Hi Everyone, We have confirmed arrangements for two days of Sprints following PyCon Au this year. This will be a great opportunity to contribute to the Python ecosystem under the guidance of experienced developers, so bring your laptops! PyCon Australia is Australia's only conference dedicated exclusively to the Python programming language, and will be held at the Sydney Masonic Center over the weekend of August 20 and 21. See below for more information and updates on: 1. Post-Conference Sprints 2. Thanks to our Sponsors Please pass this message on to those you feel may be interested. Post-Conference Sprints ======================= We are taking up the global PyCon tradition of post-conference sprints this year at PyCon Au. A Sprint is an opportunity for people to get together and do focussed development on a project in a fun and welcoming atmosphere. Experienced developers will be on hand to help newcomers get started, so bring your laptops and take this opportunity to contribute to the Python ecosystem! The sprints will be held on the 22nd and 23rd of August at the Sydney Masonic Center. Sprint leaders and topics so far include: Nick Coghlan: Python core development Audrey Roy/Danny Greenfeld: Django and/or Packaginator Richard Jones: Python Package Index For more information and updates see: http://www.pycon-au.org/2011/sprints/ Please register your interest by emailing pycon-reg@pycon-au.org. Thanks to our Sponsors ====================== Thanks once again to the following companies for their continuing support of Python and for helping to make PyCon Australia 2011 a reality: Gold: Google http://www.google.com.au/ Gold: ComOps http://www.comops.com.au/ Silver: Anchor http://anchor.com.au/ Silver: Enthought http://www.enthought.com/ Silver: Python Software Foundation http://www.python.org/psf/ Silver: WingWare http://www.wingware.com/ Silver: Superior Recruitment http://superiorrecruitment.com.au/ Thanks also to Linux Australia, who provide the overarching legal and organisational structure for PyCon Australia. Ryan Kelly PyCon Australia 2011