From service at invisibleroads.com  Thu Apr  1 23:18:55 2010
From: service at invisibleroads.com (Roy Hyunjin Han)
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:18:55 -0700
Subject: [group-organizers] Are the talk videos conveying an accurate
	picture of the conference?
Message-ID: <4BB50DBF.3020700@invisibleroads.com>

I was speaking to a Python enthusiast at the Where 2.0 conference, but 
was dismayed to learn that he had a negative impression of the Python 
Conference and no desire to attend because he had watched many of the 
talk videos and thought they were dull.  I had to persuade him that the 
three PyCons I had attended had all been really enjoyable because of the 
people I met and the friends I made.

How is it that the people I know who attended thought PyCon was awesome 
but people I meet who never attended think that it will be boring?

Perhaps it would be better if we could post video interviews of people 
during or after the conference testifying to how great and fun the 
conference is?  This would be the equivalent of having great Yelp 
testimonials of the conference.

I see no equivalent of attendee reviews on the current PyCon webpage.

RHH

From mark at timewasted.net  Thu Apr  8 16:38:49 2010
From: mark at timewasted.net (Mark Freeman)
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:38:49 -0500
Subject: [group-organizers] materials and handouts for a UG booth?
Message-ID: <m2s304394da1004080738zff372e5t54770d3ca20ea0ce@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone. Next month, we will be setting up a table at a local
TechMixer expo. It draws around 1200 people to the event each year. I
wanted to have some handouts or something to give people who may be
interested in our user group. Do any of you have stuff that you have
used in the past, or suggestions on what we should have?

BTW, it was great meeting some of you at PyCon. I really look forward
to next year.

Mark Freeman
Birmingham Area Python Users Group (PyHam)