go to PyCon 2015!

[chadwhitacre]

Per private email w/ @dianaclarke, I've submitted a sponsorship application at the open-source/community level on the website.

[chadwhitacre]

I think we should just get a bistro table and electric this year.

[chadwhitacre]

Thanks Diana! I submitted the sponsorship application. Tracking on the Gratipay side here:

https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/111

Logo attached in SVG and PNG (150px).

How about this for a description?

Gratipay - https://gratipay.com/ - Gratipay (formerly Gittip) is a way to give money every week to people and teams you believe in. Our mission is to enable an economy of gratitude, generosity, and love. We are an open company, funded on our own platform.

Let me know what else you need from me. :-)

[dianaclarke]

The logo & description are up on the PyCon site now. I've also tweeted the sponsorship from the PyCon twitter account.

https://us.pycon.org/2015/sponsors/
https://twitter.com/pycon/status/534833458502438912

There was a typo in my first tweet, so I deleted it. Sorry about that.

--diana

[chadwhitacre]

Thanks @dianaclarke! Glad to be on board! :dancer:

[ReginaHolliday]

 Hey Chad, you wanted me to let you know when more info was up on the medical conference in Maryland in June.  Here it is is : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cinderblocks2-tickets-6811480321 Regina Holliday home 301-895-8123mobile 202-441-9664 Speaker's Profile:  http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/regina-hollidayBlog: http://reginaholliday.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/regina.holliday http://twitter.com/ReginaHolliday From: Chad Whitacre notifications@github.com To: gratipay/inside.gratipay.com inside.gratipay.com@noreply.github.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [inside.gratipay.com] go to PyCon 2015! (#111)

Thanks @dianaclarke! Glad to be on board! — Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

[chadwhitacre]

Thanks @ReginaHolliday! I've copied your message over to #87.

[chadwhitacre]

If the giant heart coin (https://github.com/gratipay/gratipay.com/issues/2985) comes together right we may be able to use it as a backdrop.

[chadwhitacre]

[chadwhitacre]

cc: @chrisdev You'll be at PyCon, ya?

[techtonik]

PyCon account at https://gratipay.com/pycon/ needs some care. Why avatar is not updated?

[chadwhitacre]

I'm unable to make it to PyCon this year (there's a big retirement party for my dad on Friday the 10th). @chrisdev will be there and is willing to staff the booth. He would like to find someone else to join him. Maybe @lyndsysimon, and/or @aisipos?

We get one free registration with the booth. Maybe we can transfer that. Who wants it?

[dianaclarke]

@whit537 Your sponsorship comes with two full tickets to PyCon, not just one. And we're sold out, so those tickets are in hot demand. Anyhoo, perhaps you could consider sending two people to additional PyCon to help staff your booth during the busy times.

[dianaclarke]

@whit537 PS. The busy times are listed here:

https://us.pycon.org/2015/sponsors/exhibitfloor/

It's really important to have your booth staffed during those times.

Thanks!

[chrisdev]

Is there no one who wants to go to PyCon 2015? Free ticket and you can share my hotel room which will reduce the cost even more! From my experience its hard to do an effective job at the boot with only one person.

[chadwhitacre]

Thanks for the info, @dianaclarke. Good news about two registrations! Shall I email Ewa to transfer one to @chrisdev? I've emailed @aisipos to see if he can use the other to help Chris with the Gratipay booth.

[dianaclarke]

@whit537 Please email pycon8-reg@cteusa.com to transfer your ticket.

[chadwhitacre]

@dianaclarke Will do, thanks! :-)

[chadwhitacre]

Registration transferred to @chrisdev! :dancer:

[chrisdev]

:+1: @whit537 @dianaclarke

[lyndsysimon]

I'll be at PyCon this year, but will be representing COS and won't be available to staff the Gratipay booth.

I will bring decals, though!

[citruspi]

Hey,

I'd be interested in helping out with staffing the Gratipay booth. How would we plan who staffs when?

Because I'm happy to staff the booth but there are some talks/events that I'd prefer not to miss...

— @citruspi

[chrisdev]

Great! We can come up with a duty roster since PyCon is being so strict about boot staffing! @citruspi is I assuming you already have your PyCon ticket? @whit537 can we help him out?

[citruspi]

@chrisdev,

I do already have PyCon ticket.

— @citruspi

[chadwhitacre]

Thanks, @lyndsysimon! I believe COS and Gratipay are next door to one another! :-)

@citruspi Huzzah! Thank you! I'll email the PyCon registration folks. What's a good email address to cc: you (ping me at chad@zetaweb.com to if you want to keep it private)?

