[Events] This week's Python user group outreach report, "1/15 edition"

[Asheesh Laroia]

This past week, I:

* Took some time to read through past conversations and stay organized.

* Looked at the list of speakers at PyCon -- with help from a person on the 
OpenHatch Events list,

* Finally scheduled some time with PyLadies Dominicana. (I think they're a good 
target for a newcomers-to-programming workshop.)

* Reached out to Boston-area Django women programmers who might be interested 
in speaking at a specific Django SF meetup that wants more speakers.

* Got canceled-on by Django SF person, who was too busy to meet. That's a drag, 
because I think Django SF will be good for a newcomers-to-programming, perhaps 
women-and-their-friends-oriented Django workshop. I already have one other 
volunteer lined up.


Obstacles:

* The Meetup.com 3-max-emails-to-organizers-per-day thing has been tough. A day 
ago, I realized that I could pre-write the messages I send groups, which 
dramatically simplify the process of reaching out to them reliably daily. This 
should improve my throughput.

* Last week, I was a little overwhelmed by people to get in touch with, and 
focused more on replying and less on staying organized. This week, I cleaned 
that up.


This coming week:

* Follow up with conversations started in the past weeks to get people closer 
to yes, on project nights, newcomer-oriented intro programming workshops, and 
finding more women speakers.

* I expect to make a spreadsheet of names, general location, and email address 
for these women PyCon speakers since I haven't heard back from anyone else 
offering information like that. Then I'll see if there's a Python user group 
near them that they might be interested in speaking at.

-- Asheesh.