirely on Python software, 2000 onwards,
>> evangelising the use of the language in UK etc etc
>> - 'chaired' UK Python Conference (albeit as a track somewhat under the
>> radar within the ACCU, but I can downplay) for about 5 years from 2002
>> onwards
>>
>> Andy Robinson
>> ReportLab
>> _______________________________________________
>> python-uk mailing list
>> python-uk at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
>>
>

From ed.hartley at gmail.com  Sat Feb 16 20:10:57 2013
From: ed.hartley at gmail.com (E Hartley)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:10:57 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
In-Reply-To: <511D7B3D.2070208@simplistix.co.uk>
References: <511D4928.5010800@timgolden.me.uk>
	<511D7B3D.2070208@simplistix.co.uk>
Message-ID: <4C9BE82F-5E81-4574-86EA-5C56BFF004F2@gmail.com>

To my knowledge the Python programming language was actively used as a teaching language in the UK academic community at least as early as 1994.
Ed Hartley

On 15 Feb 2013, at 00:03, Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk> wrote:

> On 14/02/2013 20:29, Tim Golden wrote:
>> For those who don't follow other channels.
>> 
>> http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html
>> 
>> tl;dr - the PSF, to defend the use of "Python" in Europe, needs
>> testimony and documentation to demonstrate that, for as long as
>> possible, "Python" has meant the Python language in order to contest a
>> commercial trademark application.
> 
> The irony for me: I wonder how much Python software those guys are running in their cloud stack?
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> Chris
> 
> -- 
> Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting
>           - http://www.simplistix.co.uk
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> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk


From russel at winder.org.uk  Sat Feb 16 20:51:40 2013
From: russel at winder.org.uk (Russel Winder)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:51:40 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
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The London Python Group
(http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Python-Group-TLPG/) is beginning to
take off as well. I am hoping to see it meet monthly at Skills Matter.
Not trying to compete with the Dojo but to complement it.

The meeting last Tuesday had a "Job pitch" to open it in return for
pizza and beer after the session (which, OK, was done by me
http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately
http://skillsmatter.com/event/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately)

I thought this worked very well. The company did their pitch in a neat
and humorous way, it didn't come over as anything heavy, just good
natured. I hope they fill the post from a contact made that evening.
Overall, very Pythonic :-)

The pizza and beer worked very well and enable "pressing the flesh". A
great round off to the event.

-- 
Russel.
=============================================================================
Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200   voip: sip:russel.winder at ekiga.net
41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077   xmpp: russel at winder.org.uk
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From petegraham1 at gmail.com  Sat Feb 16 21:58:32 2013
From: petegraham1 at gmail.com (Pete Graham)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:58:32 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
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Hi Russel,

When is the next London Python Group event? I couldn't see a next
event scheduled on meetup.com.

Thanks,
Pete

On 16 Feb 2013, at 20:00, Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:

> The London Python Group
> (http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Python-Group-TLPG/) is beginning to
> take off as well. I am hoping to see it meet monthly at Skills Matter.
> Not trying to compete with the Dojo but to complement it.
>
> The meeting last Tuesday had a "Job pitch" to open it in return for
> pizza and beer after the session (which, OK, was done by me
> http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately
> http://skillsmatter.com/event/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately)
>
> I thought this worked very well. The company did their pitch in a neat
> and humorous way, it didn't come over as anything heavy, just good
> natured. I hope they fill the post from a contact made that evening.
> Overall, very Pythonic :-)
>
> The pizza and beer worked very well and enable "pressing the flesh". A
> great round off to the event.
>
> --
> Russel.
> =============================================================================
> Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200   voip: sip:russel.winder at ekiga.net
> 41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077   xmpp: russel at winder.org.uk
> London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk  skype: russel_winder
> _______________________________________________
> python-uk mailing list
> python-uk at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

From roger at rolepoint.com  Sun Feb 17 15:50:45 2013
From: roger at rolepoint.com (Roger Toor)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:50:45 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
In-Reply-To: <7399350152415394771@unknownmsgid>
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Thanks a lot everyone for all of the great suggestions. I'm looking forward
to meeting you at the upcoming events.

As suggested by a couple of you, I'll also be reposting this to some
related groups, so apologies in advance if you see the duplicate.

