[Python-Dev] PyCon 2009 Call for Proposals

[Brett Cannon]

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 7:02 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Benjamin Peterson
>> <musiccomposition at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
>> >>> Call for proposals -- PyCon 2009 -- <http://us.pycon.org/2009/>
>> >>> ===============================================================
>> >>>
>> >>> Want to share your experience and expertise? PyCon 2009 is looking for
>> >>> proposals to fill the formal presentation tracks. The PyCon conference
>> >>> days will be March 27-29, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, preceded by the
>> >>> tutorial days (March 25-26), and followed by four days of development
>> >>> sprints (March 30-April 2).
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> I am thinking of organizing a panel this year for python-dev (much
>> >> like the one I organized in 2007). Who would be willing to be on the
>> >> panel with me if I did this?
>> >
>> > Could you explain what this is to us a little more, please? :)
>> >
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>> You sit in front of a bunch of people answering questions asked by the
>> audience. You know, a panel. =) It's just a Q&A session so that PyCon
>> attendees can ask python-dev a bunch of random questions. Demystifies
>> some things and puts faces to python-dev.
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> From a non-core developer point of view:
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> What could be great imho would be to have a short "How Python is developed"
> presentation
> just before the panel starts.
>

I was already planning on giving my "how Python is developed" talk
anyway, and I would do my best to make sure they were run
back-to-back.

-Brett