From opritche at gmail.com Fri Mar 1 05:11:20 2013 From: opritche at gmail.com (Osye Pritchett) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:11:20 -0600 Subject: [Texas] Calling all Texas Python Bloggers Message-ID: http://blog.pytexas.org/2013/02/calling-all-texas-python-bloggers.html Promotions Chair PyTexas 2013 promotion at pytexas.net Osye Pritchett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jrush at taupro.com Fri Mar 15 17:08:45 2013 From: jrush at taupro.com (Jeff Rush) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:08:45 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? Message-ID: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in San Antonio. That city was suggested because of its strong tourism aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python sponsor. Why 2016? Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in Montreal, Canada. 2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance. Anyone interested in stepping up for this? It's a big commitment and I know hard to do so far in advance. -Jeff From kevin.horn at gmail.com Fri Mar 15 23:52:15 2013 From: kevin.horn at gmail.com (Kevin Horn) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:52:15 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? In-Reply-To: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> References: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Rush wrote: > Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether > the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in > San Antonio. That city was suggested because of its strong tourism > aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python sponsor. > > Why 2016? Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in > Montreal, Canada. 2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the > conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance. > > Anyone interested in stepping up for this? It's a big commitment and I > know hard to do so far in advance. > > -Jeff > I'd love to see PyCon back in Texas, but I think we'd would absolutely need a local contact or contacts in the candidate city. Some of us in other places could help out I'm sure, but I think there would _need_ to be someone in San Antonio to herd the necessary cats. Anyone? (BTW, Austin would be a great place to have a PyCon as well...hint, hint) -- Kevin Horn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From travis at domain51.com Fri Mar 15 17:22:13 2013 From: travis at domain51.com (Travis Swicegood) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:22:13 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? In-Reply-To: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> References: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> Message-ID: There's an effort underway in the Austin Python to bring it here in 2016/17. -T -- Travis Swicegood | @tswicegood (most everywhere) On Mar 15, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Jeff Rush wrote: > Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether > the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in > San Antonio. That city was suggested because of its strong tourism > aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python sponsor. > > Why 2016? Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in > Montreal, Canada. 2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the > conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance. > > Anyone interested in stepping up for this? It's a big commitment and I > know hard to do so far in advance. > > -Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas From victor at victortrac.com Sat Mar 16 01:35:59 2013 From: victor at victortrac.com (Victor Trac) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:35:59 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? In-Reply-To: References: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> Message-ID: I'm one of the organizers of TXLF (http://2013.texaslinuxfest.org/) and can definitely help. +1 for bringing PyCon to Austin. -- Victor Trac | victortrac.com | twitter.com/victortrac | 843.654.4569 On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Kevin Horn wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Rush wrote: > >> Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether >> the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in >> San Antonio. That city was suggested because of its strong tourism >> aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python sponsor. >> >> Why 2016? Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in >> Montreal, Canada. 2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the >> conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance. >> >> Anyone interested in stepping up for this? It's a big commitment and I >> know hard to do so far in advance. >> >> -Jeff >> > > I'd love to see PyCon back in Texas, but I think we'd would absolutely > need a local contact or contacts in the candidate city. Some of us in > other places could help out I'm sure, but I think there would _need_ to be > someone in San Antonio to herd the necessary cats. > > Anyone? > > (BTW, Austin would be a great place to have a PyCon as well...hint, hint) > > -- > Kevin Horn > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pwang at streamitive.com Fri Mar 22 20:30:02 2013 From: pwang at streamitive.com (Peter Wang) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:30:02 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? In-Reply-To: References: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> Message-ID: Hey everyone, Just saw this now. Van Lindberg and a whole bunch of Austin Python folks participated in the infosession about bidding for PyCon 2016, and what we came up with was an idea to do a joint bid. That is, both San Antonio and Austin contingents will submit bids for their individual city, but we will also sign on to support each other's bid, namely, if PyCon chooses either city, locals from the other city will also contribute resources and such. The idea is that this increases the chances that a Texas city will make it into the finalists (currently it looks like Portland and Boston folks are showing some interest...). Apparently Santa Clara & San Jose put together a joint bid in a similar way. One of my to-dos was to create a mailing list for people interested in working on the "Go Texan" project. I will announce this list shortly. -Peter On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Victor Trac wrote: > I'm one of the organizers of TXLF (http://2013.texaslinuxfest.org/) and can > definitely help. +1 for bringing PyCon to Austin. > > > -- > Victor Trac | victortrac.com | twitter.com/victortrac | 843.654.4569 > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Kevin Horn wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Rush wrote: >>> >>> Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether >>> the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in >>> San Antonio. That city was suggested because of its strong tourism >>> aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python sponsor. >>> >>> Why 2016? Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in >>> Montreal, Canada. 2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the >>> conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance. >>> >>> Anyone interested in stepping up for this? It's a big commitment and I >>> know hard to do so far in advance. >>> >>> -Jeff >> >> >> I'd love to see PyCon back in Texas, but I think we'd would absolutely >> need a local contact or contacts in the candidate city. Some of us in other >> places could help out I'm sure, but I think there would _need_ to be someone >> in San Antonio to herd the necessary cats. >> >> Anyone? >> >> (BTW, Austin would be a great place to have a PyCon as well...hint, hint) >> >> -- >> Kevin Horn >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texas mailing list >> Texas at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > From jnials at gmail.com Sat Mar 23 04:09:57 2013 From: jnials at gmail.com (Jon Nials) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:09:57 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? In-Reply-To: References: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> Message-ID: Add me to the list. -Jon On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Peter Wang wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Just saw this now. Van Lindberg and a whole bunch of Austin Python > folks participated in the infosession about bidding for PyCon 2016, > and what we came up with was an idea to do a joint bid. That is, both > San Antonio and Austin contingents will submit bids for their > individual city, but we will also sign on to support each other's bid, > namely, if PyCon chooses either city, locals from the other city will > also contribute resources and such. The idea is that this increases > the chances that a Texas city will make it into the finalists > (currently it looks like Portland and Boston folks are showing some > interest...). Apparently Santa Clara & San Jose put together a joint > bid in a similar way. > > One of my to-dos was to create a mailing list for people interested in > working on the "Go Texan" project. I will announce this list shortly. > > -Peter > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Victor Trac > wrote: > > I'm one of the organizers of TXLF (http://2013.texaslinuxfest.org/) and > can > > definitely help. +1 for bringing PyCon to Austin. > > > > > > -- > > Victor Trac | victortrac.com | twitter.com/victortrac | > 843.654.4569 > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Kevin Horn > wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Rush wrote: > >>> > >>> Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether > >>> the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in > >>> San Antonio. That city was suggested because of its strong tourism > >>> aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python > sponsor. > >>> > >>> Why 2016? Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in > >>> Montreal, Canada. 2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the > >>> conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance. > >>> > >>> Anyone interested in stepping up for this? It's a big commitment and I > >>> know hard to do so far in advance. > >>> > >>> -Jeff > >> > >> > >> I'd love to see PyCon back in Texas, but I think we'd would absolutely > >> need a local contact or contacts in the candidate city. Some of us in > other > >> places could help out I'm sure, but I think there would _need_ to be > someone > >> in San Antonio to herd the necessary cats. > >> > >> Anyone? > >> > >> (BTW, Austin would be a great place to have a PyCon as well...hint, > hint) > >> > >> -- > >> Kevin Horn > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Texas mailing list > >> Texas at python.org > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Texas mailing list > > Texas at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > -- -Jon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwilcox at neonnightrider.com Fri Mar 22 20:44:28 2013 From: dwilcox at neonnightrider.com (Donald L Wilcox) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:44:28 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Texas] =?utf-8?q?Time_to_Bring_PyCon_Back_to_Texas=3F?= In-Reply-To: References: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> Message-ID: <1363981468.99358521@apps.rackspace.com> Sounds like a great idea. I wasn't aware either city was putting in a bid for 2016, so this is good news to me. If it would be any help, maybe Mathieu Leduc-Hamel or one of the other organizers at Montreal Python could provide some insight on how the big process went for them. __________________________________________________________________ Donald Wilcox Web: http://www.neonnightrider.com San Antonio, TX LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldwilcoxjr __________________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: "Peter Wang" Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 14:30 To: "Victor Trac" Cc: "Texas Python User Group" Subject: Re: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? Hey everyone, Just saw this now. Van Lindberg and a whole bunch of Austin Python folks participated in the infosession about bidding for PyCon 2016, and what we came up with was an idea to do a joint bid. That is, both San Antonio and Austin contingents will