[nylug-talk] Programming with python workshop

[Alex C]

This sounds interesting.. what is the time period to start this group?

alex

On 7/25/06, Peter C. Norton <spacey-nylug at lenin.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been talking for a long time about starting a workshop where
> nylug people do some programming together. I think that the time to
> start is the last week in august.
>
> The outline of my idea is as follows:
>
>  o 2-hour meetings at a location TBD (either corporate space or a
>    library)
>
>  o Meet once a week for 4 weeks. Meetings thereafter can happen 2x a
>    week, with communication via IRC
>
>  o Basics of programming will be covered if one or two people don't
>    know how to program, however this won't be an intro to programming
>    session.
>
>  o The goal is to create a groups of 3-4 people who are/would be
>    interested in contributing to an existing or new open-source
>    project. To get there, the participants will work on the language
>    for a few weeks. When 3 people feel ready, then a project will be
>    voted on by everyone. When a unanimously interesting project is
>    found, the group will join it and contribute as possible.
>
>  o The initial group probably can't be more than 8 people. The
>    project that get contributed to in the end can consist of 3-8 of
>    the people of the group. That means that 2 projects, actually, can
>    be selected.
>
> Is anyone interested in this progression? I'm open to suggestions at
> all points here.
>
> -Peter
>
> --
> The 5 year plan:
> In five years we'll make up another plan.
> Or just re-use this one.
>
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