[Chicago] python workshops for beginners

[sheila miguez]

Not entirely off-topic.

I made a meetup group to be a namespace for containing workshop meetings.
Based on the people who've joined, there is some interest in workshops of
all levels. I would love to have a good cadence of workshops established.

If there is a regular block of time where a workshop happens come help or
high water that we will make a lot of people happy learners. I think I'll
start a new thread on workshop logistics.

Btw, based on comments that people say when they sign up, meetup users
aren't all aware of the existence of chipy. After seeing comments from
people saying that they'd like to meet other python developers, I changed
the group description to try and highlight chipy more. I'd like people to
take a look at the group description to offer suggestions on ways I can
highlight chipy more so that people definitely know about it.

http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Python-Workshop/?showFullDesc=true
 On Jul 23, 2012 5:38 PM, "Tim Ottinger" <tottinge at gmail.com> wrote:

> I came in late, so this is relevant to the topic, but otherwise pretty
> non-sequitor,
> but I have an intro to python that I have given a few times. Is there a
> local
> audience in N. Burbs who would like to see it? Maybe i could go present
> it as "python for first-timers" or the like. It's an intro to OO and
> Python, really.
>
> tim
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Daniel Peters <danieltpeters at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > complete guess, but there's a Linux-oriented computer recycling place
> > literally down the street from my house. I'd be totally down to go and
> put
> > up a poster/sheet of paper, etc, maybe even duck into one of the meetings
> > and make an announcement if they're cool with that.  Its Free Geek
> Chicago
> >
> > http://freegeekchicago.org/
> >
> > while there are a lot of men, I've also seen many women there.   I
> haven't
> > ever devoted the time to do the "build a box" program but I think
> > individuals who are willing to put in that kind of time would also
> probably
> > be those who get a lot out of these python tutorials.  Given how much I
> like
> > to ask questions at meetings it might surprise you to know that I also
> get
> > nervous speaking directly, and it would be doubly anxious to go and
> speak,
> > as a man, encouraging women to come learn python.  But I would be happy
> to
> > try!  Can't be anymore awkward then weed and coffee fueled questions
> about
> > self driving cars and the legislature of Nevada!
> >
> > Seriously though, I'd be happy to put up a flyer, and I think it might
> > actually get a few people.  Let me know off list.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:25 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org>
> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:21 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com>
> wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> > http://lgilchrist.com/how-we-got-50-women-to-our-hackathon/ has some
> >> > great ideas and areas to consider when putting this event together.
> >> >
> >> > The "be student-friendly" part is especially important with the number
> >> > of colleges we have in the area, but it may be a bit early since I can
> >> > never remember when everyone goes back to school.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the url and advice.
> >>
> >> One of my coworkers who is helping has worked on Flourish in the past
> >> at UIC, and she has helped get the word out to friends at UIC and
> >> other colleges. I've seen people signing up on the meetup event who
> >> mention being in college, so I think it helped.
> >>
> >> Once we have the event we can see how well we got the word out to
> >> students (and also beginners) by looking at who attended. If we don't
> >> have many, we'll know we need to improve on recruitment. I already
> >> think I need to do better at finding people new to programming,
> >> because we have software developers who've signed up. I had expected
> >> more beginners.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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