OK. So I think people should not need to be registered for the conference to attend. Is that possible?<br><br>I imagine Python 101 is for professionals learning Python as an nth language. I don't intend to compete with that.
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I would like to call the presentation "Python as a First Language", and
would like attendees to have a working copy of Idle on a laptop.<br><br>The intended audience will be in town (locals or accompanying family) but is unlikely to pony up for the conference. If it is OK with you all and the hotel I will be happy to proceed on the basis that it is free of charge and doesn't require conference registration.
<br><br>Alternatively I could offer sort of a dress rehearsal, and edu-sig types can attend but it would probably be of little interest to other badge carrying conference attendees. This would be much shorter.<br><br>My current plan is to be arriving Friday and leaving Sunday so I'd much prefer early on Saturday evening.
<br><br>Michael<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Napoleone, Doug</b> <<a href="mailto:Doug.Napoleone@nuance.com">Doug.Napoleone@nuance.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Please feel free to give this presentation as an Open Space talk or a BoF:<br><a href="http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/OpenSpace">http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/OpenSpace</a><br><br>We have the conference rooms the entire weekend, and this type of talk would
<br>be perfect for one of the evenings.<br>We have 5 Open space rooms for use durring the day when other talks are<br>given, and all the rooms will be available in the evenings.<br>(space listed on the floorplan:<br><a href="http://us.pycon.org/uploads/TX2007/HotelFloorPlan07.png">
http://us.pycon.org/uploads/TX2007/HotelFloorPlan07.png</a>)<br><br>We recommend that people giving talks along side the scheduled talks also<br>keep them to the 30, 45, or 60min slot they will be running in parallel<br>with. That way people will not be leaving early or arriving late you the
<br>open space talk due to wanting to see other presentations. This is only a<br>recommendation.<br><br>It is too late to get this on as an official presentation (especially as<br>presentations are 30 or 45min long and the deadline for submission was
<br>October.) This sounds more like a tutorial, a Pre-Python101 tutorial if you<br>will; (We have a 3 hour Python 101 tutorial already:<br><a href="http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/TutorialsAM#AM5">http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/TutorialsAM#AM5
</a>). Please consider giving this<br>talk as a tutorial next year, possably as a pre-cursor to the python 101<br>tutorial.<br><br>I am working with Jeff Rush to try to get the schedule system to be more<br>flexible and include evening BoF/Meeting and fun social activities. We have
<br>some things planned and some unofficial stuff we would like to see on there,<br>your talk could be one of those. I will let you know if we can get that to<br>happen.<br><br>I am working on a call for proctors for the Python Lab
<br>(<a href="http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/PythonLab">http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/PythonLab</a>). Please consider helping out with<br>that as well. It would be nice if people could attend your talk before going<br>to the lab, unfortunatly it is running Friday evening, so I doubt that will
<br>happen.<br><br> -Doug<br><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:pycon-organizers-bounces@python.org">pycon-organizers-bounces@python.org</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pycon-organizers-bounces@python.org">
pycon-organizers-bounces@python.org</a>] On Behalf Of Vern Ceder<br>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:47 PM<br>> To: Michael Tobis<br>> Cc: <a href="mailto:edu-sig@python.org">edu-sig@python.org</a>; <a href="mailto:pycon-organizers@python.org">
pycon-organizers@python.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [PyCON-Organizers] [Edu-sig] Interest in Newby<br>> lecture at PyCon?<br>><br>> I don't know if we would have the newbies around who would<br>> benefit from the presentation, but I would be interested in
<br>> getting at least an overview of your presentation.<br>><br>> Is there any interest in having that sort of presentation be<br>> one of the main topics we discuss as a BOF? Maybe Michael<br>> could get us started with an outline of what he does and the
<br>> rest could offer their apporoaches?<br>> Just thinking out loud here...<br>><br>> Cheers,<br>> Vern<br>><br>><br>> Michael Tobis wrote:<br>> > I guess it's a bit late to try to put this together, but is
<br>> there any<br>> > interest in putting together a Python for Newbies presentation at<br>> > PyCon for friends and family?<br>> ><br>> > I have a two-hour presentation I've given a few times, so
<br>> it would not<br>> > take much prep for me to do this. It has some nice<br>> features, in that<br>> > it gives people the flavor of programming in just one session.<br>> ><br>> > best<br>
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