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how to run COhPy meeting
How to run the COhPy monthly meeting

before meeting:
Before Meeting:

host should add cohpy and techlifecolumbus head counts
Host
Add cohpy and techlifecolumbus head counts
to figure out how much food to order
https://www.meetup.com/Central-Ohio-Python-Users-Group/
https://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/calendar/

show cohpy.org (http://www.cohpy.org/) on screens until presentation begins
write Brazenhead address (1027 W. Fifth Ave.) on whiteboards
MC
Download COhPy Monthly Meeting slides (https://github.com/cohpy/PreMeetingBanners).
Update and display slides.

show meeting schedule on screens: (contradicts above)
18:00: Welcome

6:00 pm to 6:30 pm: eat, socialize
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm:
announcements and introductions
then presentations
8:00 pm hard stop for presentations
8:00 pm adjourn to Brazenhead

18:00: welcome

let folks know to eat, socialize until 18:30
Let folks know to eat and socialize until 18:30.
Pizza, salad, beverages on tap, wine bottles, cookies, and items in fridge.
Parking 'in front' (South) will be towed. Park in rear (North).

18:30: announcements and introductions

welcome
all are welcome
complete beginners and experts
thank hosts for pizza, salad, beverages, and cookies
free pizza and beverages on tap
anything in fridge is available
exceptions?

Welcome
All are welcome (complete beginners and experts).
Thank hosts for pizza, salad, beverages, and cookies.
Be sure to respond to meetup so host knows how much pizza to order.
When you're done eating please...
-Throw away your trash.
-Rinse off dishes in sink.
-Put dishes in dishwasher or next to sink.
Monthly Meetings
Announce date of next meeting.
Usually they occur the last monday of each month.
Dojos
Weekly informal meeting.
Group study and great place for beginners to start.
Great place to ask questions.
Library of Python books to lend.
Lunches
Occasional, but can be announced by anyone.
Feel free to post when/where to technical mailing list.
PyOhio (pyohio.org)
Free annual Python conference at the Ohio Union on OSU campus.
Last weekend in July.
Two ways to stay in touch
COhPy technical mailing list (link from cohpy.org).
Meeting Announcements (meetup.com).

when you're done eating
please throw away your trash,
put plates in sink (or beside sink)
ask host where to put glasses, forks, and knives?
monthly meetings
usually meet last monday of each month
have formal presentation(s)
one to many
dojos
meet weekly
informal
group study; no presentation
great place for beginners to start
great place to ask questions
library of Python books to lend
lunches
occasional
feel free to say where one is going to be
post when/where to technical mailing list
pyohio (pyohio.org)
free annual Python conference at Ohio Union on OSU campus
last weekend in July
two mailing lists
COhPy technical mailing list (link from cohpy.org)
meeting announcements (meetup)

offer host to talk about their organization
Offer host to talk about their organization

who is here for first time, please raise your hand
Who is here for first time, please raise your hand

others introduce yourself to people with hands raised
Others introduce yourself to people with hands raised

who is here from out of town?
Who is here from out of town?

have three first timers and three repeat attendees introduce themselves to
group
Have three first timers and three repeat attendees introduce themselves to group

ask for folks who have announcement about events
Ask for folks who have announcement about events

announce next meeting (especially if date is not last Monday)
Announce next meeting again (especially if date is not last Monday)

work
Work

who is looking for work?
who is looking for folks to do work?
Who is looking for work?
Who is looking for folks to do work?

introduce presentations
Introduce presentations

presentations
Presentations

19:55 remind presenter to wrap it up; of hard stop at 20:00
19:55 Remind presenter to wrap it up.

(set vibrate alarm on cell phone)
(Set vibrate alarm on cell phone.)

20:00 hard stop, adjourn to Brazenhead
20:00 Hard stop, Adjourn to Brazenhead

we do not run over our allotted time
if presenter persists, thank them for their presentation and start clapping
We do not run over our allotted time!
If presenter persists, start clapping and then thank them for their presentation.

Announce adjournment to Brazenhead

announce adjournment to Brazenhead

show brazenhead web page showing street address on displays
Show brazenhead web page or slide with street address.
http://www.hdrestaurants.com/brazenhead/5thavenue/

ask folks to help:

take dishes back to kitchen area

put tables and chairs back where they were

clean table tops
Ask folks to help:
Take dishes back to kitchen area.
Put tables and chairs back where they were.
Clean table tops.