OK, that's looks like a great start. Will go from there.<br><br>Arthur<br><br><div style="margin: 0pt;" name="sig_e3baea01b3"></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Brad Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bradallen137@gmail.com">bradallen137@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks, Arthur. I'll be travelling on Thursday and Friday, so a<br>
weekend meeting works best for me. I'm planning to work on the<br>
schedule this Saturday as well, and maybe do more publicity work,<br>
especially along the lines of getting us more swag.<br>
<br>
Anybody who wants to work with me on this can join the #dfwpython irc<br>
channel on Freenode this Saturday; I'll be on and off all day. We can<br>
set meeting times if anyone is interested.<br>
<br>
As far as questions about the data go, here are a few:<br>
<br>
* How many attending beginners have no programming experience?<br>
* What is the percentage breakdown of t-shirt sizes for confirmed<br>
attendees, and for "maybe" attendees<br>
* Put together a list of "maybe" attendees who filled out email<br>
addresses, so we can follow up and find out if they are planning to<br>
attend. Hopefully once the schedule materializes decisions will be<br>
made.<br>
* Put together a list of email addresses of respondents who were<br>
professors and students, so I can contact them to see if they can help<br>
spread the word.<br>
* Help me understand the spreadsheet you created showing the<br>
comparative interest breakdowns of beginners/non-beginners. (Hopefully<br>
we can discuss that over IRC or phone)<br>
* Identify cities which don't have a Python user group, and<br>
respondents indicated an interest. Maybe we can help them get the<br>
group started, and PyTexas would be a good opportunity to meet and<br>
discuss that.<br>
<br>
<br>
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Arthur Aguirre<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><<a href="mailto:aguirre.arthur@gmail.com">aguirre.arthur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I am available tomorrow evening or late afternoons over the weekend for<br>
> those who'd like to go over the survey results. Apologizes for falling off<br>
> the map, I've been under the weather.<br>
><br>
> Any upfront requests about how to cut the data would be useful so that it<br>
> can be set-up beforehand.<br>
><br>
> Thanks.<br>
> Arthur<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Brad Allen <<a href="mailto:bradallen137@gmail.com">bradallen137@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> We currently have 76 PyTexas 2010 survey respondents, and Arthur has<br>
>> done some work at organizing the results. The survey is not really<br>
>> closed yet, and we may get a flood of students in August. However for<br>
>> the results to be useful we should probably go ahead and interpret<br>
>> what we have now. We can revisit again later if there is a flood of<br>
>> new respondents.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for working on this Arthur. I took a look at your spreadsheet<br>
>> the other day for a few minutes but had trouble understanding it. I'm<br>
>> jammed up at work and don't have a lot of time to study these results.<br>
>> Maybe at some point we could have an IRC meeting to discuss the<br>
>> summary results, and include other PyTexas organizers. Anytime this<br>
>> weekend would be a good time for me. Will you be available?<br>
>><br>
>> If anyone is interested in helping analyze the survey results, please<br>
>> let Arthur and I know, and one of us will send you the survey results<br>
>> links. Let's plan for an IRC meeting sometime this weekend to discuss<br>
>> the results and cover any other PyTexas organization issues still<br>
>> pending. We also need to work on the schedule.<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Arthur Aguirre<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:aguirre.arthur@gmail.com">aguirre.arthur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Hi guys,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Here is a link to a Google spreadsheet with the results requested<br>
>> > below. In<br>
>> > the report, after all the Q6 break out tables, is a summary table which<br>
>> > shows percent of respondents who responded with a 4 or 5 (top choice)<br>
>> > for<br>
>> > each interest category - so will be useful for gauging the greatest<br>
>> > interest<br>
>> > for each group.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > This would have been easier to send as a Survey Monkey xtab but<br>
>> > apparently I<br>
>> > don't pay for that level of functionality so it a took a bit longer to<br>
>> > build<br>
