From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug  1 04:37:37 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:37:37 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2011 weekly status
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=d-ko0jB5H_HvpXdq06FL=JaWbMQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTi=d-ko0jB5H_HvpXdq06FL=JaWbMQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swo_YbYgZDp=x7xVkieVPd+LF6umV-k07tfdXRpkj1B8rA@mail.gmail.com>

Today I've started building out the PyTexas blog to act as the primary
website, as I no longer think the wiki is adequate to fill that role.
Here is the site along with a blog posting with several status
updates.

http://pytexas.blogspot.com/

This site still needs more work; the reason for the all-white
background is that some of the sponsor logos are not transparent and
don't look good against other color backgrounds.

In addition, I've put together a process for building survey
registration forms using Google Docs, as noted here:

   http://pytexas.blogspot.com/p/pytexas-2011-registration.html

Please test out the link for general registration and give me your feedback:

 https://spreadsheets1.google.com/a/allendev.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHI3eEFPUGpDWkZ1NjQySU1pSDhoNXc6MQ#gid=0

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug  1 15:16:50 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 08:16:50 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas flyer?
In-Reply-To: <4C8DD000-B865-40EB-94C9-8D0839D7ADB8@gmail.com>
References: <4C8DD000-B865-40EB-94C9-8D0839D7ADB8@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swp9aoYsUrscpUj6sQhy3nK6Ls6P=gk2diq6GCWASx+rpw@mail.gmail.com>

I don't think we have one for this year, so I've cc'd your request to
the PyTexas list in case anyone is willing to volunteer to make one.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Karl Ulbrich <karl.ulbrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a printable flyer PDF someplace? ?If so I'll print and distribute some at our Houston Python and Django gatherings this month.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karl

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug  1 16:58:27 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 09:58:27 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2011 weekly status
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swo_YbYgZDp=x7xVkieVPd+LF6umV-k07tfdXRpkj1B8rA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTi=d-ko0jB5H_HvpXdq06FL=JaWbMQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swo_YbYgZDp=x7xVkieVPd+LF6umV-k07tfdXRpkj1B8rA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swr_zB+omNY58-QL6sA9FBeOfRf7_U5idbgWuN9cHR7mQw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please test out the link for general registration and give me your feedback:
>
> ?https://spreadsheets1.google.com/a/allendev.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHI3eEFPUGpDWkZ1NjQySU1pSDhoNXc6MQ#gid=0

Btw, I also tried embedding the same survey in the blog site, but
there were some word wrapping problems, with the survey text
overlapping the sponsor logos:

http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/general-registration.html

If anybody is willing to spend time troubleshooting this, let me know
and I'll provide access to the blog configuration.

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug  1 20:40:14 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:40:14 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2011 weekly status
In-Reply-To: <CAAMqCyEux2okx4AS8XTYZ8-pJbBBHQeTbb0_3q8N4H=CxQ_5ZA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <123153385.1312210723851.JavaMail.nobody@james1>
	<CAAMqCyFCd8qBA_nvcUy2KeWmE0i0H9BxkNbhYRBE49JMnuLrgQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAAMqCyEux2okx4AS8XTYZ8-pJbBBHQeTbb0_3q8N4H=CxQ_5ZA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swph=ZOP75mCEN8zYp6ekG8gv74-SLA6Q-FGKpSAH59RUg@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the help, Kevin! That worked and the survey fits nicely
within the boundaries. Now I feel dumb (or at least too busy to look
under my nose). :-)

The registration page is now embedded in the blog:

   http://pytexas.blogspot.com/p/general-registration.html

This page is now available on the blog site through the navbar at top.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Kevin Amerson <kevin.amerson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw this was going to go to the entire list, and cut it short. ?See below
> for what I found with regards to the site design issue.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kevin Amerson <kevin.amerson at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [python-188] Re: PyTexas 2011 weekly status
> To: python-188 at meetup.com
>
>
> I took a quick look and it looks like the iframe width is set to 700+
> pixels... Here is a screen shot:
> Change that to something like 450px.
> https://skitch.com/caoimhghin/fchw2/fullscreen
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Please test out the link for general registration and give me your
>> > feedback:
>> >
>> >
>> > ?https://spreadsheets1.google.com/a/allendev.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHI3eEFPUGpDWkZ1NjQySU1pSDhoNXc6MQ#gid=0
>>
>> Btw, I also tried embedding the same survey in the blog site, but
>> there were some word wrapping problems, with the survey text
>> overlapping the sponsor logos:
>>
>> http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/general-registration.html
>>
>> If anybody is willing to spend time troubleshooting this, let me know
>> and I'll provide access to the blog configuration.
>>
>>
>>
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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug  4 05:27:18 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:27:18 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas progress & plans
Message-ID: <CAA_9swowYO73MTHdqUVZ8K9L_zpcEpezhf+=4_JaMcMvfuG9zw@mail.gmail.com>

Folks, there's been a lot of PyTexas activity over the past week and
I've barely had time to post details about progress and plans. The new
website has been an indispensable tool for building our public
presence and sponsors are continuing to step forward.

    http://pytexas.blogspot.com/

Next Monday Aug 8 will be an important milestone, as that's the day
I'm planning to open registration and kick off surveys. Sponsor logos
will be prominent alongside the registration forms and surveys, and
I'm pushing to get sponsors signed up before that date to maximize the
visibility of those logos.  In addition, the t-shirt design will be
finalized on that date, so after that it will be too late for
additional Platinum sponsors (so far we have five, thanks to Enthought
joining today alongside Atlassian, OpenStack, Snoball, and ZeOmega).

So far several volunteers have tested the registration page and we
haven't had problems reported.

    http://pytexas.blogspot.com/p/general-registration.html

Does anyone have any feedback on additional form elements which need
to be added to the registration page? (Bear in mind there are several
separate surveys planned
http://pytexas.blogspot.com/p/pytexas-2011-registration.html)

I could use some help on the Sponsor Descriptions page, which is not
yet published. I want to follow the same concept as on the new PyCon
website (http://us.pycon.org/2012/sponsors/), which is awesome by the
way.  Anybody want to help with it?

Also, if anyone wants to contribute to the PyTexas blog, let me know
and I can give you a login.

Bonus News Flash: Jeff Rush has offered an extensive list of
presentation proposals, which we'll all soon vote on by survey.

    http://wiki.pytexas.org/TalkProposals2011

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug  4 06:08:04 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 23:08:04 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas progress & plans
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swowYO73MTHdqUVZ8K9L_zpcEpezhf+=4_JaMcMvfuG9zw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swowYO73MTHdqUVZ8K9L_zpcEpezhf+=4_JaMcMvfuG9zw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swo8y=fLXRtK+nQZdjRptqV5swGmf1Op=0bXQEV-pkkELg@mail.gmail.com>

I've rewritten and expanded the email I posted above as a blog posting
here; I recommend you read the blog posting instead which is a bit
better organized and more complete. Sorry for the redundant post!

http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/pytexas-2011-grab-bag-news-help-wanted.html

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Sat Aug  6 15:24:29 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 08:24:29 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Are you a PyTexas Volunteer?
Message-ID: <CAA_9swrbOaSLsqKnQxM-2Svd1yxFKB_gB6yPc-0-PZaf3EM4_g@mail.gmail.com>

As the conference approaches, the need for volunteers will increase.
For some, this will be primarily the day of and the day before the
conference. Others will be needed in the days leading up to the
conference to help with promotion, planning, and coordination.

Currently the team is ad hoc. I ask favors on an as-needed basis.
There are a few people I feel comfortable asking favors because I know
they are interested. I'd like to expand that pool to a more
well-defined team who I can call upon, and maybe start having meetings
occasionally.

If you're interested in helping out, please step forward, let me know
who you are, and what kinds of things you can help with.

Here are some categories of help I'm looking for:

    * Setup Onsite -- Come early to up banners, schedules, power
strips, help A/V crew
    * Publicity -- organize a network of colleagues to get the word
out, and follow up
    * Graphic Design -- Help with designing flyers, web page layouts
    * Sysadmin tasks related to the website, DNS, backups, etc.
    * Session chairs -- Commit to staying in one room and making sure
talks run on time
    * Web app development -- Help build the same kind of Django site
used for PyCon and PyOhio
    * Documentation -- Observe and document the process, to make the
conference easier to replicate
    * Travel Coordination -- Help people get to the conference;
coordinate carpooling, select hotels, etc.

You don't have to pick just one; this is just a sampling of areas
where help will be needed.

Please let me know if you have the interest in helping, and can commit
some of your time.

Thanks!

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Sun Aug  7 01:11:08 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:11:08 -0500
Subject: [Texas] help pick O'Reilly book prizes
Message-ID: <CAA_9swr91UVFqbj+umHYp-CUKJUcUQdA2cJk7KJo4BixfxVqZQ@mail.gmail.com>

This year, O'Reilly Media will sponsor PyTexas 2011 by offering both
ebooks and print books as prizes.

