Hi List, I have prepared a page for the conference on the python-IL wiki:
http://www.python.org.il/mediawiki/index.php/YAPC_2006 For more info (and my try at a sales peach), please read and add your comments there. The page is in English, but there is also a short list of action items in hebrew in the site's hebrew 'help needed' page. http://www.python.org.il/mediawiki/index.php/How_Can_I_Help (also, note that we're a little behind on the schedule mentioned in http://www.perl.org.il/YAPC/2006/milestones.html, so I hope we can be flexible about the 20/10 deadline for submissions mentioned there... ) For the lazy, I'll repeat the action items and topic list here: Action Items If you can help with any of these please contact me <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , or just add some contact info in the discussion <http://www.python.org.il/mediawiki/index.php?title=Talk:YAPC_2006&action=edit> tab at the top of this page. 1. *We need presentations*. Both for the beginner's track and any of the subjects mentioned below. You are encouraged to suggest more than one topic - some people can give more than one but will not be able to do several simultaniously, so your subject does not have to be exclusive. * Also, if you know of someone else that you think should be invited to give a presentation, please let me know (and/or contact them directly if you personally know them). 2. PR: If you work for/connected to companies using or interested in python - make sure they know about the conference (and the 'early-bird admission fee' :-)) - they might be interesting in attending. 3. Sponsors: If you know of companies/organizations that wish to help funding or offer other help for the conference - please let us <http://www.perl.org.il/YAPC/2006/organizers.html> (/http://www.perl.org.il/YAPC/2006/organizers.html/) know. 4. Name for the convention. Since *YAPC* is already too closely and specificly related to Perl - we need another name. Current suggestions (please add here): * OSDC - Open Source Developers Conference, like the Melbourne OSDC <http://www.osdc.com.au/> (/http://www.osdc.com.au//) (we'll ask for their approval). * FALCON - Free Agile Languages CONference. Suggested Topics Listed below are several high priority subjects for python-related contents. The topics here are described in a broad manner - for more specific examples, have a look at our Presentations <http://www.python.org.il/mediawiki/index.php/Presentations> page (these were suggested as subjects for our regular meetings <http://www.python.org.il/mediawiki/index.php/Current_events>). * Python Web development - tools and environments (Zope, mod_python, Cheetah, CherryPy etc.) * Python GUI toolkits (wxPython, PyGTK, PyQT, etc.) * Building and maintaining medium/large scale applications (general methodology, usage of specific language and library features, specialized tools etc.) * Interfaces with other languages (Extending, embedding, automatic/semi-automatic wrapping tools etc.) * Language research and future Python technology (Advanced OOP features, new PEPs, interesting projects - PyPy, alternative Python implementations)
