Python Presentation Night @ Improving & Virtual (PPN #137)

We're hybrid this month!
In-Person: Improving, 1515 Central Ave NE, Suite 100, Minneapolis
Online: Google Meet (https://meet.google.com/chh-gocf-bqu)

Agenda

7:00 - Networking - Socialize and enjoy pizza and soft drinks. Please grab a name tag when you arrive and sign the guest list (helps with planning for space and pizza and future events).

7:30 - Formal program (in-person and online)

• Opening remarks
• Speakers (see below)
• Feel free to bring any brief Python tidbits, experiences, or job openings you'd like to share with the group as time permits between speakers.

Speakers/topics

• Ahmed Abdalla: Selenium Web Scrapes for MN Licenses and Used Cars
• Christine Jauregui - Python Saves the Day: How Python came to the rescue for a local volunteer-powered nonprofit

• You? We need speakers at future meetups! Please volunteer at https://forms.gle/iE3rHamBqcBAjWMF7. Talks of all lengths, experience level, and topics (Python-related) welcome. At a past meetup there was some suggestions of possible talks related to a college Python/AI project, using GitHub Copilot, Geopandas, and others, for example.

• Please bring spontaneous Python questions, announcements, and tidbits.

Additional Details

• We follow the PSF Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/conduct/
Please treat your fellow Pythonistas with respect.

• Please remember to update your meetup RSVP if you change your mind about attending.

• Volunteers to speak, host, and greet are needed for future meetups. Talks of all lengths, experience level, and topics (Python-related) welcome. Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/iE3rHamBqcBAjWMF7

• Slack: To join the PyMNtos Slack workspace, please email us organizers@pymntos.org with your email address so we can invite you, or ask an existing member to invite you. (Suggestions for a more permanent, automated solution welcome.)

• Donate

• Consider donating to PyMNtos via the PSF. This helps support expenses of the local Minnesota/Twin Cities group, such as pizza when we meet in person: https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=10
• Become a basic member of the PSF (FREE). With this membership, you may consider adding a donation - https://www.python.org/psf/donations/