[pydata-outreach-staff] Draft of "punchy" invite

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012, Vid wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:
>> Suggested text:
>>
>> <text>
>>
>> Subject: Learn how to do science with Python, and make the tools better, Sun
>> 12/17
>>
>> On Sunday, Dec 17, newcomers and experienced programmers will be working
>> together to teach, learn, and improve data processing tools in Python,
>> including graphing/plotting (matplotlib), advanced data structure tools for
>> statistics (Pandas), and the enhanced interactive Python shell (IPython).
>
> Asheesh, I hope you have not sent this out as it changes the whole
> focus of the event drastically. The point of inviting a single
> core-dev for a full-day workshop was to enable folks to focus on the
> package they work with, so I personally feel it is quite rude to
> suddenly change the focus of the event.

Yup, haven't sent it out -- that's why I sent it here first.

> Despite the event being called "PyData" (I was not sure which core-dev
> would do a talk at such short notice, hence generic), this event will
> be lead by Chang and I would prefer if people came to hack on Pandas
> only. I do understand that a generic "hack on any scientific python
> toolset" would probably bring in more people, but "showing numbers"
> was never my goal when I kick-started the workshop.
> I do understand that different people would have different interests
> and they are free to fork the event (we are on Github afterall :)) and
> hold yet another hack session and I would love to attend it before I
> leave NY. But 16Dec is reserved for "Pandas with Chang She" :)

Got it. I realized this was was possible, which is why I sent all those 
emails here, rather than widely.

Sorry if I scared you, and I definitely don't mean to be rude. Just a 
misunderstanding; please accept my apologies.

I'll await answers to the other emails in the thread, and then get back to 
you with a new draft "punchy" invite.

-- Asheesh.