Hello, My first post to this list: I'd wondered why I never got mails from python uk except for the monthly list reminder, but thanks to Andy Robinson have discovered that I was on a long-defunct starship UK list. Now put right, thanks Andy.
Michael Sparks wrote: > On Monday 05 February 2007 20:21, Richard Smedley wrote: > .. > >>I barely know what I'm doing today but I think I have a reasonable >>handle on September ;-) >> >>I'd already written to Michael S off-list where, inter alia, I >>favoured this date - despite the clash with LBW2007. > > > I have no idea what LBW is BTW. Leg Before Wicket 2007 doesn't make much > sense to me :-) Especially when listening to the news from Australia. > :googles > > Oh. That's a bit far for me (Never felt the inclination to go to that). > > >>However I note that the W Mids Python group is planning something >>similar at the same time, and the two parties are now sorting >>out between them what will happen when, so at the very least we >>will have a PyCamp this year and next year over the two >>regions. We could even get two camps per year ;-) > > > I chatted to John briefly at lunchtime today, and will be chatting with > him tomorrow about figuring out how to make this work. I think the plan > initially is to find out what the aims of the two things are. > > I have a feeling the two are complementary since it sounds like John's > organising a conference and I'm organising an unconference. I'll hold on > dates though until chatting with John. Yes, there's no clash other than possibly with dates, as the ideas are indeed complementary :-) Michael and I are meeting in Brum today and no doubt will make some proposals afterwards. > At the end of the day, we'll clash with *something* that much is guaranteed, > however avoiding some of the more python & scripting language related things > is my primary aim. This is always a problem. At the beginning of September, we should aim to avoid clashing with the Kernel Summit, which is being held in Cambridge 4-6th September, and the UKUUG Linux Conference, which is being tied to the Kernel Summit and will probably be held before the KS, 1st-4th September, as we're trying to get big name kernel hackers to speak, maybe even Linus, I think Ted Tso has said he'll be there at least. UKUUG too is a community conference, with a very high signal to noise ratio, and usually some good Python stuff. Last year, for example, Luke Casson gave an interesting talk on Python web technologies, and I gave a rather more light-hearted talk on how I control my central heating system with Python. Past conferences have included Python tutorials. > Whilst Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I've been looking at the 'Open Space' stuff. It looks very interesting, >>but without an agenda or presentations I would be interested in knowing >>what the tangible goals of a Python 'unconference' would be? > > > This is something I'll be pulling together in the invite. (Given the low > level of upfront structure, the invite takes on much greater importance) > I know it sounds like it doesn't work, but it works surprisingly well. > > >>* Would presentation equipment be available for groups that might find >>it useful ? > > > If the venue I suggested is large enough, it has presentation equipment. > > >>* Would coding be appropriate or expected for groups that wanted to ? >>(bring your own laptop...) > > > Absolutely. > > > Michael. Regards, John -- _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
