From brad at allendev.com Fri Oct 2 23:28:50 2009 From: brad at allendev.com (Brad Allen) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:28:50 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas attendance and organizing Message-ID: <1c03087f0910021428n371f51c1q1b1ecaab7790a6d3@mail.gmail.com> pyTexas is only about three weeks away and we haven't sent out any official announcements to python-announce; we should probably get that done this weekend. However the members of the local user groups have not registered on the wiki or sent mails to texas at python.org so I guess our announcement will say that attendance will be approximately 8. Maybe the problem is that nobody knows the wiki password. That's easy to fix: I'm going to announce it on this list right now in defiance of all automated spambots. I don't think the spambots will be able to determine the password or link it to the URL if I explain it in human terms: the password is the name of the state where the conference will be held, with the first letter capitalized. The URL has been mentioned on a previous email and is also easy to find via Google. We have some excellent talks under proposal by entertaining speakers, and I think it will be be a fun event of interest to most Python programmers and newbies. So... stand up and be counted! (Houston and Austin Pythoneers -- please forward this to your respective mailing lists) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeff at taupro.com Sat Oct 3 09:56:48 2009 From: jeff at taupro.com (Jeff Rush) Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:56:48 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Content Changes to the PyTexas Website Message-ID: <4AC703C0.4000708@taupro.com> I've been working on the PyTexas website tonight and would like to invite others to get involved. The event is being held Oct 24-25 (Sat/Sun) so we only have a few weeks left to organize the details. http://pycamp.python.org/Texas First we have the schedule of the overall event at: http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/Schedule2009 I've gone ahead and posted the two talks I plan to give. We've having formal talks in the morning and open space talks in the afternoon. Currently the morning timeslot is 3-hours and I've tentatively broken it up into 45-minute slots because that is the time I need for my talks. If others want only 30-minutes we can rearrange and make some of those size slots. Those who wish to commit to giving a Scheduled Talk (as opposed to an Open Space talk), please add your talk(s) into that grid. I created a 'TalksTx2009' wiki group under which you can post an abstract of your talk. To see the list of talks under that group, visit: http://pycamp.python.org/TalksTx2009/ I also created a 'Profiles' wiki group for anyone, speakers or attendees, to post descriptive and contact information about themselves. http://pycamp.python.org/Profiles/ Please feel free to create a page by adding your name and a link from the registratiopn page at: http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/Registration2009 I've already created blank pages for those already signed up, especially my fellow organizers. ;-) And I've created a page on which to list proposed/requested Open Space talks. Yes, I realize that Open Space talks are quite spontaneous but in order to promote the event I think we need to show some of the possible talks an attendee might see. Leaving too much to the last minute hurts the PR factor. And this list can be *requested* open space topics, to help those still looking for something on which to speak. http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/OpenSpaceIdeas Last, I posted some additional descriptive text for the Python Lab. Instead of sprinting myself, I plan to be a Puzzle Proctor and invite others to get involved as well. In particular we need to come up with a range of puzzles, preferably with multiple solutions, for both beginners and advanced programmers. Email me with any ideas. And please, at a minimum, register if you're coming, update your *own* profile and add any talks you can promise to give. It's time to stop speculating on talks and commit. -Jeff From gslindstrom at gmail.com Sat Oct 3 14:52:01 2009 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 07:52:01 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Trying to sign up Message-ID: Hi Everyone, I went to sign up for your conference today and was asked for a password to edit the sign-up page? Is this correct? Thanks, --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kevinhayes at hgsmapping.com Sat Oct 3 19:47:53 2009 From: kevinhayes at hgsmapping.com (kevinhayes at hgsmapping.com) Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:47:53 -0700 Subject: [Texas] Newbie interested in conference Message-ID: <20091003104753.e2cd98341265628dd6dc4f37cdad23d0.57828a631e.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Hello, I'm a newbie interested in the conference. Since I'm up here in th Shreveport area, I'd better find out where this is first. I've been following the development of the Arkansas meeting through the organizer's group, but it is far too detailed for me. Where are the ordinary websites for attendees? Thank you, Kevin ************************* Kevin Lee Hayes M.S. GIS and Remote Sensing Cell: 318-210-4547 Home : 318-752-0265 E-Mail: KevinHayes at HGSmapping.com This information is privileged and confidential, and is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, copying or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, kindly delete the information and notify the sender. ************************* From kevinhayes at hgsmapping.com Sat Oct 3 19:50:58 2009 From: kevinhayes at hgsmapping.com (kevinhayes at hgsmapping.com) Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:50:58 -0700 Subject: [Texas] Delete that... found info (End) Message-ID: <20091003105058.e2cd98341265628dd6dc4f37cdad23d0.23b1421bdd.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Delete that last email... found info right on the page... ************************* Kevin Lee Hayes Cell: 318-210-4547 Home : 318-752-0265 E-Mail: KevinHayes at HGSmapping.com This information is privileged and confidential, and is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, copying or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, kindly delete the information and notify the sender. ************************* From kippesp at gmail.com Sat Oct 3 22:15:19 2009 From: kippesp at gmail.com (Paul Kippes) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:15:19 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Trying to sign up In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Has spam been a problem to put a password on the registration page? And if a spam bot hit the site, does this wiki software permit it to be reverted? I hope registration isn't diminished because of a password. I'll put my name up once I'm certain I'll be in the area. I've been traveling far more than I'd like. Sorry for my lack of support on this. On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I went to sign up for your conference today and was asked for a password to > edit the sign-up page?? Is this correct? > > Thanks, > --greg > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > From penningtonthing at gmail.com Sat Oct 3 15:53:02 2009 From: penningtonthing at gmail.com (David Michael