[Chicago] March Chipy Meeting

[Rob Kapteyn]

I think it might make sense if the ChiPy group got together ***for  
presentations*** on another day.

Thursday, March 13, is the PyCon tutorial day and the Evening Session  
runs from 6:10 PM to 9:30 PM.
I don't think we should do our own presentations in conflict with the  
PyCon schedule.

I think that ChiPy activities on Thursday evening should be dedicated  
to convention organizing -- goody bags, etc.

I propose that we do a regular ChiPy meeting with presentations on the  
Thursday AFTER PyCon -- March 20th.
That would have given us just enough time to recover, but not enough  
time to have lost the convention buzz ;-)

On second thought -- maybe we want to meet on Wednesday, the day  
before PyCon.
We might still attract some of the early out-of-towners and get our  
goody bags done early.

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*** If we do this change, we should decide soon so we can update the  
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Please express your opinions with a reply to this email:
  1.  [   ]  Leave March ChiPy meeting date unchanged.
  2.  [   ]  Move ChiPy meeting to the Thursday AFTER PyCon, March 20th.
  3.  [   ]  Move ChiPy meeting to the Wednesday BEFORE PyCon, March  
12th.

My vote is 2 -- move to the 20th, but I'm OK with 3 also.

-Rob


On Feb 20, 2008, at 8:47 PM, Pete wrote:

> Hi all-
>
> In an effort to to take some pressure off the in-town folks, I  
> hereby declare
> myself de-facto coordinator of the March Chipy meeting.  Huzzah!
>
> Chipy's March Meeting, our best (and maybe biggest) ever!  We'll be  
> having it
> the night before Pycon, at the Pycon space, so hopefully we'll  
> attract early
> Pycon arrivers and show them how we kick it Chicago style.
>
> Date: Thursday, 3/13. 7 pm.  A bit later than usual to give folks  
> more time
> get out to O'hare.
>
> Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel 5440 N River Rd  
> Rosemont, IL 60018
>
> Directions: http://us.pycon.org/2008/chicago/hotel/  The hotel is 3  
> blocks
> from the Rosemont blue line stop.
>
> Speakers:
> Peter Fein - GrassyKnoll: A web service for collections
> http://grassyknoll.googlecode.com
>
> Post-Meeting:
> Pycon needs help!  Schwag bags need stuffing and t-shirts need  
> folding.  Make
> your mamma proud by showing off those folding skillz. Beer and pizza  
> may be
> provided.  This is a great, low commitment opportunity to help make  
> Chicago's
> first Pycon a success.
>
> Logistics:
> My talk is likely to be longish, but perhaps we'd have some time for  
> a few
> short talks as well.  IIRC, someone else expressed interest on the  
> mailing
> list, but I can't find the message... Please email me if you're  
> interested in
> presenting.
>
> As usual, details are subject to change, as we figure out what hotel  
> space is
> available.
>
> w00t!
>
> --Pete
>
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