From bradallen137 at gmail.com Fri Apr 20 03:16:43 2012 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:16:43 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: After speaking to some of the potential volunteers, it seems that nobody has time to take on responsibility for organizing PyTexas 2012, at least not in a leadership role. There are still plenty of people likely to volunteer for less time consuming responsibilities in order to have the conference. Some of us would probably be disappointed if it didn't happen this year... Maybe we should think about ways reduce the scope and effort. I've personally enjoyed several "unconference" style events such as BarCamp and PyCon open space sessions. The community usually pulls together a lot of really interesting presentations and discussions at the last minute. We could also reduce effort by not taking sponsorship. Last year handling sponsorship was fairly labor intensive. The result of that activity was that we could afford a really cool t-shirt & bag, as well as video recording and catering. We could also skip the prizes. That would remove the need for registration. What does that leave? Everyone shows up and some people post their presentations on a schedule board. Some of them plug in projectors and start hand-waving. Others get jiggy with the whiteboard explaining ingenius/harebrained schemes. A few open source sprints form up. Most importantly, volunteers hang out in the help area for beginners, and beginners actually show up and ask for help. That sounds like a pretty good conference to me. What do you think? From tp0x45 at gmail.com Fri Apr 20 16:03:40 2012 From: tp0x45 at gmail.com (Tomo Popovic) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:03:40 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Hi Brad, What are the tentative dates for PyTexas 2012? What would leadership role assume? I might be able to help some depending on the dates and my availability. Thanks, Tomo On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > After speaking to some of the potential volunteers, it seems that > nobody has time to take on responsibility for organizing PyTexas 2012, > at least not in a leadership role. > > There are still plenty of people likely to volunteer for less time > consuming responsibilities in order to have the conference. Some of us > would probably be disappointed if it didn't happen this year... > > Maybe we should think about ways reduce the scope and effort. I've > personally enjoyed several "unconference" style events such as BarCamp > and PyCon open space sessions. The community usually pulls together a > lot of really interesting presentations and discussions at the last > minute. > > We could also reduce effort by not taking sponsorship. Last year > handling sponsorship was fairly labor intensive. The result of that > activity was that we could afford a really cool t-shirt & bag, as well > as video recording and catering. > > We could also skip the prizes. That would remove the need for registration. > > What does that leave? Everyone shows up and some people post their > presentations on a schedule board. ?Some of them plug in projectors > and start hand-waving. Others get jiggy with the whiteboard explaining > ingenius/harebrained schemes. A few open source sprints form up. Most > importantly, volunteers hang out in the help area for beginners, and > beginners actually show up and ask for help. > > That sounds like a pretty good conference to me. 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From benliles at arch.tamu.edu Sat Apr 21 14:58:27 2012 From: benliles at arch.tamu.edu (Benjamin Liles) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:58:27 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 Message-ID: <00A5837A-4AF9-4644-ABED-5A37D6C81AA0@arch.tamu.edu> After discussing things over with Brad and getting clearance from my bosses, I would like to take the leadership role for the 2012 PyTexas conference. I've started looking at dates and venues in College Station. Our original idea was to host it at the College of Architecture's building, Langford, but the Memorial Student Center re-opens today after being closed for renovations for the last few years. As I get a better handle on things, I'll try to keep this list and the twitter feed as up to date as possible. Benjamin Liles Senior Software Application Developer College of Architecture Texas A&M University benliles at arch.tamu.edu TAMU 3137 College Station, TX 77843-3137 http://arch.tamu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sat Apr 21 16:10:16 2012 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:10:16 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 In-Reply-To: <00A5837A-4AF9-4644-ABED-5A37D6C81AA0@arch.tamu.edu> References: <00A5837A-4AF9-4644-ABED-5A37D6C81AA0@arch.tamu.edu> Message-ID: Thanks very much for taking this on, Ben. It's great to hear you are willing to take this on, and that have a strong possibility as a venue. I'm also grateful to hear about TAMU's willingness to support you on this. I'll help as much as I can. On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Benjamin Liles wrote: > After discussing things over with Brad and getting clearance from my bosses, > I would like to take the leadership role for the 2012 PyTexas conference. > I've started looking at dates and venues in College Station. Our original > idea was to host it at the College of Architecture's building, Langford, but > the Memorial Student Center re-opens today after being closed for > renovations for the last few years. > > As I get a better handle on things, I'll try to keep this list and the > twitter feed as up to date as possible. > > Benjamin Liles > Senior Software Application Developer > College of Architecture > Texas A&M University > benliles at arch.tamu.edu > > TAMU 3137 > College Station, TX?77843-3137 > > http://arch.tamu.