Re: [EuroPython] Honesty in Advertising

2006-03-17 Thread John Pinner
Hello Paul, Food for thought here. Paul Boddie wrote: Hello, I saw just now that the issue of proprietary vs. open source development (and whether the things being presented are available for public or even source-level perusal or not) had come up with respect to at least one of the talks

Re: [EuroPython] Proposal: Keynote speakers for EP 2008

2008-03-27 Thread John Pinner
On 26/03/2008, Laura Creighton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message of Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:14:58 +0100, Steve Alexander writes: I want to propose two keynote speakers for EuroPython this year. Let me know what you think of this. The first is Karl Fogel, author of the Red Bean book on

Re: [EuroPython] Talk lengths

2008-04-15 Thread John Pinner
On 11/04/2008, M.-A. Lemburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-04-01 23:12, Dinu Gherman wrote: M.-A. Lemburg: The comments on talk length are interesting... 30 minutes were considered too short. I found 30 minutes a bit short as well last time I did a talk in Vilnius. If you want

Re: [EuroPython] Talk lengths

2008-04-15 Thread John Pinner
of the discussion the chairman said: Ok, let's stop, it's time for another presentation :) I think, that the power of the conferences like EuroPython is in their informality: if the topic is really interesting, it should be discussed. That's why we have Open Space. John -- 2008/4/15 John

Re: [EuroPython] HOW TO REGISTER AS AN ON THE DOOR PLAN

2008-05-18 Thread John Pinner
, John -- John Pinner ___ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython

[EuroPython] EuroPython 2009 Dates

2008-05-21 Thread John Pinner
else. Another option would be to have EP in September, over a weekend, for example Friday to Sunday. There would be no difference in cost. Please give us your opinion... Thanks, John -- John Pinner ___ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org

Re: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2009 Dates

2008-05-21 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2008/5/21 Laura Creighton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message of Wed, 21 May 2008 18:08:06 BST, John Pinner writes: 2008/5/21 Laura Creighton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ah, its not 'Monday to Wednesday'. Those are only the times when we have the talks. Yes, that's how we advertise EP 2008, 7th

Re: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2009 Dates

2008-05-22 Thread John Pinner
2008/5/22 Nicolas Chauvat [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 09:05:56PM +0200, Lennart Regebro wrote: PyCon does it on the weekend, but that's US. My feeling is that EuroPython has a smaller percentage of hobbyists, but that could be because it isn't on a weekend, as well as a reason

Re: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2009 Dates

2008-05-22 Thread John Pinner
2008/5/22 Lennart Regebro [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How about the conference being wednesday-friday? That way the two first sprint days would be a weekend, which might get more people interested in sprinting? Good idea, but for EP2009 maybe not so good, from my earlier post: As far as EP 2009 is

Re: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2009 Dates

2008-05-29 Thread John Pinner
Hello, Here is something more definite about EP 2009. 2008/5/22 Laura Creighton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message of Thu, 22 May 2008 00:52:54 BST, John Pinner writes: snip John It's early. :-) Except that we will need to confirm the booking soon. John I just meant that it was early to say

Re: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2009 Dates

2008-05-29 Thread John Pinner
2008/5/29 Laura Creighton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message of Thu, 29 May 2008 16:47:59 BST, John Pinner writes: EuroPython 2009 will take place from Monday 29th June to Friday 3rd July, in Birmingham UK. I couldn't get both conference and dinner venues in September, and the next best date

Re: [EuroPython] paypal payment

2008-06-11 Thread John Pinner
Hello Bart, 2008/6/11 Bartosz SKOWRON [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I would like to pay via PayPal. can anyone provide europython paypal address? From the registration system shopping cart you select Pay by Credit or Debit Card using PayPal, then you will be able to pay by Credit Card *or* PayPal

Re: [EuroPython] 2 Europython speakers with a non-working email addresses

2008-06-16 Thread John Pinner
2008/6/16 Laura Creighton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anybody know how to reach Michael Meinel or Stefan Pielicke? We seem to have some transposition errors, which I will correct: They should be: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] (that is DLR not DIR) John -- Laura --- Forwarded

Re: [EuroPython] [Europython-improve] getting to the conference site

2008-06-18 Thread John Pinner
2008/6/3 Aistė Kesminaitė [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Last year we payed twice as much for the way from the airport to the hotel, than the other way around. Compared to what you'll have to pay in Birmingham, it's a no-brainer and I got ripped off there as well, again going from the airport to the