    * Every attendee will receive one free ebook of their choosing
    * We will have prize drawings for the print books

O'Reilly has asked which print books to ship. I put together a survey
to get your feedback on which books should be included.

    http://pytexas.blogspot.com/p/oreilly-survey.html

Please provide your feedback by filling out the survey!

From carl at personnelware.com  Sun Aug  7 01:16:49 2011
From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten)
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:16:49 -0500
Subject: [Texas] help pick O'Reilly book prizes
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swr91UVFqbj+umHYp-CUKJUcUQdA2cJk7KJo4BixfxVqZQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swr91UVFqbj+umHYp-CUKJUcUQdA2cJk7KJo4BixfxVqZQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADmzSSjn1+698Fy3g+QsWdd=3PMzP5DDL3UjbvqP1SUE-qw5tA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> ? ?* Every attendee will receive one free ebook of their choosing

given the surge of e-readers, that's really cool.

-- 
Carl K

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Sun Aug  7 01:20:09 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:20:09 -0500
Subject: [Texas] help pick O'Reilly book prizes
In-Reply-To: <CADmzSSjn1+698Fy3g+QsWdd=3PMzP5DDL3UjbvqP1SUE-qw5tA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swr91UVFqbj+umHYp-CUKJUcUQdA2cJk7KJo4BixfxVqZQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADmzSSjn1+698Fy3g+QsWdd=3PMzP5DDL3UjbvqP1SUE-qw5tA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swq7cJ0jXr579ENEZAS_A+N9k6y=xUpZrR65O-87BQDpkw@mail.gmail.com>

Yeah, no kidding. Btw, I've added a bit more detail about this on the blog:

    http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/which-oreilly-books-should-be-pytexas.html

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ? ?* Every attendee will receive one free ebook of their choosing
>
> given the surge of e-readers, that's really cool.
>
> --
> Carl K
>

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug  8 01:28:22 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 18:28:22 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2011 draft schedule posted
Message-ID: <CAA_9swpwUZYAs8drWaBpkoODGe9njGih5g2g9ru-pVkN3xNyQg@mail.gmail.com>

I've posted a very tentative draft schedule for PyTexas 2011 as a
Google Docs spreadsheet.

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhPmDnJC8EfldDFiTldOWEctQzNVVkV0ZC15ZXR2bGc&hl=en_US#gid=0

These times are very tentative, open for discussion and adjustments
will be made based on a survey as well.

It still needs someone to go through and copy/paste hyperlinks into
the cells to link back to the detailed talk descriptions. If you're
willing to help with editing, please let me know and I'll provide edit
access.

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug  8 16:21:01 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:21:01 -0500
Subject: [Texas] 10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas 2011...Register Now!
Message-ID: <CAA_9swoB6RHuaGzWC3uUO_ent_NPoS-GhACn8OThvt8deQtaKQ@mail.gmail.com>

PyTexas 2011 registration is now open! It takes only a minute or two,
so please don't delay!

Please check out this post explaining registration and the 10 reasons
you should consider attending PyTexas 2011

http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-reasons-you-should-attend-pytexas.html

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug  8 23:18:49 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 16:18:49 -0500
Subject: [Texas] help pick O'Reilly book prizes
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swr91UVFqbj+umHYp-CUKJUcUQdA2cJk7KJo4BixfxVqZQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swr91UVFqbj+umHYp-CUKJUcUQdA2cJk7KJo4BixfxVqZQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swr6N9mq9BhA-B-NB_YiU1SzGQZ_gXkPWUfmOYKpNRsOUg@mail.gmail.com>

We've received enough feedback to provide O'Reilly with a list, but
it's not too late for you to add your 2 cents. You have till 8am
tomorrow, Tues Aug 9; at that time, I'll send the list of books to
O'Reilly.

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This year, O'Reilly Media will sponsor PyTexas 2011 by offering both
> ebooks and print books as prizes.
>
> ? ?* Every attendee will receive one free ebook of their choosing
> ? ?* We will have prize drawings for the print books
>
> O'Reilly has asked which print books to ship. I put together a survey
> to get your feedback on which books should be included.
>
> ? ?http://pytexas.blogspot.com/p/oreilly-survey.html
>
> Please provide your feedback by filling out the survey!
>

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Tue Aug  9 04:29:03 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 21:29:03 -0500
Subject: [Texas] 10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas 2011...Register
	Now!
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swoB6RHuaGzWC3uUO_ent_NPoS-GhACn8OThvt8deQtaKQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoB6RHuaGzWC3uUO_ent_NPoS-GhACn8OThvt8deQtaKQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swrATOG3gmWfGGEgzS-gFaaO32zezJtYedq6oNFgb2vMSw@mail.gmail.com>

We have 30 registrations in the first day...not a bad first day! It'll
help a lot if more will register right away, if only so we can get a
larger sampling of needed t-shirt sizes before placing the order. A
little peer pressure applied to your buddies could help a lot here.
:-)

It really takes very little time to fill out the registration
form...less than a minute really...it's a short, sweet, one page form.

You can even register in a rather noncommittal way, with a "Maybe"
answer on whether you'll be there. Just make sure to come back later
and update your registration after you're sure.

Just make sure to bookmark the link "Edit your response" after you
press Submit...that way you can use the bookmark return to the same
form to edit your inputs.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> PyTexas 2011 registration is now open! It takes only a minute or two,
> so please don't delay!
>
> Please check out this post explaining registration and the 10 reasons
> you should consider attending PyTexas 2011
>
> http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-reasons-you-should-attend-pytexas.html
>

From tmcarstens at gmail.com  Tue Aug  9 06:01:18 2011
From: tmcarstens at gmail.com (Tertius Carstens)
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:01:18 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas Transportation
Message-ID: <CAKzoh854bL_r6h-mLdkjZQhb1LeJHdeHCw6fkPwMpAMgx3gjig@mail.gmail.com>

Hey,

New to the list, I host the Houston Django meetup along with @glenbot.

Does anyone know if there is any group transportation planned?

T
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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 00:55:53 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 17:55:53 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
Message-ID: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>

Good news! No Starch Press has agreed to provide 6 books as prizes for PyTexas.

Does anyone want to pitch in some ideas about which books to include?

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 02:24:19 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:24:19 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2011 prizes page
Message-ID: <CAA_9swoePkGNwB47G7G0aA6g25JULSbL9BVWpOPc_kX8Ah+25g@mail.gmail.com>

I've posted a page listing the PyTexas prizes planned:

    http://pytexas.blogspot.com/p/prizes.html

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 02:33:04 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:33:04 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas Transportation
In-Reply-To: <CAKzoh854bL_r6h-mLdkjZQhb1LeJHdeHCw6fkPwMpAMgx3gjig@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKzoh854bL_r6h-mLdkjZQhb1LeJHdeHCw6fkPwMpAMgx3gjig@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swoNC_acdb+bt1Z47Hx_6LvgWHs4zJ2NUd-X+93MmxHrWw@mail.gmail.com>

Welcome, Tertius. Thanks for joining.

Carpooling is a great idea; sometimes the road trip is just as fun as
the conference when you're going with a carload of fellow attendees.

So far nobody stepped forward to coordinate carpooling. I'm not sure
what the best approach might be...in the past I've seen this done via
email to the local user group list.

Here's another idea:  I'm collecting attendee zip codes in the
registration form. We could sort these and send email to clusters of
folks in neighboring to introduce them to one another. Anyone want to
volunteer to handle that?

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Tertius Carstens <tmcarstens at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> New to the list, I host the Houston Django meetup along with @glenbot.
>
> Does anyone know if there is any group transportation planned?
>
> T
>
> _______________________________________________
> Texas mailing list
> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
>
>

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 02:48:32 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:48:32 -0500
Subject: [Texas] 10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas 2011...Register
	Now!
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swrATOG3gmWfGGEgzS-gFaaO32zezJtYedq6oNFgb2vMSw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoB6RHuaGzWC3uUO_ent_NPoS-GhACn8OThvt8deQtaKQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swrATOG3gmWfGGEgzS-gFaaO32zezJtYedq6oNFgb2vMSw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swp-XXvZSShGzLbAaFHuf6a=9teoyWF=1BpLv0wpm1PMPA@mail.gmail.com>

We're up to 55 registrations, with 44 confirmed and the remainder
tentative. So far zero "no" entries. That's great to see in only the
second day of registration!

