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| ''BayPiggies is taking the lead in making a bid for PyCon2010 in the San Francisco Bay Area. See PyCon2010BayPiggiesProposal for more information.'' |
BayPiggies has taken the lead in making a bid for PyCon2010 in the San Francisco Bay Area. See PyCon2010BayPiggiesProposal and SanFrancisco for more information. |
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| ''The following are the questions asked by Python.org of bidders to host PyCon.'' | The following are the questions asked by Python.org of bidders to host PyCon. |
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| ''Staff and volunteers who have answers are encouraged to put the information here. This is not the official bid, so don't worry about formatting, but do try to be accurate. It helps to give the source of your information as a link.'' | Staff and volunteers who have answers are encouraged to put the information here. Give the source of your information as a link. |
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| The requirements for future PyCon bids will be different than years past in that we won't be asking local groups to actually begin negotiations with venues. | ''The requirements for future PyCon bids will be different than years past in that we won't be asking local groups to actually begin negotiations with venues.'' |
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| ''Right. We can identify candidates, but we won't be negotiating the contract.'' | Right. We can identify candidates, but we won't be negotiating the contract. |
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| Instead, we're looking for a somewhat less formal proposal telling us why PyCon should be held in your local area: * Tell us, briefly, what's good and what's great about the city/region/state that would make it a good place to host PyCon. |
''Instead, we're looking for a somewhat less formal proposal telling us why PyCon should be held in your local area:'' * ''Tell us, briefly, what's good and what's great about the city/region/state that would make it a good place to host PyCon.'' |
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| ''[http://www.baypiggies.org/ BayPiggies], Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Berkeley, Guido, Google, Stanford, UC Berkeley...'' | [[http://www.baypiggies.org/|BayPiggies]], Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Guido, The Exploratorium, Google, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Napa, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel, Pebble Beach, Big Sur... |
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| Tell us the pros and cons about the local area: + Are major venues (1000+ person capacity) plentiful? |
''Tell us the pros and cons about the local area:'' + ''Are major venues (1000+ person capacity) plentiful?'' |
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| *[http://www.moscone.com/ Moscone]} *[http://www.santaclara.org/conventioncenter/ Santa Clara Convention Center] *[http://sanjose.org/meetings/facilities/convention.php San Jose Convention Center] *[http://www.oaklandcvb.com/ Oakland Convention Center] *[http://www1.hilton.com/ Hilton Hotels] *[http://sanjosemarriott.com/ Marriott Hotel] *[http://dtsj.com/ Doubletree Hotel] *[http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/index.html Westin] *[http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/ Holiday Inn] *[http://www.fairmont.com/ Fairmont Hotel] + Are they clustered or located in any particular area? |
*[[http://www.moscone.com/|Moscone]]} *[[http://www.santaclara.org/conventioncenter/|Santa Clara Convention Center]] *[[http://sanjose.org/meetings/facilities/convention.php|San Jose Convention Center]] *[[http://www.oaklandcvb.com/|Oakland Convention Center]] *[[http://www1.hilton.com/|Hilton Hotels]] *[[http://sanjosemarriott.com/|Marriott Hotel]] *[[http://dtsj.com/|Doubletree Hotel]] *[[http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/index.html|Westin]] *[[http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/|Holiday Inn]] *[[http://www.fairmont.com/|Fairmont Hotel]] |
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| ''San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay'' | We could have a reception at The Exploratorium and offer them a coding sprint. |
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| + Transportation resources: | + ''Are they clustered or located in any particular area?'' |
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| o How close is the nearest major airport to the heart of the city or region? | San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay |
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| ''SFO 15 miles from downtown San Francisco, 40 miles from San Jose'' | + ''Transportation resources:'' |
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| ''SJC 5 miles from downtown San Jose'' | o ''How close is the nearest major airport to the heart of the city or region?'' |