Pennington) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 08:53:02 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTex presentation Message-ID: <979babb90910030653u25033ca6o45e89e55a1d3cec3@mail.gmail.com> I will present a 30-minute talk on pexpect at PyTex. From m.cole.hudson at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 02:07:29 2009 From: m.cole.hudson at gmail.com (Cole Hudson) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 19:07:29 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Racecar data acquisition problems Message-ID: This will be my first mailing, so hello everyone from Victoria, TX. I have a basic, proof of concept application that is not working due to what I suspect to be a threading problem, hopefully we can sort it out. The application will eventually be a full blown data acquisition program for use in a racecar. Right now, all it does is display some gauges forward, backward, and lateral acceleration. The acceleration data comes from a wiimote connected my my in-car computer via bluetooth. I'm a mechanical engineer with little exposure to programming other than matlab, so I've used other people's code and utilities as much as possible. If anybody has any suggestions on a better way to do this, please, advise. The occurs after one stops reading the data from the wiimote. run the program, press start (the program is hard-coded to my wiimote, so you will need to figure out your wiimote's address and replace it in the code, use the attached discover.py to get your address), wait for the program to start reading, now press stop. When one tries to restart data acquisition process after this, it doesn't work. I kind of want to get this ironed out before I move on with creating the rest of the application. 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I have a basic, proof of concept application that is not working due to what I suspect to be a threading problem, hopefully we can sort it out. The application will eventually be a full blown data acquisition program for use in a racecar. Right now, all it does is display some gauges reading forward, backward, and lateral acceleration. The acceleration data comes from a wiimote connected my my in-car computer via bluetooth. I'm a mechanical engineer with little exposure to programming other than matlab, so I've used others' code and utilities as much as possible. If anybody has any suggestions on a better way to do this, please, advise. The problem occurs after one stops reading the data from the wiimote. run the program, press start (the program is hard-coded to my wiimote, so you will need to figure out your wiimote's address and replace it in the code, use the attached discover.py to get your address), wait for the program to start reading, now press stop. When one tries to restart data acquisition process after this, it doesn't work. I kind of want to get this ironed out before I move on with creating the rest of the application. I have attached all the pertinent files. Run testv6 to begin. Thanks in advance guys, have a good one. -Cole P.S. - I apologize if this isn't the right venue to be asking these questions, I was part of a wxPython mailing list, the members of which I found very helpful. I figured I'd find another list to ask more general questions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The wiki page for the conference is: http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/HomePage See you soon, Ralph Green From kevin.horn at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 07:55:20 2009 From: kevin.horn at gmail.com (Kevin Horn) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 00:55:20 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyCamp Texas Message-ID: <562bcc10910062255j3b99ac3bhdeecc9ed7bc46982@mail.gmail.com> Planning on attending... Kevin Horn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jtgalyon at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 20:28:10 2009 From: jtgalyon at gmail.com (Jason Galyon) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:28:10 -0500 Subject: [Texas] teleconference tomorrow at noon Message-ID: <4ACF80BA.7010905@gmail.com> tomorrow approximately at 1200 there will be a teleconference lasting around and hour relating to the Texas pycamp. This needs to be held before 2pm/1400 due to some members' scheduling conflicts so a noon time is suggested. Please feel free to suggest an alternative time. This is a very important meeting primarily becuase of the low registration count, we should discuss the possibility of cancelling. Do people want to drive from Austin, Houston, etc for such a small event? Does anyone have any good ideas for promotion to resurrect the event on such short notice? If so I would gladly visit some of my area high schools. Lets be pragmatic about this and look to the future and learn from our mistakes. Thanks, Jason From brad at allendev.com Sat Oct 10 02:39:21 2009 From: brad at allendev.com (Brad Allen) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:39:21 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas still viable? Message-ID: <1c03087f0910091739m446426a9k656a01eba271843@mail.gmail.com> pyTexas is only two about two weeks away and far only 10 people have registered, and nobody has stepped up to help with promotion. Also, I haven't heard anything about whether this event has been announced on the Houston and Austin mailing lists. We're not going to have a beginner tracker since none of the local Python newbies have been informed about this learning opportunity. Does it make sense to cancel and reschedule for sometime later? This event does not seem to be coming together. Does anyone have hotel booking commitments? I think the organizers should have a conference call to discuss plans. How about Saturday at noon? Email me with your availability and I can provide conference call dial-in info. On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > pyTexas is only about three weeks away and we haven't sent out any official > announcements to python-announce; we should probably get that done this > weekend. However the members of the local user groups have not registered on > the wiki or sent mails to texas at python.org so I guess our announcement > will say that attendance will be approximately 8. > Maybe the problem is that nobody knows the wiki password. That's easy to > fix: I'm going to announce it on this list right now in defiance of all > automated spambots. I don't think the spambots will be able to determine the > password or link it to the URL if I explain it in human terms: the password > is the name of the state where the conference will be held, with the first > letter capitalized. The URL has been mentioned on a previous email and is > also easy to find via Google. > > We have some excellent talks under proposal by entertaining speakers, and I > think it will be be a fun event of interest to most Python programmers and > newbies. So... stand up and be counted! > > (Houston and Austin Pythoneers -- please forward this to your respective > mailing lists) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brad at allendev.com Sat Oct 10 18:26:40 2009 From: brad at allendev.