From mal at europython.eu  Sun May  3 19:08:02 2015
From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun, 03 May 2015 19:08:02 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2015: Financial Aid Program launched
Message-ID: <554655F2.2030800@europython.eu>

We are happy to announce a program for people in need of financial aid
to attend EuroPython.

You can find all the details on our financial aid page:


                      *** Financial Aid Program ***

             https://ep2015.europython.eu/en/financial-aid/


In short, we will be giving out grants in three categories:

 * Ticket discounts

 * Free tickets

 * Travel costs and accommodation

Anyone who wants to attend EuroPython 2015 can apply, including people
who have already purchased tickets. We want to make the event
affordable for as many people as possible.

Looking for financial aid sponsors
----------------------------------

We are still looking for sponsors to increase the budget we have
available for financial aid. If your company would like to sign up as
financial aid sponsor, please contact the sponsors team:

    https://ep2015.europython.eu/en/sponsor/


Enjoy,
--
EuroPython 2015 Team
http://ep2015.europython.eu/
http://www.europython-society.org/

From mal at europython.eu  Mon May  4 09:39:33 2015
From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 09:39:33 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2015: Vote for the talks you want to see
Message-ID: <55472235.6000203@europython.eu>

Having received over 300 great proposals for talks, trainings,
helpdesks and posters, we now call out to all attendees to vote for
what you want to see on the conference schedule.

You can search for topics and communicate your personal priorities by
casting your vote for each submission on our talk voting page:


    *** ???Attendees: This is your chance to shape the conference ! ***

             https://ep2015.europython.eu/en/talk-voting/

Talk voting will be open until Friday, May 15.

The program workgroup (WG) will then use the talk voting results as
basis for their talk selection and announce the schedule late in May.

Enjoy,
--
EuroPython 2015 Team
http://ep2015.europython.eu/
http://www.europython-society.org/

From mal at europython.eu  Sat May 16 16:36:27 2015
From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 16:36:27 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2015: Come with your partners
Message-ID: <555755EB.1080706@europython.eu>

We are happy to announce the official EuroPython Partner Program for
EuroPython 2015 in Bilbao:

              *** EuroPython 2015 Partner Program ***

      https://ep2015.europython.eu/en/events/partner-program/

There is plenty to see in and around Bilbao. We have worked out a
set of interesting tours, together with a local tour company to choose
from, for partners and EuroPython attendees alike:

 * Panoramic tour of Bilbao
 * Excursion to San Sebastian
 * Guggenheim Museum
 * Excursion to La Rioja
 * Boat tour of Bilbao

The tours include travel, lunch and tickets (where needed).

We?d like to encourage early sign-up, since seats are limited.

                Registration deadline is June 20th.

Enjoy,
--
EuroPython 2015 Team
http://ep2015.europython.eu/
http://www.europython-society.org/

From gherman at darwin.in-berlin.de  Tue May 19 19:34:23 2015
From: gherman at darwin.in-berlin.de (Dinu Gherman)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 19:34:23 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] Helpdesk response times, ticket refunding
Message-ID: <0085CA58-92DA-4D9C-8F74-9391120F30FA@darwin.in-berlin.de>

Hi,

I've filed ticket ep2015-1064 two days ago about my inability to attend EP2015 (sad as it is), and now I wonder what response time to expect? So far, I've received only an automatic response by the django-helpdesk system (six seconds later, cool!) which is reassuring, saying my ticket "will be responded to shortly", which to me sounds like ASAP, which as we know can mean never. ;-)

So, I'd really appreciate some statement more concrete than that, rather sooner than later, especially since it is related to a refunding procedure which seems like it was not yet published anywhere. At least I couldn't find any, otherwise I'd appreciate a pointer.

Thanks,

Dinu


From mal at europython.eu  Sun May 31 18:52:12 2015
From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 18:52:12 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2015: More than 200 sessions waiting for you
Message-ID: <556B3C3C.1030608@europython.eu>

We are pleased to announce the list of accepted sessions for
EuroPython 2015 in Bilbao:

                 *** EuroPython 2015 Session List ***

          https://ep2015.europython.eu/en/events/sessions/

The sessions were selected on the basis of your talk voting and the
work of the EuroPython program work group.

>From the over 340 proposals, 205 sessions were chosen for EuroPython 2015:

 * 169 talks
 * 11 posters
 * 20 trainings
 * 5 help desks

Many thanks to everyone who submitted proposals. EuroPython wouldn?t
be possible without our speakers.

The program work group will now work on the schedule. Given the number
of sessions, this may take a while, but we?ll try to get it done as
quickly as possible.

Enjoy,
--
EuroPython 2015 Team
http://ep2015.europython.eu/
http://www.europython-society.org/