[socal-piggies] Proposed next meeting: Thu July 21st @ Evite

[Patrick Terry]

I would like to attend.

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Carl Groner <c.groner at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd also like to attend if there is still space.
>
> Thanks,
> Carl.
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Christopher Mahan <chris.mahan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > me too!
> >
> > Christopher Mahan
> > 818.671.1709
> > chris.mahan at gmail.com
> > http://christophermahan.com
> >
> > On Jul 7, 2011 9:44 AM, "John Matthew" <john at compunique.com> wrote:
> >> me too.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Priyesh Jain <jain.priyesh at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Please count me on as well
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> On Jul 6, 2011 3:24 PM, "Francis Ridder" <francis.ridder at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Can you count me in as attending
> >>> >
> >>> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Grig Gheorghiu
> >>> > <grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >> Our meeting is 2 weeks away, so we need some volunteers for one or
> >>> >> more of the topics below. Please contribute!
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Grig
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Grig Gheorghiu
> >>> >> <grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >>> Hello everybody,
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> It's time to plan our next meeting. We can host it at Evite and we
> >>> >>> propose the date of Thu. July 21st at 7 PM.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> While we're always looking for presenters (so please volunteer!),
> my
> >>> >>> colleague Warren Runk came up with a really good list of activities
> >>> >>> we
> >>> >>> could do in the meeting:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> - ice breakers (not lame ones)
> >>> >>> - moderated discussions with small group break out sessions (maybe
> >>> >>> present ideas to the list before hand to vote on)
> >>> >>> - algorithm discussions/introductions
> >>> >>> - maybe some light programming exercises (laptops or whiteboard)
> >>> >>> - allocated time dedicated to beginners (they can ask questions, we
> >>> >>> can provide useful experiences and things to avoid)
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> If you would like to vote on one of these topics, we could go ahead
> >>> >>> and do it at our next meeting.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I would also like to stress a couple of things based on feedback
> from
> >>> >>> various Piggies:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> 1) Our meeting is *very* open to beginners and we do not aim for a
> >>> >>> super-high technical threshold; we encourage beginners to attend,
> ask
> >>> >>> questions and propose topics of interest to them. Danny Greenfeld
> had
> >>> >>> a really good idea related to this, in that more advanced users can
> >>> >>> do
> >>> >>> a real service to the community by presenting on their patterns of
> >>> >>> usage of basic Python modules such as sets, or exception handling,
> >>> >>> etc. So...please propose some of these topics!
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> 2) While we try to have lots of fun during the meetings, I would
> like
> >>> >>> to ask everybody to try to keep the comments (and sometimes
> heckling)
> >>> >>> addressed to presenters to a polite minimum. We can (and indeed do)
> >>> >>> have lively discussions on the respective topic *after* the
> presenter
> >>> >>> has finished.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Other comments and suggestions regarding the structure of our
> meeting
> >>> >>> are very welcome!
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> If you do plan on going to the July 21st meeting, please let me
> know.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Grig
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>
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Patrick Terry
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