[ubuntu-uk] Natty Narwhal Launch Party
Hi all, as we move into April the release of Ubuntu 11.04 the Natty Narwhal swims into view. Because this will be a *huge* celebration we have arranged a bank holiday on the following day for you, so there is no excuse for not partying on a weekday. In the afternoon will be a slightly formal launch event and photo opportunity for journalists and bloggers and the community, at the British Computing Society on Southampton Street near Charring Cross, dunno if there will be any nosh, but if there is it would be of the diminutive sandwiches and canapés variety. There is going to be a registration for this as we are going to need names and numbers in advance. Following that we will be moving on to somewhere else with less formality and more booze, probably a pub. This part of the plan is less well defined than the first part so I am *seeking* *your* *help*. What we need to do is pick a pub, or other venue. One that serves food and has a decent amount of space, one that will perhaps let us reserve an area for free, one within walking distance of the BCS and within staggering distance of a tube. Power sockets and wifi would be a mild bonus, but the evening is more about partying than geeking out. Please respond with venue suggestions and feel free to start planning what to do for the rest of your day off, I heard that some kids that went to Edinburgh Uni are taking advantage of the Natty bank holiday to get hitched in Westminster, but you could do anything you like. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty Narwhal Launch Party
I have been made aware of an important factual error in my earlier email, the royal fiancées actually went to St Andrews and not Edinburgh. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty Narwhal Launch Party
- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http:// www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 31 Mar 2011 11:22, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: Hi all, as we move into April the release of Ubuntu 11.04 the Natty Narwhal swims into view. Because this will be a *huge* celebration we have arranged a bank holiday on the following day for you, so there is no excuse for not partying on a weekday. In the afternoon will be a slightly formal launch event and photo opportunity for journalists and bloggers and the community, at the British Computing Society on Southampton Street near Charring Cross, dunno if there will be any nosh, but if there is it would be of the diminutive sandwiches and canapés variety. There is going to be a registration for this as we are going to need names and numbers in advance. Following that we will be moving on to somewhere else with less formality and more booze, probably a pub. This part of the plan is less well defined than the first part so I am *seeking* *your* *help*. What we need to do is pick a pub, or other venue. One that serves food and has a decent amount of space, one that will perhaps let us reserve an area for free, one within walking distance of the BCS and within staggering distance of a tube. Power sockets and wifi would be a mild bonus, but the evening is more about partying than geeking out. Please respond with venue suggestions and feel free to start planning what to do for the rest of your day off, I heard that some kids that went to Edinburgh Uni are taking advantage of the Natty bank holiday to get hitched in Westminster, but you could do anything you like. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty Narwhal Launch Party
On 31 March 2011 11:22, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: Hi all, as we move into April the release of Ubuntu 11.04 the Natty Narwhal swims into view. Because this will be a *huge* celebration we have arranged a bank holiday on the following day for you, so there is no excuse for not partying on a weekday. In the afternoon will be a slightly formal launch event and photo opportunity for journalists and bloggers and the community, at the British Computing Society on Southampton Street near Charring Cross, dunno if there will be any nosh, but if there is it would be of the diminutive sandwiches and canapés variety. There is going to be a registration for this as we are going to need names and numbers in advance. Following that we will be moving on to somewhere else with less formality and more booze, probably a pub. This part of the plan is less well defined than the first part so I am *seeking* *your* *help*. What we need to do is pick a pub, or other venue. One that serves food and has a decent amount of space, one that will perhaps let us reserve an area for free, one within walking distance of the BCS and within staggering distance of a tube. Power sockets and wifi would be a mild bonus, but the evening is more about partying than geeking out. The montagu pyke is reasonably large, well placed and I have known groups to book a good portion of it for events. (sorry if some blank replies were sent, the send button on my phone appears right under the reply button) Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 7401 96D3 E037 2F8F 5965 A358 4046 71FD 74B1 FA37 No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] EuroPython 2011: call for paper is ending - Please spread the word
Hi all list's members, I'm Francesco and I am writing on behalf of Python Italia APS, a no-profit association promoting EuroPython conference. (www.europython.eu) Europython End of Call for Presentations is April 6th. I'd like to ask to you to forward this mail to anyone that you feel may be interested. We're looking for proposals on every aspects of Python: programming from novice to advanced levels, applications and frameworks, or how you have been involved in introducing Python into your organisation. **First-time speakers are especially welcome**; EuroPython is a community conference and we are eager to hear about your experience. If you have friends or colleagues who have something valuable to contribute, twist their arms to tell us about it! Presenting at EuroPython We will accept a broad range of presentations, from reports on academic and commercial projects to tutorials and case studies. As long as the presentation is interesting and potentially useful to the Python community, it will be considered for inclusion in the programme. Can you show the conference-goers something new and useful? Can you show attendees how to: use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an application? If so, consider submitting a talk. Talks and hands-on trainings There are two different kind of presentations that you can give as a speaker at EuroPython: * **Regular talk**. These are standard talk with slides, allocated in slots of 45, 60 or 90 minutes, depending on your preference and scheduling constraints. A QA session is held at the