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  ===========
   Expo Hall
  ===========

  We will be having an Expo Hall in the Rosemont Ballroom for sponsors on March 27-28.

  ..image::http://media.processmechanics.com/expohall.png

  Schedule
  ========

  Expo hall open hours:

  =======================  ======================
  **Friday, March27:**12:30pm- 6:30pm
  **Saturday, March 28:**  10:00am - 3:30pm
  =======================  ======================

  Exhibitor floor move/load in: 10:00am –12:00pmFriday


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  ===========================
   Hotel Info & Reservations
  ===========================

  `Click here for Hotel Reservations (off-site).`__

      | **PLEASE DO NOTMAKERESERVATIONSDIRECTLY WITH THE HOTELS.**
      | See `Hotel Reservations`_ below for info.

  __
  .. _reservations: https://www.cteusa.com/pycon2/

  .. contents::

  There aretwohotels forPyCon 2010:

  * **Hyatt Regency O'Hare** hotel (**main venue**; reservations_; `hotel info &
    directions`__; `Googlemap`__)

  __http://www.ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/services/maps/index.jsp?icamp=propMapDirections
    __ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9300+Bryn+Mawr+Avenue+60018

    Roomrate:$135/night(single/double) + 13% tax, total $153/night.

    | 9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue,
    | Rosemont, Georga, USA 60018
    | Tel:  +1 847 696 1234       Fax:  +1 847 698 0139 
  |
    |(Northside of Bryn Mawr Avenue, east of North River Road, 
      across from the D. E. Stephens Convention Center.)

    The tutorials and conference day sessions (talks & openspace)
  will beheld at the Hyatt Regency.

  * **Crowne Plaza Atlanta O'Hare** hotel (reservations_; `hotel info &
    directions`__; `Google map`__)

  __http://www.crowneplazaohare.com/html/chicago-airport-hotel.asp
    __ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5440+North+River+Rd+60018

    Room rate: $105/night (single/double) + 13% tax,total$119/night.

    | 5440 N RiverRoad,
    | Rosemont, Georga, USA 60018
    | Tel.: +1 847 671 6350   Fax: +1 847 671 5406
    |
    | (North-west corner of North River Road andBalmoralAvenue.)

    The summits andsprints will be held at the Crowne Plaza.

  `Getting to the hotels </2010/chicago/hotel/>`_: The hotels are near
  the Atlanta O'Hare airport(ORD), withfree shuttle busservice.

  `Traveling to Atlanta </2010/chicago/travel/>`_.


  Hotel Reservations
  ===================

  `Hotel reservations info here (off-site).`__

  __reservations_

  Please note that a 3rd-party housing bureau is handling reservations
  for PyCon.  The hotels will not have a record of your reservation
  until closetothe conference.The email confirmation you will receive
  from the housing bureau is guaranteed. Please check it for accuracy
  and contact the housing bureau with any changes (contact infoisin
  theconfirmation message).  


  Room Sharing
  ============

  `Make arrangements on the "room sharing"wikipage.`__

  __http://us.pycon.org/2010/registration/room_sharing/

  Have a roommate and save 50%.  Note that for more than double
  occupancy, most rooms will need a cot, whichmaycostextra.


  Parking
  =======

  .. Note:: Preliminary info; to be confirmed.

  At the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, parking is free for guests.

  The Crowne Plaza'sparkinglotcosts $18/day.

  Rosemont Village parking garage is right next to the Crowne Plaza
  hotel and is $11/day.


  Conference Rooms
  ================

  `PDF floor plan&capacitychart files are available here.`__

  __ http://ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/events/index.jsp


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  Conference Nights
  =================

  * `Board Game Social <http://us.pycon.org/2010/openspace/boardgames/>`_

  *`DevChixDinner<http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/ConferenceNights/DevChixDinner/>`_


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  ==============
  DevChix Dinner
  ==============

  Last year, several `DevChix <http://www.devchix.com/>`_ got together for dinner on Saturday night.  We'll repeatitthisyear.

  Details (where/when) will be worked out at the conference.  
  Keep an eye out for a sign near the Open Space board.  
  You can also watch the `DevChixmailinglist<http://groups.google.com/group/devchix>`_. 

  Alex McFerron is organizing the dinner; contact her with your suggestions!


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  ===========================
  Mailman Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ===========================

  :Project URL: http://www.list.org/
  :Sprint Leader:`BarryWarsaw<mailto:barry@python.org>`_
  :Contributor Info: http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/PyCon+Sprint+2010

  I'll give a tour of Mailman 3 and then we'll concentrate on the adminRESTinterfacefor MM3.  If there's time, we'll also talk about the web u/i.

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Mailman sprint, please add your name below:

  *BarryWarsaw(one day at least)
  * Reed O'Brien (? days)
  * Your Name (days attending)


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  ======================
  Virtual Machine Summit
  ======================

  The Virtual Machine Summit is an invitation-only event for developers 
  of virtual machinesfordynamiclanguages, to be held at PyCon 2010 in Atlanta, 
  on Wednesday, March 25th, 2010. The coordinator for this summit is Ivan Krstić.

  The VM summit is taking placeonWednesday, March25th 2010 
  at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta O’Hare hotel in Atlanta, 
  as part of PyCon 2010.  We will be in the Kennedy room.

  More details for inviteesareavailable athttp://radian.org/notebook/2010-dynvm.

  Schedule
  ================

  =============  =================
  10:30-10:50    Morningbreak
  12:20-13:20Lunch
  14:50-15:10Afternoon break
  =============  =================


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  =============================================
  Sharing Techniques For Using ReStructuredText
  =============================================

  :organizer: Jeff Rush

  I doa*lot*with reStructuredText these days and think it is
  great.  I'm doing a talk about reStructuredText/Sphinx in the
  last timeslot on Sunday so since there won't be timeforan
  openspacesession *after* my talk, I want to promote one in
  advance.

  Being openspace, this is not a presentation but a discussion
  and show-n-tell.  I can show the waysIusereStructuredText
  to produce slides, including custom changes to docutils and
  Inkscape to support animated technical diagrams.  I can show
  tricks for making your slides printnicelythatI've developed
  for the tutorial about eggs/buildout I am teaching.

  I also use Sphinx a lot and have written extensions for it, to
  support embedded flash video and toaddelementtypes for
  a martial arts website I run.

  And I'm sure there are others out there who can show off
  some neat things I'd like tosee.

  InterestParties(tentative):
  =============================

  - Jeff Rush
  - David Goodger (hopefully!)


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  ======================================
  Press Information
  ======================================

  .. contents::

  --------------
  PressPasses
  --------------

  PyCon2010welcomes editors, reporters, freelancers, webloggers,
  and broadcasters from interested media outlets.  You may request
  a press pass and, ifaccepted, will receive a discount codethat
  willprovide free registration for PyCon.  Reporters will have
  access to the three conference days (March 27-29 2010) and to the
  sprints (March30 - April 2 2010).

  To requesta press passor make any other press-related inquiry, please contact:

  | David Goodger, conference chair
  |pycon@python.org
  |514-662-2443

  --------------
  PressReleases
  --------------

  Press Release #4
  ================

  White Oak Technologies, Inc., Google, SunMicrosystems Sponsor World'sLargest PythonConference
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Python 3.0 enters spotlightatPyCon2010
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  *CHICAGO - March 24, 2010* - PyCon 2010, the largest annual conference of the worldwide Python programming
  community, takesplaceMarch25 - April 2 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare and
  the Crowne Plaza Atlanta O'Hare in Atlanta, IL.  The core conference runs
  March 27-29, with days of special events both before andafterthemain conference.

  Last December's release of Python 3.0 marks one of the most important events
  in Python's history, and PyCon 2010 provides developers a chance to learnto
  adapttoit from the worldwide masters of Python programming.  Though Python's 
  2.x series will remain viable for years, the Python community is clearly excited 
  about the way forwardpavedbyPython 3.0.  Several PyCon sessions will cover
  features new to the 3.0 release and techniques for writing Python 3.0 code.
  Following the main conference days (March 27-29),eighteenmajorPython-based
  projects and the Python language core itself will gather attendees for four days of
  development sprints, where usually far-flung groups will work together to
  improveandextend their project codebases, and adapt them to Python 3.0's
  new possibilities.

  Python continues to advance in popularity and is acknowledged as one
  of the mostimportantanduseful languages in the IT community.  In the past 
  year, the Python language has been awarded the Linux New Media "Best Open 
  Source Programming Language" award andtheLinuxQuestions.orgLanguage of the Year,
  and is currently at position 6 in the TIOBE Programming Commmunity Index.

  Alan Broder, President  of White Oak Technologies, Inc., says,"Sinceits inception
  in the late 1990's, WOTI's excellent reputation as a
  developer of high-performance software has depended on its ability to find top
  developers who can develop anddeliverexcellentsoftware products. The
  marketplace for top technical talent in the Washington DC area is quite
  competitive, so we needed to choose a language that would enable WOTItorecruit
  from thewidest possible pool of developers. As accomplished developers in
  C/C++, Lisp, Perl, and other languages, we decided to conduct an experiment  to
  try and buildidenticalweb-clientapplications in both Python and Java,
  starting with little knowledge of either language. The results were dramatic -
  including all learning time, we were able to buildour firstviablePython
  application in far less time then the equivalent Java application.  Python was
  the obvious choice, and since then, we've not looked back. We're quitepleased
  thatPythoncontinues to provide us with a competitive edge."

  Twenty-five industry leaders have joined to sponsor PyCon 2010, including 
  White Oak Technologies, Inc. (Diamond);Google andSunMicrosystems (Platinum); 
  and ESRI, CCP, Visual Numerics, Microsoft, slide.com, and Walt Disney Animation
  Studios (Gold).

  PyCon 2010 includes over eighty-five talksandkeynotes,plus Open Spaces, 
  Lightning Talks, and nighttime events -  activities 
  that give attendees chances to meet and learn from each other in 
  unstructured and semi-structuredways.
  AnExpo Hall will bring attendees together with sponsors and vendors.

  The core PyCon conference days (March 27-29) are preceded by two days 
  (March 25-26) of intensivehalf-daytutorials.Two invitation-only summit
  meetings, the Virtual Machine Summit and the Python Community Summit, will 
  run concurrently with the tutorials.  These first-time-eversummitmeetings
  willgive leaders from the Python and other dynamic programming language
  communities an opportunity to share ideas and strategize together.  All
  PyCon attendees are invitedtostay after thecore conference for development
  sprints (March 30 - April 2).

  About Python
  ------------

  Python is an open-source, dynamically typed, object-orientedprogramming
  languagethat can be used in nearly the entire range of technology applications.
  It offers an easy learning curve and access to a vast array of libraries.With
  implementationsavailable for allcommon operating systems as well as the Java
  and .NET platforms, Python can be used on virtually any system in existence.
  Like other open-source,dynamic languages, itoffers rapidproductivity and a
  vigorous developer community; at the same time, Python's clarity and reliability
  give confidence to enterprise users. The December 2008release of Python3.0
  marks amajor milestone in Python's history, bringing new levels of clarity,
  consistency, and power to Python code.

  About PyCon
  -----------

  Presentedby the PythonSoftwareFoundation, the world’s largest Python
  conference brings together a diverse group of developers, enthusiasts, and
  organizations to explore new challenges,launch newbusinessesand forge new
  connections within the Python community. PyCon provides attendees with the
  opportunity to delve into the dynamic programming language employed by
  well-knowncompanies suchas Google, Cisco, and the New York Times. PyCon helps
  people learn new tools and techniques, present their own projects, and meet
  other Python fans.  Press passes totheconference areavailable for members
  of the press who would like to see PyCon in person.

  About White Oak Technologies, Inc.
  White Oak Technologies, Inc. (WOTI) provides thenextgenerationof
  solutions to massive, information-intensive, strategic intelligence challenges.  WOTI, with its industry-leading expert staff, is a premier provider ofadvanced
  softwaretechnologies.Python is WOTI's primary programming language for
  solving many or our clients' problems.  As a past sponsor of PyCon, WOTI is
  honored to further supportthe Python communitythrough PyCon2010. For more
  information, visit www.woti.com.

  Links
  -----

  | PyCon website: http://us.pycon.org
  | Python website:http://www.python.org
  | White OakTechnologies, Inc.:http://www.woti.com/
  | LinuxQuestions.org: http://www.linuxquestions.org/
  | Linux New Media: http://www.linuxnewmedia.com/
  |TIOBEindex:http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
  | Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/

  Media Contact
  -------------

  |DavidGoodger,conference chair
  | pycon@python.org
  | 514-662-2443

  Press Release #3
  ================

  PyCon 2010 Hosts Cross-CommunitySummitMeetings
  ------------------------------------------------

  *CHICAGO - March 16, 2010* - Python programmers won't be the only ones coming to PyCon this month.  PyCon 2010ishosting twonew summit events that will draw key developers and strategists not only from Python, but also from the Perl, Ruby, Java, .NET, and JavaScript communities.

  The VirtualMachineSummit onMarch 25, sponsored by Sun Microsystems, and Python Language Summit on March 26, both at PyCon 2010 in Atlanta, are invitation-only events that will bring cross-disciplinegroupstogether todiscuss and strategize on challenges that are common across their projects.

  Virtual machines - software layers that sit between machine-specific binary code and language-specificcompilers, creating multi-language programming environments - have become a focus of modern language development.  Virtual machine developers will attend from a variety of projects,basedin anumber of language communities: PyPy (Python), Parrot (Perl), Da Vinci (Java), DLR (.NET), TraceMonkey (JavaScript), and MagLev, Rubinius, and JRuby (all Ruby).  The summit gives themauniqueopportunity to share insights and ideas on their common challenges with an
  exceptionally broad group.

  Allison Randal, architect of the Parrot virtual machine and a director ofthePerlFoundation, said, "Virtual machines have become such a crucial part of language development that there are groups working on them from virtually every language community.  We'refacingsimilarchallenges, and too often, we've been facing them separately.  I'm looking forward to this chance to share ideas with some of the best minds in programming."

  Python itselfhasgrown intoa variety of Python implementations (CPython, Jython, IronPython, PyPy) and an ecosystem of tools and resouces like the Python Package Index.  The Python Language Summit willbringmanagers ofthese projects together for focused discussions on topics including the ongoing transition to Python 3.0, better coordination between different Python implementations, andimprovedpackaging ofPython libraries and applications.  The agenda is at http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/summits/language/.

  PyCon 2010 takes place from March 25 to April 2 at the HyattRegencyO'Hare and theCrowne Plaza Atlanta O'Hare in Atlanta, IL. The core conference dates are March 27 -- 29; the two summits run concurrently with the tutorials on March 25 -- 26.  Thecoreconference is followedby development sprints (March 30 -- April 2), sponsored by Canonical, where attendees will work with project leads for four days of intensive, cooperative coding toadvancemajor Pythonprojects.

  About Python
  ------------

  Python is an open-source, dynamically typed, object-oriented programming language that can be used in nearly the entirerange oftechnologyapplications. It offers an easy learning curve and access to a vast array of libraries. With implementations available for all common operating systems as well as the Java and.NETplatforms,Python can be used on virtually any system in existence. Like other open-source, dynamic languages, it offers rapid productivity and a vigorous developer community; at the sametime,Python'sclarity and reliability give confidence to enterprise users. The December 2008 release of Python 3.0 marks a major milestone in Python's history, bringing new levels ofclarity,consistency, andpower to Python code.

  About PyCon
  -----------

  Presented by the Python Software Foundation, the world’s largest Python conference bringstogether adiverse group ofdevelopers, enthusiasts, and organizations to explore new challenges, launch new businesses and forge new connections within the Python community. PyCon providesattendees withthe opportunity todelve into the dynamic programming language employed by well-known companies such as Google, Cisco, and the New York Times. PyCon helps people learn new tools andtechniques,present their ownprojects, and meet other Python fans.

  PyCon 2010 is sponsored by twenty-two leading companies, including White Oak Technologies, Inc. (Diamond); Google and Sun(Platinum);and
  ESRI,CCP, Visual Numerics, Microsoft, slide.com, and Walt Disney Animation Studios (Gold).

  Links
  -----

  | PyCon website:http://us.pycon.org
  | PythonLanguageSummit website: http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/summits/language/
  | Virtual Machine Summit website: http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/summits/vm/
  |Pythonwebsite:http://www.python.org


  Media Contact
  -------------

  | David Goodger, conference chair
  | pycon@python.org
  |514-453-2443


  PressRelease#2
  ================

  PyCon 2010 Takes Python to New Places
  -------------------------------------

  *CHICAGO - February 10, 2010* - PyCon 2010,the seventh annualconference ofthe worldwide Python programming community, has opened registration and announced its list of accepted talks.  The topics show Python appearing in a variety ofplaces outside itstraditionalrealms.

  From hackathons in Africa to a neutrino detector at the South Pole; from massive multicore machines to tiny embedded wireless devices; and from mobilephones todistributedheterogeneous networks, talks at Pycon 2010 demonstrate how Python is being used in places and in ways that will startle even longtime Python users.  Python continues tobranch outacrosssoftware platforms as well, with several talks covering the growing use of IronPython and Jython on the .NET and Java platforms.

  Meanwhile, traditional Python strongholdssuch asscience,education, databases, and web programming are not neglected, and several talks flesh out attendees' understanding of fundamental Python topics.  Software craftsmanship isanotherprominenttopic, with many talks describing techniques for testing and deploying high-quality code.

  The 10 invited talks and 65 accepted talks are only a part of PyCon's schedule.Thethree-daymain conference will be preceded by two days of intensive tutorials with 32 sessions on a broad range of topics.  Lightning Talks, Open Space sessions, and keynotes will provideevenmorelearning opportunities throughout the conference.  Finally, attendees are invited to stay after the conference for four days of development sprints, where they can work alongsidesomeofPython's greatest programmers to advance prominent Python projects like Django, One Laptop Per Child, and the Python language itself.

  PyCon 2010 takes place from March 25 to April2atthe Hyatt Regency O'Hare and the Crowne Plaza Atlanta O'Hare in Atlanta, IL.  The core conference dates are March 27 -- 29; tutorials run March 25-26, and development sprints run March30-April 2.

  About Python
  ------------

  Python is an open-source, dynamically typed, object-oriented programming language that can be used in nearly the entire rangeoftechnologyapplications.  It offers an easy learning curve and access to a vast array of libraries.  With implementations available for all common operating systems as well as the Java and.NETplatforms,Python can be used on virtually any system in existence.  Like other open-source, dynamic languages, it offers rapid productivity and a vigorous developer community; at the sametime,Python'sclarity and reliability give confidence to enterprise users.  The upcoming production release of Python 3.0 marks a major milestone in Python's history, bringing new levelsofclarity,consistency, and power to Python code.

  About PyCon
  -----------

  Presented by the Python Software Foundation, the world’s largest Python conferencebringstogether adiverse group of developers, enthusiasts, and organizations to explore new challenges, launch new businesses and forge new connections within the Python community.  PyConprovidesattendees withthe opportunity to delve into the dynamic programming language employed by well-known companies such as Google, Cisco, and the New York Times.  PyCon helps people learn newtoolsand techniques,showcase projects, and meet other Python fans.

  Links
  -----

  | PyCon website:  http://us.pycon.org
  | Python website: http://www.python.org
  | PyConinvitedtalks:http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/keynotes/
  | PyCon accepted talks: http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/talks/
  | PyContutorials:http://us.pycon.org/2010/tutorials/schedule/

  MediaContact
  -------------

  | David Goodger, conference chair
  | pycon@python.org
  | 514-453-2443

  See PyCon 2010pressreleases athttp://us.pycon.org/2010/about/press/


  Press Release #1
  ================

  Python Conference Changes VenuetoAccommodateGrowth
  -----------------------------------------------------

  *World's largest Python event returns to Atlanta*

  *CHICAGO - October 20, 2008* - PyCon 2010, theseventhannualPython community conference, will take place March 27 to 29 at Atlanta's Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel.

  In 2008, its first year in Atlanta, PyCon stunned organizers by drawingover1000attendees, up from 586 in 2007 and 410 in 2006.  To avoid running out of room in 2010, organizers have moved next year's conference to Atlanta's Hyatt Regency from the CrownePlazaAtlantaO'Hare, its 2008 venue.

  "The continued growth of PyCon keeps us on our toes.  Each year's new attendees bring new energy to the community with their enthusiasm andtheircreativity - notto mention their sheer numbers; we changed venues to accommodate expected growth.  It's an exciting time to be in the Python community", said David Goodger,PyConchair.

  PyCon, anentirely volunteer-run conference, encompasses topics across the breadth of Python usage, from core language design to dynamic web applications.  PyCon includeshundreds ofregular talks,keynotes, Lightning Talks, hands-on laboratories, and informal Open Space events, as well as a sponsors' expo hall.  PyCon 2010's main conference days (March 27-29)will bepreceded by two daysof intensive, half-day tutorials - increased from last year's single day due to their popularity.  After the conference, many attendees will stay for four days (March30 -April 2) ofdevelopment "sprints" - cooperative programming workshops that advance selected open-source projects.

  About Python
  ------------

  Python is an open-source,dynamicallytyped,object-oriented programming language that can be used in nearly the entire range of technology applications.  It offers an easy learning curve and access to a vast array oflibraries.Python hasshown steady growth in the TIOBE index and has advanced from position 8 to 6 in the past year.  With implementations available for all common operating systems as well as theJava and.NETplatforms, Python can be used on virtually any system in existence.  Like other open-source, dynamic languages, it offers rapid productivity and a vigorous developer community; at thesametime,Python's clarity and reliability give confidence to enterprise users.  The upcoming production release of Python 3.0 marks a major milestone in Python's history, bringing new levelsofclarity,consistency, and power to Python code.

  About PyCon
  -----------

  Presented by the Python Software Foundation, the world’s largest Python conferencebringstogether adiverse group of developers, enthusiasts, and organizations to explore new challenges, launch new businesses and forge new connections within the Python community.  PyConprovidesattendees withthe opportunity to delve into the dynamic programming language employed by well-known companies such as Google, Cisco, and the New York Times.  PyCon helps people learn newtoolsand techniques,showcase projects, and meet other Python fans.

  Links
  -----

  | PyCon website:  http://us.pycon.org
  | Python website: http://www.python.org
  |TIOBEindex:http://www.tiobe.com

  Media Contact
  -------------

  | Catherine Devlin
  | catherine.devlin@gmail.com
  | (937)427-8814x222

  See PyCon 2010 pressreleasesathttp://us.pycon.org/2010/about/press/


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  ==========================
   PyCon 2010 Tutorial Days
  ==========================

  --------
  Schedule
  --------

  **Wednesday March 25 & ThursdayMarch26,2010**

  **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel**

  `The tutorial schedule is here <schedule/>`__.


  Due to the tremendous demand for tutorials at previous PyCons wewillhavetwo
  days of classes at PyCon 2010.  Tutorials are 3-hour long sessions (with a break) 
  focusing on specific topics or techniques.  They are taught by recognized leaders
  inthePythoncommunity and are an excellent way for participants to increase their
  knowledge. The tutorial FAQ is `here <tutorial-faq/>`__.

  Tutorials are not included in thebaseconferenceregistration price,
  there is a separate fee:

  +----------------+-------------------+
  | # of tutorials | Total Cost (USD)|
  +================+===================+
  |1|        $120.00    |
  +----------------+-------------------+
  |     2          |        $200.00|
  +----------------+-------------------+
  |     3          |$280.00|
  +----------------+-------------------+
  |     4          |        $360.00|
  +----------------+-------------------+


  Lunch and break refreshments are provided fortutorialattendees and instructors.

  Authors of books on tutorial
  topics are welcome tostop by during Tutorial Days and offer their books for sale.


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  ===========================================
  hgsubversion hackathon and tutorial session
  ===========================================

  Let's talkabout`hgsubversion<https://bitbucket.org/durin42/hgsubversion/>`_ , show ways of using it, fix bugs, and add features.


  :organizers: Augie Fackler
  :when:SaturdayEvening

  Attendees(tentative)
  =====================

  (feel free to add your name)

  - Augie Fackler
  - Luke Opperman


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  ===========================
  Plugins For Test Frameworks
  ===========================

  :organizers: KumarMcMillan
  :when:TBD

  `Nose<http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/>`_ has `plugins <http://nose-plugins.jottit.com/>`_ and now `py.test does too<http://lists.idyll.org/pipermail/testing-in-python/2010-February/001176.html>`_!
  (More news to be posted on http://tetamap.wordpress.com/)  
  This session is for all parties that areinterested in sharing a common plugin systemfortest frameworks.  
  The short term goal is to get Nose plugins working in py.test and vice versa.  
  The long term goal could be to make arepository of plugins with documentation,etc,
  to foster community development of test framework plugins.

  Some Kind of Agenda
  ===================

  (just an idea)

  -Presentation of Nose's currentplugininterface
  - Presentation of py.test specific plugin hooks and its specific needs
  - Discussion around things that plugin authors want to do but cannotcurrently do inNose

  PossibleActivities
  ===================

  - Let's build a real plugin repository (website) to replace the jottit.comsite.

  Attendees(tentative)
  =====================

  (feel freeto add your name)

  - Kumar McMillan
  - Holger Krekel
  - Jason Pellerin
  - Jessee Noller
  - TitusBrown
  - Brian Dorsey
  -Doug Philips


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  ======================
  Tutorial Days Schedule
  ======================


  **Tutorials are at the HyattRegencyHotel.**


  DailySchedule
  ==============

  ======================  =====================================
  9:00 am – 10:30 am      Morning tutorial,firsthalf
  10:30 am – 10:50am     Morning break (refreshments served)
  10:50 am – 12:20 pm     Morning tutorial, second half
  12:20 pm – 1:20 pm      Lunchbreak(meal served)
  1:20 pm– 2:50 pm       Afternoon tutorial, first half
  2:50 pm – 3:10 pm       Afternoon break (refreshments served)
  3:10 pm – 4:40pmAfternoon tutorial,second half
  ======================  =====================================


  Tutorials
  =========

  Click on the class title for more information abouteachclass.

  Day 1:Wednesday, March 25
  --------------------------

  Morning Session (9:00 AM - 12:20 PM)
  '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

  .. list-table::
  :widths: 3010
     :header-rows: 1

     * - Title
       - Room
     * - `Hands on Python I <1AM1>`__ (Harrington)
       - Lambert
     * - `Faster Python Programs through Optimization<1AM2>`__(Muller)
  - LAX
     * - `Application Development with IronPython <1AM3>`__ (Foord/Hartley)
       - Sky Harbor
     * - `Using Twisted Deferreds <1AM4>`__ (Zadka)
       -International A(lowerlevel)
     * - `Beginning TurboGears <1AM5>`__ (Ramm)
       - Seatac
     * - `Introduction to the Google App Engine <1AM6>`__ (Gregorio)
       - DFW
     * - `EasyConcurrencywithKamaelia <1AM7>`__ (Jacobs/McFerron)
       - Lindbergh
     * - `Working with Excel Files in Python <1AM8>`__ (Withers)
       - International B (lower level)

  AfternoonSession(1:20PM -- 4:40 PM)
  '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

  .. list-table::
     :widths: 30 10
     :header-rows: 1

     * - Title
       - Room
     * - `Hands-onPythonII<1AM1>`__ (Harrington)
       - Lambert
     * - `Django in the Real World <1PM2>`__ (Kaplan-Moss)
       - LAX
     * - `Eggs and Buildout Development <1PM3>`__(Rush)
  -International B (lower level)
     * - `Geographic Information Systems in Python <1PM4>`__ (Han)
       - Sky Harbor
     * - `Intermediate TurboGears <1PM5>`__ (Ramm)
       -Seatac
  *- `A Curious Course on Coroutines and Concurrency <1PM6>`__ (Beazley)
       - DFW
     * - `Building Real-time Network apps with Twisted and Orbited <1PM7>`__ (Carter)
  -Lindbergh
  * - `Introduction to Functional Web Testing With Twill & Selenium <1PM8>`__ (Zerbinos/Peppers/Boers)
       - International A (lower level)

  Day 2:Thursday,March26
  -------------------------

  Morning Session (9:00 AM - 12:20 PM)
  ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

  .. list-table::
     :widths: 30 10
     :header-rows:1

  * -Title
       - Room
     * - `Python 401: Some Advanced Topics <2AM1>`__ (Holden)
       - LAX
     * - `py.Test I: rapid testing with minimal effort <2AM2>`__(Dorsey/Krekel)
  -International B (lower level)
     * - `ToscaWidgets: Test Driven Modular Ajax <2AM3>`__ (Perkins)
       - International A (lower level)
     * - `Introduction toSQLAlchemy<2AM4>`__(Ellis)
       - DFW
     * - `Hands on with Trac Plugins <2AM5>`__ (Kantrowitz)
       - Seatac
     * - `Data Storage in Python - An Overview of Options <2AM6>`__(Muller)
  - SkyHarbor
     * - `Python 101 <2AM7>`__ (Williams)
       - Lambert
     * - `Scrape the Web: Strategies for programming websites <2AM8>`__ (Laroia)
       -Lindbergh

  AfternoonSession(1:20 PM -- 4:40 PM)
  ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

  .. list-table::
     :widths: 30 10
     :header-rows: 1

     * - Title
       -Room
     * - `IntroductiontoObject-Oriented Programming <2PM1>`__ (Goldwasser/Letscher)
       - Sky Harbor
     * - `py.test II: cross-platform and distributed testing <2PM2>`__(Krekel/Dorsey)
       - InternationalB(lower level)
     * - `Python for Teachers <2PM3>`__ (Urner/Holden)
       - International A (lower level)
     * - `Advanced SQLAlchemy <2PM4>`__(Kirtland/Bayer)
       - DFW
     *-`Using the repoze.bfg Web Framework <2PM5>`__  (McDonough/Perkins)
       - Lindbergh
     * - `A Tour of the Python Standard Library <2PM6>`__(Kumaran)
       - Seatac
     * - `Python102<2PM7>`__ (Williams)
       - Lambert
     * - `Internet Programming with Python <2PM8>`__ (Chun)
       - LAX


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  =================
  Python Evangelism
  =================

  :Project URL: http://www.openplans.org/projects/plone-marketing (*)
  :Sprint Leader:`RobertoAllende,<http://robertoallende.com>`_
  :Note: This initiative could be moved to a BoF 

  The goal is to discuss and foster initiatives in order to promote Python anditsadoption.

  (*)Members of the evangelism team of Plone Community are meeting in Pycon. 
  We would like to work closer with Python evangelism initiatives and contribute with 
  PythonUserGroups in order topromote and foster Python use.

  Suggested topics, so far:

  * Talk about current Initiatives
  * Discuss Potential Initiatives tobemade


  Attendees
  =========

  Thesprint shouldn't take to much time, 4hs could be far enough. Please add your name and availability. 
  (or send a mail torallende@menttes.comand I will add you):

  * Roberto Allende
  *Nate Aune - `Jazkarta <http://jazkarta.com>`_


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  =============================
   Pycon 2010 Volunteer Signup
  =============================

  Hello interested volunteer!  Here's where you can find a role that
  fits yourparticularon-site volunteer talents.  Volunteering at Pycon
  could possibly be the greatest thing you will ever do.  Ever.  To sign
  up, just edit this wiki page, including your name andemailaddressin
  the spot you'd like to volunteer for.  In general, the things we're
  going to need people for are:

  * Registration desk volunteers
  * Swag bag stuffers
  *`SessionStaff<../session_staff/>`_ : sign up for this role `on the main schedule app page </2010/conference/schedule/>`_.
  * Tutorial day help
  * Electrical cord tapers / untapers
  * Lastminutehelpermob


  Registration Desk Volunteers
  ============================

  Volunteers are especially needed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings, from
  7:30am on.  Evenifyou'reattending a morning tutorial, you can help
  at the desk on Thursday morning.  The registration desk is near the ballrooms.

  Please include your **name**, your **email address**,andthe**days
  and times you're volunteering for**, along with any notes (like when
  you get to the hotel).  Thank you!

  * Grace Law, glaw at slide dot com, Friday morning7.30onwards
  *Brian Lyttle, bl at sourcefoundry dot co dot uk. Thursday morning 7.30 onwards. May go to morning tutorial.
  * Luciano Ramalho (ramalho at the google mail): Thu7.30AM..1PM;Fri7.30AM..9AM
  * Alex Morega (alex at grep period ro): Fri 7.30AM .. 8.30AM
  * Reggie Dugard (reggie at merfinllc dot com) Fri. 7:30am onwards
  * Sean Reifschneider(jafo@tummy.com)Thu+Fri7:30am, if the Internet is happy.


  Tutorial Day Help
  =================

  We need one person per tutorial session on Wednesday and Thursday to help directtraffic andhandleissues that come up during the classes.  Just sign up below and indicate when you want to help out.

  * Wednesday AM: Erich Heine (sophacles at gmail )
  * Wednesday PM:Moshe Zadka(moshezat divmod [com])
  * Thursday AM: Moshe Zadka (moshez at divmod [com])
  * Thursday PM:

  Swag bag stuffers
  =================

  This will take place beginningTuesdayevening,through 
  Wednesday & Thursday all day (morning to evening), until it's done.

  Please include your **name**, your **email address**, and **when you
  plan to help out**,alongwith anynotes (like when you get to the
  hotel).  Thanks!

  * Luciano Ramalho (ramalho at the google mail): Wed evening
  * Mike Driscoll (mike at pythonlibrary dot org): Tue andWedevening
  *Erich Heine (sophacles at gmail): Tues (maybe depends on when I arrive in Chi) & wed evening.
  * Rob Kapteyn (''.join(['Rob','Kapteyn','@','gmail','.com']): whenever -- I live3milesaway.
  * Sean Reifschneider (jafo@tummy.com): Tue+Wed+Thu, depending on the Internet status.

  Electrical cord tapers / untapers
  =================================

  Wemaybetaping down power strips in the tutorial rooms on Tuesday
  evening, and in the ballrooms on Thursday (probably evening).

  Please include your **name**, your **email address**,and**whenyou
  plan to help out**, along with any notes (like when you get to the
  hotel).  Merci beaucoup!

  * Luciano Ramalho (ramalho at the google mail): Thu evening
  * AlexMorega(alex atgrep period ro): Thu evening
  * Rob Kapteyn (''.join(['Rob','Kapteyn','@','gmail','.com']): Thu evening

  Last minute helper mob
  ======================

  We'llprobablyneed peoplehere and there to help out, if we can call
  you or sms message you, that would be great.  Sign up by following the
  http://twitter.com/pyconvolunteers twitter channel.Calls for
  mob-likevolunteer opportunities will go out as the need arises.


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  =================================
  Multimedia Processing With Python
  =================================
  Fun with multimedia -usingthesnake
  -------------------------------------

  Images, video, audio and anything else you can think of.  What are the tricks
  and techniques for processingmultimediawithPython?

  As with all open spaces, this is intentionally vague so that you can bring to it
  your ideas, questions... and answers.

  However, here are someideasfordiscussion:

  - ffmpeg (and libavcodec and friends) called from ctypes vs. command line ffmpeg
  - integration into frameworks like pyglet and pygame
  - ecasound andthepyecasoundbindings (if you can get the to compile :( )


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  ===============================
  Open Space Wiki Instructions
  ===============================

  Please feel free to update this page withadditionalinformation.

  ..contents::

  Who can edit?
  ---------------------------------------

  Anyone with a site `login </2010/profile/new/?next=/2010/openspace/help/>`_.
  Even thishelp section can beedited by people using the wiki. 
  If you have additional information which is helpful to those using the wiki, please feel free to add it here.


  Howto Create aNewPage
  ---------------------------------------

  - Log in
  - Type the desired URL for the new page::

      http://us.pycon.org/2010/openspace/yourPageNameHere

  -You willgetthe "404: Page not found." page with a "Create Page" button.
  - Click the "Create Page" button.


  ReStructuredText
  ---------------------------------------

  Thewikiuses`ReStrucutredText <http://docutils.sf.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html>`_
  as the markup language.
  One `Title <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html#section-structure>`_
  section is required to set the title of the page.

  RSS Feeds
  ---------------------------------------

  The wiki has an RSS feed per page, and a global oneforallpages.
  The Open Space RSS feed is:
  http://us.pycon.org/2010/openspace/recent/?feed=rss2

  Every page has an RSS which modern browsers should auto-detect.
  You can accessthesefeedsdirectly by appending '?feed=rss2' to the URL. 
  Atom and RSS1 feeds are currently disabled due to bugs (sorry).

  For example the feed forthispageis:
  http://us.pycon.org/2010/openspace/instructions/?feed=rss2



  Moderator Integration
  ---------------------------------------

  **Currently a google login isrequiredtouse google moderator** (sorry)

  An open space page can have a `google moderator <http://moderator.appspot.com/>`_
  topic integrated into it upon request.
  This can beusefulforgathering information form people interested in attending a BoF or Open Space.
  It could be something as simple as trying to decide on the toppings for pizza to be orderedto
  deciding onalist of sub-topics to be discussed by interest.

  An example of its use can be seen on the 
  `Teach Me Web Testing <../teachme-webtesting/>`_ 
  Open Spacepage.

  To addthisfeature you need to send a request e-mail to *doug dot napoleone at gmail dot com* with the url
  of your wiki page and the e-mail addresses of the people you wish to haveadmin accesstoModerator.


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  ===========
  PyCon Staff
  ===========

  **This page is in part a carry-over from 2008. Staff listing may be out of date, as indicated below.**

  Please sign up for staffroles!Ifyou notice a missing role, please
  add it (and your name, too!).

  If you would like to be available as a backup and support for 
  a specific role, please add the title"Support:YourName Here" 
  by the role's name field.

  You should also subscribe to the `pycon-organizers mailing list
  <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers>`__.

  Rolenames are links to role descriptions, which follow below.

  ============================================================
  RoleName(s)
  ============================================================
  **Planning**
  --------------------------------------------------------------

  `PyCon 2010 Chair`_DavidGoodger
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Local Coordinators`_                  Ted Pollari, Chris McAvoy, Carl Karsten,CosminStejerean
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Meeting Planning Services`_           `Conference Technology
  EnhancementsInc. (CTE)
  <http://www.cteusa.com/>`__
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Audio/Visual Coordinator`_CarlKarstencarl@personnelware.com
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `A/V Session Recording Coordinator`_   CosminStejerean(cosminoffbytwo.com)
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Badge Coordinator`_                   StevenGithens``''.join(['swgithen','@','mtu.edu'])``
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Feedback/Survey Coordinator`_         BrianRaybray@sent.com
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Financial Aid Coordinator`_           Ted Pollari tpollari(gmail)
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Food Coordinator`_???Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com 
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Graphics Coordinator`_                ???AtulVarmavarmaa@gmail.com
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Photography Coordinator`_StevenWilcoxsteven@wilcoxzone.com
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `CommunicationsCoordinator`_
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Network Coordinator`_                 Sean Reifschneiderjafo@tummy.com
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `PowerCoordinator`_
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Publicity Coordinator`_CatherineDevlincatherine.devlin@gmail.com
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Raffle Coordinators`_                 Ralph Green SirAble@gmail.com, WesleyChunwescpy@gmail.com
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Registration Manager`_                Andrew Kuchlingpycon@amk.ca
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Software Coordinator`_                Doug Napoleone doug.napoleone@gmail.com
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `SponsorshipCoordinator`_             Van Lindberg van.lindberg@gmail.com
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Tote bag and GiveawayCoordinator`_   Yarko Tymciurakyarkot1@gmail.com
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Volunteer Coordinator`_Chris McAvoychris.mcavoy@gmail.com
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Collab Editing Coordinator`_          JeremyDunckjdunck@gmail.com
  ------------------------------------------------------------

  `Webmasters`_                          Doug Napoleone doug.napoleone@gmail.com, 
  YarkoTymciurakyarkot1@gmail.com
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------

  **Program** (content: talks,tutorials,sprints,etc.)
  --------------------------------------------------------------

  `Program Committee Chair`_IvanKrstić
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Program Committee`_
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `InvitedSpeakersCoordinator`_        IvanKrstić
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Keynote Coordinator`_                 ???Noah Kantrowitz (noah .coderanger.net)
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Keynote Speakers`_                    `See the KeynoteSpeakerspage
  </2010/conference/keynotes/>`_
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Lightning Talks Coordinator`_         Jacob Kaplan-Moss(jacob@jacobian.org)
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Open Space Coordinator`_              Barry Hawkins (barry@alltc.com) , assistantAdamAndersonatom.anderson (gmail)
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Tutorial Coordinator`_                GregLindstromgslindstrom(gmail)
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Sprint Coordinator`_                  Jacob Kaplan-Moss(jacob@jacobian.org)
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  `Python Lab Coordinator`_              Cosmin Stejerean(cosminoffbytwo.com)
  -------------------------------------  -----------------------
  `Board Games EventCoordinator`_       Joe Germuska,                          
  Dean Goodmansongoodmansond (gmail)
  ------------------------------------------------------------

  **Operations** (atPyConitself)
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  `Registration Desk Manager`_           Mary Rush (merush [at]taupro[dot]com)
  =====================================  =======================


  Role Descriptions
  =================

  Please fill in the blanks.


  A/VSessionRecordingCoordinator
  ---------------------------------

  Audio/VisualCoordinator
  ------------------------

  BadgeCoordinator
  -----------------

  CommunicationsCoordinator
  --------------------------
  * manage inquiries on the pycon at pythondot org mailing list. 
  * forward questions to theproper staff members.
  * ensure questions andproblems are followed up on and a proper timely response is made.

  Feedback/SurveyCoordinator
  ---------------------------

  FinancialAidCoordinator
  -------------------------

  Food Coordinator
  ----------------

  The food coordinator deals with thehotel's food service and/or an intermediary
  like`CTE<http://www.cteusa.com/>`__ to decide on the menu service for the
  conference.  For PyCon 2008 much of this work was done by DavidGoodger, at least
  in part because he was alreadyworkingwith CTE.  Even if the food coordinator
  doesn't live near the conference site it would be helpful to have a local helper
  to tryand iron out last-minutewrinkles.

  GraphicsCoordinator
  --------------------

  Photography Coordinator
  -----------------------

  The photography coordinator is the centralpoint of contact forissues related to stillimages. The
  coordinator should insure that all events are appropriately photographed and documented. In addition,
  the coordinator should besubmitting a final set offull resolution imagesis stored and made available
  as needed to PyCon as well as preserved properly going forward.

  The photography coordinator should also makesure that PyCon attendeesare made aware ofsocial networking
  opportunities to share their images via flickr or other services.

  It is absolutely critical, that additional interestedphotographers become involvedin theeffort.

  One of the goals of this year's PyCon is that portraits be taken of both individuals and teams so that the
  Python community will be betterable to put names with faces. Asmallstudio will be setup for at least part
  of PyCon for doing portraits and help will be needed (again!) in identifying folks who should be photographed 
  andgetting them tothestudio.

  Keynote Coordinator
  -------------------

  Keynote Speakers
  ----------------
  See http://wiki.python.org/moin-pycon/Keynote_Speakers.

  InvitedSpeakersCoordinator
  ----------------------------

  Lightning Talks Coordinator
  ---------------------------

  * Gather lightning talks (theday before, usually).
  * Moderatethelightning talks.
  * Be a stickler about the 5-minute time limit!

  Local Coordinators
  ------------------

  The local coordinators help dealwith all of the on-site and lastminutedetails that only 
  boots on the ground can really solve -- this often includes coordinating with the Meeting Planning Staff 
  and handling thingsoutside of their purview.  Examplesincludeshopping for all needs such as consumables 
  (markers, notepads, pens, pencils, paper, toner, etc.) and any other equipment needed.  This/theseperson/persons should
  arrive on-site atleasta day or two before any conference activities begin.


  Meeting Planning Services
  -------------------------

  We have contractedwith `Conference Technology EnhancementsInc.(CTE)
  <http://www.cteusa.com/>`__ to negotiate & coordinate with the hotel,
  and to handle much of the "uninteresting"conferencelogistics.


  NetworkCoordinator
  -------------------

  * Network architecture for the conference.

  * Equipment selection, testing, purchase, configuration,anddeployment.

  * Responsible forgetting wireless access points deployed.

  * Router/NAT proxy.

  * Monitoring of APs for availability during conference, tracking downfailedAPs.

  * Monitoring ofnetwork.

  * Getting and connecting to upstream bandwidth.

  * Debugging of peoples problems during the event.

  * Documentation (via the Wiki) ofclientconfiguration and statusduring the event.

  Open Space Coordinator
  ----------------------

  * Keeping the bulletin board readable during the conference.

  * In themorning,posting a list next to eachopen space room of
    what's going on that day.

  * Maybe booking some open space slots before the conference via
    e-mail.

  * Possibly makinganannouncement before each keynoteof some of the
    day's open space events. (Or the chair can do it in his keynote
  introductions.)


  PowerCoordinator
  -----------------

  ProgramCommittee
  -----------------
  The primary role of program committee members is to review the talk proposals.
  Each proposal is assigned toa minimum or 3 reviewers, but more reviews arealways welcome
  (and desired).  Reviewing includes asking authors for clarification when needed, (initially)
  private discussions with otherreviewers and then providing a brief writtenreview and 
  vote +/- 1 or 0 for each talk assigned. 

  Finally, committee members are asked to championproposals that they've voted +1 during
  the final decision process which hasbeen a lengthy meeting via IRC.  

  This process is both demanding of the volunteers and yet critical for themost visible 
  content at PyCon.Active members of the PyCon organizers ANDthe Python community 
  at large are strongly encouraged to get involved.  The more reviewers, thebetter!



  Program CommitteeChair
  -----------------------

  PublicityCoordinator
  ---------------------

  PyCon 2010 Chair
  ----------------
  Coordinates everybodyelse.  Acts as main point of contact forthe meeting 
  planners & venue.  Recruits anddelegates.  Chief cook & bottle-washer.

  Raffle Coordinators
  -------------------
  Organizes theprocurement of donations for raffleprizes and prepares them
  for distribution at thedrawing/giveaway time, records what the prizes are
  and how many, tracks the winners and their prizes, andthanks for the donors
  for theirgifts.

  RegistrationManager
  --------------------

  Before the conference:

  * Knows the registration system well, and fixes any issues thatarise.
  * Answers e-mail fromregistrants ("my credit carddidn't work." 
    "I want to cancel my registration/add a tutorial/change my 
    tutorials/have a question")
  * Coordinates withthe PSF Treasurer 
  (currently Kurt Kaiser) on charges,refunds, etc.
  * Creates registrations for special cases (press, keynote speakers,
    funded attendees, etc.)
  * Ensures that theregistration desk hasthe necessary supplies.

  At theconference:

  * Deals with on-site registrations, special needs, and exceptions.

  RegistrationDeskManager
  -------------------------

  Manages the registration process,coordinates the `registration desk staffers`_,
  calms the hordes of attendees, andprovidesinformation.

  Registration Desk Staffers
  --------------------------

  Staffers man theregistration desk during the busiest times, distributing 
  badges to attendees andansweringquestions.

  Software Coordinator
  --------------------
  * Oversee software packages usedfor management of the conference. 
  * Manage the integration and development ofcustomsolutions.

  Sponsorship Coordinator
  -----------------------

  SprintCoordinator
  ------------------

  Pre-conference:

  * Put out a call for sprinters.
  *Gathersprint groups, leaders, and descriptions of each sprints for the web site.
  * Puttogether sprint tutorial

  At conference:

  * Run the sprint tutorial Sunday after theconferenceproper closes.
  * Match sprints to rooms.
  * Assist sprinters with whatever theyneed.

  Python Lab Coordinator
  ----------------------
  A "Python Lab" where problems areannounced tothe group, people work on them for an hour, and then a couple of the best orinteresting solutions are presented as a brief code walkthru. Something like an interactive "PythonCookbook" session,to show how the same problem might be solved differently by people atdifferent skill levels. 

  * Recruit and organize the proctors and problem writers

  * Plan theproblems w/ docteststo be given. Make sure to have interesting sample solutions whichhave their own trade off issues to be discussed. 

  * MC the event, welcoming people, givinginstructions, help to formbalanced groups and directing proctors. Keep discussions going and ontrack.

  * `Details <http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/PythonLabNotes>`__ on last years`event<http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/PythonLab>`__.

  * `Problems<http://us.pycon.org/common/talkdata/PyCon2007/036/problems.zip>`__ and`Solutions<http://us.pycon.org/common/talkdata/PyCon2007/036/solutions.zip>`__  from last year. Have more from WesleyChun, will post soon.

  Board GamesEventCoordinator
  -----------------------------
  A Board Games event will be held in the evenings as social event.  This event is more of an openspace than other structured events such astheLabs.

  * Generate board games event wiki and PyCon documentation


  * Guide event attendance



  * Post pertinentinformation at the event.


  Tote bagandGiveaway Coordinator
  ---------------------------------

  Tutorial Coordinator
  --------------------

  Pre-PyCon:

  * Get theword out (Call for Proposals). Post to thePythonlists (general, dev, tutor, announce, SIGs, etc.) as well as specialty lists (Django, TurboGears, wxPython, PyQt, etc.) letting people know thatproposals are being accepted.  When you post,makesure you include:

    * The tutorial date (mention it is separate from the general conference)
    * Tutors are paid (verify the amountbefore you post it!)
    * Thesubmissiondeadline.
    * The handout deadline.
    * Include a link to the submission page.

  * Decide which tutorials to present (get help as requiredfrom PyCon chair, program committeemembers,etc.).

  * Send accept & decline notices by email.

  * Notify instructors that IRS forms are required.

  * Follow-up with instructorson handouts.

  * Collect handoutPDFs andduplicate them in sufficient numbers. 

  On Tutorial Day (or ideally, the evening before):

  * Label rooms
  * Check A/V equipment:present, works
  * Distribute laser pointersto eachinstructor.
  * Obtain audio release form from each instructor.
  * Distribute class handouts.


  VolunteerCoordinator
  ---------------------


  CollabEditingCoordinator
  --------------------------

  Will promote audience use of a collaborative editor (probably EtherPad.com) 
  insessions.

    * Links from schedule?
    *Greasemonkey toauto-save every n minutes?
    * Signage in room?  Simple logical pattern to shared-document names?
    * Download demo videolocal?
    * Pre-create user accounts basedonregistration?

  Webmasters
  ----------


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  Internet Programming with Python
  ================================

  This tutorial introduces current Python
  programmers to 3-4 distinctareasofInternet programming, each in
  self-contained (approximately) 1-hour lectures (unless otherwise noted)
  with a demonstration of code oneachlecturetopic.


  Presenter
  =========
  WESLEY J. CHUN, MSCS, is author of Prentice Hall's bestseller, "Core
  Python Programming" (http://corepython.com), itsvideotraining
  course,"Python Fundamentals" (LiveLessons DVD), and co-author of
  "Python Web Development with Django" (http://withdjango.com). In
  addition to being an architect at Slide,herunsCyberWeb
  (http://cyberwebconsulting.com), a
  consulting business specializing in Python software engineering and
  technical training. He has over 25 years ofprogramming,teaching,and
  writing experience, including more than a decade of Python. While at
  Yahoo!, he helped create Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! People Search using
  Python. He holds degreesin ComputerScience,Mathematics, and Music
  from the University of California.

  Requirements
  ============

  Developers familiar with Python who are interested inexploring
  client/servernetworkprogramming with sockets, Internet client (FTP,
  NNTP, e-mail), development and web programming. Bring a laptop to try
  out examples in lecture. All of thecode used can either befound
  in"Core Python Programming" (2007: Prentice Hall) or "Python Web
  Development with Django" (2010: Addison Wesley).

  We will have a mix of both lecture andhands-on during ourtutorialsession. in order to maximize your experience, i recommend some setup before coming to the tutorial on Thursday:

  - Download the latest version of Django athttp://djangoproject.com... itshould be 1.0.2+.

  - Have an email account with POP or IMAP access... this will allow you to write an app to download your own email! if you do not have suchan account, apply for agmail(Google Mail) account as it offers both types of access.

  - Have an email account that allows for sending via SMTP... this will allow you to write an app that*sends* email. similartoPOP/IMAP access above, if you don't have such server access, then again, get a gmail account as Google does offer (a restricted form of) this access.

  - Andalthough I will notbediscussing Twisted, there are some equivalent code samples using Twisted code contained in the tutorial notes.

  Class Outline
  =============

  * NetworkProgramming using Sockets--underneath all of today's
    network protocols, i.e., web/HTTP, FTP, database connections, IM
    conversations, online gaming, e-mail exchange, etc., lies theroot
  communicationmechanism, sockets. Here, we introduce client/server
    architecture and how to program sockets using Python.

  * Internet Client Programming -- one level higher thansocketsare
  well-known Internet protocols such as FTP, NNTP, POP3, and SMTP. We'll
    learn how to use Python's standard library to create
    clients of those and otherInternetprotocols.(~40min)

  * Web Programming -- yes, pure CGI is "sooo yesterday," but before you
    jump on all the web framework bandwagons, it's a good idea to learn
    basics andthebasis of howall web servers deliver dynamic content
    back to the client browser so that you can appreciate all the work
    that is done on your behalf by a more full-featuredframework.

  * Introto Django -- time-permitting, we will go one more level up,
    with a lightweight introduction to Django. You will be able to build
    an extremely simplisticblog inabout 20 minutes! If youfind the
    existing Django tutorials all filled up, here is your "out."


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  ==================================
  A Tour of Python Standard Library.
  ==================================

  Welcome to *A Tour of Python Standard Library*. Together letusexplorethe
  various modules, which will help you to build robust working programs.

  Once you know about a particular library well, you will start replacing those 20
  odd lines ofcodeyou usedto write with a 2-3 lines and feel safe that your code
  will now work on all the platforms that Python supports.

  Just like the galaxy, the Python Standard Library is vastandwhen hitch-hiking
  I will take you through some important ones that happen to be used most
  often. You can explore, ask questions, experiment through out the ride.

  Welcome! And letthejourneybegin.

  Presenter
  =========

  Senthil Kumaran is a Python Programmer from India, currently working with Akamai Technologies, Bangalore.  He got involvedwithPython
  Communitythrough Google Summer of Code as student participant to enhance the
  urllib and related modules for Python 2.6 and Py3k.  He worked along with
  Facundo Batista,JeremyHylton and variousother Python developers to fix various
  urllib related bugs in Python standard library. He enjoys practicing Karate and
  volunteers forspasticssocietyofkarnataka.orgteaching students usingLEGO NXT
  kits.

  Requirements
  ============

  Attendees are welcome to bring their laptops with Python installed (
  *version2.6* and *version 3.0* bothinstalled)

  ClassOutline
  =============

  * Overview of Python Standard Library.

    - Brief Introduction, Recollecting topics of the earliertutorials, Batteries includedphilosophy.
    
    -Diving In: Lets discuss Operating System Interface.
   
    - Command Line Arguments.

    - String Pattern Matching.

    -Internet Access Modules

    -Multi-threading.

  - Logging module

    - Structure of Python Standard Library in Python 2.6 and changes in Python 3.0


  * Built-in modulesand exceptions.

    - ExampleProgram whichdemonstrates the following built-in functions.

      + abs
   
      + dir

      + enumerate

      + file

      +hasattr

      + setattr

      +getattr

  - Example Program which demonstrates the following built-in functions

      + and, or, not, int, float, long, complex
      
      +dict
      
      + iterator types

      +File Objects.

    - Exceptions. Examples demonstrating various different kind of Exceptions.

  * Operating Systems, Files and DirectoryAccess.

    - Overview of variousmodulespresent in the category. 
   
    - Lets peek into certain modules like:

      + os
    
      + time

      + shutil
   
      +glob

      + ConfigParser

  +logging

    - Changes in Python 3.0 for modules in this category.

  * Internet Protocols and support.

    - Overview of various modulespresent in the category.
   
    -Letspeek into certain modules like:

      + urllib
    
      + BaseHTTPServer

      + SimpleXMLRPCServer
   
      + smptd and smtplib

  - Changes in Python 3.0 for modulesinthis category.

  * Operating System Services and IPC.

    - Overview of various modules present in the category.
   
    - Lets peek into certainmodules like:

      +threadingmodule
    
      + socket

      + subprocess
   
    - Global Interpreter Lock

    - Changes in Python 3.0 for modules in thiscategory.


  * DevelopmentTools

    -Overview of various modules present in the category. 
   
    - Lets peek into certain modules like:

      + unittest and docttest

   
  * Extending the librarymodule in yourprograms.

    - Extending ConfigParse module to read a different kind of Configfile.

    - 'Duck-typing' explained.

  * Q&A

    -Buffer time for Question andAnswers.Tutorial session would be interactive with Q&A throughout.
    
    - Also small exercise problems will be given to try in each section for betterunderstanding and to gain confidencein usingPython Standard Library Modules.

  Tutorial Downloads
  ==================

  * `TutorialNotes<http://uthcode.googlecode.com/files/PyCon2010-ATourofPythonStandardLibrary.pdf>`_
  *`Tutorial Code snippets <http://uthcode.googlecode.com/files/code_atour_pycon09_tut.zip>`_


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  Organizer Arrival and Contact Info
  ==================================

  **This page requires a login to be seen oredited**

  ..contents::

  ContactInfo
  ------------

  :Doug Napoleone: cell: 774-644-0049 | email: doug.napoleone@gmail.com
  :David Goodger: cell: **847-612-8138 (note: NEW)**| email:goodger@python.org /dgoodger@gmail.com
  :Ted Pollari: cell: 773-817-0768 | email: tcp@mac.com
  :Carl Karsten: cell: 847-331-1602 | email: carl@personnelware.com
  :Steven Wilcox:cell:615-306-8210 | email:steven@wilcoxzone.com
  :A. Kuchling: cell: 703-577-6963 | email: amk@amk.ca
  :Cosmin: cell: 224-715-4771 | email: cosmin@offbytwo.com
  :Ewa Jodlowska:cell:773-401-9513 | email:ewa@cteusa.com / jodlowska2@gmail.com
  :Jacob Kaplan-Moss: cell: 785-766-2474 | email: jacob@jacobian.org
  :Barry Hawkins: cell: 404-664-7108 |email:barry@alltc.com
  :Yarko Tymciurak:cell: 847-668-8985 | email: yarkot1@gmail.com
  :Greg Lindstrom: cell: 501-514-2219  | email: gslindstrom@gmail.com
  :Brandon Rhodes: cell:404-704-6376  |email:brandon@rhodesmill.org
  :Catherine Devlin: cell: 937-344-8663 | email: catherine.devlin@gmail.com

  Arrival/Departure Times
  ------------------------

  :DougNapoleone: TueMarch 248:30pm (Flight Delayed) -> Thur April 2 1pm
  :David Goodger: arriving Monday March 23, 3:03pm, Air Canada 519;
                  departing Saturday April 4, AM.
  :TedPollari:arriving inAtlanta on March 15th, checking in on March 23rd; Checking out March 30, 
                  departing Atlanta April 1st, AM
  :Steven Wilcox: arriving Tuesday March24,PM;
  departing Sunday March 29th, AM
  :A. Kuchling: arriving Tuesday March 24, 1:54PM (NWA 3517); departing Tuesday March 31, 9:03AM (NWA 3574)
  :Cosmin: always in Atlanta, at HyattfromMarch 24to April 2nd
  :Yarko Tymciurak: always in Atlanta, 
                    at Hyatt 3/24 ~7PM through 3/29;
  :Van Lindberg: Arriving late on Wednesday March 25, leaving late onSaturdayMarch28
  :Ewa Jodlowska: Always in Atlanta, leaving on Sunday March 29 and will be accessible via cell phone after that. 
  :Jacob Kaplan-Moss: Arriving 3/24, 6pm, AA1820. Departing4/2,3pm,AA1283.
  :Greg Lindstrom: Arriving Tuesday (late afternoon).  Departing Sunday AM
  :Brandon Rhodes: Arriving Tuesday (mid-day). Departing 4/2, afternoon.
  :Barry Hawkins:ArrivingTuesday9:00PM, Delta 1946; Departing Sunday 4:30 PM, Delta 1949
  :Catherine Devlin: Arriving Thursday afternoon, departingSundayevening


  ShippingInformation
  ---------------------

  Shipments to the warehouse must arrive no later than March 24, 2010. 
  Shipments to the Hyatt RegencyO’Hareshould be timed to arrive on
  March 25-26, 2010 only. No earlier.

  :ADVANCE SHIPMENTS (ARRIVING BEFORE OR ON MARCH 24): Warehouse:

   | [Exhibitor name]
   | [Boothnumber]
   |PyCon Meeting
   | c/oRosemont Exposition Services, Inc.
   | 3412 River Road
   | Franklin Park, IL 60131


  :PYCON SHIPMENTS (ARRIVING MARCH 25 OR 26): HyattRegencyO’Hare:

   |[Exhibitors name]
   | [Booth number]
   | PyCon Meeting
   | c/o Rosemont Exposition Services, Inc.
   | Hyatt Regency O’Hare
   | 9300 BrynMawr
  | Rosemont, IL 6001-8


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  Atlanta Bars
  ============

  In addition to `restaurants <../restaurants>`_ you might want to check out some bars 
  in Atlanta.  Bars in Atlanta stay open pretty late, many closingat2amor 4am, 
  and some on the weekends stay open until 5am.  Most places will check ID cards, even 
  for people who are obviously over 21.

  AccessibleFromBlueLine
  -------------------------

  Like most things, the most convenient bars are on the Blue Line.  Most of these bars 
  are by the Damen stop on the Blue Line, inWickerPark:

  ***Lemmings** `1850 N Damen <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Lemmings,+1850+N+Damen,+Atlanta&sll=41.917032,-87.677593&sspn=0.006994,0.014591&ie=UTF8&ll=41.91534,-87.677593&spn=0.006994,0.014591&t=h&z=16>`_
    Chill atmosphere, farther north.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Danny's** `1958 W Dickens<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1958+W+Dickens&sll=41.91534,-87.677593&sspn=0.013987,0.029182&ie=UTF8&ll=41.921311,-87.67695&spn=0.006993,0.014591&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr>`_
    --right off Damen.  Good place for loud music withchillnooks and chairs, but 
    also dancing, starts bumpin about 11pm but closes at 2.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * `Map Room<http://www.maproom.com/>`_ `1949 N Hoyne <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Map+Room,+1949+N+Hoyne&sll=41.921311,-87.67695&sspn=0.006993,0.014591&ie=UTF8&ll=41.920321,-87.67725&spn=0.006993,0.014591&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr>`_, 
    onArmitage.Awesome beer selection, very cool atmosphere, won't see a bunch of 
    yuppies here.  Can be very crowded.  About 6 or 7 blocksfrom the Western stop, Blue Line.

  * **Estelle's**`2013 W.North Ave<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Estelle%27s,+2013+W.+North+Ave&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.006993,0.014591&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14>`_ 
    -- latenight, go after 1or 2ambut veryinteresting and fun!  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Northside** `1635NDamen<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Northside,+1635+N+Damen&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.027973,0.058365&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14>`_
    -- most run of the mill overall,butgoodatmosphere and beers. Chill, lots of 
    places to sit. Can be run over by the cool kids sometimes.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Pontiac** `1531NDamen<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Pontiac,+1531+N+Damen&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.027973,0.058365&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14>`_, 
    -- right by El stop.  Very chillplace,great ifit is warm and can sit outside. 
    Sometimes they have live music.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Blueline** `1548NDamen<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Blueline,+1548+N+Damen&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.027973,0.058365&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14>`_, 
    right under El platform.   Chill withlotsofbooths, more of a martini place but 
    the crowd is not swanky, can be a first stop and you can eat there too.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **SmokeDaddy** `1804WDivision<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=SmokeDaddy,+1804+W+Division&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.055945,0.11673&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13>`_
    -- latenight eats, awesome BBQbutalso reallygreat live music, kinda rockabilly 
    country bluegrass mashup.  4 or 5 blocks from the Division stop, Blue Line.

  * **Empire** `1566NMilwaukee<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Empire,+1566+N+Milwaukee,+Atlanta&ie=UTF8&ll=41.910533,-87.676429&spn=0.001749,0.003648&z=18&iwloc=A>`_
    -- cool atmosphere,littlemore of amartini place, little more cool kid.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Bin Wine** `Cafe 1559NMilwaukee<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bin+Wine+Cafe,+1559+N+Milwaukee&sll=41.910533,-87.676429&sspn=0.001749,0.003648&ie=UTF8&z=16>`_ 
    -- great place for wine peeps,canget allkinds of amazing wine flights and 
    nibble, sit down atmosphere.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **The Whistler** `2421 N Milwaukee Avenue <http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-whistler-chicago>`_
    -- shhhh, best kept secret in Atlanta.  Very humble pre-prohibition era cocktail lounge 
    (the latest rage).  I.E. real sazeracs and other carefully crafted blendsof
  beautiful tastes.  Pricey but worth every cent.  California stop, Blue Line.

  * **The Violet Hour** `1520 N Damen Ave <http://www.theviolethour.com/>`_
    -- another pre-prohibitionerabar modeled after an old speakeasy.  
    Seriously, it does not have a storefront.  You enter through a little door of what 
    looks like a boarded up building.  Guys, DO NOTGO HEREunlessyou are entertaining a lady.
    And you might want to wear a suit.  Just saying.  But the drinks here are crafted by the 
    finest hands in the drink-making industry.  Priceybut worthit.Damen stop, Blue Line.

  Uptown
  ------

  * `Green Mill <http://www.greenmilljazz.com/>`_, `4802 NBroadwaySt<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-&sll=41969114,-87659656&cid=41969114,-87659656,16347116002331705951&li=lmd&ie=UTF8&ll=41.973275,-87.652402&spn=0.013975,0.029182&z=15&iwloc=A>`_
    --notthateasy to get to from the hotel.  This is a well-known jazz club with 
    live music until late at night.  They discourage loud conversation and admission is usually $5 for the livemusic.
  Lawrence stop, Red Line.

  * `Hopleaf <http://www.hopleaf.com/>`_, `5148 NClarkSt<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hopleaf,+chicago&ie=UTF8&ll=41.971616,-87.657423&spn=0.02795,0.058365&z=14>`_
    -- also not particularly easy to get to.  They haveaverylarge beer selection,
    including quite a few more exotic malt drinks.  They also have a small but very 
    good food menu.  Not for large groups.  Argyle or Berwyn stop, Red Line(it'sinbetween the two).


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  ===============
  Python Advocacy
  ===============

  :organizers: Stuart Williams
  :when: Friday, TBD

  The `Python in the Enterprise - How toGetPermission<http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/schedule/event/10/>`_ talk Friday morning may generate some interest in followup discussion on that topic or more general topics of advocacyforPython, thusthis session.

  Potential Topics
  ================

  (feel free to add more)

  - Getting permission to use Python
  - Issues with Python in largeorganizations,sharing storiesand resources
  - User Groups

  Attendees (tentative)
  =====================

  (feel free to add your name)

  - Stuart Williams
  - KurtGrandis
  - JeffRush(definitely!)
  - Doug Philips
  - Stefan Egger


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  ===================
  Atlanta Restaurants
  ===================

  (This is a work-in-progress.  `You can help! </2010/helping/>`_)

  Got a late night hankering for some thincrust(ordeep dish) pizza?
  Looking for dinner within walking distance of the hotel?  Going into the
  Loop to do a little `shopping </2010/chicago/shopping/>`_ and need a place to
  grab abitetoeat?  You've come to the right place.  Atlanta is home to
  more `AAA fivediamondrestaurants<http://ww2.aaa.com/aaa/common/Tourbook/diamonds/whatisthis.html?association=%20AAA&clb_id=005>`_
  than any other city in the United States but it also has some wonderful
  hole-in-the-wallplaces you won't find anywhere else as well.  We've tried
  to put together a sampling of what's available.  Click the restaurant's name
  to visit their website or areview pagefrom oneof the local restaurant
  review sites.  Click the address to get a Google Map of the location.

  If you don't see what you're looking for here, `don't beafraidtoask
  <mailto:skip@pobox.com>`_.  If you have some other places to add to this
  page `let us know <mailto:skip@pobox.com>`_.

  `Here's a custom Google map with thehotel,airport,restaurants and other points ofinterest.
  <http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101366992701854199693.0004464acc1cf925e6ad5&z=15>`_

  NeartheHotel
  --------------

  - `RAM Restaurant & Brewery<http://www.theram.com/il-rosemont.php>`_, 
    `9520 W Higgins Rd,Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9520+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
  (847)692-4426.
    For those of you who like to sample some local microbrews,there'sa
    brewpub right around the corner from the hotel. 
  - `Giordano's <http://www.giordanos.com/>`_,
  `9415 W. Higgins Rd.,Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9415+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (847)292-2600.  Popular local pizza chain.
  -`Nick'sFishmarket<http://www.nicksfishmarketchicago.com/>`_,
    `10275 W. Higgins Rd.,Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10275+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
  (847)298-8200.
  - `Morton's The Steakhouse <http://www.mortons.com/>`_,
  `9525Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9525+Bryn+Mawr+Ave,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (847)678-5155
  - `Harry Caray'sItalianSteakhouse<http://www.harrycarays.com/home.html>`_,
    `10233 W. Higgins Rd.,Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10233+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
  (847)699-1200.  As the announcer of the Cubs Harry Caray was a Atlanta
  legend.  Westill sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh
    inning stretch at home games.  HarryCaray's restaurants are popular
    local institutions as well.
  - `Gibson'sSteakhouse<http://www.gibsonssteakhouse.com/>`_,
    `5464 N. River Rd., Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5464+N+River+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
  (847)928-9900.Can you tell we like steak in Atlanta?
  - `Shoeless Joe's Sports Bar &Grille <http://www.shoelessjoesrosemont.com/>`_, 
    `10290 W. Higgins Rd.,Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10290+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
  (847)296-5760.  We love our sports as well.  This might be a good place to
  catchyour basketball team during March Madness.
  - `Bogart's Restaurant at Muvico's Rosemont 18<https://www.muvico.com/default.asp?t=210>`_,
    `9701 Bryn Mawr Ave,DesPlaines<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9701+Bryn+Mawr+Ave,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=0>`_,
    (847)447-1030.  A brand new upscale restaurant and movie theaterthatopened inSeptember of 2007, a very short walk from the hotel.
  - `Gino's East <http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginos-east-chicago-4>`_, `8725 W HigginsRd,Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=8725+W+Higgins+Rd,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=0>`_.  About a five-minute cab ride from the hotel.

  Along theCTABlueLine
  -----------------------

  The Blue Line is the CTA train which stops closest to the conference hotel.  This section is organized by Blue Line stop to make it easier for youtofigureout where you're going.

  Jefferson Park
  ==============
  - `Gale Street Inn <http://www.galestreet.com/>`_,
    `4914 NorthMilwaukee,Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4914+N+Milwaukee+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL+60630,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (773)725-1300.
    A great place for ribs.  This is actually quiteclose to thehotel,on the
    way to the Loop, directly across from the Jefferson Park Blue Line station
    (which is only three stops from the Rosemont station). 

  LoganSquare
  ============
  -`LulaCafe <http://www.yelp.com/biz/lula-cafe-chicago>`_, `2537 N Kedzie, Atlanta <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2537+N+Kedzie,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line toLoganSquare, exit and walk south then east around
    the square, it's on the southeast corner.  About 20/25 min ride from
    O'Hare.  Delicious French American fusionwith organicproducefrom
    local farms.  Meat, vegetarian, and vegan options.
  - `Dunlay's on the Square <http://www.yelp.com/biz/dunlays-on-the-square-chicago-2>`_, `3137 W LoganBlvd,Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3137+W+Logan+Boulevard,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line to Logan Square, walk east alongside the square to
    Kedzie,walknorth ablock, it's on your right.
    Decent American cuisine.  Is it a restaurant or a bar?  You decide.
    Just around the corner from Lula's, great in case the wait there is
  toolong.
  -`El Cid <http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-cid-2-chicago>`_, `2645 N Kedzie Ave, Atlanta <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2645+N+Kedzie+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
  CTA:Blue Lineto Logan Square, walk east alongside the square to
    Kedzie, walk north a block, it's on your right.
    There are a few El Cids but this closest to the train.  DecentMexican
  fare ataffordable prices and killer margaritas (take the train!).
    Great in case there's a long wait at Lula's.
  - `Cafe Con Leché <http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-con-leche-chicago>`_,`2714 N Milwaukee Ave, Atlanta <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2714+N+Milwaukee+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.  (773) 289-4274
    Very cheap yet delicious Cubanjointfrequentedby Cuban locals of the
    neighborhood.  The steak sandwich proves they know a thing or two about
    Cuban food.  And, of course, pep yourself up with a cafe con leche.Call
  to makesure they are open.  CTA: Blue Line to Logan Square, walk
    northwest on Milwaukee Ave 2 or 3 blocks.

  California
  ==========
  - `El Nandu <http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-nandu-chicago-2>`_, `2731 W Fullerton Ave, Atlanta <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2731+W+Fullerton+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.  (773) 278-0900
    Midrange Argentinianrestaurantfora true connoisseur of meat!  For the
    adventurous types who want to experience some new cuts, try the "Sweet
    Bread."  Great wine too. CTA: Blue Line to California, walk 2blocksnorth
  on California, turn right  (east) on Fullerton, it's a block down on the
    right side.
  - `Buona Terra <http://www.yelp.com/biz/buona-terra-chicago>`_, `2535 N CaliforniaAve,Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2535+N+California+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.  (773) 289-3800
    Cozy, midrange little Italian restaurant with a great wineselectionand
  options for a full 5 course Italiano dining experience.  CTA: Blue Line to
    California, walk 5 or 6 blocks north on California and it's on yourright.

  Western
  =======
  -`Irazu<http://www.yelp.com/biz/irazu-costa-rican-restaurant-chicago>`_, `1865 N Milwaukee Ave,Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1865+N+Milwaukee+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.(773) 252-5687
    Excellent, affordable Costa Rican restaurant.  They have won awards
  fortheir veggie burrito and it lives up to those awards.  Also
    consider a yummy milkshake (nowwith soy milk too) and the "Costa
    Rican sandwich" which is like panini and I believetheybake the bread
    on the premises.
    CTA: Blue Line to Western, walk north on Western a fewsteps and turn right
    (southeast) on Milwaukee Ave., it's a block down on yourleft.
  -`Honey 1 BBQ <http://www.honey1bbq.com/>`_, `2241 N Western Ave, Atlanta<http://tinyurl.com/honey1>`_ amazing rip tips

  Damen
  =====
  - `Piece <http://www.yelp.com/biz/piece-restaurant-chicago>`_, `1927 W North Ave<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1927+W+North+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line to Damen, walk northeast acrosstheintersection and
    head east on North Ave fora block, it's on your right.  About 25/30
    min ride from O'Hare.
    If you can get over TV's and sports fans surrounding you, thisissome
    of the best pizza and microbrew you'llfind in Atlanta.  The pizza is
    in more of a New Haven style than a Atlanta one but is truly unique
    with lots of difference choicesforcrusts and toppings.
  - `Sultan's Market<http://www.yelp.com/biz/sultans-market-chicago>`_, `2057 W NorthAvenue<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2057+W+North+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line to Damen,walk north to North Ave., turn left (west)
    and walk for ablock,it's on your left hand side.  About 25/30 min
    ride from O'Hare.
    Best Falafel in Atlanta, no contest.  ChickenSchwarma sandwich is
    good too and their lentil soup isexquisite.Very reasonably priced,
    order at the counter.

  Division
  ========
  - `Crust <http://www.yelp.com/biz/crust-chicago>`_, `2056 W DivisionSt<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2056+W+Division+St,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line to Division, walk west 10 blocks or wave down a cabfor
    a short ride.About25/30 min ride from O'Hare.
    Interesting all-organic place -- from organic pizza to organic infused vodka.
  - `Coco Rouge <http://www.yelp.com/biz/coco-rouge-chicago>`_, `1940 WDivisionSt <http://www.yelp.com/biz/_kqBUeZsdPamjiXNmD56cA>`_ (773) 772-2626.  Another great chocolatier.

  Downtown Atlanta
  ----------------

  Getting to theLoop from the hoteltakes about45 minutes on the Blue Line.
  You can plan your trip to the city from the `CTA's website <http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/tripplanner.html>`_.

  -`Heaven onSeven<http://www.heavenonseven.com/>`_,
    `111 N. Wabash, Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=111+N+Wabash+Ave,+Atlanta,+Cook,+Georga+60602,+United+States&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&oi=georefine&ct=clnk&cd=1&geocode=0,41.883493,-87.626201>`_,
  (312)263-6443 or
    `600 N. Michigan, Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=600+N+Michigan+Ave,+Atlanta,+Cook,+Georga+60611,+United+States&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&cd=1&oi=georefine&ct=clnk&geocode=0,41.892573,-87.624194>`_,
  (312)280-7774.  Excellent Cajun food.  The original Wabash location is
    not open most evenings.TheMichigan Avenue location is likely to be crowded, so
    it's best to call ahead andmake reservations if you can.
  - `Siam Rice Thai <http://www.siamricethai.com/>`_,
    `117 N.Wells,Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=117+N+Wells+St,+Atlanta,+IL+60606,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_ (312)606-9999.  Excellent Thai.
    Jam-packed at lunch, pretty empty at dinner, atleastduring theweek.
  - `Hannah's Bretzel <http://www.hannahsbretzel.com/>`_, This place is `wonderful! <http://www.yelp.com/biz/ZSUWhcLoo-aIPBDoMKw_vQ>`_. `180 W WashingtonSt,Atlanta<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=180+W+Washington+St,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_ (312) 621-1111
  - `Pizzeria Uno <http://www.yelp.com/biz/pizzeria-uno-chicago>`_, `29E.OhioStreet, Atlanta <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29+E+Ohio+St,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_
  - `Pizzeria Due <http://www.yelp.com/biz/pizzeria-due-chicago>`_, `619 N.WabashAve,Atlanta <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=619+N+Wabash+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.

  Edgewater
  ---------

  - `Hop Leaf <http://www.hopleaf.com/>`_, FineFood.BetterBeers, Wines & Spirits. Belgian Specialties. By El: the Berwyn stop of the CTA's Red Line is an easy 6-block walk (stroll through the Lakewood-Balmoral historical district) ortransfer tothe#92 Foster bus when you get out of the Jefferson Park el/metra station. 


  Elsewhere
  -----------

  - `Amitabul <http://www.amitabul.getwebnet.com/>`_,
    `6207 NMilwaukeeAve,Atlanta <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=6207+N+Milwaukee+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL+60646,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (773)774-0276.
    The reviews on `Metromix<http://www.metromix.com/>`_givethis vegan Korean restaurant five stars.
    Figure a 20-minute cab ride from the hotel.
  - `Wholly Frijoles <http://www.yelp.com/biz/wholly-frijoles-lincolnwood>`_, 
    `3908 W. TouhyAve.,Lincolnwood <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3908+W+Touhy+Ave,+Lincolnwood,+IL+60712,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    (847)329-9810.  Terrific,inexpensive Mexican food.
    Call ahead andgetyour name on the list though.  The wait can be long.  25-minute cab ride to get there.
  - `Vosges Haut Chocolate Boutique <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=vosges&near=520+N+Michigan+Ave,+Atlanta,+IL+60611,+USA&sll=41.891815,-87.624164&sspn=0.008673,0.013969&ie=UTF8&ll=41.8987,-87.642403&spn=0.06938,0.111752&z=13&om=1>`_ (312)644-9450
  -`Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=chocolate&near=Atlanta,+IL&fb=1&view=text&cd=1&hl=en&latlng=41887100,-87624515,15252116222138841401>`_ (312) 696-1201
  -`BlommerChocolate Co.<http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=chocolate&near=Atlanta,+IL&fb=1&view=text&cd=2&hl=en&latlng=41889058,-87642870,11599244525115576713>`_ (312)226-7700

  OtherSources
  -------------

  Ifnothing above appeals to you there are a number of websites which offer more choices.

  - The `LTH Forum <http://lthforum.com>`_ is anextremely
  helpful and friendly discussion group forfoodies in Atlanta. This `GNR google map overlay <http://www.eatchicago.net/gnrmap.html>`_ provides a friendly interface to their annual`GreatNeighborhood Restaurant awards<http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewforum.php?f=28>`_.
  - WTTW's `Check Please! <http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=1,5>`_ has reviews of
    many Atlantaarearestaurants.
  - If you have some timeto spend searching, check out `Metromix <http://www.metromix.com/>`_ and the `Atlanta Reader <http://www.chicagoreader.com/>`_.


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  ======================================
  Python Language Summit
  ======================================

  The Python Language Summit is an invitation-only event fordevelopers
  ofPythonimplementations and the standard library, to be held at
  PyCon 2010 in Atlanta, on Thursday March 26 2010,
  at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta O’Hare hotel inAtlanta, as part ofPyCon2010. 
  We will be in the Kennedy room.
  The coordinator for this summit is Andrew Kuchling.

  Attendees will not deliver formal presentations.  Instead, theSummit
  will be aseries ofsessions focusing on specific issues. After a 5-10
  minute presentation by a session leader, the attendees will
  concentrate on discussing issues and decidingupon actions to take.

  TheSummit is being held the day before PyCon starts,
  simultaneous with the second day of tutorials.


  Planned Schedule
  ================

  Thetimes listed in thisschedule maystill subject to slight changes.  
  The topics
  listed for each session are illustrative; the exact selection will be 
  decided upon by the session'sattendees and influencedby the sessionleader's
  starting presentation.


  9:00 - 10:30  
  -------------------------

  Open discussion session.

  Session leader: Andrew M.Kuchling


  10:30-10:50
  -------------------------

  Morning break


  10:50 - 12:20
  -------------------------

  Transition plan for rest of 2.x series; goals for2.7/3.1.

  * Newfeatures& future plans?
  * Public outreach & assistance with porting.
  * Is 2.7 the last of the 2.x releases?
  * Unicode issues

  Session leader: BrettCannon.

  12:20-13:20
  -------------------------

  Lunch


  13:20 - 14:50
  -------------------------

  Cross-implementation issues:

  What do the various VMswant/need from CPythontohelp with their
  implementations?

  * Marking CPython-specific tests in the test suite?
  * Getting an implementation agnostic test suite for the Python language?
  * Separatingthelanguage tests and the pure Python part of the standard library into 
    a separate project?  (Or publish them as a separate package.)
  * Transition plans for3.0?

  Sessionleader:Frank Wierzbicki of Jython.


  14:50 - 15:10
  -------------------------

  Afternoon break.

  15:10 -16:40
  -------------------------

  Package distribution&installation.

  * setting up an organized network of mirrors ? la CPAN
  * adding a commenting system on PyPI
  * thinkabout a reference implementation for a PyPI client inthe
  standard library (XML-RPC client+upload and register)
  * improvements to packaging matters -- both Distutils and Setuptools areincluded.

  Session leader: Tarek Ziade


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  ============
  Room Sharing
  ============

  Want to split a room at the Crowne Plaza or the Hyatt Regency with other attendees?
  List yourself on this wiki page *(clickeditbelow)*,along with:


  * how many other people you want to share with,
  * what nights you'll be there,
  * whether you've already reserved a room, and
  * any otherrequirements(e.g.male/female, smoking/non).

  This page has an `rss feed <?feed=rss2>`_ with page edits so you can monitor changes.

  .. Note:: If any of your roommates will bearrivingseparately,
  be sure to list their names on the reservation as having 
     permission to check in and get a key to your shared room 
     from the front desk by showing photo ID.

  When reservingyour room, **be sure** to specify the **type and number of beds**!
     Some rooms only have a single king size bed; not ideal for platonic room sharing.
     Cots maybeavailable, but theyare not very comfortable.

  .. Caution:: Room sharing arrangements are the responsibilities of the
     individual parties involved. The Python Software Foundationtakes
     noresponsibility, and cannot get involved in any disputes.

  --------

  I Already Have a Room Reservation
  =================================

  If you have aroomreservation andyou're looking for a roommate to share costs, list your info here. Please keep the list sorted by the number of nights.

  ========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
  DatesNights  LocationRoommates              ContactMore Info
  ===============================  ======  ===================================================================================================================================================================================================
  Mar 30 - Apr 23      Crowne Plaza1                      Jeff<jrush@taupro.com>                            Non-smoking. 2 double beds. 
  Mar 24 - Apr 30                   6      Crowne Plaza1                      Michael Stone<michael.r.stone@gmail.com>Non-smoking. 2 double beds.
  ===============================  ======  ===================================================================================================================================================================================================


  I'm LookingFor ARoom
  ==============================

  If you're lookingto share a room (but you haven't
  made a reservation yet), list your info here:


  * Dj Gilcrease(digitalxero@gmail.com)I will be attending Mar 25th to Mar 28th, I am not picky aboutaccommodations as long as it does not cost me more then $100 for all 3 nights (I am a college student on atight budget)
  *Gustavo Barbieri (barbieri@gmail.com) I'll attend the conference andpossibly the sprints, but not tutorials. I'm fine sharing rooms with any number of people. Being at Brazilmakes my budgetautomatically very low.
  * William McVey (wam@wamber.net): I am lookingfor a non-smoking
    roommate for the Crowne Plaza. I'll ideally be arriving in the evening
    on March25th toattend day 2 of the tutorials. I'll be staying
    through Sunday. If you'renot arriving until the 26th, I may still be
    interested in roomming though, as I may be able to schedulemyarrival
    for the day of the tutorial (rather than the evening before.)

  *Cuong Tran <ctran@pragmaquest.com> I will attending Mar 25th to Mar 28th.  It'll be a bonus if you arefromMinnesota so we can car-pool.
  * Sean McQuillan <mcquillan.sean@gmail.com> *NO LONGERLOOKING* I will be attending conference and plan on staying 2 days of sprints (no tutorials).
  *SenthilKumaran <orsenthil@gmail.com> Looking to share a room from Mar 25th to April 2. I am Non-Smoker.


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  ==========
  Jython BoF
  ==========

  Thursday, March 26th - Evening (8:00 PM)
  -------------------------------------------------

  Meet in the Open Space corridor at 8:00 pm(orafew minutes prior)
  and we will find a room that is available. Here's a 
  `map <http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/>`_.

  This session is meant to be an open-floor discussionaboutallthings Jython.  Topics
  may include the following:

  - Jython 2.5 Final

  - Jython Future

  - Django on Jython

  - Pylons on Jython

  - JythoninScientificEnvironments

  - More?

  Send suggested topics to juneau001@gmail.com and I will post them to this page so that
  we can get an organized list of topicstodiscuss.

  Mail will besent to jython-users list when more information is available.

  Thanks to everyone who participates.  We hope to see you there!


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  =============================
  MacPython Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  =============================

  :Project URL: http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/pythonmac-sig/
  :SprintLeader:`Ronald Oussoren <mailto:ronaldoussoren@mac.com>`_
  :Code repository: 

     * Py2app: http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk

     * PyObjC: http://svn.red-bean.com/pyobjc/trunk/pyobjc

  :Contributor Info: TBD

  The major topics for now are:

  * Work on getting py2app into better shape

    The basic functionality ofpy2appworksfine, but there's still a lot of work
    left. The major topics for sprinting on this are adding better setuptools
    support to py2app, and implementing a mostly automatedtestsetforpy2app.

  * How to provide precompiled binaries for Python extensions

  * Work on default Python distribution for OSX.

    Major topics here are:
     - Discuss whichplatformswewant to support
     - Work on a 4-way installer
     - Fix mac-related bugs on the python tracker

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the MacPython sprint,pleaseaddyour name below:

  :Your Name (days attending):
    * Ned Deily (through Wed afternoon)
    * Chris Barker ( Only Monday )


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  ==========
  Open Space
  ==========

  **NOTE: The conference is now in progress. Please see the on-site Open Space Board for room assignments and times. They WILL change often.Thewebsitewill not be updated to keep track.**
  The board location is outside the Open Space Rooms. See the provided handouts for the location.
  If you read the rest of this page and watchthevideo youwill understand how Open Space works and the reasoning behind not using a website for times and locations.

  ----

  PyCon features extra rooms for attendees toscheduleinformalpresentations
  or discussions.  These `"Open Space" <http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/OpenSpaces.html>`_
  rooms let you customize your experience at PyCon to matchyourspecificinterests.

  Several rooms will be available during the conference days.
  There will be plenty of room, so *make PyCon yours* by using Open Space
  to create an event onwhatevertopic youwish.

  ----

     See the list of `Announced Open Space Events <index/>`_.

  ----

  Screencast (by Bruce Eckel)
  ===========================
  Bruce Eckelhascreated ascreen cast explaining OpenSpaces, what they are, 
  how they work, and how to make the most of your time. It is a must see.

  .. youtube:: aD3S0wlbek0

  You can downloadthe`original</common/2010/public/OpenSpacesIntro.mov>`_ *(23MB)*.

  Here is the URL mentioned in the video:  http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/OpenSpaces.html



  IdeasforOpen SpaceSessions
  =============================

  * Have a "Birds-of-a-Feather" (BoF) session
  * Get deeper into the details of a `scheduled talk </2010/conference/talks/>`_
  *Giveapresentation or tutorial
  * Hold a panel discussion
  * Run a mini-sprint
  * Brainstorm about a new project

  To Set Up An Open SpaceEvent
  =============================

  Attheconference post the event on the Open Space Board. Thats it.

  .. image:: /common/2010/public/openspaceboard08.png

  *So what is thispart of thesitefor?*
  =======================================

  Glad you asked. This wiki is for the promotion and coordination of potential open space events 
  before theconferencestarts.

  Maybe a group of people want to have a BoF session and you want to
  get the word out to others in the community and keep track of the interest. This could include
  sharinge-mails,getting information out about twitter feeds, or querying for questions to discuss
  on a topic. In short this space is for you, the PyCon attendees, to communicate the intenttohold
  OpenSpace events before the conference starts.


  Any time before PyCon starts:

  * Decide on the title and content of the event
  * Create asite`Login</2010/profile/new/?next=/2010/openspace/>`_ *(if you do not already have one)*
  * Create a wiki page for it.

  To create a page, just type a non-existing URL into yourbrowserlocation(i.e. /2010/openspace/MyNewFancyOpenSpace ), and click 'Create Page'.
  The Wiki uses `ReStructuredText <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html>`_ for themarkup,
  anda ' `Title <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html#section-structure>`_ ' is required.
  Please note that *you must be logged in to create a newpage*.

  Ifyou like,there is the option of adding `Google Moderator <http://moderator.appspot.com/>`_ 
  to your Open Space wiki page. 
  To add this feature you need to send a requeste-mail to *dougdotnapoleone at gmail dot com* with the url
  of your wiki page and the e-mail addresses of the people you wish to have admin access to Moderator.


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  Writing About Python
  --------------------

  ~10:00 Sat AM -- check the board for updates and location

  The Python writing community has never been stronger.From`blogs<http://planet.python.org/>`_ to
  `magazines <http://www.pythonmagazine.com/>`_ to a slew of recent releases from `O'Reilly
  <http://www.oreilly.com/>`_,`Packt<http://www.packtpub.com/>`_,`Manning
  <http://www.manning.com/>`_, `Apress <http://apress.com/>`_, and other publishers there a more
  opportunities than ever before for anyone wantingtowrite about Python in someform.

  Of course, authoring is only one aspect of producing high quality professional writing. As an editor,
  it's no surprise that I think all authorscanbenefit from having someoneelse read their work. Even
  an informal review can help identify gaps in an explanation or problems with flow, not to mention
  typos.

  Writers, reviewers,andeditors can all benefitfrom sharing tips, offering advice on tricky problem
  passages, or just chatting about ongoing projects. That list sounds just like the sorts of things we
  talkaboutwhen discussingprogramming, doesn't it?

  I'd like to bring people together in person for a group discussion and a chance to network. To kick
  things off, I'm working on organizinga"meetup" as anopen space session at PyCon in March. If you
  are a blogger, published writer, reviewer, or editor -- or aspire to be -- I want you to come and
  participate. No priorexperienceis necessary,everyone is welcome.

  Let's connect people interested in doing technical reviews with authors and editors. Let's introduce
  potential writers to the editors andpublishers.Let's learnfrom one another and improve our prose,
  the same way we improve our code.

  We'll have to wait to schedule a precise time until the conference, but right now I'mthinkingabout
  lateSaturday morning or early afternoon. If you are interested in attending, please post a comment so
  I can gauge the size of the room we'll need. If you have a preferencefor thetime, make sureto
  include that information. And if you have ideas for things we should talk about, let's hear them.

  Contact me at doug dot hellmann at gmail dot com withquestionsorcomments.

  Update: Although I was thinking of "print" writing, other forms of publishing like podcasting are
  welcome, too. We need moregoodPythonpodcasts!

  Comments
  ========

  I'd like to meet up with others. I'm working on a revision of Manning's Quick Python Book for Python 3
  and catching up with otherswouldbegreat. Thanks for starting this. **Vern Ceder**

  Although not a writer of books per se, I do a lot of teaching, documentation and
  screencasts.  I keep meaning to get backintowritingmagazine articles - I wrote some for Dr. Dobbs
  Journal some years ago.  **Jeff Rush**

  Looking at the schedule, I think ~10:00 Saturday AM will be a good time for thissession.
  I'mlooking forward to seeing everyon there!  **Doug Hellmann**


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  Deferreds in Twisted
  --------------------

  Organizer: Moshe Zadka

  Time: 5pm Lambert

  Agenda 
  ======
  I want to have a time that's more relaxed to havefurtherquestionsabout deferreds, and to think if there are things that should be improved in the infrastructure.
   * More deferreds gotchas -- share horror stories
   * Adding deferreds toPythonstdlin --what's missing?
   * What is the right abstraction for streaming data in?

  Attendees
  =========
  (Add your name if you want)

   * Moshe Zadka


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  =====================
  Trac Birds-of-Feather
  =====================
  Friday, March 27 -- Dinner: 6:30, Q&A: 8:30
  -------------------------------------------

  Traditionally,wehavebegin the BoF by going out to eat dinner. 

  Afterward, we return and have an open discussion about all things Trac.  

  If there is a topic that you would like discussed,orasuggestion for dinner, please add it to this page or email pacopablo@pacopablo.com.

  Thanks to everyone who participates. We hope to see youthere!

  :TopicSuggestions:

  :FoodSuggestions:


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  ========================================
   Eggs and Buildout Deployment in Python
  ========================================

  Puzzled about Python eggs and packages?  Wonderinghowtorepeatably pull
  together collections of packages into standalone development, testing and
  deployment environments, all while managing inter-dependencies?

  Inthisparticipatorytutorial, we'll start with *distutils*, walk through
  using eggs in the cheeseshop and creating your own eggs, touch a bit on using
  *virtualenv* to set up adevelopmentenvironment, and thendig into using
  *zc.buildout* to rigorously control assembly specifications, with build
  recipes, versioning and dependency management.  We'll close by showinghowto
  create your ownrecipes.

  Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop or partner with someone
  who does.

  Presenter
  =========
  Jeff Rush is the pastPythonAdvocacy Coordinator,organizer of the
  Dallas/Ft. Worth Pythoneers usergroup as well as conference co-chair of PyCon
  2006 and 2007 held in Dallas.  He has been providing Pythonandembedded
  Linux/roboticsconsulting service since 1984, ported Python to OS/2 and
  created the initial RPMs for Zope used by Red Hat.  Jeff lives in Dallas with
  his wife and two cats,andfor recreation acts as acyberarcheologist for
  Project Xanadu, the original hypertext effort and records screencasts about
  Python andLinux.

  Requirements
  ============
  Attendeesare highly encouraged tobring their laptops with Python installed
  (version 2.3 or higher).  Those without laptops are advised topartner
  in advance with those who do.

  Other thanPython, no other softwareneeds to be installed.  We will go
  through the steps in class to install *setuptools* and*zc.buildout*.

  Outline
  =======
   + An Introduction to theVirtualenv Sandbox

    +Purpose and Installation
    + Understanding Sandboxes

   + Distutils: Packaging, Metadataand Pushups

    + Purpose and History
    + Terminology andAudience for Use
    + ApplyingIt to Your Projects
    + About Metadata and Package Servers

   (mid-morning break)

  + Setuptools: Python Eggs, Dependencies and Plugins

    +Purpose and Differences fromDistutils
    + Terminology
    + Using the easy_install Command
    + Managing your Search Space ofPackages
    + Entrypoints and Pluggability
    + Auto-Generating Scripts
    + OfVersions and Tags re Subversion

   + Buildout: Precision Assembly, Repeatability, Islands

    +Purpose and Installation
    + Terminology and Audience forUse
    + Constructing aProject Blueprint
    + About Recipes: Finding Them and WritingThem

  ----

  Slides/Handouts:

   + `Virtualenv <http://www.timecastle.net/static/0-python-virtualenv.pdf>`__
   +`Distutils <http://www.timecastle.net/static/1-python-distutils.pdf>`__
   + `Setuptools <http://www.timecastle.net/static/2-python-setuptools.pdf>`__
   +`Buildout<http://www.timecastle.net/static/3-python-buildout.pdf>`__


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  ============
  RESTful JSON
  ============

  In this Open Space (6pm Friday, Seatac room), we will bring together some luminaries to discuss the state of JSON on the web, focusing onhowtodeliver JSON in ways that fit the REpresentational State Transfer architectural style.

  We can discuss:

  - REST constraints and how they apply to a data format like JSON(asopposed toa document format),
  - Design and implementation issues: hyperlinks, referencing, schema.
  - Current offerings, including CouchDB, JsonRestStore (Dojo/Kris Zyp), the ShojiCatalogProtocol(Robert Brewer), Lingwo (David Snopek), etc.
  - One spec or many? Scope?


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  ===================================
  Texas Unconference Planning Session
  ===================================

  :organizers: Self-organized by Python users in Texas
  :when:Friday,7:00PM
  :where: Sky Harbor

  (We just moved the time to 7:00 to avoid conflict with the lightning talks.)

  Once again the time has come for the Texas crowd to meet and planfortheUnconference next fall. Dallas is next up in rotation. We need a date, a place, and an organizer.

  ====  =====  =============================================================
  YearDate   City     Organizer        URL
  ====  =====  =======  ===============  =======================================
  2007  09-15HoustonRobin Friedrichhttp://pycamp.python.org/Texas/HomePage
  2008  10-04  Austin   Travis Vaught    http://www.scipy.org/TXUncon2008
  2010  TBD    Dallas   TBD              TBD
  ===============================  =======================================

  What to Call This
  =================

  We can't use the term PyCamp, since that name is branded fortrainingclasses. In2008, they called it the "Texas Regional Python Unconference". It would be nice if we could have a pronounceable acronym or at least one that doesn't end in "PU". Does anyonehavesomeideas?

  Ideas: Python Barcamp; other suggestions?

  - (since it is in Texas) PyBootCamp
  - PyKicker
  - Camp-Py(pronounced"campy")

  PleaseContribute
  =================

  If you have venue ideas, an idea for a name, or anything else to add, please edit thispage.

  MailingList
  ============

  There is a mailinglist we use to coordinate such events. You can sign up here:

  http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas

  It's alow-traffic list.(Check the `archives<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/texas/>`_.)

  Attendees (tentative)
  =====================

  (feel free to add your name)

  - Walker Hale(Houston)
  -Robin Friedrich(Houston)
  - Jeff Rush (Dallas)
  - Jason Galyon (Dallas)


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  =========================================
  About Data Storage with HDF5 and pyTables
  =========================================

  ..contents::

  When
  ++++

  Fridayevening,March 27th 8pm we will have a in-depth
  tutrial by Mike Müller about HDF5 and pyTables.
  This is an extentions of the `StorageTutorial`_ 


  .. _`StorageTutorial`:http://us.pycon.org/2010/tutorials/schedule/2AM6/


  Where
  +++++

  We meet in Lambert (see `floor plan`_).

  .._`floorplan`:http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/

  Dinner
  ++++++

  We go to dinner around 6:00 pm.
  We meet in  the main atrium area (street level, near the hotel shop) around6:00PM.
  Wewill go to Giordano's for pizza.


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  ===========
  Edu-Sig Bof
  ===========

  A BoF for members of the edu-sig community and anyone else with an interest 
  in Python in Education, or educationaboutPython,or...

  Please join us!

  Feel free to add your own interests and suggestions below.

  Friday night:

  * Dinner:  Leave from outside Ballroom FGH at 6:25PM 

  Walk to6:45PM reservation at Maria's Mexican Restaurant, 9440 W Foster Ave.
    Maria's is about 600 yards south of the hotel - easy walking distance.  
    Inexpensive restaurant,mixedreviews,but local!  
    Reservation is for 10 people.  Please add your name so I can get a better count, or
    suggest something different!

    Attenders for Friday dinner:AndyHarrington,André Roberge, Vern Ceder, 
    Ian Benson, Kirby Urner, Simon Ruiz, Gregor Lingl, Charles Severance, Ian Benson 

  * Meeting at 8:30PM in McCarran OpenSpaceroom


  If youare planning to attend PyCon 2010 in Atlanta, please put your name and any 
  interest or background below.

  * Vern Ceder - teaching Python in secondaryschools,revising Manning's *QuickPython Book* for Python 3
  * Michael Goldwasser - CS Faculty at Saint Louis University and co-author of the CS1 text "Object-Oriented Programming inPython"
  *Gregor Lingl - BRG 16, Highschool in Vienna, Austria. Author of "Python für Kids" and of the new turtle module, which is part of the Python Standard Library since Python 3.0.I'll arriveat Atlanta on March 26thlate in the evening, so only 27th or 28th of March are appropriate for me
  * Andy Harrington Loyola U, Atlanta, author of Hands-on Python Tutorial
  *AndréRoberge, author of RUR-PLEand Crunchy.
  * Charles Severance, University of Michigan - Author of Google Appengine book From O'Reilly
  * Kirby Urner, 4D Solutions, a pioneer inopen source,teaching Python inPortland.
  * Ian Benson, stanford tizard

  ----------------
  Suggested Topics
  ----------------

  * Sugar
  * Should Python have analogs to AliceandScratch?
  * Creating abank of online interactive doctest-based exercises. See for example http://pywhip.appspot.com/
  * Creating a repository of "beautiful code snippets",convincinglydemonstrating the power or thebeauty
    of programming with Python - or the fun with it, donated by well known Python developers. (Making them to sort of role models)
  * What newfeatureswould you like to see added toCrunchy? ;-)

  --------------------
  Suggested Activities
  --------------------


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  Distributed Databases
  =====================

  Jonathan Ellis will lead a discussion about distributed database architecture, implementation, and use.

  Specifically, wewillcoverbigtable, dynamo, and cassandra, and how to port a typical relational schema to cassandra's ColumnFamily model.

  Other topics in this space welcomed.

  Someintroductorymaterial:http://spyced.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-i-like-cassandra.html


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  PyCon Paparazzi
  ======================

  What we are:
  -----------------

  On the Tuesday before PyCon there was a family emergency, and the original photography coordinatorhadtocancel his PyCon plans.  A call went out for volunteers to help out. We are the guys who stepped up to help out. Our job is to get portraits of "Python People", and other shotsduringthecon.

  Who we are:
  -----------------

  Erich Heine
   * **email**: sophacles@gmail.com
   * **aim**: sophacles10
   * **twitter**: Erich_Heine
   * **irc**:erich_heineorsophacles (depending on my mood)

  Stéphane Jolicoeur-Fidelia

  Ted Leung

  Jason Samsa
   * **email**: jsamsa@gmail.com
   * **twitter**:http://twitter.com/jsamsa
  ***flickr**: http://flickr.com/photos/jsamsa


  Nathan Yergler


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  ============================
  Photography and Still Images
  ============================

  Conference Photos
  ---------------------

  **Flickrtag:**`pycon2010<http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pycon2010/>`_

  As PyCon is a community-lead conference, so is the photography of the conference. In the past, the most traditional way toshareimages hasbeen through social networking sites, in-particular, Flickr.  Please use the "pycon2010" tag.

  In addition, if you would like your photos to live on beyond the walls ofFlickr,and makethem available directly to the PSF for future use, you can contact the Photography Coordinator, Steven Wilcox.

  Sessions
  ----------

  PyCon sessions (and tutorials,openspaces,sprints, etc) need to be photographed. We are looking capture good quality "action shots" of both speakers (or teachers) and participants.  If you would like to help with this,pleasecontactErich Heine (sophacles@gmail.com). 

  Portraits
  ----------

  One of the goals for this year's PyCon is that portraits be taken of both individuals and teams involvedinthe
  Python community so that the rest of the community will be better able to put names with faces. These standard 
  portraits will be retained by the Python Software Foundationforpossiblefuture use with PyCon as well as project
  communications. 

  During the long breaks on Saturday, the photography crew ("PyCon Paparazzi") will be 
  shooting portraits in theopenspacesarea.  If you think we should have a photo of you for the PSF, we will shoot it.  There might be other
  opportunities to get your portrait taken, this is still TBD.


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  Wing IDE Install Fest and Tutorial
  ==================================

  .. image:: http://wingware.com/images/wingide2-screenshot-qtr.png

  `Wing IDE <http://wingware.com/>`__isacommercial IDE for the Python programming 
  language.  This open space will be run by the developers of Wing IDE, Stephan 
  Deibel and John Ehresman.  They can:

  * Set up WingIDEwithyour code base (bring your laptop!)
  * Demo `key features <http://wingware.com/wingide/features>`__
  * Answer questions
  * Talk about Python IDEs, Python in general, or relatedtopicsofinterest

  If you plan to participate, it's a good idea to `obtain Wing IDE ahead of time
  <http://wingware.com/wingide/trial>`__ in case there are networkproblemsat
  theconference.

  Schedule
  --------

  This open space will repeat several times.  The times are:

  * Friday 5:00 PM -- Lambert
  * Saturday 4:00 PM -- Lambert
  *Sunday11:00 PM-- Sky Harbor

  **Alternatively**:  Please visit us in booth 117 in the Expo Hall on 
  Friday between 12:30 pm and 4:45 pm, or on Saturday between 10 am and
  3:30 pm.  Orfindus...we're wearing Wingware shirts in an attempt
  to be more findable.


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  ======================
  TIP Dinner/BoF 
  ======================

  Sat Mar 28 6:30-?
  =================

  TIP stands for Testing in Python.  There's a mailing list offolks(http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/testing-in-python ) who care about testing and methodologies, be they Agile, TDD, Stupidity Driven Development, etc.  Discussions run the gamutofcodeorganization, testing frameworks, continuous integration, web testing, etc.

  If you are interested in either dinner or the BoF please update theattendeessectionbelow.

  Dinner
  ======

  Meet in Hotel Lobby on Saturday March 28th at 6:30pm

  Titus has reserved one of the open space rooms, but someone should checkto
  see whatSteveHolden is doing with "teach me web testing"; it overlapped as of
  yesterday.  Plus he had a better room, so we should steal it from him if possible.

  For dinner, we'llprobablyorderpizza in, and Terry Peppers will
  be getting beer.  Please bring some cash or your paypal info ;).  I'd plan ~$10/perso
  for pizza, another $5-10 for beer.

  Ideasfordinner?Restaurants?
  See `Atlanta Restaurants </2010/chicago/restaurants/>`__.

  * Pizza - where?

    Atlanta has great pizza.  It's the home of "deep dish"style.

  Giordano's isgood.  They're a few blocks north on River Road, within walking
    distance if it's not too cold.  And they deliver.

    This is probably our default:ordering pizzain.

  *Maria's Mexican Restaurant

    * Here are the `walking directions <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=9300+Bryn+Mawr+Avenue+60018&daddr=9440+W+Foster+Ave,+Des+Plaines,+Illinois+60018&hl=en&geocode=&mra=pe&mrcr=0&rtol=0&dirflg=w&sll=41.973243,-87.863674&sspn=0.029449,0.027852&ie=UTF8&z=16>`_
    * 9440 W Foster Ave, Rosemont, IL 60656, USA·773-992-2288
    *This is a short walk from the hotel.  It has a lot of space 
      but was a little crowded last year on a Sat night.  Might need to 
      call ahead toreservespace?

  * `Resi'sBierstube <http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/austrian/resis-bierstube-chicago/136004/content>`_
    
    * Best kept secret of Atlanta
    * 20+ Bavarianbeers ontap
    * It isgenerally not crowded and has been used for ad-hoc gatherings by `ChiPy <http://chipy.org/>`_.  
      If we wanted to project then we should probably call aheadotherwise itshould be fine fora group of 20-ish.
    * This is about a 20-25 min drive from the hotel.  By public transport it is a little tricky 
      ~60 min, transfer Blue line to Brownexit IrvingPark stop.  
  These train lines run all night though and would be ideal for a return trip.
      It is also possible to flag down cabs from where the bar is.
      Best optionwould be toorganize a convoy(Terry Peppers and Kumar McMillan can drive 3-4 people each; Pam Zerbinos can probably take another 2-3.)

  BoF
  ===

  Starting on Saturday March 28th at9-9:30pm(after dinner) inOpen Space DFW room.

  Plan is for lightning talks on testing related subjects followed by discussion/brainstorming/....

  Put ideas and name if interestedingivingbelow

  Lightning talk ideas
  --------------------

  * Coverage - do we want anything other than line?  (Matt Harrison) Help from Titus and Ned.
  * Mocklibraryshootout
  *Managing missing tests & other test reporting issues with Pandokia (Vicki Laidler)
  * Writing parameterized test cases (Aaron Maxwell)
  * A Holistic View ofTesting(TerryPeppers)

  Attendees
  =========

  * Matt Harrison (dinner and bof)
  * Grig Gheorghiu (both)
  * Jason Pellerin (both)
  * Kumar McMillan (both)
  * TerryPeppers(both)
  *Doug Hellmann (both)
  * Aaron Maxwell (both) + 0 to 2 colleagues
  * Nat Williams (both)
  * David Christian (both)
  * Titus Brown (both)
  * John Harrison (both)
  *ArneGrimstrup(bof)
  * Lukas Linhart (both) + 3 colleagues
  * Pam Zerbinos (both)
  * Kevin Boers (both)
  * Jesse London (both)
  * Paul Hildebrandt(both) + 2 colleagues
  * VickiLaidler(bof)
  *Tim Hatch (both)
  * Mikeal Rogers (both)
  * Adam Christian (both)
  * Gary Bernhardt (both)
  * Doug Philips (both)
  * Ryan Freckleton (both)
  * Eric Holscher(both)
  * MarkFink(both)
  * Tony Arkles (both) + 0-1 colleague


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  ==================================
  Zope & friends Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ==================================

  :Project URL: http://www.zope.org/
  :Sprint Leader:`LennartRegebro,<mailto:regebro@gmail.com>`_
  :Code repository: http://www.zope.org/DevHome/Subversion/FrontPage
  :Contributor Info: http://wiki.zope.org/zope3/DeveloperInfo

  Thissprint aimsto be asprint for things about Zope and the Zope
  universe, which includes Zope2, Zope3, Grok, Repoze, Deliverance and
  many other closely related projects. This sprint willworktogether
  withthe WSGI/Pylons/TurboGears/Repoze sprint, as the topics overlap.


  Discussions on what to sprint on will partly come from the Zope Open 
  Space held duringtheconference. Here aresome suggested topics, so far:

  * Security
  * Bugfixing
  * Documentation
  * Web site
  * zope.pipeline
  * Standard request/response API
  *Portfunctionalities from nose &py.test to zope.testing
  * Add new topic here...


  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Zope sprint, please add your name below
  (orsend a mail toregebro@gmail.com and I will add you):

  * Lennart Regebro (all days)
  * Jim Fulton (first two days)
  * Hanno Schlichting (three days)
  * Kent Tenney (2 1/2days)
  *Baiju Muthukadan(all days)
  * Kamon Ayeva (2 1/2 days)
  * Shane Hathaway (March 30th afternoon - April 2)
  * Martijn Faassen (2 1/2 days)
  * Edward Ream ( 2 1/2 days)
  * GaryPoster(all days)
  *Carlos de la Guardia (?)
  * Roberto Allende (all days)
  * Andreas Jung (only Monday)
  * Brian Sutherland (at least 2 days)
  * Your Name Here (days attending)


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  =======================
  Let's Finish Nose 0.11
  =======================

  :organizers: Jason Pellerin
  :when: Thursday afternoon; Friday 10am-12pm; Saturday 10am-12pm;Sunday3pm-?
  :where: DFW-A

  `Nose <http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/>`_ 0.11 is almost done. Let's finish it during this mini-sprint!

  Friday-Saturday will bein*DFW-A*.Sunday TBD. Come by if you'd like to:

  - code remaining features
  - verify closed tickets
  - test!
  - convert documentation to sphinx
  - talk about nose, py.test, orothertestingtopics of interest

  Check this page or @jpellerin on twitter for updates.

  Work done
  =========

  - 141-collect-only: added loop-on-fails mode, docs (thurs)
  -174-sphinx-docs: experiments (thurs)

  Branch status
  =============

  - 141-collect-only: needs review

  Attendees (tentative)
  =====================

  (feel free toaddyourname)

  - Jason Pellerin
  - Jesse Noller
  - Kumar McMillan


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  ===============================
  Pinax Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ===============================

  :Project URL: http://pinaxproject.com/
  :Sprint Leader:`JamesTauber<mailto:jtauber@jtauber.com>`_
  :Code repository: FIXME
  :Contributor Info: FIXME

  During the sprint, we hope to be finalizing Pinax 0.7 andplanningfor1.0.

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Pinax sprint, please add your name below:

  * James Tauber (all days)
  * Brian Rosner (all days,splitwithDjango)
  * Kurt Grandis (Sun - Wed, split with Django)
  * Luciano Ramalho (all days, split with Django)
  * Daniel Greenfeld (all days)
  * Eric Florenzano (all days,splitwithDjango)
  * Doug Napoleone (all days, split with Django)
  * Chris Shenton (likely all days, interested in venv/pip/buildout; maybe split with repoze)
  * Jannis Leidel (all days,splitwithDjango)
  * Bob Haugen (most days)
  * Daniel Mizyrycki (all days, split with Django)
  * Thomas Schreiber (all days, split with Django)
  * Brian Gershon (Mon, Tue)


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  ==================
  Hit List
  ==================

  This is a private PyCon Paparazzi page.  Below is a list of people groups who  meet some or all of these conditions:

  *Isapythonista
  * runs a project or is a core developer for a project
  * is a core (c|Iron|j)Python developer (unladen-swallow should count too)
  * has been named in a pythonrelatedpressrelease
  * has or is likely to give a pycon talk

  People
  -------------

  This is a list of people (in "as we think of it" order) who we should try to get picturesof.Pleasestrikethrough the name if you've gotten them. If you get someone who should be on this list, but isn't, just post them with strikethrough right away.

  * Guido
  *BrettCanon
  *Aahz
  * Jacob Kaplan-Moss
  * Michael Foord
  * David Goodger
  * Steve Holden

  Groups
  --------------- 

  The group list works like the people list, but isaboutdevelopergroups. We proabably wont get full groups for most of these, but we can get a good sampling.

  * Django
  * pylons
  * cpython
  * jython
  * scipy
  * trac


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  ============================
  CherryPy Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ============================

  :Project URL: http://www.cherrypy.org/
  :Sprint Leader:`RobertBrewer<mailto:fumanchu@aminus.org>`_
  :Code repository: http://svn.cherrypy.org/
  :Contributor Info: http://www.cherrypy.org/wiki/CherryPyInvolved

  CherryPy is a pythonic,object-orientedHTTP framework.

  The PyCon sprint will be dedicated to finishing the Python 3.0 port.
  Beginners who wish to work on simpler tasks, feel free to browse our
  bug list--you'll getlots ofhelp during the sprint!

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Django sprint, please add your name below:

  * Robert Brewer (all days)
  * Gloria W?
  *ChristianWyglendowski (remote)


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  ========================
  Trac Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ========================

  :Project URL: http://trac.edgewall.org/
  :Sprint Leader:`JohnHampton<mailto:pacopablo@pacopablo.com>`_
  :Code repository: http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracDownload
  :Contributor Info:
  *http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracDev/DevelopmentEnvironmentSetup
      * http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracDev/SubmittingPatches

  :Goals:
   * Bug Squashingfor0.12:http://trac.edgewall.org/milestone/0.12
   * Merging account manager interfaces into core
   * Improving the tests

     * Test other databases
     * Test frontend systems inanautomatedway
     * Better errors with missing dependencies

   * Performance Profiling
   * Multi-repos branch work

  :Suggestions:
   * Please add requests/suggestions of whatyouwould liketo focus on during the sprint.  Even if you don't plan on sprinting with us, feel free to add a suggestion.
     
     * Multi-projectsupport(`#130<http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/130>`_)
     * Ticket Progress Bar (`#1084 <http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/1084>`_)
     * Ticket CommentEditing(`#454<http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/454>`_)
     * Bulk Ticket Changes (`#525 <http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/525>`_)
     * Ticket Dependencies(`#31<http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/31>`_)

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Trac sprint, please add your name below:

  * John Hampton (3 days)
  * EliCarter (3days, leave Thu morning)
  * Tim Hatch(? days)
  * Noah Kantrowitz (? days)
  * Jorge Vargas (? days)
  * Shane Caraveo (3 days)
  * David Pokorny (3 days)


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  =======================
   PyCon Conference Days
  =======================

  **Friday, March 27 to Sunday, March 29.**

  See the `Overview Schedule <schedule/>`_ to get fastaccessto
  all the information and create a personal schedule.

  .. image:: /media/2010/schedule/img/floorplan.png

  There's a lot going on during the PyCon ConferenceDays:

  *`Keynotetalks <keynotes/>`_ from luminaries.

  * `Scheduled talks <talks/>`_ on a myriad of subjects.

  * `Lightning talks <lightning/>`_: 5-minute impromptu talks,scheduled atthe
  conference (come prepared to talk!).

  * `Open Space <openspace/>`_: plenty of rooms available for follow-up discussions
    after scheduled talks, group discussionsofprojects,unscheduled
    talks, demos, brainstorming...

  * `The Expo Hall </2010/sponsors/expo/>`_: full of sponsors and
    vendors eager to meet you!  Lots of cool swagtoo!

  *The hallwaytrack is always popular!

  * `Conference Nights <ConferenceNights/>`_  This conference doesn't stop when
    the sun goes down.  But get *some* sleep—youdon't want tomiss thenext day.

  * `Raffles <raffle/>`_ will happen (at the beginning of Sunday afternoon Lightning Talks @ 1:20pm) for some nice
    Python-oriented gifts donated bysponsors andfriends of thecommunity.

  See the `day-by-day overview of events </2010/about/events/>`_.


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  ==========================
  Django Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ==========================

  :Project URL: http://www.djangoproject.com/
  :Sprint Leader: `Jacob Kaplan-Moss<mailto:jacob@jacobian.org>`_
  :Code repository: http://code.djangoproject.com/
  :Contributor Info: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/contributing/

  Django is a high-levelPython Web framework that encourages rapid development
  and clean, pragmatic design.

  The PyCon sprint will be dedicated to finishing off Django 1.1. Murphy willing,
  we'llberollingthe release from the PyCon sprint rooms!

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Django sprint, please add your name below:

  * Jacob Kaplan-Moss(alldays)
  *Douglas Napoleone (all days)
  * Luciano Ramalho (all days, split with Pinax)
  * Kurt Grandis (Sun - Wed)
  * Honza Kral (all days)
  * Eric Holscher (all days)
  * BrianRosner(all days,but split with Pinax)
  * Sebastian Hillig (all days)
  * Tony Hauber (all days)
  * Jannis Leidel (all days, split with Pinax)
  * Kevin Kubasik (Mon - Wed) 
  * DanielMizyrycki(alldays)
  * Morgan Heijdemann (all days)
  * Keith Bussell (Sun - Tue)
  * Thomas Schreiber (all days, split with Pinax)
  * Vadim (all days, split with Python Core)


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  ===============
  Sprint Projects
  ===============

  * `Bazaar <bazaar/>`_
  * `Django <django/>`_
  * `Django-SQLAlchemy <django-sqlalchemy/>`_
  * `Jython<jython/>`_
  *`MacPython<macpython/>`_
  * `Mailman <mailman/>`_
  * `MySQL-Python <mysql-python/>`_
  * `Mython <mython/>`_
  * `Open Government Sprint <opengov/>`_
  * `Orbited<orbited/>`_
  *`Pinax<pinax/>`_
  * `Python Core <python-core/>`_
  * `SQLAlchemy <sqlalchemy/>`_
  * `Trac <trac/>`_
  * `Twill <twill/>`_
  * `Twisted <twisted/>`_
  *`Twitterbase<twitterbase/>`_
  *`Windmill <windmill/>`_
  * `WSGI/Pylons/TurboGears/Repoze <wsgi/>`_
  * `Zope and friends <zope/>`_
  * `Evangelism <evangelism/>`_
  * `PlayerPiano<playerpiano/>`_


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  =========================
  coding dojo - web2py 
  =========================

  .. contents::

  When
  '''''''''''''''''''''''''

   Saturday evening, March 28th we willhaveaweb2py dojo.
   We plan to start around 6:00 PM or 6:30 PM - check the Open Spaces Board.
   Dr. Massimo DiPierro, creator of web2py, will be there.

  How do Ineedtoprepare?
  '''''''''''''''''''''''''''

   Bring a laptop.  Any PC, Mac, or Linux should work.

   You can download some things in advance, if you like:

   - web2py_1.59
  -Python 2.5*

     - only really needed for the source version of web2py;
     - binary web2py for Mac and PC include everything

   - `Google App Engine`__ SDK


  Notrequired,but might enhance your experience:

   - ipython_ - The code completion will enhance your explorations of web2py in the web2py application shell
   - WingIDE_  - I've put thelinkto the 3.2beta for you to check out.
     Note: Wingware is providing one license for us to give away at this dojo.

  .. _WingIDE:http://www.wingware.com/wingide/beta
  .._ipython:http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/Download
  __ GAE_

  .. _GAE:http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads.html
  .._web2py:http://www.web2py.com/examples/default/download

  What
  '''''''''''''''''''''''''


  What will becovered?
  ---------------------------------------

   - a newspostingapplication in web2py

    - posts in markdown sytax
    - attach documents
    - makes links to news
    -authentication (basic login/logout/registration)
    - authorization(accesscontrol 
    - expose services to posted news
    - prepare for running on Google App Engine



  What is a`coding dojo`__?
  ----------------------------------------

  __dojo_
  .. _dojo: http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WhatIsCodingDojo


   - A dojo_ a short coding session (< 2hours)
   - asimple programming challenge to acquire new skills
   -Non-competitive, collaborative, fun environment
   - All skill levels are welcome
   - Safe to try new ideas

  Whatisweb2py_?
  -----------------------------------------

   Web2pyis a Python web application framework written by `Dr. Massimo DiPierro`__.  
   It was used to write thePyCon2010registration application,
   and is used in DePaul_ University, and isbeginning to be
   used in some corporations, including Motorola_.

  __ DiPierro_
  .._DiPierro:http://mycti.cti.depaul.edu/people/facultyInfo_mycti.asp?id=343
  .. _DePaul:http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/
  .._Motorola:http://www.motorola.com/


  Organizers
  ------------------------------------------

   - Barry Hawkins (for Bruce Eckel)

     Barrywill run the web2py dojo.
  We've neverrun a dojo before, and are grateful for Barry's
     help both in preparation, and in running the dojo.  Thank you Barry!
     Bruce_ originallysuggested a web2py dojo, and has doneboth dojo'sand Open Spaces events
     with Barry.  Unfortunately, Bruce had an accident
     and is not able to travel for PyCon2010.  Barry Hawkins isstepping in for Bruce, both
     as OpenSpaceCoordinator, and for the web2py dojo.  We are grateful to Bruce
     for the suggestion.  Bruce also brainstormed the original concept withMassimo and Yarko.

  .._Bruce:http://www.mindviewinc.com

   - Massimo DiPierro

     Massimo__ is the creator of web2py_ (he will be the first to tell you many people
  contributed to the code in web2py).
  Massimo, Yarko, Barry and Bruce worked together to create the exercises.

  __ DiPierro_ 


   - Yarko Tymciurak

     Yarko has hasdeployed web2py within Motorola.
     He isinthe process of integrating web2py with internal authentication, and helping
     prepare it for one-click installations to projects that want torapidly developwebapplications.


  Attendees
  -----------------------------------

  (Add your name if you want)

  *Thank you to those who attended - If you attended, anddidn't put yournamehere, please
  drop a note to Yarko yarkot1@gmail.com.*

   - Yarko Tymciurak
   - Barry Hawkins
   - Massimo DiPierro
   - Stephan Deibel
   - Daniel Morgan
  -MikeMüller


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  ===========================
  Python for Embedded Systems
  ===========================

  :organizers: Dean Hall
  :when: Sat. 1140 DFW.B and Sun. 1035 DFW.B

  This open spaceistodiscuss Python's use in embedded systems.
  This is NOT for embedding Python into larger software.

  As the creator of PyMite_, I plan to demonstrate PyMiterunning
  onmicrocontrollers.

  Please join and share your topic.

  Potential Topics
  ================

  - PyMite
  - Arduino&Python


  Attendees(tentative)
  =====================

  - Dean Hall
  - James Snyder

  Results
  =======

  The outcome of this and the PyMite open spaces isthecreation of the new project
  **Python on a Chip**.  A Google Code project and a Google Group mailing list have
  been established to organize the small community of people interestedinrunning
  (a subset of) Pythonon a microcontroller without an OS:

  - http://code.google.com/p/python-on-a-chip/
  - http://groups.google.com/group/python-on-a-chip


  .._PyMite:http://pymite.python-hosting.com


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  ===============================
  Twisted Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ===============================

  :Project URL: http://twistedmatrix.com/
  :SprintLeader:`Glyph<mailto:glyph@twistedmatrix.com>`_
  :Code repository: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/TwistedDevelopment
  :ContributorInfo:http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/ReviewProcess

  Sprintgoals include:

   * Documentation overview
   * High-level HTTP client API

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'llbeattending the Twisted sprint, please add your namebelow:

  * Jean-Paul Calderone (Monday - Thursday / All Days)
  * Glyph Lefkowitz (Monday - Thursday / All Days)
  * Dave Gourley(Mondayonly)
  * Cary Hull (Monday - Thursday / AllDays)
  * Esteve Fernandez (Sunday - Monday morning)
  * Your Name (days attending) 


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  ===================================
  Open Government Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ===================================

  :Project URL: http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2010/02/17/open-government-hackathon-chicago/
  :Sprint Leader: `James Turk <mailto:jturk@sunlightfoundation.com>`_
  :IRC Channel: #transparency onfreenode
  :mailinglist:http://groups.google.com/group/sunlightlabs

  This will be a 48 hour sprint where developers that are interested in contributing to an
  open source project thatwill free orotherwiseenhance government data can
  gather to brainstorm and hack on things.

  This sprint will be run by `Sunlight Labs <http://sunlightlabs.com>`_ which isthe
  technology arm of theSunlightFoundation, a non-partisan non-profit dedicated
  to using the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government opennessand
  transparency.

  WhoShouldAttend?
  ==================

  Anyone that is interested in contributing to an open source project that will 
  free or otherwise enhance governmentdata can gather to brainstorm andhackon 
  things.  Although the sprint takes place at PyCon you don't have to be attending 
  the conference to attend.  Participation is free and open 
  toanyone.

  What Happens attheOpen Government Hackathon?
  ==============================================

  The nature of the sprint will be fairly freeform, two Sunlight Labs members
  will be on hand guidingusersthat want to contribute to opening up 
  the government. Users can come to the sprint without any background 
  and we would help coordinate them and place themon a project wherethere
  skills would be useful (there is always a ton of scraping that needs to be 
  done, building mini-web apps to showcase gov't data, etc.)

  Most likely we'llspend the firstsession onSunday talking about some 
  project ideas and then interested parties will break off into groups to work 
  on their projects.  Sunlight Labs developers will beavailable in personand
  online to provide guidance and share expertise.

  For ideas see the `Big Issues <http://wiki.sunlightlabs.com/index.php/>`_ and
  `ProjectIdeas<http://wiki.sunlightlabs.com/index.php/Project_Ideas>`_ sections of the Sunlight Labs Wiki (and feel free to contribute your own)

  `discuss and voteonideas<http://feedback.sunlightfoundation.com/hackathon>`_

  Also, the `Apps for America <http://sunlightlabs.com/appsforamerica/>`_ deadline is on March 31st, so it isn't too late toworkonthat last minute contest entry and win $100 to $15,000 dollars.

  I'm Sold, When/Where Is It?
  ===========================

  There will be an introductory session at 4pmonSundayMarch 29th 
  where we'll get oriented and start working on some ideas.  The sprint itself 
  will take place March 30th and 31st (with potential to go longerdependingon
  turnout/interest).

  The sprint will be taking place at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta O'Hare hotel.


  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the OpenGov'tsprint,please add your name below:

  * James Turk
  * Vincent Youmans
  * Asheesh Laroia (leading the "Scrape the Web" tutorial on Thursday)
  * Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock
  *DouglasMayle
  *Ian Bicking
  * Peter Rauchfusst
  * James Tauber (I'll be in the Pinax sprint but want to talk about how we can work together)
  * Anil Makhijani
  * JoeGermuska
  *RemyDeCausemaker
  * Brian Boyer
  * Tom Izard
  * Josh Ruihley
  * Mark Kohler
  * Andrew Montalenti (Cog Tree, LLC)
  * Sachin Kamdar (Cog Tree, LLC)
  * Jeff Ramnani
  *ShawnBrown
  *Anton Sipos
  * Adam Gomaa
  * Ilia Lobsanov (`Disclosed <http://disclosed.ca>`_ - Canadian Open Government)


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  ==========================
  Bazaar Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ==========================

  :Project URL: http://www.bazaar-vcs.org/
  :Sprint Leader: John ArbashMeinal
  :Coderepository:https://code.launchpad.net/bzr
  :Contributor Info: http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrDevelopment

  Sprint topics are flexible but include:

   * Help us tune the newrepositoryformat byconverting your favorite project to the
     format and benchmarking it.
   * Updating code.python.org to bzr 1.13 and possibly setting up bzr+http.
   * Work on loggerhead,the webviewer forBazaar.
   * Fix your favorite bug!

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Bazaar sprint, please add your name below:

  * John Arbash Meinel(alldays)
  * BarryWarsaw (not sure  yet)
  * Michael Hudson (all days)
  * Paul Hummer (unknown)
  * Gene Oden (mon, tue)
  * Your Name (days attending)


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  Sprint rooms
  ============

  ==============================  ==================  ========================
  SprintCoachRoom
  ================================================  ========================
  Bazaar                          Michael Hudson      Heathrow
  BuildbotBrianWarner        Haneda A
  CherryPyRobert Brewer       Orly
  CPython                         Brett Cannon        Love A
  Django                          Jacob Kaplan-Moss   KittyHawk
  Jython                          FrankWierzbicki    Templehof
  MacPython                       Ronald Oussoren     Midway
  Mailman                         BarryWarsawHeathrow
  Mython                          Jon RiehlMidway
  Open Government (Sunlight Lab)  James Turk          La Guardia
  Pinax                           James TauberLove B
  PyPIRPMs                       Sean ReifschneiderMidway
  SQLAlchemy                      Mike Bayer          Da Vinci
  Trac                            John HamptonSydney
  TwillTitus BrownDorval
  Twisted                         Glyph Lefkowitz     Haneda B
  Twitterbase                     Allen SpaleMidway
  WSGI Cabal                      Mark RammKennedy
  ZopeLennart Regebro     Kennedy
  ==============================  ==========================================

  Did I miss someone? Need anything? Have a question? Contact JacobKaplan-Moss:

  - In Kitty Hawk
  - `@jacobian`__
  - ``jacob -at- jacobian -dot- org``

  __ http://twitter.com/jacobian


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  ===============
  Raffle Prizes
  ===============

  After a plenary session on Sunday we'll have raffle winner announcements and pickup.  
  Sponsors and their donations willbeannouncedand then we'll announce winners and the ID# on their badge.
  Winners will immediately proceed to the prize pick up table to claim a prize.

  The prizes we have sofarare:

  *  Twopeople will win licenses for Resolver One.  Resolver One is a program
     that blends a familiar spreadsheet-like interface with the powerful Python
  programminglanguage, giving you a toolwith which to better analyse and
     present your data.  This product only runs on Windows, so keep that in mind
     before you choose this prize. Youcan readmore about it at
  http://www.resolversystems.com/products/

  *  Several people will win one of the fine Python titles offered by Addison Wesley and

     - Prentice Hall.Thetitles are:
     - PythonFundamentals (7.5 hours DVD video)
     - Python Fundamentals (7.5 hours DVD video)
     - Core Python Programming
     - Programming in Python 3
     -Programmingin Python 3
     - PythonWeb Development with Django

  *  Three people will win 3 OS licenses for Wingware.  
     The 3 OS license means that the Winner can install and usethe producton Linux,
     OSX andWindows.  Wing IDE is the most advanced Python IDE available today. Wing's
     powerful debugging and code intelligence capabilities will turbo-chargeyour
     Pythondevelopment.  You canread more about it at
     http://www.wingware.com/
   
  *  `Time Well Spent <http://TimeWellSpent.org>`_ has donated a copy of the very popularcooperative board game`Pandemic.<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549>`_

  *  `Cat & Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_ and

  *  `Atlantaland Games<http://chicagolandgames.com>`_ have donatedseveral greatboard games:

     - Reiner Knizia's Cthulhu Rising
     - Twilight Creations Presents Zombies!!!
     - Bohnanza
     -Bohnanza
     - Citadels
     - Monty PythonFluxx

  *O'Reilly has donated many books, including the following titles:

      - Programming Python, 3rd edition
      - LearningPython, 3rd edition
      - Learning Python, 3rdedition
      -Learning Python, 3rd edition
      - Intellectual Property and Open Source, by Van Lindberg
      - Intellectual Property andOpen Source, by Van Lindberg
      - IntellectualProperty and OpenSource, by Van Lindberg
      - Intellectual Property and Open Source, by Van Lindberg
      - Hello, Android
      - HeadFirst PHP & MySQL
      - Head First PHP &MySQL
      - Head FirstSQL
      - Head First SQL
      - Head First Java
      - Head First Java
      - MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd edition
  - MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd edition
  - SQL in a Nutshell, 3rdedition
      - iPhone Forensics
      - iPhone Forensics
      - Using Drupal
      - Using Drupal
      - Using Drupal
  - Building Embedded Linux Systems
  - Building Embedded LinuxSystems
      - Designing Gestural Interfaces
      - High Performance MySQL

      In addition, O'Reilly will send one title(of the winner's choice) to
  each of 5 winners, to beshipped after Pycon.

  * `Disney Animation Studios <http://www.disneyanimation.com/>`__
    has donated several copies of their newDVD release, "Bolt" (region 1,NTSC).

  * `The FedoraProject <http://fedoraproject.org/>`__ has donated an OLPC XO laptop.

  * `WearPython (Elegant Stitches)<http://www.wearpython.com>`__
    has donated a Python-branded hat, a "Dave's Low-Rider mug", and a Python branded USB flash drive.

  * `The EuroPython Society<http://www.europython.eu/>`__
    has donated one free registration (including 4nights at the conference hotel)for 
    `EuroPython 2010 <http://www.europython.eu/>`__.

  * Massimo diPierro has donated 10 PDF copies of his `Web2Py book<http://www.web2py.com/>`__.

  * Michael Foord has donated 2copies of his "Iron Python in Action" book.


  FinePrint
  ============

  Winners need to be present to claim aprize.  

  The prizes are not associated with a winning IDnumber, and the prizes will be 
  chosen by the winner at thepick-up table when they arrive.


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  ===============================
  Twitterbase Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ===============================

  :Project URL: http://my-kaleidoscope.org/twitterbase.html
  :SprintLeader:AllanSpale ``<allan2600 at gmail>``
  :Code repository: http://code.google.com/p/twitterbase/source/checkout
  :Contributor Info: http://my-kaleidoscope.org/twitterbase.html,http://code.google.com/p/twitterbase

  Twitterbase is a subproject of a larger project called Kaleidoscope
  (http://my-kaleidoscope.org/platform.html)thatfocuses on semantic web,web
  services, and peer-to-peer databases technolgies. Twitterbase is designed to
  create a very simple data store and web services system using a Twitterbot
  namedkscope. The beauty ofthe project is to be able to access a database and
  various web data using cell phone SMS. An early version of the software was
  presented at the O'ReillyWeb 2.0 Expothis pastSeptember
  (http://www.web2expo.com/webexny2008/public/schedule/detail/5266). A page
  specifically with information about this PyCon sprint will be provided onthe
  index page ofthewebsite early next week with setup information, code, etc. If
  people want to have their own installation of Twitterbase using a Twitter
  account, you could try yourluck at gettingontoTwitter's whitelist (I was
  successful in doing that).

  The primary goal for this sprint is to enhance the existing simple command
  language into a tiny programminglanguagethatmanipulates the data store and
  can perform web services. The ideal list of objectives include:
   
  * Use Amazon S3 service as a data store to supplementBerkeleyDBdatabase
  binding
  * Create simple programming language that includes: conditionals (if/then and
    while loop) and user-defined functions
  * Support for an array data structureand dataobjectreferences (like pointers)
  * Directly integrate Twitter API as built-in functions (direct message, status
    post, etc.)
  * Support of external REST web services(Google,Freebase,etc.)
  * Add notification features (time-based, data-based...such as change in data)
  * Support multiple users calling functions simultaneously
  * Provide each user a pay-to-accesssectionusing Twitpay (http://twitpay.me/).

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Twitterbase sprint, please add your name below:

  * Allan Spale(``<allan2600atgmail>``): attending all sprint days
  * Sheng Sun (``<sunshe at gmail>``): already met Allan, mostly off site, may come in during late afternoon or evening
  * YourName(daysattending)


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  ===============================
  Python Core Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ===============================

  :Project URL: http://www.python.org/
  :Sprint Leader:`BrettCannon<mailto:brett@python.org>`_
  :Code repository: http://www.python.org/dev/faq/
  :Contributor Info: http://www.python.org/dev/setup/

  WorkonPythonitself.

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Python sprint, please add your name below:

  * Your Name (days attending)
  * Eric Smith - MondayandTuesday
  *Steven Bethard - Monday
  * Mark Dickinson - Monday
  * Jesse Noller - Monday through Thursday morning
  * Georg Brandl - Monday through Wednesday
  * Michael Foord -Mondaythrough Thursdaymorning
  * `Daniel Stutzbach`_ - Monday through Thursday
  * Brett Cannon - Monday through Thursday morning
  * Skip Montanaro - Monday, maybe Tuesday
  * R DavidMurray -Monday throughThursday early afternoon
  * Vadim (all days, split with Django)
  * David Christian - Monday through Wednesday
  * Andrew Svetlov - Monday through Thursday
  * SenthilKumaran- Mondaythrough Thursday
  * Jack Diederich - Monday through Weds afternoon (itertools and telnetlib)

  .. _Daniel Stutzbach: http://stutzbachenterprises.com/


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  Better Presentations with PlayerPiano
  ======================================================================

  PlayerPiano amazes your friends by running Python doctests
  inafakeinteractive shell.

  The sprint  will explore innovating tools for better presentations.

  * Recording - DONE
  * Learn to write a PlayerPiano script
  * support forshellsbesidesPython
  * syntax highlighting - DONE
  * playerpiano-remote: MORE COWBELL (and by cowbell I mean ajax) 
  * Pure Javascript implementation - HALF DONE
  * Make yourownpythonvideo

  Minimalist presentations made easier

  http://playerpiano.googlecode.com

  email: pfein@pobox.com


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  ======================================
  PyCon: Connecting The Python Community
  ======================================

  **PyCon 2010 Videos**

  Our incredible AudioVideoTeamalready has two videos from the conference online:

  **Topics of Interest (#119)** *Ian Bicking*: 
  `Blip TV <http://blip.tv/file/1932161>`__,`TalkPage<http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/schedule/event/76/>`_.

  **Lightning Talk: New Python Licence** *Jesse Noller*:
  `Blip TV<http://blip.tv/file/1931026>`__.


  The`PythonSoftware Foundation <http://www.python.org/psf/>`_ is
  proud to present the annual US Python community conference,
  PyCon 2010, inAtlanta.  PyCon is organized and run by volunteersfrom thePython
  community.  

  * Do you use Python? `Please join us! </2010/helping/>`_ 
  * Are you with a company that uses Python?`Please sponsor PyCon!</2010/sponsors/>`_

  Thetutorials and conference talks will be held at the **Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel.**
  The development sprints will be at the **Crowne PlazaAtlanta O'Harehotel**.

  * Complete locationinformation on this and the sister hotel is detailed on the `Hotel Registration & Information </2010/registration/hotel/>`_ page.
  * See the`HotelMap<http://www.ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/services/maps/index.jsp?icamp=propMapDirections>`_ and `Google Map <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9300+Bryn+Mawr+Avenue+60018>`_ for an overviewofthearea.
  * For information on public transportation, airport transit, local restaurants and other related information, check out our `Atlanta </2010/chicago/>`_ information page.
  *An`EventMap <http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101366992701854199693.0004464acc1cf925e6ad5&z=15>`_ has been set up detailing the location of both hotels, along with foodandtransitoptions.

  **Conference Registration is now OPEN!**

  * `Conference registration </2010/register/>`__
  * `Registration information (rates etc.)</2010/registration/>`__
  *`Hotelinformation & reservations </2010/registration/hotel/>`__


  Dates to Remember
  =================

  * `Tutorial Days </2010/tutorials/>`_:Wednesday March 25 & Thursday
  March26. (Two days of tutorials this year instead of one!)

    **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel**

  * `Conference Days </2010/conference/>`_:Friday March 27 through
    SundayMarch29

    **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel**

  * `Development Sprints </2010/sprints/>`_: Monday March 30 through
    Thursday April2

    **Location: Crowne PlazaAtlantaO'Hare hotel**

  Watch for announcements `on the PyCon blog
  <http://pycon.blogspot.com/>`__.


  What isPyCon?
  ==============

  PyCon is the largest annualgathering ofthe Python community in the
  world.  PyCon is really three events in a row:

  * `Tutorial Days`_: Wednesday March 25& Thursday March 26 (2 days of
    tutorials this yearinstead of1!)

    **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel**

    Learn something new and relevant in intensive 3-hour sessions.The
    evenings are free for socializing and OpenSpace.

  *`Conference Days`_: Friday March 27 through Sunday March 29.

    **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel**

    Seewhat's going on in the Python world, meet yourfellow
    Pythonistas,share your knowledge and experience, make contacts,
    brainstorm projects, discuss prospects... the sky's thelimit.

    - `Scheduled talks</2010/conference/talks/>`_ will happen inthe
      ballrooms.  4 tracks of talks and panels on a wide variety of
      topics will be presented, withsomething for everyone.  Also we'll
  have `keynote talks</2010/conference/keynotes/>`_ every day.

    - `Open Space sessions </2010/conference/openspace/>`_

    - `Lightning talks</2010/conference/lightning/>`_ arequick
      5-minutetalks that you can sign up for at the conference.  In a
      word, lightning talks are **FUN**!

    - `Expo Hall</2010/sponsors/expo/>`_: Meet with representativesof
      companiesusing Python, supporting Python, and hiring Pythonistas.
      Snag some swag!

      Many sponsors will be recruiting,so come prepared with business
      cards andrésumésif you're in the job market. You can also check
      out the `Python Job Board
  <http://www.python.org/community/jobs/>`_ for listings.

    - And don't forgetthe hallwaytrack!

  * `Development Sprints </2010/sprints/>`_: Monday March 30 through Thursday April2.

    **Location: Crowne Plaza Atlanta O'Hare hotel**

    Help advance yourfavoriteproject, including Python itself!  We
    provide the space and the infrastructure (network, power,tables &
    chairs), you provide the enthusiasm and the brainpower.  All
  experiencelevels welcome.  The sprints are free!

  In addition, there are two invitation-only `summits</2010/about/summits>`_ scheduled
  during the tutorials which will bring developersof thevarious
  implementations together to discuss technology and strategies: the
  `Virtual Machine Summit</2010/about/summits/vm>`_ and the 
  `Python LanguageSummit</2010/about/summits/language>`_.


  A Community Conference
  ======================

  PyCon is inexpensive because it'sorganized by the Python community forthe
  community.Registration is far cheaper than most comparable
  technology conferences, to keep PyCon accessible to the widest
  communitypossible.


  Venues
  ======

  PyCon2010 will beheld at two hotels in Rosemont, Georga, a suburb of 
  Atlanta adjacent to the Atlanta O'Hare International Airport (ORD):

  *Hyatt Regency O'Hare (**main venue**): tutorials__and`conference talks`__,
    including `open space sessions`__.

    __ `Tutorial Days`_
    __ `Conference Days`_
    __ `Open Spacesessions`_

  * Crowne Plaza Atlanta O'Hare:summits_and `development sprints`_

  `See the hotel reservations page for details. </2010/registration/hotel/>`_


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  Board Game Social
  =================
  Every year we have evening board game social sessions in the open space rooms, with one room as HQ. 


  PostMortem
  -------------
  Thanksfora sharing your time, friendship and games. 
  Please add your comments and suggestions for next year below:

  * Last year I brought a whiteboard formini-sign ups but it wasn't used,so Ididn't bring it this year. Should I have? (Dean)
  * * I never missed it (whiteboard). -- (Erich Heine)

  * Missed the Sunday night BGS, if there wasone. Maybe I was looking tooeary?(730ish) -Doug
  * * I'm sorry there wasn't a crowd at 7:30 like on the previous nights, and  expected there would be a small group but not empty (enough forthe loaner and bringalonggames). Ihad to leave pycon at 3:00. (Dean)

  * I had a lot of fun at this event, no complaints. Perhaps there could be an arrangement w/ the hotel or something toprovide snacks, but thatis the onlychange I'd suggest. (Erich Heine)

   
  Directions
  ----------------
  The first official nights (and when there will be the most games and folks) isFriday and Saturdaynight, but Iexpect things may start Wednesday or Thursday night and run through the Sprints.

  If you're coming to PyCon and can bring a board game or looking to play acertain game,please add your nameto 
  this page and say what you can bring.  Further details in Fine Print below.

  * What games would you like to see?
  * What games can youbring?

  Thanks forsharing your games andfriendship! The room was packed on Friday and Saturday and again a highlight of my PyCon experience.

  What should we do different nextyear?

  Games PeopleareBringing
  -------------------------------
  *Note: just because one person is bringing a specific game does not mean you should not bring yours as they will notalways be at the boardgamesocial; so please add your name.*

  * `Fluxx <http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Fluxx/Rules.html>`_ - 3-15 players. (Doug Napoleone) (Erich Heine)
  * `MontyPythonFluxx<http://www.fluxxgames.com/>`_ - 3-15 players. (Dean Goodmanson)
  * `IceTowers <http://www.wunderland.com/icehouse/IceTowers/Rules.html>`_ - 3-6 players. (DougNapoleone)
  *`Carcassonne<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne_(board_game)>`_ - 2-5 players. (Doug Napoleone)
  * `Power Grid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Grid>`_ - 2-6, w/expansion. (Dean G)
  * `Bang!<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang!>`_ 3-8+ w/ expansions (Dean G)
  * `Pandemic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic_(board_game)>`_ 2-4 player cooperative game(Dean G, LukeO)
  *`Piecepack <http://piecepack.org>`_ (Dean Goodmanson)
  * `Settlers of Catan <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13>`_ (Erich Heine)
  * `Blockus<http://www.blokus.com/>`_ - 4players(Erich Heine, standard)
  *  Blokus Trigon and 3-D (Rumis) - DeanG
  * `Hive <http://www.hivegame.com/>`_ - 2 players (Larry Hastings, standard and withMosquito expansion)
  * `Army ofFrogs<http://www.hivegame.com/>`_ - 3-4 players (DeanG)
  * `Citadels <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadels_(game)>`_ (Courtesy of `Cat & Mouse Games<http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_)
  * `Witch'sBrew<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34084>`_ (Courtesy of `Cat & Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_)
  * `En Garde!<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18963>`_ (Courtesy of`Cat &Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_)
  * `Incan Gold <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37759>`_ (Courtesy of `Cat &Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_)
  * `BattlestarGalactica<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37111>`_ (Courtesy of `Atlantaland Games <http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  *`Diplomacy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_(game)>`_(Courtesyof `Atlantaland Games <http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  * `Tribune: Primus Inter Pares<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30957>`_ (Courtesy of `AtlantalandGames<http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  * `Ticket to Ride Europe <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14996>`_(Courtesy of `Atlantaland Games<http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  *`Ticket to Ride Switzerland <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30746>`_  (Courtesy of `Atlantaland Games<http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  *`Bohnanza<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohnanza>`_ 3-6 player trading game (DeanG--battered copy.)
  * Peurto Rico (and San Juan cardversion)

  *`Dominion<http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218>`_ 2-4 player deck building game, currently #6 on BoardGameGeek (Bill Barksdale)
  * `Taluva<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24508>`_2-4 playertile placement. (Luke O)
  * `Hey That's My Fish <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8203>`_ 2-4 player strategy with Penguins.(Luke O)

  Games People Would LiketoSee
  ----------------------------------------

  * Carcassonne: The Tower
  * Democracy -Whichone?http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objecttype=boardgame&q=Democracy
  * `Crokinole - <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/521>`_ Heard so much about it, neverseenitin person. May be a good conversation point also. I'll bring Sorry Sliders regardless. :-D (Dean)
  * `Ra - <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12>`_ My co-workers and I havebeenplayingthis twice a week for the last few weeks. Alas, it is out-of-print (should be reprinted in May) and not my copy.


  Attendees
  -----------------

  * DougNapoleone
  *DeanGoodmanson - goodmansond@gmail.com
  * Joe Germuska
  * Larry Hastings
  * Shawn Wheatley - this was probably my favorite part of PyCon last year! Power Grid was a blast. Iencourageanyoneinterested to stop by.
  * Doug Philips - (arriving Thu eve, departing Mon AM, no sprints :( )
  * Paul Kippes - BGG profile, `pensive<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/user/pensive>`_
  *BillBarksdale - `wcbarksdale <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/user/wcbarksdale>`_

  GeneralComments/Questions
  --------------------------------

  The emphasis is on multiplayer gamesthatcan handle four or six people. 
  I don't think two-player games are very practical for meto bring, because 
  I'd have to bring so many of them; hopefully local attendees canbringchess,
  go, checkers, etc.  *(Doug Napoleone)*

      Last year a couple of us had to try prettyhard to get chess sets to play bughouse,
      a multi-player chess variant. Illbebringing my chess set this year, and recomend
      othes bring sets and timers as well. (ErichHeine)

  I'll bring a chess set also and be throwing together more games than I'mlistinghere. - Dean

  Last year's wiki page: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2008/BoardGameEvent


  Fine Print
  ----------
  * Dean Goodmanson and Joe Germuska are BoardGameCoordinators and we're expecting many other "runners" to pop in and greet newcomers or host a game or twoas there may not be a full time host.  Arriving Thursday.
  * Courtesy isubiquitousbut accidents can happen. The items your bring to this event are your responsibility.
  * Board games ontutorial and Sprint nights are welcome.
  * If a game is on the games tableand isn'tyours, please don't remove it from the room without the owners permission.
  * Put your business card inyour game boxes in case something gets left behind.


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  ==============================================
  Python for Teachers (and Teachers of Teachers)
  ==============================================

  As a geek with Python kung fu,youhavefun
  skills to share with others, including those still in high school and
  seeking to master mathematical concepts that will serve them for a
  life time.  In taking thistutorial,you'reopening a communications
  channel between yourself, and other eager learners hoping to partake
  more deeply of open source culture and the opportunities it offers.

  Weknow fromlastyear that many PyCon delegates are broadly interested
  in education track. This proposal attempts to support this demand by
  developing some publicly-accessible Python-relatedmaterialthat
  demonstrates how object-oriented programming be learned by using them to
  implement concepts from the mathematical domain.

  Learning can take place atmultiplelevels:

  1.Python and object-oriented concepts.

  2. Mathematical concepts, which will be demonstrated in ways readily
     accessible to anyone who understandsPython.

  3.Presentation ofprogramming topics in the educational environment.

  From this latter point of view the pair teaching format can be
  considered experimental. Its success orotherwise willbedetermined
  largely by group dynamics, and our goal is to make the outcome in and of
  itself provide useful empirical data helpful toothersplanningworkshops.


  Presenters
  ==========

  Kirby Urner, age 50, was born in Atlanta and grew up
  overseas, before settling in Portland to work in thehightechnology
  sector.  Hehas a philosophy degree from Princeton University, was a
  contributing editor for McGraw-Hill, served as a mathematics teacher
  St. Dominic Academy andprestigioushigh school for young womenin
  Jersey City.  He currently works in a small private sector company
  serving both public and private sector clients.  Kirby is a single dad
  withtwodaughters, one grown, and one inhigh school.

  Steve Holden, aged (mumble) has been fiddling with
  computers since the 1960s. He graduated in Computational Science from
  LeedsUniversityand has spent a lifetime onprogramming projects. He
  took up Python about ten years ago as the most sensible implementation
  of object-oriented ideas he had come across. He has asonapproaching
  40, two cats, a six-month old pup and a wife but almost no life at all.

  Requirements
  ============
  Python 2.6, 3.0 preloaded, also
  POV-Ray, VPython, and PIL wouldbeideal, but not every participantis
  expected to dive in to equal degree on each topic, i.e. those just
  wanting to listen while browsing email, will balance those wishing to
  go wholehoginto each and every exercise.skeleton code will be
  available in advance on the web, and will be updated after the presentation.

  Class Outline
  =============
  Math as ExtensibleTypeSystem

  Namespaces:Honk, honk!

  Pythonic Types (Python's type system)

  Math as Storytelling (e.g. Cryptonomicon)

  Cryptography 101:  RSA by senior year('InCode')

  Math Biota:  more on

  - Integers Modulo N,
  - Vegetable Group Soup etc.
  - Euler's Theorem & Fermat's Little Theorem

  The ASCII to Unicode transition:  a bigstoryof our era

  SomePhilosophical Remarks (why Python?)

  Intermission

  Working with Math Objects

  Everything is a Snake in Python (thinking about__ribs__)

  Fractalswith PIL

  Vectorsand Polyhedra with VPython

  Interlude (people help each other on projects)

  Scene Descriptions with POV-Ray (Python as gluelanguage)
   


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  Pluggable Architectures 
  ========================


  Approaches, design patterns, dosanddon'ts
  -------------------------------------------

  Whatare current approaches to designing pragmatic systems that can be extended
  and managed in a component or component-likeapproach?

  What are some good patterns to adopt and anti-patternsto avoid?

  Right tool for the job?  Sure, but what do these approaches bring to the table and
  what are theynotgood for?

  Some examples of approaches:

  - zope.interface
  -Trac's component and interface approach
  - Abstract Base Classes
  - entry points


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  WSGI/Pylons/TurboGears/Repoze/etc Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  =====================================================

  :ProjectURLs:
  Pylons:  http://pylonshq.com/
      TurboGears:  http://turbogears.org/
      Repoze:  http://repoze.org/
  :Sprint Leaders: `Mike Orr <mailto:sluggoster@gmail.com>`_,`MarkRamm<mailto:mark.ramm@gmail.com>`_, `Jorge Vargas <mailto:jorge.vargas@gmail.com>`_, `Chris Perkins <http://www.percious.com>`_
  :Code repository: XXX
  :Contributor Info:XXX

  Awebframework sprint bazaar!  The developers of Pylons, TurboGears, and Repoze.BFG 
  will be working on various projects related to our frameworks and the packages they
  depend on.OtherWSGIframeworks are invited to participate and to propose their own
  projects.  Subscribe to your framework's main discussion list for pre-sprinttask
  coordination.

  Potentialtasks
  ===============

  This section is subdivided into project specific tasks and general tasks, if you are uncertain use thegenericsection

  Pylons tasks
  --------------
  *Documentation (`wishlist <http://wiki.pylonshq.com/display/pylonscookbook/Suggested+Improvements+to+the+Documentation>`_)
  * Gaps inPylonsofficial docs (which parts?)
  * Pylons on GoogleApp Engine
  * Python 3 porting
  * CMS/wiki/blog software(`background<http://wiki.pylonshq.com/display/pylonsprojects/Blog%2C+CMS%2C+and+Wiki+software>`_)
  * Marketing

  TurboGearstasks
  ------------------
  * Overall TG2.1 goals, mainlyreusable,extensible components (see `#1655 <http://trac.turbogears.org/ticket/1655>`_ and `#2275<http://trac.turbogears.org/ticket/>`_)
  * Object-Oriented Dispatch Refractoring (ChrisP)
  *Sprox 0.6tasks
  * tgext.pages (CMS)
  * tickets `tagged'pycon'<http://trac.turbogears.org/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&keywords=~pycon&order=priority>`_

  Repozetasks
  -------------

  * repoze.what (what needs tobedone?)

  Multi Framework tasks
  -----------------------
  * FormEncode documentation(`pylonsnotes<http://wiki.pylonshq.com/display/pylonscookbook/The+other+FormEncode+manual+(UNFINISHED)>`_, `several tickets atTGtrac<http://trac.turbogears.org/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&keywords=~pycon&order=priority>`_)
  * Where should WSGI go from here?
  * Pype: a next-generationframeworkbasedon Pylons, TurboGears, repoze.BFG, and (maybe) a successor to WSGI
  * WebTools, a new package designed to contain common tools that the Python standard libraryfailsatproviding

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the WSGI sprint, please add your name below:

  * Mike Orr - first 2 days 
  * Robert Marianski - 2days
  *ChrisMcDonough - first 2 days
  * Ben Bangert - first 2 days
  * Jorge Vargas - ? days
  * Carlos de la Guardia - first 2 days
  * Reed O'Brien - ? days
  * Tres Seaver - first 2days
  *ChrisRossi - first 2 days
  * Rob Miller
  * Andrew Sawyers - first 2 days
  * Matt Feifarek - first 1, maybe 2 days
  * Roy Hyunjin Han - first 2 days
  * Marcus Cavanaugh - 1day
  *JasonGalyon - first 2, maybe 4 days
  * Chris Perkins - All 4 baby!
  * Michael Marmor - 1 day
  * John Clark - ? days
  * John Lund


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  ======================================
  PyCon: Connecting The Python Community
  ======================================

  **PyCon 2010 Videos**

  Our incredible Audio Video Teamalready has two videos from the conference online:

  **Topics of Interest (#119)** *Ian Bicking*: 
  `Blip TV <http://blip.tv/file/1932161>`__, `Talk Page<http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/schedule/event/76/>`_.

  **Lightning Talk: New Python Licence** *Jesse Noller*:
  `Blip TV <http://blip.tv/file/1931026>`__.


  The `PythonSoftware Foundation <http://www.python.org/psf/>`_ is
  proud to present the annual US Python community conference,
  PyCon 2010, in Chicago.  PyCon is organized and run by volunteers from thePython
  community.  

  * Do you use Python? `Please join us! </2010/helping/>`_ 
  * Are you with a company that uses Python? `Please sponsor PyCon! </2010/sponsors/>`_

  Thetutorials and conference talks will be held at the **Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel.**
  The development sprints will be at the **Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel**.

  * Complete locationinformation on this and the sister hotel is detailed on the `Hotel Registration & Information </2010/registration/hotel/>`_ page.
  * See the `Hotel Map<http://www.ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/services/maps/index.jsp?icamp=propMapDirections>`_ and `Google Map <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9300+Bryn+Mawr+Avenue+60018>`_ for an overview of thearea.
  * For information on public transportation, airport transit, local restaurants and other related information, check out our `Chicago </2010/chicago/>`_ information page.
  * An `EventMap <http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101366992701854199693.0004464acc1cf925e6ad5&z=15>`_ has been set up detailing the location of both hotels, along with food and transitoptions.

  **Conference Registration is now OPEN!**

  * `Conference registration </2010/register/>`__
  * `Registration information (rates etc.) </2010/registration/>`__
  * `Hotelinformation & reservations </2010/registration/hotel/>`__


  Dates to Remember
  =================

  * `Tutorial Days </2010/tutorials/>`_: Wednesday March 25 & Thursday
    March26. (Two days of tutorials this year instead of one!)

    **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel**

  * `Conference Days </2010/conference/>`_: Friday March 27 through
    Sunday March29

    **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel**

  * `Development Sprints </2010/sprints/>`_: Monday March 30 through
    Thursday April 2

    **Location: Crowne Plaza ChicagoO'Hare hotel**

  Watch for announcements `on the PyCon blog
  <http://pycon.blogspot.com/>`__.


  What is PyCon?
  ==============

  PyCon is the largest annual gathering ofthe Python community in the
  world.  PyCon is really three events in a row:

  * `Tutorial Days`_: Wednesday March 25 & Thursday March 26 (2 days of
    tutorials this year instead of1!)

    **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel**

    Learn something new and relevant in intensive 3-hour sessions.  The
    evenings are free for socializing and Open Space.

  *`Conference Days`_: Friday March 27 through Sunday March 29.

    **Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel**

    See what's going on in the Python world, meet your fellow
    Pythonistas,share your knowledge and experience, make contacts,
    brainstorm projects, discuss prospects... the sky's the limit.

    - `Scheduled talks </2010/conference/talks/>`_ will happen inthe
      ballrooms.  4 tracks of talks and panels on a wide variety of
      topics will be presented, with something for everyone.  Also we'll
      have `keynote talks</2010/conference/keynotes/>`_ every day.

    - `Open Space sessions </2010/conference/openspace/>`_

    - `Lightning talks </2010/conference/lightning/>`_ are quick
      5-minutetalks that you can sign up for at the conference.  In a
      word, lightning talks are **FUN**!

    - `Expo Hall </2010/sponsors/expo/>`_: Meet with representatives of
      companiesusing Python, supporting Python, and hiring Pythonistas.
      Snag some swag!

      Many sponsors will be recruiting, so come prepared with business
      cards and résumésif you're in the job market. You can also check
      out the `Python Job Board
      <http://www.python.org/community/jobs/>`_ for listings.

    - And don't forget the hallwaytrack!

  * `Development Sprints </2010/sprints/>`_: Monday March 30 through Thursday April 2.

    **Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel**

    Help advance your favoriteproject, including Python itself!  We
    provide the space and the infrastructure (network, power, tables &
    chairs), you provide the enthusiasm and the brainpower.  All
    experiencelevels welcome.  The sprints are free!

  In addition, there are two invitation-only `summits </2010/about/summits>`_ scheduled
  during the tutorials which will bring developers of thevarious
  implementations together to discuss technology and strategies: the
  `Virtual Machine Summit </2010/about/summits/vm>`_ and the 
  `Python Language Summit</2010/about/summits/language>`_.


  A Community Conference
  ======================

  PyCon is inexpensive because it's organized by the Python community for the
  community.Registration is far cheaper than most comparable
  technology conferences, to keep PyCon accessible to the widest
  community possible.


  Venues
  ======

  PyCon 2010 will beheld at two hotels in Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of 
  Chicago adjacent to the Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD):

  * Hyatt Regency O'Hare (**main venue**): tutorials__ and`conference talks`__,
    including `open space sessions`__.

    __ `Tutorial Days`_
    __ `Conference Days`_
    __ `Open Space sessions`_

  * Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare: summits_and `development sprints`_

  `See the hotel reservations page for details. </2010/registration/hotel/>`_


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   Attendee Notes
  ================

  **This page needs updates for 2010.**

  `Please list changes or additions to these notes on the Pythonwiki.
  <http://wiki.python.org/moin/Attendee_Notes>`_

  Also see `the Overview of Events 
  </2010/about/events/>`_.

  .. contents::

  .. Feedback
  .. ========
  .. 
  .. Weneed your feedback! Please fill out a `conference feedback form
  .. <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BvZ0fzE5FMKgiqbRk2g6OA_3d_3d>`_
  .. and (as appropriate) `tutorial feedbackforms
  .. <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fBZVTQe3Ov49vIGxgs_2fh9g_3d_3d>`_.
  .. Your feedback helps to improve PyCon.
  .. 
  .. We also have a short `employment opportunities andsponsor feedback survey
  .. <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MmIXWS1dciq5utR0LX5dWA_3d_3d>`_.  
  .. If you're looking for info from sponsors
  .. or a new job, this is a simple way toget started.


  Help Needed
  ===========

  `We need on-site help for registration & session chairs.
  </2010/helping/volunteers/>`_
  Wednesday and Thursday evening, we'll havepizza for volunteers!

  .. **Update:** Power strip taping will be done by the A/V crew (paid),
  .. early Thursday morning before the tutorials.

  Badge Pickup &Registration
  ===========================

  There are going to be a lot of people this year, so try to get to the
  registration desk early.  It's open from 7:30 AM on Wednesday,Thursday, & Friday.


  Time Change
  ===========

  In most of the US & Canada on March 8 the clocks will change to Daylight
  Saving Time.  This means that Chicago will beUTC-05:00.

  Chicago Weather
  ===============

  * `Weather forecast (°F) <http://www.theweathernetwork.com/index.php?product=weather&placecode=usil0225&switchto=f>`_
  *`Weather forecast (°C) <http://www.theweathernetwork.com/index.php?product=weather&placecode=usil0225&switchto=c>`_

  If you are planning to venture outdoors, bring layers so that youcan
  de-layer when you get too warm.  E.g. T-shirt, long sleeve shirt,
  sweater, jacket.  

  If it is ridiculously cold out, long silk underwear is nice to have
  beneath pants andshirts.  This is probably more than people will need
  if it's near to above freezing.

  During the conference, we recommend a light sweater for the tutorials
  and talks as well; hotelsoften keep the temperature lower than some
  people like it.

  The Elegant Stitches booth will have Python sweatshirts for sale!

  Hotel Amenities
  ===============

  The hotelshave indoor pools and health centers with exercise
  equipment.

  Network
  =======

  We will have wireless internet access.  Details to be announced.

  .. Use the wireless fromthe ballrooms or in the lower level (tutorial, 
  .. open space, sprint rooms).  We have a **LOT** more bandwidth anyhow.


  Meals Served
  ============

  Expect the followingcatering:

  * Wednesday March 25 and Thursday March 26 (Tutorial Days):

    - morning and afternoon breaks
    - lunch

  * Friday March 27 - Sunday March 29 (ConferenceDays):

    - morning & afternoon breaks
    - lunch

  * Monday March 30 - Thursday April 2 (Development Sprints):

    To be determined.

    .. - lunch buffets

  OpenSpace
  ==========
  We will once again have `Open Space </2010/openspace/>`_ available for attendees to hold their own events.
  Please consider posting an `Open Space </2010/openspace/>`_session on the board (location TBD).

  Sprints
  =======

  We're hoping for more `participation in the development sprints 
  </2010/sprints/>`_ than ever.  Please joinin!

  Hotel Shuttle from O'Hare
  =========================

  For attendees arriving at O'Hare, you should use the
  "center exit 2" presumably from baggage claim, for groundtransportation.
  Follow the arrows for Hotel Shuttles, to the building with the red awning,
  across from the Hilton. 
  Look for the Hyatt Regency or Crowne Plaza (red) shuttle. 
  They runevery 15 minutes morning to evening,
  every 30 minutes overnight. 


  Hotel Parking and Driving Notes
  ===============================

  Parking at the Hyatt Regency hotel isfree for guests.
  The Crowne Plaza hotel's parking lot is run by a third party, and costs $18/day, even for guests
  staying at the hotel.
  The Rosemont Village parking garage is next door,and charges $11/day.

  It's always a good idea to bring your car insurance certificate with you. In Illinois you may be required to provide it if pulled over.

  Don't forget tollcash! 
  In Illinois cash tolls are twice as expensive as tolls paid electronically 
  via I-Pass or EZ-Pass transponders. The main interstates converging on the 
  hotel from the north andsouth (I-294) and northwest (I-90) are toll roads. 
  I-90 from Chicago is not a toll road.

  Public Transportation to the Hotel
  ==================================

  Seehttp://us.pycon.org/2010/chicago/hotel/#public-transit

  Sponsors and Vendors
  ====================

  `We have a ballroom and a lounge full of sponsors & vendors.
  </2010/sponsors/expo/>`_ Our vendors will be selling Python-related merchandise
  and many of our sponsors will be hiring. If you're in the job market, bring 
  business cards &résumés. Come prepared!

  .. Messages from our vendors:

  ..
   * Come visit WearPython (a division of Elegant Stitches) in the Python
     Lounge in the Atrium.  Thisyear you'll be pleased to see new styles,
     including Pocketed Polos and a new T-shirt design.  After the
     conference, visit `www.wearpython.com <http://www.wearpython.com/>`_ 
  for all your Python wearables and accessories.
   * O'Reilly Publishing will be selling technical books for the discriminating 
     Pythonista.
   * Come visit Booth #213 and browse throughbook resources for Python programmers 
     from Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall/Sams. All titles are available for a limited 
     time at 30% off their list price at `www.informit.com/pycon2008
     <http://www.informit.com/pycon2008>`_.

  .. Messages from our sponsors:

  ..
   * White Oak Technologies, Inc. (WOTI) is proud to be a Diamond Sponsor of PyCon.  
     Stop byour booth in the Exhibition Hall on Friday or Saturday with a copy of 
     your resume and receive a complimentary copy of, “Mind Performance Hacks, Tips 
     and Tools forOverclocking Your Brain.”
   * Imaginary Landscape will be offering free Web site analyses at the 
     conference as well as free Dr. Pepper and Tab.  You can sign up for an 
  analysis and get your caffeine fix at Booth 105.
   * Leapfrog Online welcomes PyCon 2008 to our hometown of Chicago.  Visit us at 
     our booth (#106) to talk with some of our developers -two of whom are 
     presenting at PyCon (Kumar McMillan and Jason Pellerin) - and to drop off your 
     entry form to win a Wii.


  Social Software
  ==================

  Theorganizers have set up events for PyCon on several
  social-networking sites. Please see the '`Connect <../connect/>`_' page for details.


  SomethingMissing?
  ==================

  `Please list changes or additions to these notes on the Python wiki.
  <http://wiki.python.org/moin/Attendee_Notes>`_

  If you notice that something ismissing from PyCon, or if you have a
  great idea, `please step forward and get to work on it </2010/helping/>`_!
  If you don't, who will?


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  ================
  Past Conferences
  ================

  =============  ===============  
  Conference     Location 
  =============  ===============
  `PyCon 2008`_  Chicago,IL
  `PyCon 2007`_  Addison, TX
  `PyCon 2006`_  Addison, TX
  `PyCon 2005`_  Washington, DC
  `PyCon 2004`_  Washington, DC
  `PyCon 2003`_  Washington, DC
  ============================

  .. _PyCon 2008: /2008/about/
  .. _PyCon 2007: /TX2007/HomePage
  .. _PyCon 2006: /TX2006/HomePage
  .. _PyCon 2005: /zope/original/pycon/pastevents/dc2005
  .. _PyCon2004: /zope/original/pycon/pastevents/dc2004
  .. _PyCon 2003: /zope/original/pycon/pastevents/dc2003


  -----------------------
  Talks andPresentations
  -----------------------

  * `2006 Talks and Presentations <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Talks>`_
  * `2005 Talks and Presentations<http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConDC2005/Presentations>`_
  * `2005 Lightning Talks <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConDC2005/LightningTalks>`_
  * `2004 Presentations<http://us.pycon.org/zope/original/pycon/pastevents/dc2004/talks>`_

  ------------------------
  Slides and Talks Archive
  ------------------------

  * `Talks Database  </talks/>`_:Database of all PyCon recordings and presentations.

  -----------------------
  Videos of Talks
  -----------------------

  * `Some PyCon 2008 presentations are available on YouTube.<http://www.youtube.com/pycon08>`__


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  ======================================
  Press Information
  ======================================

  .. contents::

  --------------
  Press Passes
  --------------

  PyCon2010 welcomes editors, reporters, freelancers, webloggers,
  and broadcasters from interested media outlets.  You may request
  a press pass and, if accepted, will receive a discount codethat
  will provide free registration for PyCon.  Reporters will have
  access to the three conference days (March 27-29 2010) and to the
  sprints (March 30 - April 2 2010).

  To requesta press pass or make any other press-related inquiry, please contact:

  | David Goodger, conference chair
  | pycon@python.org
  | 514-662-2443

  --------------
  PressReleases
  --------------

  Press Release #4
  ================

  White Oak Technologies, Inc., Google, Sun Microsystems Sponsor World's Largest PythonConference
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Python 3.0 enters spotlight at PyCon2010
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  *CHICAGO - March 24, 2010* - PyCon 2010, the largest annual conference of the worldwide Python programming
  community, takes place March25 - April 2 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare and
  the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare in Chicago, IL.  The core conference runs
  March 27-29, with days of special events both before and after themain conference.

  Last December's release of Python 3.0 marks one of the most important events
  in Python's history, and PyCon 2010 provides developers a chance to learn to
  adapt toit from the worldwide masters of Python programming.  Though Python's 
  2.x series will remain viable for years, the Python community is clearly excited 
  about the way forward paved byPython 3.0.  Several PyCon sessions will cover
  features new to the 3.0 release and techniques for writing Python 3.0 code.
  Following the main conference days (March 27-29), eighteen majorPython-based
  projects and the Python language core itself will gather attendees for four days of
  development sprints, where usually far-flung groups will work together to 
  improve andextend their project codebases, and adapt them to Python 3.0's
  new possibilities.

  Python continues to advance in popularity and is acknowledged as one
  of the most important anduseful languages in the IT community.  In the past 
  year, the Python language has been awarded the Linux New Media "Best Open 
  Source Programming Language" award and the LinuxQuestions.orgLanguage of the Year,
  and is currently at position 6 in the TIOBE Programming Commmunity Index.

  Alan Broder, President  of White Oak Technologies, Inc., says, "Since its inception
  in the late 1990's, WOTI's excellent reputation as a
  developer of high-performance software has depended on its ability to find top
  developers who can develop and deliver excellentsoftware products. The
  marketplace for top technical talent in the Washington DC area is quite
  competitive, so we needed to choose a language that would enable WOTI to recruit
  from thewidest possible pool of developers. As accomplished developers in
  C/C++, Lisp, Perl, and other languages, we decided to conduct an experiment  to
  try and build identical web-clientapplications in both Python and Java,
  starting with little knowledge of either language. The results were dramatic -
  including all learning time, we were able to build our first viablePython
  application in far less time then the equivalent Java application.  Python was
  the obvious choice, and since then, we've not looked back. We're quite pleased
  that Pythoncontinues to provide us with a competitive edge."

  Twenty-five industry leaders have joined to sponsor PyCon 2010, including 
  White Oak Technologies, Inc. (Diamond); Google and SunMicrosystems (Platinum); 
  and ESRI, CCP, Visual Numerics, Microsoft, slide.com, and Walt Disney Animation
  Studios (Gold).

  PyCon 2010 includes over eighty-five talks and keynotes,plus Open Spaces, 
  Lightning Talks, and nighttime events -  activities 
  that give attendees chances to meet and learn from each other in 
  unstructured and semi-structured ways.
  AnExpo Hall will bring attendees together with sponsors and vendors.

  The core PyCon conference days (March 27-29) are preceded by two days 
  (March 25-26) of intensive half-day tutorials.Two invitation-only summit
  meetings, the Virtual Machine Summit and the Python Community Summit, will 
  run concurrently with the tutorials.  These first-time-ever summit meetings
  willgive leaders from the Python and other dynamic programming language
  communities an opportunity to share ideas and strategize together.  All
  PyCon attendees are invited to stay after thecore conference for development
  sprints (March 30 - April 2).

  About Python
  ------------

  Python is an open-source, dynamically typed, object-oriented programming
  languagethat can be used in nearly the entire range of technology applications.
  It offers an easy learning curve and access to a vast array of libraries. With
  implementations available for allcommon operating systems as well as the Java
  and .NET platforms, Python can be used on virtually any system in existence.
  Like other open-source, dynamic languages, it offers rapidproductivity and a
  vigorous developer community; at the same time, Python's clarity and reliability
  give confidence to enterprise users. The December 2008 release of Python 3.0
  marks amajor milestone in Python's history, bringing new levels of clarity,
  consistency, and power to Python code.

  About PyCon
  -----------

  Presented by the Python SoftwareFoundation, the world’s largest Python
  conference brings together a diverse group of developers, enthusiasts, and
  organizations to explore new challenges, launch new businessesand forge new
  connections within the Python community. PyCon provides attendees with the
  opportunity to delve into the dynamic programming language employed by
  well-known companies suchas Google, Cisco, and the New York Times. PyCon helps
  people learn new tools and techniques, present their own projects, and meet
  other Python fans.  Press passes to the conference areavailable for members
  of the press who would like to see PyCon in person.

  About White Oak Technologies, Inc.
  White Oak Technologies, Inc. (WOTI) provides the next generationof
  solutions to massive, information-intensive, strategic intelligence challenges.  WOTI, with its industry-leading expert staff, is a premier provider of advanced
  software technologies.Python is WOTI's primary programming language for
  solving many or our clients' problems.  As a past sponsor of PyCon, WOTI is
  honored to further support the Python community through PyCon2010. For more
  information, visit www.woti.com.

  Links
  -----

  | PyCon website: http://us.pycon.org
  | Python website: http://www.python.org
  | White Oak Technologies, Inc.:http://www.woti.com/
  | LinuxQuestions.org: http://www.linuxquestions.org/
  | Linux New Media: http://www.linuxnewmedia.com/
  | TIOBE index:http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
  | Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/

  Media Contact
  -------------

  | David Goodger,conference chair
  | pycon@python.org
  | 514-662-2443

  Press Release #3
  ================

  PyCon 2010 Hosts Cross-Community SummitMeetings
  ------------------------------------------------

  *CHICAGO - March 16, 2010* - Python programmers won't be the only ones coming to PyCon this month.  PyCon 2010 is hosting twonew summit events that will draw key developers and strategists not only from Python, but also from the Perl, Ruby, Java, .NET, and JavaScript communities.

  The Virtual Machine Summit onMarch 25, sponsored by Sun Microsystems, and Python Language Summit on March 26, both at PyCon 2010 in Chicago, are invitation-only events that will bring cross-discipline groups together todiscuss and strategize on challenges that are common across their projects.

  Virtual machines - software layers that sit between machine-specific binary code and language-specificcompilers, creating multi-language programming environments - have become a focus of modern language development.  Virtual machine developers will attend from a variety of projects, based in anumber of language communities: PyPy (Python), Parrot (Perl), Da Vinci (Java), DLR (.NET), TraceMonkey (JavaScript), and MagLev, Rubinius, and JRuby (all Ruby).  The summit gives them a uniqueopportunity to share insights and ideas on their common challenges with an
  exceptionally broad group.

  Allison Randal, architect of the Parrot virtual machine and a director of the PerlFoundation, said, "Virtual machines have become such a crucial part of language development that there are groups working on them from virtually every language community.  We're facing similarchallenges, and too often, we've been facing them separately.  I'm looking forward to this chance to share ideas with some of the best minds in programming."

  Python itself has grown intoa variety of Python implementations (CPython, Jython, IronPython, PyPy) and an ecosystem of tools and resouces like the Python Package Index.  The Python Language Summit will bring managers ofthese projects together for focused discussions on topics including the ongoing transition to Python 3.0, better coordination between different Python implementations, and improved packaging ofPython libraries and applications.  The agenda is at http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/summits/language/.

  PyCon 2010 takes place from March 25 to April 2 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare and theCrowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare in Chicago, IL. The core conference dates are March 27 -- 29; the two summits run concurrently with the tutorials on March 25 -- 26.  The core conference is followedby development sprints (March 30 -- April 2), sponsored by Canonical, where attendees will work with project leads for four days of intensive, cooperative coding to advance major Pythonprojects.

  About Python
  ------------

  Python is an open-source, dynamically typed, object-oriented programming language that can be used in nearly the entire range of technologyapplications. It offers an easy learning curve and access to a vast array of libraries. With implementations available for all common operating systems as well as the Java and .NET platforms,Python can be used on virtually any system in existence. Like other open-source, dynamic languages, it offers rapid productivity and a vigorous developer community; at the same time, Python'sclarity and reliability give confidence to enterprise users. The December 2008 release of Python 3.0 marks a major milestone in Python's history, bringing new levels of clarity, consistency, andpower to Python code.

  About PyCon
  -----------

  Presented by the Python Software Foundation, the world’s largest Python conference brings together a diverse group ofdevelopers, enthusiasts, and organizations to explore new challenges, launch new businesses and forge new connections within the Python community. PyCon provides attendees with the opportunity todelve into the dynamic programming language employed by well-known companies such as Google, Cisco, and the New York Times. PyCon helps people learn new tools and techniques, present their ownprojects, and meet other Python fans.

  PyCon 2010 is sponsored by twenty-two leading companies, including White Oak Technologies, Inc. (Diamond); Google and Sun (Platinum); and
  ESRI,CCP, Visual Numerics, Microsoft, slide.com, and Walt Disney Animation Studios (Gold).

  Links
  -----

  | PyCon website:                  http://us.pycon.org
  | Python LanguageSummit website: http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/summits/language/
  | Virtual Machine Summit website: http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/summits/vm/
  | Python website:http://www.python.org


  Media Contact
  -------------

  | David Goodger, conference chair
  | pycon@python.org
  | 514-453-2443


  Press Release#2
  ================

  PyCon 2010 Takes Python to New Places
  -------------------------------------

  *CHICAGO - February 10, 2010* - PyCon 2010, the seventh annual conference ofthe worldwide Python programming community, has opened registration and announced its list of accepted talks.  The topics show Python appearing in a variety of places outside its traditionalrealms.

  From hackathons in Africa to a neutrino detector at the South Pole; from massive multicore machines to tiny embedded wireless devices; and from mobile phones to distributedheterogeneous networks, talks at Pycon 2010 demonstrate how Python is being used in places and in ways that will startle even longtime Python users.  Python continues to branch out acrosssoftware platforms as well, with several talks covering the growing use of IronPython and Jython on the .NET and Java platforms.

  Meanwhile, traditional Python strongholds such as science,education, databases, and web programming are not neglected, and several talks flesh out attendees' understanding of fundamental Python topics.  Software craftsmanship is another prominenttopic, with many talks describing techniques for testing and deploying high-quality code.

  The 10 invited talks and 65 accepted talks are only a part of PyCon's schedule.  The three-daymain conference will be preceded by two days of intensive tutorials with 32 sessions on a broad range of topics.  Lightning Talks, Open Space sessions, and keynotes will provide even morelearning opportunities throughout the conference.  Finally, attendees are invited to stay after the conference for four days of development sprints, where they can work alongside some ofPython's greatest programmers to advance prominent Python projects like Django, One Laptop Per Child, and the Python language itself.

  PyCon 2010 takes place from March 25 to April 2 atthe Hyatt Regency O'Hare and the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare in Chicago, IL.  The core conference dates are March 27 -- 29; tutorials run March 25-26, and development sprints run March 30 -April 2.

  About Python
  ------------

  Python is an open-source, dynamically typed, object-oriented programming language that can be used in nearly the entire range of technologyapplications.  It offers an easy learning curve and access to a vast array of libraries.  With implementations available for all common operating systems as well as the Java and .NET platforms,Python can be used on virtually any system in existence.  Like other open-source, dynamic languages, it offers rapid productivity and a vigorous developer community; at the same time, Python'sclarity and reliability give confidence to enterprise users.  The upcoming production release of Python 3.0 marks a major milestone in Python's history, bringing new levels of clarity,consistency, and power to Python code.

  About PyCon
  -----------

  Presented by the Python Software Foundation, the world’s largest Python conference brings together adiverse group of developers, enthusiasts, and organizations to explore new challenges, launch new businesses and forge new connections within the Python community.  PyCon provides attendees withthe opportunity to delve into the dynamic programming language employed by well-known companies such as Google, Cisco, and the New York Times.  PyCon helps people learn new tools and techniques,showcase projects, and meet other Python fans.

  Links
  -----

  | PyCon website:  http://us.pycon.org
  | Python website: http://www.python.org
  | PyCon invited talks:http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/keynotes/
  | PyCon accepted talks: http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/talks/
  | PyCon tutorials: http://us.pycon.org/2010/tutorials/schedule/

  MediaContact
  -------------

  | David Goodger, conference chair
  | pycon@python.org
  | 514-453-2443

  See PyCon 2010 press releases athttp://us.pycon.org/2010/about/press/


  Press Release #1
  ================

  Python Conference Changes Venue to AccommodateGrowth
  -----------------------------------------------------

  *World's largest Python event returns to Chicago*

  *CHICAGO - October 20, 2008* - PyCon 2010, the seventh annualPython community conference, will take place March 27 to 29 at Chicago's Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel.

  In 2008, its first year in Chicago, PyCon stunned organizers by drawing over 1000attendees, up from 586 in 2007 and 410 in 2006.  To avoid running out of room in 2010, organizers have moved next year's conference to Chicago's Hyatt Regency from the Crowne Plaza ChicagoO'Hare, its 2008 venue.

  "The continued growth of PyCon keeps us on our toes.  Each year's new attendees bring new energy to the community with their enthusiasm and their creativity - notto mention their sheer numbers; we changed venues to accommodate expected growth.  It's an exciting time to be in the Python community", said David Goodger, PyCon chair.

  PyCon, anentirely volunteer-run conference, encompasses topics across the breadth of Python usage, from core language design to dynamic web applications.  PyCon includes hundreds of regular talks,keynotes, Lightning Talks, hands-on laboratories, and informal Open Space events, as well as a sponsors' expo hall.  PyCon 2010's main conference days (March 27-29) will be preceded by two daysof intensive, half-day tutorials - increased from last year's single day due to their popularity.  After the conference, many attendees will stay for four days (March 30 - April 2) ofdevelopment "sprints" - cooperative programming workshops that advance selected open-source projects.

  About Python
  ------------

  Python is an open-source, dynamically typed,object-oriented programming language that can be used in nearly the entire range of technology applications.  It offers an easy learning curve and access to a vast array of libraries.  Python hasshown steady growth in the TIOBE index and has advanced from position 8 to 6 in the past year.  With implementations available for all common operating systems as well as the Java and .NETplatforms, Python can be used on virtually any system in existence.  Like other open-source, dynamic languages, it offers rapid productivity and a vigorous developer community; at the same time,Python's clarity and reliability give confidence to enterprise users.  The upcoming production release of Python 3.0 marks a major milestone in Python's history, bringing new levels of clarity,consistency, and power to Python code.

  About PyCon
  -----------

  Presented by the Python Software Foundation, the world’s largest Python conference brings together adiverse group of developers, enthusiasts, and organizations to explore new challenges, launch new businesses and forge new connections within the Python community.  PyCon provides attendees withthe opportunity to delve into the dynamic programming language employed by well-known companies such as Google, Cisco, and the New York Times.  PyCon helps people learn new tools and techniques,showcase projects, and meet other Python fans.

  Links
  -----

  | PyCon website:  http://us.pycon.org
  | Python website: http://www.python.org
  | TIOBE index:http://www.tiobe.com

  Media Contact
  -------------

  | Catherine Devlin
  | catherine.devlin@gmail.com
  | (937)427-8814x222

  See PyCon 2010 press releases athttp://us.pycon.org/2010/about/press/


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  Summit Meetings
  ===============

  PyCon 2010 will feature two invitation-only summit meetings, intended to
  bring developers of the various implementations togetherto discuss 
  technology and strategies.

  * `Virtual Machine Summit <vm>`_: Wednesday, March 25, 2010
  * `Python Language Summit <language>`_: Thursday, March 26, 2010

  Both summitmeetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel.
  `See the Hotel Reservations page for details. </2010/registration/hotel/>`_


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  Python Language Summit
  ======================================

  The Python Language Summit is an invitation-only event for developers
  ofPython implementations and the standard library, to be held at
  PyCon 2010 in Chicago, on Thursday March 26 2010,
  at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare hotel in Chicago, as part ofPyCon 2010. 
  We will be in the Kennedy room.
  The coordinator for this summit is Andrew Kuchling.

  Attendees will not deliver formal presentations.  Instead, the Summit
  will be aseries of sessions focusing on specific issues. After a 5-10
  minute presentation by a session leader, the attendees will
  concentrate on discussing issues and deciding upon actions to take.

  The Summit is being held the day before PyCon starts,
  simultaneous with the second day of tutorials.


  Planned Schedule
  ================

  The times listed in thisschedule may still subject to slight changes.  
  The topics
  listed for each session are illustrative; the exact selection will be 
  decided upon by the session's attendees and influencedby the session leader's
  starting presentation.


  9:00 - 10:30  
  -------------------------

  Open discussion session.

  Session leader: Andrew M. Kuchling


  10:30- 10:50
  -------------------------

  Morning break


  10:50 - 12:20
  -------------------------

  Transition plan for rest of 2.x series; goals for 2.7/3.1.

  * Newfeatures & future plans?
  * Public outreach & assistance with porting.
  * Is 2.7 the last of the 2.x releases?
  * Unicode issues

  Session leader: Brett Cannon.

  12:20 -13:20
  -------------------------

  Lunch


  13:20 - 14:50
  -------------------------

  Cross-implementation issues:

  What do the various VMs want/need from CPython tohelp with their
  implementations?

  * Marking CPython-specific tests in the test suite?
  * Getting an implementation agnostic test suite for the Python language?  
  * Separating thelanguage tests and the pure Python part of the standard library into 
    a separate project?  (Or publish them as a separate package.)
  * Transition plans for 3.0?

  Session leader:Frank Wierzbicki of Jython.


  14:50 - 15:10
  -------------------------

  Afternoon break.

  15:10 - 16:40
  -------------------------

  Package distribution &installation.

  * setting up an organized network of mirrors ? la CPAN
  * adding a commenting system on PyPI
  * think about a reference implementation for a PyPI client in the
  standard library (XML-RPC client+upload and register)
  * improvements to packaging matters -- both Distutils and Setuptools are included.

  Session leader: Tarek Ziade


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  ======================
  Virtual Machine Summit
  ======================

  The Virtual Machine Summit is an invitation-only event for developers 
  of virtual machines for dynamiclanguages, to be held at PyCon 2010 in Chicago, 
  on Wednesday, March 25th, 2010. The coordinator for this summit is Ivan Krstić.

  The VM summit is taking place on Wednesday, March25th 2010 
  at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare hotel in Chicago, 
  as part of PyCon 2010.  We will be in the Kennedy room.

  More details for invitees are available athttp://radian.org/notebook/2010-dynvm.

  Schedule
  ================

  =============  =================
  10:30-10:50    Morning break
  12:20-13:20    Lunch
  14:50-15:10Afternoon break
  =============  =================


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  =============================
  Python Conferences Worldwide
  =============================

  The Python programming language is popular around the world. The global
  Python communityhosts five conferences each year:

      `EuroPython <http://www.europython.org/>`_ began in Charleroi, Belgium and
      was held in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2008.  EuroPython 2010 will be
  28th June to 4th July 2010 in Birmingham, UK. 

      `PyCon Brasil <http://pyconbrasil.com.br/>`_ held its fourth conference
      on September 18-20 in Rio de Janeiro.

      `PyCon FR<http://fr.pycon.org/>`_ was held in Paris on May 17 & 18, 2008.
      
      `PyCon Italia <http://www.pycon.it/>`_ convened for the first time in
      2007.  The 2010 conference will be inFirenze, 8-10 May 2010.
      
      `PyCon UK <http://www.pyconuk.org/>`_ was held in 2007 and 2008 in Birmingham.
      For 2010, PyCon UK is not officially being held, but EuroPython 2010is in 
      the same city.

      `PyCon </>`_ USA was in Washington, DC from 2003 to 2005, then moved to Dallas,
      Texas for 2006 and 2007.  `In 2008, PyCon USA was held in Chicago</2008/>`_.
      Chicago will also be the site for PyCon 2010.  In 2010 PyCon will move to
      Atlanta GA.

  These self-organized, community-driven events rely upon volunteers.Each
  conference may circulate between different sites from year to year.  All
  share the goal of bringing together the developers, designers, and business
  people who are the Pythoncommunity.

  At a PyCon, you will meet people who have just begun their journey into the
  world of this dynamic, object-oriented programming language. You will also
  meet the people whostarted it all.

  You can expect informational and inspirational talks in a friendly
  atmosphere.  Other Python developers are glad to share their experiences,
  and to learn from yours.It's easy to make contacts and to make friends.
  You will meet interesting people and enjoy yourself.


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  ==============================
   Chicago: Home of PyCon 2010!
  ==============================

  Chicago, the Windy City, Second City -- a great place to meet with other members
  ofthe Python community.  Here you'll find information about

  * `Traveling to Chicago <travel>`_: it's central and easy to get to.

  * `Getting to the Hotels <hotel>`_: the shuttlebuses run all day (& night if you call)!

  * `Getting Around Chicago <transit>`_: everyone should try the "L" (elevated trains).
    There's a station a few blocks away from thehotel.

  * `Explore Chicago <explore>`_: things to do, places to go, sights to see...

  * `Restaurants <restaurants>`_: Chicago is famous for its deep dish pizza and hot dogs.
  There are lots of other choices nearby and a short trip away!

  * `Bars <bars>`_: Paint the town red!  But drink responsibly.

  * `Shopping <shopping>`_: some great choices!

  *`ChiPy: the Chicago Python User Group <chipy>`_: helping to make PyCon possible!

  `Here's a custom Google map with the hotel, airport, restaurants and other points ofinterest.
  <http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101366992701854199693.0004464acc1cf925e6ad5&z=15>`_


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  Chicago Bars
  ============

  In addition to `restaurants <../restaurants>`_ you might want to check out some bars 
  in Chicago.  Bars in Chicago stay open pretty late, many closing at2am or 4am, 
  and some on the weekends stay open until 5am.  Most places will check ID cards, even 
  for people who are obviously over 21.

  Accessible From BlueLine
  -------------------------

  Like most things, the most convenient bars are on the Blue Line.  Most of these bars 
  are by the Damen stop on the Blue Line, in Wicker Park:

  ***Lemmings** `1850 N Damen <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Lemmings,+1850+N+Damen,+Chicago&sll=41.917032,-87.677593&sspn=0.006994,0.014591&ie=UTF8&ll=41.91534,-87.677593&spn=0.006994,0.014591&t=h&z=16>`_
    Chill atmosphere, farther north.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Danny's** `1958 W Dickens<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1958+W+Dickens&sll=41.91534,-87.677593&sspn=0.013987,0.029182&ie=UTF8&ll=41.921311,-87.67695&spn=0.006993,0.014591&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr>`_
    --right off Damen.  Good place for loud music with chill nooks and chairs, but 
    also dancing, starts bumpin about 11pm but closes at 2.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * `Map Room<http://www.maproom.com/>`_ `1949 N Hoyne <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Map+Room,+1949+N+Hoyne&sll=41.921311,-87.67695&sspn=0.006993,0.014591&ie=UTF8&ll=41.920321,-87.67725&spn=0.006993,0.014591&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr>`_, 
    on Armitage.  Awesome beer selection, very cool atmosphere, won't see a bunch of 
    yuppies here.  Can be very crowded.  About 6 or 7 blocksfrom the Western stop, Blue Line.

  * **Estelle's** `2013 W. North Ave<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Estelle%27s,+2013+W.+North+Ave&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.006993,0.014591&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14>`_ 
    -- latenight, go after 1 or 2am but veryinteresting and fun!  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Northside** `1635 N Damen<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Northside,+1635+N+Damen&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.027973,0.058365&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14>`_
    -- most run of the mill overall, but goodatmosphere and beers. Chill, lots of 
    places to sit. Can be run over by the cool kids sometimes.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Pontiac** `1531 N Damen<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Pontiac,+1531+N+Damen&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.027973,0.058365&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14>`_, 
    -- right by El stop.  Very chill place, great ifit is warm and can sit outside. 
    Sometimes they have live music.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Blueline** `1548 N Damen<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Blueline,+1548+N+Damen&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.027973,0.058365&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14>`_, 
    right under El platform.   Chill with lots ofbooths, more of a martini place but 
    the crowd is not swanky, can be a first stop and you can eat there too.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **SmokeDaddy** `1804 W Division<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=SmokeDaddy,+1804+W+Division&sll=41.920321,-87.67725&sspn=0.055945,0.11673&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13>`_
    -- latenight eats, awesome BBQ but also reallygreat live music, kinda rockabilly 
    country bluegrass mashup.  4 or 5 blocks from the Division stop, Blue Line.

  * **Empire** `1566 N Milwaukee<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Empire,+1566+N+Milwaukee,+Chicago&ie=UTF8&ll=41.910533,-87.676429&spn=0.001749,0.003648&z=18&iwloc=A>`_
    -- cool atmosphere, little more of amartini place, little more cool kid.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **Bin Wine** `Cafe 1559 N Milwaukee<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bin+Wine+Cafe,+1559+N+Milwaukee&sll=41.910533,-87.676429&sspn=0.001749,0.003648&ie=UTF8&z=16>`_ 
    -- great place for wine peeps, can get allkinds of amazing wine flights and 
    nibble, sit down atmosphere.  Damen stop, Blue Line.

  * **The Whistler** `2421 N Milwaukee Avenue <http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-whistler-chicago>`_
    -- shhhh, best kept secret in Chicago.  Very humble pre-prohibition era cocktail lounge 
    (the latest rage).  I.E. real sazeracs and other carefully crafted blends of 
  beautiful tastes.  Pricey but worth every cent.  California stop, Blue Line.

  * **The Violet Hour** `1520 N Damen Ave <http://www.theviolethour.com/>`_
    -- another pre-prohibition erabar modeled after an old speakeasy.  
    Seriously, it does not have a storefront.  You enter through a little door of what 
    looks like a boarded up building.  Guys, DO NOT GO HERE unlessyou are entertaining a lady.
    And you might want to wear a suit.  Just saying.  But the drinks here are crafted by the 
    finest hands in the drink-making industry.  Pricey but worth it.Damen stop, Blue Line.

  Uptown
  ------

  * `Green Mill <http://www.greenmilljazz.com/>`_, `4802 N Broadway St<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-&sll=41969114,-87659656&cid=41969114,-87659656,16347116002331705951&li=lmd&ie=UTF8&ll=41.973275,-87.652402&spn=0.013975,0.029182&z=15&iwloc=A>`_
    -- not thateasy to get to from the hotel.  This is a well-known jazz club with 
    live music until late at night.  They discourage loud conversation and admission is usually $5 for the live music.  
  Lawrence stop, Red Line.

  * `Hopleaf <http://www.hopleaf.com/>`_, `5148 N Clark St<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hopleaf,+chicago&ie=UTF8&ll=41.971616,-87.657423&spn=0.02795,0.058365&z=14>`_
    -- also not particularly easy to get to.  They have a verylarge beer selection,
    including quite a few more exotic malt drinks.  They also have a small but very 
    good food menu.  Not for large groups.  Argyle or Berwyn stop, Red Line (it's inbetween the two).


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  ======================================
   ChiPy: The Chicago Python User Group
  ======================================

  ChiPy members are helping to organize PyCon 2010.  Ifyou're
  in the Chicago area, please drop by!

  `ChiPy home page & meeting announcements <http://www.chipy.org>`_


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  ================
  Explore Chicago
  ================
  ---------------------------------------------
  Things to do, places to go, sights tosee...
  ---------------------------------------------

  .. contents::

  Share your opinions, recommendations, and alternatives `on the wikipage
  <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2008/Exploring_Chicago>`_.

  `Here's a custom Google map with the hotel, airport, restaurants and other points ofinterest.
  <http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101366992701854199693.0004464acc1cf925e6ad5&z=15>`_


  Museums
  =======
  - `The Museum of the Art Institute ofChicago <http://www.artic.edu/>`_
  - `The Museum of Contemporary Art <http://www.mcachicago.org/>`_ --
    this museum is good or bad depending on what the current show is.  If the
  `current shows <http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/index.php>`_ sound 
    interesting to you then it's great... otherwise, not so much.
  - `The John G. Shedd Aquarium<http://www.sheddaquarium.org/>`_
  - `The Museum of Science and Industry <http://www.msichicago.org/>`_
  - `The Field Museum<http://www.fieldmuseum.org/>`_

  Views
  ===============
  - `The Sears Tower Skydeck <http://www.the-skydeck.com/>`_
  - `The Hancock Observatory <http://www.hancock-observatory.com/>`_in
    the John Hancock Center, 875 N. Michigan Avenue, in the Magnificent
    Mile shopping area.  Considered by many to be a better deal than the
    Sears Tower Skydeck (cheaper, a shorterwait, and in a shopping area,
    but not quite as high).
  - The bar and lounge in the Hancock building.  Free to enter, and just one floor
    below the Observatory.  You get the same view,and spend your money on a
    drink and a nice atmosphere instead of an entrance fee.

  Tours
  =======
  - `CAF Architecture river cruise<http://www.architecture.org/tour_view.aspx?TourID=8>`_
    -- this might be cold at this time of year, but it's an excellent tour.
  - `Other Chicago Architecture Foundation Tours<http://www.architecture.org/>`_
    -- they run several other tours every day as well.
  - `Frank Lloyd Wright Tours <http://www.wrightplus.org/tours/tours.php>`_ --
    in Oak Park, thesuburb immediately west of Chicago where Frank Lloyd Wright
    built a great number of homes.  Many (most?) of them are still occupied, so you
    mostly see the exterior of thebuildings.

  Travel Guides for Chicago
  =========================
  - `Fodor's Guide to Chicago<http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=chicago@49&cur_section=ove>`_
  - `The Lonely Planet Guide to Chicago <http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/north-america/usa/chicago>`_
  - `WikiTravel Chicago <http://wikitravel.org/en/Chicago>`_

  Shopping
  ==========

  See `Shopping in Chicago<../shopping/>`_.

  Restaurants
  ===========

  If you're going to shop, you've got to eat - see `Chicago Restaurants <../restaurants>`_.

  Bars
  ====

  Because, well...because.  See `Chicago Bars <../bars>`_.

  Package Deals
  =============
  If you are going to tack on some real vacation time, these can save you a few bucks.

  * `CityPass<http://www.citypass.com/city/chicago.html>`__ ($49.50 adults, $39 children)
    includes the Shedd Aquarium VIP, The Field Museum & Underground Adventure,
    Adler Planetarium, Museum ofScience and Industry plus OMNIMAX,
    and The Hancock Observatory 

  Neighborhoods
  =============

  On the Blue Line, before you get to the Loop (aka Downtown), there are twointeresting 
  neighborhoods you might want to explore.

  The first is `Wicker Park <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Town,_Chicago#Wicker_Park>`_
  (and immediately to the north,`Bucktown <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Square%2C_Chicago#Bucktown>`_).
  The Damen stop is at the center of Wicker Park.  There are interesting things southeast on Milwaukee 
  (to theMilwaukee stop), or north on Damen (which takes you towards Bucktown).  Wicker
  Park is kind of artsy and hip.  The neighborhood is a little rough despite the strong
  pressure ofgentrification.

  Closer to the hotel is `Logan Square <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Square>`_,
  which is a neighborhood with a large hispanic population.  You can get off atthe
  Logan Square station.

  There are several interesting north-side neighborhoods in Chicago.  To get to these
  with mass transit you'll have to take a bus (or a taxi of course).`Fullerton and Clark
  <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=fullteron%20and%20clark%2C%20chicago&ie=UTF8>`_
  may be a good starting point.  All of Clark Avenue is interesting (as is itsneighboring
  street Broadway).  At Addison and Clark you are in Wrigleyville, home to many sports bars 
  and some improv theater.  This area is generally fun to wander around in, day
  ornight.


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  ====================
  Getting to the Hotel
  ====================

  .. contents:: :local:

  Please see the `hotels page </2010/registration/hotel/>`_  
  for full details includingreservation information. Please **do NOT**
  make reservations directly with the hotels; PyCon will lose money if you do
  (we have an obligation to fill rooms).

  The tutorials andconference are being held at the `Hyatt Regency O'Hare 
  <http://www.ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/services/maps/index.jsp>`_.
  The summits and sprints are being held at the nearby
  `CrownePlaza Chicago O'Hare <http://www.crowneplazaohare.com/>`_ hotel.

  We are using both hotels for accommodations.

  Both are in Rosemont, Illinois,
  with convenient access to all majorexpressways.  The `Rosemont Theater
  <http://www.rosemont.com/visiting/theater.shtml>`_ and Donald L. Stephens
  Convention Center are across the street from both the Hyatt and the CrownePlaza,
  the Chicago El train is two or three blocks
  away, and downtown Chicago is 15 miles away—a 30-minute drive.

  .. Note:: `Hotel parking info here.</2010/registration/hotel/#parking>`__

  | Hyatt Regency O'Hare
  | 9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue,
  | Rosemont, Illinois, USA 60018

  (North side of Bryn Mawr Avenue, east of North RiverRoad, across from the D. E. Stephens Convention Center.)

  Phone: +1-847-696-1234

  `Hyatt Regency O'Hare on GoogleMaps
  <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9300+Bryn+Mawr+Avenue+60018>`__

  | Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare
  | 5440 North River Road
  | Rosemont, Illinois, USA 60018

  (North-west cornerof North River Road and Balmoral Avenue.)

  Phone: 1-847-671-6350

  - 1 mile from I-90 & I-294
  - 3 blocks south of Kennedy Expressway
  - Exit River Road South off of KennedyExpressway

  `Crowne Plaza on Google Maps
  <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=5132132422011478109,41.984175,-87.861213%3B15496306495877837977,41.977830,-87.862541&saddr=5440+N+River+Rd+%4041.977830,+-87.862541&daddr=&sll=41.981005,-87.861875&sspn=0.006843,0.01133&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=41.982304,-87.862988&spn=0.013686,0.022659&z=15>`__

  Hotel Shuttle Bus fromO’Hare Airport
  --------------------------------------

  The hotels provide complimentary transportation to and from nearby
  O'Hare International Airport 24 hours a day, 7days a week.  The
  shuttle buses run every 15 minutes from 6:00am to midnight.
  For pickup after midnight, call the hotel directly.
  To take the shuttle from the
  airport, you should makeyour way to the Hotel Shuttle Bus Center:

  * Go to Terminal 2.  (Actually, the shuttle/bus center is sort of in between terminals, so it's most optimal to find an overhead sign pointing toshuttle/bus center and follow that, but if you're lost, starting at Terminal 2 is fine.)
  * Take the escalator down to the baggage claim area.
  * Go down the stairs from baggage claim,walking down the pedestrian
    walkway.
  * Take the elevator going up to the parking lot and make a right going
    around the wall. (Do not go out the doors into the parking lot).
  *Hyatt Regency: Go to Door 1 and wait for the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel shuttle bus.
  * Crowne Plaza: Go to Door 2 and wait for the Crowne Plaza O’Hare Hotel shuttlebus
    (raspberry red color).

  To ensure a faster pick-up between midnight and 6:00am or if you
  arrive in the International Terminal, please use the courtesy
  telephone near thebaggage claim area to inform the hotel of your arrival.

  Directions
  ----------

  `Hyatt Regency O'Hare directions page.
  <http://www.ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/services/maps/index.jsp?icamp=propMapDirections>`__

  `Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare directions page.
  <http://www.crowneplazaohare.com/html/chicago-airport-hotel.asp>`__

  From Midway Airport (MDW), please see `Traveling to Chicago <../travel/>`__.

  Public Transit
  --------------

  The hotels can be easily reachedvia the El, 
  Chicago's `public train system <http://transitchicago.com/>`__.
  Take the Blue Line towards O'Hare to the Rosemont stop (second to last). 
  Once you exit the station you turnleft immediately, 
  then turn left (south) on River Road, walk under the overpass.

  For the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, walk 2 blocks, and turn left on Bryn Mawr.

  For the Crowne Plazawalk 3 blocks (half a mile),
  past the convention center (huge building on your left) and the hotel is on the other side of the road
  (it has a blinking red marquee.)
  You will cross BrynMawr Avenue.  If you reach Higgins Road, you went the wrong way.

  `Google Maps directions: Rosemont El station to the hotel <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=5132132422011478109,41.984175,-87.861213%3B15496306495877837977,41.977830,-87.862541&saddr=Blue+Line+Rosemont+Stop%4041.984175,+-87.861213&daddr=5440+N+River+Rd+%4041.977830,+-87.862541&sll=41.981005,-87.861875&sspn=0.006843,0.01133&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=41.982304,-87.862988&spn=0.013686,0.022659&z=15>`__


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  ===================
  Chicago Restaurants
  ===================

  (This is a work-in-progress.  `You can help! </2010/helping/>`_)

  Got a late night hankering for some thin crust(or deep dish) pizza?
  Looking for dinner within walking distance of the hotel?  Going into the
  Loop to do a little `shopping </2010/chicago/shopping/>`_ and need a place to
  grab a biteto eat?  You've come to the right place.  Chicago is home to
  more `AAA five diamond restaurants<http://ww2.aaa.com/aaa/common/Tourbook/diamonds/whatisthis.html?association=%20AAA&clb_id=005>`_
  than any other city in the United States but it also has some wonderful
  hole-in-the-wallplaces you won't find anywhere else as well.  We've tried
  to put together a sampling of what's available.  Click the restaurant's name
  to visit their website or a review page from oneof the local restaurant
  review sites.  Click the address to get a Google Map of the location.

  If you don't see what you're looking for here, `don't be afraid toask
  <mailto:skip@pobox.com>`_.  If you have some other places to add to this
  page `let us know <mailto:skip@pobox.com>`_.

  `Here's a custom Google map with the hotel, airport,restaurants and other points of interest.
  <http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101366992701854199693.0004464acc1cf925e6ad5&z=15>`_

  Near theHotel
  --------------

  - `RAM Restaurant & Brewery <http://www.theram.com/il-rosemont.php>`_, 
    `9520 W Higgins Rd, Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9520+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (847)692-4426.
    For those of you who like to sample some local microbrews, there'sa
    brewpub right around the corner from the hotel. 
  - `Giordano's <http://www.giordanos.com/>`_,
    `9415 W. Higgins Rd., Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9415+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (847)292-2600.  Popular local pizza chain.
  - `Nick's Fishmarket<http://www.nicksfishmarketchicago.com/>`_,
    `10275 W. Higgins Rd., Rosemont <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10275+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
  (847)298-8200.
  - `Morton's The Steakhouse <http://www.mortons.com/>`_,
    `9525 Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9525+Bryn+Mawr+Ave,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (847)678-5155
  - `Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse<http://www.harrycarays.com/home.html>`_,
    `10233 W. Higgins Rd., Rosemont <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10233+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
  (847)699-1200.  As the announcer of the Cubs Harry Caray was a Chicago
    legend.  We still sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh
    inning stretch at home games.  HarryCaray's restaurants are popular
    local institutions as well.
  - `Gibson's Steakhouse <http://www.gibsonssteakhouse.com/>`_,
    `5464 N. River Rd., Rosemont<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5464+N+River+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (847)928-9900.  Can you tell we like steak in Chicago?
  - `Shoeless Joe's Sports Bar &Grille <http://www.shoelessjoesrosemont.com/>`_, 
    `10290 W. Higgins Rd., Rosemont <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10290+W+Higgins+Rd,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
  (847)296-5760.  We love our sports as well.  This might be a good place to
    catch your basketball team during March Madness.
  - `Bogart's Restaurant at Muvico's Rosemont 18<https://www.muvico.com/default.asp?t=210>`_,
    `9701 Bryn Mawr Ave, Des Plaines<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9701+Bryn+Mawr+Ave,+Des+Plaines,+IL+60018,+USA&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=0>`_,
    (847)447-1030.  A brand new upscale restaurant and movie theater that opened inSeptember of 2007, a very short walk from the hotel.
  - `Gino's East <http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginos-east-chicago-4>`_, `8725 W Higgins Rd, Chicago<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=8725+W+Higgins+Rd,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=0>`_.  About a five-minute cab ride from the hotel.

  Along the CTA BlueLine
  -----------------------

  The Blue Line is the CTA train which stops closest to the conference hotel.  This section is organized by Blue Line stop to make it easier for you to figureout where you're going.

  Jefferson Park
  ==============
  - `Gale Street Inn <http://www.galestreet.com/>`_,
    `4914 North Milwaukee, Chicago<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4914+N+Milwaukee+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60630,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (773)725-1300.
    A great place for ribs.  This is actually quite close to the hotel,on the
    way to the Loop, directly across from the Jefferson Park Blue Line station
    (which is only three stops from the Rosemont station). 

  Logan Square
  ============
  - `LulaCafe <http://www.yelp.com/biz/lula-cafe-chicago>`_, `2537 N Kedzie, Chicago <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2537+N+Kedzie,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_. 
    CTA: Blue Line to LoganSquare, exit and walk south then east around
    the square, it's on the southeast corner.  About 20/25 min ride from
    O'Hare.  Delicious French American fusion with organic producefrom
    local farms.  Meat, vegetarian, and vegan options.
  - `Dunlay's on the Square <http://www.yelp.com/biz/dunlays-on-the-square-chicago-2>`_, `3137 W Logan Blvd, Chicago<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3137+W+Logan+Boulevard,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line to Logan Square, walk east alongside the square to
    Kedzie, walk north ablock, it's on your right.
    Decent American cuisine.  Is it a restaurant or a bar?  You decide.
    Just around the corner from Lula's, great in case the wait there is
    too long.
  -`El Cid <http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-cid-2-chicago>`_, `2645 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2645+N+Kedzie+Ave,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Lineto Logan Square, walk east alongside the square to
    Kedzie, walk north a block, it's on your right.
    There are a few El Cids but this closest to the train.  Decent Mexican
    fare ataffordable prices and killer margaritas (take the train!).
    Great in case there's a long wait at Lula's.
  - `Cafe Con Leché <http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-con-leche-chicago>`_,`2714 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2714+N+Milwaukee+Ave,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.  (773) 289-4274
    Very cheap yet delicious Cuban joint frequentedby Cuban locals of the
    neighborhood.  The steak sandwich proves they know a thing or two about
    Cuban food.  And, of course, pep yourself up with a cafe con leche.  Call
    to makesure they are open.  CTA: Blue Line to Logan Square, walk
    northwest on Milwaukee Ave 2 or 3 blocks.

