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PyOhio

July 26, 2008

Columbus, OH

PyOhio is a daylong regional miniconference being planned for July 26, 2008 at the Columbus Metropolitan Library (map) in beautiful Columbus, OH.

Watch this page for news on PyOhio! To receive PyOhio announcements, please join the PyOhio mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyohio

To help make PyOhio happen, please join the organizers' mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyohio-organizers

Cost

PyOhio will be free of charge for attendees. If possible, we'll find sponsors to provide lunch and snacks.

Planning Resources

Organizers

Venue

Staff (Volunteers)

Supplies

Schedule

Detailed schedule will wait until we've received talk submissions.

Keynotes
Standard talks, 50 minutes
Open Spaces
Lightning Talks
Sprints? (Potential sprint leaders will need to propose these)

Brochure

Attendees should get a handout describing:

what Open Spaces are & how to participate
scheduled talks with their abstracts
other conferences of interest - Penguicon and Ohio Day of .NET have already agreed to promote PyOhio in their program guides, and we'll reciprocate

Publicizing

Everybody should help publicize PyOhio! Materials to do so are here.

Announcements should go to:

python-announce-list: Done
PyCon blog: Done
COLUG: Done
Dayton Microcomputer Association
Everybody's blogs, of course
Columbus Ruby Brigade: Done
NOOSS: Done
OSU Open Source Club: Done
Cleveland Flex Users Group
GCPUG
MichiPUG: Done
Akron/Canton LUG
Cleveland Ruby Group
.Net / Java Groups?
Rubbercity Perl Mongers?
Event calendars: Mostly done
This Week in Django podcast: done

Announcement Text

PyOhio, the first annual Python programming miniconference for Ohio and surrounding areas, will take place Saturday, July 26, in Columbus, OH.

The conference is free of charge. It will include scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, and unconference-style Open Spaces.

To get more information or to volunteer, see http://pyohio.org.

After-party

Don't look at me, I'm a nerd. But it is a possibility...

Possibilities:

Southern Culture on the Skids at Skully's Music Diner http://www.scots.com/tourdates/ , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Culture_on_the_Skids http://www.skullys.org/

More planning resources at [User Group Support http://wiki.python.org/moin/Advocacy/UsergroupSupport]

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+PyOhio is a daylong regional miniconference being planned for *July 26, 2008* at the `Columbus Metropolitan Library`_ (map_) in beautiful Columbus, OH.
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+Watch this page for news on PyOhio!  To receive PyOhio announcements, please join the PyOhio mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyohio
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-    The Columbus Public Library has a very generous policy on letting groups meet: http://evanced.columbuslibrary.org/evanced/lib/roomrequest.asp  The only problem is the funny capacity: a 200-seating auditorium (OK but overkill) and two conference rooms (seating 15 and 10).  That would suit a single talk track and two open spaces OK, but things would get funny in the afternoon when it's all open spaces.
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+* Open Spaces

* Lightning Talks

* Sprints?  (Potential sprint leaders will need to propose these)

Brochure
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Attendees should get a handout describing:

 * what Open Spaces are & how to participate

 * scheduled talks with their abstracts

 * other conferences of interest - Penguicon and Ohio Day of .NET have already agreed to promote PyOhio in their program guides, and we'll reciprocate
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+So far, the following sponsors have (contacted us out of the blue and) volunteered to provide goodies:

`Apress <http://apress.com/>`_ will send books and swag

`Python Magazine <http://pythonmagazine.com/>`_ will send magazines and run an online ad

Thanks very much!

Publicizing
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Everybody should help publicize PyOhio!  Materials to do so are `here`_.

 .. _here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyOhio/publicize

Announcements should go to:

 * python-announce-list: Done

 * PyCon blog: Done

 * COLUG: Done

 * Dayton Microcomputer Association

 * Everybody's blogs, of course

 * Columbus Ruby Brigade: Done

 * NOOSS: Done

 * OSU Open Source Club: Done

 * Cleveland Flex Users Group

 * GCPUG

 * MichiPUG: Done

 * Akron/Canton LUG

 * Cleveland Ruby Group

 * .Net / Java Groups?

 * Rubbercity Perl Mongers?

 * Event calendars: Mostly done

 * This Week in Django podcast: done

Announcement Text
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PyOhio, the first annual Python programming miniconference for Ohio and surrounding areas, will take place Saturday, July 26, in Columbus, OH.

The conference is free of charge.  It will include scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, and unconference-style Open Spaces.

To get more information or to volunteer, see http://pyohio.org.
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Southern Culture on the Skids  at Skully's Music Diner
http://www.scots.com/tourdates/ ,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Culture_on_the_Skids
http://www.skullys.org/


More planning resources at [User Group Support http://wiki.python.org/moin/Advocacy/UsergroupSupport]

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