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > From bradallen137 at gmail.com Sat Apr 21 16:15:32 2012 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:15:32 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Hi Tomo, Thanks for stepping forward. We don't have any dates yet or even a conference format decision. Just today, Ben Liles has offered to step up as chairman and organized the conference at TAMU in College Station. That is the same place we had it last year, and Ben was heavily involved as one of the organizers. Please stay in touch and let us know your ideas if you would like to contribute to the conference. On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Tomo Popovic wrote: > Hi Brad, > What are the tentative dates for PyTexas 2012? > What would leadership role assume? > I might be able to help some depending on the dates and my availability. > > Thanks, > Tomo > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Brad Allen wrote: >> After speaking to some of the potential volunteers, it seems that >> nobody has time to take on responsibility for organizing PyTexas 2012, >> at least not in a leadership role. >> >> There are still plenty of people likely to volunteer for less time >> consuming responsibilities in order to have the conference. Some of us >> would probably be disappointed if it didn't happen this year... >> >> Maybe we should think about ways reduce the scope and effort. I've >> personally enjoyed several "unconference" style events such as BarCamp >> and PyCon open space sessions. The community usually pulls together a >> lot of really interesting presentations and discussions at the last >> minute. >> >> We could also reduce effort by not taking sponsorship. Last year >> handling sponsorship was fairly labor intensive. The result of that >> activity was that we could afford a really cool t-shirt & bag, as well >> as video recording and catering. >> >> We could also skip the prizes. That would remove the need for registration. >> >> What does that leave? Everyone shows up and some people post their >> presentations on a schedule board. ?Some of them plug in projectors >> and start hand-waving. Others get jiggy with the whiteboard explaining >> ingenius/harebrained schemes. A few open source sprints form up. Most >> importantly, volunteers hang out in the help area for beginners, and >> beginners actually show up and ask for help. >> >> That sounds like a pretty good conference to me. What do you think? >> _______________________________________________ >> Texas mailing list >> Texas at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > > > -- > PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This electronic message and any > attachments are confidential property of the sender. The information > is intended only for the use of the person to whom it was addressed. > Any other interception, copying, accessing, or disclosure of this > message is prohibited. The sender takes no responsibility for any > unauthorized reliance on this message. If you have received this > message in error, please immediately notify the sender and purge the > message you received. Do not forward this message without permission. From tp0x45 at gmail.com Sat Apr 21 16:53:55 2012 From: tp0x45 at gmail.com (Tomo Popovic) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:53:55 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: I really liked the conference last year and did not want it to not happen. It is really good that we are moving it forward. I will keep an eye on the development and try to help where I can :) Tomo On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Brad Allen wrote: > Hi Tomo, > > Thanks for stepping forward. We don't have any dates yet or even a > conference format decision. Just today, Ben Liles has offered to step > up as chairman and organized the conference at TAMU in College > Station. That is the same place we had it last year, and Ben was > heavily involved as one of the organizers. > > Please stay in touch and let us know your ideas if you would like to > contribute to the conference. > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Tomo Popovic wrote: >> Hi Brad, >> What are the tentative dates for PyTexas 2012? >> What would leadership role assume? >> I might be able to help some depending on the dates and my availability. >> >> Thanks, >> Tomo >> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Brad Allen wrote: >>> After speaking to some of the potential volunteers, it seems that >>> nobody has time to take on responsibility for organizing PyTexas 2012, >>> at least not in a leadership role. >>> >>> There are still plenty of people likely to volunteer for less time >>> consuming responsibilities in order to have the conference. Some of us >>> would probably be disappointed if it didn't happen this year... >>> >>> Maybe we should think about ways reduce the scope and effort. I've >>> personally enjoyed several "unconference" style events such as BarCamp >>> and PyCon open space sessions. The community usually pulls together a >>> lot of really interesting presentations and discussions at the last >>> minute. >>> >>> We could also reduce effort by not taking sponsorship. Last year >>> handling sponsorship was fairly labor intensive. The result of that >>> activity was that we could afford a really cool t-shirt & bag, as well >>> as video recording and catering. >>> >>> We could also skip the prizes. That would remove the need for registration. >>> >>> What does that leave? Everyone shows up and some people post their >>> presentations on a schedule board. ?Some of them plug in projectors >>> and start hand-waving. Others get jiggy with the whiteboard explaining >>> ingenius/harebrained schemes. A few open source sprints form up. Most >>> importantly, volunteers hang out in the help area for beginners, and >>> beginners actually show up and ask for help. >>> >>> That sounds like a pretty good conference to me. What do you think? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Texas mailing list >>> Texas at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas >> >> >> >> -- >> PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This electronic message and any >> attachments are confidential property of the sender. The information >> is intended only for the use of the person to whom it was addressed. >> Any other interception, copying, accessing, or disclosure of this >> message is prohibited. The sender takes no responsibility for any >> unauthorized reliance on this message. If you have received this >> message in error, please immediately notify the sender and purge the >> message you received. Do not forward this message without permission. -- PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This electronic message and any attachments are confidential property of the sender. The information is intended only for the use of the person to whom it was addressed. Any other interception, copying, accessing, or disclosure of this message is prohibited. The sender takes no responsibility for any unauthorized reliance on this message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and purge the message you received. Do not forward this message without permission.