IRC log of #europython for Thursday, 2008-06-26

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lac_hi hi19:07
lac_are we having a meeting?19:07
pboddieYes, if there are things to discuss.19:07
lac_Guido wants to know if we have 2 projectors.19:07
lac_I have 14,000 Euros in the bank in Sweden now, this does not count paypal payments.19:08
lac_so I can pay the hotel if I had a) the amount and b) their banking info.l19:08
lac_that's all that is up with me.19:08
lac_John said that he might not be able to make this meeting19:08
* dboddie_office just remembered the meeting.19:09
pboddieI guess Aiste needs to pass on the information about the hotel, but she doesn't seem to be here.19:09
dboddie_officepboddie: Did you write up the last meeting?19:09
lac_Ok, other news, I get into a kayak saturday morning early and head out to sea for 2 days. back sunday night.19:10
pboddiedboddie_office: No.19:10
lac_so if anything happens over the weekend I cannot fix it.19:10
* dboddie_office checks the logs.19:10
lac_other news  guido and the hotel now can talk with each other, so this keynote will be ok.19:10
lac_phew!19:11
pboddieThe only thing that I've been involved with recently was the T-shirt printing, but I only passed on Zack's revised logo to one of Aiste's volunteers.19:11
pboddieI'm assuming that everyone is pressing on with the T-shirt printing now.19:11
dboddie_officeAny news about sponsors (people/companies)?19:12
jacob22dboddie_office: We have Canonical as sponsors.19:13
dboddie_officejacob22: Cool. That's good to know.19:13
pboddiejacob22: Great! If there's a banner image, point me to it!19:13
jacob22pboddie: I will send it to you after the meeting.19:14
jacob22I don't know if Infrae were on board last meeting. They are now.19:14
pboddieTheir logo is a banner, too. I noticed that the PSF are a sponsor also.19:15
lac_ditto with the PSF though we have yet to see their deposit.19:15
jacob22I am not on top of the PSF sonsorship. I don't have the contact and I haven't made them an invoice. Who is doing this?19:16
lac_I was the one that talked with them, but I haven't sent them an invoice either.  Raymond Hettinger told me that at their last board meeting they decided that they wanted to give us a silver sponsorship19:17
jacob22This seems a little on the loose side. Is Raymond the formal PSF contact?19:18
lac_If you have an invoice set up, sending it to psf at python dot org19:18
lac_they are always on the loose side and everybody does the talking19:18
lac_I send things to psf at python dor org and take responses from all over.19:19
jacob22That is horrible. Ok, I'll make out an invoice.19:19
lac_It is horrible, but telling them that they could be more orderly seems not the best path to sponsorship.19:20
pboddieI uploaded your template to the Wiki, by the way, but it's "private" right now.19:20
lac_if you cc me on what you send them, then I can continute to do the talking, if you like.  Or you can take over.19:21
pboddieApart from that, there's been a reminder to register blogged, and I guess we're just waiting for people to submit any late talks and to register themselves.19:24
dboddie_officeDo we know what will need to be done immediately before the conference?19:25
lac_I have aiste on the phone now.  what questions for her? she is at a competition, no computers19:25
dboddie_officePayment of hotel19:26
dboddie_officeAnd if she needs volunteers for stuff before the event.19:27
jacob22There is a bunch of things to do just before the conference. Print and cut out badges. Stuff tote-abgs. Pick up and sort T-shirts by size. Set up the reception. Prepare the wifi network. Check the rooms. Get the sponsor banners in place...19:27
lac_Aiste is gone now.  she is competing at a horse event for the next 3 days, and all today too.19:28
dboddie_officeJust looking at the logs for last week, the only questions I have are about the status of printing things.19:29
pboddieWell, I guess we'll be around before the conference in case volunteers are needed.19:29
dboddie_officejacob22: I'm assuming the T-shirts will be ready by then. :-)19:31
dboddie_office...and the tote bags, but are those being printed on as well?19:32
jacob22dboddie_office: Not much we can do if they aren't.19:32
