Hi folks, A conversation with Donald today made me realise I should explicitly pass along links to some recent PSF blog posts regarding PSF membership and other matters, as they're likely to be relevant to distutils-sig members that may not be paying attention to the PSF specific information distribution channels. The most immediately relevant one is the instructions for registering as a Contributing Member: http://pyfound.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/enroll-as-psf-voting-member.html For folks that aren't already aware, the Python Software Foundation switched to an open membership model last year, where anyone is free to register as a Basic Member on python.org, and active contributors to the Python community are invited to participate more directly in the operation of the organisation (which, amongst other things, runs pypi.python.org). Many of the folks here will qualify for self-certification as PSF Contributing Members if you choose to do so :) Historically, that higher level of engagement has consisted primarily of electing the Board of Directors each year and voting on whether or not to approve new Sponsor Members, but we're looking to change that as well, firstly by proposing the adoption a more open strategic decision making model akin to the PEP process (Let's Make Decisions Together: http://pyfound.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/personal-opinion-i-think-its-always.h...), and secondly by revamping the old nominated membership system into a new public recognition program for folks that have made significant contributions to the Python community(The PSF Fellow Recognition Program: http://pyfound.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/for-shes-jolly-good-psf-fellow.html). Generally speaking, in the absence of legal or community Code of Conduct concerns, the PSF will keep its nose out of distutils-sig's business, but in this case, I'm issuing an invitation for distutils-sig members that choose to do so to come participate more. If there are any other groups you think might benefit from a more explicit invitation, please feel free to forward this message on. If you're curious about what the PSF does in general (aside from hosting pypi.python.org and the various other *.python.org services), I also suggest checking out some of the other posts on the blog. Regards, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia