[Chicago] March Chipy Meeting

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Pete <pfein at pobox.com> writes:

> On Thursday February 21 2008 12:29:50 pm Ian Bicking wrote:
>> DeanG wrote:
>> > Is there any interest in devoting part of this meeting to a Q&A and/or
>> > Retrospective of a successful Python User Group?
>>
>> I also don't know if ChiPy can shine a whole lot of light on the matter
>> -- the group seems to do fairly well despite our organizational
>> abilities, not because of it.
>
> Heh, yeah.  Our recipe seems to be:
>
> 1. Mailing list
> 2. Chicago awesomeness
> 3. Profit!

It probably also helps that ChiPy has a pretty specific schedule.  Not
just "whenever another meeting is ready" but "every second thursday of
every month".

> Seriously tho, this came up in conversation at Pycon last year, and reflects a 
> trend I've noticed about volunteer organizations here in general.  We just 
> tend to do things bigger and better.  Maybe it's the blue-collar work ethic, 
> or a talk-less-do-more attitude.  I dunno.
>
> I mean really, it doesn't take much to get Chipy buttons made, for example.  
> Someone comes up with an idea & a design, and then there are buttons.  
> Adhocracy at it's finest.
>
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