Re: [EuroPython] proof of registration payment

2008-06-25 Thread John Pinner
, you will be able to print a receipt immediately. If you want to pay by cash at registration, we can sign the receipt on the spot. I hope that's OK, and look forward to seeing you in Vilnius. best wishes, John -- John Pinner Thanks Thomas On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 01:05 +0200, Thomas Vander

[EuroPython] PyCon UK Conference : 12th-14th September

2008-08-08 Thread John Pinner
Hello, Putting on my PyCon UK hat, I'm really pleased to say that we've announced the majority of talks, as well as the tutorials for this year's UK Python conference. PyCon UK 2008 is the second PyCon event in the UK, and is being held on 12th to 14th September at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

Re: [EuroPython] [europython-contact] Please post tentative dates and location of EuroPython 2009

2008-10-12 Thread John Pinner
Hello Stephen, I'm sorry you couldn't find the date of EP2009, which was announced on the Europython list on 29th May: EuroPython 2009 will take place from Monday 29th June to Friday 3rd July, in Birmingham UK. I couldn't get both conference and dinner venues in September, and the next best

[EuroPython] Conference room prices question

2009-03-07 Thread John Pinner
Hello Sorin, You posted this message to europython-improve, the organisers' and helpers' list. I'm replying to the normal europython list, so that everyone gets to see the answer! From: Sorin Sbarnea sorin.sbar...@gmail.com To: europython-impr...@python.org Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 20:44:49

[EuroPython] Registration troubles

2009-03-09 Thread John Pinner
Hello Rune, I'm replying to your message to the europython-improve list on the general europython list so people can see the question and reply. From: Rune Hansen rune.han...@me.com Hi, your registration from claims that the post code I provide is not a valid post code I'd really like to

Re: [EuroPython] Registration troubles

2009-03-09 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/3/9 Rune Hansen rune.han...@me.com: On 9. mars. 2009, at 11.51, John Pinner wrote: Hello Rune, I'm replying to your message to the europython-improve list on the general europython list so people can see the question and reply. From: Rune Hansen rune.han...@me.com Hi, your

Re: [EuroPython] Date for the Pyjamas tutorial

2009-04-08 Thread John Pinner
Hell Bernhard, 2009/4/8 Bernhard Bockelbrink bernhard.bockelbr...@ableton.com: Hi, is there already a fixed date for the Pyjamas Tutorial? Not yet, it will probably be on Monday 29th June, but until we have done the scheduling we can't be certain. We should know by the end of the month.

Re: [EuroPython] talk submission

2009-04-20 Thread John Pinner
if there is still room for it. We are still reviewing talks, so you're welcome to submit one. However we cannot guarantee acceptance. Best wishes, John -- John Pinner Thanks in advance, -- Bernd Dorn, CTO Lovely Systems AG Telefon +43 5572 908060, Fax +43 5572 908060-77 Schmelzhütterstraße 26a

Re: [EuroPython] [europython-contact] Concessionary rates

2009-05-10 Thread John Pinner
2009/5/10 cool-RR cool...@cool-rr.com: The concessionary rate applies to: over 60's, full-time students, unwaged and nurses. Proof of status will be required at the Registration Desk. What does unwaged mean, precisely? Unemployed, not having a paid job. John --

[EuroPython] EuroPython Publicity Materials

2009-05-23 Thread John Pinner
Hello European Pythonistas, Now we have some more great publicity materials at wiki.europython.eu/Publicity/ including banners and wallpaper. * If you are a delegate, use 'I'm going to EuroPython' * If you are a speaker, use 'I'm speaking at EuroPython' * If you can't come this year :-( use 'I

[EuroPython] EuroPython 2009 Talks Schedule

2009-05-25 Thread John Pinner
The Talks Schedule has been published at http://europython.eu/talks/timetable/ Best wishes, John -- ___ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython

Re: [EuroPython] [Europython-improve] EuroPython 2009 Talks Schedule

2009-05-26 Thread John Pinner
Marius Gedminas mar...@gedmin.as: On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 01:18:09AM +0100, John Pinner wrote: The Talks Schedule has been published at http://europython.eu/talks/timetable/ The site appears to be down. http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/europython.eu says it's not just my problem. Marius

Re: [EuroPython] A question about resistration

2009-05-29 Thread John Pinner
you will be given. Looking forward to seeing you at EP! Best wishes, John -- John Pinner ___ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython

Re: [EuroPython] PyPy Europython Sprint Announcement

2009-05-29 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/5/29 Carl Friedrich Bolz cfb...@gmx.de: == Birmingham (UK) EuroPython PyPy Sprints 28-29 June/ 3-4 July 2009 == The PyPy team is sprinting at EuroPython

Re: [EuroPython] FWD: New comment on EuroPython Talk Schedule Online.