Please keep working to spread the word.  I need to make a decision
very soon on how many t-shirts to order. My hope is that we could get
up to 150 attendees, since last year we had 94 and everybody seemed to
have fun and might bring more friends this year. Please reach out to
your friends and coworkers, and bear in mind that we can help
beginners get started with Python on Saturday morning's Teach-In. This
year I thought we might focus on helping beginners with
build/install/packaging stuff, to empower them take advantage PyPI in
conjunction with tools like pip and virtualenv. However, the Teach In
is aimed at being flexible and getting beginners whatever help they
need to get started...face time with a mentor for 2 hrs.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> We have 30 registrations in the first day...not a bad first day! It'll
> help a lot if more will register right away, if only so we can get a
> larger sampling of needed t-shirt sizes before placing the order. A
> little peer pressure applied to your buddies could help a lot here.
> :-)
>
> It really takes very little time to fill out the registration
> form...less than a minute really...it's a short, sweet, one page form.
>
> You can even register in a rather noncommittal way, with a "Maybe"
> answer on whether you'll be there. Just make sure to come back later
> and update your registration after you're sure.
>
> Just make sure to bookmark the link "Edit your response" after you
> press Submit...that way you can use the bookmark return to the same
> form to edit your inputs.
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> PyTexas 2011 registration is now open! It takes only a minute or two,
>> so please don't delay!
>>
>> Please check out this post explaining registration and the 10 reasons
>> you should consider attending PyTexas 2011
>>
>> http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-reasons-you-should-attend-pytexas.html
>>
>

From rblove_lists at comcast.net  Wed Aug 10 04:43:21 2011
From: rblove_lists at comcast.net (Robert Love)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:43:21 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CA0E77D9-B238-419E-B255-DBB219EF944C@comcast.net>

On their web page, searching for "python" I don't see too many books.  The Grey Hat Python seems the only pure play.  Are their others I'm missing?

I'd vote for "Art of R Programming" because it talks about linking R to C++ and Python.



On Aug 9, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Brad Allen wrote:

> Good news! No Starch Press has agreed to provide 6 books as prizes for PyTexas.
> 
> Does anyone want to pitch in some ideas about which books to include?
> _______________________________________________
> Texas mailing list
> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas


From alexander.j.robbins at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 14:09:21 2011
From: alexander.j.robbins at gmail.com (Alex Robbins)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:09:21 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAFpCQrzqu_-oOGedFZo+CN0sKo+Yk64cinW-q9COTNdTY7SVwA@mail.gmail.com>

My votes would be:

Gray Hat Python <http://nostarch.com/ghpython.htm>
http://nostarch.com/ghpython.htm
 <http://nostarch.com/ghpython.htm>
and then several general programming books:

Write Great Code, Volume 1 http://nostarch.com/greatcode.htm
Write Great Code, Volume 2 http://nostarch.com/greatcode2.htm
Code Craft http://nostarch.com/codecraft.htm

And the Haskell book, because it is supposed to be great:

Learn You a Haskell for Great Good http://nostarch.com/lyah.htm

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good news! No Starch Press has agreed to provide 6 books as prizes for
> PyTexas.
>
> Does anyone want to pitch in some ideas about which books to include?
> _______________________________________________
> Texas mailing list
> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
>
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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 14:22:02 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:22:02 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <CAFpCQrzqu_-oOGedFZo+CN0sKo+Yk64cinW-q9COTNdTY7SVwA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAFpCQrzqu_-oOGedFZo+CN0sKo+Yk64cinW-q9COTNdTY7SVwA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swr0cSjoT33nsL8ZAC2DO+VvLqx0h+B2NnZZcJ_kfK0ocw@mail.gmail.com>

The Tangled Web looks interesting:

From: http://nostarch.com/tangledweb.htm

Description: The Tangled Web is destined to be the definitive guide to
web application security. Rather than simply enumerate known
vulnerabilities or lay down a series of commandments from on high,
famed security expert Michal Zalewski takes an in-depth look at how
browsers actually work, how to leverage their features, and what
pitfalls lurk in the shadows. An outgrowth of Zalewski's work on
Google's online Browser Security Handbook, The Tangled Web sheds light
on the uniqueness of the security challenges that engineers,
developers, and users face on the Web today. The book opens with a
detailed examination of browser security mechanisms, the historical
reasons behind their design, and their security consequences.
Subsequent chapters discuss the security aspects of specific web
technologies, including URLs, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, the same-origin
policy, and HTML5. Readers looking for quick answers will appreciate
the cheat sheets in each chapter, which outline the most commonly
encountered problems and how to tackle them. An appendix offers a
glossary of well-known implementation vulnerabilities.

From jeremy at 33ad.org  Wed Aug 10 19:35:28 2011
From: jeremy at 33ad.org (Jeremy Kelley)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:35:28 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swr0cSjoT33nsL8ZAC2DO+VvLqx0h+B2NnZZcJ_kfK0ocw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAFpCQrzqu_-oOGedFZo+CN0sKo+Yk64cinW-q9COTNdTY7SVwA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swr0cSjoT33nsL8ZAC2DO+VvLqx0h+B2NnZZcJ_kfK0ocw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN8S9i+BOgz6yezRuHqJ1S3BhJ48sY9iG+FrFqb97mBN5Fjeug@mail.gmail.com>

Blender Game Kit, due to py integration

-j

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Tangled Web looks interesting:
>
> From: http://nostarch.com/tangledweb.htm
>
> Description: The Tangled Web is destined to be the definitive guide to
> web application security. Rather than simply enumerate known
> vulnerabilities or lay down a series of commandments from on high,
> famed security expert Michal Zalewski takes an in-depth look at how
> browsers actually work, how to leverage their features, and what
> pitfalls lurk in the shadows. An outgrowth of Zalewski's work on
> Google's online Browser Security Handbook, The Tangled Web sheds light
> on the uniqueness of the security challenges that engineers,
> developers, and users face on the Web today. The book opens with a
> detailed examination of browser security mechanisms, the historical
> reasons behind their design, and their security consequences.
> Subsequent chapters discuss the security aspects of specific web
> technologies, including URLs, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, the same-origin
> policy, and HTML5. Readers looking for quick answers will appreciate
> the cheat sheets in each chapter, which outline the most commonly
> encountered problems and how to tackle them. An appendix offers a
> glossary of well-known implementation vulnerabilities.
> _______________________________________________
> Texas mailing list
> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
>



-- 
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting;
it has been found difficult and left untried ? G. K. Chesterton

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 19:43:59 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:43:59 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <4E42C103.1080602@nostarch.com>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CA0E77D9-B238-419E-B255-DBB219EF944C@comcast.net>
	<4E42C103.1080602@nostarch.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swr8s=ncQgzMj0+iTq3f8gert37Gg0MVRrOe182N5iTiSA@mail.gmail.com>

Travis, some of the responses were sent back to the list without
cc'ing you. I'll forward you the full thread.

The books don't have to be Python-oriented; they only need to be of
interest to people in the Python community. That could include good
books on general concepts such as software design, architecture,
methodologies. Books on specific tools tend to be less interesting (to
me) because many of them get out of date rapidly.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:33 PM, No Starch Press <media at nostarch.com> wrote:
> Yeah, "Gray Hat Python" is our only strictly Python book. We're working on
> some others, but they won't be out until next year. And unfortunately, "The
> Art of R Programming" is not yet available either.
>
> Would attendees be interested in other programming books, covering languages
> like CSS or JavaScript, or maybe even Haskell? We just came out with books
> on those. We also have some great new security books on Metasploit, IDA Pro,
> and packet analysis.
>
> Let me know what you'd like to do.
>
> Best,
>
> Travis
>
>
> On 8/9/2011 7:43 PM, Robert Love wrote:
>>
>> On their web page, searching for "python" I don't see too many books. ?The
>> Grey Hat Python seems the only pure play. ?Are their others I'm missing?
>>
>> I'd vote for "Art of R Programming" because it talks about linking R to
>> C++ and Python.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 9, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Brad Allen wrote:
>>
>>> Good news! No Starch Press has agreed to provide 6 books as prizes for
>>> PyTexas.
>>>
>>> Does anyone want to pitch in some ideas about which books to include?
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Texas mailing list
>>> Texas at python.org
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
>
> --
> Travis Peterson
> Product Manager
> No Starch Press, www.nostarch.com
> 415-863-9900 x 108, 415-863-9950 fax
> Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/nostarch
>
>

From media at nostarch.com  Wed Aug 10 19:33:55 2011
From: media at nostarch.com (No Starch Press)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:33:55 -0700
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <CA0E77D9-B238-419E-B255-DBB219EF944C@comcast.net>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CA0E77D9-B238-419E-B255-DBB219EF944C@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <4E42C103.1080602@nostarch.com>

Yeah, "Gray Hat Python" is our only strictly Python book. We're working 
on some others, but they won't be out until next year. And 
unfortunately, "The Art of R Programming" is not yet available either.

