Meeting went well. In your absence, you (Mike) and Brian were appointed "joint grand-poohbahs in charge of decisions", as no one felt they should speak for the group without some input from either of you. :)
Not a great deal of python specific content this time...a bit of discussion on the pain that is easy_install, and alternatives (or lack thereof). Ian Bicking's work on a new one was mentioned...pip, I think? We kicked around some general ideas regarding another python day, some points of which I recall (didn't take any notes): * Everyone seemed opposed to a registration fee, if its at all possible to avoid. Thus seemingly ruling out pgsql and their space at SCCC, as they are charging $75 (Though apparently donating all or part of it?). * In light of the previous point, it would probably be best to stick to a size and scale similar to the last one. Moving to a larger conference style venue would be prohibitively expensive without registration fees. * People who had attended in Jan felt that the more informational/educational talks and those for projects actively seeking contributors were more interesting and useful than the more demo style ones that just showed off a finished system or closed source project. * Suggestion that there be a small (3 person) program committee that could take responsibility for soliciting/selecting/scheduling talks w/ a bit more organization than last time, though people did like the availability of talk proposals on the wiki. On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > SeaPIG will be at the UW through November, and will begin alternating > months at Office Nomads starting December. Office Nomads has > scheduling conflicts until then. > > How was the meeting last week? Did you guys come up with anything for > the Python day or the PostgreSQL conference? > > -- > Mike Orr <[email protected]> >
