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It's that time once again: time to start planning for the 2016
Python Language Summit! This year the summit will be at the Oregon
Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, USA, on May 28th. Sadly,
again this year Michael Foord won't be in attendance. Barry Warsaw
and I are running the summit for the second time.<br>
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The purpose of the event is to disseminate information and spark
conversation among Python core developers. It's our once-a-year
chance to get together and hash out where we're going and what we're
doing, face-to-face.<br>
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We're making two minor changes this year. First: we're going to
experiment with lightning talks! We may have a bunch at the end, or
we may throw some in between longer presentations--not sure yet,
we'll see how it goes. In the grand tradition of lightning talks,
they'll be scheduled exclusively on the day of the summit. We'll
provide a whiteboard or other drawable surface in case you don't
show up with slides, and wild gesticulation isn't enough.<br>
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Second: we're using a Google Form to collect signups. This one form
lets you request an invitation to the summit, and also optionally
propose a talk. Please note: filling out the form does not
guarantee you an invitation. Space is limited; if you're a core
developer, your request for invitation *will* be honored, but we may
need to restrict attendance for others. (Sorry!) Barry and I will
email the invitations separately.<br>
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Signups are open as of now, and will remain open for six weeks,
closing April 12th. But it'll only take you a minute to fill out
the form, so you might as well do it right now! Signing up sooner
will make our lives easier, too.<br>
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You'll find a link to the signup form on the summit's official web
page, here:<br>
<blockquote><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://us.pycon.org/2016/events/langsummit/">https://us.pycon.org/2016/events/langsummit/</a><br>
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One final note. Again this year we're inviting Jake Edge from Linux
Weekly News to attend the summit and provide press coverage. In
case you missed it, Jake did a phenomenal job of covering last
year's summit, giving the reader a very thorough overview of what
happened.<br>
<blockquote><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://lwn.net/Articles/639773/">https://lwn.net/Articles/639773/</a><br>
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Some attendees were worried last year about sharing private or
proprietary information in front of a reporter. Jake, Barry, and I
want to assure you that it's just not a problem. Jake's not there
to embarrass anybody or get anybody in trouble. He said he'd be
happy to work with any attendees about any discussions you want
considered "off the record".<br>
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We hope to see you at the summit!<br>
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[BL]arry
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