end of the talk. * **Hands-on training**. These are advanced training sessions for a smaller audience (10-20 people), to dive into the subject with all details. These sessions are 4-hours long, and audience will be strongly encouraged to bring a laptop to experiment. They should be prepared with less slides and more source code. If possible, trainers will also give a short teaser talk of 30 minutes the day before the training, to tease delegates into attending the training. In the talk submission form, we assume that you intend to give a regular talk on the subject, but you will be asked if you are available for also doing a hands-on training on the very same subject. Speakers that will give a hands-on training are rewarded with a **free entrance** to EuroPython to compensate for the longer preparation required, and might also be eligible for a speaking fee (which we cannot confirm at the moment). Topics and goals Specific topics for EuroPython presentations include, but are not limited to: - Core Python - Other implementations: Jython, IronPython, PyPy, and Stackless - Python libraries and extensions - Python 3.x migration - Databases - Documentation - GUI Programming - Game Programming - Network Programming - Open Source Python projects - Packaging Issues - Programming Tools - Project Best Practices - Embedding and Extending - Science and Math - Web-based Systems Presentation goals usually are some of the following: - Introduce audience to a new topic they are unaware of - Introduce audience to new developments on a well-known topic - Show audience real-world usage scenarios for a specific topic (case study) - Dig into advanced and relatively-unknown details on a topic - Compare different options in the market on a topic Community-based talk voting --- This year, for the first time in EuroPython history, the talk voting process is fully public. Every partecipant gains the right to vote for talks submitted during the Call For Papers, as soon as they commit to their presence at the conference by buying a ticket. See all the details in the talk voting[1] page. Contacts For any further question, feel free to contact the organizers at i...@pycon.it. Thank you! [1]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/talk-voting -- -PALLA -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty Narwhal Launch Party
Or alternatively, you've got the Porterhouse across the road: large pub and micro-brewery over 3 floors with lots of space so they should probably be able to reserve an area. Not sure about food though. Another one I quite like is Bunken Bar on Earlham St: underground place and quite large. Don't know about food either. Both of them are within walking distance of BCS and Covent Garden tube station. On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 21:28 +0100, Dan Fish wrote: May I suggest the maple leaf - it's about 100th yards from the bcs. Canadian themed though Dan Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: Hi all, as we move into April the release of Ubuntu 11.04 the Natty Narwhal swims into view. Because this will be a *huge* celebration we have arranged a bank holiday on the following day for you, so there is no excuse for not partying on a weekday. In the afternoon will be a slightly formal launch event and photo opportunity for journalists and bloggers and the community, at the British Computing Society on Southampton Street near Charring Cross, dunno if there will be any nosh, but if there is it would be of the diminutive sandwiches and canapés variety. There is going to be a registration for this as we are going to need names and numbers in advance. Following that we will be moving on to somewhere else with less formality and more booze, probably a pub. This part of the plan is less well defined than the first part so I am *seeking* *your* *help*. What we need to do is pick a pub, or other venue. One that serves food and has a decent amount of space, one that will perhaps let us reserve an area for free, one within walking distance of the BCS and within staggering distance of a tube. Power sockets and wifi would be a mild bonus, but the evening is more about partying than geeking out. Please respond with venue suggestions and feel free to start planning what to do for the rest of your day off, I heard that some kids that went to Edinburgh Uni are taking advantage of the Natty bank holiday to get hitched in Westminster, but you could do anything you like. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty Narwhal Launch Party
Scrap my suggestion re the maple leaf - the porterhouse is a much better idea! Dan Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: Or alternatively, you've got the Porterhouse across the road: large pub and micro-brewery over 3 floors with lots of space so they should probably be able to reserve an area. Not sure about food though. Another one I quite like is Bunken Bar on Earlham St: underground place and quite large. Don't know about food either. Both of them are within walking distance of BCS and Covent Garden tube station. On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 21:28 +0100, Dan Fish wrote: May I suggest the maple leaf - it's about 100th yards from the bcs. Canadian themed though Dan Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: Hi all, as we move into April the release of Ubuntu 11.04 the Natty Narwhal swims into view. Because this will be a *huge* celebration we have arranged a bank holiday on the following day for you, so there is no excuse for not partying on a weekday. In the afternoon will be a slightly formal launch event and photo opportunity for journalists and bloggers and the community, at the British Computing Society on Southampton Street near Charring Cross, dunno if there will be any nosh, but if there is it would be of the diminutive sandwiches and canapés variety. There is going to be a registration for this as we are going to need names and numbers in advance. Following that we will be moving on to somewhere else with less formality and more booze, probably a pub. This part of the plan is less well defined than the first part so I am *seeking* *your* *help*. What we need to do is pick a pub, or other venue. One that serves food and has a decent amount of space, one that will perhaps let us reserve an area for free, one within walking distance of the BCS and within staggering distance of a tube. Power sockets and wifi would be a mild bonus, but the evening is more about partying than geeking out. Please respond with venue suggestions and feel free to start planning what to do for the rest of your day off, I heard that some kids that went to Edinburgh Uni are taking advantage of the Natty bank holiday to get hitched in Westminster, but you could do anything you like. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
