[Madison] modest proposal: meet at geek dinner instead

[Chuck Martin]

Hi Max,

I think it would be great to get this group going. 

I tried to help Benet with this but I kind of stumbled on trying to find a place to hold meetings. I think it would be great if we could have them on campus - the business school has some rooms that would be great for this. The problem I ran into is that since I am no longer a student, I could not reserve a room. Maybe with you helping out, that could change.

The other thing that I think we should do is put up flyers (or whatever medium students use these days) around campus. My wife is a designer. I think I could get her to whip something up for us. I live out in the middle of nowhere. So if you could post them, that would be great.

Benet mentioned that the general thought in the past was to make these events more social - perhaps have them at a bar. I think it would be very difficult to discuss these things at a bar. So my preference would be to start the meeting in a quieter place, then migrate to a bar. The study pub at Fluno is pretty nice.

In any case, it would be nice to get to know you. I too am an entrepreneur. I use python all the time. I do a lot of work in Django.

Best,
Chuck



--- On Tue, 5/5/09, Max Lynch <ihasmax at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Max Lynch <ihasmax at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Madison] modest proposal: meet at geek dinner instead
> To: "Madison Python Users' Group" <madison at python.org>
> Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 9:42 AM
> Hey guys,
> 
> I was just seeing if there were any plans to start back up
> the madpython group?  I would be interested in getting to
> know you guys.  I'm an undergrad at UW starting a
> startup and we use python extensively..  I love it.  
> 
> 
> -max lynch
> 
> 
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 9:43 PM,
> craig petty <perlsyntax at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> It be better on weekend becuase i work 2 shift.
> 
> > Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:30:55 -0600
> > From: jim at qlf.com
> > To: benetd at yahoo.com;
> madison at python.org
> 
> 
> > Subject: Re: [Madison] modest proposal: meet at geek
> dinner instead
> > 
> > I would prefer it during the week during business
> hours, but I don't 
> > know how that affects others.  It would work best for
> me.
> 
> 
> > 
> >     -Jim
> > 
> > Benet Devereux wrote:
> > > The fourth-Tuesday slot has been pretty
> thoroughly trumped by the Web608 geek dinner (http://web608.org/). For the
> remainder of the year, I suggest that instead of meeting at
> the library, we should just merge with the geek dinner,
> given how small our attendance has been anyway.
> 
> 
> > >
> > > For the New Year, the current thoughts are:
> > >
> > > 1) move to a different day, possibly during the
> day on the weekend
> > > 2) move to a venue with food/coffee/drink
> > > 3) have more scheduled presentations and such
> 
> 
> > >
> > > So any thoughts about that are welcome. 
> > >
> > > B.
> > >
> > >
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