2009-05-29 Thread John Pinner
Thanks for this, Aahz, 2009/5/29 Aahz a...@pythoncraft.com: FYI -- please direct any followup comments to orsenthil No address given. or the original PyCon blog post. - Forwarded message from orsenthil noreply-comm...@blogger.com - Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 08:19:11 -0700 (PDT)

Re: [EuroPython] sharing hotel room

2009-06-04 Thread John Pinner
Hello Reinout, 2009/6/4 Reinout van Rees rein...@vanrees.org: Hi all, I've registered a room with the europython registration form (at the Etap hotel).  Question; am I free to share that 3-person room with another person without notifying the hotel until arrival? yes. Or should I notify

Re: [EuroPython] Corporate rate for 2 delegates

2009-06-05 Thread John Pinner
Hello Oskar, 2009/6/5 Stuffer Oskar os...@sad.it: Hallo! My company would like to make a booking for 2 delegates for the tutorials and the core Europython conference. My company needs an invoice. You will get an invoice. What's the total rate for 2 delegates when we choose the Corporate

Re: [EuroPython] Giving lightning talks

2009-06-08 Thread John Pinner
Hello Ram! 2009/6/8 cool-RR cool...@cool-rr.com: Hey John, What's the process for giving 5-minute talks? I'd like to give a couple. You put your talk up on a board at the conference, and if you get it in before all the slots have filled, you give it. Simple :-) Best wishes, John --

Re: [EuroPython] Etap Hotel

2009-06-10 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/6/10 Ales Zoulek ales.zou...@gmail.com: Hi, I've registered for the conference and Etap Hotel. I wanted to extend my stay in the hotel (to start on Monday, not Tuesday), but the Etap Hotel personnel seems to have a problem find my hotel booking, there's no booking on my name. Do

Re: [EuroPython] Sponsorship of tutorial

2009-06-10 Thread John Pinner
Hello Ali, 2009/6/10 Ali Afshar aafs...@gmail.com: Hi everyone, I am giving a tutorial on PyGTK (looking forward to it!), now my boss is willing to pay my entire conference costs if I do some mentioning of the company I work for. Is this allowed? will other sponsors get upset? We would

[EuroPython] EuroPython - Help Needed

2009-06-11 Thread John Pinner
Hello EuroPythoneers, We need help making things happen at this year's conference, things like: * Session chairing * Audio recording * Audio editing * Photography - make sure we have some good pix! * Bag stuffing * Registration * Anything else you'd like to help with, or you see needs doing Now

[EuroPython] EuroPython 2009 : Twitter

2009-06-11 Thread John Pinner
If you tweet, we now have a Twitter reflector running. If you start your tweet with @europython, the rest of the message will be 'reflected' to other Twitter EuroPython followers. Best wishes, John -- ___ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org

Re: [EuroPython] Fwd: [Europython-improve] Audio Tech Stuff - Get your room today!

2009-06-12 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/6/12 Jonathan Hartley tart...@tartley.com: Are we recording tutorials as well? I say no. John -- Zeth wrote: Sent to bigger list, just to annoy everyone ;) -- Forwarded message -- From: Ciarán Mooney general.moo...@googlemail.com Date: 2009/6/12 Subject:

Re: [EuroPython] EuroPython - Help Needed

2009-06-12 Thread John Pinner
Hello! 2009/6/12 Reinout van Rees rein...@vanrees.org: On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:04 AM, John Pinnerfunth...@gmail.com wrote: Hello EuroPythoneers, We need help making things happen at this year's conference, things like: * Session chairing I'll chair three sessions (I already added myself

Re: [EuroPython] cheque payment

2009-06-15 Thread John Pinner
Hello Antoine, 2009/6/15 Antoine Pitrou anto...@pitrou.net: Hello, I'd like to know whether it's possible to pay for the registration with a French bank (postal) cheque. It would make my accounting easier. I'm sorry, but it would make our accounting a lot more difficult and give us higher

Re: [EuroPython] EuroPython - Help Needed

2009-06-15 Thread John Pinner
Hello Gregor, Thank you! 2009/6/15 Gregor Lingl gli...@aon.at: John Pinner schrieb: Hello EuroPythoneers, We need help making things happen at this year's conference, things like: * Session chairing * Audio recording * Audio editing * Photography - make sure we have some good pix

Re: [EuroPython] London - Birmingham

2009-06-15 Thread John Pinner
Hello Arnoldas, 2009/6/15 Arnoldas Grigutis arnoldas.grigu...@gmail.com: Hello, I am arriving in London Stansted (I don't know what Stansted means) Stansted is one of London's secondary airports, a little more pleasant than Heathrow. on June 27th, 12:40 PM. How should I get to Birmingham?