Would attendees be interested in other programming books, covering 
languages like CSS or JavaScript, or maybe even Haskell? We just came 
out with books on those. We also have some great new security books on 
Metasploit, IDA Pro, and packet analysis.

Let me know what you'd like to do.

Best,

Travis


On 8/9/2011 7:43 PM, Robert Love wrote:
> On their web page, searching for "python" I don't see too many books.  The Grey Hat Python seems the only pure play.  Are their others I'm missing?
>
> I'd vote for "Art of R Programming" because it talks about linking R to C++ and Python.
>
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Brad Allen wrote:
>
>> Good news! No Starch Press has agreed to provide 6 books as prizes for PyTexas.
>>
>> Does anyone want to pitch in some ideas about which books to include?
>> _______________________________________________
>> Texas mailing list
>> Texas at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas

-- 
Travis Peterson
Product Manager
No Starch Press, www.nostarch.com
415-863-9900 x 108, 415-863-9950 fax
Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/nostarch


From jeremy at 33ad.org  Wed Aug 10 19:49:50 2011
From: jeremy at 33ad.org (Jeremy Kelley)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:49:50 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <4E42C103.1080602@nostarch.com>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CA0E77D9-B238-419E-B255-DBB219EF944C@comcast.net>
	<4E42C103.1080602@nostarch.com>
Message-ID: <CAN8S9iKWtF_uw873A8O51b8UyGP973Toc36Z3F=XhCwVQbqkDA@mail.gmail.com>

I personally would be very interested in JavaScript books, as that's
used in parallel with almost all web related projects.

The Blender books are also pretty interesting to the Python community.

-j

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:33 PM, No Starch Press <media at nostarch.com> wrote:
> Yeah, "Gray Hat Python" is our only strictly Python book. We're working on
> some others, but they won't be out until next year. And unfortunately, "The
> Art of R Programming" is not yet available either.
>
> Would attendees be interested in other programming books, covering languages
> like CSS or JavaScript, or maybe even Haskell? We just came out with books
> on those. We also have some great new security books on Metasploit, IDA Pro,
> and packet analysis.
>
> Let me know what you'd like to do.
>
> Best,
>
> Travis
>
>
> On 8/9/2011 7:43 PM, Robert Love wrote:
>>
>> On their web page, searching for "python" I don't see too many books. ?The
>> Grey Hat Python seems the only pure play. ?Are their others I'm missing?
>>
>> I'd vote for "Art of R Programming" because it talks about linking R to
>> C++ and Python.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 9, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Brad Allen wrote:
>>
>>> Good news! No Starch Press has agreed to provide 6 books as prizes for
>>> PyTexas.
>>>
>>> Does anyone want to pitch in some ideas about which books to include?
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Texas mailing list
>>> Texas at python.org
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
>
> --
> Travis Peterson
> Product Manager
> No Starch Press, www.nostarch.com
> 415-863-9900 x 108, 415-863-9950 fax
> Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/nostarch
>
> _______________________________________________
> Texas mailing list
> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
>



-- 
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting;
it has been found difficult and left untried ? G. K. Chesterton

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 19:51:25 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:51:25 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <CAN8S9iKWtF_uw873A8O51b8UyGP973Toc36Z3F=XhCwVQbqkDA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CA0E77D9-B238-419E-B255-DBB219EF944C@comcast.net>
	<4E42C103.1080602@nostarch.com>
	<CAN8S9iKWtF_uw873A8O51b8UyGP973Toc36Z3F=XhCwVQbqkDA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swrZhFBFtt=ODMDOB5qCpmHx0ph2dQZnZDJGB5KXqRnLaA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Jeremy Kelley <jeremy at 33ad.org> wrote:
> I personally would be very interested in JavaScript books, as that's
> used in parallel with almost all web related projects.

+1

From baddriverdave at gmail.com  Wed Aug 10 19:55:36 2011
From: baddriverdave at gmail.com (Dave Birch)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:55:36 -0500
Subject: [Texas] No Starch Press prize books for PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swrZhFBFtt=ODMDOB5qCpmHx0ph2dQZnZDJGB5KXqRnLaA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoMyypxzOL33MAx-tJ9-81ywqVUVTeqz4L+kjKfdp1MUg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CA0E77D9-B238-419E-B255-DBB219EF944C@comcast.net>
	<4E42C103.1080602@nostarch.com>
	<CAN8S9iKWtF_uw873A8O51b8UyGP973Toc36Z3F=XhCwVQbqkDA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swrZhFBFtt=ODMDOB5qCpmHx0ph2dQZnZDJGB5KXqRnLaA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B25D20E6-0A68-491A-AD7C-1C92EC249930@gmail.com>

If we're expanding to non-py books, I wouldn't mind this one being added to the list: 

Book of CSS3: http://nostarch.com/css3.htm

Aug 10, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Brad Allen wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Jeremy Kelley <jeremy at 33ad.org> wrote:
>> I personally would be very interested in JavaScript books, as that's
>> used in parallel with almost all web related projects.
> 
> +1
> _______________________________________________
> Texas mailing list
> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas

Dave Birch
@baddriverdave

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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 11 04:12:33 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:12:33 -0500
Subject: [Texas] 10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas 2011...Register
	Now!
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swp-XXvZSShGzLbAaFHuf6a=9teoyWF=1BpLv0wpm1PMPA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoB6RHuaGzWC3uUO_ent_NPoS-GhACn8OThvt8deQtaKQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swrATOG3gmWfGGEgzS-gFaaO32zezJtYedq6oNFgb2vMSw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swp-XXvZSShGzLbAaFHuf6a=9teoyWF=1BpLv0wpm1PMPA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swrP31wRhdofoaTBJ5y_kVWLWMXpJy0ASg8ccP9-J8VoyA@mail.gmail.com>

Looks like registration slowed down a bit on the third day; we're up
to 66 registrations, with 53 confirmed. That's a bit of growth, but
only +11 in one day.

I know there are more interested parties out there...folks, give me
some ideas on how better to spread the word. I'm not ready to roll out
our secret weapon yet. Yet.

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> We're up to 55 registrations, with 44 confirmed and the remainder
> tentative. So far zero "no" entries. That's great to see in only the
> second day of registration!
>
> Please keep working to spread the word. ?I need to make a decision
> very soon on how many t-shirts to order. My hope is that we could get
> up to 150 attendees, since last year we had 94 and everybody seemed to
> have fun and might bring more friends this year. Please reach out to
> your friends and coworkers, and bear in mind that we can help
> beginners get started with Python on Saturday morning's Teach-In. This
> year I thought we might focus on helping beginners with
> build/install/packaging stuff, to empower them take advantage PyPI in
> conjunction with tools like pip and virtualenv. However, the Teach In
> is aimed at being flexible and getting beginners whatever help they
> need to get started...face time with a mentor for 2 hrs.
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We have 30 registrations in the first day...not a bad first day! It'll
>> help a lot if more will register right away, if only so we can get a
>> larger sampling of needed t-shirt sizes before placing the order. A
>> little peer pressure applied to your buddies could help a lot here.
>> :-)
>>
>> It really takes very little time to fill out the registration
>> form...less than a minute really...it's a short, sweet, one page form.
>>
>> You can even register in a rather noncommittal way, with a "Maybe"
>> answer on whether you'll be there. Just make sure to come back later
>> and update your registration after you're sure.
>>
>> Just make sure to bookmark the link "Edit your response" after you
>> press Submit...that way you can use the bookmark return to the same
>> form to edit your inputs.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> PyTexas 2011 registration is now open! It takes only a minute or two,
>>> so please don't delay!
>>>
>>> Please check out this post explaining registration and the 10 reasons
>>> you should consider attending PyTexas 2011
>>>
>>> http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-reasons-you-should-attend-pytexas.html
>>>
>>
>

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 11 21:34:23 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:34:23 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2010 promotion ideas
Message-ID: <CAA_9swrzc3+Cohg8vJTcBt8Eu1_X3cVYCkaBp8+pEM0ZEDiCUQ@mail.gmail.com>

Christina at Luna Data Solutions, one of the PyTexas sponsors based in
Austin, had some great ideas for promoting PyTexas. She sent out the
"10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas"
(http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-reasons-you-should-attend-pytexas.html)
link to several different categories of organization who might be
interested.

Please take a look at her email below and take inspiration...let me
know if anyone else is doing anything like this, or if anyone has
further ideas on avenues we can explore for PyTexas promotion.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Christina Long
Date: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: [APUG] 10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas 2011...Register Now!
To: Brad Allen


Thanks.

I sent it out to Young women's alliance and Austin Women in Technology - two
groups in Austin I am a Committee person on.
I sent it out to my DallasIT Professionals and TexasIT Professionals group.
I sent it out to my Texas State and UTD alum e-group I belong to.
I sent it out to our Luna Data network and also a few Job Clubs in town.
They will be sharing it at their meetings tomorrow when they announce
upcoming events.
I sent it out to both the Austin Chamber of Commerce and Austin Young
Chamber.

