Re: [python-uk] PSF Python Developer Survey 2018

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

You're welcome!

On 10/10/18 14:08, Nick Sarbicki wrote:
> Just to be contrarian I'm going to thank you for sharing the survey, I
> do appreciate the communication regardless of grammar, even if I have
> already filled it out!



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[python-uk] PSF Python Developer Survey 2018

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Last time I forwarded something from the PSF (the *volunteer led*
organisation responsible for supporting and developing the Python
programming language), all of the responses on this list and even some
to my personal email were of a critical nature (concerning grammar, the
sorts of questions and even the point of such surveys).

Therefore, it is with some trepidation that I point you towards the
PSF's Python developer survey, 2018:

https://surveys.jetbrains.com/s3/c17-python-developers-survey-2018

Best wishes,

Nicholas.



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Re: [python-uk] Farewell, relocating to Italy and looking for a remote job

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Andrea,

Sorry... there's a bug, the farewell function returns a SadnessOverload
exception. :-(

I'd like to wish you the best of luck for your return to Italy -- the UK
Python community's loss is their gain.

We should totally meet for a drink/coffee/lunch very soon.

N.

On 29/09/18 11:54, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote:
> from greetings import farewell
> 
> Good morning folks!
> 
> I don't want to bother you with many details, but for family reasons
> (I can't confirm nor deny it has anything to do with what may happen
> in March 2019), me and my wife will relocate to Italy (where she just
> got an amazing training job as Geriatric specialisation doctor).
> 
> I'm planning to stay in London no later than March and I hope to be
> able to catch up with those of you that I know in person, before I
> definitely leave.
> 
> I met a good number of amazing people during my time in UK. I can't
> probably mention everyone, but I will at least mention those I did
> learn a lot from (I hope I didn't forget anyone!).
> 
> Nicholas, Ravi, Daniel Pope, Harry Percival, Tim Golden, Daniele
> Procida: it's been a pleasure to meet you at Python Dojo and PyCon UK!
> 
> Work wise, I'm still enjoying my job at GDS (they are of course aware
> of my situation), but since I won't be able to bring this job with me
> in Italy, I really would like to find a remote job which I can start
> here and continue from there once I will have moved.
> 
> If you are aware of any company hiring remote Python/Django (I'm also
> learning Go, just don't expect me to be fluent as much as I'm with
> Python) backend developers, I would be glad to know.
> 
> I'm sure we will be able to stay in touch through the mailing list or
> on Twitter, I just won't be able to attend your local meetups.
> 
> farewell("folks!")
> 



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[python-uk] PyGame "art" grant

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Rene Dudfield (formerly of this parish) is the maintainer of PyGame.
He's just announced a grant for Python people who do "art" / creative
projects.

Please share this news far and wide and/or (if you feel you qualify)
apply for the grant yourself.

Full details here:
http://renesd.blogspot.com/2018/08/pygame-artist-in-residence-grant.html

Thanks,

N.



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Re: [python-uk] Using your Python career to make the world a better place (for real!)

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Folks,

I've worked with Steve over the course of several years. For instance,
he designed the snakes used extensively by PyCon UK but which were
originally for the education track and creation of educational resources
(and they're released as a free-to-use community resource too). We've
also worked on several other web based Python-y projects.

You really *do* want to look into working with him if he has an
opportunity for you to do so.

NOTE: Steve didn't ask me to write this email... in fact, he's probably
as surprised as you are by this email. Let that be a signal of the high
regard I have for him and his colleagues. I can't recommend Steve and
Dev Society highly enough.

N.

On 17/07/18 12:23, Stephen Hawkes wrote:
> And now for something completely different... (puts on best John Cleese
> voice)
> 
> Do you want to use your Python skills in a creative, fast paced team
> working exclusively with some of the world's biggest and most effective
> charities, NGOs and not for profit organisations? 
> 
> Do you want to work in a team where you have an equal share in shaping
> our direction and you are supported to grow as a developer and a person? 
> 
> If 'yes' then DEV might be the perfect place for you. We're The
> Developer Society, a total not-for-profit co-op digital agency based in
> Birmingham's awesome Digbeth area and with the possibility of a
> flexible/remote working arrangement. We work on solving fascinating
> problems with inspiring people and we are committed to empowering each
> other at the same time. Rather than VC pressure (and the joy of share
> dilution!), we model real company ownership, and it's working...
> 
> All of our projects are all Python powered and we love to support PyCon
> UK & the PSF where we can (hope you liked the PyConUK design!), and
> efforts to grow the community in the UK (check out codegrades.com
> , a recent design from us)
> 
> We believe that great people want to do meaningful and challenging work
> that contributes to the lives of others...and at DEV you don't have to
> sacrifice a salary to do so. We work exclusively with amazing charities
> and NGOs like The Refugee Council, Macmillan, Save The Children, Help
> Refugees, Amnesty International, 38 Degrees and lots of others. 
> 
> If you'd like to know more about life at DEV then read up here
>  and to see more about our Python roles here
> . Come join us and use your
> skills to make the world a better place.
> 
> Would genuinely love to hear what you think about all of this.
> (And if you ever want a custom Python illustration for your meetup, let
> me know, I had way too much fun with the PyCon UK ones)
> 
> ~Steve
> -- 
> 
> Stephen Hawkes
> Founder and Director
> *THE DEVELOPER SOCIETY_*
> 
> The not-for-profit co-op digital agency, run by and for the sector.
> 
> *Studio:* +44 (0) 333 344 7800 
> *Web:* dev.ngo 
> *Skype: *Add me via stevehawkz
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> 
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Re: [python-uk] Fwd: [PSF-Community] Python Software Foundation Survey

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

On 03/07/18 12:37, Jon Ribbens wrote

Sorry, couldn't do it - in common with most surveys, it's far too
badly written to be answerable in any meaningful way. Generally
by the time I get to the third unanswerable question I give up.


:-(

I'm not responsible for the survey, but I can give feedback to those who 
wrote it. Care to tell me (off list?) what the problem was?


N.
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[python-uk] Fwd: [PSF-Community] Python Software Foundation Survey

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

The PSF would like to know what you know about the PSF.

If I say any more, I'll defeat the object of the questionnaire linked to 
in the forwarded email below.


The more answers we get from the Python community, the more voices are 
heard. Please consider taking just a moment or two to fill out the survey.


Best wishes,

Nicholas.


 Forwarded Message 
Subject:[PSF-Community] Python Software Foundation Survey
Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 10:27:43 -0700
From:   Betsy Waliszewski 
To: PSF Community 



Hello, fellow Pythonistas!

The PSF would very much like to find out what you do - /or don't/ - know 
about our foundation. Our short survey takes just 5 minutes to complete 
and your input will help us be better at communicating our initiatives 
and goals.


Link to the survey - https://goo.gl/3r2C9z

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers,

Betsy
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[python-uk] Quick! EuroPython CfP is open (for only two weeks)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

https://blog.europython.eu/post/173666124852/europython-2018-call-for-proposals-cfp-is-open

The wonderfully cosmopolitan and friendly EuroPython is happening in
Edinburgh *the week before the Edinburgh Festival starts*. Because of
various reasons things have been slow off the mark this year which means
the CfP (which just opened -- see linked blog post) is only open for two
weeks.

Get your proposals in fast! Then the unique-to-EuroPython community
voting process so the conference welcomes a diverse range of speakers
presenting on subjects currently of interest to the Python community.

Many moons ago, EuroPython is where I did my very first ever conference
talk (about the London Python Code Dojo) and you won't find a more
welcoming, diverse or friendly crowd to present to.

If you're not sure and / or seeking advice, please don't hesitate to get
in touch with me and I'll try to help as best I can. The upshot is, just
dive in, you'll be supported and won't regret it.

Best wishes,

N.




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[python-uk] Do you use Python..? (Of course you do...)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Time for a guilt trip that can easily be countered by a small and
painless transaction (skip to the end for the link)... ;-)

Do you use Python? (Of course you do!)

It's cool to benefit from such a great ecosystem & related
infrastructure, right..?

As you're all aware, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) support this
community and pay the bills for quite a number of aspects of it (eg, who
pays for PyPI, core-Python sprints costs etc?). The PSF also gives away
most of its money as grants to community based events, educational
outreach, conferences (including PyCon UK) and development sprints to
groups from all over the world. As a member of the grants working group
I see the huge impact such support has for the continued flourishing of
Python the language and Python the community.

I'm sad (and a tad frustrated) to report that ONLY 52 PEOPLE HAVE
DONATED to the relatively modest $20k PSF donation drive.

* If you're someone who thinks, "I'd love to support the Python
community but I just don't have time to volunteer" -- then making a
small contribution via the site linked below is *how you fulfil your
desire to support*.

* If you're someone who works at a company who makes heavy use of Python
and its related infrastructure then please consider making a donation as
an individual (after all, your job relies on this community and its
efforts) and also encourage your managers to make a corporate donation.

* If you're someone who simply doesn't have the spare cash, that's fine!
But if you can encourage those in a position to contribute (such as your
employer perhaps?) that would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the link:

https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2018-q2-drive/

Thank you in advance for your support!

Best wishes,

N.






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Re: [python-uk] Burning desire to watch cataract surgery?

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Iris you could have given us more details...

(BTW, plenty more where that came from...)

:-)

N.

On 13/10/17 14:36, Hansel Dunlop wrote:
> He's getting to the heart of the matter
> 
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Richard Barran
> mailto:rich...@arbee-design.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
> I see what you did there...
> 
>> On 13 Oct 2017, at 15:21, Adam Johnson > > wrote:
>>
>> Sounds cutting edge!
>>
>> On 13 October 2017 at 14:05, Hansel Dunlop
>> mailto:han...@interpretthis.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Probably not, in fact I probably don't want to watch another
>> one in my life if I can help it. BUT: 
>>
>> For those who know me, and for those that don't. The company
>> I'm working for (It's called Touch Surgery, and I look after
>> the platform team) is growing quickly at the moment. There are
>> a broad range of technical roles. I'm particularly keen to
>> find some Python devs who have worked on large Django projects
>> but anyone senior looking for something exciting would be of
>> great interest. 
>> 
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Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] PyCon UK 2017: schedule, and last chance to get tickets

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Exactly... we should be very grateful to have such a hard working team
of volunteers led by Peter. Well done to all of you for creating what
looks to be the best PyCon UK ever.

N.

On 06/10/17 13:35, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 06/10/2017 12:58, Peter Inglesby wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> On behalf of the PyCon UK committee, I'm delighted to announce the
>> full schedule for PyCon UK 2017 !
>>
>> We're hosting a huge number of talks, workshops, and other sessions. 
>> Speakers are coming from all over the world to share their
>> experiments, discoveries, problems, solutions, achievements, failures,
>> and other adventures.
> 
> I have had the benefit of seeing some of the behind-the-scenes work to
> get this together, and can I thank Peter and the others who've worked to
> put everything in place?
> 
> Even if you've never had to do this, you can imagine how tricky it is to
> juggle everything into place, including day-long workshops, panel
> sessions, keynote speakers, regular talks, different room capacities,
> speakers' particular time constraints and all the rest. Plus getting it
> all in a responsive layout.
> 
> I look forward to being there...
> 
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Re: [python-uk] (London) Looking for venues for Python Projects Night

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hackpcaes in London? E.g. EagleLabs (https://labs.uk.barclays/)..?

N.

On 04/10/17 17:15, S Walker wrote:
> Good morning,
> It's been a while since the last Projects Night, but I'd like to get
> them going again. Unfortunately, I'm a little short of venues at the moment.
> 
> In case you don't know what it is, the projects night is intended to be
> a monthly event where you can go to hack on that project you've been
> meaning to hack on (and really will get started on soon, honest), in a
> friendly group. This can also be an opportunity to share problems and
> maybe find solutions that you might not have found hacking on it in a
> sleep deprived state at home.
> The meetup group is here:
> https://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/
> 
> So, if anyone knows a place where (usually) 10 - 20 developers could
> hang out and code then I'd love to hear from you.
> This can be a workplace (food does not need to be provided) or a
> pub/cafe/similar (since we normally order pizza in anyway, having food
> available might help).
> I'm intending this to be once a month on a Thursday (likely the third
> Thursday in the month) night from about 18:30 until ~21:00, but can be
> somewhat flexible on times.
> There's usually a bit of discussion so anywhere with
> library-reading-room standards of quietness will probably not be a great
> fit, but we shouldn't be as loud as a band rehearsal.
> 
> I'm intending that this starts up again in the new year (January).
> 
> As I say, if anyone can suggest/offer venues I'd be most grateful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sandy
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Re: [python-uk] Data-science flavoured back end engineer required for proptech startup

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

On 26/09/17 17:38, m...@mebassett.info wrote:
> Forgive me for adding the chorus of job postings on this mailing list.

Legitimate job postings are entirely within the remit of this group. No
need to apologise. :-)



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Re: [python-uk] Nominate someone for the John Pinner awards.

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

On 11/09/17 12:19, Russel Winder wrote:
> BTW I am also in that picture on your blog post. :-)

I noticed... there are many familiar faces who I now call friends.

N.



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Re: [python-uk] Nominate someone for the John Pinner awards.

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Russel, Hello Everyone,

That's very kind of you. However, I've just posted the following article
on my personal blog that explains why Peter and I shouldn't be nominated
(as well as why the award was created):

http://ntoll.org/article/saying-thank-you

It boils down to this: the John Pinner award is for the unsung heroes.
People like me and Peter already get recognition in the community (for
example, I've already been given the PSF's community service award) and
so many people don't get the thanks they deserve. This award is for them.

I hope this makes sense! As always, I'm more than happy to answer any
questions.

GET NOMINATING

N.


On 10/09/17 09:22, Russel Winder wrote:
> 
> I propose that for once and once only, the rules of the John Pinner
> award are ignored (that the returning officers are not eligible), and
> that Nicholas Tollervey and Peter Inglesby be jointly awarded this
> first John Pinner award.
> 
> 
>> I'd like to bring your attention to the inaugural John Pinner awards
>> for
>> community service.
>>
>> If you're in the UK and/or know people in the UK who contribute to
>> the
>> UK's Python community, please nominate them for a John Pinner
>> Community
>> Award.
>>
>> The press release is here:
>> http://uk.python.org/news/2017/09/08/john-pinner-award/
>>
>> The full explanation and (easy to fill in) nomination form is here:
>> http://2017.pyconuk.org/pinner-award/
>>
>> It is VERY IMPORTANT that we recognise the contributions of the
>> volunteers who help make our community the thriving, welcoming,
>> diverse
>> and interesting place that it is.
>>
>> Get nominating!
>>
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[python-uk] Nominate someone for the John Pinner awards.

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

I'd like to bring your attention to the inaugural John Pinner awards for
community service.

If you're in the UK and/or know people in the UK who contribute to the
UK's Python community, please nominate them for a John Pinner Community
Award.

The press release is here:
http://uk.python.org/news/2017/09/08/john-pinner-award/

The full explanation and (easy to fill in) nomination form is here:
http://2017.pyconuk.org/pinner-award/

It is VERY IMPORTANT that we recognise the contributions of the
volunteers who help make our community the thriving, welcoming, diverse
and interesting place that it is.

Get nominating!

Best wishes,

N.



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Re: [python-uk] Discount code for PyCon PL to Python community in UK

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

I'd also like to back up Peter here: PyCon PL is a fun conference in a
*HUGE* spa hotel in the Polish countryside just south of Warsaw (I've
been twice). The tracks are all in English and this year, our very own
Lord Mauve (Dan Pope) will be giving a keynote.

Best wishes,

N.

On 26/07/17 22:58, Peter Inglesby wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Here's a message from our friends in the Polish Python community about a
> discount code for PyCon PL  at
> the end of August.  I've been to PyCon PL a couple of times and have had
> a very enjoyable experience.  If you get the chance to go, you should!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I would be grateful if you could pass the below code to Python community
> in UK.
> 
> The discount code is:
> UKPYC7
> 
> You enter it in "Discount code" field and then when you click PAYMENT
> button it will subtract 60 EUR (or 240 PLN) for each of the attendees
> you are registering (incorrect code won't allow you to pass to the
> next screen). If you encounter any problems just feel free to contact
> us - we'll do the best we can to help you. The registration system is
> our own Python webapp and under development, so there might still be
> some bugs ;-)
> 
> Best regards,
> Filip
> 
> PS. The above code applies only to people from United Kingdom, so you
> shouldn't pass it to people from other countries - they will have
> their own discount codes.
> 
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Re: [python-uk] The UK Python Association

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hahahaha... hear-here :-)

N.

On 26/07/17 14:13, Tim Golden wrote:
> (*cough*
> https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6690/hear-hear-or-here-here)
> 
> But I definitely echo the sentiment!
> 
> TJG
> 
> On 26/07/2017 14:06, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
>> Here here...
>>
>> N.
>>
>> On 26/07/17 13:48, Zeth wrote:
>>> Indeed thanks to both.
>>>
>>> On 26 Jul 2017 13:36, "Daniele Procida" >> <mailto:dani...@vurt.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017, Peter Inglesby >> <mailto:peter.ingle...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I'd like to thank Owen Campbell for the hard work to make this
>>> happen.
>>>
>>> And Peter too.
>>>
>>> Owen and Peter have put in a vast amount of effort on all things
>>> Python-and-PyCon-UK-related recently, and I think we're all going to
>>> be benefiting from them for some time to come.
>>>
>>> Daniele
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Re: [python-uk] The UK Python Association

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Here here...

N.

On 26/07/17 13:48, Zeth wrote:
> Indeed thanks to both.
> 
> On 26 Jul 2017 13:36, "Daniele Procida"  > wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017, Peter Inglesby  > wrote:
> 
> >I'd like to thank Owen Campbell for the hard work to make this happen.
> 
> And Peter too.
> 
> Owen and Peter have put in a vast amount of effort on all things
> Python-and-PyCon-UK-related recently, and I think we're all going to
> be benefiting from them for some time to come.
> 
> Daniele
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[python-uk] One of our own as an inspiring woman in tech...

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

You may not realise, but our very own Carrie Anne Philbin has been
nominated for this year's award as an inspiring woman in tech. We all
know she's an inspiring woman in tech *anyway* but if you believe her
contributions to our community, education and diversity in technology
deserve celebration and recognition you can vote for her here:

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450422519/Voting-open-vote-now-for-t
he-most-influential-woman-in-UK-tech-2017

It's very easy to vote, they don't require you to sign up or anything
and it'd be wonderful if Carrie Anne was recognised! Please spread the
word and vote! :-)

Best wishes,

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Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Launching PyCon UK

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Thank you Peter and everyone else involved in PyCon UK. You're doing an
amazing job and I'm really looking forward to it!

Best wishes,

N.

On Mon, 2017-07-03 at 09:04 +0100, Peter Inglesby wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm delighted to announce that tickets for PyCon UK 2017 are now on
> sale from our website.  Our Call for Participation is also open, and
> we've started taking applications for financial assistance.
> 
> The conference will be at Cardiff City Hall Thursday 26th to Monday
> 30th October, and we hope that we'll see many of you there.
> 
> There'll be plenty more announcements over the coming weeks, so keep
> an eye out on the UK Python News mailing list.
> 
> Please share this with your friends and colleagues, and if you have
> any questions, get in touch.
> 
> Finally, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the PyCon UK
> Committee for the work they've already done, and all those who will
> contribute to the conference.
> 
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Re: [python-uk] Announcing uk.python.org

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Hurrah!

N.

On 28/04/17 11:02, Peter Inglesby wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm delighted to announce uk.python.org , a new
> website that brings together news and events from the Python community
> in the UK.  We're also sending out a monthly newsletter, which you can
> sign up to via the website.
> 
> If you run a regular meetup, are putting on an event that you'd like us
> to publicise, or have other news you'd like to share, please let me know!
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Peter.
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Re: [python-uk] Python West Midlands needs you! - A call for talks and tutors

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Assuming I'm free of family commitments (or maybe I could bring one of
my sons who is interested in this sort of thing), I could do a practical
MicroPython workshop with various devices.

N.

On 25/04/17 17:37, Stephen Hawkes wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> 
> You’re totally right - it’s huge!
> Here’s the details for the meet up: https://www.meetup.com/pythonwm/
> It’s just outside of Solihull off the M42.
> 
> We start 12pm - 3pm, with pizza arriving ~45mins in.
> 
> We’re sponsoring the venue, food & drink through the Developer Society,
> but I don’t have
> the capacity to take on producing all the content for the meet up. I’m
> hoping to get to a 
> critical mass or session routine that will deliver great content for the
> regions python peeps.
> 
> How you could help?
> It’d be great if you could do a talk or better yet host an interactive
> 'lets hack on this' session.
> 
> Sound doable? or spark any better ideas?
> 
> Best
> 
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Re: [python-uk] Python West Midlands needs you! - A call for talks and tutors

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The West Midlands is a big place. Where will it be, and when on the
Saturday will it start?

It's school half term so I'll be in sunny Shropshire (i.e. in the WM).
How can I help?

N.

On 25/04/17 14:27, Stephen Hawkes wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> We’re looking forward to hosting another Python West Midlands meet up
> on 27th May, 2017.
> 
> As last month’s meet up was cancelled due to Easter, it’d be great to
> see if we can make next month’s extra special.
> 
> This is where you come in, if we provide the venue, food & drink,
> could you bring a talk or group learning/hacking session on some
> open-source python loveliness? If so please do let me know and we can
> make something great happen.
> 
> Really appreciate your time here, and I’ll work tirelessly to support
> any speakers who can make it.
> 
> Best
> 
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[python-uk] Summer training (from India with love)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Please pass this onto anyone you may know who'd benefit from this.

Since the mid-00's Kushal Das has been running free online training
courses delivered via IRC for beginner programmers in India. When I
spoke at PyCon India in 2015 and asked the assembled conference how many
of them had started via Kushal's efforts, a significant minority (of
around 1.5k) put up their hands.

It's delivered via IRC, covers all the basics for Python programming in
a FLOSS environment and includes "guest" speakers (including yours truly).

He's running it again this year. Only this time, Kushal would like to
try an experiment and spread the net wider.

If you know of anyone who would benefit from free, high quality remote
training, please point them to:

https://dgplug.org/summertraining17/

I'm more than happy to answer any questions.

FWIW, Kushal is a legend. His efforts, reach and outcomes when it comes
to building a Python community dwarf all others. India's flourishing
Python community is largely down to the efforts of Kushal and his allies
(PyCon India is the second largest PyCon in the world, at close to 2000
attendees).

We all have so much to learn from Kushal.

Best wishes,

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[python-uk] New London MicroPython meetup

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Someone (not me) has started a London MicroPython Meetup. I think this
is wonderful! If this interests you too, sign up here:

https://www.meetup.com/London-MicroPython-Meetup/

Yay!

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[python-uk] I'm looking for (contract) work.

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

So with my book deadline on Wednesday I've procrastinated this morning
by thinking about what my next gig might be. If you know of anyone who
needs a senior Python contractor, do let me know..!

It's easy for me to commute to central London, although I'd welcome
remote contracts too.

My CV is here: http://ntoll.org/cv

Basically, what interesting problems do you have that I can help with?

Thanks!

N.



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Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

On 07/03/17 10:18, William Mayor wrote:
> Is there anything we could take a crack at?
> 

Careful what you ask for. ;-)

I was really impressed by your student's work. Please let me know when
you do it again - I'd love to see what they get up to.

In terms of what you could do, it's a bit of a long shot but I think it
could be a fun project for someone who wouldn't mind learning about
JavaScript and refactoring.

