[socal-piggies] UCLA PyCamp

[Chris Calloway]

Socal Piggies and LA Plone Users are invited to join PyCampers at the 
Westwood Brewing Company (chosen for convenient proximity to the PyCamp 
classroom), 1097 Glendon Ave, at 6pm (until ?) on Wednesday June 16. 
Help LA's newest Pythoneers discover the local Python community. Wear 
your Python or Plone t-shirt.

See you there!

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway
office: 332 Chapman Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

On 5/12/2010 11:03 PM, Jathan McCollum wrote:
> This sounds fun.  I'd love to know the final details on the pub gathering
> once you have them! :)
> 
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:
> 
>> In June there will be a Python training called PyCamp at UCLA. I am the
>> instructor for PyCamp. PyCamp is very much about expanding the Python
>> community, particularly to academics who need some sort of handy dandy
>> computational scripting environment.
>>
>> Because PyCamp is very much about expanding the Python community, part of
>> PyCamp is acculturating Pycamp participants to things like user groups.
>> Pycamp was actually created by a Python user group in the first place and is
>> being sponsored at UCLA in part by the LA Plone Users Group.
>>
>> On Wednesday June 16 of PyCamp, there will be an after-class party
>> (probably around 6pm) at a yet to be selected pub near the PyCamp classroom
>> (Moore Hall 3027, Graduate School of Education, UCLA South Campus). There
>> will be about 40 PyCampers there. I would like it very much if some (or
>> many) SoCal Piggies would like to come to this party in order to recruit
>> PyCampers to your meetings and thereby integrate new Python users into your
>> local Python flavor. There will be free food and libation at this party to
>> make it even more worth your while.
>>
>> I'll be working with the UCLA organizers to pick a place to have this party
>> and will let you know as soon as a place is agreed upon. (And if you have
>> any suggestions, maybe send them to me offlist). We are looking for a place
>> within walking distance of the classroom. So wherever we end up may not be
>> the top tavern on your list. But if will be the right place for free food,
>> booze, and excited new Pythonistas.
>>
>> For your further information, the standard PyCamp blurb follows this
>> paragraph. I look forward to seeing you in June.
>>
>> For beginners, this ultra-low-cost Python Boot Camp makes you productive so
>> you can get your work done quickly. PyCamp emphasizes the features which
>> make Python a simpler and more efficient language. Following along with
>> example Python PushUps™ speeds your learning process in a modern high-tech
>> classroom. Become a self-sufficient Python developer in just five days at
>> PyCamp! Conducted on the campus of UCLA, PyCamp comes with your own copy of
>> Wing Professional Python IDE.
>>
>> The UCLA Department of Psychology and the UCLA Graduate School of Education
>> & Information Studies bring PyCamp to Los Angeles, June 14-18, 2010.
>>
>> Register today at http://trizpug.org/boot-camp/pycamp-la-2010/
>>
>> A three-day condensed version of PyCamp is also offered as part of the
>> Plone Symposium East 2010 at Pennsylvania State University, May 24-26, 2010:
>>
>> http://trizpug.org/boot-camp/pycamp-psu-2010/
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Chris Calloway
>> office: 332 Chapman Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
>> mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599