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