Re: [EuroPython] EuroPython registration

2009-06-16 Thread John Pinner
Hello Jean-Luc, 2009/6/16 Jean-Luc Carre jean.luc.ca...@net-ng.com: Hi, We'd like to book for 2 people from Net-ng (corporate rate), and pay by one credit card. Could you please give us the right way to do it ? Register each person individually, with their own data, email address and so on,

Re: [EuroPython] Questions about the BoF Point

2009-06-17 Thread John Pinner
Hello Kit, 2009/6/17 Kit BLAKE kitbl...@infrae.com: Hi, A bunch of us would like to organize a meeting for Silva users. Is the 'BoF Point' a room? If not, is there a room/space available? It's the bar, a room with capacity of, say 20. But we're not having any alcohol there. Also, there's

Re: [EuroPython] London - Birmingham

2009-06-17 Thread John Pinner
2009/6/17 Zeth theol...@gmail.com: 2009/6/17 Tony Heskett tony.hesk...@gmail.com: Worth adding that buying a ticket at the rail station can easily work out 3x more expensive than selecting a discount ticket in advance, and it's *very* annoying to find that out only afterwards. So as well as

Re: [EuroPython] Do we have any big screens not being used.

2009-06-17 Thread John Pinner
Hi, We have a 32 inch monitor at the Emporium, and this could be used. John -- 2009/6/17 Martin Meredith mar...@sourceguru.net: Just found this:- http://visibletweets.com/ You can set it to follow a hashtag (say #europython) and leave it going. Kinda cool, and lets the delegates have

Re: [EuroPython] London - Birmingham

2009-06-20 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/6/20 Tobias Brox tobi...@gmail.com Just to add some more noise to this thread ;-) I tried booking the train tickets from midland, virgin and chiltern just now. Midland offered a trip for 19.50 ... but they insisted on shipping tickets to a postal address (!), so I aborted the

Re: [EuroPython] sharing hotel room

2009-06-22 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/22 Tobias Brox tobi...@gmail.com 2009/6/4 Reinout van Rees rein...@vanrees.org: Or should I notify them? There is no need, but you need to arrive first! My room mate arrives before me (to the premier inn/channel side) ... should I tell him to wait in the lobby, or can it be

Re: [EuroPython] Travel recommendation

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hello! 2009/6/24 Jan Ulrich Hasecke jan.ulr...@hasecke.com Hello, we arrive with four persons at the airport of Birmingham. What is cheper? To got with train or bus to the city or use a taxi directly to the hotel? Take the Rail/Air Link to Birmingham International train station ( 1 minute

Re: [EuroPython] Choosing tutorials

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/24 Stefan Schwarzer sschwar...@sschwarzer.net Hi Zeth, On 2009-06-24 00:12, Zeth wrote: 2009/6/23 Stefan Schwarzer sschwar...@sschwarzer.net: Initially I've booked the conference without tutorials, but now would like to come to some of them. It seems I can go through the

Re: [EuroPython] After the payment?

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/24 Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net Hi people, What comes next now that my bank transfer should have been accepted? Nothing, you just come :-) Do I have anything special to tell the hotel when I arrive on Sunday? No, just your name - they know about you and you are

Re: [EuroPython] Car Parking

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/6/24 Dougal Matthews douga...@gmail.com Hi, I'm staying just outside Birmingham for the conference. What is the car parking like in the area There is plenty of parking nearby, both in car parks and on-street (expensive). You can see the car parks marked on Ciaran's map at

Re: [EuroPython] slides

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/24 Laura Creighton l...@openend.se I didn't know that I had to configure mailman specially to allow attatchemtns to be passed through. I thought that was the default. If you have been having problems submitting your slides, please try again, I think I have it fixed now. Well, I

