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PyCon_ is the annual North American Python community conference, first
held in 2003, organized and staffed by community volunteers, and
underwritten by the `Python Software Foundation
<http://www.python.org/psf/>`__.  I attended my first PyCon_ in 2004
in Washington D.C.  I was "on staff" from the beginning, helping out
more each year.  I was the Chair of `PyCon 2008`__ and `PyCon 2009`__,
both held in Chicago.

I contribute to the `PyCon weblog <http://pycon.blogspot.com/>`_.

.. Note:: If there is no link from a talk or tutorial presentation
   below, it means that I do not have files for that presentation.
   Please do not write to ask for them, because **they do not exist!**
   If I do prepare files, I will post them here.

.. _PyCon: http://www.python.org/community/pycon/
__ 2008_
__ 2009_


2010
====

`PyCon 2010 <http://us.pycon.org/2010/>`_ was held February 17 to 25
in Atlanta, Georgia: tutorials on February 17 & 18, conference talks
February 19-21, and development sprints February 22-25.  My
presentations:

* Tutorial: "wxPython I: Intro to GUI Programming"

* Tutorial: "wxPython II: GUI Programming and MVC"

* Lightning talk: "PyCon Swag"

Staff roles (volunteer):

* Tote bag & giveaway coordinator
* Registration desk staffer


2009
====

`PyCon 2009 <http://us.pycon.org/2009/>`_ was held March 25 to April 2
in Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois: tutorials on March 25 & 26,
conference talks March 27-29, and development sprints March 30 to
April 2.  It was widely hailed as the best PyCon to date.  Apart from
opening remarks and introductions for keynote speakers, I didn't make
any presentations.  I learned my lesson in 2008.

Staff role: I chaired the PyCon 2009 organizing committee, as a
full-time employee of the Python Software Foundation.


2008
====

`PyCon 2008 <http://us.pycon.org/2008>`_ was held March 13-20 in
Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois: tutorials on March 13, conference talks
March 14-16, and development sprints March 17-20.  It was the biggest
to date, with over 1000 attendees, and (IMHO) a great success.  My
presentations:

* Tutorial: "wxPython I: Intro to GUI Programming with wxPython and MVC"

* Tutorial: "wxPython II: Advanced GUI Programming with wxPython and MVC"

* Keynote: Chair's Opening Remarks

* Introductions for other keynote speakers

Staff role (volunteer): I chaired the PyCon 2008 organizing committee.


2007
====

`PyCon 2007 <http://us.pycon.org/TX2007>`_ was held February 23-25 in
Dallas, Texas, with tutorials on February 22 and sprints February 26
through March 1.  My presentations at PyCon 2007:

* Tutorial: `Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python
  <2007/idiomatic/>`__

* Lightning talk: `PyCon 2008 <2007/pycon2008>`__

* Coached the `Docutils sprint
  <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2007/DocutilsSprint>`__

Staff roles (volunteer):

* Financial aid program coordinator
* Tutorials coordinator
* Program committee
* Session chair
* Registration desk staffer
* PyCon "Chair-in-training"


2006
====

`PyCon 2006 <http://us.pycon.org/TX2006>`_ was held in Dallas, Texas,
on February 24-26, with tutorials on February 23 and sprints February
27 through March 2.  My presentations:

* Tutorial: `Text and Data Processing <2006/text-processing/>`__

* Talk: `Understanding Unicode <2006/unicode/>`__

* Talk: `Easy Slide Shows With reStructuredText & S5
  <2006/docutils-s5/>`__

* Lightning talk: `BIG & BOLD Slides With reST S5 <2006/s5-big/>`__

* Talk: `Docutils Developers Tutorial: Architecture, Extending, and
  Embedding <2006/docutils-arch/>`__

* Coached the `Docutils sprint
  <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Sprints/DocutilsSprint>`__

Staff roles (volunteer):

* Volunteer coordinator
* Sprint coordinator


2005
====

`PyCon 2005
<http://us.pycon.org/zope/original/pycon/pastevents/dc2005>`__ was
held in Washington D.C. on March 23-25, with sprints March 19-22.  

I presented a lightning talk: `Easy Menus in Emacs <../emacs/>`_.

Staff roles (volunteer):

* Volunteer coordinator
* Program committee
* Session chair
* Registration desk staffer


2004
====

`PyCon 2004
<http://us.pycon.org/zope/original/pycon/pastevents/dc2004>`__ was
held in Washington D.C. on March 24-26, with sprints March 20-23.

`A Week at PyCon DC 2004 <../../personal/pycon_dc_2004/>`__ gives a
narrative account of the events.

I coached the `Docutils sprint
<http://wiki.python.org/moin/DocutilsSprint>`__ and held a `Docutils
birds-of-a-feather (BoF) session
<http://wiki.python.org/moin/DocutilsBof>`__.

Staff roles (volunteer):

* Session chair
* Registration desk staffer