[CentralOH] Ohio LinuxFest table

[Brian Costlow]

Eric, Catherine,

I don't care if you have a raffle, or you just do a sign-up sheet, but
after having to pay some attention to non-Python life for a few weeks, I
have some time to spend on COhPy/PyOhio stuff.

I'm willing to take the sheets and input them into Emma as well as into a
stand-alone CSV or postgres table dump for other purposes.



On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Eric Floehr <eric at intellovations.com>wrote:

> Catherine,
>
> Volunteers
>>   The complicated way:
>>     Make a preliminary list of time slots with volunteers at COHPy,
>> that would be great.  100% coverage is not necessary (unless we want a
>> cashbox for T-shirt sales, see below).  Then we can try an online
>> appeal to fill in blanks.
>>
>
>
> There will be a lot of helpers (I think) based on hands raised at the
> meeting.
>
>
> A big PyOhio sign
>
>   Do we have one?  Besides the legendary Shroud of PyOhio, which I may
>> or may not be able to find by Saturday.
>>
>
> We now have the legendary Shroud of Python, handed down from Stone
> Mountain by Brandon "Moses" Rhodes at last night's meeting.  There are also
> probably 100 (somewhat dusty, but still good) Python flyers.
>
>
>
>> "About Python" handouts .
>>   I have about 100 leftovers from last year.  A new handout would be
>> nice - something low in jargon, I think, since all buzzword-enhanced
>> programmers probably know something about Python by now anyway
>>
>
> Can someone make one? The ones with the shroud and the leftovers from last
> year are probably sufficient unless there is a creative individual out
> there with some time!
>
>
> PyOhio T-shirts to raffle
>>   And a jar to collect submissions
>>   And blank slips for people without business cards
>>   We should decide how exactly to run the raffle.  Should we draw once
>> in the early afternoon and again near the end of the day, and post the
>> names for people to pick up their shirts?  Should they need to pick it
>> up in person?
>>
>
> I'll bring the t-shirts, but honestly, we didn't end up doing anything
> with the email addresses last year, and it was a bit of a hassle to run, so
> I somewhat question a raffle's worth.
>
> I say instead, a free t-shirt to anyone who volunteers at the table!
>
>
>   Obviously, we'd love to put all raffle entrants on the PyOhio
>> announcement mailing list - but should it be opt-in or opt-out?
>>
>
> That ended up not happening last year, and we'd have to let them know they
> are signing up their email, etc. Maybe more trouble than it's worth? I'm
> sounding someone of a downer, I don't mean to be. Is there someone reading
> this willing to coordinate the raffle if we did it, which would include
> collecting emails, etc.?
>
>
> PyOhio T-shirts for sale
>>   Our same money-handling procedure should be used from PyOhio itself
>> - I don't actually know how this was run.  A Square application?  And
>> a cashbox?  With change?
>>
>
> I set up Square and have it on my phone. That's what we did for PyOhio. I
> don't have a cashbox, but could get one. With all the free t-shirts, do we
> think a lot of folks will be buying them for a $30 donation?
>
>
>
>>   And, in this case, someone will need to be in custody of cash all
>> the time - if we don't have a continual presence at the table, someone
>> will need to keep it on their person
>>
>
> I can bring my phone and square. I don't know if I'll be out to get a
> cashbox and change before this weekend. At PyOhio we used an envelope.
> Maybe we don't want to deal with cash?
>
>
>
>>   Also, one year, somebody brought an awesome stand that angled a
>> laptop screen nicely, but I don't remember who
>>
>
> That was me, and I'll bring it again. However, it would be nice to know if
> we have any power, because we'll run out a juice pretty quickly if not.
>
>
> Anything else?
>>
>
> I'll bring the non-checked-out COhPy library to sit out, along with a
> couple from my personal collection (Al Sweigart's two Python Computer Game
> books, Hello World!, etc.) that would show the range of application for
> Python.
>
> -Eric
>
>
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