>> > up in SPSS especially given some of the tools limits on data export<br>
>> > functionality.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Anyway, the data are in an organized format now so if other cuts would<br>
>> > be<br>
>> > useful they'll be easier to update going forward.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Arthur<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Arthur Aguirre<br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:aguirre.arthur@gmail.com">aguirre.arthur@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Yes, not a problem - should have that available by tomorrow morning.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Arthur<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Brad Allen <<a href="mailto:bradallen137@gmail.com">bradallen137@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >> wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> No, it's not too late. Our biggest need right now is for beginner<br>
>> >>> level talks, since I've been advertising that we'll have a beginner<br>
>> >>> track but we have no volunteers for that yet.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Right now 18 people on the survey have identified themselves as<br>
>> >>> beginners, and we might get more after the students return from summer<br>
>> >>> vacation and hopefully receive the PyTexas email from their<br>
>> >>> professors.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Arthur, would you be able slice the survey data to find out how many<br>
>> >>> of those 18 indicate they will be attending, and what interest<br>
>> >>> categories they have? My first thought is for a Python 101 tutorial<br>
>> >>> in the morning, and a mix of Python beginner topics in the afternoon,<br>
>> >>> but the survey may shed some light on beginner interest categories.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Anyway, I'm excited to hear you're attending, Greg, and doubly glad<br>
>> >>> you have an interest in doing a beginner talk. :-) That makes two<br>
>> >>> long-distance attendees coming from outside Texas. (The other is<br>
>> >>> coming from Kansas City to bring AV equipment and help with recording<br>
>> >>> video).<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Greg Lindstrom<br>
>> >>> <<a href="mailto:gslindstrom@gmail.com">gslindstrom@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>> wrote:<br>
>> >>> > I will plan on attending; I am giving a talk at pyOhio, is it too<br>
>> >>> > late<br>
>> >>> > to<br>
>> >>> > submit a beginner-level talk?<br>
>> >>> > --greg<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Brad Allen <<a href="mailto:bradallen137@gmail.com">bradallen137@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>> > wrote:<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> Thanks for following up, Janet. Earlier today I was asked to submit<br>
>> >>> >> a<br>
>> >>> >> formal request to the PSF to fund the t-shirts, and I thought I<br>
>> >>> >> include the quote you sent me which was about $1000 for 200 shirts.<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> So far we have 76 respondents to our survey, but the students are<br>
>> >>> >> not<br>
>> >>> >> yet back where they can be reached by the profs. So we might get a<br>
>> >>> >> big<br>
>> >>> >> spike after students return from summer vacation. 200 shirts might<br>
>> >>> >> be<br>
>> >>> >> too many but I'd rather have too many than too few.<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> You mentioned we could notify you as late as Aug 1; is that still<br>
>> >>> >> reasonable? Greg, are you likely to be able to attend and deliver<br>
>> >>> >> the<br>
>> >>> >> shirts yourself?<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Janet Lindstrom<br>
>> >>> >> <<a href="mailto:elegantstitches@gmail.com">elegantstitches@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>> >> > Brad,<br>
>> >>> >> ><br>
>> >>> >> > Did your group make a decision on the conference t-shirts? I<br>
>> >>> >> > realized I<br>
>> >>> >> > hadn't heard back from you in a while. Did you need more<br>
>> >>> >> > information<br>
>> >>> >> > from<br>
>> >>> >> > me on anything?<br>
>> >>> >> ><br>
>> >>> >> > Thanks,<br>
>> >>> >> > Janet L.<br>
>> >>> >> ><br>
>> >>> >> > --<br>
>> >>> >> > Elegant Stitches Embroidery<br>
>> >>> >> > Embroidered Garments and Accessories<br>
>> >>> >> > Conway, AR<br>
>> >>> >> > <a href="http://www.companycasuals.com/elegantstitchesconway" target="_blank">http://www.companycasuals.com/elegantstitchesconway</a><br>
>> >>> >> ><br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
><br>
><br>
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