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| o What sort of transportation options are available? Bus, taxi, train, light-rail, subway, etc. How much does a trip on each cost? | *San Francisco SFO 15 miles from downtown San Francisco, 40 miles from San Jose *San Jose SJC 5 miles from downtown San Jose *Oakland OAK Across the Bridge from San Francisco, 50 miles from San Jose |
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| *[http://www.sfmuni.com/ SF Muni] $1.75; [http://www.vta.org/ Santa Clara County VTA] $1.75 (includes Santa Clara County Light Rail) *[http://caltrain.com/ Caltrain] San Jose Diridon (Zone 4) to SF 4th & Townsend (Zone 1) $7.50; SFO-SF $4.00 *[http://www.bart.gov/ BART] SFO to Montgomery St., SF $5.35 *[http://www.bayshuttle.com/ Bay Shuttle, SFO-SF $16; SFO-San Jose *[http://www.bayareashuttles.net/bay_area_airport_shuttle.htm All Bay Area shuttles] |
o ''What sort of transportation options are available? Bus, taxi, train, light-rail, subway, etc. How much does a trip on each cost?'' |
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| ''SF taxi companies:'' | One-way prices. *[[http://www.sfmuni.com/|SF Muni]] $1.75 *[[http://www.vta.org/|Santa Clara County VTA]] $1.75 (includes Santa Clara County Light Rail) $1.75 *[[http://www.flyoakland.com/ac_transit.shtml|AC Transit]] Alameda/Contra Costa counties $1.75 *[[http://caltrain.com/|Caltrain]] San Jose Diridon (Zone 4) to SF 4th & Townsend (Zone 1) $7.50; SFO-SF $4.00 *[[http://www.flyoakland.com/amtrak.shtml|Amtrak]] Oakland-San Jose $13.00 *[[http://www.bart.gov/|BART]] SFO to Montgomery St., SF $5.35; Oakland Coliseum to Montogmery St., SF $3.55 *[[http://www.flyoakland.com/bart_airbart.shtml|AirBART shuttle]] OAK to Oakland Coliseum, $3 *[http://www.bayshuttle.com/ Bay Shuttle, SFO-SF $16.00 *[[http://www.bayareashuttles.net/bay_area_airport_shuttle.htm|All Bay Area shuttles]] SFO-San Jose, about $40.00 SF taxi companies: |
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| ''Major hotels have free airport shuttles.'' | Taxis cost about $40 between SFO and downtown SF. |
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| o How close are these resources to the large venues you identified above? | Major hotels have free airport shuttles. |
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| ''Usually within a block.'' | o ''How close are these resources to the large venues you identified above?'' |
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| + What other major (1000+ attendee) events has your area hosted recently? | Usually within a few blocks. |
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| o Any tech-related events? | + ''What other major (1000+ attendee) events has your area hosted recently?'' |
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| ''Only a few hundred in recent years.'' :-) | o ''Any tech-related events?'' |
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| ''Recent and currently scheduled tech conferences:'' | Only a few hundred in recent years. :-) A sampling of recent and currently scheduled tech conferences: |
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| + How's the weather? Remember, the target is for PyCon to be held between mid-February and mid-April. | + ''How's the weather? Remember, the target is for PyCon to be held between mid-February and mid-April.'' |
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| ''No snow, anyway. Rain possible but not probable.'' | No snow, anyway. Rain possible but not probable. Fog in parts of SF. |
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| * Tell us about your group: | * ''Tell us about your group:'' |
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| + Who are you? | + ''Who are you?'' |
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| ''Bay Area Python Interest Group'' | Bay Area Python Interest Group |
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| + What's your connection to Python? | + ''What's your connection to Python?'' |
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| ''well, Guido is a member.'' | We're a Python group. Guido is a member. |
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| + How many volunteers can you expect to provide for PyCon? | + ''How many volunteers can you expect to provide for PyCon?'' |
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| ''A few dozen, including volunteers from Google.'' | Dozens, including volunteers from Google. |
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| Remember, this is planning for two years in advance. | ''Remember, this is planning for two years in advance.'' |
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| + Are there any key players who bring experience or skills that you feel are particularly valuable to PyCon? | + ''Are there any key players who bring experience or skills that you feel are particularly valuable to PyCon?'' |
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| ''Guido. Google.'' | Guido. Google, 200+ OLPC XO users and developers... |
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| + Looking at the PyCon staff roles list, are there any local people who would be committed to filling a particular role? | + ''Looking at the [[http://us.pycon.org/2008/about/staff/|PyCon staff]] roles list, are there any local people who would be committed to filling a particular role?'' |
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| ''Yes.'' | Yes. |
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| *Aahz, Acting Lord High This and That | *Aahz, Border Collie |
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| * Tell us about the local Python community: + Users group(s) for Python? Django? Zope? Plone? Any local university Python groups? |
* ''Tell us about the local Python community:'' + ''Users group(s) for Python? Django? Zope? Plone? Any local university Python groups?'' |
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| ''Indeed.'' | Indeed. |
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| *Bay Area Zope Users *SF Bay Area PloneLounge *Berkeley Plone Users Group |
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| + Local companies doing exciting things with Python? | See also [[http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/bass/groups.php|SF Bay Area Scripting Groups]] |
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| o Would they be interested in sponsoring PyCon? | + ''Local companies doing exciting things with Python?'' |
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| ''Google, for a start. They say they want to continue sponsoring PyCon.'' | o ''Would they be interested in sponsoring PyCon?'' |
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| * Tell us about the local tech community: | Google, for a start. They say they want to continue sponsoring PyCon. |
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| + Who are the big IT and Tech related companies in the area? | The LucasFilm people at PyCon2008 say they want to get us invited for a tour of their headquarters (also LucasArts) in the Letterman Building in the Presidio of San Francisco. |
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| ''Uh, wow. Well, Google, HP, Apple, Intel, AMD, IBM, Oracle, and a cast of thousands. | We haven't talked to the other tech companies in the area, but we expect to come up with something. |
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| o Do they use Python? | * ''Tell us about the local tech community:'' |
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| ''Google does.'' | + ''Who are the big IT and Tech related companies in the area?'' Uh, wow. Well, Google, HP, Apple, Intel, AMD, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, and a cast of thousands. o ''Do they use Python?'' Google, LucasFilm/ILM, YouTube, VMware, Yahoo!, Cisco, IronPort, eBay, BitTorrent, Slide, Facebook, HP, IBM, Apple, Oracle, LSI Logic... [[http://www.dice.com/|DICE]] has more than 370 Bay Area job listings for Python today (2008-4-14) at companies including HP, AMD, Conde Nast Publications, Deloitte, Dreamworks Animation, eBay, E*trade, Google, IBM, Macy's, Nokia, NVIDIA, SourceForge, Sun, Walmart, Yahoo [[http://www.job-search-engine.com/jobs?k=python&l=San+Francisco%2C+CA|Juju]] lists other Python jobs: Cisco, Acxiom, Macrovision... |
BayPiggies has taken the lead in making a bid for PyCon2010 in the San Francisco Bay Area. See PyCon2010BayPiggiesProposal and SanFrancisco for more information.
The following are the questions asked by Python.org of bidders to host PyCon.
Staff and volunteers who have answers are encouraged to put the information here. Give the source of your information as a link.
The requirements for future PyCon bids will be different than years past in that we won't be asking local groups to actually begin negotiations with venues.
Right. We can identify candidates, but we won't be negotiating the contract.
Instead, we're looking for a somewhat less formal proposal telling us why PyCon should be held in your local area:
Tell us, briefly, what's good and what's great about the city/region/state that would make it a good place to host PyCon.
BayPiggies, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Guido, The Exploratorium, Google, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Napa, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel, Pebble Beach, Big Sur...
Tell us the pros and cons about the local area:
+ Are major venues (1000+ person capacity) plentiful?
We could have a reception at The Exploratorium and offer them a coding sprint.
+ Are they clustered or located in any particular area?
San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay
+ Transportation resources:
o How close is the nearest major airport to the heart of the city or region?
- San Francisco SFO 15 miles from downtown San Francisco, 40 miles from San Jose
- San Jose SJC 5 miles from downtown San Jose
- Oakland OAK Across the Bridge from San Francisco, 50 miles from San Jose
o What sort of transportation options are available? Bus, taxi, train, light-rail, subway, etc. How much does a trip on each cost?
