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<p>Sure, take the parts that seem useful. Share yours, maybe I'll
find new things to use! :)</p>
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<div dir="ltr">That's a good list. May I steal aspects of it with
attribution?
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<div>I am very transparent about myself and personal stuff. I
really hope that PuPPy can be like your group Boston Python or
Brian's group ChiPy, where association in the group can
inspire folks to contribute meaningfully to the global Python
community and build the tools that will bring about a future
we all want to live in. </div>
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<div>The personal stuff sharing ship sailed long ago. By being
frank, clear, and open I hope that I can help our members find
their motivation. Mortality is a motivator. Many of our
members are young and running out of time is a fantasy. </div>
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<div>There's a reality to the finite availability of time
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sorry to hear about your mother's struggle. You didn't ask
for advice on this, but: I don't know how close-knit PuPPy
is, or how personal you have been with them over email in
the past. I wouldn't be that detailed about my personal
life in an email to Boston Python members. Maybe I
misunderstood what you were going to write.<br>
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About getting volunteers: it is difficult. I sometimes send
out a call for help, but it doesn't usually yield results.
Sometimes I just pick someone and propose that they do
something. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.<br>
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I've tried to be clear an explicit about what there is to
do: <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-5UNh5NB1UuVMiLXBqkfyVcgqltksSf_HDchZXp4iCk"
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Working on a holiday-ish message for my PuPPy members. I
do want to frame<br>
my mother's stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis with something
positive about<br>
activating members as volunteers and organizers of our
group.<br>
<br>
Tough trying to bridge the fact that yesterday was
likely my mother's last<br>
birthday with a message that Rome rose from the ashes of
Troy.<br>
<br>
Before PuPPy, in Seattle there was SeaPIG. A few years
back, I remember<br>
BayPiggies almost stopped functioning as a community
user group. I'm always<br>
anxious about making sure my group continues after I'm
no longer active or<br>
I'm not able to contribute any longer.<br>
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Wonder if anybody has tactics and strategies to share
about activating<br>
members to volunteers and organizers.<br>
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