From faassen@vet.uu.nl  Wed Jan  9 20:14:55 2002
From: faassen@vet.uu.nl (Martijn Faassen)
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:14:55 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] status
Message-ID: <20020109201455.GA19914@vet.uu.nl>

Hi there,

A short summary of the meeting we held the end of december in Charleroi.
Very nice meeting by the way; I got to speak some french (je ne suis pas
un chat -- I am not a cat..well..it's a true statement, at least), and
we had good food and pleasant company. And great news -- it looks like
the municipal government has some wonderful support for our conference,
but I'll leave Denis to say more about that. 

I also moved ahead on opening a website; amaze.nl is willing to host
a Zope site for us. I've also mailed Thomas Reulbach about moving the
www.europython.org domainname to there.

Furthermore I received a mail from Guido asking how it was going, and what
dates he should reserve his vacation around. :)

I now step aside and leave the floor to Denis de Ransard, pythoneer 
extraordinaire. And perhaps Nicolas can also put in some words about
the various task lists we came up with at the meeting.

Regards,

Martijn



From faassen@vet.uu.nl  Wed Jan  9 22:19:40 2002
From: faassen@vet.uu.nl (Martijn Faassen)
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:19:40 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] keynote speaker
Message-ID: <20020109221940.GA20483@vet.uu.nl>

Hoi,

Okay, Guido is planning on being there (though perhaps not all 3 days).
We can list him as a keynote speaker. :)

Regards,

Martijn



From nicolas.pettiaux@openbe.org  Thu Jan 10 00:14:08 2002
From: nicolas.pettiaux@openbe.org (Nicolas Pettiaux)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:14:08 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] keynote speaker
In-Reply-To: <20020109221940.GA20483@vet.uu.nl>
References: <20020109221940.GA20483@vet.uu.nl>
Message-ID: <E16OSrB-0006JL-00@bigglesworth.mail.be.easynet.net>

Le Mercredi 9 Janvier 2002 23:19, Martijn Faassen a =E9crit :
> Hoi,
>
> Okay, Guido is planning on being there (though perhaps not all 3 days).
> We can list him as a keynote speaker. :)

Very good. Congratulations.

Nicolas
--=20
Nicolas Pettiaux
Avenue du P=E9rou 29
B-1000 Brussels


From nicolas.pettiaux@openbe.org  Thu Jan 10 00:15:53 2002
From: nicolas.pettiaux@openbe.org (Nicolas Pettiaux)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:15:53 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] status
In-Reply-To: <20020109201455.GA19914@vet.uu.nl>
References: <20020109201455.GA19914@vet.uu.nl>
Message-ID: <E16OSss-0006Jm-00@bigglesworth.mail.be.easynet.net>

Le Mercredi 9 Janvier 2002 21:14, Martijn Faassen a =E9crit :
> Hi there,
>
> A short summary of the meeting we held the end of december in Charleroi=
=2E
> Very nice meeting by the way; I got to speak some french (je ne suis pa=
s
> un chat -- I am not a cat..well..it's a true statement, at least), and
> we had good food and pleasant company. And great news -- it looks like
> the municipal government has some wonderful support for our conference,
> but I'll leave Denis to say more about that.
>
> I also moved ahead on opening a website; amaze.nl is willing to host
> a Zope site for us. I've also mailed Thomas Reulbach about moving the
> www.europython.org domainname to there.

Good Thanks.

> Furthermore I received a mail from Guido asking how it was going, and w=
hat
> dates he should reserve his vacation around. :)

> I now step aside and leave the floor to Denis de Ransard, pythoneer
> extraordinaire.=20

Please Denis ...

> And perhaps Nicolas can also put in some words about
> the various task lists we came up with at the meeting.

With pelasure .. but the file we composed in Ransard is still only on Den=
is's=20
computer !

