Given the recent spate of successful sprints, Google decided it would be a good idea to host a sprint. We've been talking about it since PyCon. Jeremy finally got the ball rolling.

We plan to hold the sprint Aug 21-24, 2006. This date should be after 2.5 is released (early August). There will be 2 locations: Google's New York City office (NYC), and Google's Mountain View, California office (MTV). Google's Open Source Program Office is doing much of the internal coordination with Jeremy Hylton and Neal Norwitz handling more of the technical side. We hope many Googlers and non-Googlers will participate. Please add your name below if you are interested.

The goals of the sprint have not yet been defined. We should try to fix any serious 2.5 bugs as well as cleanup the code to prepare for 2.6. Let us know if you have any questions.

Attendees:

• Name	Location	Dates
  Jeremy Hylton	NYC	Aug 21-24
  Neal Norwitz	NYC?	Aug 21-24
  Guido van Rossum	MTV	Aug 21-24

Suggested sprint areas:

• 2.5 bug fixing
• Cleanup for 2.6
• New features for 2.6 (PEP may be required)
• Python 3000
• Add your ideas here

Administriva for Our Guests

We're planning to feed you and provide network connectivity. We're also planning a Googler/Python Devs cocktail hour.

Google would like to invite you to give a presentation to our employees if you are interested.

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Google would love to give a presentation to attendees if you're interested.

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Food

We'll be providing lunch and dinner to our attendees and breakfast will be available from the microkitchens.

Housing

You'll be able to reserve hotel rooms in both NYC and MTV at Google's corporate rate. Details to follow.

Security

We will pre-register you with security for both offices. Please make sure to get your name on the attendee list so we can get you pre-registered. More details to follow.

More on Location

New York City

Connection Machine - Floor 16

Mountain View

University Theatre - 1st Flr, Building 40

(please note - only reserved until 2:30 PM on Thursday, 8/24 - do we need another room?)