Re: [EuroPython] Choosing tutorials

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/24 Zeth theol...@gmail.com 2009/6/24 Chris Withers ch...@simplistix.co.uk: Hmm, I don't think that analogy holds true. The current system is a bit like buying a ticket without knowing the destination and, indeed, having to buy 4 tickets even if you can only fly on two of the

Re: [EuroPython] Tutorial Registration

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/24 Bleier Thomas thomas.ble...@ait.ac.at Hi everybody, me too - I also booked some time ago and do not remember getting any URL for reserving places... Ask zeth... John -- best regards, __ /homas Von:

Re: [EuroPython] sharing hotel room

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/23 Georg Brandl ge...@python.org John Pinner schrieb: Hi, 2009/6/22 Tobias Brox tobi...@gmail.com mailto:tobi...@gmail.com 2009/6/4 Reinout van Rees rein...@vanrees.org mailto:rein...@vanrees.org: Or should I notify them? There is no need

Re: [EuroPython] An accommodation related question

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
2009/6/24 David Radkowski david.radkow...@investec.co.uk Hi I'd like to book accommodation via your webpage. Could you please clarify to me what sleep 2 means? Will *you* put me with somebody in that room No. or it's just the maximum capacity of the room in case *I'd* like to share it

Re: [EuroPython] Session chairs

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/24 Tim Couper t...@tizmoi.net 1. EP Organisers: If not already considered, could we arrange to have some indication on the badges for people who are session chairs? Probably not, at this stage. At this stage we need to be realistic says he sinking beneath the incoming tide of last

Re: [EuroPython] Volunteers Meeting?

2009-06-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/25 Martin Meredith mar...@sourceguru.net I've got (from somewhere) that there's a volunteers meeting for those who can make it on Monday, at 5:15. Where is this meeting being held? There's bag stuffing etc etc at some time on Monday afternoon at the Conservatoire. John --

Re: [EuroPython] 1 day conference place

2009-06-25 Thread John Pinner
Hello All, 2009/6/25 Jan Troler jan.tro...@digitaltv-labs.com Dear Organizers, is it possible to subscribe to the conference events just for one day instead for all thee? We don't normally do this, but if you approach us on an individual basis we may be able to help. Best wishes, John --

Re: [EuroPython] Sunday Tutorials venues

2009-06-25 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/6/25 Michael Sparks spark...@gmail.com Hi, I note that the room names for the tutorials have been allocated now, with Sunday listed as: Library Theatre, Shakespeare Room, Lecture Room 3, CBSO Ratcliff Room Curious about capacities I did a web search, and discovered hints

Re: [EuroPython] Saturday evening?

2009-06-25 Thread John Pinner
Hello! 2009/6/25 Christian Scholz c...@comlounge.net Hi! I am arriving on saturday at 1700 at Birmingham Airport and I am wondering if there is some meetup planned for early arrivers. I'm sorry, we've been a bit too busy for that! We may see if the Zagora has room for us

Re: [EuroPython] Premier Inn Hotel on Booking Form

2009-06-25 Thread John Pinner
Hello! 2009/6/25 Marius Gedminas mar...@gedmin.as On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 05:56:40PM +0100, Quentin Wright wrote: Laurence Rowe · Jarn wrote: I've signed up for a room at the Premier Inn on the booking form. Which hotel does this refer to? (I'll be going directly to the hotel on

Re: [EuroPython] Searching a Sleeping place betwen 27.06 and 04.07

2009-06-25 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/25 Ronny Pfannschmidt ronny.pfannschm...@gmx.de Hi, due some mishappenings im still without someone to share rooms or another cheap sleeping place. So 'd like to know if anyone is aware of a place where i could stay or someone with place for sharing rooms between 27.06 and

Re: [EuroPython] Searching a Sleeping place betwen 27.06 and 04.07

2009-06-25 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/6/25 Ronny Pfannschmidt ronny.pfannschm...@gmx.de On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 20:12 +0100, John Pinner wrote: Hi, 2009/6/25 Ronny Pfannschmidt ronny.pfannschm...@gmx.de Hi, due some mishappenings im still without someone to share rooms

Re: [EuroPython] CSBO Centre Added to the wiki (For sunday tutorials)

2009-06-25 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/25 Michael Sparks spark...@gmail.com On Thursday 25 June 2009 20:04:20 John Pinner wrote: Has anyone made a custom public Google map with the venue and some of the more popular hotels marked on it? I've added a page for the CSBO Centre here: http://wiki.europython.eu/CSBO

Re: [EuroPython] Saturday evening?