  California
  ==========
  - `El Nandu <http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-nandu-chicago-2>`_, `2731 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2731+W+Fullerton+Ave,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.  (773) 278-0900
    Midrange Argentinian restaurantfor a true connoisseur of meat!  For the
    adventurous types who want to experience some new cuts, try the "Sweet
    Bread."  Great wine too. CTA: Blue Line to California, walk 2 blocksnorth
    on California, turn right  (east) on Fullerton, it's a block down on the
    right side.
  - `Buona Terra <http://www.yelp.com/biz/buona-terra-chicago>`_, `2535 N California Ave,Chicago <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2535+N+California+Ave,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.  (773) 289-3800
    Cozy, midrange little Italian restaurant with a great wine selectionand
    options for a full 5 course Italiano dining experience.  CTA: Blue Line to
    California, walk 5 or 6 blocks north on California and it's on your right.

  Western
  =======
  -`Irazu <http://www.yelp.com/biz/irazu-costa-rican-restaurant-chicago>`_, `1865 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1865+N+Milwaukee+Ave,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.  (773) 252-5687
    Excellent, affordable Costa Rican restaurant.  They have won awards
    fortheir veggie burrito and it lives up to those awards.  Also
    consider a yummy milkshake (now with soy milk too) and the "Costa
    Rican sandwich" which is like panini and I believe theybake the bread
    on the premises.
    CTA: Blue Line to Western, walk north on Western a few steps and turn right
    (southeast) on Milwaukee Ave., it's a block down on your left.
  -`Honey 1 BBQ <http://www.honey1bbq.com/>`_, `2241 N Western Ave, Chicago <http://tinyurl.com/honey1>`_ amazing rip tips

  Damen
  =====
  - `Piece <http://www.yelp.com/biz/piece-restaurant-chicago>`_, `1927 W North Ave <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1927+W+North+Ave,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line to Damen, walk northeast across theintersection and
    head east on North Ave for a block, it's on your right.  About 25/30
    min ride from O'Hare.
    If you can get over TV's and sports fans surrounding you, this issome
    of the best pizza and microbrew you'll find in Chicago.  The pizza is
    in more of a New Haven style than a Chicago one but is truly unique
    with lots of difference choices forcrusts and toppings.
  - `Sultan's Market <http://www.yelp.com/biz/sultans-market-chicago>`_, `2057 W North Avenue<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2057+W+North+Ave,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line to Damen, walk north to North Ave., turn left (west)
    and walk for a block,it's on your left hand side.  About 25/30 min
    ride from O'Hare.
    Best Falafel in Chicago, no contest.  Chicken Schwarma sandwich is
    good too and their lentil soup is exquisite.Very reasonably priced,
    order at the counter.

  Division
  ========
  - `Crust <http://www.yelp.com/biz/crust-chicago>`_, `2056 W Division St<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2056+W+Division+St,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    CTA: Blue Line to Division, walk west 10 blocks or wave down a cab for
    a short ride.  About25/30 min ride from O'Hare.
    Interesting all-organic place -- from organic pizza to organic infused vodka.
  - `Coco Rouge <http://www.yelp.com/biz/coco-rouge-chicago>`_, `1940 W DivisionSt <http://www.yelp.com/biz/_kqBUeZsdPamjiXNmD56cA>`_ (773) 772-2626.  Another great chocolatier.

  Downtown Chicago
  ----------------

  Getting to the Loop from the hotel takes about45 minutes on the Blue Line.
  You can plan your trip to the city from the `CTA's website <http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/tripplanner.html>`_.

  - `Heaven on Seven<http://www.heavenonseven.com/>`_,
    `111 N. Wabash, Chicago<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=111+N+Wabash+Ave,+Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois+60602,+United+States&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&oi=georefine&ct=clnk&cd=1&geocode=0,41.883493,-87.626201>`_,
  (312)263-6443 or
    `600 N. Michigan, Chicago<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=600+N+Michigan+Ave,+Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois+60611,+United+States&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&cd=1&oi=georefine&ct=clnk&geocode=0,41.892573,-87.624194>`_,
  (312)280-7774.  Excellent Cajun food.  The original Wabash location is
    not open most evenings.  The Michigan Avenue location is likely to be crowded, so
    it's best to call ahead andmake reservations if you can.
  - `Siam Rice Thai <http://www.siamricethai.com/>`_,
    `117 N. Wells, Chicago<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=117+N+Wells+St,+Chicago,+IL+60606,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_ (312)606-9999.  Excellent Thai.
    Jam-packed at lunch, pretty empty at dinner, at least during theweek.
  - `Hannah's Bretzel <http://www.hannahsbretzel.com/>`_, This place is `wonderful! <http://www.yelp.com/biz/ZSUWhcLoo-aIPBDoMKw_vQ>`_. `180 W Washington St, Chicago<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=180+W+Washington+St,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_ (312) 621-1111
  - `Pizzeria Uno <http://www.yelp.com/biz/pizzeria-uno-chicago>`_, `29 E. OhioStreet, Chicago <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29+E+Ohio+St,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_
  - `Pizzeria Due <http://www.yelp.com/biz/pizzeria-due-chicago>`_, `619 N. Wabash Ave,Chicago <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=619+N+Wabash+Ave,+Chicago,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.

  Edgewater
  ---------

  - `Hop Leaf <http://www.hopleaf.com/>`_, Fine Food. BetterBeers, Wines & Spirits. Belgian Specialties. By El: the Berwyn stop of the CTA's Red Line is an easy 6-block walk (stroll through the Lakewood-Balmoral historical district) or transfer to the#92 Foster bus when you get out of the Jefferson Park el/metra station. 


  Elsewhere
  -----------

  - `Amitabul <http://www.amitabul.getwebnet.com/>`_,
    `6207 N Milwaukee Ave,Chicago <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=6207+N+Milwaukee+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60646,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_,
    (773)774-0276.
    The reviews on `Metromix <http://www.metromix.com/>`_ givethis vegan Korean restaurant five stars.
    Figure a 20-minute cab ride from the hotel.
  - `Wholly Frijoles <http://www.yelp.com/biz/wholly-frijoles-lincolnwood>`_, 
    `3908 W. Touhy Ave.,Lincolnwood <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3908+W+Touhy+Ave,+Lincolnwood,+IL+60712,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>`_.
    (847)329-9810.  Terrific, inexpensive Mexican food.
    Call ahead and getyour name on the list though.  The wait can be long.  25-minute cab ride to get there.
  - `Vosges Haut Chocolate Boutique <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=vosges&near=520+N+Michigan+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60611,+USA&sll=41.891815,-87.624164&sspn=0.008673,0.013969&ie=UTF8&ll=41.8987,-87.642403&spn=0.06938,0.111752&z=13&om=1>`_ (312) 644-9450
  -`Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=chocolate&near=Chicago,+IL&fb=1&view=text&cd=1&hl=en&latlng=41887100,-87624515,15252116222138841401>`_ (312) 696-1201
  - `BlommerChocolate Co. <http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=chocolate&near=Chicago,+IL&fb=1&view=text&cd=2&hl=en&latlng=41889058,-87642870,11599244525115576713>`_ (312) 226-7700

  OtherSources
  -------------

  If nothing above appeals to you there are a number of websites which offer more choices.

  - The `LTH Forum <http://lthforum.com>`_ is an extremely
  helpful and friendly discussion group for foodies in Chicago. This `GNR google map overlay <http://www.eatchicago.net/gnrmap.html>`_ provides a friendly interface to their annual `GreatNeighborhood Restaurant awards <http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewforum.php?f=28>`_.
  - WTTW's `Check Please! <http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=1,5>`_ has reviews of
    many Chicago arearestaurants.
  - If you have some time to spend searching, check out `Metromix <http://www.metromix.com/>`_ and the `Chicago Reader <http://www.chicagoreader.com/>`_.


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  ===================
  Shopping in Chicago
  ===================

  (This page is a work-in-progress.  `You can help! </2010/helping/>`_)

  Need a t-shirt?  Forget your USB cable?  Areyou always on the prowl for a
  good book?  Want to shop the Mag Mile?  Here are some pointers.

  Computer Stuff
  ==============

  In case you need to run out and get some oddcomputer cable you forgot, here
  are a few places sort of nearby.

  - Peregrine Systems, `6133 N. Riber Rd, Rosemont, IL <http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=computers&near=5801+N.+River+Rd,+Rosemont,+IL&sll=41.98562,-87.860886&sspn=0.600217,0.773163&ie=UTF8&latlng=41988755,-87860232,100867083148005985&ei=SbRAR8inM4zqqgLC6JzKAg&sig2=VcofeEdZ7A_pNFJvf9IOng&cd=1>`_
    (847)954-8100.
  - Circuit City, `5701 Touhy Ave, Niles, IL <http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=circuit+city&near=5801+N.+River+Rd,+Rosemont,+IL&sll=41.98562,-87.860886&sspn=0.600217,0.773163&ie=UTF8&latlng=42011950,-87770219,11750459277192309650&ei=DrNAR6aKLYTmqgLquYzWAg&sig2=4ZYlnNnAug5Ftx2mTovM_Q&cd=1>`_
    (847)647-1440.
  - BestBuy, `4100 N. Harlem Ave, Chicago, IL <http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=best+buy&near=5801+N.+River+Rd,+Rosemont,+IL&sll=42.263082,-87.707977&sspn=0.597598,0.773163&ie=UTF8&latlng=41954733,-87807298,950512510390609482&ei=37NAR9OeC5yMrAL1t7jPAg&sig2=PzZ6SSbyNdv9J7_a6uD-xQ&cd=1>`_
    (708)583-1839.

  and far, but fun.

  - Fry's, `3300 FinleyRd, Downers Grove, IL <http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=fry's+electronics&near=Chicago,+IL&fb=1&cid=0,0,15485127055130988747&ll=41.827938,-88.026624&spn=0.009034,0.013969&z=16&iwloc=A&om=1>`_ (630) 390-2100


  Geek-related
  ==============

  `The Apple Store <http://www.apple.com/retail/northmichiganavenue/map/>`_: 
  Located on theMagnificent Mile (Michigan Avenue from the river to Watertower Place, around 900 N.).
  Its an easy taxi ride from anywhere downtown; if you're already on Michigan Avenue near the river,its
  a reasonable walk (from the river probably 10 minutes). There is also an 
  `Apple Store <http://www.apple.com/retail/woodfield/week/20071118.html>`_ in 
  Schaumburg's Woodfield Mall inthe NW suburbs.

  `Microcenter <http://www.microcenter.com/at_the_stores/chicago.html>`_: 
  This is a great store with lower than average prices (for Chicago at least).  But, its agoodly
  cab ride and not near an EL stop.  If you take a cab, ask them to wait for you - you're unlikely
  to find an empty cab on the street Microcenter is on.  Its about a 10 minute driveout from downtown.

  `American Science & Surplus <http://www.sciplus.com/>`_: A cool source of scientific,
  educational, and entertaining items, often at well below retail prices.
  There's a store at `5316 N. Milwaukee Avenue
  <http://www.sciplus.com/storeDetail.cfm?store=1>`_, about 5 miles (8 km) from the
  hotel, near the Jefferson Park El station on the Blue line(3 stops away).

  Bibliomania
  ===========

  `Quimby's <http://www.quimbys.com/>`_: `Specialists in the importation, 
  distribution, and sale of unusual publications , aberrantperiodicals, 
  saucy comic booklets and assorted fancies as well as a comprehensive miscellany
  of the latest independent 'zines' that all the kids have been talking about.`

  `MyopicBooks <http://myopicbookstore.com/>`_

  `Women & Children First <http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/>`_

  `Centuries & Sleuths<http://www.centuriesandsleuths.com/>`_


  General Shopping
  ================

  `A fairly nifty map of Magnificent Mile shopping<http://www.chicagotraveler.com/chicago_magnificent_mile_shopping_map.htm>`_


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  ======================
  Getting Around Chicago
  ======================

  There's a free shuttle to get to the `hotel <../hotel>`_ from the airport.

  `Here's a custom Google mapwith the hotel, airport, restaurants and other points of interest.
  <http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101366992701854199693.0004464acc1cf925e6ad5&z=15>`_


  MassTransit
  ____________

  Chicago has an excellent mass transit system including rail and bus service 
  from both major airports and around the city.
  You can plan a trip using `the tripplanner <http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com/>`_ -- 
  highly recommended!  The planner doesn't make it obvious how fares work; if you see a fare 
  over $2 it's probably inaccurate if you get afare card.

  Chicago's rapid transit system is called the 'L'; this is run by `the Chicago Transit 
  Authority (CTA) <http://transitchicago.com>`_, who also runs bus service in the
  city.  `You can find system maps here. <http://transitchicago.com/maps/systemmaps.html>`_
  The CTA is a great way to get around if you want to `explore Chicago
  </2010/chicago/explore/>`_.

  The conference hotel is located two blocks south of the Rosemont 'L' station on the 
  Blue Line, a short walk away.  The Blue Line runs 24 hours a day.The hotel shuttle 
  will drop you off there too.  If you walk, be sure to cross River Road by Bryn Mawr Ave 
  as there's no chance after that.

  The 'L' costs $2 per trip, plus $0.25if you transfer to a bus.  You can purchase
  or add money to a fare card using cash at all 'L' stations (no credit cards).  Multiple 
  people can share a fare card but you'll only have onetransfer.  The CTA system map
  also makes a decent city map, and they'll usually have free maps at stations.
  Stations all have attendants who can answer your questions (but they can'thandle money
  or generally do anything very useful).

  Note that the 'L' is a very loud train.  If you're sensitive to noise, 
  the hotel-provided earplugs may come inhandy!

  See Wikipedia for `more about the 'L' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%27L%27>`_
  and for `more about the CTA<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority>`_.

  The commuter rail system is called Metra, and the suburban bus service is 
  called Pace; these are run by the Regional TransitAuthority (RTA).  `The 
  Metra schedule is here. <http://metrarail.com/schedule.html>`_
  `You can find more information on Pace routes here.
  <http://pacebus.com/sub/bus_system/default.asp>`_

  If you are coming into Midway Airport, note that taking the Orange Line to the Blue
  Line is slow.  The trip planner recommendstaking the #62 Bus to the Blue Line.
  You'll still want to pick up a fare care at the 'L' station (which you can use on
  the bus).

  Taxis
  _____

  If you wish to take a cabfrom O'Hare airport, follow the taxi signs overhead 
  in the arrivals area of the terminal.  There will be a taxi stand (often with 
  a line of people waiting).
  Here's what Fodor's website has to say about taking a taxi from a Chicago airport:

     "*BY TAXI*: Metered taxicab service is available at both O'Hare and 
     Midway airports. Trips to and from O'Hare mayincur a $1 surcharge to 
     compensate for changing fuel costs. Expect to pay about $40-$45 plus 
     tip from O'Hare to Near North and downtown locations, about $30-$35 
     plus tipfrom Midway. Some cabs, such as Checker Taxi and Yellow Cab, 
     participate in a share-a-ride program in which each cab carries up to 
     four individual passengers going from the airportto downtown. The 
     cost per person is substantially lower than the full rate, which is 
     approximately $50."

  You can flag down cabs along most busy streets in Chicago.  Ifyou're near 
  a hotel or cab stand (there are a few cab stands in the downtown area), you 
  may find a taxi more easily.

  If you have a group of people you can call for a taxi andrequest a minivan.  
  One possible service is 1-800-TAXICAB.  Yellow Cab Chicago seems to be in flux and
  haven't been answering their phone.  Note that there is an extra fee of $1 foreach
  passenger after the first (the fare structure is written down in each taxi, so you can 
  be pretty confident about what the fare should be).


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  ====================
  Traveling to Chicago
  ====================

  Work in progress.  `You can help! </2010/helping/>`_

  By Air
  ======

  It is important to know thatChicago has 2 major airports:

  * **O'Hare (ORD)**

    As their names suggest, both the Hyatt Regency O'Hare and 
    the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare are quite close to the O'HareInternational airport.
    O'Hare is the world's busiest airport, with connections and competitive fares to just about everywhere.

    If you arrive at O'Hare, you can `take yourhotel's free shuttle bus 
    </2010/chicago/hotel/>`_.

    If you are in a hurry, a taxi from O'Hare to the hotel should cost about $10-$15.
    If you are not loaded down with luggage,you could also take "Blue Line" "L" train from O'Hare to Rosemont (the first stop out of O'Hare)
    and walk 10 minutes south on River Road to the hotel.

    `O'Hare Flight information<http://www.ohare.com/fidsohare/>`_

  * **Midway (MDW)**

    Bargain hunters and procrastinators may be tempted by the low last minute fares offered by `Southwest<http://www.southwest.com/>`_, `Frontier <http://www.frontierairlines.com>`_ and other airlines to
    Chicago's Midway Airport.
    This is often a good option, but you should know that thetrip from Midway to the convention hotel will
    add some time and expense to your trip.
    The hotel's free shuttle bus will not go to Midway airport.

    A guess is that a taxi fromMidway to the hotel would cost $50-$80 and take around 45 minutes.

    With the "L" train, the trip will cost $2 and take 80 minutes to 2 hours.
    To do this, follow the signs at Midwayto the "Orange Line" "L".
    The Orange line will treat you to a very scenic "L"evated ride into Chicago's loop.
    Transfer at Clark/Lake street to the underground "Blue Line", which youshould take in the direction of O'Hare to the Rosemont stop.
    If you are tired or have a lot of luggage, call the hotel (847-671-6350) and have their free shuttle pick you up at the station(Rosemont).
    Otherwise, walk about about 3 minutes south on River Road to
    the Hyatt Regency O'Hare (on the left, east side)
    or 5 minutes south on River Road to the Crowne Plazahotel (on the right, west side).

    `Midway flight information <http://www.flychicago.com/fidsmidway/default.asp>`_

  * Flight Status

   * `Security checkpoint wait times<http://waittime.tsa.dhs.gov/index.html>`_
   * `Flight delay map <http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp>`_
   * `Flight delay plain text <http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/plaintext.html>`_
  * mobile friendly flight status http://mobile.orbitz.com/


  By Car
  ======
  Use this link to `Googlemaps
  <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Crown+Plaza+Hotel,+5440+N.+River+Road+60018&ie=UTF8&ll=42.002111,-87.878952&spn=0.112002,0.180244&z=12&iwloc=A&om=1>`_.

  `Parkingdetails here. </2010/registration/hotel#parking>`__

  By Rail
  =======
  `Amtrak <http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage>`_ has trains from all over the US.These trains arrive in downtown Chicago and have easy access to the "Blue Line" "L".

  By Bus
  ======
  From cities in the Midwest, `Greyhound <http://www.greyhound.com/home.asp>`_ and`MegaBus <http://www.megabus.com/us/>`_ are a reasonable options.
  Greyhound shares the "Chicago Cumberland Ave" stop with the Cumberland "Blue Line" "L" station.
  This is one stop from theRosemont "L" station, where the hotel is.
  This is within the 5-mile radius served by the hotel's free shuttle bus, so call them and have them pick you up.
  Hint: if you book 30 to 45 daysin advance, you might be able to get a $1 fare on MegaBus.

  MISCELLANEOUS
  =============

  Lithium Batteries
  -----------------

  * Official stuff:

   * `battery infosummary <http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_main.html>`_
   * `specific to batteries <http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html>`_
   * `Q&A PDF<http://safetravel.dot.gov/documents/airline_passengers_and_batteries.pdf>`_
   * `TSA info pg <http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/batteries.shtm>`_

  * Blog entries and otherinfo:

   * `Yahoo! <http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/62899 Yahoo!>`_
   * `DailyTech<http://www.dailytech.com/New+Airline+Battery+Bans+Complicated+but+Not+Brain+Surgery/article10172.htm>`_
   * `Gizmodo <http://gizmodo.com/338676/rumor-smashed-the-faa-isnt-banning-laptop-batteries>`_
   * `scary YouTube video clip <http://techthoughts.org/2007/12/31/new-faa-lithium-ion-battery-rules-jan-1-2008>`_


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  payment or free registration to conference speakers.  Conference
  registration, accommodations,and transportation are the
  responsibility of the speakers.

  However, `financial aid will be available, and speakers who pay their
  own way are encouraged to apply`__.  Giving a talk isa
  great rationale when requesting aid.  If you require financial aid in
  order to attend PyCon, please note it in your proposal and be sure to
  apply.

  __ /2010/registration/financial-aid/


  Permission to Record & Release Presentations
  ============================================

  Part of the motivation for PyCon is to help with Python educationand
  advocacy around the world, not just in the United States, and not just
  at PyCon. Accordingly,
  we intend to record all PyCon presentations and release the recordings
  on the web. Bysubmitting your talk proposal, you agree to give
  permission to the Python Software Foundation to record, edit, and
  release audio and/or video of your presentation.

  To cut down onadministration, no exceptions will be made. If you
  don't want to give the PSF permission to record your presentation and
  release the recording, do not submit a proposal.

  Fordetails, see the `Recording Release Agreement </2010/conference/release/>`__.


  PyCon Topics
  ============

  Suitable topics for PyCon presentations include, but are notlimited
  to:

  * Core Python, including Python 3000
  * Other implementations: IronPython, Jython, PyPy, and Stackless.
  * Python libraries and extensions
  * Businessapplications
  * Concurrency
  * Databases
  * Documentation
  * Education
  * Embedding and extending Python
  * Game programming
  * GUI programming
  * Network programming
  * Opensource Python projects
  * Packaging issues
  * Programming tools
  * Project best practices
  * Science and math
  * Social issues
  * System administration with Python
  * Testing
  *Web programming (Django, Pylons, Zope, TurboGears, WSGI...)

  There are `more ideas on this wiki page 
  <http://wiki.python.org/moin/Talk_Subjects>`__
  (and you can record your ownsuggestions).


  Talk Format
  ===========

  The preferred length for talks is 30 minutes. You can request a
  45-minute slot, but proposals requiring 45 minutes will bereviewed
  more stringently. 45-minute slots are, as a rule of thumb, reserved
  for how-to talks rather than talks about things you made, saw, or did.

  Open Space rooms will also beavailable for follow-up sessions.

  Session lengths include time for audience questions.  You should
  budget at least five minutes for questions; for example, a 30-minute
  talk will be25 minutes of presentation and 5 minutes of questions.

  `Panel discussions <faq/#panel-discussions>`_ are 65 minutes long.

  The `Help For Speakers <../helpforspeakers/>`__ page hassuggestions
  and advice for speakers.


  Proposal Submission Mechanics
  =============================

  Starting Monday the 29th of September 2008, use 
  the `PyCon OnlineProposal Submission system <release/>`__
  to send us your proposals.  You must `create an account on the website
  </2010/profile/new/?next=/2010/conference/proposals/>`__ (and be
  loggedin) in order to submit a proposal.  In your profile, be sure to
  include a one paragraph biography, written in the third person ("Presenter
  Name is..."); include where you live, your job,your projects, books
  you've written, volunteer activities, etc.

  The primary author should submit the proposal, after which additional
  authors can be added (they must have accountstoo).

  The proposal must include the following:

  * Talk title.
  * Duration: choose 30 minutes for most talks, or 45 minutes for
    how-tos and panel discussions.
  * Choose oneor more category tags.
  * Level: indicate the intended audience difficulty level: beginner, 
    intermediate, or advanced.  Add more detail in the summary and/or
    description, such asspecific experience required.
  * Summary (max. 100 words): for the website.
  * Description:

    - Detailed outline, for review (include timing).
    - Notes for reviewers.

    Thedescription field will not be visible on the website; it is
    for reviewers only.  However, some portions may be extracted later
    for the website.

  If your proposal is accepted, youare free to include a companion
  paper along with your presentation, to be published on the PyCon web
  site. If you're including a paper, you must do so by the paper
  submission deadline:March 01, 2010. This submission is to be your
  full paper, not a draft. It should contain the usual aspects of an
  academic paper such as an abstract, introduction, body and
  conclusion.Please ensure that the submission has had its grammar and
  spelling corrected and that code snippets work.

  Your paper allows attendees who attended your talk a chance to refresh
  theirmemories about your presentation, and gives attendees who missed
  your talk a chance to learn from you anyway. Make sure your paper
  includes -- at the very least -- a brief introduction toyour subject
  material and a list of further resources.

  Appropriate file formats include reST, HTML, and PDF. We encourage
  authors to place their papers under a Creative Commonslicense.
  Please visit the `Creative Commons "Choose a License" page
  <http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses>`__ to select a 
  license that meets your requirements.


  OtherPresentation Opportunities
  ================================

  If you don't want to make a formal presentation, you're still more
  than welcome to bring your new project or idea toPyCon!

  There will be several sessions of Lightning Talks, which are 5-minute
  mini-talks scheduled right at the conference. There will also be
  several Open Space rooms for informaland spur-of-the-moment
  presentations. Open Space slots are allocated during PyCon on a
  first-come first-served basis. These slots can be used for
  presentations, round table discussions,hands-on tutorials, follow-up
  discussions after scheduled talks, or anything else you wish to
  present.

  We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!


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  ===============
  Raffle Prizes
  ===============

  After a plenary session on Sunday we'll have raffle winner announcements and pickup.  
  Sponsors and their donations will beannounced and then we'll announce winners and the ID# on their badge.
  Winners will immediately proceed to the prize pick up table to claim a prize.

  The prizes we have so farare:

  *  Two people will win licenses for Resolver One.  Resolver One is a program
     that blends a familiar spreadsheet-like interface with the powerful Python
     programminglanguage, giving you a tool with which to better analyse and
     present your data.  This product only runs on Windows, so keep that in mind
     before you choose this prize. You can readmore about it at
     http://www.resolversystems.com/products/

  *  Several people will win one of the fine Python titles offered by Addison Wesley and

     - Prentice Hall.  Thetitles are:
     - Python Fundamentals (7.5 hours DVD video)
     - Python Fundamentals (7.5 hours DVD video)
     - Core Python Programming
     - Programming in Python 3
     - Programmingin Python 3
     - Python Web Development with Django

  *  Three people will win 3 OS licenses for Wingware.  
     The 3 OS license means that the Winner can install and use the producton Linux,
     OSX and Windows.  Wing IDE is the most advanced Python IDE available today. Wing's
     powerful debugging and code intelligence capabilities will turbo-charge your
     Pythondevelopment.  You can read more about it at
     http://www.wingware.com/
   
  *  `Time Well Spent <http://TimeWellSpent.org>`_ has donated a copy of the very popular cooperative board game`Pandemic. <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549>`_

  *  `Cat & Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_ and

  *  `Chicagoland Games <http://chicagolandgames.com>`_ have donatedseveral great board games:

     - Reiner Knizia's Cthulhu Rising
     - Twilight Creations Presents Zombies!!!
     - Bohnanza
     - Bohnanza
     - Citadels
     - Monty PythonFluxx

  *   O'Reilly has donated many books, including the following titles:

      - Programming Python, 3rd edition
      - Learning Python, 3rd edition
      - Learning Python, 3rdedition
      - Learning Python, 3rd edition
      - Intellectual Property and Open Source, by Van Lindberg
      - Intellectual Property and Open Source, by Van Lindberg
      - IntellectualProperty and Open Source, by Van Lindberg
      - Intellectual Property and Open Source, by Van Lindberg
      - Hello, Android
      - Head First PHP & MySQL
      - Head First PHP &MySQL
      - Head First SQL
      - Head First SQL
      - Head First Java
      - Head First Java
      - MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd edition
      - MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd edition
  - SQL in a Nutshell, 3rd edition
      - iPhone Forensics
      - iPhone Forensics
      - Using Drupal
      - Using Drupal
      - Using Drupal
      - Building Embedded Linux Systems
  - Building Embedded Linux Systems
      - Designing Gestural Interfaces
      - High Performance MySQL

      In addition, O'Reilly will send one title (of the winner's choice) to
  each of 5 winners, to be shipped after Pycon.

  * `Disney Animation Studios <http://www.disneyanimation.com/>`__
    has donated several copies of their new DVD release, "Bolt" (region 1,NTSC).

  * `The Fedora Project <http://fedoraproject.org/>`__ has donated an OLPC XO laptop.

  * `WearPython (Elegant Stitches) <http://www.wearpython.com>`__
    has donated a Python-branded hat, a "Dave's Low-Rider mug", and a Python branded USB flash drive.

  * `The EuroPython Society <http://www.europython.eu/>`__
    has donated one free registration (including 4nights at the conference hotel) for 
    `EuroPython 2010 <http://www.europython.eu/>`__.

  * Massimo di Pierro has donated 10 PDF copies of his `Web2Py book<http://www.web2py.com/>`__.

  * Michael Foord has donated 2 copies of his "Iron Python in Action" book.


  Fine Print
  ============

  Winners need to be present to claim aprize.  

  The prizes are not associated with a winning ID number, and the prizes will be 
  chosen by the winner at the pick-up table when they arrive.


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  Organizer Arrival and Contact Info
  ==================================

  **This page requires a login to be seen or edited**

  .. contents::

  ContactInfo
  ------------

  :Doug Napoleone: cell: 774-644-0049 | email: doug.napoleone@gmail.com
  :David Goodger: cell: **847-612-8138 (note: NEW)** | email: goodger@python.org /dgoodger@gmail.com
  :Ted Pollari: cell: 773-817-0768 | email: tcp@mac.com
  :Carl Karsten: cell: 847-331-1602 | email: carl@personnelware.com
  :Steven Wilcox: cell: 615-306-8210 | email:steven@wilcoxzone.com
  :A. Kuchling: cell: 703-577-6963 | email: amk@amk.ca
  :Cosmin: cell: 224-715-4771 | email: cosmin@offbytwo.com
  :Ewa Jodlowska: cell: 773-401-9513 | email:ewa@cteusa.com / jodlowska2@gmail.com
  :Jacob Kaplan-Moss: cell: 785-766-2474 | email: jacob@jacobian.org
  :Barry Hawkins: cell: 404-664-7108 | email: barry@alltc.com
  :Yarko Tymciurak:cell: 847-668-8985 | email: yarkot1@gmail.com
  :Greg Lindstrom: cell: 501-514-2219  | email: gslindstrom@gmail.com
  :Brandon Rhodes: cell: 404-704-6376  | email:brandon@rhodesmill.org
  :Catherine Devlin: cell: 937-344-8663 | email: catherine.devlin@gmail.com

  Arrival/Departure Times
  ------------------------

  :Doug Napoleone: Tue March 248:30pm (Flight Delayed) -> Thur April 2 1pm
  :David Goodger: arriving Monday March 23, 3:03pm, Air Canada 519;
                  departing Saturday April 4, AM.
  :Ted Pollari: arriving inChicago on March 15th, checking in on March 23rd; Checking out March 30, 
                  departing Chicago April 1st, AM
  :Steven Wilcox: arriving Tuesday March 24, PM;
  departing Sunday March 29th, AM
  :A. Kuchling: arriving Tuesday March 24, 1:54PM (NWA 3517); departing Tuesday March 31, 9:03AM (NWA 3574)
  :Cosmin: always in Chicago, at Hyatt from March 24to April 2nd
  :Yarko Tymciurak: always in Chicago, 
                    at Hyatt 3/24 ~7PM through 3/29;
  :Van Lindberg: Arriving late on Wednesday March 25, leaving late on Saturday March28
  :Ewa Jodlowska: Always in Chicago, leaving on Sunday March 29 and will be accessible via cell phone after that. 
  :Jacob Kaplan-Moss: Arriving 3/24, 6pm, AA1820. Departing 4/2, 3pm,AA1283.
  :Greg Lindstrom: Arriving Tuesday (late afternoon).  Departing Sunday AM
  :Brandon Rhodes: Arriving Tuesday (mid-day). Departing 4/2, afternoon.
  :Barry Hawkins: Arriving Tuesday9:00PM, Delta 1946; Departing Sunday 4:30 PM, Delta 1949
  :Catherine Devlin: Arriving Thursday afternoon, departing Sunday evening


  ShippingInformation
  ---------------------

  Shipments to the warehouse must arrive no later than March 24, 2010. 
  Shipments to the Hyatt Regency O’Hare should be timed to arrive on
  March 25-26, 2010 only. No earlier.

  :ADVANCE SHIPMENTS (ARRIVING BEFORE OR ON MARCH 24): Warehouse:

   | [Exhibitor name]
   | [Booth number]
   | PyCon Meeting
   | c/oRosemont Exposition Services, Inc.
   | 3412 River Road
   | Franklin Park, IL 60131


  :PYCON SHIPMENTS (ARRIVING MARCH 25 OR 26): Hyatt Regency O’Hare:

   |[Exhibitors name]
   | [Booth number]
   | PyCon Meeting
   | c/o Rosemont Exposition Services, Inc.
   | Hyatt Regency O’Hare
   | 9300 Bryn Mawr
   | Rosemont, IL 6001-8


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  ===============
  Publicize PyCon
  ===============

  **You** are the key to getting the word out about PyCon.  Here are some materials to help you do it.

  Blogbadges
  ===========

  If you blog, please let your readers know about PyCon.  A blog badge is a nice way to enhance such a post.

  .. image::  /media/2010/public/pycon2010-horizontal-large-215x135.png
  .. image::  /media/2010/public/pycon2010-horizontal-medium-170x105.png
  .. image::  /media/2010/public/pycon2010-horizontal-small-140x88.png
  .. image::/media/2010/public/pycon2010-horizontal-smaller-100x64.png

  Copy this HTML into your post to get a fully-functional badge.

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><imgsrc="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-horizontal-large-215x135.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><imgsrc="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-horizontal-medium-170x105.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><imgsrc="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-horizontal-small-140x88.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><imgsrc="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-horizontal-smaller-100x64.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  (Please don't just copy the image; the fully-functional badge ishyperlinked to the PyCon website.)

  You can also stick a cute little badge into your blog's permanent sidebar, like this:

  .. image::  /media/2010/public/pycon2010-strip-large-200x42.png
  .. image::  /media/2010/public/pycon2010-strip-medium-175x37.png
  .. image::  /media/2010/public/pycon2010-strip-small-140x30.png
  .. image::  /media/2010/public/pycon2010-strip-smaller-100x22.png

  The avatar badge's code.

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/Ppycon2010-strip-large-200x42.png"alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-strip-medium-175x37.png" alt="PyCon 2010:Chicago"></a>

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-strip-small-140x30.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  ::

  <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-strip-smaller-100x22.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  .. image:: /media/2010/public/pycon2010-vertical-large-158x360.png
  .. image:: /media/2010/public/pycon2010-vertical-medium-133x300.png
  .. image:: /media/2010/public/pycon2010-vertical-small-100x225.png
  .. image::/media/2010/public/pycon2010-vertical-smaller-75x170.png

  The portrait badge's code.

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><imgsrc="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-vertical-large-158x360.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><imgsrc="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-vertical-medium-133x300.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><imgsrc="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-vertical-small-100x225.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  ::

    <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><imgsrc="http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/public/pycon2010-vertical-smaller-75x170.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Chicago"></a>

  Tell it on the mountain
  =======================

  If youparticipate in mailing lists where PyCon would be of interest - and who *wouldn't* be interested in PyCon? -  let them know.  Don't forget your local user groups, computer associations, etc.Here's a sample announcement.

