Mailman 3 May 2017 - Pycon-openspaces

BoF/openspace feedback
by Mahmoud Hashemi 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

To the amazing (and no doubt exhausted) PyCon organizers, This year I ran around 6 open spaces, and they were some of the best I've been involved in, in many, many ways. However, I do have some ideas for making them even better. Figured I'd send them your way while they're fresh. In short: * Whiteboards * Projectors * Sanctioned means to collaborate and keep in touch. An etherpad for shared notetaking and collaboration would be excellent. Google Docs are perhaps a bit too personal (with usernames, etc.) * A schedule gridded according to talk schedules (missing two talks stressed some folks out) I love the way the rooms were physically grouped together. I think this might be enhanced if people had some way of labeling the rooms as the sessions start so people don't have to go all the way over to the board. Paper and markers and tape would be fine. If there's anything I can do to help with this in the future, please let me know. Thank you again for the amazing conference! Mahmoud

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Projector for open space event?
by Rishi Gupta 18 May '17

18 May '17

Hi! We (Zulip) are planning on running a few workshops for new and existing contributors to Zulip; e.g. how to get started contributing to Zulip, and an overview of Zulip's technical architecture. It would help a lot to have access to a projector set-up. Is there any chance there is an open space with a projector? We're expecting ~20 people to attend from the existing Zulip community, and hopefully many more who we don't already know :). Thank you! Rishi

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Open Spaces blog post
by Anna Ossowski 15 May '17

15 May '17

Hello everyone! I had it on my calendar for today to take a final look at the Open Spaces blog post. The blog post is almost good to go, we just need to add a sentence or two about the Open Spaces bot and explain the promotional aspect of using our hashtag. The blog post is here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLf… <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvEyX-xH6VccLpL5TK_EcWt5me0Y6tlMP4QOwLf…> Hobson and Trey, would one of you be able to add the part that is missing to the blog post and then give Brandon the final go once you’ve done so please? Hobson gave me instructions on how to test the Open Spaces bot but I have been busy with conferences and work and I am going on a much needed work-free (that also includes volunteer work) vacation on Wednesday for a week so I actually won’t have time to test the bot before I leave. I was planning on having time to test the bot today or tomorrow but I had something come up at work and I actually have to put my job before my volunteer work this time, which is something that I rarely do and which I feel bad about. I trust Hobson that the bot works. If however one of you still would like to test the bot, please reach out to Hobson for instructions. Thank you all for your help in making the Open Spaces awesome again this year! Anna --------------------------------- You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone.

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Mozilla Science Lab Open Space at PyCon
by danielle robinson 15 May '17

15 May '17

Hi! I am a fellow with Mozilla Science Lab <https://science.mozilla.org/> and I'll be at PyCon this year. I'd like to run a Mozilla Science Community open space. I'll talk to anyone who wants to know more about our community, mini-grants <https://science.mozilla.org/blog/mini-grant-cfp>, or fellowship program <https://science.mozilla.org/programs/fellowships> (applications due tomorrow). Let me know if you need more information! Danielle Danielle C. Robinson, PhD 2016 Fellow @MozillaScience <https://twitter.com/mozillascience?lang=en> Oregon Health & Science University @daniellecrobins <https://twitter.com/daniellecrobins>

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Python for VFX, animation and Post Production OpenSpace
by Aaron Estrada 15 May '17

15 May '17

We would are organizing an Open Space Friday 5/19 around the topic of Python and Open Source Software for VFX, animation and Post Production. If you are interested in Python and use it for C.G.I. Animation, VFX and traditional picture post production for film and television we'd love to meet you! Aaron Estrada | CEO M: 818-414-1502 | E: aaron(a)metapipe.com <ethan(a)metapipe.com> *[image: MetaPipe.io] <http://metapipe.com>* Artist Friendly Cloud Compute for VFX and Animation

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