[Conferences] DC Python conference in 2012?

[Calvin Spealman]

Alex,

I admit, when I brought up the topic myself I was hoping for a SE
conference, preferably in my adopted North Carolina, but I recognize the
central location of DC for the whole of the east coast. I would do my part
to encourage participation by my southern Pythonistas.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Alex Clark <aclark at aclark.net> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Andrew Kuchling and I and others have been discussing the possibility of a
> Python conference (or unconference) in DC sometime in 2012, for folks unable
> to make it to the west coast for PyCon 2012. I know I can't devote any
> serious time to planning this year, but I wanted to at least get the idea
> out in the public in case we do decide to move forward; we can then hit the
> ground running, probably in early 2012. Also, our non-profit organization's
> 501(c)(3) application was just accepted by the IRS, so we are now free to
> organize more events[0].
>
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> About me:
> ========
>
> Python consultant near DC (mostly doing Plone, Django, Pyramid) I am the
> organizer of Plone Conference 2008[1] in DC (along with my wife, Matt Bowen,
> and many others) so I have some conference organizing experience. I also
> organize the monthly DC Python meetups[2].
>
>
> Any feedback welcome!
>
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> Alex
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> [0] Loosely called "DC Python" formally DBA ZPUGDC, Inc.,
> http://zpugdc.org
> [1] http://plone.org/2008
> [2] http://meetup.zpugdc.org
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> Alex Clark · http://aclark.net/help-me-help-plone
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