dboddie_officeWell, there's an open space activity. :-)19:32
jacob22dboddie_office: I though John already had done the tote-bags.19:32
dboddie_officeThe timetable page looks really good, by the way.19:35
dboddie_officeI'm guessing that Opera didn't come through in the sponsorship department, or did they do something a bit different to the others?19:36
jacob22dboddie_office: They never contacted me at all.19:37
dboddie_officejacob22: And I forgot to chase them up. Sorry about that.19:40
jacob22dboddie_office: Not a problem. We'll get started earlier next year.19:41
dboddie_officeI imagine that we would have heard something if they had wanted more information. I guess we'll find out at the conference.19:41
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pboddieI guess there isn't much more to discuss.19:46
dboddie_officeI'll hang around, anyway. You never know who'll turn up.19:51
jacob22PSF invoice has been sent.19:52
dboddie_officeThanks. Are there any other pending financial things to do, apart from paying the venue?19:54
* pboddie is leaving.20:02
pboddieSee you all later! Have a good weekend kayaking!20:02
jacob22dboddie_office: Only small bits. I'm awaiting a PO from Sun before I can invoice them. There are still payments dropping in that need registering. I assume there are other small things to purchase.20:03
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dboddie_officeOK.20:04
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dboddie_officeDo any (either) of you have anything else to discuss?20:22
MrTopfOh, hi :)20:32
MrTopfI should set my alarm .. ;)20:32
MrTopfhow many people are registered so far btw?20:35
dboddie_officeMrTopf: I don't know the latest figure.20:42
MrTopfI am just wondering if I will feel alone or not ;-)20:43
dboddie_officeTwo weeks ago, it was 158.20:43
MrTopfok, not too alone :)20:43
MrTopfI will also blog about it later again to ask people to sign up20:43
dboddie_officeToo many for another surprise restaurant visit.20:44
MrTopfyeah, maybe there should be some plan for the first evening :)20:44
dboddie_office"Same procedure as last year, everyone!"20:44
MrTopfas for video btw. I so far had no reaction to my question20:45
dboddie_officeHmm. :-(20:45
MrTopfso I assume I will do one room or one stream at least (and change rooms)20:45
dboddie_officeIt's easier to do audio, so maybe people will try that.20:45
jacob22MrTopf: Laura said something about 210 yesterday.20:51
MrTopfHm, not sure. you still need a computer and equipment20:51
MrTopfah, thanks20:51
MrTopfhow does that number actually compare to the last years?20:52
jacob22I think the total tally for last year was 215, including on-site registration.20:53
jacob22MrTopf: Our prognosis is for a total of 240 this year.20:54
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mgedminwasn't it 225 last year?21:01
MrTopfif it's more this year then it's good :)21:10
LarstiQmoin21:20
LarstiQdboddie_office: does it hurt to try and contact Opera once more, asking if they're still interested?21:23
dboddie_officeI guess I could try getting hold of one of the attendees.21:31
dboddie_officeMaybe they'll want to do something informal.21:31
* LarstiQ nods21:38
* dboddie_office wonders if there are any distutils experts present.21:46
LarstiQnot an expert by far, but shoot :)21:46
dboddie_officeDo you know how to change the build command so that it does some extra work.21:48
dboddie_office?21:48
* mgedmin assumes the answer is "painfully"21:48
LarstiQdboddie_office: 'cmdclass': {'build': custom_build} ?21:49
LarstiQdboddie_office: for example, with from Pyrex.Distutils import build_ext in the build_ext case21:50
dboddie_officeLarstiQ: I created a subclass of build_py, but it seems that calling the base class's __init__ method is a bad idea (infinite recursion).21:51
dboddie_officeLarstiQ: But maybe Pyrex is a good example to look at.21:51
dboddie_officeLarstiQ: Thanks. It looks scary, but maybe I can find a way to defeat it. :-)21:53
LarstiQdboddie_office: good luck :)21:54
dboddie_officeUgh, this is going to take some time.22:18
* dboddie_office rolls his sleeves up...22:18
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