You should see if you could have it printed in the Austin Business Journal.
It's FREE. If you go online you can enter in events and it will get printed
and 1000's of ppl will see it there.

Hope that helps!

Best,

Christina

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Christina Long
Marketing Manager
Luna Data Solutions, Inc.
6448 Highway 290 East, Unit E-113 - Austin, TX? 78723-1042
Office: 512.828.7906 ext 201 ? ? Fax: 512.284.7638

www.lunadatasolutions.com - Join our mailing list to receive info on current
job opportunities.

From kevin.horn at gmail.com  Thu Aug 11 21:58:28 2011
From: kevin.horn at gmail.com (Kevin Horn)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:58:28 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2010 promotion ideas
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swrzc3+Cohg8vJTcBt8Eu1_X3cVYCkaBp8+pEM0ZEDiCUQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swrzc3+Cohg8vJTcBt8Eu1_X3cVYCkaBp8+pEM0ZEDiCUQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CA+U=zK0jW4bbMKanJUVCX8ycPwAfYv+hhL4NGdYxwah8srKD3A@mail.gmail.com>

It might be worth promoting to other semi-related local users groups.  I
know there's a Dallas PHP user group, which used to be quite large, though I
haven't attended in years.  Unix Users groups, etc.  Doing a search on
Meetup.com would probably yield good results.

Possibilities:
- Other programming language meetups (Ruby, PHP, Javascript, etc.)
- Google has user groups.  Google uses Python.
- OS-based user groups
- there's at least one general "Open Source" type user group in Dallas

I'm sure similar things exist in other cities.

Other possibilities:
- Contacts at local universities?  I live near UTD, though I don't know
anyone there, so if someone can point me in the right direction, I can maybe
talk to someone there or put up flyers or something.
- Co-working facilities?  There's a couple of these in Dallas, and a bunch
in Austin IIRC.  Mostly techies from what I can tell.

Kevin Horn

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Christina at Luna Data Solutions, one of the PyTexas sponsors based in
> Austin, had some great ideas for promoting PyTexas. She sent out the
> "10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas"
> (
> http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-reasons-you-should-attend-pytexas.html
> )
> link to several different categories of organization who might be
> interested.
>
> Please take a look at her email below and take inspiration...let me
> know if anyone else is doing anything like this, or if anyone has
> further ideas on avenues we can explore for PyTexas promotion.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Christina Long
> Date: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:30 PM
> Subject: RE: [APUG] 10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas 2011...Register
> Now!
> To: Brad Allen
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> I sent it out to Young women's alliance and Austin Women in Technology -
> two
> groups in Austin I am a Committee person on.
> I sent it out to my DallasIT Professionals and TexasIT Professionals group.
> I sent it out to my Texas State and UTD alum e-group I belong to.
> I sent it out to our Luna Data network and also a few Job Clubs in town.
> They will be sharing it at their meetings tomorrow when they announce
> upcoming events.
> I sent it out to both the Austin Chamber of Commerce and Austin Young
> Chamber.
>
> You should see if you could have it printed in the Austin Business Journal.
> It's FREE. If you go online you can enter in events and it will get printed
> and 1000's of ppl will see it there.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Best,
>
> Christina
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Christina Long
> Marketing Manager
> Luna Data Solutions, Inc.
> 6448 Highway 290 East, Unit E-113 - Austin, TX  78723-1042
> Office: 512.828.7906 ext 201     Fax: 512.284.7638
>
> www.lunadatasolutions.com - Join our mailing list to receive info on
> current
> job opportunities.
> _______________________________________________
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> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
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From jeremy at snoball.com  Thu Aug 11 22:12:29 2011
From: jeremy at snoball.com (jeremy)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:12:29 -0500
Subject: [Texas] twitter...
Message-ID: <CAN8S9iJtMWBrgMB_NePhxr4gLKOtaCXPp=vq60H3BhnnwQM26w@mail.gmail.com>

Hey,

You know how you get a great idea and you go to twitter to see if
someone's grabbed that account?  Usually they have and you think
"those jerks!  Parking a useful account!"

Well that happened to me recently. A couple of weeks ago, I checked
out pytexas on twitter (http://twitter.com/pytexas) and noticed it was
a reserved account, completely dead.  Bummer.

Then about 10 mins ago, I get an email that someone is following
pytexas.  Oops.  Turns out I registered it a long time ago.  Doh.

So, we have at our disposal the PyTexas twitter account.

doh.  Sorry community.

tl;dr: I'm a dork.  I registered Pytexas on twitter and forgot.

-j

-- 
jeremy kelley - ceo, nerd, etc.
snoball - give together, change lives.
e: jeremy at snoball.com
p: 979.820.8202
t: @nod

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 11 22:50:03 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:50:03 -0500
Subject: [Texas] twitter...
In-Reply-To: <CAN8S9iJtMWBrgMB_NePhxr4gLKOtaCXPp=vq60H3BhnnwQM26w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAN8S9iJtMWBrgMB_NePhxr4gLKOtaCXPp=vq60H3BhnnwQM26w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swrmZiM4fZdnLtB9vFB4o2AgPf7NHcR-63yBEr_dtTG2xA@mail.gmail.com>

Cool!

Of the 75 registrations so far for PyTexas 2011, 12% said they would follow
the #PyTexas hashtag.  I didn't ask about following a PyTexas account, but
it might be a greater percentage, since it's easier to follow an account
than keep an eye on the hashtags.

"Official" PyTexas tweets might get retweeted more often and we could keep
an eye on the number of followers, which is another advantage of the PyTexas
twitter account over using just a #PyTexas hashtag (we should do both).

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:12 PM, jeremy <jeremy at snoball.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> You know how you get a great idea and you go to twitter to see if
> someone's grabbed that account?  Usually they have and you think
> "those jerks!  Parking a useful account!"
>
> Well that happened to me recently. A couple of weeks ago, I checked
> out pytexas on twitter (http://twitter.com/pytexas) and noticed it was
> a reserved account, completely dead.  Bummer.
>
> Then about 10 mins ago, I get an email that someone is following
> pytexas.  Oops.  Turns out I registered it a long time ago.  Doh.
>
> So, we have at our disposal the PyTexas twitter account.
>
> doh.  Sorry community.
>
> tl;dr: I'm a dork.  I registered Pytexas on twitter and forgot.
>
> -j
>
> --
> jeremy kelley - ceo, nerd, etc.
> snoball - give together, change lives.
> e: jeremy at snoball.com
> p: 979.820.8202
> t: @nod
> _______________________________________________
> Texas mailing list
> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
>
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From jtgalyon at gmail.com  Fri Aug 12 00:26:10 2011
From: jtgalyon at gmail.com (Jason Galyon)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:26:10 -0500
Subject: [Texas] twitter...
In-Reply-To: <CAN8S9iJtMWBrgMB_NePhxr4gLKOtaCXPp=vq60H3BhnnwQM26w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAN8S9iJtMWBrgMB_NePhxr4gLKOtaCXPp=vq60H3BhnnwQM26w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADdO+VaSZmFBnM3SROCp5mMGqkbLz36SaqNzdHBSYg675DFPtg@mail.gmail.com>

Now THAT is something that has had me snorting and laughing for at least 30
minutes straight... good ab workout btw!

made me think of my long ago fond memories of the Readers Digest funny true
stories...

hey! it might be worth submitting :)

http://laughs.rd.com/submitJokePage.do

Jason

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:12 PM, jeremy <jeremy at snoball.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> You know how you get a great idea and you go to twitter to see if
> someone's grabbed that account?  Usually they have and you think
> "those jerks!  Parking a useful account!"
>
> Well that happened to me recently. A couple of weeks ago, I checked
> out pytexas on twitter (http://twitter.com/pytexas) and noticed it was
> a reserved account, completely dead.  Bummer.
>
> Then about 10 mins ago, I get an email that someone is following
> pytexas.  Oops.  Turns out I registered it a long time ago.  Doh.
>
> So, we have at our disposal the PyTexas twitter account.
>
> doh.  Sorry community.
>
> tl;dr: I'm a dork.  I registered Pytexas on twitter and forgot.
>
> -j
>
> --
> jeremy kelley - ceo, nerd, etc.
> snoball - give together, change lives.
> e: jeremy at snoball.com
> p: 979.820.8202
> t: @nod
> _______________________________________________
> Texas mailing list
> Texas at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas
>
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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug 15 01:50:23 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:50:23 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Seeking Django developer for PyTexas site
Message-ID: <CAA_9swrTKWFnNYXctRfAD_1WhPqwTGos1pTPjsCTBRB3QZWaBg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

Anyone want to setup the PyTexas website using the same software used for
PyCon and PyOhio?  It is supposed to be relatively easy to setup for anyone
with Django experience.