What we're missing is a browser based micro:bit emulator. A teacher with
a CS degree has already created something that fits the bill perfectly,
but it's quite tightly coupled to their code playground website. It's
MIT licensed so it's totally free to repurpose. A fun task might be to
extract the emulator from the wider website and turn it into a drop in
solution. The source code is here:
https://github.com/pddring/createwithcode and an example website is
here: https://tools.withcode.uk/create/

It'd be great to make this available so anyone could write some Python
code in a blog post (for example) or the Python editor, and, at the
click of a button, it gets run in the browser to illustrate what it does.

Thoughts?

Having said that, if anyone else in the wider community wants to have a
crack at it I'd love to hear from you! :-)

All the best,

N.




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Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

On 07/03/17 10:34, Russel Winder wrote:
> Is this related to or different from the Microsoft micro:bit
> programming environment – which I saw at NorDevCon a couple of weeks
> back and it is quite good.
> 

Nope, it's nothing to do with PXT (created by Microsoft from their
TouchDevelop platform). What they do share is a re-use of Google's
Blockly project to make the blocks work. The other thing they share is
they target the micro:bit -- we use MicroPython, PXT transpiles blocks
to Javascript and then to something a bit similar to the CLR layer
flashed onto the device.

I was asked how much effort it would take to make a blocks based UI, and
after a couple of weeks we had what you see at the link I posted.

One thing we're missing is a browser based emulator, but there's one
been built by another member of the community which we could re-purpose.

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Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Yes, the trailing slash (or lack thereof) is a known problem. To be
clear, there needs to be a trailing slash in the URL!

Unfortunately, it's the micro:bit foundation who are hosting this and
I'm nothing to do with how they configure their redirects.

Here's an alternative link (the target the original -- and easy to
remember -- URL points to):

http://python.microbit.org/blocksalpha/0.1.0-blocksalpha/editor.html

Have fun!

Also, it's not supposed to be mobile friendly, it's a text editor at
heart. ;-)

N.

On 06/03/17 19:59, Roger Gammans wrote:
> Ummm
> Ive just got the below browsing from my phone which is probably a
> special case.
> 
> 
>   404 Not Found
> 
>   * Code: NoSuchKey
>   * Message: The specified key does not exist.
>   * Key: blocksalpha/0.1.0-blocksalpha/editor.html/index.html
>   * RequestId: 259EBCF479B53CA9
>   * HostId:
> 
> Aol8YXqICYC/GzegwmGbt2ivt4JVqx1g7mc1+m+DsdfCrPCc+N0OjbtJSAl6Ra5o2glnilAhNgA=
> 
> 
>   An Error Occurred While Attempting to Retrieve a Custom Error Document
> 
>   * Code: NoSuchKey
>   * Message: The specified key does not exist.
>   * Key: error.html
> 
> .
> 
> On 7 Mar 2017 8:10 am, "Nicholas H.Tollervey"  <mailto:nt...@ntoll.org>> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Several of us have been busy hacking together a blockly based UI for
> MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit (thanks Carlos).
> 
> The ALPHA version can be found here and it needs people to take it for a
> test drive (just click on the blocks icon and you'll find something that
> looks like Blockly / Scratch).
> 
> http://python.microbit.org/experimental-blocks/
> <http://python.microbit.org/experimental-blocks/>
> 
> All feedback, ideas and bug reports are most welcome (use the link
> provided at the top of the page to get to our GitHub issues). Feedback
> via GitHub is preferred!
> 
> This is ALPHA software for the purposes of testing. Don't rely on it to
> actually work!
> 
> Please share this information far and wide. Remember Linus's law: given
> enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.
> 
> Now go break it, mess with it, use it and tell us how to improve it!
> 
> Yay.
> 
> N.
> 
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[python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Several of us have been busy hacking together a blockly based UI for
MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit (thanks Carlos).

The ALPHA version can be found here and it needs people to take it for a
test drive (just click on the blocks icon and you'll find something that
looks like Blockly / Scratch).

http://python.microbit.org/experimental-blocks/

All feedback, ideas and bug reports are most welcome (use the link
provided at the top of the page to get to our GitHub issues). Feedback
via GitHub is preferred!

This is ALPHA software for the purposes of testing. Don't rely on it to
actually work!

Please share this information far and wide. Remember Linus's law: given
enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Now go break it, mess with it, use it and tell us how to improve it!

Yay.

N.



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Re: [python-uk] Become my colleague!

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

On 09/02/17 13:55, Daniele Procida wrote:
> Hi folks.
> 
> Just in case what you were thinking was "I wish I could work with Daniele", 
> well, now you can.
> 
> We're hiring a Python/Django/Docker Site Reliability Engineer: 
> .
> 
> Divio is based in Switzerland; the position is open to applicants based in 
> the UK, Switzerland or Australia.
> 
> There are many people in the UK Python community whom I'd be delighted to 
> have as colleagues. Speaking just for myself, Divio is an excellent company 
> to work for, and I'm happy to recommend Divio as an employer.
> 
> Feel free to ask me directly if you have any questions.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daniele
> 
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Daniele,

Stonking stuff, that's how to advertise a role. Nice one! :-)

N.



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Re: [python-uk] What trends should we watch Python during 2017..?

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Afternoon...

Async related stuff was something I thought about mentioning to the
person who asked me (but it was made clear these were non-technical
things they wanted to watch) so dropped it.

Now that micro:bit is both slowing down and speeding up in different
ways I'm trying to find time to work on my DHT project (drogulus) and
migrate it to the new syntax. Who knows, I may even get it to actually
work. ;-)

N.

On 07/12/16 12:20, Cory Benfield (Lukasa) wrote:
> 
>> On 7 Dec 2016, at 11:24, Nicholas H.Tollervey 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Care to add anything else..? What about technical things to watch
>> out for..? Will Larry complete his Gilectomey..?
> 
> For my part, I think there’s a lot of really interesting work going
> on in the asynchronous networking space in Python, both in terms of
> the literal work people are doing but also in terms of the technical
> discussions being had.
> 
> The most interesting single technical development in this space was
> probably the introduction of the ‘async’ and ‘await’ keywords in
> Python 3.5. Even though these followed on from the introduction of
> asyncio, they accidentally provided a much richer API that allowed
> for experiments like David Beazley’s curio[0] project. This has
> managed to provide a new lease on life for the development of
> protocol stacks and APIs for asynchrony.
> 
> There’s lots of great work going on in this space, and it’s really
> refreshing to see Python become one of the foremost languages for
> investigating new methods of managing concurrency.
> 
> While I’m here I’ll also note PyPy 3.5 as being a huge project that
> I’m really looking forward to. PyPy has been one of the biggest
> reasons for me to still be Python 2.7-first, so having an opportunity
> to have a really fast interpreter with Python 3.5’s features is a
> huge thrill.
> 
> Cory
> 
> 
> [0]: https://github.com/dabeaz/curio 
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[python-uk] What trends should we watch Python during 2017..?

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

I've been asked to answer this. I've already replied but I wonder what
the wider community think..?

My response mentioned:

* MicroPython bringing Python to embedded / IoT communities (and such
communities into the Python world).

* Python 2 / Python 3 (a perennial)

* Python in education: with the micro:bit, Calliope (German micro:bit)
and Adafruit all settling on MicroPython lots of kids and teachers will
be learning Python next year. Also viz RPi - now the most successful
computing in education project in history if measured in terms of
devices shipped (and they promote Python too).

* Python in data science. If the London PyData is anything to go by,
things have only just started in this respect.

Care to add anything else..? What about technical things to watch out
for..? Will Larry complete his Gilectomey..?

Season's greetings...

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Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

This topic comes around every couple of years or so... If memory serves
me correctly, most people have thus far agreed posting jobs is fine
(assuming they're comprehensively described and not obvious recruitment
spam).

On 07/12/16 11:16, Kaitlyn Tierney wrote:
> I’m happy not to have recruitment messages on the discussion list. We
> all get inundated with enough of them as it is, and anyone actively
> looking for opportunities would probably be smart enough to
> visit https://pythonjobs.github.io/ or attend a Dojo and chat with
> others about hiring in person. If there are strong counter-arguments
> though, or some long-standing historical discussion I’m unaware of, by
> all means...
> 
> Kaitlyn
> 
>> On 7 Dec 2016, at 11:11, Thomas Kluyver > > wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016, at 10:57 AM, Kaitlyn Tierney wrote:
>>> I think this is exchange is clear proof that the list requires a Code of
>>> Conduct. Does the list-owner agree, and if so, can we discuss a process
>>> for enacting one to move this conversation in a more productive
>>> direction?
>>
>> Following the vein of trying to move towards productive discussion:
>> there appears to be some disagreement on how appropriate job posts are
>> on this list. Daniele mentioned that there's a general consensus that
>> recruitment messages are allowed, but clearly not everyone is happy
>> about that.
>>
>> - Should there be a separate discussion list which does not allow
>> recruitment messages? This list is generally quite low traffic (except
>> the last couple of days ;-), so it doesn't seem worth splitting it
>> further.
>>
>> - Do we consider some recruitment messages more spammish than others? Is
>> there a certain level of detail we should expect? Are there guidelines
>> we can give recruiters wanting to contact the list?
>>
>> Thomas
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Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 160, Issue 6

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Sophie,

I can only but apologise for any offence this exchange may have caused.
:-( The Python community can do better than this.

Sorry.

N.

On 06/12/16 14:14, Sophie Hendley wrote:
> Thanks for this guys, I am Dyslexic and occasionally I make mistakes. 
> 
> Also my name is Sophie not "recruiter".
> 
> If anyone is interested in the Principal engineer roles then do get in
> touch. 
> 
> my email is sophie.hend...@digvis.co.uk <mailto:sophie.hend...@digvis.co.uk>
> 
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:10 PM,  <mailto:python-uk-requ...@python.org>> wrote:
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> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
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> Today's Topics:
> 
>1. Re:  2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to ?95k
>   (Matthew Webber)
>2. Re:  2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to ?95k
>   (Nicholas H.Tollervey)
>3. Re:  2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to ?95k
>   (Andy Robinson)
>4. Re:  2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to ?95k
>   (Nicholas H.Tollervey)
>5. Re:  2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to ?95k
>   (Steve Holden)
>6. Re:  2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to ?95k
>   (Andy Robinson)
>7. Re:  2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to ?95k
>   (Adam Johnson)
> 
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> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:53:19 +
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> To: UK Python Users mailto:python-uk@python.org>>
> Subject: Re: [python-uk]  2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to
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> >
> > As a warning to others, I think you might not have wanted to reply
> to the
> > list ;)
> >
> 
> He probably did. It was a subtle dig at the recruiter mixing up
> "principle"
> and "principal".
> 
> Share and enjoy.
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> > He probably did. It was a subtle dig at the recruiter mixing up
> > "principle" and "principal".
> 
> How do you know they don't want a philosopher/Pythonista..? Having
> principles is important y'know... ;-)
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Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

On 06/12/16 13:20, Roger Gammans wrote:
> If your set of Prinicpia is Russell's not Newton's you may not
> have simple values.

Our principal aim is to express a complete and consistent set of
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Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

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On 06/12/16 12:31, Andy Robinson wrote:
> Yes, but if the job involves "engineering" peoples' principles, it's a
> bit worrying.

Depending on your level of cynicism that could apply to all sorts of
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Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

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On 06/12/16 11:53, Matthew Webber wrote:
> He probably did. It was a subtle dig at the recruiter mixing up
> "principle" and "principal".

How do you know they don't want a philosopher/Pythonista..? Having
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[python-uk] Roadmap for Mu - a beginner's editor

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Apologies for cross posting - but these email lists contain people who
may be interested in or who may already know about Mu - an editor for
beginner programmers that was written as part of the BBC micro:bit project.

I've promised this for a while and have finally got round to writing it
- the Mappa MUndi, or roadmap for Mu.

https://github.com/mu-editor/mu/pull/180

I'd love feedback!

This is a straw man so please feel free to review it, provide
constructive critique and suggest ideas. I'm not precious about anything
I write, so, jump in!

Thanks in advance,

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Re: [python-uk] BBC micro:bit hardware released under open license

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Carlos,

As I understand it (from Jonny), the BBC intends to release these
designs but, y'know, gotta have some bureaucracy... ;-)

Jonny is definitely the person to ping about this.

N.

On 19/10/16 16:34, Carlos Pereira Atencio wrote:
> As far as I understood there was still talks with the BBC to release the
> original design as well, is that still ongoing?
> 
> Also, it would be quite awesome if there was also a OSH breakout board
> for the edge connector, it could serve as a base for projects to
> interface with microbit (like the Arduino shields, or raspberry pi
> hats). Who would be the best person to ask about that, Jonny?
> 
> On 19 October 2016 at 15:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey  <mailto:nt...@ntoll.org>> wrote:
> 
> Here: http://tech.microbit.org/
> 
> Please upvote this on HN:
> 
> https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016
> <https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016>
> 
> Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out there...
> everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit.
> 
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[python-uk] BBC micro:bit hardware released under open license

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Here: http://tech.microbit.org/

Please upvote this on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016

Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out there...
everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit.

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Re: [python-uk] Educator-Developer forum

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The Python Software Foundation is in the process of setting up a
pythonineducation.org website (or pyedu.io).

Perhaps a Slack channel would be an appropriate solution for this forum?

N.

On 20/09/16 09:16, Leo Huckvale wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>  At the "Adopt a Teacher/Developer" session at PyCon UK last weekend, I
> and a couple of other developers met with a teacher who suggested
> building a forum/portal/Q&A site for educators and developers to
> interact. The main aims of this would be to provide somewhere:
> 
> - where educators could go and ask questions from developers (at *any*
> level, without fear, and preferably at short notice)
> - to continue "ed-dev" dialogue from PyCon throughout the year
> - to build a community around teaching Python in schools
> 
>  It was suggested to me that this might fit somewhere under the PSF
> mantle, and that there are already plans afoot to build an education
> site there.
> 
>  One of our number is currently setting up an Askbot site, so we can get
> a few developers and educators on board and see how it goes.
> 
>  Please get in touch if you have any comments or know of any similar
> projects, or if you want to join in the fun as an educator or developer!
> 
> Best regards,
> Leo Huckvale
> 
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Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

bike_shed = True

;-)


On 02/09/16 16:09, S Walker wrote:
> And once again the amount of posts in a discussion about whether or not
> there are too many job postings significantly exceeds the amount of job
> postings!
> 
> S
> 
> On 02/09/16 11:44, Stephen Thorne wrote:
>> I've not only accidentally done this, but ended up working for that
>> employer for 5 years! (not this list)
>>
>> On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 at 09:49 Tom Viner
>> <<mailto:t...@viner.tv>t...@viner.tv> wrote:
>>
>> Potential candidates as well as recruiters are reminded that
>> hitting reply will result in a mail aimed back to the list.
>>
>> You must then manually edit the To: field.
>>
>> Furthermore: Outlook's "recall this message" will not work, rather
>> it will send a further email to the list, each and every time you
>> click it. Although perhaps third time's a charm?
>>     <https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/2013-January/002760.html>
>>
>> You have been warned!
>>
>>
>> On 2 September 2016 at 07:09, Nicholas H.Tollervey
>> <<mailto:nt...@ntoll.org>nt...@ntoll.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 01/09/16 22:49, Chris Withers wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > What's the current state of play with job ads and this list?
>> >
>> > Last I knew, they weren't allowed. Seems to be the majority
>> of list
>> > content now...
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
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>>
>> As people have mentioned, the consensus that I've seen is that
>> posting a
>> job ad is fine so long as it's not recruiter spam.
>>
>> Of course, recruiters advertising for a specific job with an
>> appropriate
>> level of detail about the job in question (location, salary,
>> expectation
>> of role, desired skills and experience, information about what the
>> company does) is also fine.
>>
>> What is recruiter spam? How about, "exciting opportunity for
>> Python
>> ninja in green-field project at one of London's most exciting
>> employers"
>> is, IMHO, NOT welcome. It's just meaningless noise and probably
>> recruitment phishing.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> N.
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On 01/09/16 22:49, Chris Withers wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> What's the current state of play with job ads and this list?
> 
> Last I knew, they weren't allowed. Seems to be the majority of list
> content now...
> 
> Chris
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As people have mentioned, the consensus that I've seen is that posting a
job ad is fine so long as it's not recruiter spam.

Of course, recruiters advertising for a specific job with an appropriate
level of detail about the job in question (location, salary, expectation
of role, desired skills and experience, information about what the
company does) is also fine.

What is recruiter spam? How about, "exciting opportunity for Python
ninja in green-field project at one of London's most exciting employers"
is, IMHO, NOT welcome. It's just meaningless noise and probably
recruitment phishing.

Hope this helps,

N.



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Re: [python-uk] Fwd: News about Rob Collins

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Peter,

This is very sad news. :-(

I remember Rob giving me a massage in Florence. As he was doing so he
explained that his massage-a-thons were the second highest source of
donated income for the PSF. A truly wonderful result for which Rob
should be congratulated. I also appreciated the good grace he showed as
people paid him NOT to massage them while eating their conference dinner
at EuroPython.

Best wishes to Rob and Ann.

N.

On 26/07/16 19:58, Peter Inglesby wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Please see the forwarded message below for some news about Rob Collins
> -- I'm afraid it's not good news.  Rob has been a member of the Python
> community in the UK for a very long time, and is a regular at PyCon UK.
> 
> When John Pinner was ill, Rob organised a card-signing for John at PyCon
> UK, and I would like us to do the same for Rob.  If you have any
> messages of support or reminiscences that you would like to share with
> Rob, please send them to me by the end of Saturday.  The PyCon UK
> committee will collate them and we'll send them on to Ann.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter.
> 
> 
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: *Anthon van der Neut* mailto:a...@europython.eu>>
> Date: 26 July 2016 at 12:21
> Subject: News about Rob Collins
> To: EuroPython Society Board  >, Harry Percival  >, bo...@python.org ,
> Peter Inglesby mailto:peter.ingle...@gmail.com>>
> 
> 
> L.S.
> 
> I wrote to Rob Collins, because he was a fixture for me at EuroPython
> doing the massages, collecting money for the PSF, and because I missed
> him this year. I asked around if anybody knew why he was not there and
> since nobody knew, decided to write him. Unfortunately the news I got
> back from his wife Ann is not so good, see below.
> 
> Please forward this information within the Python community as Ann asked
> in her reply. I am not sure if we should necessarily coordinate
> responses, but I would like to ask anyone writing to Rob (through Ann)
> to **explicitly state that you don't expect an answer**, so that those
> (e)mails become a support for Rob and Ann without being a possible
> burden for Ann, who might feel guilty if she cannot find the time to
> answer in such a stressful time.
> 
> Regards
> Anthon
> 
> 
> 
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject:Re: EuroPython 2016
> Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:49:26 +0100
> From:   Rob Collins  >
> To: Anthon van der Neut mailto:a...@europython.eu>>
> 
> 
> 
> Hello Anthon, this is Rob's wife Ann here.
> 
> That's really kind of you to message Rob, especially regarding the
> massages! He was excited to raise money for the Python Foundation doing
> the massages, and encouraging others to do them too. I'm so glad Harry
> organized some massage this year!
> 
> Rob is currently in hospital. He was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma
> Multiforme, essentially brain tumours, inoperable, quickly fatal, and
> rather a shock to us all. The diagnosis was further complicated by a
> major bleed from the tumours, resulting in a massive stroke. Rob can't
> move his right side at all, and has problems swallowing, and has until
> this week only been able to communicate by grunting. At last he is
> beginning to make words, but any concentrated effort wears him out very
> quickly- but it is wonderful to hear him speaking a little again. We are
> getting a room ready at home for him to return to, with hospital bed,
> hoist, wheelchair, and carers. He is desperate to come home, and we all
> want to spend his last few weeks with him here.
> 
> Please do pass this news within the Python community as you need to.
> Thanks again for sending your message! Hope you enjoyed EuroPython. I
> came with Rob to Florence when it was held there, and had a wonderful
> time visiting the sights, and then took Rob to the Boboli Gardens when
> the conference ended and he had a couple of days of holiday before we
> flew home. I also came to the Saturday evening meal last year at PyCon
> UK, and it was good to put faces to the names I'd heard Rob mention before.
> 
> Best wishes to you, Ann
> 
> On 24 July 2016 at 21:28, Anthon van der Neut  
> >> wrote:
> 
> Dear Rob,
> 
> I don't know if you remember me, but I missed you at EuroPython this
> year. I had seen you there every time I went to EuroPython (several
> times since 2006) and PyCon UK (a few times in 00's).
> 
> At the social event Harry (who did the lightning talks last year, in the
> absense of Harald) organized the massage and I realised I had not seen
> you yet. I asked around if you are OK, but nobody could give me any
> information.
> 
> I just wanted to let you know that I like to think your absence was
> because you had even better things to do than go to EuroPython, and that
> I hope to see you again at a future 

Re: [python-uk] Volunteers wanted for an academic project

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Deborah,

Sounds intriguing.

You've told us what the skill-set is but not much else about the
project. For people to get a better sense of the time commitment and
skill level you need, can you let us know what you're expecting?

For example, it *could* be something really simple for an experienced
programmer to do, or it may be the moon on a stick. One immediate way
the Python community can help you is by giving you an estimate of the
time and amount of work you'll need to make your project work.

Looking forward to hearing more...

Also, if you want to meet real Python programmers and learn some Python
yourself, you should probably book yourself a ticket to this year's
PyCon UK in Cardiff (http://pyconuk.org/)

Best wishes,

Nicholas.


On 17/07/16 20:47, Deborah Leem wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very rudimentary
> knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to reach out to
> the Python UK community as I am looking for some help from Python
> developers on my text-mining project.
> 
>  
> 
> *Skills required*:
> 
> · Natural Language Processing
> 
> · Text-mining experience
> 
> · Regex
> 
> · GIS experience desirable
> 
>  
> 
> Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance
> provided.
> 
>  
> 
> It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative
> academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for more
> details if you are interested in helping.
> 
>  
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Deborah Leem
> 
>  
> 
> *Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas
> to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and
> financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take on
> big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.*
> 
> The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no.
> 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company
> registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office is
> at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK)
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Re: [python-uk] Coding "Bootcamps"

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For what it's worth... my degrees in music and philosophy are the best
investment of time and effort I ever made. I use the skills I learned
whilst taking those courses *every* day in my job as a programmer and I
also believe I'm a better person as a result.

My computing degree, on the other hand, is completely out of date and
most of it was an exercise in passing exams so I could get my first job.

If I'm ever hiring people and notice they have backgrounds in the arts
and/or humanities along with evidence of autodidactic and competent
coding skills via open source projects they usually get my immediate
interest.

:-)

N.

On 18/05/16 16:11, Andy Robinson wrote:
> On 18 May 2016 at 15:52, Zeth  wrote:
>> My degrees are in econometrics and theology, and I also somehow found
>> myself making a living from writing code. I know theology is much more
>> practical than philosophy but I am sure the same logic applies*
> 
> There was a great Tim Ferriss podcast where he interviewed Alain de
> Boton about what philosophy is and whether it's useful.  From memory,
> Alain said something like  "If you can ONLY do it in a university and
> there are no jobs in the outside world, that's a sign that your
> profession has gone off the rails somewhere...".
> 
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On 18/05/16 15:52, Zeth wrote:
> I know theology is much more
> practical than philosophy but I am sure the same logic applies*

I just snorted out my tea while laughing... :-D

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Re: [python-uk] Coding "Bootcamps"

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On 18/05/16 12:57, Steve Holden wrote:
> No, it's chaotic here. And you? S
> 
> Steve Holden
> 

I'm fine. Working from home today so avoiding the London commute.

