I would like to attend.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Carl Groner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.groner@gmail.com">c.groner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I'd also like to attend if there is still space.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">Carl.<br>
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On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Christopher Mahan <<a href="mailto:chris.mahan@gmail.com">chris.mahan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> me too!<br>
><br>
> Christopher Mahan<br>
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> On Jul 7, 2011 9:44 AM, "John Matthew" <<a href="mailto:john@compunique.com">john@compunique.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> 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>><br>
>> 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>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Can you count me in as attending<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Grig Gheorghiu<br>
>>> > <<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<br>
>>> >>> 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<br>
>>> >>> 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>
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