This is the branch which was recommended we work from:

    https://github.com/eldarion/pycon/tree/2012

It's not a necessity to get it up and running for PyTexas 2011 since we
already have a site for this year (http://pytexas.blogspot.com), but one
part we could really use this year is the scheduling part. Not only would it
be nicer-looking than the current Google Docs spreadsheet, but it has
functionality to deliver an RSS feed in the format requested by Carl Karsten
whose A/V crew has workflow built around data from the schedule

(Have I mentioned that Carl Karsten and his crew are planning to come to
PyTexas this year? They are the same crew who handles A/V for PyCon, PyOhio,
and DjangoCon.)
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From carl at personnelware.com  Mon Aug 15 17:47:39 2011
From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:47:39 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Seeking Django developer for PyTexas site
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swrTKWFnNYXctRfAD_1WhPqwTGos1pTPjsCTBRB3QZWaBg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swrTKWFnNYXctRfAD_1WhPqwTGos1pTPjsCTBRB3QZWaBg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADmzSShFze7JvGQOhm4k0GhS=qGs=_Lr=H74+JYh6=i+GXi35g@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Anyone want to setup the PyTexas website using the same software used for
> PyCon and PyOhio? ?It is supposed to be relatively easy to setup for anyone
> with Django experience.
> This is the branch which was recommended we work from:
> ? ??https://github.com/eldarion/pycon/tree/2012
> It's not a necessity to get it up and running for PyTexas 2011 since we
> already have a site for this year (http://pytexas.blogspot.com), but one
> part we could really use this year is the scheduling part. Not only would it
> be nicer-looking than the current Google Docs spreadsheet, but it has
> functionality to deliver an RSS feed in the format requested by Carl Karsten
> whose A/V crew has workflow built around data from the schedule
> (Have I mentioned that Carl Karsten and his crew are planning to come to
> PyTexas this year? They are the same crew who handles A/V for PyCon, PyOhio,
> and DjangoCon.)
>

I created a fabfile.py to install the 2012 branch of the code:

https://gitorious.org/vms/vms/trees/master/chipy_aug  (chipy because I
was going to try using it for a Chicago python meeting)

The result was something that threw an error when I tried to log in; I
have no idea how correct everything is, but it is probably a good
start.

-- 
Carl K

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug 15 17:53:45 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:53:45 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Seeking Django developer for PyTexas site
In-Reply-To: <CADmzSShFze7JvGQOhm4k0GhS=qGs=_Lr=H74+JYh6=i+GXi35g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swrTKWFnNYXctRfAD_1WhPqwTGos1pTPjsCTBRB3QZWaBg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADmzSShFze7JvGQOhm4k0GhS=qGs=_Lr=H74+JYh6=i+GXi35g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swpFuRPAh+HMnTMzvowDrLbp2cK1wFSLecX_=3cZGRzMbg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com>wrote:
>
> I created a fabfile.py to install the 2012 branch of the code:
>
> https://gitorious.org/vms/vms/trees/master/chipy_aug  (chipy because I
> was going to try using it for a Chicago python meeting)
>
> The result was something that threw an error when I tried to log in; I
> have no idea how correct everything is, but it is probably a good
> start.
>
>
Thanks for getting the effort started, Carl. However, I know you'll be busy
with A/V stuff for the upcoming conferences, so I'm hoping you'll get some
help from a PyTexas local who can also be involved in maintaining the site
going forward.  So far nobody from the PyTexas has stepped forward, so I'll
forward this request out to the individual user groups to see if anyone will
bite.
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From brian.curtin at gmail.com  Tue Aug 16 00:41:38 2011
From: brian.curtin at gmail.com (Brian Curtin)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:41:38 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Looking for PyCon 2012 Speakers
Message-ID: <CAD+XWwpmNNn3m1ih3n7q5G4ibTO8cGRrfsiorx=QnaqspBEh+Q@mail.gmail.com>

With PyCon 2012 efforts off to a great start, we?re looking for you,
the people of the Python community, so show us what you?ve got. Our
call for proposals (http://us.pycon.org/2012/cfp/) just went out and
we want to include you in our 2012 conference schedule, taking place
March 7-15, 2012 in Santa Clara, CA.

The call covers tutorial, talk, and poster applications, and we?re
expecting to blow the previous record of 250 applications out of the
water. Put together your best 3-hour class proposals for one of the
tutorial sessions on March 7 and 8. Submit your best talks on any
range of topics for the conference days, March 9 through 11. The
poster session will be in full swing on Sunday with a series of 4'x4'
posters and an open floor for attendees to interact with presenters.
Get your applications in early - we want to help you put together the
best proposal possible, so we?re going to work with submitters as
applications come in.

See more details and submit your talks here: http://us.pycon.org/2012/speaker/

We?re also looking for feedback from your past PyCon experiences along
with what you?re looking for in the future, by way of our 2012
Guidance Survey at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/pycon2012_launch_survey. The attendees
make the conference, so every response we get from you makes a
difference in putting together the best conference we can.

If you or your company is interested in sponsoring PyCon, we?d love to
hear from you. Join our growing list with Diamond sponsors Google and
Dropbox, and Platinum sponsors Microsoft, Nasuni, SurveyMonkey, and
Gondor by Eldarion. CCP Games, Linode, Walt Disney Animation Studios,
Canonical, DotCloud, Loggly, Revolution Systems, ZeOmega, bitly,
ActiveState, JetBrains, Snoball, Caktus Consulting Group, and Disqus
make up our Gold sponsors. The Silver sponsors so far are 10gen,
GitHub, Olark, Wingware, net-ng, Imaginary Landscape, BigDoor, Fwix,
AG Interactive, Bitbucket, The Open Bastion, Accense Technology, Cox
Media Group, and myYearbook. See our sponsorship page at
http://us.pycon.org/2012/sponsors/ for more details.

The PyCon Organizers - http://us.pycon.org/2012
Jesse Noller - Chairman - jnoller at python.org
Brian Curtin - Publicity Coordinator - brian at python.org

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 17 02:02:16 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:02:16 -0500
Subject: [Texas] 10 Reasons You Should Attend PyTexas 2011...Register
	Now!
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swrP31wRhdofoaTBJ5y_kVWLWMXpJy0ASg8ccP9-J8VoyA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swoB6RHuaGzWC3uUO_ent_NPoS-GhACn8OThvt8deQtaKQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swrATOG3gmWfGGEgzS-gFaaO32zezJtYedq6oNFgb2vMSw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swp-XXvZSShGzLbAaFHuf6a=9teoyWF=1BpLv0wpm1PMPA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swrP31wRhdofoaTBJ5y_kVWLWMXpJy0ASg8ccP9-J8VoyA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swqnGZ9DrpqRyQ6mzQ3ZGmo5JJJqQA8YcOGA_7zUbB2F+Q@mail.gmail.com>

After a slow weekend, with registrations stalled out around 83, there was a
big spike on Monday and today we now have 115 registrations, with 92
confirmed and 23 tentative.

Those are pretty exciting numbers, but I'd like to push the number closer to
150 attendees, and there are still things we can do to spread the word. For
example, we haven't yet put together a flyer...but we have some excellent
artwork available to use as a basis...please contact me if anyone's
interested in working on that.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looks like registration slowed down a bit on the third day; we're up
> to 66 registrations, with 53 confirmed. That's a bit of growth, but
> only +11 in one day.
>
> I know there are more interested parties out there...folks, give me
> some ideas on how better to spread the word. I'm not ready to roll out
> our secret weapon yet. Yet.
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We're up to 55 registrations, with 44 confirmed and the remainder
> > tentative. So far zero "no" entries. That's great to see in only the
> > second day of registration!
> >
> > Please keep working to spread the word.  I need to make a decision
> > very soon on how many t-shirts to order. My hope is that we could get
> > up to 150 attendees, since last year we had 94 and everybody seemed to
> > have fun and might bring more friends this year. Please reach out to
> > your friends and coworkers, and bear in mind that we can help
> > beginners get started with Python on Saturday morning's Teach-In. This
> > year I thought we might focus on helping beginners with
> > build/install/packaging stuff, to empower them take advantage PyPI in
> > conjunction with tools like pip and virtualenv. However, the Teach In
> > is aimed at being flexible and getting beginners whatever help they
> > need to get started...face time with a mentor for 2 hrs.
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> We have 30 registrations in the first day...not a bad first day! It'll
> >> help a lot if more will register right away, if only so we can get a
> >> larger sampling of needed t-shirt sizes before placing the order. A
> >> little peer pressure applied to your buddies could help a lot here.
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> It really takes very little time to fill out the registration
> >> form...less than a minute really...it's a short, sweet, one page form.
> >>
> >> You can even register in a rather noncommittal way, with a "Maybe"
> >> answer on whether you'll be there. Just make sure to come back later
> >> and update your registration after you're sure.
> >>
> >> Just make sure to bookmark the link "Edit your response" after you
> >> press Submit...that way you can use the bookmark return to the same
> >> form to edit your inputs.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> PyTexas 2011 registration is now open! It takes only a minute or two,
> >>> so please don't delay!
> >>>
> >>> Please check out this post explaining registration and the 10 reasons
> >>> you should consider attending PyTexas 2011
> >>>
> >>>
> http://pytexas.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-reasons-you-should-attend-pytexas.html
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 18 05:24:25 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:24:25 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2011 draft schedule posted
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swpwUZYAs8drWaBpkoODGe9njGih5g2g9ru-pVkN3xNyQg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swpwUZYAs8drWaBpkoODGe9njGih5g2g9ru-pVkN3xNyQg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swozd03_rA=RWzadVtY_Wnq2SjFmEE6SNx2nk94iwvFLgQ@mail.gmail.com>

I don't know if anyone has been keeping an eye on the PyTexas
schedule, but it has undergone a variety of tweaks. (Btw, thanks Jason
Galyon for making the hyperlinks work!)

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhPmDnJC8EfldDFiTldOWEctQzNVVkV0ZC15ZXR2bGc&hl=en_US

The biggest change is the addition of a half day tutorial on Sunday
morning on the Robot Framework, in addition to the introductory
presentation on Saturday. Unlike PyCon tutorials, this will be free,
just like the rest of PyTexas! (Of course, PyTexas does accept
donations!

The OpenStack talk has been confirmed but we don't have the talk
outline available yet.

Saturday evening party plans are still under discussion.

I'll be sending out a survey sometime this weekend regarding the
schedule so we can get better inputs from people...for example, I
don't know if I've overscheduled the lightning talks. I need to get a
better sense of how many people are planning lightning talks.

Btw, registration is now up to 125!

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've posted a very tentative draft schedule for PyTexas 2011 as a
> Google Docs spreadsheet.
>
> https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhPmDnJC8EfldDFiTldOWEctQzNVVkV0ZC15ZXR2bGc&hl=en_US#gid=0
>
> These times are very tentative, open for discussion and adjustments
> will be made based on a survey as well.
>
> It still needs someone to go through and copy/paste hyperlinks into
> the cells to link back to the detailed talk descriptions. If you're
> willing to help with editing, please let me know and I'll provide edit
> access.
>

From richnusgeeks at gmail.com  Thu Aug 18 05:48:19 2011
From: richnusgeeks at gmail.com (Ankur Sharma)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:18:19 +0530
Subject: [Texas] a tutorial on Extending Python via Shared Libraries
Message-ID: <CANTV-5wqdUw3CTJ9UBsKUeOTaBRJTcr6=vN+T2c4QK78qO25NQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

Here is the link for my original print article published in Linux for You
magazine on *Python and C/C++ interaction* :

http://t.co/d4TqsXH

-- 
Regards,
Ankur
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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug 22 03:01:24 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:01:24 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Seeking Django developer for PyTexas site
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swozAsvHsmJPGNwhc3ojWsSwCKKhhQXEku74_t_0MRgYkQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA_9swrTKWFnNYXctRfAD_1WhPqwTGos1pTPjsCTBRB3QZWaBg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADmzSShFze7JvGQOhm4k0GhS=qGs=_Lr=H74+JYh6=i+GXi35g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swpFuRPAh+HMnTMzvowDrLbp2cK1wFSLecX_=3cZGRzMbg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA_9swozAsvHsmJPGNwhc3ojWsSwCKKhhQXEku74_t_0MRgYkQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAA_9swrw93P-KmZDuVkvLzATR59kUAH3Z=7hWGDmDHL8pXFe3g@mail.gmail.com>

Just a followup on this...we now have a team of volunteers working on
this and should have something to show for it soon.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since there was no response from the Texas Python list, I'm forwarding out
> to the individual user groups to see if any else will help out.

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Tue Aug 23 22:13:23 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:13:23 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas Lightning Survey: Hotel Planning
Message-ID: <CAA_9swr1FUTpwGneHe2BgBwyfpEdb=GSxUJcmGGG=Z1W94DXag@mail.gmail.com>

PyTexas Attendees,

This is a "Lightning Survey"--which means you have less than 24 hours
to respond before we pick the hotel(s) for the group rate. If you want
to book a hotel, please fill out this survey to let us know your
preferences:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGs1RnduSUJMaXFQOU5fdWRfckxUT0E6MQ

I'm sorry this is so late in the process, and we will only consider
responses before tomorrow at 10am. We'll finalize the decision at noon
tomorrow, after which I'll announce which hotel(s) have been selected
for the group rate.

If you've already booked your hotel, please fill out the survey anyway
to let us know which hotel you've selected.

If you're not staying at a hotel, ignore this email.

If you are reading this email after 10am Aug 23, 2011, ignore this email.

Thanks!

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Tue Aug 23 22:28:31 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:28:31 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas Lightning Survey: Hotel Planning
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swr1FUTpwGneHe2BgBwyfpEdb=GSxUJcmGGG=Z1W94DXag@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are reading this email after 10am Aug 23, 2011, ignore this email.

Uhm...yeah. :-) That was supposed to be 10am Aug 24, 2011. (tomorrow!)

Thanks to Jason Galyon for pointing this out.

And btw, thanks to the Bryan-College Station Convention and Visitor's
Bureau for setting up the group rate options!

http://www.visitaggieland.com/

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 25 18:04:26 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:04:26 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas Lightning Survey: Hotel Planning
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Tertius Carstens <tmcarstens at gmail.com> wrote:
> Any updates on this?

Yes. We received 33 responses from the survey; you can view the results here:

https://docs.google.com/a/allendev.com/spreadsheet/gform?key=0AjNqSuswfI-tdGs1RnduSUJMaXFQOU5fdWRfckxUT0E&hl=en_US&gridId=0#chart

This is not a complete list of all attendees who might reserve a hotel
room; it's just a sampling due to the short notice.

As expected, most attendees prefer the lower cost, but a few want nicer hotels.

* Most popular lower cost: La Quinta at $69; I'm estimating 30
reservations for Fri & Sat
* Most popular higher cost: Hyatt Place at $99; I'm estimating 10
reservations for Fri & Sat

The Brian County-College Station visitor's bureau put in these
requests yesterday, and now we're in the process of getting the
contracts signed with the hotels.

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 25 19:54:09 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:54:09 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas Lightning Survey: Hotel Planning
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Tertius Carstens <tmcarstens at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Any updates on this?
>
> Yes. We received 33 responses from the survey; you can view the results here:
>
> https://docs.google.com/a/allendev.com/spreadsheet/gform?key=0AjNqSuswfI-tdGs1RnduSUJMaXFQOU5fdWRfckxUT0E&hl=en_US&gridId=0#chart

Sorry, folks. I didn't realize this survey result doesn't have a
static URL to make it publicly available. Only the spreadsheet itself
is publicly available, but it's considerably harder to read.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjNqSuswfI-tdGs1RnduSUJMaXFQOU5fdWRfckxUT0E&hl=en_US

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 25 22:24:09 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:24:09 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas Lightning Survey: Hotel Planning
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> As expected, most attendees prefer the lower cost, but a few want nicer hotels.
>
> * Most popular lower cost: La Quinta at $69; I'm estimating 30
> reservations for Fri & Sat
> * Most popular higher cost: Hyatt Place at $99; I'm estimating 10
> reservations for Fri & Sat

The LaQuinta reserved block is now available; the hotel manager has
told me this can be announced even though there is still some
paperwork to finish up. You should be able to reserve your hotel now,
and ask for the "PyTexas group rate" of $69 for Sept 9th and/or 10th.
Also note that if you stay any other days, you'll have to pay the
normal rate of $79.

Important: this $69 group rate is only available if you reserve by
next Wed Aug 31!

When I called into reservations to make sure the process worked, they
had a little trouble finding it until I spelled it out
"p-y-t-e-x-a-s".

The phone number is 1-979-696-7777. Option 4 for reservations didn't
work for me...it gave me a fax tone. Option 6 for the front desk
worked, and they transferred me to reservations.

Regarding the Hyatt as a higher priced option, I'm don't think that is
going to work out. The people who set up such blocks for that location
are out of the office until next week, which I believe is too late.
Also, it was only for a block of 10 rooms, so it doesn't seem worth
the effort to push it to the last minute.  I'd suggest everyone go
with the LaQuinta option, who claims they have enough rooms available
even if we far exceed the block of 30.  I realize a few of you wanted
to pick out a nicer hotel, and those are still available in College
Station, just not at a group rate.

I've put more detail about this on the wiki, including the link to the
hotel, at <http://wiki.pytexas.org/HotelInfo2011>.

