Ed, it sounds great. I think it would be very good to host a different Python session in London, perhaps in the other half of the month from the Dojo, and that it be a weekend will obviously allow some people to come who couldn't come otherwise -- just as the reverse is true for our Thursday Dojos.
As Nicholas says, we tend to coordinate simply through the python-uk mailing list (ie this one) with tweets and any other means people wish to use. I don't think we're on Lanyard altho' I could be wrong. The size you're talking about is probably about as big as you really want before the thing moves into being a conference. Just in curiosity, would it be possible for you to post a photo of your presentation space? I second the suggestion for a sprint, at least as one way of making use of the session. I'm fairly sure that the PSF sprinters are particularly keen on Python3-porting sprints. For my own part, I'd like to be able to come. I'm in West London, but I run a boys' club on Saturdays and Sunday is the only free space I get :) Have to see... Thanks again for offering the space. Let's see if we can get something going. TJG On 31/01/2012 13:38, Ed Stafford wrote:
A Python Sprint is a fantastic idea as well. I've double checked our facilities and we can easily accomodate 35 in the theater and can squeeze in another 7 chairs up front (might be a little cramped though) and there's a little bit of standing room off the side. I think 40-45 people would be the max unless presentations are short and some people don't mind standing. If that's the case we could fit maybe 50 or so. There's plenty of space in the conference rooms and breakout areas (couches and various chairs). On 31 January 2012 13:32, Richard Nienaber <rjniena...@gmail.com <mailto:rjniena...@gmail.com>> wrote: Actually, rather than run a dojo (which is quite a focussed affair) why not run a hackathon? Self selecting teams can coalesce around a problem area rather than specific problem and have 6 hours to produce something before a show-and-tell. For example, running a hackathon around the subject of "Living in London" (I'm making this up as I go along, can't you tell..?) might produce tools for grabbing data, quick and lightweight websites, data-analysis tools, cloud based APIs to aggregate information or single use applications such as something that sends you a text message if it's going to rain in London in the next 24 hours... and so on. I'd love to participate in a hackathon. Another idea is putting together a PSF sanctioned python sprint <http://pythonsprints.com/>. These are sprints that would be for the benefit of the wider python community e.g. * Python Core work, e.g, bug triage, documentation * Porting libraries/applications to Python 3 * PyPI and packaging related improvements * Contribution to Python VMs, e.g., PyPy, IronPython * Contribution to other Python projects, e.g., Django, PIL, pywin32 and so on... The PSF are also willing to help out with costs if your application is accepted. Richard _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org <mailto:python-uk@python.org> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
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