Materials to help you (yes YOU) spread the word about PyOhio.

Formal announcement:

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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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 . . To insert a blog badge (clickable button) in your blog, or anywhere else on the web, just
 . paste this text into the HTML:
<a href="http://pyohio.org"><img src="{{http://66.35.62.37:8080/catherine/badge.gif}}" /></a> . 

Ooh, drat, foiled by MoinMoin's excessively aggressive interpretation of URLs.  Let's try that again - although it really would be better to put http and :// before 66.35.62.37...

<a href="http://pyohio.org"><img src="66.35.62.37:8080/catherine/badge.gif" /></a> . 

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyOhio/Graphics

You can download a flyer, print it out, photocopy it, and hand it out at your usergroup, your techie bookstore, your nephew's graduation, etc.

 . PDF: [[attachment:full_page_flyer.pdf]]

 . PDF: [[attachment:tri-flyer.pdf]] 

 . Scribus: [[attachment:tri-flyer.sla]]

There's a half-page ad suitable for publications.

 . Ad in PDF: [[attachment:half_page_ad.pdf]] Ad in Scribus: [[attachment:half_page_ad.sla]]
TODO: banner ad

Microformatted announcement:

<div id="hcalendar-PyOhio" class="vevent">
  <a href="http://pyohio.org" class="url summary">PyOhio</a>:
  <div class="description">Regional Python programming miniconference</div>
  <abbr title="20080726" class="dtstart">July 26th, 2008</abbr>
  <div id="metro-library" class="vcard location">
   <a class="url fn n org" href="http://www.columbuslibrary.org/">Columbus Metropolitan Library</a>
   <div class="adr">
    <div class="street-address">96 S. Grant Ave.</div>
    <span class="locality">Columbus</span>, <span class="region">OH</span> <span class="postal-code">43215</span>
    <span class="country-name">USA</span>
   </div>
  </div>
  <div class="tags">Tags: <a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/python">python</a> <a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/open-source"> open-source</a><a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/programming"> programming</a><a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/conference"> conference</a><a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/ohio"> ohio</a></div>
</div>  

Microformatted announcement, stripped of carriage returns (for blogs like Blogger):

<div id="hcalendar-PyOhio" class="vevent">  <a href="http://pyohio.org" class="url summary">PyOhio</a>  <div class="description">Regional Python programming miniconference</div><abbr title="20080726" class="dtstart">July 26th, 2008</abbr>  <div id="metro-library" class="vcard location">   <a class="url fn n org" href="http://www.columbuslibrary.org/">Columbus Metropolitan Library</a><div class="adr">    <div class="street-address">96 S. Grant Ave.</div>    <span class="locality">Columbus</span>, <span class="region">OH</span> <span class="postal-code">43215</span><span class="country-name">USA</span>   </div>  </div>  <div class="tags">Tags: <a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/python">python</a> <a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/open-source"> open-source</a><a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/programming"> programming</a><a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/conference"> conference</a><a href="http://eventful.com/events/tags/ohio"> ohio</a></div></div>