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:26:40 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas still viable? In-Reply-To: <1c03087f0910091739m446426a9k656a01eba271843@mail.gmail.com> References: <1c03087f0910091739m446426a9k656a01eba271843@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1c03087f0910100926t3c5a9cc7ubbdf7272963c6098@mail.gmail.com> Nobody has confirmed a call at noon today so currently there is no conference call. Jeff mentioned to me that he is coming to company|dallas for today's DFW Python meeting, which surprised me given the earlier announcement about canceling the 2nd Saturday meetings. am planning to attend today's meeting; Jeff said he's going to open the doors at 1pm. Maybe we can come to a decision at today's meeting. On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > pyTexas is only two about two weeks away and far only 10 people have > registered, and nobody has stepped up to help with promotion. Also, I > haven't heard anything about whether this event has been announced on the > Houston and Austin mailing lists. > We're not going to have a beginner tracker since none of the local Python > newbies have been informed about this learning opportunity. > Does it make sense to cancel and reschedule for sometime later? This event > does not seem to be coming together. Does anyone have hotel booking > commitments? > > I think the organizers should have a conference call to discuss plans. How > about Saturday at noon? Email me with your availability and I can provide > conference call dial-in info. > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > >> pyTexas is only about three weeks away and we haven't sent out any >> official announcements to python-announce; we should probably get that done >> this weekend. However the members of the local user groups have not >> registered on the wiki or sent mails to texas at python.org so I guess our >> announcement will say that attendance will be approximately 8. >> Maybe the problem is that nobody knows the wiki password. That's easy to >> fix: I'm going to announce it on this list right now in defiance of all >> automated spambots. I don't think the spambots will be able to determine the >> password or link it to the URL if I explain it in human terms: the password >> is the name of the state where the conference will be held, with the first >> letter capitalized. The URL has been mentioned on a previous email and is >> also easy to find via Google. >> >> We have some excellent talks under proposal by entertaining speakers, and >> I think it will be be a fun event of interest to most Python programmers and >> newbies. So... stand up and be counted! >> >> (Houston and Austin Pythoneers -- please forward this to your respective >> mailing lists) >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 22:03:58 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:03:58 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Newbie interested in conference In-Reply-To: <20091003104753.e2cd98341265628dd6dc4f37cdad23d0.57828a631e.wbe@email.secureserver.net> References: <20091003104753.e2cd98341265628dd6dc4f37cdad23d0.57828a631e.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910101303k26f2b0acua02d6155211a625e@mail.gmail.com> Thanks, Kevin. Sorry for the delayed response. We would like to attract newbies to pyTexas, and have willing instructors, but we dropped the ball on getting the word out to schools. With two weeks left we are still trying to find out if the Beginner Track will be viable. We don't want you to waste the trip if the Beginner track is canceled. Please keep an eye on this mailing list for updates. Regarding 'ordinary websites for attendees', did you check out http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/HomePage ? On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:47 PM, wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a newbie interested in the conference. Since I'm up here in th > Shreveport area, I'd better find out where this is first. > > I've been following the development of the Arkansas meeting through the > organizer's group, but it is far too detailed for me. ?Where are the > ordinary websites for attendees? > > Thank you, > > Kevin > > ************************* > Kevin Lee Hayes > M.S. GIS and Remote Sensing > > Cell: ?318-210-4547 > Home : 318-752-0265 > E-Mail: ? ?KevinHayes at HGSmapping.com > > This information is privileged and confidential, and is intended for the > use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not > the intended recipient, any dissemination, copying or use of the > information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > transmission in error, kindly delete the information and notify the > sender. > ************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 22:12:50 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:12:50 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Trying to sign up In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910101312g589f1c85m3ca92773b3965e72@mail.gmail.com> Sorry, Greg. We have now removed the password requirement from the registration page, hoping the spammers won't find that page. (So far so good). On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I went to sign up for your conference today and was asked for a password to > edit the sign-up page?? Is this correct? > > Thanks, > --greg > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 00:02:55 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:02:55 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas coming in two weeks! Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910101502m5fc30afp7f76b1ea98568302@mail.gmail.com> Hello Austin Python User's Group, Better late than never we'd like to announce pyTexas on Oct 24-25 in Fort Worth. Please see the wiki for details: http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/HomePage The left sidebar under pyTexas has links about talks, meal gatherings, sprints, facility details, PythonLabs, and most importantly registration. Registration is free but we need to know approximately how many people are coming. If you are tentative please join the pyTexas mailing list (linked from the registration page) and let us know. We need to know in advance how many people will attend, since each attendee will need a separate wireless network account. We have some good talks lined up, but still have slots open if you want to announce a talk in advance. Of course, we also expect some last minute 'unconference'-style talks which are represented in the schedule as 'Open Space' slots. Due to lack of advance marketing only 11 people so far have confirmed that they will attend, but we know about a few tentative attendees and expect more registrants in the coming days. Most of the attendees are experienced Python programmers and some have volunteered to teach for the Beginner's Track, but we are not yet sure if we'll have any newbies attending the beginner's track. Also, please help us spread the word about this. I'm sorry we did not get in contact earlier with the Austin Python User Group; I was under the misconception that someone on our organizer cc list was from Austin and would get the word out. From brad at allendev.com Sat Oct 10 21:50:58 2009 From: brad at allendev.