From post at pobox.com Thu Nov 10 00:31:12 2016 From: post at pobox.com (Davi Post) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 23:31:12 -0600 Subject: [Madison-Python] [Madison] Saying Goodbye (to Meetup) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Is MadPUG meeting tomorrow (Thu) at the Central Library? What time? Thanks, --Davi On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Ian Cordasco wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Long story short, December will be the last MadPUG. > > Recently both Cea and I have moved house. We both now live well over > 30 minutes away making the commute into Madison onerous. We've > recently learned that as organizers we're not really meeting the needs > of all the members. As we're already stretched thin and growing more > disconnected from the Madison area it is clear that we need to call it > quits. > > During September's meetup many expressed their needs and desires for > MadPUG. We think most of these needs are better suited to a mailing > list where people can organize tiny events themselves rather than a > meetup group. We had been discussing shutting down MadPUG long before > this, but September's meeting made it certain that we can't organize > the diverse set of events people want. > > We are not providing the option for someone to take over the meetup > for multiple reasons. The primary one is what we've already said: a > python meetup group in Madison does not serve what its attendees want > (and indeed, what they want can either be served by the mailing list > or by one of the other meetups already organized in town). Second, we > are committed to enforcing a Code of Conduct and refuse to hand off > the meetup group to anyone that isn't as passionate about it as we > are. Given the response to the Code of Conduct when it was introduced, > we do not believe any interested parties would come forward. We do not > want the group to continue without a Code of Conduct because it has > had one for years and its removal would introduce confusion and an > unsafe environment for those that depend on its presence. > > You can join the mailing list via > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/madison. November and > December's meetups will be organized via that mailing list and will > purely be social meetings compliant with our Code of Conduct (the > library reservations exist for your use for those two months only). > > Best, > Ian & Cea > > P.S. > > This was originally sent to the users of meetup.com who subscribed to > organizer messages. > _______________________________________________ > Madison mailing list > Madison at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/madison > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From betsy at python.org Tue Nov 15 14:22:44 2016 From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:22:44 -0800 Subject: [Madison-Python] PyCon US 2017 Call for Proposals & Deadlines - Madison Python User Group Message-ID: Hello Madison Python User Group, PyCon US's proposal application is open. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a tutorial, talk, poster, or the education summit, please check out https://us.pycon.org/2017/speaking/. ? The deadline to submit a tutorial proposal is coming up: November 30, 2016 AoE. ? The deadline to submit proposals for talks, poster, and the Education Summit is January 3, 2017 AoE. ? Financial aid is also accepting applications. Deadline is February 15, 2017 AoE (https://us.pycon.org/2017/financial-assistance/). ? PyCon US registration is open https://us.pycon.org/2017/registration/ and we still have early bird ticket rates available. Best Regards, Betsy -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: