Hi John, Thanks for your initiative. I am not at PyCon UK but will join via video or audio, as the connection permits.
I hope I can contribute at bit to rebooting because I would like to attend EuroPython 2015. Regards, Mike Am 18.09.14 11:47, schrieb John Pinner: > Hello Fellow European Pythonistas, > > This year's EuroPython in Berlin was a grat event, enjoyed by over > 1000 Pythonistas and the biggest EP to date. > > What most of us would have been unaware of was that under the surface, > there had been major problems with relations between the EuroPython > Society (EPS) board and those heading up the local organising team. > > These problems could be serious enough to put the future of EuroPython > itself at risk and already have resulted in plans for a repeat of > EuroPython 2014 Berlin in 2015 being abandoned. > > Now I (John Pinner) like many others feel passionately about our > Python community, and this is part of the problem : people throw > themselves into organising our events, put in *lots* of work, and > don't necessarily see the bigger picture : constructive criticism may > not be taken, or given, as intended. Then relationships deteriorate > and positions get entrenched, this was apparent (to me, I don't know > about anyone else) at the EPS General Assembly in Berlin. > > Believe me, I have been involved in voluntary organisations for over > 30 years, and this is common and all the more sad as it stems from the > same basic passion and desire to serve the community. > > As someone who has been involved in EuroPython from the early days, > and a past organiser, I don't wish to see the current problems > continue and put the future of EuroPython at risk. I don't think it's > too late to do something about it. > > PyCon UK 2014 starts tomorrow in Coventry, and quite a few EuroPython > fans will be attending, so this is an opportunity to join together and > see if we can resolve some of these problems. This is quite > appropriate as, for sad historical reasons (which we have learnt from > and put behind us, let's do the same on a much smaller scale for > EuroPython) Coventry is the City of Reconciliation > > So I'm setting up a "EuroPython Reboot" meeting at PyCon UK 2014, at > 11:00am local time (I believe that's 10:00am European time). Some of > us will be able to attend this meeting in person, for those who > cannot, we'll set up a video call on either https://appear.in/epreboot > or Google hangout. > > I'll put this up on the PyCon UK wiki at > http://pyconuk.net/EuropythonReboot and when we finalise the details, > they'll be there. > > One thing I will stress, this is my idea as an individual who cares > about the future of EuroPython, it is *not* being done at the behest > of, or under the influence of, either the Berlin organisers or the EPS > Board. > > If you too care about EuroPython, please join us at this meeting. > > Thanks, > > John > -- > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython-Improve mailing list > EuroPython-Improve@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve > _______________________________________________ EuroPython-Improve mailing list EuroPython-Improve@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
