[Chicago] August Snakes on Apples Meeting

[Brian Ray]

Planning is going well for the August meeting <http://chipy.org/ 
SnakesOnApples>. As I mentioned at our last meeting, we have an offer  
for a venue at UIC. I would like to let them know next week in case  
that is what we choose.  Google will be closer to where C4 is being  
held but I am not sure if they are able to host. Fitz, are you able  
to host?  Apple store is out of the question because it did not fit  
our needs. Alders Planetarium is booked.

We also have a sponsor for food. Thanks Roy Talman & Associates.   
Doug Pratt will be attending.

Regarding presentations, we do not have anyone lined up yet. There  
has been some grumbling. I tried to get some specific mac people from  
C4 to present but most are not flying in until the next day. If you  
know someone or you would like to present, here are some possible  
topics:

   How Python ships on the Mac
   Mac specific modules part of Python Standard Library
   PyObj <http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/>
   Apple Events
   py2app
   Mac Software using Python: ie BitTorrent, Blender, FontLab
   macholib - analyze the Mach-O binary format
   wxPython

If we do not have a large enough interest in this topic, we can  
switch gears entirely. For example, we could change the topic to  
Python enabled Code Review Tools.  Although, I like the idea of  
having presentations on specific platforms.

Brian Ray
bray at sent.com
http://kazavoo.com/blog