Good news, a sponsor has given us a larger than normal donation to help
cover ChiPy expenses for the next 6 months.
I filed with the state of illinois and the irs as non-profit so we could
open a bank account. If you ever want to see a statement, let me know.
The sponsor does not want their name on the internet for giving the donation
so I will tell you in person who it was if you ask me. They did not do it
for and do not want publicity because they just want to support the good
things we do. I think they were particularly interested in things like our
educational and mentoring programs as well as our traditional monthly
meetings.
How will we spend? I would like to see business as usual and help cover the
gap with things fall apart like if a host can not provide food. Of course,
we want to be frugal because these resources by no means are limitless nor
do they cover all of our needs for the next year. Nonetheless, this is a
step in the right direction for ChiPy and I think as others see the good
things we do, they too will be interested in supporting ChiPy.
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Brian Ray
--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Ray <brianhray(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:53 PM
Subject: ChiPy Donation
To: XXXXXX
XXXX:
Thanks for the $5k, 100% of it is going to be used to expand the
organization ChiPy (Chicago Python User Group) which benefits Chicago by:
- holding monthly meetings with presentations about the Python
Programming Language
- recording meetings and presenting those for public consumption
- educate the community on Python
- mentor programers in finding job placement
- mentoring employers in finding talent
- sponsor open source efforts
The donations will be used for things like:
- purchasing food and drink for meetings
- covering other meeting expenses
- hosting of the chipy.org website and marketing efforts
- Purchasing A/V equipment
- recording and distribution of meetings
- Food, drink, and materials for The ChiPy Mentoring Project and other
educational efforts.
Again, thank you for your kindness. I look forward to helping the
organization grow and continue to do good things in Chicago.
Sincerely,
Brian Ray
ChiPy Organizer
Chicago Python User Group
=====================
RSVP now at http://chipy.org/
We have a friggen' awesome line up this month for ChiPy.
We return to ITA for the first time in a long time for a huge Python
<-> Erlang smack down. Dan and Garrett have both presented at ChiPy
many times in the past and have always amazed the audience with their
knowledge, humor, and gosh-darn good looks.
For those who do not care much about the Smack down or just need
something *more*. There will be lightening talks on social development
with Python. One lightening talk will be use the Python Bindings of
the Facebook Graph API. More to come... This is going to rock !
We may get a live stream from DjangoCon. We will boycott tech cocktail
:p This is where nerds go, chipy.org. Seriously, this will be a small
group and you will get a chance to meet some great Python developers
(and perhaps some Erlang developers too!?). No prior coding experience
required. All levels welcome.
Forward this to others!
When: September 8th 2011 7 p.m
Where: ITA 15th Floor 200 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 312.435.2805
Join us for the best meeting ever!
ITA is close to all sorts of public transit.
IF you drive, please visit our Pizza Sponsor's Site SpotHero:
http://spothero.com/ita-/-technexus/chipy-loop-meeting-09-08-2011
$6 loop parking. Wow what a deal. And hey folks, written in Python.
Winers of the Apps for Chicago Contest
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/30/parking-spot-website-wins_n_942388…
Plus, they are buying us Pizza. yay, SpotHero your our Hero!
You will need to RSVP at http://chipy.org/
RSVP Quick Links:
YES http://chipy.org/meetings/rsvp/38/yes
MAYBE http://chipy.org/meetings/rsvp/38/maybe
Topics
------
Python Threads vs Erlang Processes: An Epic Concurrency Smackdown
(:30 Thirty Minutes)
By: Garrett Smith
Why Python and Why Erlang
(:30 Thirty Minutes)
By: Daniel Griffin
Social networking Lightening Talks
(:25 Twenty-Five Minutes)
By: Various Artists
Facebook API, Twitter API, OAUTH2, all things social.
About the group
---------------
ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs.
Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago. Also,
ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational efforts
in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info.
ChiPy website: <http://chipy.org>
ChiPy Mailing List: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago>
ChiPy Announcement *ONLY* Mailing List:
<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chipy-announce>
Python website: <http://python.org>
