[Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity

[Victor Trac]

I'm all for having PyTexas in Austin for 2012. I'm one of the principle
organizers of the Texas Linux Fest (www.texaslinuxfest.org), which takes
place in Austin in the spring. TXLF had ~350 attendees in our inaugural 2010
gathering and ~550 this past April. We've already scoped out most of the
venues in town, and I have a pretty good idea of their capacity, amenities,
and cost. I'd be happy to help make PyTexas in Austin a success.

--Victor Trac


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Travis Swicegood <travis at domain51.com>wrote:

> Howdy all;
>
> Talk about timing -- emailing the list about the 2012 PyTexas has been on
> my todo list for the last day.  Guess I can mark it off now. :-)
>
> A few of my co-organizers for the Austin Web Python group and I would like
> to get PyTexas 2012 in Austin.  It definitely makes sense for there to be
> someone "on-the-ground" here that can deal with getting a venue squared away
> and such, so I'd be happy to step up as chair if PyTexas in Austin sounds
> like a good idea to everyone else.
>
> As far as the sales pitch, I think Austin needs no introduction as to what
> it can handle.  In addition to the standard mega-conferences, tx.js,
> html5.tx, and Code Works all happen here in Austin that draw similar sizes
> to what I think we could get for a PyTexas -- a few hundred devs.  We've got
> options for hotels, both UT and St. Edwards (where both Code Works and
> html5.tx were held this past year) for university options for hosting plus
> all of the traditional venues (Alamo Drafthouse, hotels, etc.).
>
> Thoughts?
> -T
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Would anyone like to take on the chairman role for PyTexas 2012? I
>> would like to step down and make way for the next person to take on
>> the challenge, while making myself available to help as a volunteer
>> and mentor to the next chairman.
>>
>> The chairman role going forward will hopefully be easier and require
>> less time commitment, now that the group of volunteers has grown so
>> large. For example, one person has already mentioned they could take
>> on sponsorship coordination responsibilities. There is also an
>> energetic team who has volunteered to built out additional
>> functionality in the PyTexas website.
>>
>> The next couple of months is a good time to start thinking about what
>> we want to do for PyTexas 2011. Do we want to follow the same format,
>> or possibly consider a BarCamp-style unconference? Should we plan for
>> a meeting or sprint at PyCon? Do we want to hold it in College Station
>> again this year? There was some talk about larger spaces being
>> available.
>>
>> The sooner we can establish leadership, the sooner we can make
>> important decisions which will enable a successful conference next
>> year.
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