Hi everyone, This is a call for help on a couple of fronts.
First of all, I could really use your help in promoting the poster session at PyCon. The nature of posters make them a good fit for both Python educators and their students. Undergrads and graduate students (and teachers) can use them as a way to get conference presentation experience and recognition, and virtual posters let students and teachers at any level get in on the fun, even if they can't come to Atlanta.
So please, promote, blog, etc the poster session to your friends and colleagues as much as you can. Again, all information is at http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/posters/ and don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions. If you have contacts that you think would be more responsive to a semi-official announcement/invitation/groveling plea from me, please send me their contact info and I'll get something to them.
Secondly, we have the chance to put our stamp on PyCon. It wouldn't take that much to move our unofficial BoF to being a regular education "summit" and standard feature of PyCon. What it *would* take is someone to own the job of basic planning and outreach to the Python in Ed community, particularly those within easy attendance range of Atlanta. If anyone is willing to do that, but either can't attend PyCon or feels uncomfortable moderating the actual event, I'd be willing to be an on-site figurehead of last resort. ;)
Given that the southeast includes so many excellent schools at all levels, it could be a great time to turn up our outreach, and it would demonstrate that Edu-Sig is one of the leading communities (which I happen to believe) within the greater Python community.
So please consider taking this on. And please help plug the poster session - it would be great to have a strong education presence as we add posters to PyCon.
Thanks, Vern -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 vce...@canterburyschool.org; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
