Despite the Microsoft initial sponsorship, CodeCamps have been trying (for years) to diversify beyond being "just" about Microsoft stacks. It's a chicken-and-egg problem: non-Microsoft speakers don't want to speak at a CodeCamp because of its "exclusive" nature, which then leads the few outsiders who come to conclude that it's an all-Microsoft event, reinforcing the popular opinion, and thus the cycle repeats itself.
Even if the NWPD doesn't change locations, I would suggest that SeaPy speakers come out and take the event by storm. If nothing else, if enough interest is there maybe the IronPython guys will come out to socialize too. :-) Ted Neward Java, .NET, XML Services Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing http://www.tedneward.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:seattle-python- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Heck > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:57 PM > To: A group of Python users in Seattle > Subject: Re: [SEAPY] NW Python Day status > > I've been to a previous code camp - it was heavily, almost exclusively, > Microsoft technology stack focused - but a nice setup (was at the game > school - DigiPen), well organized, and generally had some great folks > all talking and sharing. > > -joe > > On Jan 4, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Mike Orr wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Ted Neward <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This may come off as heretical to suggest here, but if there's not > that much > >> momentum to hold a separate event, what about holding NWPD > concurrently with > >> the Seattle Code Camp? That way Python is exposed to a wider group > of folks > >> and encourages mingling. :-) > > > > https://seattle.codecamp.us/default.aspx > > Is anybody on the list involved with this? I haven't heard of it > > before. If the numbers stay down, we'll have space to do something > > sprint-like in the second room. However, initially we decided against > > this, and I'm not sure whether the non-Python content would encourage > > solidarity or dilute the main purpose. I would want to offer the > > space first to the Python-related groups (Plone, Django, CUGOS) > before > > offering it to others. BrianG sent a reminder to the Plone and > Django > > folks, so we'll see if we hear anything back this week. > > > > Half of 175 is 85, so the space would be available only if we have > > fewer than that. We've also got a fixed time and place because we've > > already paid the bill. If the organizer of the code camp wants to > > contact me, we can see if we can do anything. > > > > -- > > Mike Orr <[email protected]>
