<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-02223546-2004-52e5-50f0-237a71d7e612"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One of </span><a href="http://www.pybay.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PyBay</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">’s goal is to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse community of Python programmers. To that end, we are thrilled to announce the availability of 5 diversity scholarships sponsored by Clover Health. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have been looking for that financial aid to attend the Python Regional Conference in SF on August 19-21, please fill out the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvFfM49njhW5H4lexYE4h3ykeEppFF1jBARo20_YBV60Sf1g/viewform" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">application form </span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">by Wednesday, July 27, at 10 p.m.. Candidates will be selected from the application pool by the PyBay organizing committee.  Selected candidates will be notified by the end of day Friday, July 29.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.cloverhealth.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Clover</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is a new health insurance company building a team dedicated to using technology in measurable ways to change healthcare for the better.  Python is an integral part of their tech stack. It powers the data pipelines we use to process and analyze our member data, and it integrates well with our data science tools. Python web frameworks are also the foundation of the internal and external apps they build to support our insurance operations. For example, </span><a href="https://technology.cloverhealth.com/django-and-django-cms-at-clover-9f6c8ad59dd9#.jmkyxq3fj" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Django’s CMS is instrumental</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in allowing their marketing team to edit website content on the fly. Since they rely on Python so heavily, one of their primary goals is to support the Python community by sending people to conferences, sponsoring </span><a href="http://www.meetup.com/sfpython/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SF Python</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and other local events, and organizing </span><a href="http://www.pyladies.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PyLadies</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> events in their office.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For PyBay 2016, Clover is offering 5 scholarship opportunities to those who may otherwise be unable to attend the conference.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Want to </span><a href="http://www.pybay.com/#!sponsorship/z49gr" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sponsor a scholarship</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and be featured on </span><a href="http://www.pybay.com/#!financial-aid/cnwgg" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PyBay’s financial aid page</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">?  A lot of students, recent grads, and people in between jobs are looking for ways to attend PyBay.  Your contribution will make all the difference!   </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please contact </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:grace@pybay.com">grace@pybay.com</a></span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more information.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please spread the word and help me thank Clover for stepping forward with this sponsorship!  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Let’s make this an awesome PyBay!</span></p><div><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Grace Law</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">PyBay Conference Chair and SF Python Organizer</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">415-323-0388 / <a href="mailto:grace@pybay.com" target="_blank">grace@pybay.com</a></span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Follow us on twitter at @py_bay</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Subscribe for email updates at <a href="http://www.pybay.com" target="_blank">www.pybay.com</a></span></p><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div></span></div></div></div>
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