submit bids for their individual city, but we will also sign on to support each other's bid, namely, if PyCon chooses either city, locals from the other city will also contribute resources and such. The idea is that this increases the chances that a Texas city will make it into the finalists (currently it looks like Portland and Boston folks are showing some interest...). Apparently Santa Clara & San Jose put together a joint bid in a similar way. One of my to-dos was to create a mailing list for people interested in working on the "Go Texan" project. I will announce this list shortly. -Peter On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Victor Trac wrote: > I'm one of the organizers of TXLF (http://2013.texaslinuxfest.org/) and can > definitely help. +1 for bringing PyCon to Austin. > > > -- > Victor Trac | victortrac.com | twitter.com/victortrac | 843.654.4569 > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Kevin Horn wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Rush wrote: >>> >>> Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether >>> the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in >>> San Antonio. That city was suggested because of its strong tourism >>> aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python sponsor. >>> >>> Why 2016? Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in >>> Montreal, Canada. 2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the >>> conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance. >>> >>> Anyone interested in stepping up for this? It's a big commitment and I >>> know hard to do so far in advance. >>> >>> -Jeff >> >> >> I'd love to see PyCon back in Texas, but I think we'd would absolutely >> need a local contact or contacts in the candidate city. Some of us in other >> places could help out I'm sure, but I think there would _need_ to be someone >> in San Antonio to herd the necessary cats. >> >> Anyone? >> >> (BTW, Austin would be a great place to have a PyCon as well...hint, hint) >> >> -- >> Kevin Horn >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texas mailing list >> Texas at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > _______________________________________________ Texas mailing list Texas at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas From pwang at continuum.io Sat Mar 23 15:01:38 2013 From: pwang at continuum.io (Peter Wang) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:01:38 -0500 Subject: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? In-Reply-To: <1363981468.99358521@apps.rackspace.com> References: <5143478D.5000208@taupro.com> <1363981468.99358521@apps.rackspace.com> Message-ID: The Montreal bid document was made available as an example. I think it was linked off the pycon blog post? On Mar 23, 2013 8:12 AM, "Donald L Wilcox" wrote: > Sounds like a great idea. I wasn't aware either city was putting in a bid > for 2016, so this is good news to me. > > If it would be any help, maybe Mathieu Leduc-Hamel or one of the other > organizers at Montreal Python could provide some insight on how the big > process went for them. > > __________________________________________________________________ > Donald Wilcox Web: http://www.neonnightrider.com > San Antonio, TX LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldwilcoxjr > __________________________________________________________________ > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Peter Wang" > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 14:30 > To: "Victor Trac" > Cc: "Texas Python User Group" > Subject: Re: [Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas? > > Hey everyone, > > Just saw this now. Van Lindberg and a whole bunch of Austin Python > folks participated in the infosession about bidding for PyCon 2016, > and what we came up with was an idea to do a joint bid. That is, both > San Antonio and Austin contingents will submit bids for their > individual city, but we will also sign on to support each other's bid, > namely, if PyCon chooses either city, locals from the other city will > also contribute resources and such. The idea is that this increases > the chances that a Texas city will make it into the finalists > (currently it looks like Portland and Boston folks are showing some > interest...). Apparently Santa Clara & San Jose put together a joint > bid in a similar way. > > One of my to-dos was to create a mailing list for people interested in > working on the "Go Texan" project. I will announce this list shortly. > > -Peter > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Victor Trac > wrote: > > I'm one of the organizers of TXLF (http://2013.texaslinuxfest.org/) and > can > > definitely help. +1 for bringing PyCon to Austin. > > > > > > -- > > Victor Trac | victortrac.com | twitter.com/victortrac | > 843.654.4569 > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Kevin Horn > wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Rush wrote: > >>> > >>> Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether > >>> the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in > >>> San Antonio. That city was suggested because of its strong tourism > >>> aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python > sponsor. > >>> > >>> Why 2016? Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in > >>> Montreal, Canada. 2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the > >>> conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance. > >>> > >>> Anyone interested in stepping up for this? It's a big commitment and I > >>> know hard to do so far in advance. > >>> > >>> -Jeff > >> > >> > >> I'd love to see PyCon back in Texas, but I think we'd would absolutely > >> need a local contact or contacts in the candidate city. Some of us in > other > >> places could help out I'm sure, but I think there would _need_ to be > someone > >> in San Antonio to herd the necessary cats. > >> > >> Anyone? > >> > >> (BTW, Austin would be a great place to have a PyCon as well...hint, > hint) > >> > >> -- > >> Kevin Horn > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Texas mailing list > >> Texas at python.org > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Texas mailing list > > Texas at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: