Sorry, I totally failed at timezones and thought the meeting would be at
10am CEST instead of noon :( (I so need more sleep...) Sadly can't join
then but hope there will be some notes to read up on afterwards :)

Have a good Reboot everyone!

Best wishes,
Horst

> John Pinner <mailto:funth...@gmail.com>
> 18 Sep 2014 11:47
> 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
> --
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