:-P

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Re: [python-uk] Coding "Bootcamps"

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On 18/05/16 11:44, Paulo Benatto wrote:
> https://codebar.io/
>

+1 I've heard great things about codebar.io

But also, what Hansel said.

:-)

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Re: [python-uk] Coding "Bootcamps"

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As someone with a background in Philosophy I can see where your friend
is coming from. ;-)

As far as I can tell, the bootcamps are not worth the money for the
following reasons:

* They're expensive for what you get.
* They're all about cramming facts.
* They teach specific technologies rather than software engineering.

Having said that, some may be quite good but your mileage might vary.

What I would do is find a university that does evening classes (such as
Birkbeck College, University of London) or sign up to the OU for a
taster, and take an introductory course in programming. I'd also
encourage your friend to think of a problem they're interested in and
use that as the basis / inspiration for learning things. If they want to
learn Python, bring them to the London Python Code Dojo and get them to
engage with the community. Finally, if they want to jump in with both
feet, they could sign up for a "conversion" MSc in Computing (for people
with undergraduate degrees in non-computing subjects). That's what I did.

Hope this helps,

N.

On 18/05/16 10:59, John via python-uk wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A philosopher friend of mine wants to transition into working as a
> software developer (paying work in philosophy being a bit rare). He
> lives in London, and is considering signing up for one of the Coding
> "Bootcamps" that various organisations run. I wondered if any of you
> have any recommendations you could make, and indeed whether any of these
> bootcamps teach Python?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
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Re: [python-uk] Help solve a few riddles

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Anand, that's a good problem to have! :-)

N.

On 29/04/16 09:04, Anand Kumria wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> From the looks of things, quite a few of you enjoy solving riddles!
> 
> I believe I have replied to everyone who sent me an email - however this
> morning Thunderbird upgraded itself. And quite a number of interface
> changes have occurred.
> 
> So I may have missed your email.
> 
> If you haven't received a reply from me, please accept my apologies, and
> re-send.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Anand
> 
> 
> On 27/04/16 08:49, Anand Kumria wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Do you, or someone you know, what to change the world?
>>
>> We are trying to solve a riddle. How do people get cancer? [1]
>>
>> If you have cancer, which medicine will work best for you? Does it exist
>> yet?
>>
>> When you visit your GPs, they can easily and routinely ask for a blood
>> test. We want to make the same capabilities available but for genetic
>> sequencing. [2]
>>
>> We are Genomics England, www.genomicsengland.co.uk, fully owned and
>> funded by the Government and we are seeking a range of permanent Python
>> developers. We need good junior through to exemplary senior developers.
>>
>> From the outset you will be working we highly talented
>> Bioinformaticians, to help translate their algorithms into Python -- and
>> for the already existing Python make it robust, even easier to test and
>> help us scale so we can (eventually) handle the kinds of query rates the
>> NHS is going to send.
>>
>> The salary on offer ranges from £50k - £90k, depending upon experience;
>> we aren't looking to hire in a hurry. We want to ensure new hires can
>> 'gel' with the team. If you are a recruitment agency, we will consider
>> any CVs sent to us a lovely gift but nothing more.
>>
>> Feel free to reply if you'd like more details and I'll answer as I can.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Anand
>>
>> [1]: Other riddles relate to rare disease and, soon, diabetes
>>
>> [2]: An example of a what that can mean, and a riddle we helped to solve:
>> http://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/first-children-recieve-diagnoses-through-10-genomes-project/
>>
> 
> -- 
> “Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
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Re: [python-uk] PyCon UK 2016

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Yay congratulations to all involved!

N.

On 27/04/16 10:51, Peter Inglesby wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I’m delighted to announce the launch of PyCon UK 2016
> !
> 
> The conference will run from 15th-19th September at Cardiff City Hall
> , with a programme of talks, workshops,
> and other events aimed at the whole Python community.
> 
> More details are on the conference website ,
> where you can buy a ticket  or submit
> a proposal  for a talk or a workshop.
> 
> We have worked hard to ensure the conference is more affordable than
> recent years. Tickets start at £96 for the weekend, and we are offering
> financial assistance  to help
> people who would struggle to afford a ticket or other expenses.
> 
> The website’s code is on GitHub
> . If you find any problems,
> please submit an issue or a pull request.
> 
> If you run a local user group, please share this email with your members.
> 
> We look forward to seeing you in Cardiff in September!
> 
> ~ Peter, on behalf of the PyCon UK Committee
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[python-uk] Anyone in Maidstone or Worthing tomorrow / Wednesday?

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

I'm afraid I've cocked up. With the release of the micro:bit tomorrow
and illness in the family I've dropped the ball for two CAS
teacher/developer workshops.

The first is *tomorrow* at Maidstone Grammar School. The second is in
Worthing. All you'll need do is turn up at around 4pm to help some
teachers work through the tutorials / work described here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fv4Tu1bXSD1BpNKI2YT2MkBzzxlKx0X0WXf6n5A995A/edit?usp=sharing

It's friendly and relaxed and the teachers basically need encouragement
and their questions answering.

If you're able to help, please get in touch with me directly (ntoll 
ntoll  org).

Thanks!

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[python-uk] Calling Norwich-ish Pythonistas for Monday at 4:30

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

If you remember, I asked for volunteers to help teachers in some
workshops. I've been organising these "off list" with those who stepped
up and they've been going rather well.

However, there's always a spanner in the works.

I've just found out that the University of Herts (who told me their
workshops would be in St.Albans) have organised a workshop in Norwich,
on Monday at 4:30 pm. Norwich is obviously in Herts.

So, anyone within striking distance of Norwich at that time fancy
helping some teachers learn Python on the micro:bit..? Any Cambridge
Pythonistas available..?

If so please get in touch ASAP.

Phew...

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Re: [python-uk] Calling Norwich-ish Pythonistas for Monday at 4:30

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

On 17/03/16 08:58, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 17/03/2016 08:54, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
>> I've just found out that the University of Herts (who told me their
>> workshops would be in St.Albans) have organised a workshop in Norwich,
>> on Monday at 4:30 pm. Norwich is obviously in Herts.
> 
> Does this information supersede the reminder you just sent out about the
> Hatfield Campus? Which is also Univ. of Herts.?
> 

Hi Tim,

No... (that was sent off list). They've apparently organised two. The
one on the original date is now in Norwich and the Hatfield date is now
Wednesday evening as per the instructions I sent off list.

Of course, if anyone is near Hatfield on Wednesday at 4:30 pm you're
welcome to turn up to that workshop too... drop me a line.

Yours cat-herding-ly, ;-)

N.

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Re: [python-uk] PyCon UK 2016: Save the Date

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Congratulations to all involved in getting the conference this far! I'm
really looking forward to it already..!

N.

On 04/03/16 14:48, Peter Inglesby wrote:
> Some advanced warning:  PyCon UK 2016 will take place at Cardiff City
> Hall from Friday 16th to Monday 19th September, with some additional
> workshops happening on Thursday 15th.
> 
> The conference will be formally announced, including details of tickets,
> financial aid, and the Call For Proposals, in mid-March.
> 
> Follow us on Twitter (@PyConUK) for the latest news.
> 
> Cheers,
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[python-uk] Anyone around for Southampton CAS workshop on the 8th?

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Apologies for the short notice...

Mathematics and Science Learning Centre, University of Southampton, SO17
1BJ Durrington High School, Worthing, BN13 1JX

4pm-7pm

More details of the other events coming soon...

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[python-uk] Tomorrow's London micro:bit / teacher mentoring

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

I arrived back from California yesterday and I'm slowly getting through
my emails and I've prodded the CAS people.

The quick take away is that the session scheduled for tomorrow doesn't
require developers. It's turned into a bunch of teachers working out
what they'd like to learn about the micro:bit.

The upshot is that there will be several mentoring opportunities over
the spring but the London crowd are organising themselves.

I've been quite overwhelmed with the response - both in terms of the
volume of emails I've had and the awesomeness of the UK's Python community.

Rest assured, I'm on it and I'll ping out emails for the different
centres as soon as I have more details.

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Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Steve,

The initial list of locations came from CAS. The major centre in the
West country is Plymouth. Unfortunately, no-one from that centre
expressed an interest.

However, if you can get together a group of Pythonistas and a suggested
location I can prompt CAS again. CAS are being very supportive, but as a
grass-roots movement they can only work with those who "step up" as it were.

Interested?

N.

On 17/02/16 17:40, Steve (Gadget) Barnes wrote:
> 
> 
> On 17/02/2016 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing -
>> please accept my sincere apologies.
>>
>> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight
>> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not
>> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours
>> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to
>> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below...
>>
>> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass
>> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a
>> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the
>> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the
>> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a
>> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an
>> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers.
>>
>> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep
>> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most
>> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and
>> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues.
>>
>> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python
>> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython
>> related educational resources. These events would happen at university
>> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC
>> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and
>> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and
>> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work).
>>
>> The locations and proposed dates are as follows:
>>
>> London: 25th February
>> Birmingham: 9th March
>> Nottingham: 15th March
>> Lancaster: 16th March
>> Newcastle: 17th March
>> Hertfordshire: 21st March
>> Manchester: 23rd March
>> Southampton: 23rd March
>>
>> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an
>> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved.
>>
> 
> I think that this is a marvellous idea and a great response so far but
> have a bit of a moan to voice.
> Is it computers, python, teachers or Education that don't reach the West
> of England - If there were sessions at Bristol, (almost next door),
> Exeter (an hour down the road), or even Plymouth at a push I would be
> jumping forward to volunteer but it seems that the West Country is very
> under-represented.
> 
> Keep up the good work but please look West.
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Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

No, I'm not going mad... my email client (Thunderbird) crashed mid-send
without saving a draft. :-/

N.

On 17/02/16 13:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> Hello Folks,
> 
> Many many thanks for the awesome response. The next steps are...
> 
> * Me: coordinate with CAS
> * Me: send you a micro:bit to play with
> * You: attend the event and help master teachers.
> 
> I'll be in touch "out of band" from this thread to sort out the details.
> 
> Yay for the UK's Python community being made up of such wonderful people.
> 
> N.
> 
> On 17/02/16 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing -
>> please accept my sincere apologies.
>>
>> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight
>> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not
>> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours
>> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to
>> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below...
>>
>> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass
>> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a
>> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the
>> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the
>> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a
>> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an
>> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers.
>>
>> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep
>> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most
>> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and
>> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues.
>>
>> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python
>> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython
>> related educational resources. These events would happen at university
>> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC
>> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and
>> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and
>> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work).
>>
>> The locations and proposed dates are as follows:
>>
>> London: 25th February
>> Birmingham: 9th March
>> Nottingham: 15th March
>> Lancaster: 16th March
>> Newcastle: 17th March
>> Hertfordshire: 21st March
>> Manchester: 23rd March
>> Southampton: 23rd March
>>
>> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an
>> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved.
>>
>> Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need
>> you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the
>> education of the next generation of programmers - your future
>> colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the
>> next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers.
>> It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and
>> unambiguously good thing to do.
>>
>> If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE
>> PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable
>> and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a
>> difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of
>> fun.
>>
>> Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up?
>> Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers.
>>
>> If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start
>> to coordinate things with CAS.
>>
>> I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover
>> travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> N.
>>
>>
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Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Helen, Conrad, Ytian and Harry!

:-P

I'll be in touch!

N.

