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

[Nate Aune]

Hey Asheesh,

I wonder if some sort of speaker<->meetup group matching service would
be useful. Potential speakers could enter their information: what
topics they could speak on, where they live, and if they're willing to
travel to give a talk, and then Python/Django meetup group organizers
could look at this list of potential speakers and contact them
directly about speaking. This would cut down on the amount of
coordination you need to do. A quick-n-dirty version of this could
simply be a publicly editable Google Spreadsheet, as long as people
were okay with having their email addresses listed on that
spreadsheet. Then you could make a big push to get women to add their
names to the list, and notify the meetup organizers about the list to
find their future speakers. Just an idea.

Nate

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:
> 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.
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