Best regards,

Nicolas
>
> Regards,
>
> Martijn
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> EuroPython mailing list
> EuroPython@python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython

--=20
Nicolas Pettiaux
Avenue du P=E9rou 29
B-1000 Brussels


From andy@reportlab.com  Fri Jan 18 01:21:26 2002
From: andy@reportlab.com (Andy Robinson)
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:21:26 -0000
Subject: [EuroPython] UK Python Conference 2002 - April 4/5, Oxford
Message-ID: <LKENLBBMDHMKBECHIAIAKECLCDAA.andy@reportlab.com>

The UK Python Conference 2002 - as far as I know, the first 
one in this country - will be taking place at the Heritage 
Motor Centre, Oxford, on April 4/5.  We have two solid days 
of Python talks.

I would like to thank the organisers of the Association of C
and C++ Users for allowing us to piggy-back onto their
conference, thereby making this possible. Last year
we had two Python talks as part of an 'alternative languages'
track and this year we have a full track.  We can make this 
an annual event if enough people come.  You also get to
rub shoulders with Stroustrup, Coplien and various other
gurus of the C++ and Java worlds.  

Brief details of the talks and all the administrative info
are available at
   http://www.accuconference.co.uk
Full program details (unofficial location) can be found at
   http://www.reportlab.com/tmp/accu2002.pdf

Best Regards,


Andy Robinson
ReportLab Inc
(and Python track coordinator)




From mal@lemburg.com  Tue Jan 29 12:55:15 2002
From: mal@lemburg.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:55:15 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
Message-ID: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com>

I was wondering what happened to the EuroPython effort... ?

The conference date is only a few months away, so we should
start thinking about announcing the conference, setting up the
web-site, finding accomodations, etc. The financial aspects
are also important e.g. how high will the conference costs
be ?

We should start looking into these things soon in order to
be able to find speakers and people willing to do tutorials,
BOFs etc.

We need to get the word out, otherwise, noone will show up
in Charleroi :-/

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
______________________________________________________________________
Company & Consulting:                           http://www.egenix.com/
Python Software:                   http://www.egenix.com/files/python/


From sf@fermigier.com  Tue Jan 29 13:12:03 2002
From: sf@fermigier.com (Stefane Fermigier)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:12:03 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
In-Reply-To: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com>; from mal@lemburg.com on Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 01:55:15PM +0100
References: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com>
Message-ID: <20020129141202.C36221@math.jussieu.fr>

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 01:55:15PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> I was wondering what happened to the EuroPython effort... ?
>=20
> The conference date is only a few months away, so we should
> start thinking about announcing the conference, setting up the
> web-site, finding accomodations, etc. The financial aspects
> are also important e.g. how high will the conference costs
> be ?
>=20
> We should start looking into these things soon in order to
> be able to find speakers and people willing to do tutorials,
> BOFs etc.
>=20
> We need to get the word out, otherwise, noone will show up
> in Charleroi :-/

Here are the notes I took during the meeting. I didn't see the "official"
ones on this list but I may have overlooked.

Hope that helps.

	S.

--

Zope/Python conference in Charleroi:=20

  Stress on the Python side, Zope will follow (?)
  -> separate press releases ?

General commitee:
  Who: Martijn Faassen, Joachim Schmitz, Denis Fr=E8re, Nicolas Pettiaux
  Todo:=20
    Project coordinationors (DF + GC): should keep track of who has done
    what along the plan
    Make a PR
    Print a flyer
    MF: ask Paul Everitt / GvR to talk about the EP conference during IPC=
10
    Find a professional event organizer (price: 1 man-month =3D 3500 Euro=
s)

Conference program commitee=20
  Who: Stefane Fermigier, Stephan Richter?, MF
  Todo:
    Define who does what
    Make contacts for talks, organize tracks, plan posters
    Organize keynotes
    Contact people like Guido van Rossum, Marc-Andre Lembourg, Martin von
    Loewis, Andy Robinson, PythonLabs...

Registration:
  How do people pay ?

Legal organizer:
  P3B ?
  EuroZope ?
  Ask a legal counsel (Daniel Quintart) ?