On 17/02/16 12:50, Helen Sherwood-Taylor wrote:
> I could do Southampton.
> 
> On 17 February 2016 at 12:07, Conrad Ho  wrote:
>> I can do London + if Harry goes somewhere I could also tag along.
>>
>> Conrad
>>
>>
>> On 02/17-11:33, xtian wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm keen too! I can only really do London though, sorry.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:25 Harry Percival 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> v much up for this.  London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle
>>>> some
>>>> time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere...
>>>>
>>>> On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>>
>>>>> Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and
>>>>> some of the Northern ones if needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Wishes,
>>>>> Zeth
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing -
>>>>>> please accept my sincere apologies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight
>>>>>> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not
>>>>>> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours
>>>>>> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to
>>>>>> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a
>>>>> grass
>>>>>> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a
>>>>>> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the
>>>>>> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the
>>>>>> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an
>>>>>> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep
>>>>>> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most
>>>>>> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and
>>>>>> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python
>>>>>> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through
>>>>>> MicroPython
>>>>>> related educational resources. These events would happen at university
>>>>>> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC
>>>>>> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and
>>>>>> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and
>>>>>> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The locations and proposed dates are as follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> London: 25th February
>>>>>> Birmingham: 9th March
>>>>>> Nottingham: 15th March
>>>>>> Lancaster: 16th March
>>>>>> Newcastle: 17th March
>>>>>> Hertfordshire: 21st March
>>>>>> Manchester: 23rd March
>>>>>> Southampton: 23rd March
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an
>>>>>> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get
>>>>> involved.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers?
>>>>>> Need
>>>>>> you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the
>>>>>> education of the next generation of programmers - your future
>>>>>> colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the
>>

Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hello Folks,

Many many thanks for the awesome response. The next steps are...

* Me: coordinate with CAS
* Me: send you a micro:bit to play with
* You: attend the event and help master teachers.

I'll be in touch "out of band" from this thread to sort out the details.

Yay for the UK's Python community being made up of such wonderful people.

N.

On 17/02/16 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing -
> please accept my sincere apologies.
> 
> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight
> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not
> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours
> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to
> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below...
> 
> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass
> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a
> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the
> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the
> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a
> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an
> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers.
> 
> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep
> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most
> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and
> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues.
> 
> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python
> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython
> related educational resources. These events would happen at university
> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC
> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and
> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and
> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work).
> 
> The locations and proposed dates are as follows:
> 
> London: 25th February
> Birmingham: 9th March
> Nottingham: 15th March
> Lancaster: 16th March
> Newcastle: 17th March
> Hertfordshire: 21st March
> Manchester: 23rd March
> Southampton: 23rd March
> 
> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an
> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved.
> 
> Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need
> you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the
> education of the next generation of programmers - your future
> colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the
> next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers.
> It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and
> unambiguously good thing to do.
> 
> If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE
> PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable
> and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a
> difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of
> fun.
> 
> Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up?
> Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers.
> 
> If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start
> to coordinate things with CAS.
> 
> I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover
> travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> N.
> 
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Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

This thread just goes to show what an amazing bunch of people you all
are. I have been and will continue to get in touch "out of band" from
this thread.

Put simply, the next steps are:

* Me: coordinate with CAS
* Me: send you a micro:bit to play with
* You: attend the event and help master teachers.

Hooray for the UK's awesome Python community.

N.

On 17/02/16 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing -
> please accept my sincere apologies.
> 
> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight
> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not
> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours
> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to
> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below...
> 
> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass
> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a
> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the
> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the
> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a
> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an
> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers.
> 
> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep
> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most
> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and
> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues.
> 
> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python
> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython
> related educational resources. These events would happen at university
> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC
> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and
> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and
> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work).
> 
> The locations and proposed dates are as follows:
> 
> London: 25th February
> Birmingham: 9th March
> Nottingham: 15th March
> Lancaster: 16th March
> Newcastle: 17th March
> Hertfordshire: 21st March
> Manchester: 23rd March
> Southampton: 23rd March
> 
> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an
> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved.
> 
> Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need
> you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the
> education of the next generation of programmers - your future
> colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the
> next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers.
> It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and
> unambiguously good thing to do.
> 
> If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE
> PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable
> and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a
> difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of
> fun.
> 
> Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up?
> Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers.
> 
> If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start
> to coordinate things with CAS.
> 
> I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover
> travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> N.
> 
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Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)

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On 17/02/16 10:22, Tim Golden wrote:
> I can almost certainly do that after work if no-one closer steps up.
> (But from their website, the University of Herts appears to be based in
> Hatfield. I can't find mention of a St Alban's campus).
> 

Ahh... my mistake.

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Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)

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On 17/02/16 09:22, Michael wrote:
> BTW, did you mean for Manchester & Southampton to be on the same day?
> 
> Manchester: 23rd March
> Southampton: 23rd March
> 

Yes, these are the dates CAS supplied.

:-)

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On 17/02/16 09:13, Tim Golden wrote:
> I could travel to somewhere vaguely accessible from London. Do you have
> specific locations? (Herts. is rather a big area, for example, and some
> bits of it are closer to me than others).
> 

You're a star!

St Albans - it's at the University of Herts.

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[python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing -
please accept my sincere apologies.

TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight
meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not
difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours
of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to
cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below...

Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass
roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a
series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the
BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the
seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a
series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an
exercise in Python evangelism for teachers.

Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep
subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most
senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and
what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues.

The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python
developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython
related educational resources. These events would happen at university
based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC
micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and
demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and
will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work).

The locations and proposed dates are as follows:

London: 25th February
Birmingham: 9th March
Nottingham: 15th March
Lancaster: 16th March
Newcastle: 17th March
Hertfordshire: 21st March
Manchester: 23rd March
Southampton: 23rd March

It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an
opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved.

Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need
you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the
education of the next generation of programmers - your future
colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the
next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers.
It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and
unambiguously good thing to do.

If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE
PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable
and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a
difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of
fun.

Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up?
Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers.

If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start
to coordinate things with CAS.

I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover
travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about.

Best wishes,

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[python-uk] Indigogo for tox/pytest

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Hi Folks,

My buddy Holger was recently telling me about:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/python-testing-sprint-mid-2016/x/4034848#/

If you use pytest or tox please consider supporting their efforts. I
notice that a certain Tom Viner (of this parish) is also involved.

Go Tom! I just donated!

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Re: [python-uk] Last night's dojo (fowl play)

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Loving the commit messages in there ;-)

N.

On 05/02/16 11:41, Matt Wheeler wrote:
> Team 2's (almost working (or working perfectly, depending on your
> viewpoint)) is at https://github.com/funkyHat/totallylegit
> 
> 
> Disclaimer: we don't actually think anyone should be deported based on
> their answers to arbitrary questions (or even which country happened
> to issue their passport), unless they think "Justin Beber" wrote
> London Calling.
> 
> On 5 February 2016 at 10:32, André Prado  wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing! Our group was the group 5 and the code is available on
>> dan's repo
>>
>> https://github.com/lordmauve/nofu
>>
>> On 5 February 2016 at 10:26, SW  wrote:
>>>
>>> Good morning,
>>> For those interested in where to obtain Turkey (the daily tasks tracking
>>> tool) from after last night's talk on it:
>>> https://github.com/geokala/turkey
>>>
>>> Our (group 1's) quiz app (which as some noted might be /loosely/ related
>>> to turkey *cough*) is also available on https://github.com/geokala/quizify
>>> It's actually working now. The lesson is not to keep multiple copies of
>>> the same file in different locations. Also, use absolute imports, and
>>> don't use urllib directly.
>>>
>>> Additionally, if anyone was interested in a job working on Cloudify
>>> (open source orchestration tool)- most likely working from home, ping me
>>> a mail off list (happy to answer any questions on what it's like to work
>>> on as well).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> S
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Atenciosamente/Regards
>> André Castelan Prado
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Re: [python-uk] repurposing python-uk artwork

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On 31/01/16 19:11, Jonathan Hartley wrote:
> Is the fantastic PyCon UK artwork of recent years licensed such that I
> could re-use it for my own purposes?
> 
> I've set up a new Python meetup group in my new homeland of Rochester,
> Minnesota, USA. I'm going to distribute flyers to promote the group in
> local colleges and the like. Since the very best Python related artwork
> I've ever seen is the PyCon UK graphics of the last few years, I'd love
> to re-use that and just plaster my own text on top, along the lines of
> "come to our local Python meetup!"
> 
> If this is allowed, where could I get it?
> 
>   Jonathan
> 

Alternatively, why not create a PyComic (Steve was also involved in the
design of this rather bonkers project). Nothing says "take me seriously"
like a comic...

http://pycomic.github.io/

Example output:

http://goo.gl/6jmCw0

:-P

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On 31/01/16 19:11, Jonathan Hartley wrote:
> Is the fantastic PyCon UK artwork of recent years licensed such that I
> could re-use it for my own purposes?
> 
> I've set up a new Python meetup group in my new homeland of Rochester,
> Minnesota, USA. I'm going to distribute flyers to promote the group in
> local colleges and the like. Since the very best Python related artwork
> I've ever seen is the PyCon UK graphics of the last few years, I'd love
> to re-use that and just plaster my own text on top, along the lines of
> "come to our local Python meetup!"
> 
> If this is allowed, where could I get it?
> 
>   Jonathan
> 

You need to speak to awesomely talented Steve Hawkes (cc'd).

Hope you're enjoying the Minnesota weather... ;-)

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[python-uk] A MicroPython kickstarter

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Folks,

Damien is at it again... :-)

He's created a version of MicroPython that runs on the ubiquitous
ESP8266 WiFi chip (so Pythonic IoT a doddle).

If you want to support Python as a first class IoT language then please
consider backing this:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/214379695/micropython-on-the-esp8266-beautifully-easy-iot

From the blurb:

"We want to make MicroPython run like clockwork on the bare metal of the
ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip. MicroPython gives you the benefits of a well-known
high-level programming language - simple and powerful code, and rapid
development - all in the constraints of a microcontroller. Using
MicroPython on the ESP8266 will allow you to create beautiful Internet
of Things devices with ease, much quicker than with C or similar
compiled languages, and using Python is a lot of fun!"


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[python-uk] First dojo of 2016 is next Thursday

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Get your tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-7-episode-5-tickets-20297254635

They go fast so be sure to sign up soon.

We're hosted by Marks and Spencer Digital - so it'll be "not just any
dojo" and they do great hospitality. Not to be missed.

See you next Thusday at 18:30.

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Re: [python-uk] London Python Project Nights

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Heads up folks...

There's a 90% chance I'll be at the project nights with micro:bits so we
can work on this:

https://github.com/ntoll/mu

:-)

Yay!

N.

On 10/12/15 11:01, Alistair Broomhead wrote:
> Next Wednesday is our festive edition of London Python Project Nights,
> hosted at Skimlnks as usual: http://meetu.ps/2QDYw4
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Re: [python-uk] Call for London based volunteers - Wednesday 9th December

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Hi,

http://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython has an examples directory.

:-)

Email with collated links to code will be sent around to participants
once I get all the code in.

Cheers,

N.

On 10/12/15 10:12, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> 
> Where can I find the source code of the small apps that were produced
> yesterday? I'm interested in particular in those that were using the
> accelerometer. Thanks :)
> 
> On 9 December 2015 at 12:02, Nicholas H.Tollervey  wrote:
>> On 09/12/15 12:01, Steve Holden wrote:
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> Just as well I cancelled, as I am interviewing a candidate from 5:30 to
>>> 6:30 this evening (talk about throwing me in at the deep end ...). If I
>>> get chance I might try looking in for a few minutes, but I suspect by
>>> then I may be a little too knackered to bother (early start this morning). S
>>>
>>
>> OK... No problem. Thanks for letting me know.
>>
>> N.
>>
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On 09/12/15 12:01, Steve Holden wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> 
> Just as well I cancelled, as I am interviewing a candidate from 5:30 to
> 6:30 this evening (talk about throwing me in at the deep end ...). If I
> get chance I might try looking in for a few minutes, but I suspect by
> then I may be a little too knackered to bother (early start this morning). S
> 

OK... No problem. Thanks for letting me know.

