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Chair of PyCon DC 2003 and 2004.

Keeper of the [http://pydish.holdenweb.com/pwp PyDish], President of [http://www.holdenweb.com/ Holden Web LLC]

Member of the PSF Board.

Recently began planning activities for PyCon 2005. Currently [Aug 9, 2004] I'm tending towards

That means that the conference isn't disrupted and people's energies aren't diverted by pre-conference sprinting activity. It also means that many people will be able to stay on for at least two days of sprinting after the conference, at a time of maximum information and at least some residual energy.

Since the incremental cost of a room/day is relatively small we can provide huge value to out-of-town groups just by giving them a venue for (hopefully Python-related) activities for a few days longer. It also means that the spring starts big and tails off rather than starting small and growing by accretion. LauraCreighton is happy, DavidAscher is happy, and if nobody is b&m'ing about the sprints, I'm happy too.


Opinionated language bigot who tries to help and encourage new Python users (please note, someone else wrote this - I don't agree with "bigot") - sh.


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