On 25.03.2021 15:01, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Folks, > > It's worth pointing out that Marc Andre has been involved since the > beginning, weathered many a storm and yet has always been adaptable, > unflappable and affable. That he always couches things from "the team" is > also testament to his community oriented leadership. > > Also, this photo > [https://web.archive.org/web/20040928224045im_/http://starship.python.net/crew/gherman/photography/epc2002/indexfiles/IMG_2615.jpgt.jpg] > > appears to prove that he doesn't age either. > > Is organising EuroPython the secret to eternal youthful looks..? :-P > > I'm not sure who else from the original crew are still involved, but here's > saluting you Marc Andre. I hope to be able to buy you a beer and toast your > good health sometime very soon.
I'm looking forward to that. Hopefully, in Dublin next year, if all goes well. > Big hugs and huge appreciation to you and all the EuroPython volunteers > over the years. Thank you, Nicolas, much appreciated :-) > N. > > On 25/03/2021 13:35, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> This year's conference will mark the 20th edition of the EuroPython >> conference. >> >> * EuroPython 2021 * >> >> https://ep2021.europython.eu/ >> >> >> Since we started touring Europe in 2002 in Charleroi, Belgium, we have >> come a long way. The conference has grown from the initial 240 to around >> 1200-1400 attendees every year. The organization had started with a small >> group of people in a somewhat ad-hoc way and has now grown into a well >> structured team backed by the non-profit EuroPython Society (EPS), while >> still keeping the fun spirit of the early days. >> >> EuroPython 2002 was the first major all volunteer run event for Python. A >> lot of other conferences have since emerged in Europe and we're actively >> trying to help them wherever we can, with our grants program, growing >> conference knowledge base and our Organizers' Lunch, for which we >> regularly invite representatives of all European Python conferences to >> get together to network, exchange experience in organizing events >> community building and understand how we can most effectively help each >> other. >> >> To celebrate the anniversary, we took a deep look into our archives and >> have put together live website copies of the last few years, going back >> all the way to EP2009, which was held in Birmingham, UK. For previous >> years, archive.org stored some pages of the websites, so let's do a quick >> tour of 20 years of EuroPython ... >> >> https://blog.europython.eu/20th-anniversary-of-europython/ >> >> >> Help spread the word -------------------- >> >> Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social networks >> as widely as possible. Thank you ! >> >> Link to the blog post: >> >> https://blog.europython.eu/20th-anniversary-of-europython/ >> >> Tweet: >> >> https://twitter.com/europython/status/1375077502851420160 >> >> >> Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2021 Team https://www.europython-society.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ EuroPython Website: >> http://www.europython.eu/ EuroPython Society: >> http://www.europython-society.org/ >> >> Mailing list details: EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython >> > -- Marc-Andre Lemburg EuroPython Society Chair http://www.europython-society.org/ http://www.malemburg.com/ _______________________________________________ EuroPython Website: http://www.europython.eu/ EuroPython Society: http://www.europython-society.org/ Mailing list details: EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