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Re: [python-uk] Call for London based volunteers - Wednesday 9th December

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Give me 2 mins...

N.

On 09/12/15 11:57, João Miguel Neves wrote:
> Hi Alex, Nicolas,
> 
> I can go, but I'll need one of you to send me details.
> 
> Thanks,
> João
> 
> On 9 December 2015 11:50:02 GMT+00:00, Alex 
> wrote:
> 
> As ever in the Operations world, I now have an unavoidable conflict
> and am unable to head in to make this. Don't know why I get my hopes
> up for these things!
> 
> I anyone would like to take my place, please do.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> 
> To: python-uk@python.org
> From: nt...@ntoll.org
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 13:34:07 +
> Subject: Re: [python-uk] Call for London based volunteers -
> Wednesday 9th December
> 
> Invites sent to those listed below. If you're on the list and don't get
> the invite please do let me know.
>  
> All the details about location and timing are in the invite.
>      
> Happy to answer questions..!
>  
> Nicholas.
>  
> On 03/12/15 10:52, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> > Folks,
> > 
> > You're all awesome. Thanks for volunteering. On the "list" I have:
> > 
> > Cory Benfield
> > Andrea Grandi (late)
> > Nathan Jeffrey
> >
> Steve Holden
> > David MacIver
> > Gautier Hayoun
> > Alex ???
> > Harry Percival
> > 
> > I think we have a full house!
> > 
> > I'll ping you guys an invite with all the details later today.
> > 
> > Best wishes and many thanks once again!
> > 
> > N.
> > 
> > On 03/12/15 09:17, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> tl;dr - This is important. Help teachers. Get a micro:bit. 4pm-ish
> >> Wednesday 9th December at the BCS in London.
> >>
> >> This is an opportunity for you to positively affect and contribute to
> >> how Python is taught in London's schools. Where London leads the rest 
> of
> >> the UK often follows (in terms of teaching).
> >>
> >> Computing at School (CAS) are to IT teachers as the PSF are to
> >> Pythonistas. I've been working with them as part of the micro:bit
> >> project in order to get teachers up to speed with MicroPython etc.
> >>
> >> Next Wednesday (9th December) about half a dozen of London's CAS master
> >> teachers (basically, the most experienced teachers, leaders, movers and
> >> shakers) will be at the BCS off the Strand (from 4pm onwards) with a
> >> view to exploring and creating resources for MicroPython on the
> >> micro:bit. We need an equivalent number of Python developers to attend
> >> to partner up, help out, answer questions and have fun with micro:bits.
> >> We want the outcome to be lesson plans, code and a positive vibe.
> >>
> >> I realise people may only be able to get post-work (5pm). I can hold 
> the
> >> fort from 4pm giving a quick run-down of MicroPython.
> >>
> >> I think I should be able to wangle it so that those developers who
> >> attend will be able to get their hands on
> (and keep for an extended
> >> period of time) a micro:bit for testing / development purposes. So, if
> >> you'd like to play with a micro:bit, this is how you get one. They're
> >> very cool and people have lots of fun with them:
> >> https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/tree/neopixel
> >>
> >> Of course, this is an important collaboration. If there was ever a time
> >> to "be arsed" about something - this is it in terms of the amount of
> >> potential change and positive impact for Python vs. actual effort you
> >> have to put in.
> >>
> >> I'm always happy to answer questions, hear constructive critique and
> >> have ideas suggested.
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >>
> >> Nicholas.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Re: [python-uk] Call for London based volunteers - Wednesday 9th December

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Invites sent to those listed below. If you're on the list and don't get
the invite please do let me know.

All the details about location and timing are in the invite.

Happy to answer questions..!

Nicholas.

On 03/12/15 10:52, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> You're all awesome. Thanks for volunteering. On the "list" I have:
> 
> Cory Benfield
> Andrea Grandi (late)
> Nathan Jeffrey
> Steve Holden
> David MacIver
> Gautier Hayoun
> Alex ???
> Harry Percival
> 
> I think we have a full house!
> 
> I'll ping you guys an invite with all the details later today.
> 
> Best wishes and many thanks once again!
> 
> N.
> 
> On 03/12/15 09:17, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> tl;dr - This is important. Help teachers. Get a micro:bit. 4pm-ish
>> Wednesday 9th December at the BCS in London.
>>
>> This is an opportunity for you to positively affect and contribute to
>> how Python is taught in London's schools. Where London leads the rest of
>> the UK often follows (in terms of teaching).
>>
>> Computing at School (CAS) are to IT teachers as the PSF are to
>> Pythonistas. I've been working with them as part of the micro:bit
>> project in order to get teachers up to speed with MicroPython etc.
>>
>> Next Wednesday (9th December) about half a dozen of London's CAS master
>> teachers (basically, the most experienced teachers, leaders, movers and
>> shakers) will be at the BCS off the Strand (from 4pm onwards) with a
>> view to exploring and creating resources for MicroPython on the
>> micro:bit. We need an equivalent number of Python developers to attend
>> to partner up, help out, answer questions and have fun with micro:bits.
>> We want the outcome to be lesson plans, code and a positive vibe.
>>
>> I realise people may only be able to get post-work (5pm). I can hold the
>> fort from 4pm giving a quick run-down of MicroPython.
>>
>> I think I should be able to wangle it so that those developers who
>> attend will be able to get their hands on (and keep for an extended
>> period of time) a micro:bit for testing / development purposes. So, if
>> you'd like to play with a micro:bit, this is how you get one. They're
>> very cool and people have lots of fun with them:
>> https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/tree/neopixel
>>
>> Of course, this is an important collaboration. If there was ever a time
>> to "be arsed" about something - this is it in terms of the amount of
>> potential change and positive impact for Python vs. actual effort you
>> have to put in.
>>
>> I'm always happy to answer questions, hear constructive critique and
>> have ideas suggested.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Nicholas.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [python-uk] Call for London based volunteers - Wednesday 9th December

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Folks,

You're all awesome. Thanks for volunteering. On the "list" I have:

Cory Benfield
Andrea Grandi (late)
Nathan Jeffrey
Steve Holden
David MacIver
Gautier Hayoun
Alex ???
Harry Percival

I think we have a full house!

I'll ping you guys an invite with all the details later today.

Best wishes and many thanks once again!

N.

On 03/12/15 09:17, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> tl;dr - This is important. Help teachers. Get a micro:bit. 4pm-ish
> Wednesday 9th December at the BCS in London.
> 
> This is an opportunity for you to positively affect and contribute to
> how Python is taught in London's schools. Where London leads the rest of
> the UK often follows (in terms of teaching).
> 
> Computing at School (CAS) are to IT teachers as the PSF are to
> Pythonistas. I've been working with them as part of the micro:bit
> project in order to get teachers up to speed with MicroPython etc.
> 
> Next Wednesday (9th December) about half a dozen of London's CAS master
> teachers (basically, the most experienced teachers, leaders, movers and
> shakers) will be at the BCS off the Strand (from 4pm onwards) with a
> view to exploring and creating resources for MicroPython on the
> micro:bit. We need an equivalent number of Python developers to attend
> to partner up, help out, answer questions and have fun with micro:bits.
> We want the outcome to be lesson plans, code and a positive vibe.
> 
> I realise people may only be able to get post-work (5pm). I can hold the
> fort from 4pm giving a quick run-down of MicroPython.
> 
> I think I should be able to wangle it so that those developers who
> attend will be able to get their hands on (and keep for an extended
> period of time) a micro:bit for testing / development purposes. So, if
> you'd like to play with a micro:bit, this is how you get one. They're
> very cool and people have lots of fun with them:
> https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/tree/neopixel
> 
> Of course, this is an important collaboration. If there was ever a time
> to "be arsed" about something - this is it in terms of the amount of
> potential change and positive impact for Python vs. actual effort you
> have to put in.
> 
> I'm always happy to answer questions, hear constructive critique and
> have ideas suggested.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Nicholas.
> 
> 
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On 03/12/15 09:27, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Let's chat about this later (at Dojo).
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Re: [python-uk] Call for London based volunteers - Wednesday 9th December

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Cory,

You're a star!

1 place taken, around 5-ish to go.

Roll up, roll up! :-)

Also, I forgot to mention that there will be food!

N.

On 03/12/15 09:20, Cory Benfield (Lukasa) wrote:
> 
>> On 3 Dec 2015, at 09:17, Nicholas H.Tollervey  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> tl;dr - This is important. Help teachers. Get a micro:bit. 4pm-ish
>> Wednesday 9th December at the BCS in London.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Nicholas.
> 
> I think I can probably make this, and I’d be delighted to help out. I can 
> also get there for 4pm (the joys of flexible working hours!).
> 
> Cory
> 
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[python-uk] Call for London based volunteers - Wednesday 9th December

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

tl;dr - This is important. Help teachers. Get a micro:bit. 4pm-ish
Wednesday 9th December at the BCS in London.

This is an opportunity for you to positively affect and contribute to
how Python is taught in London's schools. Where London leads the rest of
the UK often follows (in terms of teaching).

Computing at School (CAS) are to IT teachers as the PSF are to
Pythonistas. I've been working with them as part of the micro:bit
project in order to get teachers up to speed with MicroPython etc.

Next Wednesday (9th December) about half a dozen of London's CAS master
teachers (basically, the most experienced teachers, leaders, movers and
shakers) will be at the BCS off the Strand (from 4pm onwards) with a
view to exploring and creating resources for MicroPython on the
micro:bit. We need an equivalent number of Python developers to attend
to partner up, help out, answer questions and have fun with micro:bits.
We want the outcome to be lesson plans, code and a positive vibe.

I realise people may only be able to get post-work (5pm). I can hold the
fort from 4pm giving a quick run-down of MicroPython.

I think I should be able to wangle it so that those developers who
attend will be able to get their hands on (and keep for an extended
period of time) a micro:bit for testing / development purposes. So, if
you'd like to play with a micro:bit, this is how you get one. They're
very cool and people have lots of fun with them:
https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/tree/neopixel

Of course, this is an important collaboration. If there was ever a time
to "be arsed" about something - this is it in terms of the amount of
potential change and positive impact for Python vs. actual effort you
have to put in.

I'm always happy to answer questions, hear constructive critique and
have ideas suggested.

Best wishes,

Nicholas.




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[python-uk] MicroPython / micro:bit at the Novermber London Python Code Dojo

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

The next London Python Code Dojo will take place next Thursday (12th
November) at 6:30pm in the offices of Hogarth Worldwide.

Full details and tickets can be found here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-7-episode-3-tickets-19418773073

I will be cat-herding and will be bringing 15 BBC micro:bit devices -
all running MicroPython. It'll be a LOT of fun - these are very
compelling small computers.

This event is likely to sell out fast... please sign up now to avoid
disappointment.

Best wishes,

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Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Here's the Slashdot submission to upvote (please):

http://slashdot.org/submission/5120051/micropython-on-the-bbc-microbit

We've made the HN front page! Yay!

:-)

N.

On 20/10/15 08:53, Cory Benfield (Lukasa) wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Please don’t click on Nick’s link directly and up vote from there: Hacker 
> News will see that as vote spamming and will remove the link. Instead, please 
> go to the ‘New’ page of Hacker News and vote it up from there.
> 
> Cory
> 
>> On 20 Oct 2015, at 08:50, Nicholas H.Tollervey  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Some great news.
>>
>> We've finally been given permission to open-source our work on the BBC
>> micro:bit (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/microbit) and be
>> a bit more vocal and public about what we're doing.
>>
>> Damien's announcement can be found here:
>>
>> http://forum.micropython.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1042
>>
>> I've created a "story so far" blog post here:
>>
>> http://ntoll.org/article/story-micropython-on-microbit
>>
>> The source code is here:
>>
>> https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython
>>
>> I've posted it to Hacker News here:
>>
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10417919
>>
>> An upvote would be appreciated
>>
>> Happy to answer questions.
>>
>> N.
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Re: [python-uk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

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Aha... I didn't realise.

