[Makerspace-keymembers] Manning Publications sponsorship

[Emily Knox]

I have no special requests but it might be nice to get one of the Android
books (Unlocking or 50 Hacks).

Emily


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:19 AM, E.W. <elliewix at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Nadia!  Our lists will have a lot of overlap.
>
> Everyone else:
>
> Please let me know ASAP if you would like to put in votes for titles, or
> let me know that you have a strong opinion on titles that will be
> forthcoming and I will wait for you.
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Nadia Karlinsky <gnadia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Elizabeth, this is awesome!
>>
>> If it's not too late to put in my suggestions for titles (I obviously
>> have a Py-CU bias,  so I'm going mostly with topics relevant to Python
>> and/or data analysis):
>>
>> * http://www.manning.com/pharrington/ (Machine Learning In Action --
>> uses Python) and/or
>> * http://www.manning.com/brink/ (Real World Machine Learning -- uses
>> Python and R)
>> * http://www.manning.com/marz/ (Big Data)
>> * http://www.manning.com/mcquaid/ (Git in Practice)
>> * http://www.manning.com/ingersoll/ (Taming Text - uses Java)
>> * http://www.manning.com/dwood/ (Linked Data - uses JavaScript, Python)
>>  * http://www.manning.com/zumel/ (Practical Data Science with R)
>> * http://www.manning.com/psaltis/ (Streaming Data)
>>
>>
>>
>> --------
>> Nadia
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Gergana Slavova <
>> gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That's great, Elizabeth, thanks for letting us know!  I generally don't
>>> have any objections.
>>>
>>> We have a Maker Fest meeting tonight as well so we'll discuss the offer
>>> in that context.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> ~Gergana
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:56 PM, E.W. <elliewix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> A rep from Manning Publications recently reached out to me via the
>>>> Py-CU meetup about possibly sponsoring Py-CU as part of a larger outreach
>>>> effort.  I just got off the phone with her as an information gathering
>>>> meeting to discuss what they could offer.  Their basic plan for other
>>>> groups has been to provide them with one book a month to raffle off to
>>>> generate income.  However, when I asked about the possibility of having
>>>> them donate books to seed a small library for the space she was completely
>>>> on board with it.
>>>>
>>>> She asked me to send her about 5 titles we would be interested in
>>>> having and she would send them to us right away.  They can be any title
>>>> they publish.  I told her I would run it by the keyholders and collect
>>>> titles if we want to accept the offer.
>>>>
>>>> http://manning.com/
>>>>
>>>> Are there any objections to this?  They are trying to get their books
>>>> out there and establish good will with groups like Py-CU (and Makerspace,
>>>> when I told her about it), and didn't have any advert requirements.
>>>>
>>>> I also let her know about the Maker Fest and she is very interested in
>>>> having Manning sponsor it in all possible ways and assist with advertising
>>>> for the event.  I told her I would run the offer by the org group for the
>>>> fest and let you guys get in contact with her if interested.  Her name is
>>>> Candice and her email is cagi at manning.com.
>>>>
>>>> Again, this was just an informational call with nothing agreed to.
>>>>  However, I'm really excited for it and think that this is a partnership
>>>> that could offer a lot for us in the future.
>>>>
>>>> Elizabeth
>>>>
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>>
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