Mailman 3 August 2012 - PyCon-ZA

Guest speaker
by Simon Cross Aug. 31, 2012

Aug. 31, 2012

Greetings Since sponsorship is going well it looks like we'll be able to fund one or two guest international speakers [1]. I'm going to put feelers out to some of the core Python developers and a few other people I'm keen to have speak but suggestions for people to approach would be greatly appreciated. Once we have a short list of possibilities, I'll post it to this list and hopefully get consensus on who to extend invitations to. [1] The number depends a bit on the cost of their flights and accommodation, etc. Schiavo Simon

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Recording just the primary talk track
by Simon Cross Aug. 23, 2012

Aug. 23, 2012

Greetings We've been made an offer to record just the primary talk for free. Is everyone happy to just have the primary track recorded? The secondary track room can be sub-divided into three smaller rooms so we may lose some flexibility if we have a complex AV setup there anyway. Schiavo Simon

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Current attendee numbers
by Simon Cross Aug. 23, 2012

Aug. 23, 2012

Greetings We're now at 60 people signed up. Of those: * 24 are student registrations * 8 are corporate registrations * 28 are individual registrations We're a bit behind marking people as paid though -- only two are marked as paid and I know more people have paid than that. Wendy, would you chase that when you get the chance? Schiavo Simon

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Official call for speakers
by Neil Muller Aug. 23, 2012

Aug. 23, 2012

Since the website is now running, and we seem to have settled on a final submission deadline, we need to send out a call for speakers real soon now (tm). I'd like to see that sent out no later than Wednesday. We probably need a quick go-round on the actual text beforehand - I expect we can lift a lot of the details from other pycon call for speakers and just fill in a few pycon-za specific bits, so that should not be too hard to do. The current list of places to send it to is, AFAIK: * python-announce * clug * ctpug * LEAD (durban Linux group) * glug * gapugsa * Code bridge * Ubuntu ZA * SPIN-SA The list is a bit linux-centric though - any other groups we could hit? -- Neil Muller drnlmuller(a)gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool?

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Deadline for talk submissions
by Maciej Fijalkowski Aug. 23, 2012

Aug. 23, 2012

We should put on website a clear indication what's the deadline for talk submission.

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Re: [pycon-za] Recording talks at PyConZA
by Simon Cross Aug. 23, 2012

Aug. 23, 2012

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Stefano Rivera <stefano(a)rivera.za.net> wrote: > Either we do it ourselves, and put in the effort beforehand + during the > conference, when the energy is there. Or we give the problem to people > who are paid :) Completely agreed. Although we don't have a huge budget, I'm sure we can find some budget. We might be able to cover buying two VGA frame grabbers, for example (which appear to be about $500 each). We just can't afford $4000 per day (the price quoted on Next Day Video). Now that I know what we need I'll motivate for it at the meeting with Speakers Corner people on Wednesday morning (btw, if anyone wants to be in on that Skype call -- please shout). Schiavo Simon

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Riak ambassadors for PyConZA
by Simon Cross Aug. 22, 2012

Aug. 22, 2012

Greetings Basho have put out all call for Riak ambassadors to PyConZA -- http://basho.com/blog/technical/2012/08/23/Riak-ambassadors-needed-for-PyCo…. We need to spread the word. I've tweeted about it via @pyconza. Any other thoughts about how to get the word out. I'd like to put the link on the website somewhere -- the question is where. Maybe a news panel on the front page? Suggestions welcome. Schiavo Simon

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Fwd: Recording just the primary talk track
by Simon Cross Aug. 22, 2012

Aug. 22, 2012

Oops. Replied just to Jonathan. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Jonathan Endersby <jonathan.endersby(a)praekeltconsulting.com> wrote: > Are we talking about video and audio or just audio? Video and audio. > Who is the company? What are their credentials etc... Gift horse in mouth, > but we should make sure they're not going to mess it up. Michael Adeyeye from Asmic Computers. Some of the recordings they've done: 1. POSSE SA http://bit.ly/IlCZgB [~909MB] http://bit.ly/IzArjj [~520MB] 2. CPUT FOSHS '12 http://bit.ly/S475LV http://bit.ly/PCfRkV 3. Google I/O EXtended http://bit.ly/NZUg0i Schiavo Simon

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Confirming first few speakers
by Simon Cross Aug. 22, 2012

Aug. 22, 2012

Greetings We have firm offers for talks from: * Larry Hastings (Stepping through CPython -- his PyCon US 2012 talk) * Armin Rigo & Maciej Fijałkowski (New Approaches to Concurrency in Python -- a talk about STM, the GIL, etc) And from: * Edward van Kuik (How to open a bar in Python) Edward is a long-time CTPUG supporter, owner of nitric.co.za and currently runs a bar with a lot of funky features using software he wrote himself in Python. If there are no objections (speak now) I'd like to accept these three talks just to get the speaker ball rolling. Schiavo Simon

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Fwd: Covering PyCon '12
by Simon Cross Aug. 20, 2012

Aug. 20, 2012

I received the offer below from Michael Adeyeye of Asmic Computers to provide video. I've asked for details (what they need from the organizers, speakers, time required for post processing, costs). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Adeyeye <micadeyeye(a)ngportal.com> Date: Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:41 PM Subject: Covering PyCon '12 To: team(a)pyconza.ctpug.org.za, sam(a)speakerscorner.co.za Hi, I am Michael Adeyeye, a senior research fellow at CPUT and an entrepreneur (Asmic Computers Nig./SA). The reason I am contacting you is that my company would like to record presentations at PyCon '12. The company offers IT services and has worked for NGOs, government parastatals and private firms to date. We would be happy to help record presentations at the event as we have done for past events, such as POSSE SA (http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_South_Africa) and CPUT FOSHS '12 (http://www.cput.ac.za/about/events/open-source-and-hardware-symposium). Below are some of recordings we've done: 1. POSSE SA http://bit.ly/IlCZgB [~909MB] http://bit.ly/IzArjj [~520MB] 2. CPUT FOSHS '12 http://bit.ly/S475LV http://bit.ly/PCfRkV 3. Google I/O EXtended http://bit.ly/NZUg0i We look forward to your reply. Regards, Michael Adeyeye. Lead Developer, Asmic Computers.

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