Next meeting?

[Gregg Lind]

When is the next meeting and who is doing what?

I would be happy to present on either PyMongo or some other topic that
would make sense to people.

Gregg

[John Shimek]

Hi Gregg,

The next meeting is January 14th, next Thursday. As for the plan, I was hoping to do a like a working meeting. We can work on putting together a website for the group, our own sprint. This can also be a demo of who to use Python to create a website:)

If other want to work separately on any other projects, that is cool too. 

In February, we can get back to our regularly scheduled events of talks and I would like to see your Mongo talk then.

What do people think of this idea?

John

[Gregg Lind]

I tend to favor infrastructure light on things, and wonder about the
value / work ratio for building a site, but that's just me, who is
terrible at (and hates) building sites!

GL

On Jan 4, 2:13 pm, John Shimek <vari...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Gregg,
>
> The next meeting is January 14th, next Thursday. As for the plan, I was
> hoping to do a like a working meeting. We can work on putting together a
> website for the group, our own sprint. This can also be a demo of who to use
> Python to create a website:)
>
> If other want to work separately on any other projects, that is cool too.
>
> In February, we can get back to our regularly scheduled events of talks and
> I would like to see your Mongo talk then.
>
> What do people think of this idea?
>
> John
>

[John Shimek]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Gregg Lind <gregg...@gmail.com> wrote:

I tend to favor infrastructure light on things, and wonder about the
value / work ratio for building a site, but that's just me, who is
terrible at (and hates) building sites!

GL

The idea behind this is that in the past 9 months it hasn't happened. If people don't care for this idea, then lets hear about MongoDB:)

[Aaron Spike]

John Shimek wrote:
> The next meeting is January 14th, next Thursday. As for the plan, I
> was hoping to do a like a working meeting. We can work on putting
> together a website for the group, our own sprint. This can also be a
> demo of who to use Python to create a website:)

What kind of site do you envision?

Aaron Spike

[John Shimek]

Anything that works:) 

Aaron Spike

[Dan Frankowski]

Works for what? What do people need? Anyone? Possibilities:

- when the meeting is (turns out 2nd Thursday of every month, but I didn't see that for awhile)

- where (a map)

- what talks have been there in the past, especially what people liked

- why: why pymntos exists, why people like it

- who is in pymntos (and why?)

- some advice about Python for a beginner, intermediate, and expert

- blog and/or tweetstream with the latest pymntos or python stuff

Dan

[Dan Frankowski]

Note I can't make the Jan, Feb, or March meetings (!), so any record the good stuff that transpired would be useful to me.

Dan

[Jens Knutson]

Perhaps the better question is: why do we want a website?  What's the purpose?

As I see it, the purpose of any user group website is to encourage new people to check out the group, and to keep the current "members" informed of what the group is up to.  Thus, I think the website should center around those things, and possibly even hold back from adding too much extra beyond that?

- Jens

-- "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Charles Kingsley

[Mike Rochford]

As a new person to the group. I would like to see:

• upcoming events
• a place of brief examples ( kinda like Dec meeting in web format)
• a list of good resources that people use.
  

-Mike

[Dan Callahan]

The one thing I'd really like to see is a large, specific announcement
of the next meeting. Something along the lines of: "Our next meeting
is Thursday, January 14th from 7:00 to 9:00 at 9555 James Ave S, Suite
245, Bloomington, MN. Please RSVP here. Thanks to Sierra Bravo for
hosting and supporting PyMNtos!"

When I see things like "the second Thursday of every month," I'm left
wondering if the group is still active and if the location information
is still up to date. And since we don't announce meetings on the
mailing list, I wouldn't be able to confirm that way, either.

-Dan

PS: Just want to drop a quick kudos to everyone involved in getting
this off the ground, but especially John's emceeing of many meetings
and Sierra Bravo's generous donation of space and sustenance. You're
all making it that much harder for me to leave the Twin Cities.

[John Shimek]

My idea had been a simple website with a list of what is coming up. A simple calendar of events. Who we are. Where we meet. A simple blog/news section.

Now for a show of hands. How many people like this idea of working on it for the next meeting or should we go with a MongoDB talk and any other potential talks?

Thanks,

John

[Rohit Patnaik]

Count me in for making a website with Python next Thursday.  At the very least, we should hash out what our website should contain, and possibly get some rough sketches on what it would look like. 

--Rohit Patnaik

[Jens Knutson]

I'm in favor of working on the website, too.

- Jens

[John Shimek]

Just to remind people, the next meeting is Thursday, 7PM at the Nerdery (same place as always, just using them name they wish to go by). We will be discussing and possibly starting the website for Pymntos. If there is time after that, we can finish up with some lightening talks or something along those lines.

Thanks,

John

[Aaron Spike]

Is anyone driving in from the greater Mankato area? I would be
interested in car pooling.

Aaron Spike

[Robin B]

We should have the talks at the beginning and the site building at the
end, so people can leave if necessary.

As far as sustenance, will there be pizza or crackers this month?

Do we need to RSVP?

Thanks,

Robin

[John Shimek]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Robin B <rob...@gmail.com> wrote:

We should have the talks at the beginning and the site building at the
end, so people can leave if necessary.

Good plan. We can do this.

 

As far as sustenance, will there be pizza or crackers this month?

Pizza - it is easy. If anyone would like to bring any other snacks, that is cool.

 

Do we need to RSVP?

Yes, I was just going to send an email about this. Please RSVP here http://pymntos.eventbrite.com/.  It helps with ordering the pizza.