Hello all,

I'd like to organize a PhillyPUG Pub Night in early December.  How
does Wednesday December 9th at 6:30 PM at Manayunk Brewery sound to
everyone?

They have good beer and convenient parking.  The address is 4120 Main
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19127

Please let me know if that date/location works for you.

Thanks,
   Mike

Hello all,

I'd like to first thank Andrew for the time and support he's given to
PhillyPUG over the last four years, and also for the kind words he
extended my way in his email earlier this morning.

I think that PhillyPUG can learn a lot from the successes that David
has had with NYC Python.  He has already shared some great pointers on
the list, and I'll be in contact with David moving forward.  There
have been a few other folks in the group that have volunteered their
time and talents, and I'll be in touch in the coming days.

An early December Pub Night sounds like a great way to meet many of
you in person and discuss some next steps for PhillyPUG.  I'll be
creating a thread for that topic momentarily.

I appreciate this opportunity to support the local Python community,
and look forward to meeting and working with many of you in the coming
months.  As Andrew mentioned, my email address is mcoyle@....
  Feel free to contact me on or off-list with any questions that you
may have.

Thanks,
   Mike



On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Andrew Gwozdziewycz <apgwoz@...> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'd like to announce that Mike Coyle will be taking the lead as the
> new PhillyPUG dictator!
>
> For those of you who do not know Mike, he has a last name that is
> actually pronounceable, and is a co-founder of Botonomy LLC, a
> Python-centric consulting and software firm he started in 2005 with
> Christian Simms, another Philly-area Python guy. You may recognize
> Christian's name from his contributions to the SQLAlchemy Migrate,
> PyRTF, and Twisted projects.
>
> When we got off the phone yesterday, it was clear that Mike will be a
> good fit for this role. I believe that he will actively support and
> attempt to grow the Python community in the Philadelphia area. He plans
> to build out PhillyPug's online presence, coordinate monthly meetups,
> and grow our membership by increasing the visibility of PhillyPug to
> members of other regional developer groups.
>
> There will probably be many changes--maybe even a move of the mailing
> list, but please bear with him as he starts to get things setup, and
> support him the best you can.
>
> I know there has been interest in doing a Pub Night or maybe taking
> Hive76 up on it's offer to host in December, and I'd encourage Mike and
> the rest of the community to make that happen.
>
> I've also encouraged Mike to embrace volunteerism to its fullest. If
> you'd like to help out in some way, please be sure to reach out and
> let him know.
>
> Mike will be sending out an introductory email to the group shortly.
> In the meantime, he can be reached at mcoyle@....
>
> Let's all welcome Mike!
>
> Thank You All,
>
> Andrew Gwozdziewycz
> --
> http://www.apgwoz.com
>

Hello All,

I'd like to announce that Mike Coyle will be taking the lead as the
new PhillyPUG dictator!

For those of you who do not know Mike, he has a last name that is
actually pronounceable, and is a co-founder of Botonomy LLC, a
Python-centric consulting and software firm he started in 2005 with
Christian Simms, another Philly-area Python guy. You may recognize
Christian's name from his contributions to the SQLAlchemy Migrate,
PyRTF, and Twisted projects.

When we got off the phone yesterday, it was clear that Mike will be a
good fit for this role. I believe that he will actively support and
attempt to grow the Python community in the Philadelphia area. He plans
to build out PhillyPug's online presence, coordinate monthly meetups,
and grow our membership by increasing the visibility of PhillyPug to
members of other regional developer groups.

There will probably be many changes--maybe even a move of the mailing
list, but please bear with him as he starts to get things setup, and
support him the best you can.

I know there has been interest in doing a Pub Night or maybe taking
Hive76 up on it's offer to host in December, and I'd encourage Mike and
the rest of the community to make that happen.

I've also encouraged Mike to embrace volunteerism to its fullest. If
you'd like to help out in some way, please be sure to reach out and
let him know.

Mike will be sending out an introductory email to the group shortly.
In the meantime, he can be reached at mcoyle@....

Let's all welcome Mike!

Thank You All,

Andrew Gwozdziewycz
--
http://www.apgwoz.com

Hello All,

PhillyPug has obviously had a rough life. In the beginning there was
lots of interest, lots of ideas and a little bit of action, but the
group slowly faded. But, with Python becoming a language that more
people are looking to for production systems, and with the growing
popularity of Django, the time is now (err... yesterday) to get
PhillyPug going again and building a community around it in the
Philadelphia Area.

The problem is, I've done a horrible job of community building in the
past, and despite the fact that there's been another spark in interest
in setting up meetings and organizing events, there's a bigger
problem--I moved to NYC (No, I wasn't happy that the Yankees won. I
still cheered for the Phillies back in August when I saw them against
the Mets at CitiField, and when they choked against the Yankees
{though, I'm not much of a sports fan})

SO, I'm looking for someone to take over, or a few people to take
over. Ideally, you'll do a much better job than me, and be willing to
round up people to give talks and lightning talks (this has
historically been a problem [well, 3-4 years ago]) and have meetings
in some place where a number of people can congregate, potentially
around a projector. You should have a strong interest in Python and be
able to lead by example (e.g. give a talk once in a while). You'll
also need to ban/moderate 1 message and/or member request to the list
every 3-4 months. Ideally, you'll be passionate about community
building and grow the list 1000 fold, and hold so many meetings people
will have to use their sick time at work to attend them all (but,
that'll take time).

If that sounds like you, let me know, and I can relinquish my group
ownership rights to you.

Thanks,

Andrew Gwozdziewycz

--
http://www.apgwoz.com

Good morning all,

I currently have a client in Center City Philly that is looking to bring
on a Testing Engineer on a FTE basis.  It is a small, start-up company
and the primary development technologies they are using include Python,
Ruby, and Java.

This person will need to perform tests (regression, security,
white/blackbox, performance, etc.) and contribute to the automation of
product testing.  A background in software development (or at least
recent hands-on coding experience) is required...Although it is a
Testing Engineer, it's actually more of an engineer who enjoys working
around testing.  Some of the other areas that they are looking for this
person to have experience with include Linux, SVN, Selenium, Buildbot,
Agile/Scrum, and "high-volume" environments.

If interested in finding out more, please drop me a line at
Marc@... with your latest resume, and a convenient time to
speak...Thank you!

Marc Spiron
Human Capital Management, Inc.
610.230.0255
Marc@...
www.icn-i.com

> I am just about getting into django and want to deploy a couple of sites soon.
My current web host doesnt
> support django so am looking around. Anyone have any good/bad experiences with
django hosting?

I'm a big fan of Slicehost, if you want a cheap VPS. I've also heard
similar praise for Linode which I may
deploy whatever I do next to, as it's a little more bang for the buck RAM wise.

--
http://www.apgwoz.com

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