[Madison] modest proposal: meet at geek dinner instead

[Tim Swast]

I'm also a student on the UW Campus here. I'd definitely be interested
in getting this going again, too.

--
Tim


On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Farhan Ahmad <farhan at thebitguru.com> wrote:
> I would be interested in attending.  How many people do we think we might
> get?
>
> - Farhan
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Max Lynch <ihasmax at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have never done any room reservation, but I doubt it would be a
>> problem.  Do you know how best to go about that?
>>
>> As for flyers, there is a new mailing list for CS students that I could
>> spam.
>>
>> I'm fine with any location.  I might have difficulty getting anywhere
>> outside of the campus area (I live by the capitol).  I'm also of age so a
>> bar is fine with me too.
>>
>> -max
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Chuck Martin <cwurld at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 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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