Dear Python User:
I am pleased to be able to announce that the submission
process for PyCon DC 2004 is now open. Please direct your
browser to
http://submit.pycon.org/
and create your account by entering your email address and
leaving the password field blank - a password will be sent
to you by email, and you can submit your paper!
Please remember that your submissions should ideally be in
a single file, containing HTML or the reStructured Text
format. Ultimately we would like to …
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accepted papers on the web, and these rules should make it
easier to do so. Send enquiries about other formats to
pycon-organizers(a)python.org
If your paper is accepted and you prepare an electronic
presentation (in PDF, PythonPoint or PowerPoint) we will
also happily publish that on the web site when PyCon is over.
We are interested in any and all submissions about uses of
Python and the development of the language. Since there is
expected to be a strong educational community presence for
the next PyCon, teaching materials of various kinds are also
encouraged.
Please help us to make the next PyCon even better than the
first one. See you in March!
Sincerely
Steve Holden
Chairman
PyCon DC 2004
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Dear Python User:
We have received many enquiries asking "When and how will
I be able to submit my paper to PyCon DC 2004?". This is
encouraging news - from the correspondence to date it seems
that there will be some interesting and exciting presentations
next March.
Please be patient as the system to handle submissions goes
through to completion. When it is ready, look for a further
announcement in the same place as this one.
Just a reminder, while I have your attention. Submissions
should …
[View More]ideally be in a single file, containing HTML or the
reStructured Text format. At a pinch we will be prepared to
accept PDF, and either tar or zip files containing sets of
coordinated documents (such as an HTML master and the graphics
to which it refers). Ulitmately we would like to publish all
accepted papers on the web, and these rules should make it
easier to do so.
If your paper is accepted and you prepare an electronic
presentation (in PDF, PythonPoint or PowerPoint) we will
also happily publish that on the web site when PyCon is over.
So, have at it! Anything describing the uses of Python, or
better ways of teaching it, neat tricks for developers and
suggestions for improvement to the language or its community
is fair game. It's likely we will have a larger proportion of
students attending in 2004, so we are particularly encouraging
presentations with an educational spin, including material
of a more introductory nature.
Don't forget, too, that even if you don't want to make a formal
presentation, the Open Space sessions and other informal activities
will give everyone plenty of chance to contribute what they know
and discuss what they need. PyCon should be *the* place to go
to learn more about Python. Please help to ensure this is so.
Sincerely
Steve Holden
Chairman
PyCon DC 2004
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Dear Python User:
You have probably been wondering why you haven't yet heard
that PyCon has opened its doors for registration. Well, we
are a volunteer organization, and it often takes more time
than anticipated to put things together. Welcome to the
world of open source :-)
I am happy to be able to tell you that thanks to sterling
work by Trevor Toenjes we are now in a position to accept
your registrations. All you need to do is navigate to
http://dc2004reg.pycon.org/
and make the …
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opportunity to add a PSF donation to the registration fee,
and I hope many of you will follow my example and donate a
little extra to assist the Foundation in its goals.
There is still lots to be done -- for example, we are *also*
late with the system to accept submissions, so the original
December 1 deadline will be extended by at least a month to
ensure that everyone gets plenty of chance to submit papers
telling us what they've been up to with Python.
We are also encouraging students to attend the conference by
giving them a significant reduction from the standard fee,
and we hope that this will result in even wider participation
by the educational community.
Last year was an exciting departure from the traditional
"professional" conference format, and I hope that we will be
able to improve on it next time. I look forward to seeing you
there!
Sincerely
Steve Holden
Chairman
PyCon DC 2004
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