Apologies, James, I should have made it clearer in my earlier email: We are good for December 1, no need for an alternate date.
Cheers, J On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 1:22 PM, James Chamberlain <[email protected]> wrote: > I prefer 2nd Dec, Tuesday, but may be able to make 3rd Dec if necessary. > > Cheers > > Jamie Chamberlain > On 29 Oct 2014, at 4:46 pm, Javier Candeira <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ed, pity you can't make it. I'm available either day, and happy to >> host if nobody else can. >> >> What about the rest of the speakers? Ryan Verner, are you there? Scott >> Brewer is a coworker of mine, I am asking him privately. >> >> What about the community? Would anybody have a problem with attending >> MPUG on either the 2nd or the 3rd? >> >> Please answer this email with either: >> - I prefer the 2nd, Tuesday >> - I prefer the 3rd, Wednesday >> - I can't make it either day >> >> My vote: >> >> - I prefer the 3rd, Wednesday >> >> Regards, >> >> Javier >> >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Ed Schofield <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Javier, thanks for raising this issue! >>> >>> I think moving the meeting to 2nd or 3rd December would be the cleanest >>> option. I can't personally make either date, so my scheduled What's New >>> talk would have to be postponed to the next meeting in February. I was also >>> going to host the December meeting, so the choice of 2nd or 3rd December >>> would depend on who is available to host it and give talks. >>> >>> Here's a suggestion: in any case, we could also have a Christmas pub meet >>> on Monday 22nd December. Instead of talks, we could bring laptops and show >>> and tell, meet new people and catch up. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> Ed >>> >>> >>>> On 29 Oct 2014, at 2:42, Javier Candeira <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> First, the issue that requires a prompt answer. At Inspire9 they need >>>> the big space for a 500 Startups presentation with Dave McClure on >>>> December the 1st. They don't have an opening on the 8th, so they are >>>> offering us two alternatives, plus the default third. Here they are, >>>> with the cons: >>>> >>>> - either the night of December the 2nd or the 3rd (cons: not a Monday, >>>> so people will have to check their availability) >>>> - move the MPUG meet to the small glass-walled meeting room, and run >>>> it concurrently with the Dave McClure event (cons: will be noisy and >>>> the kitchen not accessible) >>>> - the default is to loudly stomp our feet and say "sorry but no, we >>>> had the space first". (cons: we look like grinches and, though we are >>>> paying customers now, for a long time we've been guests of Inspire9; >>>> it would be bad karma). >>>> >>>> I am inclined to move it to the Tuesday 2nd or Wednesday 3rd. What do >>>> you guys think? >>>> >>>> Second, the issue that is not so urgent. I haven't announced November >>>> yet (on the 10th!)because our speaker that was going to do What's New >>>> has a work engagement and can't make it. >>>> >>>> Who would like to do the What's New in Python talk? Remember, we have >>>> a guide for looking up resources, and we'd favour someone who has >>>> never spoken at MPUG before. Please come forward! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Javier >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> melbourne-pug mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> _______________________________________________ >> melbourne-pug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> > _______________________________________________ melbourne-pug mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug
