Good point, Betsy!

I took this wording from the open spaces section on the PyCon website. I personally think this demonstrates the scope of the open spaces and basically says „it doesn’t have to be super technical and serious, anything two or more people are interested in which sounds fun and doesn’t go against the CoC is possible“. I think the wording is fine for contacting wider groups of people like PyLadies, Django Girls, etc, which was my original intention. If we contact individuals we should indeed consider changing the wording.

Thoughts from others?

Best,

Anna

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Am 21.03.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Betsy Waliszewski <betsy@python.org>:

I hope you don't mind my $.02. I was wondering about the reference to an open space talk about yoga or nail painting and thinking about how that would sound to someone who had a talk rejected. It makes it sound less "serious" than a proposed talk. I wouldn't want folks who didn't have their talk chosen to be offended by being offered an opportunity in the "2nd tier" of gatherings.

Best,

Betsy

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Brandon Rhodes <pycon.brandon@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you, Anna!

Here is a light edit for you to consider — the main tweak that I made was to change the idea of the “open spaces headquarters” to the official name “Open Spaces Committee” so that they realize who, exactly, on the conference Staff web page you correspond to. :)

Oh, and I also mentioned up front that the meeting rooms are free, so that they realize they don't have to pay.

How are you going to make sure it only goes to people attending PyCon, and not people who are skipping this year, or who missed the deadline and are sad?

Thanks again, everyone! It's so much fun to have a whole committee excited about Open Spaces this year. :)

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Hello [insert name],

It’s only a few more weeks until PyCon 2016 in Portland, Oregon! We on the Open Spaces Committee are getting really excited. We noticed that you are involved in a Python project that PyCon attendees might be interested in — and we wanted to get you thinking about hosting an open space at PyCon this year.

Open spaces are little one-hour meetups during the three main conference days, held in free meeting rooms that PyCon provides. People come together and talk about their favorite topics and ideas, or enjoy activities like yoga, painting their nails, and playing board games. Any topic that two or more attendees are interested in, or any activity that more than two people would like to do, is a great candidate for an open space.

You may ask: what’s so awesome about the open spaces? They offer groups the ability to self-gather, self-define, and self-organize in a way that often doesn’t happen anywhere else at PyCon.

The first opportunity to reserve an open space slot will be during the PyCon opening reception. For more information regarding the open spaces, please see this [blog post](insert link to Anna’s blog post).

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our committee at pycon-openspaces@python.org.

We look forward to a great PyCon US 2016 and to many great open spaces!

Anna Ossowski, Kinga Kieczkowska, & Hobson Lane

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