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:50:58 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas still viable? In-Reply-To: <1c03087f0910100926t3c5a9cc7ubbdf7272963c6098@mail.gmail.com> References: <1c03087f0910091739m446426a9k656a01eba271843@mail.gmail.com> <1c03087f0910100926t3c5a9cc7ubbdf7272963c6098@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1c03087f0910101250o9c754e6p5a3e689139786e4b@mail.gmail.com> Today Jeff and I spoke with Walker; here are some notes: * The wiki registration page no longer requires a wiki password to edit * Walker announced pyTexas verbally at the last Houston meeting; today he is following up via email to find out who is planning to attend * We need to get some advance notice on the number of attendees because individual wireless accounts need to be set up at the conference location * We've heard about a few more people planning to attend whose names are not yet on the wiki; those will be updated today * We have no contacts with Austin Python user group members; today I'll join the Austin mailing list and try to make contact * We'll make follow up calls to some Dallas user group members to see if they are planning to attend * Observation from Walker: the unconference model may break down a bit when travel is involved; before people commit to travel time and expense they may want to know what to expect. To address that we'll go ahead and start adding the proposed talks to the schedule. On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Brad Allen wrote: > Nobody has confirmed a call at noon today so currently there is no > conference call. > Jeff mentioned to me that he is coming to company|dallas for today's DFW > Python meeting, which surprised me given the earlier announcement about > canceling the 2nd Saturday meetings. am planning to attend today's meeting; > Jeff said he's going to open the doors at 1pm. Maybe we can come to a > decision at today's meeting. > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > >> pyTexas is only two about two weeks away and far only 10 people have >> registered, and nobody has stepped up to help with promotion. Also, I >> haven't heard anything about whether this event has been announced on the >> Houston and Austin mailing lists. >> We're not going to have a beginner tracker since none of the local Python >> newbies have been informed about this learning opportunity. >> Does it make sense to cancel and reschedule for sometime later? This event >> does not seem to be coming together. Does anyone have hotel booking >> commitments? >> >> I think the organizers should have a conference call to discuss plans. How >> about Saturday at noon? Email me with your availability and I can provide >> conference call dial-in info. >> >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Brad Allen wrote: >> >>> pyTexas is only about three weeks away and we haven't sent out any >>> official announcements to python-announce; we should probably get that done >>> this weekend. However the members of the local user groups have not >>> registered on the wiki or sent mails to texas at python.org so I guess our >>> announcement will say that attendance will be approximately 8. >>> Maybe the problem is that nobody knows the wiki password. That's easy to >>> fix: I'm going to announce it on this list right now in defiance of all >>> automated spambots. I don't think the spambots will be able to determine the >>> password or link it to the URL if I explain it in human terms: the password >>> is the name of the state where the conference will be held, with the first >>> letter capitalized. The URL has been mentioned on a previous email and is >>> also easy to find via Google. >>> >>> We have some excellent talks under proposal by entertaining speakers, and >>> I think it will be be a fun event of interest to most Python programmers and >>> newbies. So... stand up and be counted! >>> >>> (Houston and Austin Pythoneers -- please forward this to your respective >>> mailing lists) >>> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 13:38:09 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:38:09 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas still viable? (YES!) Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910110438h72029b0ej360a6dfdd479a13@mail.gmail.com> Status update: pyTexas is a 'go' but the beginner track will be eliminated due to lack of newbies. Instead we'll focus on making it a fun and interesting conference for the people who will be there, who for the most part are intermediate to advanced Python programmers. Announcements have gone out to the Houston and Austin groups, and we are in the process of following up with some of the DFW area locals to see if they will attend. If you are considering attending, please do make sure your name has been added to the wiki registration page (no password required!). There is now a section for 'tentative' attendees; we would also like to know if you *might* attend. We need to know how many will attend in order to obtain wireless accounts for each from the university. Soon we'll have an updated schedule showing the planned talks scheduled for both rooms. In the meantime here is a short list of speakers to whet your appetite: * Our opening act will be 'Python for Mad Scientists' by Walker Hale. Walker also has a talk on game programming in Python prepared for intermediate/beginning Python developers, * Jeff Rush has a talk planned called "Interfaces, Adapters, and Factories", and may do an encore of his popular PyCon 2009 talk "Namespaces and Code Objects" . *Jason Baker has volunteer to do talk about "Refactoring and Code Smells"; maybe we can also talk him into doing an Open Space talk about the 'pysistence' library he recently uploaded PyPi. * David Pennington has offered to do a 30 minute talk on pexpect. * Jason Galyon will be up for show and tell about his recent work with pyglet * Other potential talks are in the offing but not yet confirmed Both Walker and Jeff also agreed to act as puzzlemasters for PythonLabs; each is preparing to provide Python programming challenges for Sunday. If Python beginners do show up, they still may find some of the planned talks interesting, and we can always adjust open space talks to accomodate beginners. From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 13:49:57 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:49:57 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas still viable? (YES!) In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910110438h72029b0ej360a6dfdd479a13@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910110438h72029b0ej360a6dfdd479a13@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910110449r23e3df48nb1225b4298eefce2@mail.gmail.com> Jeff has just updated the schedule; it looks like some additional talks have been added: http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/Schedule2009 From jtgalyon at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 16:29:37 2009 From: jtgalyon at gmail.com (Jason Galyon) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:29:37 -0500 Subject: [Texas] [Fwd: Re: [Conferences] Conference bags] Message-ID: <4AD33D51.1020501@gmail.com> check it out... 2 bucks a bag, lets think about this if we can get some extra money like from PSF (?) Also, maybe some give away door prizes Jason -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... 