<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
.. [1] Considering my lack of information , all instances of "Python<br>
Cuba" in this message refer to the group of persons "shepherded" by<br>
the ASF Working Group (i.e. /me not a member atm) and subscribed to<br>
this list , rather than the set of all Python developers in Cuba (i.e.<br>
count /me in) .<br></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>Good to meet you sir!<br><br></div><div>You mean PSF (not ASF) Working Group right? So much "alphabet soup". :-D [1]<br><br></div><div>Just to recap some earlier discussion, Python Software Foundation is especially keen to promote the brand Pycon, which is used for any "Python circus" meeting various criteria, including having a published Code of Conduct that's recognized as such.<br><br></div><div>However, some of our Brazilians remember "Pycon" not translating well and we've used the term "PyEvent" to purposely avoid the issue of whether a Pycon [tm] is what Cuba's Pythonistas actually want and need. Anyone is free to host PyEvents (e.g. install parties) without official notice to "the authorities" (PSF included).<br><br></div><div>As shown by recent Board Meeting minutes, the PSF routinely disburses funds to groups around the world eager to start up a user group, hold a conference ("Pycon") etc., so naturally that might happen vis-a-vis some specific Cuba-based event proposal (that the PSF would help out financially). Some of us in this Working Group may come forward with such proposals, or sign on to proposals from others.<br><br></div><div>As for access to the Internet, I agree that's difficult in many places around the world (though not in Seoul they tell me). <br><br>We've learned at OSCON from a delegation from South Asia that language is also a barrier.<br><br></div><div>We have come to an agreement on this listserv, that English need not be the only language used for posting.<br><br><blockquote> 1. What's the role of governmental institutions with respect to this group?<br>
IOW , when I was young (and, btw, many similar initiatives led by community<br>
members were asphyxiated to the point of making them disappear) all<br>
organised groups like this had to be "monitored" or bound to a Ministry.<br>
That's the case for ANEC , UNAICC , ACCS , UNEAC , and so on ...<br>
Is this group formally registered ? What Ministry does it belong to ?<br></blockquote></div><div><br>PSF is a not-for-profit corporation registered in the State of Delaware. It's behind the Python.org website and Python language trademark, as well as Pycon [tm] as mentioned above.<br><br></div><div>As such it has no formal connection with any government or ministry, unless you count incorporating according to some well established rules in the US code base. <br><br>Some of us, myself included, have borrowed from Monty Python, with its Ministry of Silly Walks [2], and our propensity towards self-governance, to style as a "nation" in its own right. <br><br>This is currently a popular marketing strategy among beer makers, with Rogue Nation (here in Oregon) and McMenamins (another brewer) issuing rather realistic looking passports.[3] <br><br>Again, this is marketing, not legalese. Python Nation has no seat in the UN. :-D<br></div><div><br>Welcome again!<br><br></div><div>Kirby<br><br>[1] <a href="http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2015/08/alphabet-soup.html">http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2015/08/alphabet-soup.html</a><br><br>[2] <a href="https://youtu.be/aOqHNNmTz68">https://youtu.be/aOqHNNmTz68</a><br><br>[3] <br><br><a href="http://www.mcmenamins.com/1961-mcmenamins-passport-faqs">http://www.mcmenamins.com/1961-mcmenamins-passport-faqs</a><br><a href="http://www.rogue.com/roguenation/">http://www.rogue.com/roguenation/</a><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div>