[PyAR2] Jeff Rush Speaking at PyArkansas

[Greg Lindstrom]

Good Grief.  Yes!  Yes! Yes! Yes!

I'd be interested in the the Eclipse integration; it's always been a
mystery to me, but everyone who uses it seems to like it.

I'll add you to the Google doc.  You should get an email shortly.

Thanks!
--greg



On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Bob Fahr <bob.fahr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greg,
> I'd be interested in doing a tutorial on Trac and Trac enhancement/extension
> if you think that'd be of interest.  Another idea would be Eclipse
> integration.  I'll also see if I can get my boss to kick in some
> give-aways.  If you'd like I can also check with the Conway chamber of
> commerce and see if they can get HP to provide something.
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Greg Lindstrom <gslindstrom at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> While working on organizing pyArkansas, I wrote Jeff Rush (Python
>> Advocacy Coordinator and all around nice guy) about speaking at our
>> humble get together in October.  He has responded very
>> enthusiastically and on an email sent to the Python list mentioned
>> that he was booked in October for Python Arkansas!  Jeff is one of the
>> "Big Dogs" in the community and I'm extremely happy that he is willing
>> to come help us out.  He says that he will bring some folks with him
>> to attend as well.
>>
>> So, we really need to meet -- either in person or IRC -- to get things
>> planned.  How about Saturday, August 16th?  Should we set up a
>> freenode channel (anyone know how to do that?).  I need to met with
>> our friends at UCA to look over the classrooms/labs and coordinate
>> with them as well.
>>
>> Also, it's time to think about classes/talks.  Jeff will cover
>> "Introduction to Python", which will be either a 3 or 6 hour class
>> (or, maybe do a couple shorter classes on different subjects).  It
>> would be nice to have some 45-minute talks on various subjects.
>> Anyone want to volunteer?
>>
>> Database
>> Text/File Processing
>> Packages/Modules
>> Web Development
>> Scientific Applications
>> Object Oriented Python
>> Gaming (pyGame)
>> Anything Else?
>>
>> If you do not want to (or do not feel qualified to) host a talk, what
>> would you want to see someone else speak on (what talks would you like
>> to go to)?
>>
>> Do we want Open Space for talks or "show and tell"?  I'd like at lest
>> 30 minutes at the end of the day for everyone to get together for a
>> wrap up (and to give away door prizes).
>>
>> Anyone want to work on swag?  It would involve writing people asking
>> if the y want to give us anything (OReilly is very good about that) or
>> get any coupons for us to give away.
>>
>> It would also be nice to have a small (8.5x11) "poster" to send out
>> with the announcements I plan to mail out next month.  Anyone want to
>> put one together?
>>
>> I'll create a Google Document to share with a proposed schedule, etc.
>> Let me know if you want access to it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --greg
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