Chris Curvey has been running the Boston Python Interest Group for a few years now and done a fantastic job. Work and other commitments will be keeping him from keeping this up, and for a while now he has been asking for someone else to step forward. No one person can manage everything, and a number of people have stepped forward to help out. Sally Kleinfieldt of the The Nature Conservatory will continue to host the semi-monthly formal presentations. I will deal with announcements and scheduling. Will Guaraldi offered to pay for a year of meetup.com, but we will try to get some corporate sponsorship first.
This evening was the second informal meet up of the year, held at Trident Booksellers on Newbury Street. In total there were five of us, which is about average for informal sessions rescheduled with one day notice (oops). This allowed for some intense discussion with a fair amount of depth, on a wide range of topics. I originally planned a seed discussion on a number of open source projects which are in need of more volunteer (and paid) support. We were so busy talking about education, engineering, Python 3000, and the differences between object and functional programming that we never really got to any projects besides OLPC; which is good as I left the materials on the printer at work. I love informal gatherings like this because it allows for some amazing free association and everyone comes away learning something. Hearing how others are using python and other technologies to solve real world problems or just for fun; it never gets old. Here are the highlights (as much as I can remember………)
