[socal-piggies] UCLA PyCamp

[Jathan McCollum]

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
>
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