Finance: NP
  Find sponsors
  Manage accounting
  Make a budget
  Evaluate number of participants
  Pay for VIP, invited speakers

Contact press:
  Invite TV, computer magazines, journals, radio
  Inform potential participants (on existing mailing lists)
  Make news site

Material:
  Print t-shirts (ask Just von Rossum)
  Print posters
  Print program

Exhibition ?
  Commercial stands for companies (are there any candidates ?)
  Non-commercial stands

Logistics (local =3D DF + P3B + OS3B):
  Catering
  Social events
  Places to stay
  Public transportation
  Technical support (overhead projectors)
  Hostesses
  Cleaning
  Internet connectivity
  Laptop room

Technical support:
  Web site (europython.org and eurozope.org already exist)
  Mail
  Wiki

Time schedule:
  Setup a form for presentation and communication
  Call for papers at the beginning of january

  December:
    First announcement



--=20
St=E9fane Fermigier, Tel: +33 (0)6 63 04 12 77 (mobile).
http://nuxeo.com/ & http://portalux.com/ & http://aful.org/
"Amazon: we patent the dot in .com"


From mal@lemburg.com  Tue Jan 29 14:50:05 2002
From: mal@lemburg.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:50:05 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
References: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com> <20020129141202.C36221@math.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID: <3C56B69D.2363C4B3@lemburg.com>

Stefane Fermigier wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 01:55:15PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> > I was wondering what happened to the EuroPython effort... ?
> >
> > The conference date is only a few months away, so we should
> > start thinking about announcing the conference, setting up the
> > web-site, finding accomodations, etc. The financial aspects
> > are also important e.g. how high will the conference costs
> > be ?
> >
> > We should start looking into these things soon in order to
> > be able to find speakers and people willing to do tutorials,
> > BOFs etc.
> >
> > We need to get the word out, otherwise, noone will show up
> > in Charleroi :-/
>=20
> Here are the notes I took during the meeting. I didn't see the "officia=
l"
> ones on this list but I may have overlooked.

They sound like a plan to me :-)=20

Has anything been done to implement it yet ? I would really
love to see EuroPython get off the ground, but we do need to
hurry up a bit...
=20
> Zope/Python conference in Charleroi:
>=20
>   Stress on the Python side, Zope will follow (?)
>   -> separate press releases ?
>=20
> General commitee:
>   Who: Martijn Faassen, Joachim Schmitz, Denis Fr=E8re, Nicolas Pettiau=
x
>   Todo:
>     Project coordinationors (DF + GC): should keep track of who has don=
e
>     what along the plan
>     Make a PR
>     Print a flyer

Is Just van Rossum on this list ? I suppose he could help with this
one or provide some logistics w/r where to have them printed, etc.

I suppose, the flyer won't make to IPC10 though ... which is sad.

>     MF: ask Paul Everitt / GvR to talk about the EP conference during I=
PC10

This and other "get the word out" activities should be top=20
priority, IMHO.

>     Find a professional event organizer (price: 1 man-month =3D 3500 Eu=
ros)

I wonder whether you are going to find such a cheap
event organizer.
=20
> Conference program commitee
>   Who: Stefane Fermigier, Stephan Richter?, MF
>   Todo:
>     Define who does what
>     Make contacts for talks, organize tracks, plan posters
>     Organize keynotes
>     Contact people like Guido van Rossum, Marc-Andre Lemburg, Martin vo=
n
>     Loewis, Andy Robinson, PythonLabs...

What are your plans for the different tracks ? Should we mimic
the IPC10 ones ?
=20
> Registration:
>   How do people pay ?

I'd suggest to offer two options: pre-pay using a credit card or
in cash at the conference desk. Anyone have a good credit card=20
web interface ? (eGenix.com is using www.shareit.com for credit
card transactions -- they only charge around 4% for the service
which is very reasonable)
=20
> Legal organizer:
>   P3B ?
>   EuroZope ?
>   Ask a legal counsel (Daniel Quintart) ?
>=20
> Finance: NP
>   Find sponsors
>   Manage accounting
>   Make a budget
>   Evaluate number of participants
>   Pay for VIP, invited speakers

I guess, this is another important topic. Any advances in this
area ? How much will the location and facilities cost ?
=20
> Contact press:
>   Invite TV, computer magazines, journals, radio

Whoa :-)

>   Inform potential participants (on existing mailing lists)
>   Make news site
>=20
> Material:
>   Print t-shirts (ask Just von Rossum)
>   Print posters
>   Print program
>=20
> Exhibition ?
>   Commercial stands for companies (are there any candidates ?)
>   Non-commercial stands
>=20
> Logistics (local =3D DF + P3B + OS3B):
>   Catering
>   Social events
>   Places to stay
>   Public transportation
>   Technical support (overhead projectors)
>   Hostesses
>   Cleaning
>   Internet connectivity
>   Laptop room
>=20
> Technical support:
>   Web site (europython.org and eurozope.org already exist)
>   Mail
>   Wiki

The wiki would be a good start for organizing these different topics.
=20
> Time schedule:
>   Setup a form for presentation and communication
>   Call for papers at the beginning of january

Hmm... better make this February ;-)
=20
--=20
Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
______________________________________________________________________
Company & Consulting:                           http://www.egenix.com/
Python Software:                   http://www.egenix.com/files/python/


From just@letterror.com  Tue Jan 29 14:51:25 2002
From: just@letterror.com (Just van Rossum)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:51:25 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
In-Reply-To: <3C56B69D.2363C4B3@lemburg.com>
Message-ID: <20020129155126-r01010800-2cac2ddd-0920-010c@10.0.0.23>

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> >     Print a flyer
> 
> Is Just van Rossum on this list ? I suppose he could help with this
> one or provide some logistics w/r where to have them printed, etc.

I am and I could...

> I suppose, the flyer won't make to IPC10 though ... which is sad.

But the rumor could start spreading there, maybe someone can make a public
announcement there.

Just


From paul@zope.com  Tue Jan 29 14:56:54 2002
From: paul@zope.com (Paul Everitt)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:56:54 -0500
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
References: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com> <20020129141202.C36221@math.jussieu.fr> <3C56B69D.2363C4B3@lemburg.com>
Message-ID: <3C56B836.6000808@zope.com>

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Stefane Fermigier wrote:
> I suppose, the flyer won't make to IPC10 though ... which is sad.

If someone can get the flyer to me by the end of this week, we can print 
up a hundred and pass them out.  The problems, of course, involved 
making the decision that define what goes on the flyer, and then 
designing the flyer.

>>    MF: ask Paul Everitt / GvR to talk about the EP conference during IPC10
>>
> 
> This and other "get the word out" activities should be top 
> priority, IMHO.

When you have the basics decided upon, let me know.  If you could come 
up with a URL with the up-to-the-date info, then we can pass that info 
around.

--Paul



From mal@lemburg.com  Tue Jan 29 19:59:44 2002
From: mal@lemburg.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:59:44 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
References: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com> <20020129141202.C36221@math.jussieu.fr> <3C56B69D.2363C4B3@lemburg.com> <3C56B836.6000808@zope.com>
Message-ID: <3C56FF30.CBBD1F69@lemburg.com>

Paul Everitt wrote:
> 
> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> > Stefane Fermigier wrote:
> > I suppose, the flyer won't make to IPC10 though ... which is sad.
> 
> If someone can get the flyer to me by the end of this week, we can print
> up a hundred and pass them out.  The problems, of course, involved
> making the decision that define what goes on the flyer, and then
> designing the flyer.

There isn't all that much information we can put on the flyer --
most of the details are still unknown, AFAICTL.

What we do know is the time and plac where the conference will
happen, so we might simply put just that and maybe the 
www.europython.org URL on the flyer.

I'm sure, Just can spice those few bits of information up to 
still make a great flyer :-)
 
> >>    MF: ask Paul Everitt / GvR to talk about the EP conference during IPC10
> >>
> >
> > This and other "get the word out" activities should be top
> > priority, IMHO.
> 
> When you have the basics decided upon, let me know.  If you could come
> up with a URL with the up-to-the-date info, then we can pass that info
> around.

