Sounds good I hear they give out free t-shirts and food!<br><br clear="all">Thanks,<br>Brian Herman<br><br><a href="http://brianjherman.com" target="_blank">brianjherman.com</a><br><a href="mailto:brianherman@acm.org" target="_blank">brianherman@acm.org</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:06 PM, eviljoel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eviljoel@linux.com">eviljoel@linux.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hello All,<br>
<br>
I wanted to let all of you know that Flourish's application for an<br>
official Python Sprint has been approved by the Python Software<br>
Foundation (PSF)! Flourish is even mentioned on their website<br>
(<a href="http://pythonsprints.com/" target="_blank">http://pythonsprints.com/</a>). If you are interested in contributing to<br>
core python or one of its popular frameworks, please attend the<br>
Flourish 2011 Python Sprint. More information about the Python Sprint<br>
is located here: <a href="http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/pythonsprint" target="_blank">http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/pythonsprint</a><br>
<br>
While we are still looking for a Sprint Coach to help us on the first<br>
two days of the sprint, I don't think we necessarily need an official<br>
coach to be productive. I am working hard with Brian Curtin (our<br>
coach on Sunday) to make sure that everyone who shows up to code on<br>
Friday and Saturday has something concrete to work on. I'll be<br>
sitting down with him on Sunday and he is going to show me everything<br>
(well, maybe not everything) a new developer needs to get started.<br>
That being said, if you are interested in helping us run the sprint as<br>
a Sprint Coach, please contact me directly.<br>
<br>
Our Flourish team has already spammed this list with information about<br>
Flourish, but in case you have been living under a rock, Flourish is a<br>
FREE conference intended to promote Open Source Software and Open<br>
Culture. The conference will take place on April 1st through 3rd at<br>
the University of Illinois at Chicago. More information is available<br>
at <a href="http://www.flourishconf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.flourishconf.com/</a>.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
Joel Luellwitz<br>
<br>
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On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:57 PM, eviljoel <<a href="mailto:eviljoel@linux.com">eviljoel@linux.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello All,<br>
><br>
> I see my friend Aisha announced to you yesterday that Flourish<br>
> registration is open, so I'll spare you the details about our<br>
> conference. If you need details about the conference in general,<br>
> please refer to <a href="http://www.flourishconf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.flourishconf.com/</a>.<br>
><br>
> I've been in contact with Brian Curtin and a couple others about<br>
> setting up an official PSF sponsored Python Sprint at Flourish 2011.<br>
> More on Python Sprints can be found at <a href="http://pythonsprints.com/" target="_blank">http://pythonsprints.com/</a>.<br>
> Unfortunately, Brain can only be a Sprint Coach on Sunday. We<br>
> currently do not have a Sprint Coach locked down for Friday night and<br>
> Saturday. If being a Sprint Coach at Flourish is something that<br>
> interests you, please reply and let me know.<br>
><br>
> What exactly we'll be coding at the Python Sprint is still to be<br>
> determined. I am waiting to see what our second Sprint Coach is<br>
> interested in working on before committing to a specific type of<br>
> project. However, the Python Sprints website has the following<br>
> suggestions:<br>
> - Python Core work, e.g, bug triage, documentation<br>
> - Porting libraries/applications to Python 3<br>
> - PyPI and packaging related improvements<br>
> - Contribution to Python VMs, e.g., PyPy, IronPython<br>
> - Contribution to other Python projects, e.g., Django, PIL, pywin32 and so on...<br>
><br>
> If you are interested in contributing during the Python Sprint itself<br>
> but are not up for being a Sprint Coach, please send me an e-mail<br>
> (<a href="mailto:joel@flourishconf.com">joel@flourishconf.com</a>) and I'll keep you informed about this event as<br>
> details are established.<br>
><br>
> Oh, and please excuse me if word about this proposed sprint already<br>
> got out to you via this list. I checked the archives before sending<br>
> this e-mail, but I still might have missed it.<br>
><br>
> One last request. I notice you have a meeting this Thursday in the<br>
> north suburbs. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could<br>
> announce Flourish and our search for a Sprint Coach at this meeting.<br>
> I would attend it myself but it seems impossible to get up there via<br>
> public transportation.<br>
><br>
> Thank you,<br>
> Joel Luellwitz<br>
><br>
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