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I feel bad enough asking PSF for $250 in projector money with this few attendees. On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Jason Galyon wrote: > check it out... 2 bucks a bag, lets think about this if we can get some > extra money like from PSF (?) > > Also, maybe some give away door prizes > > Jason > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Allison Randal wrote: >>>> OSCON did Chico bags this year (http://www.chicobag.com, "Original" style). >>>> They're reusable as long-life grocery bags (that nicely fold into a pouch), >>>> and Chico also recycles them if you send them back. Chico does custom >>>> printing, and the bags were less expensive than our usual conference bag. >>>> (There are other cheaper providers of similar bags, but we went with Chico >>>> because we know they are truly eco-friendly, and have good quality bags.) >>> >>> David Goodger wrote: >>> For PyCon 2009 we had large reusable grocery bags, with one color >>> printing on one side, for about $2/bag. Wear Python was our supplier >>> (http://www.wearpython.com/, a.k.a. Elegant Stitches, Janet Lindstrom >>> at elegantstitches at gmail.com). >> >> I've worked with Elegant Stitches for other open source projects too, and >> they've always been helpful, professional, and reasonably priced. > > > i like both styles of bags. both are good for the environment, both > fairly cost-conscious, and like good coding, both promote reuse! i > *would* however, like to avoid using the same bag style 2 years in a > row... doesn't make for enough "variety," but perhaps if we're very > happy with several styles of bags to just round-robin them at > successive conferences. if we *do* decide that hey, we just wanna > stick with the one bag, then at least change the color! > > -- wesley > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 > "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 > ? ?http://corepython.com > > wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com > python training and technical consulting > cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca > http://cyberwebconsulting.com > _______________________________________________ > Conferences mailing list: Conferences at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/conferences > > This is an open list with open archives; sensitive or confidential information should not be discussed here. > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > From sfreader at sbcglobal.net Mon Oct 12 22:40:04 2009 From: sfreader at sbcglobal.net (Ralph Green) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:40:04 -0500 Subject: [Texas] [Fwd: Re: [Conferences] Conference bags] In-Reply-To: <4AD33D51.1020501@gmail.com> References: <4AD33D51.1020501@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1255380004.15068.11.camel@belinda> Jason, We have some door prizes or give aways. But, I doubt we have time to get bags printed and we don't have money to pay for them. If you can find a sponsor to pay for them, and can get them in time, then sure, they would be nice to have. I don't think we should even ask the PSF to pay for them. The bags would be a bonus for attendees, but would not further the education of people about Python. Good day, Ralph On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 09:29 -0500, Jason Galyon wrote: > check it out... 2 bucks a bag, lets think about this if we can get some > extra money like from PSF (?) > > Also, maybe some give away door prizes > > Jason > From bradallen137 at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 03:56:05 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:56:05 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas coming in two weeks! In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910101502m5fc30afp7f76b1ea98568302@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910101502m5fc30afp7f76b1ea98568302@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910131856x180b1659idff514e8c3f09812@mail.gmail.com> Did anyone in the Austin Python users's group receive this email? After I didn't receive any responses, I noticed that my meetup account used a different email address, so I switched it. Could someone from the Austin Python users group please respond to let me know this message went through? Thanks! On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > Hello Austin Python User's Group, > > Better late than never we'd like to announce pyTexas on Oct 24-25 in > Fort Worth. Please see the wiki for details: > > http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/HomePage > > The left sidebar under pyTexas has links about talks, meal gatherings, > sprints, facility details, PythonLabs, and most importantly > registration. Registration is free but we need to know approximately > how many people are coming. If you are tentative please join the > pyTexas mailing list (linked from the registration page) and let us > know. We need to know in advance how many people will attend, since > each attendee will need a separate wireless network account. > > We have some good talks lined up, but still have slots open if you > want to announce a talk in advance. Of course, we also expect some > last minute 'unconference'-style talks which are represented in the > schedule as 'Open Space' slots. > > Due to lack of advance marketing only 11 people so far have confirmed > that they will attend, but we know about a few tentative attendees and > expect more registrants in the coming days. Most of the attendees are > experienced Python programmers and some have volunteered to teach for > the Beginner's Track, but we are not yet sure if we'll have any > newbies attending the beginner's track. > > Also, please help us spread the word about this. I'm sorry we did not > get in contact earlier with the Austin Python User Group; I was under > the misconception that someone on our organizer cc list was from > Austin and would get the word out. > From bradallen137 at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 03:57:24 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:57:24 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas still viable? (YES!) In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910110438h72029b0ej360a6dfdd479a13@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910110438h72029b0ej360a6dfdd479a13@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910131857x5e6160adpeb2aafb400d6477f@mail.gmail.com> I want to make it clear that we don't want to turn away newbies. If we get some signups from people interesting in learning Python we will adjust the schedule by adding appropriate beginner talks. We have attendees who are prepared to give instruction if we get several beginners (maybe 5 people would be a good minimum to justify a 1 hr time slot -- bring your friends!) On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Brad Allen wrote: > Status update: > > pyTexas is a 'go' but the beginner track will be eliminated due to > lack of newbies. Instead we'll focus on making it a fun and > interesting conference for the people who will be there, who for the > most part are intermediate to advanced Python programmers. > > Announcements have gone out to the Houston and Austin groups, and we > are in the process of following up with some of the DFW area locals to > see if they will attend. If you are considering attending, please do > make sure your name has been added to the wiki registration page (no > password required!). There is now a section for 'tentative' attendees; > we would also like to know if you *might* attend. > > We need to know how many will attend in order to obtain wireless > accounts for each from the university. > > Soon we'll have an updated schedule showing the planned talks > scheduled for both rooms. In the meantime here