Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-22 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 05:59:37PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: on several occasions we had 2 I dont call that a user group meeting. That is definitely apathy though better than no meeting any day. it works And yes, that is what is required. So, regular schedule with even

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Kenneth Gonsalves law...@gmail.com writes: [...] chennaipy meets on the 4th Saturday of every month, this is fixed. Attendance varies from 2 to 15. So the question is not 'shall we meet?' but 'are you attending'. This has been going on since 2006 with some breaks now and then. A fixed

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Sreekanth S Rameshaiah
On 19 August 2011 12:05, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: Kenneth Gonsalves law...@gmail.com writes: [...] chennaipy meets on the 4th Saturday of every month, this is fixed. Attendance varies from 2 to 15. So the question is not 'shall we meet?' but 'are you attending'. This has

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@gmail.comwrote: [...] on several occasions we had 2 I dont call that a user group meeting. That is definitely apathy though better than no meeting any day. Exactly. It keeps

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.com writes: [...] Why don't we meet this weekend and discuss this? [...] I'm out of town. :) -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in A little pain never hurt anyone. ___ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: This is basically just dearth of topics. I don't know how to fix it but maybe we can give it some kind of stimulus with a day long hackathon? It would help us get into depth about *something* and make some headway. It

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Anand Chitipothu
2011/8/19 Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com: On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: This is basically just dearth of topics. I don't know how to fix it but maybe we can give it some kind of stimulus with a day long hackathon? It would help us get

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.com writes: [...] +1. I think it is a good idea. I'm interested in working on PyPy or core Python bugs. +1 for PyPy. I know nothing about it but would love to dive in. If there's a bunch of people interested, it would be awesome. [...] -- ~noufal

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.com writes: [...] +1. I think it is a good idea. I'm interested in working on PyPy or core Python bugs. +1 for PyPy. I know nothing about it but would love to dive in. If

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread kracekumar ramaraju
I am ready for next week end. We can try using PyPy and we can share our experience and share to rest of world through blogs. Then we will sort famous apps which don't run on PyPy to run on it. http://www.quora.com/Alex-Gaynor/Quora-product/Quora-is-now-running-on-PyPy.

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Anand Chitipothu
Since Noufal is out this week-end, how about next Sat or Sun ? We can all do a bit of reading up of PyPy this week-end, discuss in the mailing list over next week, arrive (hopefully) at a common problem of interest to talk on or hack on next week-end. Noufal is away until 3rd of September. I

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-19 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.com writes: Since Noufal is out this week-end, how about next Sat or Sun ? We can all do a bit of reading up of PyPy this week-end, discuss in the mailing list over next week, arrive (hopefully) at a common problem of interest to talk on or hack on next

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-18 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com writes: Things you could do to improve diversity in the Python community. (Quoting without permission from a thoughtful post on the Python diversity list; s/Python/Your

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-18 Thread Apurv Verma
For me it's the distance. -- thanks and regards, Apurv Verma B. Tech.(CSE) IIT- Ropar On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: kracekumar ramaraju

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-18 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com writes: [...] We need to poll people here on top 2 pain points/issues that prevent them from attending such meets. For me - it is mostly the distance to center of the city. Maybe we should have more hackdays. Something the IPSS should think

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 10:11 +0530, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: Maybe we should have more hackdays. Something the IPSS should think about pretty soon. [...] I don't mind travelling any distance once a month. My main problem is the lack of interest. I mailed for a few months (after our last

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-13 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com writes: Things you could do to improve diversity in the Python community. (Quoting without permission from a thoughtful post on the Python diversity list; s/Python/Your project/ to suit your taste.) [...] It would be nice to just have python

[BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-12 Thread kracekumar ramaraju
Things you could do to improve diversity in the Python community. (Quoting without permission from a thoughtful post on the Python diversity list; s/Python/Your project/ to suit your taste.) - At the next Python event you are at, make a point to talk to someone diverse or new. - Before going to

Re: [BangPypers] Create Better Python community

2011-08-12 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 22:36 +0530, kracekumar ramaraju wrote: Things you could do to improve diversity what is a diverse person? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves ___ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org