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== Welcome to the SoCal Piggies Wiki ==
We are the Southern California Python Interest Group—aka The So''''''Cal Piggies—for people who are interested in the Python programming language.

== Recent News ==
At the January 14 meeting, we discussed doing more community-building stuff.   See [[CommunityBuilding|Community Building]], and [[ProposedLearningTopics|proposed learning topics]]. More in [[News]].

== Meetings ==
Want to propose a meeting? A get-together, a workshop, code-sprint? Put that on the [[MailingList|mailing list]].

|| '''''Date''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' || '''''Time''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' || '''''Presentations''''''''''''''''' ||'''''Location''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' || '''''Map''''' ||
|| Thu. Aug. 19th || 7 PM || Merlin Corey: "Autopythonomation -- Automating away all your concerns with a powerful Python"; All: free discussion on automated deployment/configuration management tools || Technical Connections office, West L.A. (11400 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 700, CA 90064) || [[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=11400+Olympic+Boulevard,+Suite+700,+CA+90064&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=67.42243,135.263672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=11400+W+Olympic+Blvd+%23700,+Los+Angeles,+California+90064&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A|Google map]] ||

Read all about our [[PastMeetings|past meetings]]. They were downright thrilling.  Some other [[PreviousLocations|locations]] where the meetings have been held.

== Stay in Touch ==
 * Follow us on [[http://twitter.com/socalpiggies|twitter]]
 * [[http://socal-piggies.org/scp/RecentChanges?action=rss_rc&ddiffs=1&unique=1|RSS]] feed.
 * [[MailingList|Mailing List]] 
 * There once was a blog from 2005 to 2006. It is now archived at [[BlogHistory|Blog History]].

== Even more interesting information ==
 * [[Members]] (Add yourself to the list, or ask [[ChristopherMahan|Christopher Mahan]] and he will).
 * [[AboutUs|About us]]
 * [[PiggyFaq|Frequently Asked Questions]]
 * [[ProjectsAndScripts|Projects and Scripts]]
 * [[PythonResources|Python Resources]]

== Membership privileges ==
If you are a member, please consider contributing to the group by [[presenting]] at a meeting, [[AddingContent|adding content]] to this wiki, adding entries to the team blog or posting to the mailing list.

== How to become a member ==
Do you know or want to learn python? You qualify! Join the [[MailingList|mailing list]] and say Hi. Come to the meetings. :)

== Monty The Python ==
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No, he does not come to the meetings.