Had good interest from some great candidates already, but there's a lot of
positions to fill, so if it is of interest then by all means apply (or
recommend).

All the best,

Roger Toor

Co-Founder and CTO at RolePoint
(415) 323 9340 | skype: rogertoor | www.rolepoint.com




On 16 February 2013 20:58, Pete Graham <petegraham1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Russel,
>
> When is the next London Python Group event? I couldn't see a next
> event scheduled on meetup.com.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
> On 16 Feb 2013, at 20:00, Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > The London Python Group
> > (http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Python-Group-TLPG/) is beginning to
> > take off as well. I am hoping to see it meet monthly at Skills Matter.
> > Not trying to compete with the Dojo but to complement it.
> >
> > The meeting last Tuesday had a "Job pitch" to open it in return for
> > pizza and beer after the session (which, OK, was done by me
> > http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately
> > http://skillsmatter.com/event/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately)
> >
> > I thought this worked very well. The company did their pitch in a neat
> > and humorous way, it didn't come over as anything heavy, just good
> > natured. I hope they fill the post from a contact made that evening.
> > Overall, very Pythonic :-)
> >
> > The pizza and beer worked very well and enable "pressing the flesh". A
> > great round off to the event.
> >
> > --
> > Russel.
> >
> =============================================================================
> > Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200   voip:
> sip:russel.winder at ekiga.net
> > 41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077   xmpp: russel at winder.org.uk
> > London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk  skype: russel_winder
> > _______________________________________________
> > python-uk mailing list
> > python-uk at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
> _______________________________________________
> python-uk mailing list
> python-uk at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
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From a.cavallo at cavallinux.eu  Wed Feb 20 07:29:48 2013
From: a.cavallo at cavallinux.eu (Antonio Cavallo)
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:29:48 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
In-Reply-To: <7399350152415394771@unknownmsgid>
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Hi Pete, hello Russel, hello Roger,

Kris and me are the London Python Group Meetup organisers: Kris is the 
current "organiser-in-chief" at the moment.

The last meetup has been organised recently (12th Feb, thanks Russel) 
and the plan is to have another one in about a month time: no firm date 
or place yet.

* begin of shameful self promotion *
yes the group has reached its second year and it has nearly 500 members 
now: not as old as python itself but not bad.
* end of shameful self promotion *

Yes, we don't try to step over the "Dojo" meetings, we have clearly a 
different scope. And we try best not to overlap meetings.


I hope this helps,
Antonio

Pete Graham wrote:
> Hi Russel,
>
> When is the next London Python Group event? I couldn't see a next
> event scheduled on meetup.com.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
> On 16 Feb 2013, at 20:00, Russel Winder<russel at winder.org.uk>  wrote:
>
>> The London Python Group
>> (http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Python-Group-TLPG/) is beginning to
>> take off as well. I am hoping to see it meet monthly at Skills Matter.
>> Not trying to compete with the Dojo but to complement it.
>>
>> The meeting last Tuesday had a "Job pitch" to open it in return for
>> pizza and beer after the session (which, OK, was done by me
>> http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately
>> http://skillsmatter.com/event/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately)
>>
>> I thought this worked very well. The company did their pitch in a neat
>> and humorous way, it didn't come over as anything heavy, just good
>> natured. I hope they fill the post from a contact made that evening.
>> Overall, very Pythonic :-)
>>
>> The pizza and beer worked very well and enable "pressing the flesh". A
>> great round off to the event.
>>
>> --
>> Russel.
>> =============================================================================
>> Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200   voip: sip:russel.winder at ekiga.net
>> 41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077   xmpp: russel at winder.org.uk
>> London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk  skype: russel_winder
>> _______________________________________________
>> python-uk mailing list
>> python-uk at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
> _______________________________________________
> python-uk mailing list
> python-uk at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

From michael at crowdscores.co.uk  Wed Feb 20 12:15:51 2013
From: michael at crowdscores.co.uk (Michael Mangion)
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:15:51 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Python developer for real-time sports data startup
Message-ID: <CAOfQYVRvCDswhf36AdUHUR=joR3RKC2m9u6Deg0wJYAh8qFEQQ@mail.gmail.com>

We are a well-funded Internet startup based in central London and have a
new requirement for a Python developer to join the team. We are expanding
aggressively and require new talent across the business over the coming
months.

