Python User Groups

Below is a listing of Python User Groups, local gatherings of Python enthusiasts. If your group isn't listed or if your information is out of date, please write webmaster@python.org. If your group has a special event you'd like to see listed on the Events page, please write events@python.org.

Python User Groups are sometimes called PIGgies, for Python Interest Group meetings. The term PIGgies was coined by the Bay Area PIGgies group.

03-Jun-2003: We're now able to host user group mailing lists! The lists are hosted on usergroups.python.net. If you would like us to host your PIGgie mailing list, please follow these directions.

There was an ONLamp article last year about user groups.

USA (west to east)

• PORPIG - Portland, Oregon.
• BayPiggies - Bay Area Python Interest Group. (Resurrected!)
• SANDPYT - San Diego, CA.
• Seattle Python Interest Group.
• A new user group is being organized in Los Angeles by Kevin (austusross@yahoo.com).
• Front Range Pythoneers - Broomfield, CO. Contact: Jeffery Collins (jcollins at python.net) Meeting place: Level 3, Broomfield Colorado, USA.
• APUG - Austin (Texas) Python User Group.
• Omaha Python Users Group. A Python users group in the Omaha, NE area (though others can join). The purpose is a place where people can share ideas, and where newbies can learn to enjoy the wonderful world of Python Programming.
• Twin Cities Zope/Python Users Group.
• COZUG - Central Ohio Zope and Python Users Group
• Mississippi Python Interest Group - Part social outlet, part grassroots campaign, the Mississippi Python Interest Group has been born. The basic idea is "Mississippians into Python in some way or another", which seems fitting. To subscribe to the email list is to fire a message to: mspiggie-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
• Python St. Louis User Group
• ZPUG DC: Zope Python Users Group - Washington, DC.
• NYZPUG is a Zope/Python users group in New York City.
• TriZPUG: The Triangle Zope/Python User Group in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, USA.
• boston-pig will be meeting in Boston, MA.

International

• Australian Python user's mailing list
• SAPIG - The Sydney Australia Python Interest Group. SAPIG is, while not restricted to Python on Linux, a Special Interest Group of the Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG), and would like to thank SLUG for its support.
• Python group in Brazil is being organized by Mauro.
• Canada
  • OPAG - Ottawa Python Authors Group. A group devoted to learning, using and providing resources for Python. OPAG also serves as a general gathering place for Python programmers from the Ottawa region and beyond.
  • PyGTA - the Toronto Python/Zope User Group meets regularly to explore the expanding world of Python and Zope.
  • VanPyZ - Vancouver Python/Zope.
  • Brad Bollenbach announces the Winnipeg Python User Group (WPUG).
• PyCZ - Czech and Slovak User Group covers both Python and Zope.
• Deutsch web site contains forums for discussing Python in German.
• PyJUG - Python Japan User's Group. Japanese mailing list: python-ml-jp@python.jp
• Odavia Palomino is trying to start a group in Mexico. Send e-mail to ODAVIA@aol.com.
• Russian-speaking Python & Zope User Group. See also their mailing list, including archive and search.
• Zopymed is a mailing list for discussions on the use of Zope and/or Python in Medicine and Healthcare.

Requesting a mailing list on usergroups.python.net

• The name of your user group. This will be used as the list name @usergroups.python.net, so make sure it's unique.
• The location of your user group (city, state, province, country).
• The name and email address of your group leader. This person will become the mailing list administrator.
• Your user group's primary web site, if available.
• Your mailing list's primary discussion language, if not English. Note that if this is one of the languages supported by GNU Mailman, we'll make it the default language for your list (English will always be an option).