I would like to hold an IRC meeting on Tuesday 5 April at 18.00 CET.
excellent idea, i'll certainly try tobe there.
The place is as usual the #europython channel on the freenode network.
I will distribute an agenda for the meeting before it starts. Hopefully I'll be able to do it Monday.
There are a number of things that need to be discussed, and I will mention a couple here.
1. The lack of volunteers and the absence of active people.
This has been a problem to the extent that I have considered dropping my work on Europython. However, I have decided that I will continue. I think I can pull something off with the current level of involvement of others, though a lot of things will not get done, and our schedules may slip further.
well, I for one have been waiting to hear what practical issues need to be dealt with, thus have been expecting to hear from you about any outstanding issues that I can help out with.
Personally I have little to contribute in terms of being track chair, but I have no problems helping out with the practical things.
My impression was that you had assumed the role of co-ordinator, so I've been waiting for a coordination report and what chores need to be dealt with. There has to be a coordinating entity that manages the whole picture, it is not possible to manage this any other way.
So far I have been trying to arrange the same space for Sprint and Post-Conference Lounge that we had last year, and trying to arrange for better net-access in that same area as we had last year. Things look bright, so far but no definitive answers yet.
I also have been preparing for the net-access on the conference area but I have been waiting for an definitve description of what needs to be improved. Like I said last year, there is not much room for improvement w.r.t to wired access, nor is it possible to have non-authenticated wireless.
I am working on solutions to the non-wireless problem, but I do not know how much of an issue it is to have to *login* to the network as was reported from the evaluation. My hopes are that this is a non-issue, but then again, people can get very upset about such things...
I appreciate fully that co-ordinating EPC gets in the way of pay-for-food-and-rent work and what kind of conflict that may be to have to prioritise real work instead of EPC work.
So, if there is a need for it, the I am prepared to step in to help out/take care of some the coordination, but not all. I have no real contacts in the Python world as some of you guys have, so like I said before, I can do very little in terms of track chairing of suggesting/prodding possible Keynote speakers and that kind of work.
But I can probably dig up one or two people more so that we may coordinate everything else, but in order to do that I need to know that there is a need, and that I won't step on someones toes.
I would like to say that the efforts put in by Laura and Jean-Marc have been fantastic, and some track chairs have been quite responsive, but it takes more people and more engagement if we are to repeat the success of last year.
Indeed. Hear, hear.
I will do my best to structure the tasks that need doing before the meeting, so that there will be suitable packages for people to grab.
excellent.
/dario
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