is a short list of > speakers to whet your appetite: > > * Our opening act will be 'Python for Mad Scientists' by Walker Hale. > Walker also has a talk on game programming in Python prepared for > intermediate/beginning Python developers, > * Jeff Rush has a talk planned called "Interfaces, Adapters, and > Factories", and may do an encore of his popular PyCon 2009 talk > "Namespaces and Code Objects" > . > *Jason Baker has volunteer to do talk about "Refactoring and Code > Smells"; maybe we can also talk him into doing an Open Space talk > about the 'pysistence' library he recently uploaded PyPi. > * David Pennington has offered to do a 30 minute talk on pexpect. > * Jason Galyon will be up for show and tell about his recent work with pyglet > * Other potential talks are in the offing but not yet confirmed > > Both Walker and Jeff also agreed to act as puzzlemasters for > PythonLabs; each is preparing to provide Python programming challenges > for Sunday. > > If Python beginners do show up, they still may find some of the > planned talks interesting, and we can always adjust open space talks > to accomodate beginners. > From bradallen137 at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 05:17:38 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:17:38 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas actions needed Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910132017x3010e643x80762e9315c59540@mail.gmail.com> Some to-do items * send an announcement to python-announce * update the wiki schedule now that Jason Baker has canceled (he had forgotten about an out of town committment on the same day) * follow up with Houston user group individual members to get feedback on why there was no response Any volunteers to do these with these items? From sfreader at sbcglobal.net Wed Oct 14 06:03:47 2009 From: sfreader at sbcglobal.net (Ralph Green) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:03:47 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Review PyTexas meeting space Message-ID: <1255493027.1402.5.camel@belinda> Howdy, We have an entry on the calendar to review the rooms(406 and 506) that we will be using for PyTexas. PyTexas will still be on Oct 24 and 25, 2009. For those who are in the area on Sunday, Oct 18 and want to check out the rooms for any reason, please contact me for information about our time slot. I want to coordinate this, so the UNTHSC security people don't have to let a bunch of people in separately. The building is normally locked on the weekend. Have a great day, Ralph From jeff at taupro.com Wed Oct 14 07:01:34 2009 From: jeff at taupro.com (Jeff Rush) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:01:34 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas actions needed In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910132017x3010e643x80762e9315c59540@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910132017x3010e643x80762e9315c59540@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AD55B2E.5090709@taupro.com> Brad Allen wrote: > Some to-do items > > * send an announcement to python-announce I'd like to do this one. > * update the wiki schedule now that Jason Baker has canceled (he had > forgotten about an out of town committment on the same day) And I can do this one. > * follow up with Houston user group individual members to get feedback > on why there was no response I'll leave that to someone else. -Jeff From jeff at taupro.com Wed Oct 14 15:01:57 2009 From: jeff at taupro.com (Jeff Rush) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:01:57 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas: Regional Conference - Oct 24/25 Message-ID: <4AD5CBC5.4010007@taupro.com> pyTexas, the 3rd annual regional Python conference, is coming up in only ten days. It is being held Oct 24-25 Sat/Sun in Ft. Worth at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. http://pycamp.python.org/Texas The format is scheduled talks on Saturday morning followed by open space talks driven by the attendees in the afternoon. On Sunday there will be sprints on various projects and, in parallel, a Python Lab that tests the attendees with interesting programming puzzles. http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/Schedule2009 http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/OpenSpaceIdeas http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/Sprints2009 http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/PythonLab There is no cost to attend but we would appreciate you adding your name to the registration wiki to give us a better idea of attendance. http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/Registration2009 We expect the conference to be a small, interactive gathering of the Texas community, not a big stuffy conference. It will be a lot of fun. We hope to see you there! Jeff Rush, an organizer From bradallen137 at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 05:47:04 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:47:04 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas Update: Patrick Michaud joins speakers roster Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910142047t126de036g96925f708ab5dabb@mail.gmail.com> Patrick Michaud will be joining us at pyTexas. He is a popular speaker at the DFW Unix user group, known for his engaging talks on a variety of subjects such as wiki patterns/antipatterns, Perl 6, Parrot, and general topics related to open source software. I personally have learned a lot from Patrick's talks, and found each of them entertaining and memorable. According to this O'Reilly page, Patrick was recent speaker at OSCON: http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/speaker/6910 So, why is the Perl 6 Rakuko Pumpking crashing a Python party? Patrick will have to speak for himself on that, but I recall he was involved in the Python implementation on Parrot, so he knows something about our favorite language. Hopefully he'll share with us some of the lessons from the Perl community; his recent DFWUUG talk comparing the release process for Ruby, Python, Perl 5, and Perl 6 is relevant to anyone participating in large community projects. In addition, Patrick has expressed willingness to give a talk on Git and DVCS concepts. While Mercurial and Bazaar are popular within the Python community, some Python projects use Git, and Git usage is reportedly becoming widespread in the open source community at large. I suspect most of our attendees will be interested in what Patrick can teach us in an introductory talk about Git. Maybe we can also pick Patrick's brain on philosophical differences between Perl and Python; I think both languages are old enough to agree to disagree, so I hope we won't shy away from language comparisons due to timidity about 'religious' differences. (Besides, we'll have him outnumbered! :-)) I think we could learn a few things from the wisdom of the Perl elders, so let's use those open space slots for some panel discussions! We don't have all Patrick's talks scheduled yet, but keep an eye on this spot: http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/Schedule2009 From bradallen137 at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 05:51:28 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:51:28 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas Update: Attendance Climbing Slowly but