Hi John, thank you for your initiative. Let's start to get the ball rolling for EuroPython 2015 :-)
Cheers, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 18 2014) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2014-09-19: PyCon UK 2014, Coventry, UK ... tomorrow 2014-09-27: PyDDF Sprint 2014 ... 9 days to go 2014-09-30: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 12 days to go eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ On 18.09.2014 11:47, John Pinner wrote: > Hello Fellow European Pythonistas, > > This year's EuroPython in Berlin was a grat event, enjoyed by over > 1000 Pythonistas and the biggest EP to date. > > What most of us would have been unaware of was that under the surface, > there had been major problems with relations between the EuroPython > Society (EPS) board and those heading up the local organising team. > > These problems could be serious enough to put the future of EuroPython > itself at risk and already have resulted in plans for a repeat of > EuroPython 2014 Berlin in 2015 being abandoned. > > Now I (John Pinner) like many others feel passionately about our > Python community, and this is part of the problem : people throw > themselves into organising our events, put in *lots* of work, and > don't necessarily see the bigger picture : constructive criticism may > not be taken, or given, as intended. Then relationships deteriorate > and positions get entrenched, this was apparent (to me, I don't know > about anyone else) at the EPS General Assembly in Berlin. > > Believe me, I have been involved in voluntary organisations for over > 30 years, and this is common and all the more sad as it stems from the > same basic passion and desire to serve the community. > > As someone who has been involved in EuroPython from the early days, > and a past organiser, I don't wish to see the current problems > continue and put the future of EuroPython at risk. I don't think it's > too late to do something about it. > > PyCon UK 2014 starts tomorrow in Coventry, and quite a few EuroPython > fans will be attending, so this is an opportunity to join together and > see if we can resolve some of these problems. This is quite > appropriate as, for sad historical reasons (which we have learnt from > and put behind us, let's do the same on a much smaller scale for > EuroPython) Coventry is the City of Reconciliation > > So I'm setting up a "EuroPython Reboot" meeting at PyCon UK 2014, at > 11:00am local time (I believe that's 10:00am European time). Some of > us will be able to attend this meeting in person, for those who > cannot, we'll set up a video call on either https://appear.in/epreboot > or Google hangout. > > I'll put this up on the PyCon UK wiki at > http://pyconuk.net/EuropythonReboot and when we finalise the details, > they'll be there. > > One thing I will stress, this is my idea as an individual who cares > about the future of EuroPython, it is *not* being done at the behest > of, or under the influence of, either the Berlin organisers or the EPS > Board. > > If you too care about EuroPython, please join us at this meeting. > > Thanks, > > John > -- > > _______________________________________________________________________ > EuroPython-Members Mailing List > https://www.egenix.com/mailman/listinfo/europython-members > > EuroPython: https://www.europython.eu/ > EuroPython Society: http://www.europython-society.org/ > _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
