Event: http://python.meetup.com/183/ PORPIG (Portland Python Interest Group) has restarted thanks to ZeOmega's Brad Allen, visiting from Dallas on a wxPython job involving document handling (Word -> OpenOffice -> PDF -> TIFF). He's working on the thick client for inhouse users, with others doing the Zope web server component. Jason cued me to SQLalchemy and Bar Camp: http://www.sqlalchemy.org/ http://barcamp.org/BarCampPortland Note: Freedom Toasters weren't the topic @ the London Summit, just they happened in South Africa, tend to be orange and black (pretty!): http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%22freedom+toasters%22 I bet Allen Taylor, in the adult Python for Wanderers I'm doing at the Linus Pauling house on Thursdays, will be intrigued by SQL Alchemy, given we writes SQL for Dummies, plus this other one: http://www.amazon.com/All-One-Reference-Dummies-Computer/dp/0470119284/ref=s... Finally I learned about this Python Advocacy group, different from python-marketing. I think I'll study the archive awhile. Chances are the ball is already rolling down the hill, gathering steam, plenty fast, doesn't really need more pushing from lil' me. Kirby