<div>I'm all for having PyTexas in Austin for 2012. I'm one of the principle organizers of the Texas Linux Fest (<a href="http://www.texaslinuxfest.org">www.texaslinuxfest.org</a>), which takes place in Austin in the spring. TXLF had ~350 attendees in our inaugural 2010 gathering and ~550 this past April. We've already scoped out most of the venues in town, and I have a pretty good idea of their capacity, amenities, and cost. I'd be happy to help make PyTexas in Austin a success. </div>
<div><br>--Victor Trac</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Travis Swicegood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:travis@domain51.com">travis@domain51.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Howdy all;<div><br></div><div>Talk about timing -- emailing the list about the 2012 PyTexas has been on my todo list for the last day. Guess I can mark it off now. :-)</div>
<div><br></div><div>A few of my co-organizers for the Austin Web Python group and I would like to get PyTexas 2012 in Austin. It definitely makes sense for there to be someone "on-the-ground" here that can deal with getting a venue squared away and such, so I'd be happy to step up as chair if PyTexas in Austin sounds like a good idea to everyone else.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As far as the sales pitch, I think Austin needs no introduction as to what it can handle. In addition to the standard mega-conferences, tx.js, html5.tx, and Code Works all happen here in Austin that draw similar sizes to what I think we could get for a PyTexas -- a few hundred devs. We've got options for hotels, both UT and St. Edwards (where both Code Works and html5.tx were held this past year) for university options for hosting plus all of the traditional venues (Alamo Drafthouse, hotels, etc.).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div>-T</div><div><br></div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Brad Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bradallen137@gmail.com" target="_blank">bradallen137@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
Would anyone like to take on the chairman role for PyTexas 2012? I<br>
would like to step down and make way for the next person to take on<br>
the challenge, while making myself available to help as a volunteer<br>
and mentor to the next chairman.<br>
<br>
The chairman role going forward will hopefully be easier and require<br>
less time commitment, now that the group of volunteers has grown so<br>
large. For example, one person has already mentioned they could take<br>
on sponsorship coordination responsibilities. There is also an<br>
energetic team who has volunteered to built out additional<br>
functionality in the PyTexas website.<br>
<br>
The next couple of months is a good time to start thinking about what<br>
we want to do for PyTexas 2011. Do we want to follow the same format,<br>
or possibly consider a BarCamp-style unconference? Should we plan for<br>
a meeting or sprint at PyCon? Do we want to hold it in College Station<br>
again this year? There was some talk about larger spaces being<br>
available.<br>
<br>
The sooner we can establish leadership, the sooner we can make<br>
important decisions which will enable a successful conference next<br>
year.<br>
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