From glenbot at pytexas.net Sun Aug 4 22:31:58 2013 From: glenbot at pytexas.net (Glen Zangirolami) Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 15:31:58 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2013 Updates and Information Message-ID: Ladies and Gentlemen: PyTexas 2013 is under way and begins in *less than 2 weeks*. Our chairs are doing a wonderful job making this a memorable event! We have a fantastic event in store with meaty talks, t-shirts, stickers, prizes and wonderful sponsors including *Rackspace, MapMyFitness, HBK, Stormpulse, zOmega, Tendenci and more*. We are looking forward to our talk submissions and the schedule being posted. Don?t forget, the deadline to submit a talk is TODAY Sunday, August 4, 2013 . We had some great speakers submit talks and we would love to hear from you! Here is a little event information in case you missed it: *Schedule* - The conference is Friday August 16th ? Sunday August 17th - The deadline to submit talks is TODAY, Sunday August 4th 2013. Submit your talk now! - *Friday* - Tutorial day. If you need help with anything Python then Friday is a good day to some out. Come and get all the Python lore you can stuff in your cranium! - *Saturday* - Standard talk schedule (to be released after this weekend) with drinks after. We currently do not have a sponsor for drinks so bring some cash. Most likely we will be hangout out at a bar in College Station. Announcements will be made at the conference about the location. - *Sunday* ? More talks until we run out. *Registration* *Registration is still open and is currently $50 USD.* If you have not registered please register and pay on the PyTexas site. Some people may have received a cancellation email after registering; this was due to payment not being made. We recommend you register again and pay through our site . If online payment is not an option, just show up at PyTexas and we will register you at the door (Cash or Charge welcome). *Food* ? *Friday* ? We will serve only coffee for breakfast so eat something before you come out. Lunch will be served ? *Saturday* ? Both breakfast and lunch will be served ? *Sunday* ? Both breakfast and lunch will be served *Lodging* Hotels are starting to fill up so get your lodging now! We do not have hotel block pre-allocated. Stay tuned for announcements on PyTexas.organd our twitter account . *We recommend that you go ahead and book your hotel!* A quick Google Searchwill give you a list of hotels in the area. Some hotels around the area on Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hotels+near+275+Joe+Routt+Boulevard+,+77844+College+Station,+TX&ie=UTF-8&ei=Epr-UafhCYrUqAG1w4GYCg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg This includes: Super 8 College Station La Quinta Inn College Station Vineyard Court Designer Suites Comfort Suites Hampton Inn College Station More information about the venue on the PyTexas site . *If you book your hotel on Hotels.com mobile site or app you get $25 off $200 or more with the coupon code MOB25OFFUS.* PyTexas 2013 is going to be a great event and we hope to see you there! Thanks, PyTexas Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: