[TriZPUG] Triangle Python User Group

[Chris Rossi]

Trinacria with serpents:
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/travel/Sicily/Trinacria/trinacria-default.jpg

Chris


On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Tristan <tristan at caltech.edu> wrote:

> I don't know how heretical this might sound against the standard
> pythong logo, but I can imagine (altho not draw) a sort of triple set of
> pythons intertwined in a triangle shape.  Could even leave the current
> pug mascot in the middle as a inside joke.  (Possibly too cheesy) Even
> color each python to certain high profile team colors from their
> respective cities' universities ;)
>
>
> Tristan
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 09:57:02AM -0400, Julia Elman wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > My name is Julia and have recently moved to the Triangle area from Kansas
> > City. I work with Calvin and the rest of the team at Caktus Group in
> > Carrboro.
> >
> > I wanted to come to the meeting last night, but had some family
> obligations
> > to attend to.
> >
> > There is a pretty active Python users group in KC called PythonKC that I
> > belonged to. I helped do the branding for http://pythonkc.com and worked
> > with Steven Cummings (a developer at Cerner) to build out the site. I'd
> > love the opportunity to work on the branding for Tripython! I'd be more
> > than happy to draw up some logo ideas to start with if you all would
> like.
> >
> > Also, Steven posted the sites code on github for anyone to use. It
> includes
> > a python api client for meetup.com:
> >
> > https://github.com/pythonkc/pythonkc-meetups
> > https://github.com/pythonkc/pythonkc.com
> >
> > There was also talk of using the pythonkc github repo to post projects
> that
> > the group worked on together.
> >
> > Looking forward to meeting all of you and joining the TriPython users
> group!
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the announcement, Kurt.
> > >
> > > I'm very excited for all this, and not just for a simple renaming. I
> think
> > > we came to some strong conclusions last night that if there are things
> we
> > > think the group should be, then we're going to need to make that
> happen.
> > > This is a symbolic gesture that, coupled with new plans and ideas
> executed
> > > beside it, could ramp up the python involvement in this area in a big
> way.
> > > There are a lot of us here, probably far more than are in this one
> group,
> > > and we can make more!
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Kurt Grandis <kgrandis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hey folks,
> > >>
> > >> Thanks to everyone who came out last night and special thanks to
> everyone
> > >> who spoke and presented a little something.
> > >>
> > >> I did want to mention some news that came out of last night's meeting
> for
> > >> those who couldn't make it out. People have often mistaken this
> group's
> > >> name as the Triangle Zope and Plone User Group. This has never been
> the
> > >> case, but nonetheless it has caused some confusion and contributed to
> > >> people looking past or dismissing our group. Last night members
> > >> overwhelming voted to change our name to TriPython.
> > >>
> > >> We hope that the name change will improve search results, help attract
> > >> new participants, and encourage lurkers to come out and talk Python.
> To
> > >> that end, I'ld like to make a call to anyone on the list who would be
> > >> interested in participating in a rebranding and messaging workgroup.
> A name
> > >> change is nice and I believe will be beneficial, but I think it's
> important
> > >> to also take this opportunity to re-examine how we present ourselves
> to the
> > >> local community--hackers, hobbyists, professionals, and businesses
> alike.
> > >> If you're interested and more importantly, willing to do some work,
> drop me
> > >> an email and we'll start coordinating these changes. Until we
> circulate a
> > >> transition plan, please continue to use our existing resources,
> websites,
> > >> mailing lists, etc as TriZPUG.
> > >>
> > >> Chris reminded us last night that we're coming up on our ten year
> > >> anniversary. Very exciting and I look forward to watching the
> community
> > >> continue to grow.
> > >>
> > >> -Kurt
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> interesting!
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