OK, I was one of the peeps who helped organize the first one so let's go over some of what you need.
A venue. First year we got Gates Commons, top floor of the Allen computer science & engineering building. The next year at Seattle Central Community college. Sponsors. You gotta have some money. Posters and other stuff you don't know you need. Pro tip: Seattle is lucky because Google and Amazon both do Python. Coffee and donuts. Do you really believe programmers can function in the morning without caffeine and sugar? Even if people contribute these you still need a coffee maker. A program committee to decide stuff like: Introductory/welcome session? How much time for lightning talks? All talks 30 minutes? What if someone needs an hour? Multiple tracks? How much time for lunch? Whose talks get accepted? Volunteers to do setup. Publicity. Outreach. Engaging students from local schools. Backup. True story: for the first NW Python day I was doing setup and the guy who was supposed to do the intro session wasn't there at start time so I jumped in and not having anything planned I just had everyone introduce themselves. We also had a speaker cancel at last minute (due to a birth in the family) and someone gave a fill in talk. Just saying something will go wrong. In any case I hope some people step up to do it - it was a lot of fun. On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Blibbet <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Is Northwest Python Day still an annual event? If so, when? >>> >>> >> It was only an annual event for two years.... >> >> I think it would be great to do it again -- both the previous ones were >> very successful. >> >> What it would take is a person or two willing to take on the >> responsibility to organise it. I think he/she/they would get lots of help >> (I know I would chip in), but someone has to take the responsibility to >> make it happen, and it is a significant commitment. >> > > We tried to revive it a couple times but nobody was willing to organize > it, and I'm not going to do it again. :) If somebody wants to step up, > they just have to say so. > -- Some radio waves were modulated in the creation of this email.
