Thanks to all who provided pointers to information for preparing for the talk, especially Massimo.
This evening I presented a talk before PyAtl, the Atlanta Meetup Python User Group. Because of time constraints, (30-40 mins) I was really only able to cover the DAL. Out of the ~32 attendees, I count 5 who were interested enough to download web2py and play with it. I have offered to cover controllers, views and advanced topics on the next go round. There was at least one person who was vocal about the implicit/explicit question. The dialog was mutually respectful and I think I made a suitable answer on the grounds of pragmatism, DRY and less error prone. This gentleman was also a dedicated Pyramid user, though he did offer to look at Web2py again. No comments or questions from any Django users in attendance, though I suspect some were there. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution uses Django and some AJC employees were among those planning to attend.
