Reminder: Vote for a New EuroPython Logo

Earlier this year, the EuroPython organisers decided it was time to update the conference logo: the current logo has been in use since EuroPython began back in 2002. We asked for and received many great submissions for a new logo, and we’ve made these available on the EuroPython Web site.

Now we need your help in deciding which logo shall be part of the EuroPython conference’s updated image. Visit the EuroPython Web site to browse the submissions and to cast your votes on the ones you like the most:

http://www.europython.org/community/Planning/ProposedLogo

We intend to announce the winning logo on Friday 4th April at the latest, so hurry on over to the EuroPython site and cast your votes now!

(And stay tuned for more updates on EuroPython 2008!)

Vote for a New EuroPython Logo!

We’ve had many great submissions for the EuroPython logo competition, and it is now time to make a decision: the current logo has been in use since EuroPython began back in 2002; which logo should replace it?

Visit the EuroPython Web site to browse the entrants and to cast your votes:

http://www.europython.org/community/Planning/ProposedLogo

We’ll announce the winning logo after a suitable amount of time has elapsed, but don’t risk being too late: visit the site and vote now!

Any Interest in Tutorials?

As many of you may be aware, preparations for EuroPython 2008 – the European Python community conference – are under way. For the second year running, the event will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, with the main programme taking place on Monday 7th, Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th July.

Those of us involved with the conference are looking for ways in which we can make the event more interesting for beginners and experts alike.

One way in which we could do this, particularly for people who are learning Python, is to allocate time for tutorials. This approach appears to be popular at conferences like PyCon and PyCon UK, but isn’t something we normally do at EuroPython, though there are often talks are aimed at beginners in the schedule.

What we’d like to know is:

• Is this something that you would like to see?
• Would you be interested in giving a tutorial?
• Which subject would you be interested in hearing/talking about?

If you answered “yes” to either of the first two questions, please feel free to add suggestions for tutorials, either as a participant or as a speaker, to this page on the EuroPython Wiki:

http://www.europython.org/community/Talk_Suggestions

If you’re interested in participating in EuroPython this year in any way, please come and join us on the europython mailing list

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

or visit this page on the EuroPython Web site:

http://www.europython.org/community/Participants

Hope to see some of you there!

Talk Submissions Postponement

Unfortunately, we’re not yet ready to accept talk proposals/submissions for EuroPython 2008, despite what the official calendar has been showing. If you’re still thinking about possible talk ideas, or you have some strong opinions about what you want to hear at this year’s conference, you might like to influence the main conference themes. Feel free to drop by the talk/theme/activity suggestions page on the conference site:

http://www.europython.org/community/Talk_Suggestions

We hope to open for submissions soon!