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Re: Meetup

Steve Gambino — 2012-05-25T10:44:28

Calvin,

Thanks for posting this reminder.  I wasn't aware of this "opportunity" to
promote and will make an effort to do so in the future.

Best,
Steve Gambino

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Meetup

Calvin Spealman — 2012-05-25T10:09:28

All,

I know many of you don't like Meetup.com, but the fact is that people
do use it and like it.

Most importantly, they look at it. The look at the event page for last
night, where we had
ten or so attendees, and they see only 3 RSVPs. They look and think
we're a tiny group
and no one shows up or participates, so they don't bother showing up themselves.

Do a small part to promote TriZPUG today and tell meetup that you did,
in fact, attend.

And RSVP in the future!

http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/events/64777142/

http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/

Re: confirmation on room on Centennial

Joseph S. Tate — 2012-05-24T16:45:51

Anyone from South Durham, or Chapel Hill want to carpool?

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Christopher Fox
<chris.david.fox-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

confirmation on room on Centennial

Christopher Fox — 2012-05-23T22:14:17

Hello everyone!

We definitely will access to the room I've reserved for tomorrow night. The
room is 1226 in Engineering Building II. You'll need me to get into the
building, so I will wait in the downstairs area with large windows near the
roundabout.

Chris Fox

Re: PyCarolinas 2012 Call For Proposals

Calvin Spealman — 2012-05-21T15:02:13

CORRECTION

The proposal deadline is July 20, 2012

Not 2011, obviously.

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy< at >gmail.com> wrote:

PyCarolinas 2012 Call For Proposals

Calvin Spealman — 2012-05-21T14:51:33

PyCarolinas 2012 Call For Proposals

PyCarolinas 2012, the first Python conference held in the carolinas,
is now accepting proposals! We’re looking for proposals for talks you
can present to this great and growing Python community.

PyCarolinas will be held in October in Chapel Hill, NC. The exact
location and dates of the two-day conference will be announced
shortly.

The proposal deadline is July 20, 2011. Please submit your proposals
to talks< at >pycarolinas.org.
About PyCarolinas 2012

PyCarolinas 2012 is the first Python Conference held in the carolinas
and will be located in Chapel Hill, NC this October. The specific date
and location will be announced shortly. It is a two day conference,
with one day of talks and one day or sprinting.
Who should submit a proposal?

Anyone! We’re looking for as broad a cross-section of the Python
community as possible.

We’re looking for both experienced conference speakers and people new
to technical conferences; industry professionals and hobbyists;
entrepreneurs, researchers, and system administrators. You’ve probably
learned something that other Python users could benefit from, so come
toPyCarolinas and share your story. Maybe you’ve written the next
great data mining package, or you have a case study to share, or
you’ve learned something about how to start a Python users’ group, or
you just want to help novices learn how to choose a Python web
framework.

If you have something to tell your fellow Python programmers, this is
your chance.

You don’t have to be a professional speaker to give a talk at
PyCarolinas. Presenters can be volunteers from all walks of life and
all levels of experience. From hardcore hackers to educators to
hobbyists, anyone with something to say and the desire to say it is
welcome.

If you have a topic idea but you’re not sure exactly how to turn it
into a killer session, let us know! The program committee is happy to
work with you to help your session shine.
What kind of sessions can I give?

PyCarolinas 2012, as a small event, is acceptingonly traditional
sessions during the main conference. We are looking for sessions at 30
and 45 minutes. All levels of talks from from novice-level overviews
to advanced topics are welcome.
Conference registration and travel

PyCarolinas is entirely volunteer-organized and run, and must keep
costs as low as possible. We are unable to provide assistance or
compensation for speakers traveling to and staying near the conference
for the duration of the event.
Timeline and deadlines

Please don’t delay! The proposal window is long, but the sooner you
submit a proposal, the more time we’ll have to help you put forward
the best proposal. The program committee will officially begin
reviewing proposals and giving feedback as soon as the CFP closes, but
the team will attempt to begin reviewing and discussing proposals
prior to the close of the Call for Proposals to assist authors.

Proposals for talks will be accepted until July 20th. The list of
selected talks and tutorials will be finalized by the end of August.

Thank you!

Submit your proposal to talks< at >pycarolinas.org and thanks for helping
us make the first ever PyCarolinas great!
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PyCarolinas Talk Submissions

Calvin Spealman — 2012-05-20T20:01:17

TrizPUG and CharPy,

Some of you may already know that plans are underway for PyCarolinas
2012, to be held in October.
As the two Python User Groups in those "carolinas" (and please let me
know if SC has any groups I
should be including as well) I'd like to invite anyone interested to
join the organizer list. This will also
be where talks will be submitted.

This is hosted on google groups and you can request membership here:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pycarolinas-org

I am keeping this private, but not forbidding anyone from joining. I
just want to keep discussion about
talk submissions a little non-public.

Thank you to anyone who wants to lend a hand or just attend!
Calvin Spealman

Re: May Meeting Call for Talks

Chris Fox — 2012-05-11T21:42:00

I verified that the classroom I have reserved was unlocked as of a little before 5 today. Building access is not a problem -- I can get into the building at any time.

Chris Fox

On May 11, 2012, at 5:14 PM, lionface.lemonface< at >gmail.com wrote:

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Re: May Meeting Call for Talks

2012-05-11T21:14:03

I work across the street for an NCSU affiliate organization - is there anything I can do?

JJ
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Subject: [TriZPUG] May Meeting Call for Talks

To announce a talk for this meeting, simply speak up.

http://trizpug.org/Members/cbc/may-12-mtg

We are being hosted by CS grad student Chris Fox in Room 1226 of 
Engineering Building II on the NCSU Centennial Campus at 7pm on Thursday 
May 24.

This is Chris's first time hosting. He's got our room reservation but is 
a little concerned about finding out how to insure we can actually get 
into the building and room at 7pm. If any of our NCSU members can help 
Chris, please speak up.

I'll be driving straight to the meeting from Plone Symposium at Penn 
State. So just because I'm making this announcement, please don't call 
me if you can't get in the building. We're all in the same boat in that 
regard.

May Meeting Call for Talks

Chris Calloway — 2012-05-11T20:50:53

To announce a talk for this meeting, simply speak up.

http://trizpug.org/Members/cbc/may-12-mtg

We are being hosted by CS grad student Chris Fox in Room 1226 of 
Engineering Building II on the NCSU Centennial Campus at 7pm on Thursday 
May 24.

This is Chris's first time hosting. He's got our room reservation but is 
a little concerned about finding out how to insure we can actually get 
into the building and room at 7pm. If any of our NCSU members can help 
Chris, please speak up.

I'll be driving straight to the meeting from Plone Symposium at Penn 
State. So just because I'm making this announcement, please don't call 
me if you can't get in the building. We're all in the same boat in that 
regard.

Porting to Python 3 e-book

Chris Calloway — 2012-05-10T16:23:28

Someone was asking about porting to Python 3 at the last meeting or 
project night. I told about a book by Lennart Regebro on the subject. 
Just to follow up, here is it for free in electronic form:

http://python3porting.com/

final day for early bird rate on Django Bootcamp

Tobias McNulty — 2012-05-07T14:25:09

Hi all,

Just wanted to send out a friendly reminder that today is the last day for
the early bird pricing on the Django Bootcamp that  Caktus is hosting June
9th and 10th.  You can find out more about the event here:

http://www.caktusgroup.com/events/details/django-fundamentals-bootcamp/

Or go straight to purchasing a ticket here:

http://djangobootcamp.eventbrite.com/

Thanks and I hope to see you there!

Tobias

Re: May Project Night!

Chris Calloway — 2012-05-03T21:35:49

Thanks Calvin and Caktus for the project night and the pizza. A good 
time was had by all.

Curt, try printing the bell character under Wine.

Re: May Project Night?

Chris Calloway — 2012-05-02T13:24:45

No problem. I'm just super happy it's happening and I'm happy because 
I'll be able to be there tonight.

It's as much my fault for not having a recurring event content type and 
content well publication on trizpug.org. It could be better.

Re: May Project Night?

Calvin Spealman — 2012-05-02T12:48:40

Chris,

My mistake! I'm adding some reminders to make sure I stay on top of
these responsibilities in the future.

I've posted to the site and mailing list, even if it was late.

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Karen Tracey <kmtracey-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

May 2, 2012 Project Night (Sorry for the posting delay!)

Calvin Spealman — 2012-05-02T12:47:57

TriZPUG,

Caktus Consulting Group has offered to host a new monthly project
night for TriZPUG, with the inaugural meeting this May 2nd. This is
announced on both on the trizpug.org website and meetup.com, which I
want to strongly encourage everyone to use and RSVP with, tho it is
not required. RSVPs tell prospective members that we are an active
group and publicise the turnout for our events. A simple RSVP if you
plan to attend, or even if you don't, is a very simple way to help
visibility to new and potential members.

Event Description:

Have a project you want to show off, share, seek help with, or just
get some work done surrounded my like minded python lovers? Join us
for our first monthly hack night and do just that! Don't have
something to work on? Show up and enjoy the energy, sprint on an open
source project, find something interesting to contribute to or be
inspired by!

The setting is informal and there is no schedule, so don't worry if
you show up past the start time.

Meetup event page: http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/events/58079002/

Re: May Project Night?

Karen Tracey — 2012-05-01T23:49:43

I believe so, I got a notice about the venue changing (suite # was added) today.


Oversight maybe? I know nothing about updating either one.

Karen

May Project Night?

Chris Calloway — 2012-05-01T15:34:06

Is there still a project night tomorrow at 6pm?

I ask because it has a recurring calendar item on meetup.com, but hasn't 
been updated on trizpug.org.

Re: Fwd: [group-organizers] Example PSF grant proposal for meetup.com fee reimbursement

Chris Calloway — 2012-04-30T19:35:28

Thanks. Just now seeing this as the [group-organizers] string in the 
subject line caused this to go to my [group-organizers] email folder, 
which doesn't get read nearly as often as the [TriZPUG] folder. :)

PyOhio 2012 Call for Proposals

Chris Calloway — 2012-04-30T15:38:35

I know it's not local, but PyOhio is the largest regional Python
conference in the US and is in its fifth year:

http://pyohio.org

It may also be of interest to some of you because PyCon sold out a month
early this year leaving many people who wanted to go without tickets. It
may also be of interest to those of you who have been talking about
planning a similar event locally.

Did I mention PyOhio is free to attend? Yep, free.

PyOhio brought in about 200 people last year. I know people from all
over the US who go to it, simply because it is a smaller affair than
PyCon. It attracts speakers from all over the US, also. It's a very high
quality weekend, which you can see from the video archive on pyvideo.org:

http://pyvideo.org/category/12/pyohio-2011
http://pyvideo.org/category/11/pyohio-2010

Anyway, PyOhio just put out its call for proposals, which I'm passing
along to you below:

PyOhio 2012, the fifth annual Python programming conference for Ohio and
the surrounding region, is now accepting proposals!

About PyOhio

PyOhio is one of the largest Python conferences in the midwest, and the
largest entirely free Python conference anywhere. PyOhio 2012 will take
place Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29, 2012 at the Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio. A variety of activities are planned, including
tutorials, scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, Open Spaces and Sprints.

Talk Proposals

PyOhio invites all interested people to submit proposals for scheduled
talks, tutorials, and panels. All topics of interest to Python
programmers will be considered.

PyOhio is a great venue to get the word out about your favorite Python
library and how you use it, talk about how Python is used in your
company, or practice your speaking in front of a welcoming audience.

Standard presentation slots will be 40 minutes plus a 10 minute
question-and-answer period. Tutorials may run longer, but should be
structured to be broken across 50 minute slots with a 10 minute break
between.

PyOhio is especially interested in hosting a Beginner’s Track for those
new to Python or new to programming in general. If your proposal would
be suitable for inclusion in a Beginner’s Track, please indicate so.
Organizers will work with speakers and instructors in the Beginner’s
Track to help them coordinate their talks/tutorials into a smooth,
coherent learning curve for new Python users.

PyOhio is also especially interested in talks or panel discussions about
using Python as a core component of your business, or success with using
Python in a traditional corporate IT environment.

How To Submit a Proposal

To ensure that you provide all necessary information, please use the
submission form at the PyOhio web site. If organizing a panel, please
confirm all panelists’ intention to participate before submitting your
proposal.

http://pyohio.org/speaker/

The deadline for submitting a proposal is Friday, June 1st. Accepted
speakers will be notified by June 15th.

You can read more about the conference at http://pyohio.org. If you have
questions about proposals, please email cfp-Ow1jLQs/QBS4UlQgPVntAg< at >public.gmane.org

You can also contact the PyOhio organizers at pyohio-organizers-+ZN9ApsXKcG4UlQgPVntAg< at >public.gmane.org

Recording Rights Release

PyOhio may record presentations for later release over the web.
Presenters will need to sign a release of recording rights to PyOhio;
see http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyOhio/RecordingRelease

Thanks Caktus

Chris Calloway — 2012-04-27T19:15:54

Thanks for the nice meeting space last night.

Thanks to Scott M., Mark L., and Brad C. for the talks.

Here are the slides from my talk:

http://trizpug.org/Members/cbc/unittest-discovery.pdf

Here are some things I mentioned:

http://www.pyweek.org/14/
http://pyvideo.org/

Here are my jokes (Mark C wanted the links):

http://sigkill.dk/hacks/scripts/cloud
http://www.xkcd.com/844/