One-way prices.
SF Muni $1.75
Santa Clara County VTA $1.75 (includes Santa Clara County Light Rail) $1.75
AC Transit Alameda/Contra Costa counties $1.75
Caltrain San Jose Diridon (Zone 4) to SF 4th & Townsend (Zone 1) $7.50; SFO-SF $4.00
Amtrak Oakland-San Jose $13.00
BART SFO to Montgomery St., SF $5.35; Oakland Coliseum to Montogmery St., SF $3.55
AirBART shuttle OAK to Oakland Coliseum, $3
[http://www.bayshuttle.com/ Bay Shuttle, SFO-SF $16.00
All Bay Area shuttles SFO-San Jose, about $40.00
SF taxi companies:
- Yellow Cab
Luxor Taxi & Cab Services
- American Taxi Cab
- Desoto Cab Co
- Town Taxi Inc
- City Wide Taxi Dispatch
- Royal Taxi
- ABC Taxi
Taxis cost about $40 between SFO and downtown SF.
Major hotels have free airport shuttles.
o How close are these resources to the large venues you identified above?
Usually within a few blocks.
+ What other major (1000+ attendee) events has your area hosted recently?
o Any tech-related events?
Only a few hundred in recent years. 
A sampling of recent and currently scheduled tech conferences:
- Linux World
- Mac World
- Game Developers Conference
- RSA Security Conference
- Web 2.0
- Cisco Systems Conference
- Semicon
- Embedded Systems Conference
- Unicode Conference
- Technosium
- Search Marketing Expo
- Software Development West
- Multicore Expo
+ How's the weather? Remember, the target is for PyCon to be held between mid-February and mid-April.
No snow, anyway. Rain possible but not probable. Fog in parts of SF.
Tell us about your group:
+ Who are you?
Bay Area Python Interest Group
+ What's your connection to Python?
We're a Python group. Guido is a member.
+ How many volunteers can you expect to provide for PyCon?
Dozens, including volunteers from Google.
Remember, this is planning for two years in advance.
+ Are there any key players who bring experience or skills that you feel are particularly valuable to PyCon?
Guido. Google, 200+ OLPC XO users and developers...
+ Looking at the PyCon staff roles list, are there any local people who would be committed to filling a particular role?
Yes.
- Ed Cherlin, Chairbeing
- John Menerick, Webmaster
- Aahz, Border Collie
- Andrew Fife, ??
Tell us about the local Python community: + Users group(s) for Python? Django? Zope? Plone? Any local university Python groups?
Indeed.
- unnamed XO Sugar hacking society (SF and Silicon Valley)
- Bay Area Zope Users
SF Bay Area PloneLounge
- Berkeley Plone Users Group
See also SF Bay Area Scripting Groups
+ Local companies doing exciting things with Python?
o Would they be interested in sponsoring PyCon?
Google, for a start. They say they want to continue sponsoring PyCon.
The LucasFilm people at PyCon2008 say they want to get us invited for a tour of their headquarters (also LucasArts) in the Letterman Building in the Presidio of San Francisco.
We haven't talked to the other tech companies in the area, but we expect to come up with something.
Tell us about the local tech community:
+ Who are the big IT and Tech related companies in the area?
Uh, wow. Well, Google, HP, Apple, Intel, AMD, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, and a cast of thousands.
o Do they use Python?
Google, LucasFilm/ILM, YouTube, VMware, Yahoo!, Cisco, IronPort, eBay, BitTorrent, Slide, Facebook, HP, IBM, Apple, Oracle, LSI Logic... DICE has more than 370 Bay Area job listings for Python today (2008-4-14) at companies including HP, AMD, Conde Nast Publications, Deloitte, Dreamworks Animation, eBay, E*trade, Google, IBM, Macy's, Nokia, NVIDIA, SourceForge, Sun, Walmart, Yahoo Juju lists other Python jobs: Cisco, Acxiom, Macrovision...