From tmcarstens at gmail.com  Thu Aug 25 16:56:54 2011
From: tmcarstens at gmail.com (Tertius Carstens)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:56:54 -0500
Subject: [Texas] PyTexas Lightning Survey: Hotel Planning
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Any updates on this?

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > If you are reading this email after 10am Aug 23, 2011, ignore this email.
>
> Uhm...yeah. :-) That was supposed to be 10am Aug 24, 2011. (tomorrow!)
>
> Thanks to Jason Galyon for pointing this out.
>
> And btw, thanks to the Bryan-College Station Convention and Visitor's
> Bureau for setting up the group rate options!
>
> http://www.visitaggieland.com/
>
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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Sun Aug 28 20:54:04 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:54:04 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Announcing the PyTexas Project Tracker
Message-ID: <CAA_9swoDuCoZ9VwxhN-+gfcrLkgtM8+dy+s+w1mTszVDVroywQ@mail.gmail.com>

Several months ago at a DFW Pythoneers meeting Jason Galyon suggested
we need an issue tracker for PyTexas, but at the time I didn't see how
it fit, since I thought of issue trackers as being primarily for
software projects. I had done ok organizing PyTexas 2010 without an
issue tracker...

Fast forward to late August 2011...the conference is only a few weeks
away, with over150 attendee registrations, several sponsorships to
manage,  partnership discussions, a project to kick off a new PyTexas
website, an A/V crew coming in, surveys overdue, no plan for food and
snacks, and zillions of emails flying around. I realize I'm
overwhelmed and have no organized path to letting volunteers help out.

Jason was right...we need an issue tracker...a really good one. So I
asked him to help set it up, and he agreed to do it. After some
discussion (which included Glen Zangirolami, who is doing a great job
on the new PyTexas website), we decided to use Redmine, and install it
on the same Ubuntu Server VM in the cloud hosting environment donated
by RackSpace.

Jason got it installed, and set up at this URL:

   http://pm.pytexas.org/   (the "pm" is for Project Management)

Today we started defining the project structure, trackers, categories,
etc. Please check out the project structure and let me know what you
think:

   http://pm.pytexas.org/projects

We don't yet have OpenID or email notifications set up for Redmine,
and there could be some downtime today as those are being worked on.

I hope you create an account, and let me know if you want to be
involved in any of these projects. I can assign you a role to any of
the projects listed, depending on which role you are interested in
(either as a reporter of issues, a contributor, or a manager, or all
of the above...also, we might think of other roles as they come up).

If you are a user group organizer, think about whether this might be a
good place to host project tracking for your group. I've entered the
DFW Pythoneers as a placeholder, to show off this idea.  I'm willing
to provide the admin/manager privileges to group organizers who
indicate an interest.

Personally I think it makes sense for Texas Python user groups to band
together and share common infrastructure, paid for by PyTexas sponsor
money. In this case, I'd like to issue a big thank-you to RackSpace,
who has agreed to donate one year on RackSpace Cloud Server
infrastructure to PyTexas, with $250 worth of computing resources per
month.  After the year is nearly up, we can evaluate whether to
continue and pay with sponsor money, explore other options.

From carl at personnelware.com  Sun Aug 28 21:57:29 2011
From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten)
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:57:29 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Announcing the PyTexas Project Tracker
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If you think OpenID will be functional today, I'll hold off till then.

If it looks like that isn't going to happen anytime soon, I'll create
yet another user name.

-- 
Carl K

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Sun Aug 28 23:55:05 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:55:05 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Announcing the PyTexas Project Tracker
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
> If you think OpenID will be functional today, I'll hold off till then.
> If it looks like that isn't going to happen anytime soon, I'll create
> yet another user name.

Hopefully that will be functional today, but I don't know...hopefully
Jason can update us soon on that.

From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Mon Aug 29 00:11:56 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:11:56 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Announcing the PyTexas Project Tracker
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:
> we decided to use Redmine, and install it
> on the same Ubuntu Server VM in the cloud hosting environment donated
> by RackSpace.

Someone mentioned off-list that it seemed odd that we'd choose to use
a Ruby-based issue tracker, instead of one written in Python.

I don't see this as a big concern, since I know as a community we use
a lot of non-Python software to get the job done. For example, I and
many others usually prefer to use Git even though there are other DVCS
written in Python.

Redmine seems a lot nicer that the Python-based alternatives that I
know about...however, I was thinking mainly about Trac and didn't even
consider Roundup. I've heard many glowing recommendations of Redmine,
and have been wanting to give it a try. In just one day of using
Redmine, I can see that the praise is justified, based on usability
and easy of data entry, clear administrative organization, and
straightforward functionality, with a few nice bells and whistles
(such as Gant charts).

If anyone would like to propose an alternative, please speak up and
make the case. I wouldn't want to pick a tool that our community does
not want to use!

From jtgalyon at gmail.com  Mon Aug 29 00:54:53 2011
From: jtgalyon at gmail.com (Jason Galyon)
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:54:53 -0500
Subject: [Texas] Announcing the PyTexas Project Tracker
In-Reply-To: <CAA_9swpv77OhUaP4HY77atDkWf69yHbudpaz2yGeRPGA5cj1dg@mail.gmail.com>
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	<CAA_9swpv77OhUaP4HY77atDkWf69yHbudpaz2yGeRPGA5cj1dg@mail.gmail.com>
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update on the status of openid based logins:
I believe it is working as intended... which is kinda goofy IMHO.

I am trying the different methods to actually login ONLY with openid
(includes creation) and it always requires me to create a local userid
(expected that from what I read) and a password.  These are not optional so,
I am looking into making these optional so that you can only rely on your
openid login.

With those annoyances, I believe we have the openid working!

Jason

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > we decided to use Redmine, and install it
> > on the same Ubuntu Server VM in the cloud hosting environment donated
> > by RackSpace.
>
> Someone mentioned off-list that it seemed odd that we'd choose to use
> a Ruby-based issue tracker, instead of one written in Python.
>
> I don't see this as a big concern, since I know as a community we use
> a lot of non-Python software to get the job done. For example, I and
> many others usually prefer to use Git even though there are other DVCS
> written in Python.
>
> Redmine seems a lot nicer that the Python-based alternatives that I
> know about...however, I was thinking mainly about Trac and didn't even
> consider Roundup. I've heard many glowing recommendations of Redmine,
> and have been wanting to give it a try. In just one day of using
> Redmine, I can see that the praise is justified, based on usability
> and easy of data entry, clear administrative organization, and
> straightforward functionality, with a few nice bells and whistles
> (such as Gant charts).
>
> If anyone would like to propose an alternative, please speak up and
> make the case. I wouldn't want to pick a tool that our community does
> not want to use!
>
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From bradallen137 at gmail.com  Tue Aug 30 04:41:03 2011
From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen)
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:41:03 -0500
Subject: [Texas] New PyTexas website
Message-ID: <CAA_9swoVCKv5-rZZu2Q12P8uUogEJ+gEHwW4zDD9idTwm93FqQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello folks,

We have a new PyTexas website! See http://www.pytexas.org/

It looks almost exactly like the blogspot site (which has a new URL
btw at http://blog.pytexas.org/), but seriously, it's not built using
Blogspot. :-)

The new site is built using the same Python-based Django/Pinax
Symposion software used to create the US PyCon 2011 website, as well
as DjangoCon 2011 and PyOhio 2011. This will allow us to soon start
enabling many of the same features as those websites, most importantly
the talk schedule.

Thanks go to Glen Zangirolami for all the technical setup of putting
this site together, including creating developer environment
VirtualBox machines to make it easy for others to contribute and test
changes. Let us know if you're interested in helping out!

The code for this website is in the PyTexas organization on GitHub:

    https://github.com/pytexas/pycon

Currently I'm the primary maintainer of the page content of this site,
as well as the blog and the wiki. I need help! There's a lot of info
about PyTexas which I simply have not had time to post in a
presentable fashion. (For example, Snoball is hosting a big party on
Saturday evening...that goes somewhere on the website, right?!)

Now the family of PyTexas websites has a URL organization which looks like this:

* www.pytexas.org
* pytexas.org redirects to www.pytexas.org
* blog.pytexas.org -- The blogspot site
* pm.pytexas.org -- Redmine issue tracker for PyTexas (go ahead, enter
some tickets!)
* wiki.pytexas.org -- MoinMoin wiki. Do we still need this? Please discuss.

There is also an IRC on Freenode, at #pytexas.  Hey, and don't forget
to join the PyTexas mailing list.

Hey, btw...we have over 150 registrations for PyTexas. This thing is
becoming a monster which I can barely keep up with (I have a full time
job which is running out of vacation days!). Please let me know if you
can help out; there is a lot to get ready in the next two weeks!  I
want to have a meeting soon with volunteers and get all the tasks
documented.