[Texas] Time to Bring PyCon Back to Texas?

[Peter Wang]

Hey everyone,

Just saw this now. Van Lindberg and a whole bunch of Austin Python
folks participated in the infosession about bidding for PyCon 2016,
and what we came up with was an idea to do a joint bid.  That is, both
San Antonio and Austin contingents will submit bids for their
individual city, but we will also sign on to support each other's bid,
namely, if PyCon chooses either city, locals from the other city will
also contribute resources and such.  The idea is that this increases
the chances that a Texas city will make it into the finalists
(currently it looks like Portland and Boston folks are showing some
interest...).  Apparently Santa Clara & San Jose put together a joint
bid in a similar way.

One of my to-dos was to create a mailing list for people interested in
working on the "Go Texan" project.  I will announce this list shortly.

-Peter


On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Victor Trac <victor at victortrac.com> wrote:
> I'm one of the organizers of TXLF (http://2013.texaslinuxfest.org/) and can
> definitely help. +1 for bringing PyCon to Austin.
>
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> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Kevin Horn <kevin.horn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Rush <jrush at taupro.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara, I've been approached about whether
>>> the Texas contingent wants to step up for a bid to host PyCon 2016 in
>>> San Antonio.  That city was suggested because of its strong tourism
>>> aspect as well as being the home town of Rackspace, a big Python sponsor.
>>>
>>> Why 2016?  Because 2014 and 2015 are already locked in to be held in
>>> Montreal, Canada.  2016/2017 is still up in the air, and as the
>>> conference as grown, these things have to be planned well in advance.
>>>
>>> Anyone interested in stepping up for this?  It's a big commitment and I
>>> know hard to do so far in advance.
>>>
>>> -Jeff
>>
>>
>> I'd love to see PyCon back in Texas, but I think we'd would absolutely
>> need a local contact or contacts in the candidate city.  Some of us in other
>> places could help out I'm sure, but I think there would _need_ to be someone
>> in San Antonio to herd the necessary cats.
>>
>> Anyone?
>>
>> (BTW, Austin would be a great place to have a PyCon as well...hint, hint)
>>
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>> Kevin Horn
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