The ideal candidates will have at least a couple of years' experience in
Python and love writing clear, test-driven code.

You should be familiar with Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and TDD, have a working
knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS)
and love using Git or similar source control tools.

Anything else that you bring (Django, Flask, Postgres, Fabric, Celery,
RabbitMQ, NoSQL, Amazon AWS, etc.) will be great and we'd expect you to be
constantly exploring new technologies for possible inclusion into the stack
anyway.

This is a great opportunity to join a highly creative company building a
great new product whose direction you can influence.

Get in touch on jobs at crowdscores.co.uk for more details.

-- 
*Michael Mangion*
Co-founder

CrowdScores Limited
Mobile: +44 (0)7726 885498
Skype: michaelmangion

Twitter: @crowdscores
www.crowdscores.co.uk
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From petegraham1 at gmail.com  Wed Feb 20 13:33:33 2013
From: petegraham1 at gmail.com (Pete Graham)
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:33:33 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
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Hi Antonio,

What's the best way to be informed of when the next London Python
Group Meetup is announced? Is there a twitter account to follow?

Thanks,
Pete

On 20 February 2013 06:29, Antonio Cavallo <a.cavallo at cavallinux.eu> wrote:
>
> Hi Pete, hello Russel, hello Roger,
>
> Kris and me are the London Python Group Meetup organisers: Kris is the
> current "organiser-in-chief" at the moment.
>
> The last meetup has been organised recently (12th Feb, thanks Russel) and
> the plan is to have another one in about a month time: no firm date or place
> yet.
>
> * begin of shameful self promotion *
> yes the group has reached its second year and it has nearly 500 members now:
> not as old as python itself but not bad.
> * end of shameful self promotion *
>
> Yes, we don't try to step over the "Dojo" meetings, we have clearly a
> different scope. And we try best not to overlap meetings.
>
>
> I hope this helps,
> Antonio
>
>
> Pete Graham wrote:
>>
>> Hi Russel,
>>
>> When is the next London Python Group event? I couldn't see a next
>> event scheduled on meetup.com.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pete
>>
>> On 16 Feb 2013, at 20:00, Russel Winder<russel at winder.org.uk>  wrote:
>>
>>> The London Python Group
>>> (http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Python-Group-TLPG/) is beginning to
>>> take off as well. I am hoping to see it meet monthly at Skills Matter.
>>> Not trying to compete with the Dojo but to complement it.
>>>
>>> The meeting last Tuesday had a "Job pitch" to open it in return for
>>> pizza and beer after the session (which, OK, was done by me
>>> http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately
>>> http://skillsmatter.com/event/scala/switch-to-python-3-now-immediately)
>>>
>>> I thought this worked very well. The company did their pitch in a neat
>>> and humorous way, it didn't come over as anything heavy, just good
>>> natured. I hope they fill the post from a contact made that evening.
>>> Overall, very Pythonic :-)
>>>
>>> The pizza and beer worked very well and enable "pressing the flesh". A
>>> great round off to the event.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Russel.
>>>
>>> =============================================================================
>>> Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200   voip:
>>> sip:russel.winder at ekiga.net
>>> 41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077   xmpp: russel at winder.org.uk
>>> London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk  skype: russel_winder
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> python-uk mailing list
>>> python-uk at python.org
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> python-uk mailing list
>> python-uk at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

From a.cavallo at cavallinux.eu  Thu Feb 21 00:44:59 2013
From: a.cavallo at cavallinux.eu (Antonio Cavallo)
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:44:59 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
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Message-ID: <51255FFB.5000704@cavallinux.eu>

The best way is joining the meetup:

  http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Python-Group-TLPG/

This helps a lot in organising the events and we cross post to the 
python uk list in case someone will miss the meetup email.

I haven't considered twitter.

I hope this helps,
Antonio

Pete Graham wrote:
> Hi Antonio,
>
> What's the best way to be informed of when the next London Python
> Group Meetup is announced? Is there a twitter account to follow?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>

>>>> London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk  skype: russel_winder
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> python-uk mailing list
>>>> python-uk at python.org
>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
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From theology at gmail.com  Thu Feb 21 00:52:15 2013
From: theology at gmail.com (Zeth)
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:52:15 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Can you help us build our London team?
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References: <CAM7hSM183Zi=CcYaZRa2arm9mykDHq9F2cvJFOQ4M-2N7ML6Tg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <512561AF.9050607@gmail.com>

Hey Roger,

Sounds good, what's the money like?