2009-06-25 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/25 Christian Scholz c...@comlounge.net John Pinner wrote: Hello! 2009/6/25 Christian Scholz c...@comlounge.net mailto:c...@comlounge.net Hi! I am arriving on saturday at 1700 at Birmingham Airport and I am wondering if there is some meetup planned

Re: [EuroPython] Premier Inn Hotel on Booking Form

2009-06-26 Thread John Pinner
Hello Kit, 2009/6/26 Kit BLAKE kitbl...@infrae.com On 25 Jun 2009, at 18:56, Quentin Wright wrote: It's the Canalside Premier Inn, see http://www.europython.eu/about/accommodation/ If, when we registered, we chose rooms in the registration form, are those rooms at the Canalside Premier

Re: [EuroPython] More Premier Inn questions

2009-06-26 Thread John Pinner
Hello Petra, 2009/6/26 Petra Chong petra.ch...@glcuk.com Hello, A party of five from my company are attending Europython. We have been trying to track down which Premier Inn that we're booked at, somewhat unsuccessfully. I have called Brindley Place and Canalside and neither has my name.

Re: [EuroPython] walking directions from etap to tutorials (music centre)

2009-06-27 Thread John Pinner
hI, Luke has told you to go to the wrong entrance! The entrance you want is to the Adrian Boult Hall, and is up the ramp from where he's told you and turn left. Also there are directions on the website at http://www.europython.eu/about/travel/ John -- 2009/6/27 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

Re: [EuroPython] Videos of talks

2009-06-30 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/6/30 Michael Sparks spark...@gmail.com Hi, I practiced videoing talks at the tutorials this weekend (Kamaelia, PyGTK py.test) and that seemed to work OK, so as a word of warning, I'll be videoing all the talks I'm in at Europython, and making them available ASAP. (I won't be

Re: [EuroPython] Videos of talks

2009-06-30 Thread John Pinner
their talks. John -- -- Bruce Eckel On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Michael Sparks spark...@gmail.comwrote: On Tuesday 30 June 2009 10:32:29 John Pinner wrote: This is great news :-) Will you be able to do the keynotes and lightning talks? Yep. I think I'll probably

Re: [EuroPython] Tony Hoare's slides

2009-07-03 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2009/7/3 David Jones d...@pobox.com I know these appeared on a stick in the hands on a conference organiser at some point, is it possible to put those slides on the wiki please? The slides should be on the DVD, maybe you could put them on the wiki if you have the disk and no one else

Re: [EuroPython] changing mime type of attachments in wiki

2009-07-06 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/7/6 Nicolas Chauvat nicolas.chau...@logilab.fr Hello, http://wiki.europython.eu/TalkMaterials?action=AttachFiledo=viewtarget=Semantic+Apps+CubicWeb+-+Nicolas+Chauvat is a text file, but the wiki thinks it is unreadable binary or says so to my browser. How can I change this?

Re: [EuroPython] Conference Proposals for 2011

2009-07-23 Thread John Pinner
Hello, 2009/7/22 M.-A. Lemburg m...@egenix.com I've just come across an interesting way of getting new proposals for conference locations. This is how the Plone folks are doing this and it looks really professional:

Re: [EuroPython] Deadline for talk proposal?

2010-01-22 Thread John Pinner
Hi, 2010/1/21 cool-RR cool...@cool-rr.com: When is the deadline for talk proposals? This has not been set yet, but is likely to be around the end of March. Best wishes, John -- -- Sincerely, Ram Rachum ___ EuroPython 2010 - Birmingham, 17-24

Re: [EuroPython] Tutorial remuneration?

2010-04-29 Thread John Pinner
Hello Geoff, On 29 April 2010 10:23, Geoff Bache geoff.ba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I was unable to find if people giving tutorials get paid for doing so as they did last year. I notice that this year everyone giving a talk gets a reduced rate now so I wondered if somebody could confirm

Re: [EuroPython] Hanging a poster

2010-05-04 Thread John Pinner
Hello! On 4 May 2010 13:27, Jonathan Hartley tart...@tartley.com wrote: Yes, it sounds not just acceptable, but positively desirable. It is of value to delegates. Anyone have any objections? On 04/05/2010 12:11, Massa, Harald Armin wrote: In my opinion this would be okay. +1 On

Re: [EuroPython] Talk submission fails with 403 Forbidden - CSRF verification failed

2010-05-06 Thread John Pinner
Hello Michael, On 5 May 2010 14:58, Michael Brunton-Spall michael.brunton-sp...@guardian.co.uk wrote: Hey, Submitting my talk proposal via Google Chrome, and I'm getting a 403 Forbidden and the standard Django CSRF token failure error. Is this a known issue? Yes, and Zeth has fixed it.

Re: [EuroPython] Talk submission fails with 403 Forbidden - CSRF verification failed

2010-05-09 Thread John Pinner
Hello, On 9 May 2010 12:20, Michael Brunton-Spall michael.brunton-sp...@guardian.co.uk wrote: I got another problem submitting because my old photo wasn't valid or something, but I added a new photo and it accepted them fine. Interesting, we got the talk twice! I've submitted two talks

Re: [EuroPython] Beginner Python

2010-05-20 Thread John Pinner
Hello Savyn, On 18 May 2010 10:29, Savyn Vydelingum svydelin...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I would like to attend the Euro Python in Birming in July and notice you have Tutorial. Can you let me know if these Tutorials are good for novice/beginner. Some of the tutorials are for beginners, some

Re: [EuroPython] Registration

2010-06-02 Thread John Pinner
Hello, On 2 June 2010 11:27, Wietse Jacobs w.jac...@intersentia.be wrote: Hello, I’d like to register 3 people from our company for Europython (the conference 19th - 22nd July 2010): - Joris Peeters - Bram Marien - Wietse Jacobs I’d like to be able

Re: [EuroPython] Internet connectivity for speakers

2010-07-01 Thread John Pinner
Hello Nicholas, On 1 July 2010 13:05, Nicholas Tollervey nt...@ntoll.org wrote: Hi Guys, I have a question: given last years rather problematic wifi The problems last year were caused by: 1. Delegates over-using the system, for instance downloading videos and iso images, which you can only

Re: [EuroPython] Paying someone else's EuroPython registration

2010-07-12 Thread John Pinner
Hi Terry, On 11 July 2010 14:56, Terry Jones te...@jon.es wrote: I'd like to pay for someone else's EuroPython registration, but when I enter his details and click to pay with a credit card, it displays his name as the cardholder and that can't be edited. Is there some way I can register

Re: [EuroPython] Premier Inn information

2010-07-14 Thread John Pinner
Hi, On 12 July 2010 12:14, Fiona Burrows fi...@justfiona.com wrote: Hey all, myself and my boyfriend booked the Premier Inn through EuroPy website when we registered our tickets. We got our registraton e-mail which, we assume, is our EuroPython ticket too. But we didn't get any information

Re: [EuroPython] Official Drinking Hole?

2010-07-15 Thread John Pinner
Hi Garry, On 15 July 2010 12:18, Garry Bodsworth g...@camvine.com wrote: On the Sunday night is there an official place people are meeting up?  Last year there was a downstairs room in I think it was Walkabout (or a pub like that on Broad Street). So far no one has arranged a suitable

Re: [EuroPython] Job Market?

2010-07-15 Thread John Pinner
Hi Martin, 2010/7/15 Kaufmann, Martin m.kaufm...@fz-juelich.de: Hi, I am looking for a PhD student with a strong python backbround. Is there an opportunity to announce this position at Europython? http://www.europython.eu/talks/talk_abstracts/index.html#talk41 Best wishes, John --

Re: [EuroPython] where are the sprints being held?

2010-07-22 Thread John Pinner
On 22 July 2010 22:26, Thomas Dunham t...@tomdunham.org wrote: Hi all, Sorry if I've missed something obvious, but I can't find the address of the building where sprints are being held. I was planning on going along tomorrow but I've no idea where I'm going. Could  someone could post it here

Re: [EuroPython] Thanks to all the volunteers

2010-07-24 Thread John Pinner
Hi, On 24 July 2010 08:51, Richard Taylor rjt-pyco...@thegrindstone.me.uk wrote: Hi Just wanted to say a big thank you to all the volunteers. I thought that we had a great conference and it was made more pleasurable by the great support that we had during the conference. I'd like to join

Re: [EuroPython] [Europython-improve] can we discuss on ONE mailing list, please?

2011-01-27 Thread John Pinner
Hi, On 27 January 2011 13:26, Fabio Pliger fabio.pli...@s3srl.com wrote: 2011/1/27 Michael Foord fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk On 27/01/2011 13:05, Thomas Waldmann wrote: Could we please decide on ONE mailing list for this topic? (I don't have ep-improve - is it even necessary to have 2 MLs?)

Re: [EuroPython] ep2011.europython.eu down

2011-10-09 Thread John Pinner
Hi, On 8 October 2011 17:45, M.-A. Lemburg m...@egenix.com wrote: The website appears to have a DNS problem: Address Not Found ep2011.europython.eu could not be found. Please check the name and try again. ep2011.europython.eu has a CNAME entry to ep2011.pycon.it pycon.it expired on

[EuroPython] One day course : Google App Engine with Python

2012-01-27 Thread John Pinner
O’Reilly UK and FLOSS UK are offering a new course Hello! I thought that you'd like to know about a one day course being offered by FLOSS UK and o'Reilly. It's one of a regular series of courses organised by FLOSS UK throughout the year see http://flossuk.org. This is an organisation well worth

Re: [EuroPython] Work on Call for Participation for EuroPython 2015 has started

2014-02-01 Thread John Pinner
Hello All, On 1 February 2014 11:59, Michael spark...@gmail.com wrote: 400? Christ on a bike, europython used to be affordable. Florence was ridiculously expensive (when you factor everything in). Unless when you say 'all inclusive' you mean 'including accommodation'. I presume the

Re: [EuroPython] Work on Call for Participation for EuroPython 2015 has started

2014-02-01 Thread John Pinner
Hello, On 1 February 2014 22:43, Paul Boddie p...@boddie.org.uk wrote: On Saturday 1. February 2014 21.24.02 Hynek Schlawack wrote: On 1 Feb 2014, at 20:36, Paul Boddie wrote: snips It certainly is for a particular conference (EP in this case). Nobody is arguing that *every* conference

Re: [EuroPython] Work on Call for Participation for EuroPython 2015 has started

2014-02-02 Thread John Pinner
Hello Paul, On 2 February 2014 14:24, Paul Boddie p...@boddie.org.uk wrote: On Sunday 2. February 2014 02.09.04 Hynek Schlawack wrote: It’s quite the contrary: the current organizers were criticized for their current work they do and I tried to explain that romanticism about a conference

Re: [EuroPython] Work on Call for Participation for EuroPython 2015 has started

2014-02-02 Thread John Pinner
Hello, On 2 February 2014 19:53, Stephan Diehl step...@transvection.de wrote: Hi John, On 02/01/2014 10:52 PM, John Pinner wrote: Hello, [...] If I can be assured of getting Maisels Weisbier mit Hefe, and Sclenkerla Rauchbier in Berlin near the conference venue, I'll consider the 2014

Re: [EuroPython] Extra Personal ticket charge to Early Bird conditions on Monday

2014-02-08 Thread John Pinner
Hello, On 7 February 2014 21:28, Jacobo de Vera de...@jacobodevera.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Andreas Jung li...@zopyx.com wrote: snips I don't really understand the point in doing early bird tickets based on a closed number of tickets. Because conference organisers have to

Re: [EuroPython] Some general thoughts about EP2014 and future of EP

2014-02-11 Thread John Pinner
Ladies and Gentlemen, snipped pointless bike-shedding Please can we stop this destructive thread ? Let us just accept that the 2014 organisers submitted an excellent proposal, and that they are doing a cracking good job in fulfilling that proposal. For all sorts of reasons, geography, size of

Re: [EuroPython] Call for Volunteer/Invitation to the orga meeting on Thursday this week

2014-02-11 Thread John Pinner
Hello, On 11 February 2014 10:12, Andreas Jung li...@zopyx.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, please take notice our the Call for volunteers https://ep2014.europython.eu/en/conference/volunteers/ All Python ladies and gentlemen from the Berlin area

Re: [EuroPython] R: Re: conference length

2014-04-16 Thread John Pinner
Hello All, On 15 April 2014 20:46, roberto.polli roberto.po...@babel.it wrote: Right time to discuss: no. Right Place to discuss: probably yes. In fact : NO! The correct place to discuss this is the europython-improve list, which was established specifically to discuss improving EuroPython,

Re: [EuroPython] Diversity of attendees

2014-04-17 Thread John Pinner
Filip, On 17 April 2014 12:39, Filip Kłębczyk fklebc...@gmail.com wrote: W dniu 17.04.2014 10:55, carina.ha...@dlr.de pisze: snips I see financial aid as a similar method (to make attendees more diverse in terms of their wealth status or geographical penalty). But I think the better

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