G'day everybody
The upcoming Hobart meeting is next week (apologies once again for the late announcement).
The agenda for this meeting is:
* New Hobart meeting venue discussion
* April state-wide meetup discussion
* "Distro Wars" - friendly discussion of pros and cons of distros
6:00pm for a 6:30pm start
Wednesday 16th May
57F Brisbane St
Hobart
Remote attendance is welcome via Google+ Hangout. You can find the TasLUG Google here: https://plus.google.com/111149840853139860030
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Next Launceston meeting: 2:00pm May 26th
Following Hobart meeting: 6:00pm June 20th
G'day everyone
You may recall that we were planning to have a vote on the future direction of TasLUG at the state-wide gathering. After discussion, we decided to assemble a steering committee to help guide us through that process.
The first task of this steering committee has been to put together a document that outlines the pros and cons of each of the three options before us. That document can be found in our forums.
The voting period has been stretched out till the 13th of May, and the voting form can still be found here.
(note: if you tick either of the boxes saying you'd like to be involved in helping run things at a local or state level and choose to not put any contact details in, you'll need to make sure you keep track of updates yourself as we get closer to formalising things)
tl;dr: PyCon Australia early bird registrations are now open! Find out more at http://2012.pycon-au.org/register/prices, including details of our accommodation programme.
PyCon Australia is excited to announce that early bird conference registrations are now available for our 2012 conference, to be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August in Hobart, Tasmania. Early bird registration will be extended to the first 60 confirmed conference registrations, or until Friday 1 June, whichever comes first.
PyCon Australia is the national conference for students, enthusiasts and professionals working with the Python programming language; it represents a unique opportunity for Python developers to meet fellow developers, and gain knowledge from experts and core Python developers from around Australia and the world. Securing your registration during the early bird period ensures your place at all of the events that PyCon Australia has to offer.
Early bird registration comes with a substantial discount for tickets at our "Enthusiast" and "Professional" rates. Early bird tickets at both the "Enthusiast" and "Professional" level are guaranteed a seat at our conference dinner. All tickets include access to the CodeWars event on Friday 17 August, and the post-conference sprints on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 August.
Early bird registration starts at $44 for full-time students; $168 for enthusiasts and $420 for professionals.
PyCon Australia has been working closely with our venue to provide a great conference experience; we're very pleased to be able to offer accommodation to delegates for the duration of the conference. We've secured an allocation of rooms within the Wrest Point complex, many of which are in the same building as the conference venue. Rooms available to delegates start at $124 per night; rooms inside the conference building start at $146 per night.
Information on conference registration, including details on how to book delegate accommodation through our preferred provider can be found at the PyCon Australia website ( http://2012.pycon-au.org ).
Our conference Call for Proposals is still open, and will close on Friday 4 May.
We can't wait to see you in Hobart in August!
About PyCon Australia
PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on.
To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact@pycon-au.org.
PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia ( http://www.linux.org.au ) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsor, Google Australia ( www.google.com.au ).
G'day all
A reminder about tomorrow's meeting:
Saturday April 28th
Ross Town Hall
* 12:00pm - 2:00pm: Mill around, get to know each other, show off any gear/projects we may have brought with us
* 2:00pm - 3:30pm: Meeting (covering voting on an organisational structure for TasLUG, maybe discussing SFD 2012 and anything else that gets raised)
* 3:30pm - 4:00pm: Pack up
* 4:00pm onwards: Go home/BBQ/whatever anybody is up for
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The rough agenda we have for the meeting part is:
* TasLUG Organisational Structure Vote (and nominate some people to move us forward in whatever direction we end up going)
* SFD Planning
* Next Year's Meetup
Looking very much forward to seeing old and new faces there, but if you can't make it, please still consider voting via this online form, which will remain active until the 3rd of May: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFR6S0VacGJlOGRmMTg3c0t4bVQyU1E6MQ
G'day everybody
The upcoming Hobart meeting is just under a week away (apologies once again for the late announcement).
The agenda for this meeting is:
* Understanding Android OS - Chris
* An Introduction to Drupal - Dale
6:00pm for a 6:30pm start
Wednesday 18th April
57F Brisbane St
Hobart
Google Maps Link
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Also, a reminder to everybody that the upcoming state-wide meeting will be at 12:00pm on the 28th April in Ross at the Ross Town Hall
There will be no Launceston meeting in April.