Surely Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910142051p79ce2689h5530ed36365625c6@mail.gmail.com> pyTexas confirmed registrations has increased to 16, with 6 tentatives. Keep spreading the word! Also, think about giving a lightning talk or an open space talk. You have the whole next weekend to prepare! From kippesp at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 05:53:10 2009 From: kippesp at gmail.com (Paul Kippes) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:53:10 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas Update: Attendance Climbing Slowly but Surely In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910142051p79ce2689h5530ed36365625c6@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910142051p79ce2689h5530ed36365625c6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: If we want to give a talk in the open space, how can we be assured that there will be a slot? Is this open space like at pycon where we sign up on-site? On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > pyTexas confirmed registrations has increased to 16, with 6 tentatives. > > Keep spreading the word! > > Also, think about giving a lightning talk or an open space talk. You > have the whole next weekend to prepare! > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > From bradallen137 at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 06:06:14 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:06:14 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas Update: Attendance Climbing Slowly but Surely In-Reply-To: References: <4957f1ef0910142051p79ce2689h5530ed36365625c6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910142106je62b4cdja77fd83c3d678f2e@mail.gmail.com> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Paul Kippes wrote: > If we want to give a talk in the open space, how can we be assured > that there will be a slot? ?Is this open space like at pycon where we > sign up on-site? Yes, if someone remembers to bring a board with sticky notes. However, there's no requirement to wait till the last minute if you know in advance what talk you want to give. Just reserve it in advance by editing the wiki. The wiki password is 'Texas'. If you have any troubles editing the wiki let myself, Jeff, or Ralph know. > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Brad Allen wrote: >> pyTexas confirmed registrations has increased to 16, with 6 tentatives. Just to be clear, that's a minimum of 16 attendees, with an additional 6 who might attend. From mrmikemarshall at gmail.com Sun Oct 18 01:59:54 2009 From: mrmikemarshall at gmail.com (Mike Marshall) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:59:54 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas registration Message-ID: Hello, I registered under confirmed with the name Mike Marshall from Carrollton, Tx. Looking forward to the event. Thank You, Mike -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From bradallen137 at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 05:21:35 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:21:35 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas Fri night get-together Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910222021u1bd80036mf0ea606c9a2dc25d@mail.gmail.com> Anybody want to get together for dinner on Friday night, maybe 6-9pm? I don't want to stay up late late, since pyTexas starts early Saturday morning, but it might be a good idea to touch bases on plans for the next day. Btw, registration is up to 18 confirmed + 6 tentative. From bradallen137 at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 05:29:50 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:29:50 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas: who's bringing what? Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910222029s42c207c8p6b4b924f56f0e1e6@mail.gmail.com> Ralph mentioned he is bringing some sticky notes and maybe some posterboard for the open space schedule. He also mentioned chalk might be good to have since there are chalkboards at the venue. Does anyone have chalk? I can bring some extension cords and a portable table. Anybody else bringing anything? From bradallen137 at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 14:53:46 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:53:46 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas: who's bringing what? In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910222029s42c207c8p6b4b924f56f0e1e6@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910222029s42c207c8p6b4b924f56f0e1e6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910230553y2443ab6bh60c669b77fdddbf9@mail.gmail.com> My wife, Bonnie, has agreed to go shopping today to buy up some of the supplies we'll need. She's planning to pick up a large piece of stiff posterboard for the schedule, an easel, magic markers, tape, chalk, and some materials for making small signs (I am not sure if we will need signs to direct people where to go inside the building). We may need to coordinate via mobile phone on Saturday morning; let's exchange mobile phone numbers off-list. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > Ralph mentioned he is bringing some sticky notes and maybe some > posterboard for the open space schedule. He also mentioned chalk might > be good to have since there are chalkboards at the venue. Does anyone > have chalk? > > I can bring some extension cords and a portable table. > > Anybody else bringing anything? > From chris at sydneysys.com Fri Oct 23 16:28:53 2009 From: chris at sydneysys.com (Chris Austin) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:28:53 -0500 Subject: [Texas] [dfwPython] pyTexas: who's bringing what? In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910222029s42c207c8p6b4b924f56f0e1e6@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910222029s42c207c8p6b4b924f56f0e1e6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Brad, If you have a list of what is needed I can take a look and see where I can help. I do have lots of colored chalk. My son loves the stuff. Also, I can bring some dry-erase markers if needed. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > Ralph mentioned he is bringing some sticky notes and maybe some > posterboard for the open space schedule. He also mentioned chalk might > be good to have since there are chalkboards at the venue. Does anyone > have chalk? > > I can bring some extension cords and a portable table. > > Anybody else bringing anything? > _______________________________________________ > dfwPython mailing list > dfwPython at dfwpython.org > https://www.dfwpython.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwpython > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brad at allendev.com Fri Oct 23 19:26:07 2009 From: brad at allendev.com (Brad Allen) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:26:07 -0500 Subject: [Texas] [dfwPython] pyTexas: who's bringing what? In-Reply-To: References: <4957f1ef0910222029s42c207c8p6b4b924f56f0e1e6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1c03087f0910231026p7e9f30e0p2c277b52c4e771da@mail.gmail.com> I don't know if there will be whiteboards on the premises but it won't hurt to bring the dry-erase markers. Please do bring the chalk just in case we need it. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Chris Austin wrote: > Hi Brad, > If you have a list of what is needed I can take a look and see where I can > help. I do have lots of colored chalk. My son loves the stuff. Also, I > can bring some dry-erase markers if needed. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > >> Ralph mentioned he is bringing some sticky notes and maybe some >> posterboard for the open space schedule. He also mentioned chalk might >> be good to have since there are chalkboards at the venue. Does anyone >> have chalk? >> >> I can bring some extension cords and a portable table. >> >> Anybody else bringing anything? >> _______________________________________________ >> dfwPython mailing list >> dfwPython at dfwpython.org >> https://www.dfwpython.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwpython >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dfwPython mailing list > dfwPython at dfwpython.org > https://www.dfwpython.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwpython > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kippesp at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 21:48:41 2009 From: kippesp at gmail.com (Paul Kippes) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:48:41 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Attending on Saturday Message-ID: I'll be attending for most of Saturday. Looks like it will be a good turn out. From sfreader at sbcglobal.net Fri Oct 23 22:27:34 2009 From: sfreader at sbcglobal.net (Ralph Green) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:27:34 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas Fri night get-together In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910222021u1bd80036mf0ea606c9a2dc25d@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910222021u1bd80036mf0ea606c9a2dc25d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1256329654.10436.0.camel@belinda> +1 On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 22:21 -0500, Brad Allen wrote: > Anybody want to get together for dinner on Friday night, maybe 6-9pm? From sfreader at sbcglobal.net Fri Oct 23 22:55:24 2009 From: sfreader at sbcglobal.net (Ralph Green) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:55:24 -0500 Subject: [Texas] [dfwPython] pyTexas: who's bringing what? In-Reply-To: <1c03087f0910231026p7e9f30e0p2c277b52c4e771da@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910222029s42c207c8p6b4b924f56f0e1e6@mail.gmail.com> <1c03087f0910231026p7e9f30e0p2c277b52c4e771da@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1256331324.10436.6.camel@belinda> Howdy, There are no dry erase boards. There are large chalk boards. So, chalk would be good. Even if speakers don't use the chalk boards, we may put announcements up. I would also encourage people to get on irc today. Join the #dfwpython channel on irc.freenode.net There are good pictures of the rooms at: http://pycamp.python.org/Texas/Facility At least, I think they are good. They show most of the room details. That thing that looks like it might be a dry erase board is not. It is for looking at x-rays. We should not write on it. Looking forward to PyTexas. Ralph On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 12:26 -0500, Brad Allen wrote: > I don't know if there will be whiteboards on the premises but it won't > hurt to bring the dry-erase markers. Please do bring the chalk just in > case we need it. > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Chris Austin > wrote: > Hi Brad, > > > If you have a list of what is needed I can take a look and see > where I can help. I do have lots of colored chalk. My son > loves the stuff. Also, I can bring some dry-erase markers if > needed. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Brad Allen > wrote: > > > Ralph mentioned he is bringing some sticky notes and > maybe some > posterboard for the open space schedule. He also > mentioned chalk might > be good to have since there are chalkboards at the > venue. Does anyone > have chalk? > > I can bring some extension cords and a portable table. > > Anybody else bringing anything? > _______________________________________________ > dfwPython mailing list > dfwPython at dfwpython.org > https://www.dfwpython.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwpython > > > > _______________________________________________ > dfwPython mailing list > dfwPython at dfwpython.org > https://www.dfwpython.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwpython > > > _______________________________________________ > dfwPython mailing list > dfwPython at dfwpython.org > https://www.dfwpython.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwpython From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sat Oct 24 00:44:38 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:44:38 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyTexas Fri night get-together In-Reply-To: <4957f1ef0910222021u1bd80036mf0ea606c9a2dc25d@mail.gmail.com> References: <4957f1ef0910222021u1bd80036mf0ea606c9a2dc25d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4957f1ef0910231544i7b1b82dbo916288ca37c31dc7@mail.gmail.com> A few of us are getting together at Taco Cabana in Carrollton, near Hebron & Marsh Lane at 7pm. (3232 Hebron Pkwy E, Carrollton, TX?). This will probably be a short visit to review our plans for tomorrow. Please feel free to join us. I don't know how late others will be staying, but I expect to leave by 8:30pm. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > Anybody want to get together for dinner on Friday night, maybe 6-9pm? > I don't want to stay up late late, since pyTexas starts early Saturday > morning, but it might be a good idea to touch bases on plans for the > next day. > > Btw, registration is up to 18 confirmed + 6 tentative. > From kippesp at gmail.com Sat Oct 24 02:43:49 2009 From: kippesp at gmail.com (Paul Kippes) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:43:49 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Camera Message-ID: Can someone bring a camera? Post soon if you can. Mine is at my mom's....but I'm not near there right now. Paul From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sat Oct 24 03:46:31 2009 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:46:31 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Camera In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Several of us will have cameras. On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:43 PM, Paul Kippes wrote: > Can someone bring a camera? Post soon if you can. Mine is at my > mom's....but I'm not near there right now. > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas From gslindstrom at gmail.com Sat Oct 24 15:04:17 2009 From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:04:17 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Good Luck, Texas! Message-ID: I just want to wish all my friends in Texas a great day of Python talks and projects. I really wanted to make it down there this year, but I've been called to play an Octoberfest gig (and, being the tuba, it's vital I'm there!). Best of luck to you all from all of us here in Arkansas. --greg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kippesp at gmail.com Sat Oct 24 16:04:33 2009 From: kippesp at gmail.com (Paul Kippes) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:33 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Schedule delay Message-ID: We're adding a slight 30 minute delay to allow people to find the building. The best entrance is the one with the flag polls (whichever entrance that is off of Clifton).