I suppose that URL will be www.europython.org -- even though it 
currently points to the mailing list interface.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
______________________________________________________________________
Company & Consulting:                           http://www.egenix.com/
Python Software:                   http://www.egenix.com/files/python/


From nicolas.pettiaux@openbe.org  Tue Jan 29 20:56:09 2002
From: nicolas.pettiaux@openbe.org (Nicolas Pettiaux)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:56:09 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
In-Reply-To: <3C56B836.6000808@zope.com>
References: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com> <3C56B69D.2363C4B3@lemburg.com> <3C56B836.6000808@zope.com>
Message-ID: <E16VfIY-0007pT-00@bigglesworth.mail.be.easynet.net>

> > I suppose, the flyer won't make to IPC10 though ... which is sad.

I'll try to make something up. Unfortunaltely, the web site will not be r=
eady=20
by then but ... Martijn has been working to have europython.org pointing =
to a=20
site hosted on zope in the Netherlands, on which I will have the=20
adminsitrator rights.

There was a meeting in Charleroi last month (Dec 22, 2002) where the subj=
ect=20
of the europython/zope conference (date: june 26, 27, 28 2002 if I rememb=
er=20
well and place: CEME, Charleroi that is Brussels South) was debated, and=20
there after, the one who worked and succeeded most to get the ball rollin=
g,=20
Denis Fr=E8re, the guy behind Aragne, has been sick.

Martijn Faasen and myself will back Denis up, but we wanted to give Denis=
's=20
the opportunity to announce himself the success he already had.=20

Please not here that Denis has worked a lot to have the backing of the pu=
blic=20
authorities in Charleroi, and the he has had much success: they are provi=
ding=20
the conference place and much direct support.

> If someone can get the flyer to me by the end of this week, we can prin=
t
> up a hundred and pass them out.  The problems, of course, involved
> making the decision that define what goes on the flyer, and then
> designing the flyer.

I will try to design the basis of the flyer and make a proposal that will=
=20
have to be adapted/corrected but that will, at least, help to give the pe=
ople=20
a good idea about the conference.

Most of the basic decisions (where, how, what - general subjects -) have =
been=20
decided in Charleroi and within the small group around Denis and Martijn.

We will communicate very soon.

Please not that we shall need help very soon to go further (especially so=
me=20
technical help with Python and zope as I am not yet proficient enough ...=
)

Please contact me if you can give any help and assistance and idea.

Best regards,

Nicolas

> >>    MF: ask Paul Everitt / GvR to talk about the EP conference during
> >> IPC10
> >
> > This and other "get the word out" activities should be top
> > priority, IMHO.
>
> When you have the basics decided upon, let me know.  If you could come
> up with a URL with the up-to-the-date info, then we can pass that info
> around.
>
> --Paul
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> EuroPython mailing list
> EuroPython@python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython

--=20
Nicolas Pettiaux
Avenue du P=E9rou 29
B-1000 Brussels


From thomas@reulbach.com  Wed Jan 30 00:11:56 2002
From: thomas@reulbach.com (Thomas Reulbach)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 01:11:56 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] europython.org ...news?
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020130010148.009feda0@pop.puretec.de>

as I stated earlier in mails to Martijn, Nicolas and Ivo it is absolutely 
no problem to point the domain europython.org  to a zopeserver with the 
conference website. Just send me an address and I will be pleased to do so 
to give it a start.

If you would like to have a german translation or some proofreading for the 
website I would be willing to do so, too. Looking forward.

Thomas



From faassen@vet.uu.nl  Wed Jan 30 19:38:04 2002
From: faassen@vet.uu.nl (Martijn Faassen)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:38:04 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
In-Reply-To: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com>
References: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com>
Message-ID: <20020130193804.GA15103@vet.uu.nl>

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> I was wondering what happened to the EuroPython effort... ?

Agreed. I've been quite distracted by work so I didn't get to
move ahead very quickly. I have arranged the right people talk about
the website however, but now it's up to them to get it going, hopefully.

> The conference date is only a few months away, so we should
> start thinking about announcing the conference, setting up the
> web-site, finding accomodations, etc. The financial aspects
> are also important e.g. how high will the conference costs
> be ?

> We should start looking into these things soon in order to
> be able to find speakers and people willing to do tutorials,
> BOFs etc.

Agreed.

> We need to get the word out, otherwise, noone will show up
> in Charleroi :-/

Much agreed.