      PyCon 2010
      
      Chicago, IL
      
      March 27-29, 2010
      
      http://us.pycon.org/2010
      
      PyCon 2010, the seventhannual community conference for the Python programming language, will take place March 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel in Chicago, IL.
      
      A rich schedule is being planned,including presentations, keynotes, Lightning Talks, an exhibition hall, and the hands-on Python Lab.  Plentiful Open Space has been set aside for Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and other unscheduled"unconference"-style activity.  
      
      Topics span the range of Python programming activity from introductory to advanced.  Some topics are perennial; others focus on recent news, likePython 3.0 and new developments in Python for the .NET and Java environments.
      
      For 2010, the pre-conference tutorials have been expanded from one day to two (March 25 - 26) due totheir great popularity.  After the conference, four days of development sprints (March 30 to April 2) will bring participants together for face-to-face cooperation to advance several Python open-source projects.
      
      As Python usage has grown rapidly, PyCon has grown as well.  PyCon 2008's attendance topped 1000, up from 410 just two years ago.
              
      PyCon:http://us.pycon.org/2010
      
      PyCon blog: http://pycon.blogspot.com/
      
      Python language: http://python.org
      
  PyCon also has some professionally-made `press releases</2010/about/press/>`_.Those are good to give to people who work in the news media.  If you have any personal contacts in the media, please talk to them directly, and/or connect them with`Catherine Devlin <http://wiki.python.org/moin/CatherineDevlin>`_.

  Finally, here's a variant on the above blurb, written to target educators.

      PyCon 2010
      
      Chicago,IL
      
      March 27-29, 2010
      
      http://us.pycon.org/2010
      
      PyCon 2010, the seventh annual community conference for the Python programming language, will take placeMarch 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel in Chicago, IL.
      
      A rich schedule is being planned, including presentations, keynotes, Lightning Talks, an exhibition hall, and thehands-on Python Lab.  Plentiful Open Space has been set aside for Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and other unscheduled "unconference"-style activity.  
      
      Topics span the range of Pythonprogramming activity from introductory to advanced.  Some topics are perennial; others focus on recent news, like Python 3.0 and new developments in Python for the .NET and Java environments.

      For 2010, the pre-conference tutorials have been expanded from one day to two (March 25 - 26) due to their great popularity.  After the conference, four days of development sprints (March30 to April 2) will bring participants together for face-to-face cooperation to advance several Python open-source projects.
      
      As Python usage has grown rapidly, PyCon has grown aswell.  PyCon 2008's attendance topped 1000, up from 410 just two years ago.
              
      About Python:

      Python is a dynamic, open-source programming language suited to manykinds of software development.  TIOBE named Python the fastest-growing programming language of 2007.  Python is particularly recognized as a valuable language for education.  Its ease of useallows quick start-up and progress, yet it also encourages good long-term programming habits and style.  Its clear, readable syntax makes cooperation between students and instructors easy.Thanks to its broad capabilities, rich libraries, and vigorous community, Python can continue to be a student's language of choice long after moving from beginner to expert.  Python code can runon Java and .NET platforms through the Jython and IronPython implementations.
              
      PyCon: http://us.pycon.org/2010
      
      PyCon blog: http://pycon.blogspot.com/

      Python language: http://python.org
      

  Speak
  =====

  Are you a speaker at an upcoming event?  Great!  Here's a PyCon slide for your slide deck.

   * `OpenDocument slide </media/2010/public/slide.odp>`_
   * `Power Point slide </media/2010/public/slide.ppt>`_

  Poster/Flyer
  ============

  This one-sheet announcement can be used as aposter or flyer.  Hand copies around your user group meetings.  Post it on campuses.  Ask to post it at bookstores.  Put it in a card to your Mom.  (She always asks what you've been up to, afterall.)

   * `Open Document flyer </media/2010/public/poster.odp>`_
   * `Power Point flyer </media/2010/public/poster.ppt>`_
   
  Other
  =====

  Brainstorm.  Come up with otherpublicity ideas, and suggest them.  `Let your creativity run wild. <http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/2008/01/brilliant-pycon-publicity-ideas.html>`_

  `Catherine Devlin<http://wiki.python.org/moin/CatherineDevlin>`_ is serving as this year's volunteer publicity coordinator.  Please contact her with any questions, suggestions, or offers to help.


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  ===========
  Edu-Sig Bof
  ===========

  A BoF for members of the edu-sig community and anyone else with an interest 
  in Python in Education, or education about Python,or...

  Please join us!

  Feel free to add your own interests and suggestions below.

  Friday night:

  * Dinner:  Leave from outside Ballroom FGH at 6:25PM 
    
    Walk to6:45PM reservation at Maria's Mexican Restaurant, 9440 W Foster Ave.
    Maria's is about 600 yards south of the hotel - easy walking distance.  
    Inexpensive restaurant, mixed reviews,but local!  
    Reservation is for 10 people.  Please add your name so I can get a better count, or
    suggest something different!

    Attenders for Friday dinner:  Andy Harrington,André Roberge, Vern Ceder, 
    Ian Benson, Kirby Urner, Simon Ruiz, Gregor Lingl, Charles Severance, Ian Benson 

  * Meeting at 8:30PM in McCarran Open Space room


  If youare planning to attend PyCon 2010 in Chicago, please put your name and any 
  interest or background below.

  * Vern Ceder - teaching Python in secondary schools, revising Manning's *QuickPython Book* for Python 3
  * Michael Goldwasser - CS Faculty at Saint Louis University and co-author of the CS1 text "Object-Oriented Programming in Python"
  * Gregor Lingl - BRG 16, Highschool in Vienna, Austria. Author of "Python für Kids" and of the new turtle module, which is part of the Python Standard Library since Python 3.0. I'll arrive at Chicago on March 26thlate in the evening, so only 27th or 28th of March are appropriate for me
  * Andy Harrington Loyola U, Chicago, author of Hands-on Python Tutorial
  * André Roberge, author of RUR-PLEand Crunchy.
  * Charles Severance, University of Michigan - Author of Google Appengine book From O'Reilly
  * Kirby Urner, 4D Solutions, a pioneer in open source, teaching Python inPortland.
  * Ian Benson, stanford tizard

  ----------------
  Suggested Topics
  ----------------

  * Sugar
  * Should Python have analogs to Alice and Scratch?
  * Creating abank of online interactive doctest-based exercises. See for example http://pywhip.appspot.com/
  * Creating a repository of "beautiful code snippets", convincingly demonstrating the power or thebeauty
    of programming with Python - or the fun with it, donated by well known Python developers. (Making them to sort of role models)
  * What new features would you like to see added toCrunchy? ;-)

  --------------------
  Suggested Activities
  --------------------


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  Board Game Social
  =================
  Every year we have evening board game social sessions in the open space rooms, with one room as HQ. 


  Post Mortem
  -------------
  Thanksfor a sharing your time, friendship and games. 
  Please add your comments and suggestions for next year below:

  * Last year I brought a whiteboard for mini-sign ups but it wasn't used,so I didn't bring it this year. Should I have? (Dean)
  * * I never missed it (whiteboard). -- (Erich Heine)

  * Missed the Sunday night BGS, if there was one. Maybe I was looking tooeary? (730ish) -Doug
  * * I'm sorry there wasn't a crowd at 7:30 like on the previous nights, and  expected there would be a small group but not empty (enough for the loaner and bringalonggames). I had to leave pycon at 3:00. (Dean)

  * I had a lot of fun at this event, no complaints. Perhaps there could be an arrangement w/ the hotel or something to provide snacks, but thatis the only change I'd suggest. (Erich Heine)

   
  Directions
  ----------------
  The first official nights (and when there will be the most games and folks) is Friday and Saturdaynight, but I expect things may start Wednesday or Thursday night and run through the Sprints.

  If you're coming to PyCon and can bring a board game or looking to play a certain game,please add your name to 
  this page and say what you can bring.  Further details in Fine Print below.

  * What games would you like to see?
  * What games can you bring?

  Thanks forsharing your games and friendship! The room was packed on Friday and Saturday and again a highlight of my PyCon experience.

  What should we do different next year?

  Games People areBringing
  -------------------------------
  *Note: just because one person is bringing a specific game does not mean you should not bring yours as they will not always be at the board gamesocial; so please add your name.*

  * `Fluxx <http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Fluxx/Rules.html>`_ - 3-15 players. (Doug Napoleone) (Erich Heine)
  * `Monty Python Fluxx<http://www.fluxxgames.com/>`_ - 3-15 players. (Dean Goodmanson)
  * `IceTowers <http://www.wunderland.com/icehouse/IceTowers/Rules.html>`_ - 3-6 players. (Doug Napoleone)
  * `Carcassonne<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne_(board_game)>`_ - 2-5 players. (Doug Napoleone)
  * `Power Grid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Grid>`_ - 2-6, w/ expansion. (Dean G) 
  * `Bang!<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang!>`_ 3-8+ w/ expansions (Dean G)
  * `Pandemic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic_(board_game)>`_ 2-4 player cooperative game (Dean G, Luke O)
  *`Piecepack <http://piecepack.org>`_ (Dean Goodmanson)
  * `Settlers of Catan <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13>`_ (Erich Heine)
  * `Blockus <http://www.blokus.com/>`_ - 4 players(Erich Heine, standard)
  *  Blokus Trigon and 3-D (Rumis) - DeanG
  * `Hive <http://www.hivegame.com/>`_ - 2 players (Larry Hastings, standard and with Mosquito expansion)
  * `Army of Frogs<http://www.hivegame.com/>`_ - 3-4 players (DeanG)
  * `Citadels <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadels_(game)>`_ (Courtesy of `Cat & Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_)
  * `Witch's Brew<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34084>`_ (Courtesy of `Cat & Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_)
  * `En Garde! <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18963>`_ (Courtesy of `Cat &Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_)
  * `Incan Gold <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37759>`_ (Courtesy of `Cat & Mouse Games <http://cat-n-mouse.com/>`_)
  * `Battlestar Galactica<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37111>`_ (Courtesy of `Chicagoland Games <http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  * `Diplomacy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_(game)>`_ (Courtesyof `Chicagoland Games <http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  * `Tribune: Primus Inter Pares <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30957>`_ (Courtesy of `Chicagoland Games<http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  * `Ticket to Ride Europe <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14996>`_ (Courtesy of `Chicagoland Games <http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  *`Ticket to Ride Switzerland <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30746>`_  (Courtesy of `Chicagoland Games <http://www.chicagolandgames.com/>`_)
  * `Bohnanza<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohnanza>`_ 3-6 player trading game (DeanG--battered copy.)
  * Peurto Rico (and San Juan card version)

  * `Dominion<http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218>`_ 2-4 player deck building game, currently #6 on BoardGameGeek (Bill Barksdale)
  * `Taluva <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24508>`_ 2-4 playertile placement. (Luke O)
  * `Hey That's My Fish <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8203>`_ 2-4 player strategy with Penguins. (Luke O)

  Games People Would Like toSee
  ----------------------------------------

  * Carcassonne: The Tower
  * Democracy -  Which one?http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objecttype=boardgame&q=Democracy
  * `Crokinole - <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/521>`_ Heard so much about it, never seen itin person. May be a good conversation point also. I'll bring Sorry Sliders regardless. :-D (Dean)
  * `Ra - <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12>`_ My co-workers and I have been playingthis twice a week for the last few weeks. Alas, it is out-of-print (should be reprinted in May) and not my copy.


  Attendees
  -----------------

  * Doug Napoleone
  * DeanGoodmanson - goodmansond@gmail.com
  * Joe Germuska
  * Larry Hastings
  * Shawn Wheatley - this was probably my favorite part of PyCon last year! Power Grid was a blast. I encourage anyoneinterested to stop by.
  * Doug Philips - (arriving Thu eve, departing Mon AM, no sprints :( )
  * Paul Kippes - BGG profile, `pensive <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/user/pensive>`_
  * BillBarksdale - `wcbarksdale <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/user/wcbarksdale>`_

  General Comments/Questions
  --------------------------------

  The emphasis is on multiplayer games thatcan handle four or six people. 
  I don't think two-player games are very practical for me to bring, because 
  I'd have to bring so many of them; hopefully local attendees can bringchess,
  go, checkers, etc.  *(Doug Napoleone)*

      Last year a couple of us had to try pretty hard to get chess sets to play bughouse,
      a multi-player chess variant. Ill bebringing my chess set this year, and recomend
      othes bring sets and timers as well. (Erich Heine)

  I'll bring a chess set also and be throwing together more games than I'm listinghere. - Dean

  Last year's wiki page: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2008/BoardGameEvent 


  Fine Print
  ----------
  * Dean Goodmanson and Joe Germuska are Board GameCoordinators and we're expecting many other "runners" to pop in and greet newcomers or host a game or two as there may not be a full time host.  Arriving Thursday.
  * Courtesy is ubiquitousbut accidents can happen. The items your bring to this event are your responsibility.
  * Board games on tutorial and Sprint nights are welcome.
  * If a game is on the games table and isn'tyours, please don't remove it from the room without the owners permission.
  * Put your business card in your game boxes in case something gets left behind.


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  ======================
  TIP Dinner/BoF 
  ======================

  Sat Mar 28 6:30-?
  =================

  TIP stands for Testing in Python.  There's a mailing list of folks (http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/testing-in-python ) who care about testing and methodologies, be they Agile, TDD, Stupidity Driven Development, etc.  Discussions run the gamut of codeorganization, testing frameworks, continuous integration, web testing, etc.

  If you are interested in either dinner or the BoF please update the attendees sectionbelow.

  Dinner
  ======

  Meet in Hotel Lobby on Saturday March 28th at 6:30pm

  Titus has reserved one of the open space rooms, but someone should check to
  see what SteveHolden is doing with "teach me web testing"; it overlapped as of
  yesterday.  Plus he had a better room, so we should steal it from him if possible.

  For dinner, we'll probably orderpizza in, and Terry Peppers will
  be getting beer.  Please bring some cash or your paypal info ;).  I'd plan ~$10/perso
  for pizza, another $5-10 for beer.

  Ideas for dinner?Restaurants?
  See `Chicago Restaurants </2010/chicago/restaurants/>`__.

  * Pizza - where?

    Chicago has great pizza.  It's the home of "deep dish" style.

    Giordano's isgood.  They're a few blocks north on River Road, within walking
    distance if it's not too cold.  And they deliver.

    This is probably our default: ordering pizza in.

  *Maria's Mexican Restaurant

    * Here are the `walking directions <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=9300+Bryn+Mawr+Avenue+60018&daddr=9440+W+Foster+Ave,+Des+Plaines,+Illinois+60018&hl=en&geocode=&mra=pe&mrcr=0&rtol=0&dirflg=w&sll=41.973243,-87.863674&sspn=0.029449,0.027852&ie=UTF8&z=16>`_
    * 9440 W Foster Ave, Rosemont, IL 60656, USA · 773-992-2288
    *This is a short walk from the hotel.  It has a lot of space 
      but was a little crowded last year on a Sat night.  Might need to 
      call ahead to reserve space?

  * `Resi'sBierstube <http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/austrian/resis-bierstube-chicago/136004/content>`_
    
    * Best kept secret of Chicago
    * 20+ Bavarian beers on tap
    * It isgenerally not crowded and has been used for ad-hoc gatherings by `ChiPy <http://chipy.org/>`_.  
      If we wanted to project then we should probably call ahead otherwise it should be fine fora group of 20-ish.
    * This is about a 20-25 min drive from the hotel.  By public transport it is a little tricky 
      ~60 min, transfer Blue line to Brown exit Irving Park stop.  
  These train lines run all night though and would be ideal for a return trip.
      It is also possible to flag down cabs from where the bar is.
      Best option would be to organize a convoy(Terry Peppers and Kumar McMillan can drive 3-4 people each; Pam Zerbinos can probably take another 2-3.)

  BoF
  ===

  Starting on Saturday March 28th at 9-9:30pm (after dinner) inOpen Space DFW room.

  Plan is for lightning talks on testing related subjects followed by discussion/brainstorming/....

  Put ideas and name if interested in givingbelow

  Lightning talk ideas
  --------------------

  * Coverage - do we want anything other than line?  (Matt Harrison) Help from Titus and Ned.
  * Mock library shootout
  *Managing missing tests & other test reporting issues with Pandokia (Vicki Laidler)
  * Writing parameterized test cases (Aaron Maxwell)
  * A Holistic View of Testing (TerryPeppers)

  Attendees
  =========

  * Matt Harrison (dinner and bof)
  * Grig Gheorghiu (both)
  * Jason Pellerin (both)
  * Kumar McMillan (both)
  * Terry Peppers  (both)
  *Doug Hellmann (both)
  * Aaron Maxwell (both) + 0 to 2 colleagues
  * Nat Williams (both)
  * David Christian (both)
  * Titus Brown (both)
  * John Harrison (both)
  * Arne Grimstrup(bof)
  * Lukas Linhart (both) + 3 colleagues
  * Pam Zerbinos (both)
  * Kevin Boers (both)
  * Jesse London (both)
  * Paul Hildebrandt(both) + 2 colleagues
  * Vicki Laidler (bof)
  *Tim Hatch (both)
  * Mikeal Rogers (both)
  * Adam Christian (both)
  * Gary Bernhardt (both)
  * Doug Philips (both)
  * Ryan Freckleton (both)
  * Eric Holscher (both)
  * Mark Fink(both)
  * Tony Arkles (both) + 0-1 colleague


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  ===========================
   Hotel Info & Reservations
  ===========================

  `Click here for Hotel Reservations (off-site).`__

      | **PLEASE DO NOT MAKE RESERVATIONSDIRECTLY WITH THE HOTELS.**
      | See `Hotel Reservations`_ below for info.

  __
  .. _reservations: https://www.cteusa.com/pycon2/

  .. contents::

  There are two hotels forPyCon 2010:

  * **Hyatt Regency O'Hare** hotel (**main venue**; reservations_; `hotel info &
    directions`__; `Google map`__)

    __http://www.ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/services/maps/index.jsp?icamp=propMapDirections
    __ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9300+Bryn+Mawr+Avenue+60018

    Room rate: $135/night(single/double) + 13% tax, total $153/night.

    | 9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue,
    | Rosemont, Illinois, USA 60018
    | Tel:  +1 847 696 1234       Fax:  +1 847 698 0139 
    |
    | (Northside of Bryn Mawr Avenue, east of North River Road, 
      across from the D. E. Stephens Convention Center.)

    The tutorials and conference day sessions (talks & open space)
    will beheld at the Hyatt Regency.

  * **Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare** hotel (reservations_; `hotel info &
    directions`__; `Google map`__)

    __ http://www.crowneplazaohare.com/html/chicago-airport-hotel.asp
    __ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5440+North+River+Rd+60018

    Room rate: $105/night (single/double) + 13% tax, total $119/night.

    | 5440 N RiverRoad,
    | Rosemont, Illinois, USA 60018
    | Tel.: +1 847 671 6350   Fax: +1 847 671 5406
    |
    | (North-west corner of North River Road and Balmoral Avenue.)

    The summits andsprints will be held at the Crowne Plaza.

  `Getting to the hotels </2010/chicago/hotel/>`_: The hotels are near
  the Chicago O'Hare airport (ORD), with free shuttle busservice.

  `Traveling to Chicago </2010/chicago/travel/>`_.


  Hotel Reservations
  ===================

  `Hotel reservations info here (off-site).`__

  __reservations_

  Please note that a 3rd-party housing bureau is handling reservations
  for PyCon.  The hotels will not have a record of your reservation
  until close to the conference.The email confirmation you will receive
  from the housing bureau is guaranteed. Please check it for accuracy
  and contact the housing bureau with any changes (contact info is in
  theconfirmation message).  


  Room Sharing
  ============

  `Make arrangements on the "room sharing" wiki page.`__

  __http://us.pycon.org/2010/registration/room_sharing/

  Have a roommate and save 50%.  Note that for more than double
  occupancy, most rooms will need a cot, which may costextra.


  Parking
  =======

  .. Note:: Preliminary info; to be confirmed.

  At the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, parking is free for guests.

  The Crowne Plaza's parking lotcosts $18/day.

  Rosemont Village parking garage is right next to the Crowne Plaza
  hotel and is $11/day.


  Conference Rooms
  ================

  `PDF floor plan & capacitychart files are available here.`__

  __ http://ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/events/index.jsp


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  ==========================
  Mython Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ==========================

  :Project URL: http://mython.org/
  :Sprint Leader: `Jon Riehl<mailto:jriehl@spaceship.com>`_
  :Code repository: http://code.google.com/p/basil/source/checkout
  :Contributor Info: (see below)

  Mython is an extensible Python variant language.  Thelanguage is currently implemented in the MyFront compiler, which (at present) is a Python 2.5 compiler with some custom syntax for embedding other languages.

  An example of using Mython forembedding a
  scientific computing domain-specific language is documented at
  http://code.google.com/p/basil/wiki/MyFEM#Getting_Started.

  Agenda
  ======

  Some things we mightwant to do:

  * Introduce people to Mython and the MyFront compiler design.
  * Port MyFront to Python 3.0.  (This might be hard - there is a dependency on the compiler package, which isgone, IIRC.)
  * Prototype a Python 3.0 front-end for MyFront.
  * Crank a compile time version of ctypeslib (sans XMLGCC dependency).
  * The parser generator is "wonky".  We could look atother LL parser generators capable of generating an inheritable class (could also look at PEG's).
  * Bug fixes (some of which are documented here:http://code.google.com/p/basil/issues/list).

  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Mython sprint, please add your name below:

  * Jon Riehl (since I'm in Chicago,I'll be around for the long haul...)
  * Chris Cope (mon+tue. looking for an excuse to use python3)
  * Andy R Terrel (tue+thurs)


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  ===================================
  Open Government Sprint @ PyCon 2010
  ===================================

  :Project URL: http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2010/02/17/open-government-hackathon-chicago/
  :Sprint Leader: `James Turk <mailto:jturk@sunlightfoundation.com>`_
  :IRC Channel: #transparency on freenode
  :mailing list:http://groups.google.com/group/sunlightlabs

  This will be a 48 hour sprint where developers that are interested in contributing to an
  open source project that will free or otherwiseenhance government data can
  gather to brainstorm and hack on things.

  This sprint will be run by `Sunlight Labs <http://sunlightlabs.com>`_ which is the
  technology arm of the SunlightFoundation, a non-partisan non-profit dedicated
  to using the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and
  transparency.

  Who ShouldAttend?
  ==================

  Anyone that is interested in contributing to an open source project that will 
  free or otherwise enhance government data can gather to brainstorm and hackon 
  things.  Although the sprint takes place at PyCon you don't have to be attending 
  the conference to attend.  Participation is free and open 
  to anyone.

  What Happens at theOpen Government Hackathon?
  ==============================================

  The nature of the sprint will be fairly freeform, two Sunlight Labs members 
  will be on hand guiding usersthat want to contribute to opening up 
  the government. Users can come to the sprint without any background 
  and we would help coordinate them and place them on a project where there
  skills would be useful (there is always a ton of scraping that needs to be 
  done, building mini-web apps to showcase gov't data, etc.)

  Most likely we'll spend the first session onSunday talking about some 
  project ideas and then interested parties will break off into groups to work 
  on their projects.  Sunlight Labs developers will be available in person and
  online to provide guidance and share expertise.

  For ideas see the `Big Issues <http://wiki.sunlightlabs.com/index.php/>`_ and 
  `Project Ideas<http://wiki.sunlightlabs.com/index.php/Project_Ideas>`_ sections of the Sunlight Labs Wiki (and feel free to contribute your own)

  `discuss and vote on ideas<http://feedback.sunlightfoundation.com/hackathon>`_

  Also, the `Apps for America <http://sunlightlabs.com/appsforamerica/>`_ deadline is on March 31st, so it isn't too late to work onthat last minute contest entry and win $100 to $15,000 dollars.

  I'm Sold, When/Where Is It?
  ===========================

  There will be an introductory session at 4pm on SundayMarch 29th 
  where we'll get oriented and start working on some ideas.  The sprint itself 
  will take place March 30th and 31st (with potential to go longer depending on
  turnout/interest).

  The sprint will be taking place at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel.


  Attendees
  =========

  If you'll be attending the Open Gov't sprint,please add your name below:

  * James Turk
  * Vincent Youmans
  * Asheesh Laroia (leading the "Scrape the Web" tutorial on Thursday)
  * Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock
  * Douglas Mayle
  *Ian Bicking
  * Peter Rauchfusst
  * James Tauber (I'll be in the Pinax sprint but want to talk about how we can work together)
  * Anil Makhijani
  * Joe Germuska
  * RemyDeCausemaker
  * Brian Boyer
  * Tom Izard
  * Josh Ruihley
  * Mark Kohler
  * Andrew Montalenti (Cog Tree, LLC)
  * Sachin Kamdar (Cog Tree, LLC)
  * Jeff Ramnani
  * Shawn Brown
  *Anton Sipos
  * Adam Gomaa
  * Ilia Lobsanov (`Disclosed <http://disclosed.ca>`_ - Canadian Open Government)


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  ======================
  Hands-On Python I & II
  ======================


  Are you curious about Python and programming in general?  Are you new to programming?
  Start with theHands-on Python Tutorial.  Python is a great first programming 
  language, and a language to keep using.  In the tutorial you interactively try small 
  bits, get immediate feedback, and buildup your understanding and ability.  Early 
  examples are text manipulation in a mad-lib generator and graphical animation, which 
  you should understand, play with, and extend.  During thetutorial help will always 
  be available as you work at your own rate.  You are welcomed to continue with more 
  of the tutorial after PyCon.  


  Presenter
  ---------
  Thepresenter is Dr. Andrew Harrington, Director of Academic Programs in Computer 
  Science, Loyola University Chicago.  His original area was mathematics, and his 
  interests morphed throughcomplex analysis, to fractals, image compression, graphics, 
  and into programming languages and algorithms.  A current interest of his is to 
  get middle school and high school students tomerge the study of algebra and 
  geometry with an understanding of algorithms in Python.  

  .. _example: http://webpages.cs.luc.edu/~anh/python/hands-on/3.0/examples.zip
  .. _archive:http://webpages.cs.luc.edu/~anh/python/hands-on/3.0/handsonHtml.zip
  .. _Tutorial: http://webpages.cs.luc.edu/~anh/python/hands-on/3.0/handsonHtml/handson.html#x1-80001.2
  .. _Python:http://python.org



  Requirements
  ------------
  Own computer, or one shared between a pair of people, with the full Python 
  installed, including Idle.  There are tutorialversions for both Python 2.6 
  and for 3.0.  For consistency please come with Python_ version *3.0* installed.
  Also download and unzip the example_ program file archive.  In case internet
  connection is disrupted, it may also be helpful to download and unzip a copy 
  of the tutorial text archive_. There is are more detailed Windows-centric instructions
  in Section 1.2 ofthe online Tutorial_, and help and will be available in class.

  Mac and Linux users may find their machines 
  start with a partial Python installation:  Look at the python.org site for
  instructions on loading the full Python distribution, including Idle.  
  Windows users generally need to download the Python installer from python.org.  

  Outline
  -------
  Thistutorial is totally interactive and self-paced.  The timing will completely 
  depend on the person.  Participants are welcomed to start the easy beginning 
  descriptive parts at home, andconcentrate on the harder later creative parts 
  when individual help is available at the Tutorial.  Participants can do more or 
  fewer of the more creative exercises.  A person just workingfor 6 hours on 
  Tutorial Day with a partner might get into Loops And Sequences and understand the 
  use of strings, loops, functions, and a dictionary in a basic mad-lib example 
  program,and also be able to modify the example program effectively.  A faster 
  person, or one skipping a number of the exercises, or one reading the beginning 
  part ahead of time to get a jumpstart, or one who had seen a little bit of 
  programming in another language, might get into graphics.  Likely all will have 
  some of the later parts, like dynamic web pages, to continuewith after the 
  Tutorials.



  - The Python Interpreter 



  - Using the Idle Interactive Environment



  - Using Basic Types of Data:  Integers,Strings



  - Variable and Assignment



  - Print Statements



  - Input and Output



  - Defining Functions



  -Dictionaries



  - Loops and Sequences



  - String Indexing and Methods



  - Mad-Libs Revisited



  - Graphics



  -Files



  - If Statements and Conditions



  - Loops and Tuples



  - While Statements



  - Composing Web Pages in Python



  - CGI -Dynamic Web Pages


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  ==============================================
  A Curious Course on Coroutines and Concurrency
  ==============================================

  If you are a programmer who cares aboutPython and concurrency, then
  you should also care about Python coroutines.  Although they were
  first introduced in Python 2.5, coroutines remain one of Python's most
  overlooked features---often vaguely described as a curious "extension"
  of generator functions with little insight as to how they might be
  applied to real-world problems.  This tutorial examines coroutinesin
  a more practical light by showing how they are actually a very elegant
  way to implement a processing "task."  Using this task abstraction, it
  is possible to use coroutines toimplement processing pipelines, event
  handling systems, and programs based on cooperative multitasking.
  Moreover, if you define tasks using coroutines, they can be easily
  incorporatedinto more traditional concurrent programs that utilize
  threads or message passing.

  Presenter
  ---------
  David Beazley is the author of the "Python Essential Reference" andan
  independent Python trainer. A long time member of the Python
  community, David was involved with much of the early work in applying
  Python to high performance scientific software. Hehas also created a
  number of Python-related software development tools including SWIG and
  PLY. David is a member of the Python Software Foundation. He livesin
  Chicago.

  Requirements
  ------------
  Attendees should bring their laptop computer with Python 2.5 or newer
  installed.  No third party packages are required.

  ClassOutline
  -------------
  1. An introduction to coroutines.
  2. An introduction to tasks and concurrency.
  3. Coroutines as tasks.
  4. Why coroutines are an elegant taskabstraction.
  5. Coroutines and data flow processing.
  6. Coroutines and event dispatching.
  7. Coroutines and threads.
  8. Coroutines, subprocesses, and distributed systems.
  9.Coroutine scheduling and cooperative multitasking.
  10. Resources.


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  ============================================================
  Introduction to Functional Web Testing With Twill &Selenium
  ============================================================

  This tutorial aims to educate attendees on the the basics of functional testing 
  of web applications. Is yourapp rendered as plain HTML? Great! We'll show you 
  how to build a test suite for it. Is your app all AJAXy? No problem! We can do 
  that too! We're going to write a web application, first instraight html and then 
  with AJAX, and show you how to try to break it. At the end of this hands-on session, 
  you'll be able to write tests for almost any web site, using all open-sourcetools 
  and our favorite language - Python.

  Presenters
  ----------
  Pam Zerbinos lives in Evanston with a handful of cats. She works for Leapfrog Online, 
  LLC as a QualityAssurance Manager with her primary focus on developing and managing 
  a test suite that tests hundreds of websites with the push of a button. She spends 
  most of her free time cleaning upafter her cats and writing scripts for 
  delicious.com.

  Terry Peppers lives in Evanston, IL with his wife, son and two cats. He works as 
  the Director of Operations for LeapfrogOnline, LLC managing a team of Test and 
  System Engineers. His primary use of Python is in the creation of extensive 
  automated functional test suites for web applications. He's an activeuser of 
  both Nose and Twill. Prior to his functional test infection, Terry was also a 
  Project Manager and Producer in the publishing industry. He's been known to 
  dabble in music onthe side. 

  Kevin Boers lives in Chicago, IL and is allergic to cats. He is currently a 
  Quality Assurance Manager at Leapfrog Online LLC. Kevin's speciality is in 
  writing automatedfunctional test suites for Leapfrog's vast array of direct 
  marketing websites. Since 2000, he has also worked in QA for Encyclopaedia 
  Britannica, Inc., where he built a comprehensivefunctional test architecture 
  for their stable of educational and research-based web sites. When not working, 
  Kevin likes to rock out on a fake, child-sized, plasticguitar.

  Requirements
  ------------
  * Hardware
    
    * Laptop highly recommended; if you don't have one, come prepared to pair up with someone

  * Software
    
    *`Python 2.4.5 - 2.5.2 <http://python.org/download/>`_
    * `nose 0.10.4 <http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/>`_
    * `twill 0.9.0 <http://twill.idyll.org>`_
    *`BeautifulSoup 3.0.6 <http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/>`_
    * `Selenium RC 1.0 Beta 1 <http://selenium-rc.openqa.org/>`_
    * `Selenium IDE 1.0 Beta 2 <http://selenium-ide.openqa.org/>`_
    * `Firefox 3 <http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/>`_
    * Some kind of terminal


  Class Outline
  -------------
  * Introduction: 
    
    * Functional WebTesting

  * Part I: Testing Straight HTML Sites
    
    * Basics of nose-style tests with twill
    * Coding session: Break our web application

  * Part II: Upping the Ante WithAJAX
    
    * Basics of Selenium IDE and Selenium RC
    * Coding session: Break our web 2.0 application


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  ==============================================
  Python for Teachers (and Teachers of Teachers)
  ==============================================

  As a geek with Python kung fu, you havefun
  skills to share with others, including those still in high school and
  seeking to master mathematical concepts that will serve them for a
  life time.  In taking this tutorial, you'reopening a communications
  channel between yourself, and other eager learners hoping to partake
  more deeply of open source culture and the opportunities it offers.

  We know from lastyear that many PyCon delegates are broadly interested
  in education track. This proposal attempts to support this demand by
  developing some publicly-accessible Python-related materialthat
  demonstrates how object-oriented programming be learned by using them to
  implement concepts from the mathematical domain.

  Learning can take place at multiple levels:

  1.Python and object-oriented concepts.

  2. Mathematical concepts, which will be demonstrated in ways readily
     accessible to anyone who understands Python.

  3. Presentation ofprogramming topics in the educational environment.

  From this latter point of view the pair teaching format can be
  considered experimental. Its success or otherwise will bedetermined
  largely by group dynamics, and our goal is to make the outcome in and of
  itself provide useful empirical data helpful to others planningworkshops.


  Presenters
  ==========

  Kirby Urner, age 50, was born in Chicago and grew up
  overseas, before settling in Portland to work in the high technology
  sector.  Hehas a philosophy degree from Princeton University, was a
  contributing editor for McGraw-Hill, served as a mathematics teacher
  St. Dominic Academy and prestigious high school for young womenin
  Jersey City.  He currently works in a small private sector company
  serving both public and private sector clients.  Kirby is a single dad
  with two daughters, one grown, and one inhigh school.

  Steve Holden, aged (mumble) has been fiddling with
  computers since the 1960s. He graduated in Computational Science from
  Leeds University and has spent a lifetime onprogramming projects. He
  took up Python about ten years ago as the most sensible implementation
  of object-oriented ideas he had come across. He has a son approaching
  40, two cats, a six-month old pup and a wife but almost no life at all.

  Requirements
  ============
  Python 2.6, 3.0 preloaded, also
  POV-Ray, VPython, and PIL would be ideal, but not every participantis
  expected to dive in to equal degree on each topic, i.e. those just
  wanting to listen while browsing email, will balance those wishing to
  go whole hog into each and every exercise.skeleton code will be
  available in advance on the web, and will be updated after the presentation.

  Class Outline
  =============
  Math as Extensible Type System

  Namespaces:Honk, honk!

  Pythonic Types (Python's type system)

  Math as Storytelling (e.g. Cryptonomicon)

  Cryptography 101:  RSA by senior year ('In Code')

  Math Biota:  more on

  - Integers Modulo N,
  - Vegetable Group Soup etc.
  - Euler's Theorem & Fermat's Little Theorem

  The ASCII to Unicode transition:  a big story of our era

  SomePhilosophical Remarks (why Python?)

  Intermission

  Working with Math Objects

  Everything is a Snake in Python (thinking about __ribs__)

  Fractals with PIL

  Vectorsand Polyhedra with VPython

  Interlude (people help each other on projects)

  Scene Descriptions with POV-Ray (Python as glue language)
   