[citruspi]

@whit537,

The email address to cc: me with would be hello@mihirsingh.com.

— @citruspi

[chrisdev]

With no @whit537 we probably need some actual swag to spice up the boot

• [ ] Penny Punch or at least some pre punched pennies - you can send some prepunched pennies to @citruspi via UPS or something?
• [ ] The giant heart that @whit537 made for the parade. Is it too big?
• [ ] Posters?
• [ ] Tee shirts - I can bring about 20 with me. @whit537 do we not have a design worked out already?
• [ ] Decals/stickers @lyndsysimon

[citruspi]

@chrisdev,

Are the t-shirts for volunteers (us) or for attendees? If it's for attendees, which I feel like it is, I think we'll want more than 20. If the hotel is fine with it, I'd be interested in finding out how much it would cost to ship fifty to a hundred to the hotel before we arrive.

— @citruspi

[chadwhitacre]

@citruspi @chrisdev Let's say your budget is $500. In the past we've spent this on electric + table and chairs for the booth. If you'd rather spend it on swag + shipping that's fine with me.

[chrisdev]

@whit537 So we have to pay for the tables and chairs??

[citruspi]

@whit537,

What exactly do you mean by "electric?" Are we paying for the electricity?

— @citruspi

[chadwhitacre]

We get a folding table and two chairs gratis. In the past we've added a "bistro table" and additional chairs. Electric service in the booth is also extra, yes.

[chadwhitacre]

I can ship the penny punch and the big heart coin if you like. The heart coin might need a little repair first.

Here's the form for ordering furniture and electric service:

https://ordering.ges.com/CA-00015D54/downloadForms

[chrisdev]

@whit537 where can we find out more about this? I'm not seeing the details in https://us.pycon.org/2015/sponsors/exhibitfloor/

[chadwhitacre]

Actually, that's the whole exhibitor's manual.

@chrisdev @citruspi Maybe we should have a call to discuss? There was a bit of a learning curve for me on this and I'd be happy to pass on my knowledge. :)

[chrisdev]

Yea I've looked at those forms :-1: So at @citruspi I think we need to do a Google hangout with @whit537 to bone up on this expo stuff What times/date is good for you guys

[chadwhitacre]

@citruspi I sent an email asking to add you to the Gratipay registration.

[chadwhitacre]

Re: availability for a call, I will know more in a couple hours. I may go to NYC later this week ...

[citruspi]

@whit537,

Thanks, got it.

— @citruspi

[citruspi]

@whit537 @chrisdev,

Preferably not this week - I'll be traveling to Rochester for most of it.

— @citruspi

[chrisdev]

@whit537 @citruspi my preferred time to chat is Saturday/Sunday 14/15th at 5.30 pm to 8.30pm GMT -4 In not convenient for you guys we can try for a Weekday from around 6.30pm I'm also up early so we can do always do something from 3.30am any day of the week

[chadwhitacre]

Thanks @chrisdev.

@citruspi Would Sunday the 15th at 7:00pm GMT-4 (US/Eastern) work for you?

[citruspi]

@whit537,

Yup, Sunday the 15th at 1900 GMT-4 definitely works for me.

— @citruspi

[chrisdev]

@whit537 @citruspi Google Hangout or Skype?

[citruspi]

@chrisdev,

I'd really prefer it not be Skype. What about Firefox Hello?

— @citruspi

[chrisdev]

@citruspi I hate Skype but... Firefox hello looks cool maybe we should give it a try? Saves me from having to reinstall Chrome on my machine

[citruspi]

@chrisdev,

Exactly! I don't want to have to install Skype and the only reason I use Google Chrome is for Hangouts, and when I use it my computer becomes very hot.

Plus, Firefox Hello is open source :wink: and only one of us is required to have Firefox to initiate the call. The rest of us can use any browser that supports WebRTC.

— @citruspi

[chadwhitacre]

Yup, Sunday the 15th at 1900 GMT-4 definitely works for me.

Cool. On the calendar.

The nice thing about Hangouts is that we get streaming and archiving on YouTube. Can we accomplish the same using Hello?

[citruspi]

@whit537,

I hadn't thought of that. I don't believe Hello offers this.

I'd be fine using Chrome for Hangouts for this.

— @citruspi

[chadwhitacre]

Eventually we'll have enough clout to start using open tools as much as possible, but for now we tend to use best-in-class so we don't slow ourselves down unnecessarily. Let's go with Hangouts for this one.

[lyndsysimon]

This issue is deluging my inbox, and I'm trying to simplify - so I've set it to ignore. If my attention is needed again, please mention me.