We should be announcing the conference ASAP, but I was waiting for the
website to be at least there at all and a couple of other things..

Regards,

Martijn



From faassen@vet.uu.nl  Wed Jan 30 20:08:38 2002
From: faassen@vet.uu.nl (Martijn Faassen)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:08:38 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
In-Reply-To: <3C56B836.6000808@zope.com>
References: <3C569BB3.D7681F53@lemburg.com> <20020129141202.C36221@math.jussieu.fr> <3C56B69D.2363C4B3@lemburg.com> <3C56B836.6000808@zope.com>
Message-ID: <20020130200838.GC15103@vet.uu.nl>

Paul Everitt wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> >Stefane Fermigier wrote:
> >I suppose, the flyer won't make to IPC10 though ... which is sad.
> 
> If someone can get the flyer to me by the end of this week, we can print 
> up a hundred and pass them out.  The problems, of course, involved 
> making the decision that define what goes on the flyer, and then 
> designing the flyer.

I agree getting the word out soon, at IPC10 and other venues is indeed
a top priority. 

The flyer text. Everybody please comment:

Announce: European Python and Zope Conference 2002

European Python and Zope Conference 2002 (EuroPython 2002)
June 26-28, 2002
Charleroi, Belgium
Website: http://www.europython.org

The European Python and Zope Conference is an initiative to bring together
European Python and Zope users and developers. This will be the first major 
European event dedicated solely to the Python programming language and its
applications. Since Python is seeing a lot of use and much important
Python software is developed in Europe, European Python community
members felt it was high time to organize a major gathering.

We are extremely proud to announce that one of the keynote speakers will
be Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python.

The event will be hosted by Charleroi, a city in the south of Belgium
not far from Brussels (more information here..Denis?)

Special Zope Track and EuroZope members meeting

For some years now the web application platform Zope, written in Python,
has seen steadily increasing use and development Europe. This already
lead to multiple well-attended gatherings of Zope developers. This had
led to the founding of the EuroZope Foundation, which is decidated to
the promotion and support of Zope users and developers in Europe.

EuroPython 2002 will feature a Zope track to be run in parallel with the
Python track. EuroPython 2002 is also happy to host the first general
member's meeting of the EuroZope Foundation which is to be held during
the conference. (this all right, Joachim?).

**** Comments more than welcome.

Regards,

Martijn



From faassen@vet.uu.nl  Wed Jan 30 20:13:35 2002
From: faassen@vet.uu.nl (Martijn Faassen)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:13:35 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
In-Reply-To: <20020130200838.GC15103@vet.uu.nl>
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Hi there,

Just thought of some other things which need to be in the 
announcement:

"""
More information will be announced at http://www.europython.org

More community participation is welcome! If you feel inspired to help
with the organization of this event, we can always use your help.
Please subscribe to the EuroPython mailing list at:

http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
"""

Regards,

Martijn



From mal@lemburg.com  Wed Jan 30 21:29:39 2002
From: mal@lemburg.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 22:29:39 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Any News ?
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Message-ID: <3C5865C3.D1B32779@lemburg.com>

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> 
> The flyer text. Everybody please comment:

[Some minor cosmetics inlined below]
 
> Announce: European Python and Zope Conference 2002
> 
> European Python and Zope Conference 2002 (EuroPython 2002)
> June 26-28, 2002
> Charleroi, Belgium
> Website: http://www.europython.org
> 
> The European Python and Zope Conference is an initiative to bring together
> European Python and Zope users and developers. This will be the first major

This list should also include people who are just interested in the language
and its benefits. Decision makers are the most important audience if 
we want to gain ground in the commercial field.

> European event dedicated solely to the Python programming language and its
> applications. Since Python is seeing a lot of use and much important
> Python software is developed in Europe, European Python community
                                        the
> members felt it was high time to organize a major gathering.
> 
> We are extremely proud to announce that one of the keynote speakers will
> be Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python.
> 
> The event will be hosted by Charleroi, a city in the south of Belgium
> not far from Brussels (more information here..Denis?)
> 
> Special Zope Track and EuroZope members meeting
> 
> For some years now the web application platform Zope, written in Python,
> has seen steadily increasing use and development Europe. This already
                                                 in
> lead to multiple well-attended gatherings of Zope developers. This had
                                                              ...resulting in
> led to the founding of the EuroZope Foundation, which is decidated to
the formation of the ...
> the promotion and support of Zope users and developers in Europe.
> 
> EuroPython 2002 will feature a Zope track to be run in parallel with the
> Python track. EuroPython 2002 is also happy to host the first general
> member's meeting of the EuroZope Foundation which is to be held during
> the conference. (this all right, Joachim?).
> 
> **** Comments more than welcome.

Sounds great as teaser.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
______________________________________________________________________
Company & Consulting:                           http://www.egenix.com/
Python Software:                   http://www.egenix.com/files/python/


From spirou@colnet.carolo.net  Thu Jan 31 09:26:24 2002
From: spirou@colnet.carolo.net (Denis)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:26:24 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Re: how are you doing?
In-Reply-To: <20020125123356.GA28202@vet.uu.nl>
References: <20020117205313.GA27275@vet.uu.nl> <20020125101306.A10004@carolo.net> <20020125123356.GA28202@vet.uu.nl>
Message-ID: <20020131102624.F21175@carolo.net>

Le Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 01:33:56PM +0100, Martijn Faassen pianota:
> Denis wrote:
> > Le Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:53:13PM +0100, Martijn Faassen pianota:
> 
> I'm just very happy you're back. :)

I confirm I'm back, but with lots of pending todos ... :-(

> We really need to start moving on the press release issue, before the
> Python conference happens.

OK. I got some very fresh news (yesterday) :

- Charleroi authorities have repeated they will support the meeting.
  But there is 2 little 'drawbacks' about the CEME (the building)
  1. it will be only 'partly' free (don't know yet what they mean with
     this)
  2. we can use it wednesday 26 and thursday 27 the whole day, and
     friday 28 morning (we must leave before 13h00).

  I think it doesn't matter too much. For the first point, we can find
  other sponsors (I've found one, already) and for the second point, we
  can find a place to spend the afternoon (perhaps have a midday meal in
  a nice place where we could stay on the afternoon and have some kind
  of less formal discussions).

I propose we don't change our plans, we'll manage to make it roll
smoothly whatever the circumstances may be.

So, let's start to publicize the conference ; we know the place and the
dates : that's enough for a first announcement. It would be nice if we
could have a few 'glowing' names as orators from now on.

We can quickly (before this monday) have a webpage online with the first
details. If www.europython.org is available, that's good. For us, we'll
set up some pages at the URL http://europython.p3b.org that will have
links to the official pages.

If some of you are attending IPC10 (I won't), it shoudn't be impossible
to have a few flyers printed to go there, nice or less nice. 
I'm sure you all have a good printer :-)

So, there's no big changes :
when : June 26th, 27th, 28th
where : Charleroi, Belgium (Brussels-South) CEME 
        see http://www.ceme.be for details
what : First Euro-Python meeting with the best orators
url : either europython.org or europython.p3b.org (or both)

What do you need to know urgently I've forgotten to say ?

All good initiatives are welcome.

Regards,

Denis

-- 
Denis FRERE
P3B    : Club Python(-Zope) Belge --------- http://www.p3b.org
OS3B   : Club Open-Software(-Linux) Carolo  http://www.os3b.org 
Aragne : Python-Zope Solutions & Formations http://www.aragne.com


From tim@2wave.net  Thu Jan 31 13:40:51 2002
From: tim@2wave.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?Tim=20Couper?=)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:40:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [EuroPython] Python 10 - flyer handouts
In-Reply-To: <E16Vy70-0003W0-00@mail.python.org>
Message-ID: <20020131134051.99197.qmail@web14510.mail.yahoo.com>

I'm going to Python 10 and would be happy to promote
the conference to anyone with a non-US accent :-) I'm
co-chairing the upcoming ACCU Python track with Andy
Robinson, and will be similarly talking that up
(presumably the filter criteria there involve tea
drinkers, or those who talk about "the wrong side of
the road" :-) )

In any case, it would be great to meet up there with
anyone going from here to there - please get in touch.

Tim

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