I appreciate your concern for my request to hold meetings during the day, but if I'm the only one that prefers days, then its probably best to do evenings to accommodate the others.  I may not be able to attend, but maybe the group could put out a summary of the meeting or at least announce the topic ahead of time so I can make arrangements to be there when the topic was something I was interested in.

    -Jim

Benet Devereux wrote:
Actually, there was a request from Jim for during the day - which would mean weekend days for many of us - so possibly, if it wouldn't cause too much confusion, having (say) two meetings a month: one on a Saturday afternoon, and one on a weekday evening?

Regardless, I'll get in touch with Escape (which seems to work fairly well for most people) and see what the availability of rooms is like.

B.

--- On Tue, 5/5/09, Kevin Krenz <kevin.krenz@gmail.com> wrote:

  
From: Kevin Krenz <kevin.krenz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Madison] modest proposal: meet at geek dinner instead
To: "Madison Python Users' Group" <madison@python.org>
Received: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 8:43 PM
I'd be interested in participating,
too, though I'm just diving into Python. I also think
Escape would be a great place to meet.

Any ideas on what day of the week to meet and when
we're going to get started? I would prefer weekdays -
maybe Tuesday evenings?


Kevin

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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:44 PM,
Buran Ayuthia <the.ayuthias@googlemail.com>
wrote:

I am also interested in attending.



Buran



On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Tim Swast <tswast@gmail.com>
wrote:

    
I'm also a student on the UW Campus here. I'd
      
definitely be interested

    
in getting this going again, too.
      
--
      
Tim
      
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Farhan Ahmad <farhan@thebitguru.com>
      
wrote:

    
I would be interested in attending.  How many
        
people do we think we might

    
get?
        
- Farhan
        
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Max Lynch <ihasmax@gmail.com>
        
wrote:

    
I have never done any room reservation, but I
          
doubt it would be a

    
problem.  Do you know how best to go about
          
that?

    
As for flyers, there is a new mailing list for
          
CS students that I could

    
spam.
          
I'm fine with any location.  I might have
          
difficulty getting anywhere

    
outside of the campus area (I live by the
          
capitol).  I'm also of age so a

    
bar is fine with me too.
          
-max
          
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Chuck Martin
          
<cwurld@yahoo.com>
wrote:

    
Hi Max,
            
I think it would be great to get this
            
group going.

    
I tried to help Benet with this but I kind
            
of stumbled on trying to find

    
a place to hold meetings. I think it would
            
be great if we could have them on

    
campus - the business school has some
            
rooms that would be great for this.

    
The problem I ran into is that since I am
            
no longer a student, I could not

    
reserve a room. Maybe with you helping
            
out, that could change.

    
The other thing that I think we should do
            
is put up flyers (or whatever

    
medium students use these days) around
            
campus. My wife is a designer. I

    
think I could get her to whip something up
            
for us. I live out in the middle

    
of nowhere. So if you could post them,
            
that would be great.

    
Benet mentioned that the general thought
            
in the past was to make these

    
events more social - perhaps have them at
            
a bar. I think it would be very

    
difficult to discuss these things at a
            
bar. So my preference would be to

    
start the meeting in a quieter place, then
            
migrate to a bar. The study pub

    
at Fluno is pretty nice.
            
In any case, it would be nice to get to
            
know you. I too am an

    
entrepreneur. I use python all the time. I
            
do a lot of work in Django.

    
Best,
            
Chuck
            
--- On Tue, 5/5/09, Max Lynch <ihasmax@gmail.com>
            
wrote:

    
From: Max Lynch <ihasmax@gmail.com>
              
Subject: Re: [Madison] modest
              
proposal: meet at geek dinner instead

    
To: "Madison Python Users'
              
Group" <madison@python.org>

    
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 9:42 AM
              
Hey guys,
              
I was just seeing if there were any
              
plans to start back up

    
the madpython group?  I would be
              
interested in getting to

    
know you guys.  I'm an undergrad
              
at UW starting a

    
startup and we use python
              
extensively..  I love it.

    
-max lynch
              
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 9:43 PM,
              
craig petty <perlsyntax@hotmail.com>
              
wrote:
              
It be better on weekend becuase i
              
work 2 shift.

    
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:30:55
                
-0600

    
From: jim@qlf.com
                
To: benetd@yahoo.com;
                
madison@python.org
              
Subject: Re: [Madison] modest
                
proposal: meet at geek

    
dinner instead
              
I would prefer it during the
                
week during business

    
hours, but I don't
              
know how that affects others.
                
 It would work best for

    
me.
              
    -Jim
                
Benet Devereux wrote:
                
The fourth-Tuesday slot has
                  
been pretty

    
thoroughly trumped by the Web608 geek
              
dinner (http://web608.org/). For

    
the
              
remainder of the year, I suggest that
              
instead of meeting at

    
the library, we should just merge
              
with the geek dinner,

    
given how small our attendance has
              
been anyway.

    
For the New Year, the
                  
current thoughts are:

    
1) move to a different day,
                  
possibly during the

    
day on the weekend
              
2) move to a venue with
                  
food/coffee/drink

    
3) have more scheduled
                  
presentations and such

    
So any thoughts about that
                  
are welcome.

    
B.
                  
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