From stuart at swilliams.ca Thu Oct 22 18:14:33 2009 From: stuart at swilliams.ca (Stuart Williams) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:14:33 -0500 Subject: [Python Wpg] Winnipeg Python Users Group September meeting In-Reply-To: <db6e78040909221848p703adf3bnb38265189a5e1c30@mail.gmail.com> References: <db6e78040909221848p703adf3bnb38265189a5e1c30@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <db6e78040910221514l27369e46rd1dc088d7755cb6e@mail.gmail.com> My call for re-introductions resulted in 4 or 5 messages a month ago. Anyone else out there have enough time now to re-introduce yourself, let us know if you're interested in meetings, and if so what location and time works? So far we have 3 interested who prefer downtown during the day, 1 interested who has no preference, and 2 interested who prefer meeting at the U of M. I'm leaning towards having a meeting next week downtown and another one in 3 or 4 weeks at the U of M, both during the noon hour. Stuart. On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Stuart Williams <stuart at swilliams.ca> wrote: > Fall is here and it's time for the Winnipeg Python Users Group to > start up again, but we won't meet tomorrow night, September 23rd. ?The > organizers didn't get organized in time, we don't have a room or a > presentation, and some of us aren't able to attend due to conflicts. > > However, I also think it's time to step back and reflect on the group. > ?The catch 22 is it's hard to reflect when meeting attendance is > fairly low. > > We have 53 members on the mailing list and I estimate that 20 to 30 > people have attended from 1 and 5 times in the past 3.5 years, but > usual attendance rarely tops half a dozen. > > This is not necessarily a problem. ?The nature of and demand for local > technical user groups has changed quite a bit in the last 15 years. ?I > think having 53 people in Winnipeg who identify themselves as being > somewhat interested in Python and who can be reached with relevant > announcements that they would like to receive is a good thing. > > I suggest try answering the following questions, starting with an > introduction or re-introduction of yourself and your interest in > Python. > > Are you interested in meetings? ?Is the time or location bad? ?Would a > noon-hour meeting downtown work better? ?Do you want to hear > presentations, work on projects, or something else? > > > Here are my answers: > > I'm a Software Developer in the financial services industry. ?I use > Python at work. ?I have taught Python to high school students, to > university students, and to other software developers at PyCon. ?I'm > one of the organizers of the Winnipeg Python Users Group. > > I enjoy the meetings and usually attend. ?The time and location are > OK, although daytime downtown would be better for me. ?I enjoy hearing > presentations on new topics, preparing presentations, and working on > projects - no strong preference in any particular direction. > > Stuart. > From high.res.mike at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 20:32:03 2009 From: high.res.mike at gmail.com (Mike Pfaiffer) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:32:03 -0500 Subject: [Python Wpg] Winnipeg Python Users Group September meeting In-Reply-To: <db6e78040910221514l27369e46rd1dc088d7755cb6e@mail.gmail.com> References: <db6e78040909221848p703adf3bnb38265189a5e1c30@mail.gmail.com> <db6e78040910221514l27369e46rd1dc088d7755cb6e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AE0F983.4010302@gmail.com> Stuart Williams wrote: > My call for re-introductions resulted in 4 or 5 messages a month ago. > Anyone else out there have enough time now to re-introduce yourself, > let us know if you're interested in meetings, and if so what location > and time works? > > So far we have 3 interested who prefer downtown during the day, 1 > interested who has no preference, and 2 interested who prefer meeting > at the U of M. > > I'm leaning towards having a meeting next week downtown and another > one in 3 or 4 weeks at the U of M, both during the noon hour. > > Stuart. Unfortunately I can't make it to the meeting this month (at either location). I'm recovering from a cold. I doubt I'd be able to contribute much but coughing and the occasional expletive. Later Mike > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Stuart Williams <stuart at swilliams.ca> wrote: >> Fall is here and it's time for the Winnipeg Python Users Group to >> start up again, but we won't meet tomorrow night, September 23rd. The >> organizers didn't get organized in time, we don't have a room or a >> presentation, and some of us aren't able to attend due to conflicts. >> >> However, I also think it's time to step back and reflect on the group. >> The catch 22 is it's hard to reflect when meeting attendance is >> fairly low. >> >> We have 53 members on the mailing list and I estimate that 20 to 30 >> people have attended from 1 and 5 times in the past 3.5 years, but >> usual attendance rarely tops half a dozen. >> >> This is not necessarily a problem. The nature of and demand for local >> technical user groups has changed quite a bit in the last 15 years. I >> think having 53 people in Winnipeg who identify themselves as being >> somewhat interested in Python and who can be reached with relevant >> announcements that they would like to receive is a good thing. >> >> I suggest try answering the following questions, starting with an >> introduction or re-introduction of yourself and your interest in >> Python. >> >> Are you interested in meetings? Is the time or location bad? Would a >> noon-hour meeting downtown work better? Do you want to hear >> presentations, work on projects, or something else? >> >> >> Here are my answers: >> >> I'm a Software Developer in the financial services industry. I use >> Python at work. I have taught Python to high school students, to >> university students, and to other software developers at PyCon. I'm >> one of the organizers of the Winnipeg Python Users Group. >> >> I enjoy the meetings and usually attend. The time and location are >> OK, although daytime downtown would be better for me. I enjoy hearing >> presentations on new topics, preparing presentations, and working on >> projects - no strong preference in any particular direction. >> >> Stuart. >> > _______________________________________________ > Winnipeg Python Users Group mailing list > http://WinniPUG.ca > Winnipeg at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/winnipeg