[Texas] PyTexas 2010 prize drawings -- need a volunteer

[Ralph Green]

Howdy,
  I was going to generate a series of numbers with checksums.  These
numbers would be encoded as barcodes and printed with a graphic.  I
don't know how many exactly, but roughly 500 tickets should be about
enough.  Then, we will decide how many to give to each person.  If we
think we have almost 100 people, we might give 5 tickets to each person.
It sounds like people wanted a setup like PyArkansas, so we will have 10
to 20 cannisters labeled with 1 for each prize.  People will drop their
tickets in the cannister of the prizes they most want.  The registration
desk will note who got which tickets, or something similar.  Then we
just pull the prize winners and scan the bar codes to find the winners.
I am still working on the ticket generation.
Good day,
Ralph


On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 13:07 -0500, Brad Allen wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Ralph Green <sfreader at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >  ActiveState responded to my email request and they are donating a
> > license for Komodo IDE 5.
> 
> Great!
> 
> > We need to list them as a sponsor.  I asked
> > them what image they want us to use and I'll update the wiki when I find
> > out.
> 
> I haven't investigated how create the sponsor sidebar similar to the
> one in PyOhio, and am not sure if I'll have time to get that done
> quickly.
> 
> Next year we'll have paid sponsorships and offer to advertise them on
> the wiki. Currently our only offer to sponsors is to distribute their
> physical promo materials (swag).
> 
> >  If no one has volunteered to coordinate prizes, I can do that.  I have
> > a random drawing program I used a Pycon a couple of years ago.  I'll
> > design our own ticket and print them at CompanyDallas.  Let me know if
> > someone else is already doing this.  I won't start until I know if I
> > should do it.
> 
> Jason G. mentioned over IRC that he might buy some tickets, so you'll
> need to check with him to make sure he has not done that already.
> 
> Ralph, you attended PyArkansas, so you're familiar with the benefits
> of that approach, such as allowing attendees to weight the prizes they
> prefer. However, it sounds as if you are proposing something different
> which would not have the same benefit.
> 
> That said, your efforts to coordinate the prizes would be appreciated,
> so your preference in how to handle it carries extra weight. Could you
> go into more detail about the approach you suggest?  For example, what
> kind of printed tickets are you talking about? How many would be given
> out per attendee (that might be continent on the number of prizes,
> which is still indeterminate).