Best Wishes,
Zeth

On 14/02/13 20:42, Roger Toor wrote:
> Hey folks
>
> We're building our London team, which will consist of 4-5 developers in
> the next few weeks. However, being based in Silicon Valley at the
> moment, I am struggling to find where suitable candidates available
> now/soon hang out.
>
> I'll be flying in this weekend, so would appreciate it if anyone on the
> list can suggest anyone appropriate that I should speak with?
>
>
> *Here's a quick overview:*
>
> 4 of us started the company in London and moved to San Francisco 1 year
> ago for the AngelPad incubator (0.5% admission rate) and subsequently
> raised one of the largest seed funding rounds in recent history, our
> investors include Google's chairman (Eric Schmidt) and 30 others of a
> similar calibre.
>
> They're flooding us with introductions to companies they're invested in
> as potential clients (Skype, Spotify, Zynga, Pinterest, Square, Palantir
> etc), now we just need help building out more of the product in addition
> to a great engineering culture.
>
> We have the resources of a much larger company and an unfair advantage
> that most never get access to, with the pace and openness to change of a
> startup. We're still only 10 strong and on the cusp of some very
> aggressive growth, so anyone joining now will shape how big business we
> become. We're already making money and looking at raising our Series B
> at the end of this year. Exciting things ahead!
>
>
> *Requirements:*
>
>   * Mid-Senior developers looking for perm / contract-to-hire in London
>   * Available immediately or in the next few weeks
>   * Strong with Python 2.x
>   * Ideally also strong with Flask, Django is okay too
>   * Google App Engine (NoSQL)
>   * Strong experience building rich web applications
>
> We're also looking for frontend skill set, which ideally would sit with
> the backend guys:
>
>   * Backbone.JS, CoffeeScript
>
>
> Engineers get the best kit (we can afford ;)) and we're big on
> continuous integration + automation.
>
> All the best,
>
> Roger Toor
>
> Co-Founder and CTO at RolePoint
>
> (415) 323 9340 | skype: rogertoor |www.rolepoint.com
> <http://www.rolepoint.com/>
>
>
>
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From lord.mauve at gmail.com  Thu Feb 21 15:04:11 2013
From: lord.mauve at gmail.com (Daniel Pope)
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:04:11 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Reading Python Dojo, next Tuesday, 26th February
Message-ID: <CAGAAuhPQm-V5=+Z-acGD9P3xmK+9-JqrVAzHfW-=8v-mDz2EWw@mail.gmail.com>

The next Reading Python Dojo will be on Tuesday 26th February at 7pm, at
Austin
Fraser in Forbury Square, Reading.

Please sign up for a free ticket at the link below if you would like to
attend.

https://rdgpydojo.eventwax.com/reading-python-dojo-february-2013

Dan
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From fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk  Mon Feb 25 18:58:53 2013
From: fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk (Michael Foord)
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:58:53 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Northants Geeks Meetup this week
Message-ID: <3B22C99C-CCB6-47C1-8847-F07AB80D2EEB@voidspace.org.uk>

Hello all,

It's Northants Geeks meetup this week. It's the first one for a while so it will be great to see you all again!

Thursday evening, 7:30pm onwards, the Malt Shovel pub in Northampton.

Michael

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May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others
May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
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http://www.sqlite.org/different.html






From tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk  Thu Feb 28 20:21:55 2013
From: tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk (Tony Ibbs)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:21:55 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Next Cambridge meeting: Tue 5 March 2013
Message-ID: <D3EB77DA-ACFC-428C-BF53-BC12C70AB254@tibsnjoan.co.uk>

From our google group:

The next meeting will be Tuesday 5th March, 7.30pm at RealVNC (http://tinyurl.com/realvncoffices). We normally stop about 9.30pm, and go on to the pub.

This will be a talks meeting. Any talks will thus be very welcome, of whatever length (lightning talks up to a full meeting)

Apologies for the short notice (although, well, first Tuesday of the month).

Meetings after that should be:

	? Tuesday 2nd April, a coding/doing stuff meeting
	? Tuesday 7th May, another talks meeting
	? Tuesday 4th June, another coding/doing stuff meeting

Tibs