What Cory said... :-)

N.

On 20/10/15 08:53, Cory Benfield (Lukasa) wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Please don’t click on Nick’s link directly and up vote from there: Hacker 
> News will see that as vote spamming and will remove the link. Instead, please 
> go to the ‘New’ page of Hacker News and vote it up from there.
> 
> Cory
> 
>> On 20 Oct 2015, at 08:50, Nicholas H.Tollervey  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Some great news.
>>
>> We've finally been given permission to open-source our work on the BBC
>> micro:bit (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/microbit) and be
>> a bit more vocal and public about what we're doing.
>>
>> Damien's announcement can be found here:
>>
>> http://forum.micropython.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1042
>>
>> I've created a "story so far" blog post here:
>>
>> http://ntoll.org/article/story-micropython-on-microbit
>>
>> The source code is here:
>>
>> https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython
>>
>> I've posted it to Hacker News here:
>>
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10417919
>>
>> An upvote would be appreciated
>>
>> Happy to answer questions.
>>
>> N.
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[python-uk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Some great news.

We've finally been given permission to open-source our work on the BBC
micro:bit (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/microbit) and be
a bit more vocal and public about what we're doing.

Damien's announcement can be found here:

http://forum.micropython.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1042

I've created a "story so far" blog post here:

http://ntoll.org/article/story-micropython-on-microbit

The source code is here:

https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython

I've posted it to Hacker News here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10417919

An upvote would be appreciated

Happy to answer questions.

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Re: [python-uk] MicroPython / BBC micro:bit at Python user groups in the UK

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Tibs,

How does the 3rd November sound..?

N.

On 25/09/15 20:42, Tony Ibbs wrote:
> Cambridge is definitely interested...
> 
> We’re trying to reboot the Cambridge Python User Group into more
> activity, and I have been looking for speakers…
> 
> We meet the first Tuesday of each month, at 7:30, normally at RealVNC
> near the railway station. So far as I’m concerned, we’d work around
> which month fits your convenience. I’m bcc’ing Tom Lynn
> (co-organiser) and Ben Nuttall (since he regularly comes to our
> meetings, and has an interest in the education end of things) as well
> - I’m sure Ben will have ideas on making the most of you if you
> visit.
> 
> If you’re interested, contact me off list to say what you need from
> us, and when might be good for you.
> 
> Tibs
> 
>> On 25 Sep 2015, at 14:25, Nicholas H.Tollervey 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> So the BBC have realised that MicroPython is really a thing that
>> works. They've said they would be up for loaning us micro:bit
>> devices for community events over the Autumn (heavy emphasis on the
>> word *loan* here).
>> 
>> :-)
>> 
>> If you're interested in having your evening user group become a
>> "hey let's play with MicroPython on the micro:bit" type affair
>> please let me know via this list.
>> 
>> I suspect I'll have to attend in person to chaperone the devices
>> but that also means you get me to do a talk on MicroPython and the
>> device itself. I may also be able to arrange some funky peripheral
>> devices (a micro:bit robot car for example) to be included.
>> 
>> My aim is two-fold:
>> 
>> * Testing / feedback on MicroPython on the micro:bit * Idea /
>> resource generation kickstart
>> 
>> I'm based near Northampton so Oxford, Brum and Cambridge are easy
>> to get to. My folks live in north Nottinghamshire so "oop north" is
>> within striking distance if I combine that with a trip back home.
>> Scotland is a totally different matter but I do have relatives in
>> south Wales I could combine into a weekend trip to Cardiff if
>> anyone is interested.
>> 
>> These would need to be evening events since I actually do a "real
>> job" during the day. :-)
>> 
>> Also, I'd need to know potential dates ASAP.
>> 
>> Any takers..?
>> 
>> N.
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Re: [python-uk] MicroPython / BBC micro:bit at Python user groupsin the UK

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On 26/09/15 00:07, Michael Grazebrook wrote:
> Perhaps we could do a London dojo on MicoPython? I imagine we'd need to
> bring around 5 Pyboards to the party. I have one - do others?
> 
> It's fun, cheap and amazingly easy to use - no complex tool chain, just
> write 'main.py' to the pyboard like a memory stick and it works.
> 
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We hope November (on the 12th to avoid bonfire night clashes) will be a
MicroPython/micro:bit dojo.

I should be able to borrow around 15 devices.

:-)

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[python-uk] MicroPython / BBC micro:bit at Python user groups in the UK

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

So the BBC have realised that MicroPython is really a thing that works.
They've said they would be up for loaning us micro:bit devices for
community events over the Autumn (heavy emphasis on the word *loan* here).

:-)

If you're interested in having your evening user group become a "hey
let's play with MicroPython on the micro:bit" type affair please let me
know via this list.

I suspect I'll have to attend in person to chaperone the devices but
that also means you get me to do a talk on MicroPython and the device
itself. I may also be able to arrange some funky peripheral devices (a
micro:bit robot car for example) to be included.

My aim is two-fold:

* Testing / feedback on MicroPython on the micro:bit
* Idea / resource generation kickstart

I'm based near Northampton so Oxford, Brum and Cambridge are easy to get
to. My folks live in north Nottinghamshire so "oop north" is within
striking distance if I combine that with a trip back home. Scotland is a
totally different matter but I do have relatives in south Wales I could
combine into a weekend trip to Cardiff if anyone is interested.

These would need to be evening events since I actually do a "real job"
during the day. :-)

Also, I'd need to know potential dates ASAP.

Any takers..?

N.



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[python-uk] PyCon UK - Next year's committee... Could it be you..?

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Hi Pythoneers!

PyCon UK 2015 is almost upon us and we're already thinking about next year.

The most fundamental aspect of this is who will be responsible. To this
end, every year at the PyCon UK AGM we vote in a new conference committee.

The constitution states that, "The Committee shall be composed of a
minimum of four persons and a maximum of ten persons." The following
roles must be filled:

* Chair - responsible for the smooth running of the PyCon UK society and
the fulfilment of its aim: to run a Python conference in the UK.

* Vice-Chair - deputises for the Chair: assumes the Chair's role if they
become unavailable.

* Treasurer - keeps track of financial matters and is responsible for
making an annual financial report to the AGM.

* Secretary - keeps track of the meetings, ensures minutes are made and
people are generally aware of the machinations of the society.

Other members of the organising committee have no specific roles or
responsibilities but will be called upon to help, advise and act
depending upon their expertise.

If you would like to be part of this wonderful endeavour please feel
free to put forward your name and, if appropriate, an indication of the
role you'd be interested in fulfilling (Chair, Vice-Chair etc...).

To do this email: pyconuk-...@python.org.

As John Pinner stated, "PyCon UK is organised by the community, of the
community and for the community".

Someone has to do it, why not you?

Best wishes,

Nicholas.
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[python-uk] ATTENTION! PyCon UK Programme Published

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Just a quick heads up!

We have a provisional conference schedule. You can see it here:

http://www.pyconuk.org/schedule/

The usual caveats about it being almost complete and things may change
if speakers drop out etc... apply.

But, in essence, what you see at that URL is the shape and structure of
the conference.

We're still looking for poster sessions (you should totally do one, it's
fun and completely stress free) and "lunchtime events". Find out more
details here:

http://www.pyconuk.org/programme/

Spread the word, go buy tickets, tell your friends, forward the link.

See you in September.

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Re: [python-uk] In Bilbao at the moment. Anyone else here?

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

I've just arrived in Bilbao with my wife and daughter. It'll be easiest
to ping me on Twitter @ntoll

Apparently there's traditional Basque folk dancing just over the river
from the "Abando" metro station (in the old town) from 7pm. Lots of
cafes and restaurants there too.

My AirBnB share with @voidspace and family is close by the station there.

:-)

N.

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> I have already started my conference holiday here in Bilbao.
> 
> I've had all afternoon to myself to walk about and take in all the
> sunshine I can get.
> 
> Would be nice to share beers and pinchos with any other UK pythonistas
> in the area already.
> 
> Anyone else?
> 
> Cheers
> 
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[python-uk] Trans*Code at PyCon UK

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Hello, World!

More wonderful news about our community conference!

The fantastic folks at Trans*Code will be running a hack-day on the
Friday of the conference.

Trans*Code is for trans* people and allies who want to draw attention to
issues facing the transgender community and women. Participants drawn
from all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome.

Thanks to some very generous sponsorship Trans*Code tickets are free.
Limited support may be available for travel and accommodation costs
(contact the Trans*Code team at i...@trans-code.org for more info).

More details and event registration can be found here:

http://www.pyconuk.org/transcode/

Go spread the word!

Nicholas.



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Re: [python-uk] Two weeks until full price tickets kick in...

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Matt,

This is a problem with our ticket provide "TiTo" (who in all other
respect have provided a flawless service). I've already pinged them a
bug report about it yesterday.

In the meantime, you can add yourself to the waiting list here:

https://ti.to/djangocon/pyconuk2015/

N.

On 08/07/15 11:38, Matt Wheeler wrote:
> On 17 June 2015 at 08:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey  wrote:
>> This year the conference meal is NOT included in the price of the
>> ticket. If you want to come along to that event you'll need the £30
>> Conference Meal ticket.
> 
> As the meal tickets are sold out but work has only just said yes to me
> attending, I've tried to join the waiting list at [0], but I'm getting
> a 404 instead :-(
> 
> Help!
> 
> 
> [0] 
> http://www.pyconuk.org/djangocon/pyconuk2015/waiting_list_registrations/new
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[python-uk] Django Girls at PyCon UK

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Hey Folks!

Spread the word...

The outstandingly wonderful DjangoGirls will be at PyCon UK. :-)

If you're a woman who has never programmed before but would like to know
more, come along (for free) and learn how to build websites using the
Python programming language and Django web-framework.

Apply here: http://djangogirls.org/coventry/apply/

More information here: http://www.pyconuk.org/djangogirls/ (includes a
great video showing what you can expect).

Pass it on!

All the best,

Nicholas.



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[python-uk] ATTENTION: full price arrives on Wednesday

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi,

Just a friendly reminder that if you want to take advantage of the
cheaper "regular" tickets (£165) then you have until 23:59:59 tomorrow.
From July 1st they will be replaced by the full priced tickets (£215).

Of course, community, science, kids and teachers' tickets will still be
available after 1st July.

BOOK NOW to avoid the price increase.

:-)

N.



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[python-uk] Back atcha Naomi Ceder (newly minted Vice Chair of the PSF)

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Naomi has been too self-effacing to mention that the PSF board resolved
to appoint her a vice-chair of the PSF.

From the minutes of the meeting
(https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/2015-06-08/):

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Naomi Ceder as
Vice Chair for the 2015/16 term

Congratulations Naomi!

Today is a hugs all round sort of a day...

:-)

N.



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Re: [python-uk] Nicholas Tollervey winner of PSF Community Service Award

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Folks,

Many thanks..! I'm feeling rather chuffed and a little embarrassed.

I'm going to make a cup of tea in celebration.

Will raise a toast and dunk a biscuit to everyone who has and continues
to help with Python in education in the UK.

You all deserve an award!

N.

On 24/06/15 14:31, Naomi Ceder wrote:
> As a member of the PSF board of directors it gives me great pleasure to
> report that our own Nicholas Tollervey has been awarded the PSF's
> Community Service Award for Q2, 2015 in recognition of his work in
> promoting Python in education in the UK. 
> 
> Please join me in congratulating Nicholas for this recognition of all
> that he has been doing for our community.
>  
> Look for a more formal announcement on the PSF blog in the coming days.
> 
> (Getting to make this announcement is definitely my favourite thing
> about being a director so far :-) )
> 
> Cheers,
> Naomi Ceder
> -- 
> Naomi Ceder
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