PythonRegionalConferences
a free participant-driven face-to-face gathering of Python aficionados

Address

University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Fort Worth Texas 76107

We are meeting in the Education and Administration Building, aka EAD Our meeting rooms are 506 and 406. Registration will be outside room 506.

http://www.hsc.unt.edu/

Parking

Park in Parking lot A. This is the parking lot closest to the intersection of Montgomery Street, Camp Bowie Blvd, West Lancaster Street, and Clark Street. The university map of the nearest streets and buildings is at: http://www.hsc.unt.edu/Sites/RoomSchedulingOffice/index.cfm?pageName=Driving%20Directions%20and%20Maps

Google Map

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=map+3500+Camp+Bowie+Blvd.+76107

Notes

We'll have the use of two auditoriums, each with a projector and Internet access. Saturday will be for formal presentations in the morning and open space talks (scheduled at the last minute using sticky notes on a board; See BarCamp) scheduled for the afternoon. Sunday will have sprints and a PythonLab. Of course, we'll also have social get-togethers for meals at nearby restaurants.

• Promoters - Let's prepare an announcement for python-announce, the area user groups (including PHP and other programmer groups).

Welcome to the wiki site for pyTexas, the Python Unconference for the Texas Region. This unconference is a FREE event for Pythoneers from all over the Texas region to gather and share experiences and developments.

We'll have the use of two auditoriums, each with a projector and internet access. One auditorium will be for the beginner's track, and the other will be for talks aimed at more experienced Pythonistas. Saturday will be for formal presentations in the morning and open space talks (scheduled at the last minute using sticky notes on a board; See BarCamp) scheduled for the afternoon. Sunday will have sprints and a PythonLab. Of course, we'll also have social get-togethers for meals at nearby restaurants.

• PythonLab Puzzlemasters and Proctors

This year PyTexas is being held at

Oct 24-25, 2009 (Sat/Sun)

This year PyTexas is being held at http://www.hsc.unt.edu/images/Mainheader/Header_bkg.gif http://www.python.org/images/python-logo.gif

• When: the weekend of Oct 24th and 25th (see the schedule)

• Planners for the MealGatherings
• PythonLabs Puzzlemasters and Proctors
• Sprint Leaders

• Speakers (we have several good talks proposed but could use a few more)

We'll have the use of two auditoriums, each with a projector and internet access. One auditorium will be for the beginner's track, and the other will be for talks aimed at more experienced Pythonistas. Saturday will be for formal presentations in the morning and open space talks (scheduled at the last minute using sticky notes on a board; See BarCamp) scheduled for the afternoon. Sunday will have sprints and PythonLabs. Of course, we'll also have social get-togethers for meals at nearby restaurants.

We'll have the use of two auditoriums, each with a projector and internet access. One auditorium will be for the beginner's track, and the other will be for talks aimed at more experienced Pythonistas. Saturday will be for formal presentations in the morning and open space talks (scheduled at the last minute using sticky notes on a board; See BarCamp) scheduled for the afternoon. Sunday will have sprints and PythonLabs. Of course, we'll also have social get-togethers for meals at nearby restaurants]].

Welcome to the wiki site for pyTexas, the Python Unconference for the Texas Region. This unconference is expected to be a FREE event for Pythoneers from all over the Texas region to gather and share experiences and developments.

pyTexas 2009 is now confirmed:

• When: the weekend of Oct 24th and 25th (see the Schedule2009)
• Where: The University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth

We'll have the use of two auditoriums, each with a projector and internet access. One auditorium will be for the beginner's track, and the other will be for talks aimed at more experienced Pythonistas. Saturday will be for formal presentations in the morning and open space talks (scheduled at the last minute using sticky notes on a board; See BarCamp) scheduled for the afternoon. Sunday will have sprints and PythonLabs. Of course, we'll also have | social get-togethers for meals at nearby restaurants.

A mailing list for announcements and discussions about pyTexas is available at: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas

Volunteers Needed:

• Speakers (we have some good talks proposed but could use a few more)
• Organizers - We already have several but could use more); see the Organizers page.
• Promoters - Let's prepare an announcement for python-announce, the area user groups (including PHP and other programmer groups), and let's also notify local schools and universities. We want to bring in a lot of people to participate in the beginner's track.
• Data Kiosk Contributors - We want to have a kiosk where people can download Python-related videos, podcasts, etc. Let's have a meeting to consolidate these free data resources onto one or more drives which can be attached to the kiosk.

Navigating this site: See the left sidebar under 'Texas Unconference'

History

This tradition started in 2007 when the Houston Python user group hosted the gathering, and continued in 2008 when the Austin user group hosted the event. In 2009, we decided to name the event pyTexas, based on the naming conventions started at the successful pyArkansas and pyOhio events. (The name 'pycamp' was everyone's favorite in 2006 and 2007 but was easily confused with a commercial venture of the same name.)

• 2008 2008 Texas Pycon

• LocalInfo (Ft. Worth directions, local food and lodging for out of town folks)

The 2009 Regional Pycon for Texas will be held in Ft. Worth over the October 24th and 25th weekend. We are being hosted by the University of North Texas Health Science Center.

The 2009 Regional Pycon for Texas will be held in the Dallas area over the October 24th and 25th weekend.

A mailing list for announcements on this conference is available at: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas

The 2009 Regional Pycon for Texas will be held in the Dallas area in the September/October timeframe.

• A classic unconference for Saturday afternoon. See BarCamp

The topics to be presented are purely up to the participants. One theme that has been suggested is the Python installer system. This includes how modules are added and removed from a Python setup and advanced techniques, such as virtualenv.

The plan for this year is to have a conference with three main components

• Speakers to talk about Python topics of interest on Saturday morning
• A classic unconference for Saturday afternoon. http://barcamp.org/TheRulesOfBarCamp
• one or two sprints for Sunday

Following Robin's layout from 2007, the site layout under the home page I'm contemplating is as follows:

HOWDY!

Foolowing Robin's layout from 2007, the site layout under the home page I'm contemplating is as follows:

• Facility (info, LAN info, building rules, etc.)
• LocalInfo (Dallas directions, local food and lodging for out of town folks)

The 2009 Regional Pycon for Texas will be held in the Dallas area.

Welcome to the Wiki site for the Python Unconference for the Texas Region. My name is Ralph Green and I've started to plan the event. We are still looking for our location. If you have any good idea, please let us know. This unconference is expected to be a FREE event for Pythoneers from all over the Texas region to gather and share experiences and developments. If we don't find sufficient sponsorship or a cheap location, then there may be a small charge.

The topics to be presented are purely up to the participants. One theme that has been suggested is the Python installer system. This includes how modules are added and removed from a Python setup and advanced techniques, such as virtualenv.

Prior years

• 2007 2007 Texas Pycon
• 2008 2008 Texas Pycon

The photo and details below were for the conference in 2007, held in Houston. The 2008 conference is being held in Austin on October 4-5.

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Welcome to the Wiki site for the Python Unconference for the Texas Region. My name is Robin Friedrich and I've started to plan the event. We have reserved the Texas Learning & Computing Center at the University of Houston main campus for Sat/Sun Sept. 15/16, 2007. This unconference is intended to be a FREE event for Pythoneers from all over the Texas region to gather and share experiences and developments.

The topics to be presented are purely up to the participants, but a couple main themes people have expressed interest in are Scientific Python and Zope/Plone.

HOWDY!

Welcome to the Wiki site for the Python Unconference for the Texas Region. My name in Robin Friedrich and I've started to plan the event. We have reserved the Texas Learning & Computing Center at the University of Houston main campus for Sat/Sun Sept. 15/16, 2007. This unconference is intended to be a FREE event for Pythoneers from all over the Texas region to gather and share experiences and developments.

The topics to be presented are purely up to the participants but a couple main themes people have expressed interest in are Scientific Python and Zope/Plone.

(much more to come)

Welcome to the Wiki site for the Python Unconference for the Texas Region. My name in Robin Friedrich and I've started to plan the event. We have reserved the Texas Learning & Computing Center at the University of Houston main campus for Sat/Sun Sept. 15/16, 2007. This unconference is intended to be a FREE event for Pythoneers from all over Texas to gather and share experiences and developments.

Welcome to the Wiki site for the Python Unconference for the Texas Region. My name in Robin Friedrich and I've started to plan the event. We have reserved the <a href="http://tlc2.uh.edu">Texas Learning & Computing Center</a> at the University of Houston main campus for Sat/Sun Sept. 15/16, 2007. This unconference is intended to be a FREE event for Pythoneers from all over Texas to gather and share experiences and developments.

There are at least main focuses: Scientific Python and Zope/Plone.

HOWDY!

Welcome to the Wiki site for the Python Unconference for the Texas Region. My name in Robin Friedrich and I've started to plan the event. We have reserved the Texas Learning & Computing Center at the University of Houston main campus for Sat/Sun Sept. 15/16, 2007. This unconference is intended to be a FREE event for Pythoneers from all over Texas to gather and share experiences and developments.

The site layout under the home page I'm contemplating is as follows:

• Schedule (Session schedules and who will present)
• Registration (List of attendees)
• Facility (TLCC info, LAN info, building rules, etc.)
• LocalInfo (Houston directions, local food and lodging for out of town folks)
• Organizers (Volunteer duties and who will perform them)
• and Discussion (for discussing aspects of this site and the unconf.)

We'll put the general themes on this page and direct users to the above pages for the details. (much more to come)