BoFs
We usually hold Birds of a Feather sessions in the evenings to discuss some specific area of scientific development with Python. This is a great occasion to discuss issues directly with the community, rather than on a mailing list.
If you are interested in setting up a BoF, please discuss it on the numpy-discussion mailing list or on the scipy-user.
The list of BoFs proposed for /SciPy2009 can be found on the scipy.org wiki .