[Madison] modest proposal: meet at geek dinner instead
Jim Steil
jim at qlf.com
Wed May 6 12:02:39 CEST 2009
I appreciate your concern for my request to hold meetings during the
day, but if I'm the only one that prefers days, then its probably best
to do evenings to accommodate the others. I may not be able to attend,
but maybe the group could put out a summary of the meeting or at least
announce the topic ahead of time so I can make arrangements to be there
when the topic was something I was interested in.
-Jim
Benet Devereux wrote:
> Actually, there was a request from Jim for during the day - which would mean weekend days for many of us - so possibly, if it wouldn't cause too much confusion, having (say) two meetings a month: one on a Saturday afternoon, and one on a weekday evening?
>
> Regardless, I'll get in touch with Escape (which seems to work fairly well for most people) and see what the availability of rooms is like.
>
> B.
>
> --- On Tue, 5/5/09, Kevin Krenz <kevin.krenz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Kevin Krenz <kevin.krenz at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Madison] modest proposal: meet at geek dinner instead
>> To: "Madison Python Users' Group" <madison at python.org>
>> Received: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 8:43 PM
>> I'd be interested in participating,
>> too, though I'm just diving into Python. I also think
>> Escape would be a great place to meet.
>>
>> Any ideas on what day of the week to meet and when
>> we're going to get started? I would prefer weekdays -
>> maybe Tuesday evenings?
>>
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> --
>> Random quote:
>> Clarence
>> Darrow - "When I was a boy I was told that
>> anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe
>> it."
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:44 PM,
>> Buran Ayuthia <the.ayuthias at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I am also interested in attending.
>>
>>
>>
>> Buran
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Tim Swast <tswast at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 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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