Mailman 3 - Psf-communications

Review needed: Google Blog Announcing the $350k grant
by Ewa Jodlowska 10 Feb '21

10 Feb '21

Hey Katie and Jannis - At the end of 2020, Google graciously decided to award $350k to the PSF for some packaging work and funding to help hire a core developer. The funding hasn't come in yet but we are preparing for when that time comes. Attached is Google's blog in PDF format for review. If possible, maybe Dustin can give you both access to the google doc itself. Ewa Jodlowska Executive Director Python Software Foundation 415-319-5237 ewa(a)python.org

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Style guide for Python Success Stories
by Ewa Jodlowska 06 Feb '21

06 Feb '21

Hi Katie and Jannis! We want to revive Success Stories (https://www.python.org/success-stories/), especially since this is a great way for sponsors to promote what they are doing or have done with Python. We haven't received any interest in these in a long while. I am assuming one of the reasons is because it is an overwhelming task and we currently don't have any guidelines on how to write one up! In hopes of making it less daunting for sponsors, Betsy & I created this draft style guide https://docs.google.com/document/d/146fyYjilXSAkOFRoFycZpZY_UWUHVhGkYSsuenb… . - Something you will notice in the draft is our idea to involve the bloggers. My hope is that we can ask bloggers to help sponsors scope content and review drafts. We could pay them $300 (most bloggers get $125 per blog). - side note: we may want to increase blogger payment by $50 since they did not see an increase since 2018. - Can you let me know what your thoughts are on involving bloggers? - Please feel free to recommend any additional style guide points to make this draft event better! Ewa Jodlowska Executive Director Python Software Foundation 415-319-5237 ewa(a)python.org

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Fwd: Help Promoting Open Source Initiative Courses
by Ewa Jodlowska 29 May '20

29 May '20

Hi - OSI has some paid courses coming up and are asking the PSF to help promote. Is everyone OK with promoting these? Thank you, Ewa ----------------------- *As a non-profit organization, the PSF depends on sponsorships and donations to support the Python community. Check out our Annual Impact Report for more details: https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/ <https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/>* *Please contribute to PSF; we can't continue our work without your support! https://www.python.org/psf/donations/ <https://www.python.org/psf/donations/>* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Patrick Masson <masson(a)opensource.org> Date: Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:17 AM Subject: Help Promoting Open Source Initiative Courses To: Python Software Foundation <ewa(a)python.org> Cc: Walsh, Zanefa <zwalsh(a)brandeis.edu> Hello Ewa, I hope you and the whole PSF crew are all doing well. I wanted to update you on our latest initiative and ask for your and The Python Software Foundation's help in promoting our work with a few tweets. We have collaborated with Brandeis University to provide new educational offerings for the open source community. The goal is to help address the growing demand for expertise within organizations seeking to authentically collaborate with, and productively manage, open source resources. We offer a fully-online Open Source Technology Management <https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/future-students/learn-about-our-programs/open-…> [1] program consisting of six 4-week micro-courses: - Cultivate an Open Source Community (begins on June 1, 2020) - Integrate the Open Source Community (begins on July 6, 2020) - Open Source Business Practices - Establish an Open Source Program Office - Open Source Workflow and Infrastructure - Production of Distributed Open Source Software I would appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about the program to your community with a few tweets. I’ve included some sample tweets that you can edit and share as you deem appropriate. - @OpenSourceOrg and #Brandeis are offering 4-week micro-courses, digital badges and a certificate in #OpenSource Technology Management. Registration for the upcoming micro-course, Cultivate an Open Source Community, is now open. https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/future-students/learn-about-our-programs/open-… - @OpenSourceOrg and #Brandeis offer 4-week micro-courses, digital badges and a certificate in #OpenSource Technology Management. Students build virtual teams to design and propose solutions to real-world OSS problems. Learn more: https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/future-students/learn-about-our-programs/open-… - Want to learn more about #opensource communities? Cultivate an Open Source Community is a micro-course offered by @OpenSourceOrg and #Brandeis. They offer other #os micro-courses, digital badges and a certificate in #OpenSource Technology Management. https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/future-students/learn-about-our-programs/open-… We'll be sending out more messages via @OpenSourceorg and @BrandeisGPS if you would like to stay up to date on this initiative. Thank you for your help, Patrick -- || | | || | || || | || | ||| | ||| Patrick Masson General Manager & Director, Open Source Initiative 855 El Camino Real, Ste 13A, #270 Palo Alto, CA 94301 United States Office: (415) 857-5398 Mobile: (970) 4MASSON Freenode: OSIMasson Email: masson(a)opensource.org Website: www.opensource.org 1. https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/future-students/learn-about-our-programs/open-…

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Fwd: Passing along a message to PSF-supported communities?
by Ewa Jodlowska 23 Apr '20

23 Apr '20

Hey folks - This is the FOSS Responders group I mentioned during the board meeting. In addition to providing organizations with financial support (which the PSF will be applying for), they are also supporting individuals through something similar to a grants program (I am volunteering on the individual grants team!). I think it is a great idea to share the below communication with our community. Does anyone have any issues or concerns? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joshua R. Simmons <josh.simmons(a)opensource.org> Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:49 PM Subject: Passing along a message to PSF-supported communities? To: Ewa Jodlowska <ewa(a)python.org> Hi Ewa, it's so nice to see you on the FOSS Responders calls! I was *over the moon* to hear that PSF has gone from pulling $600K out of reserves down to under $200K. I'm working on the FOSS Responders outreach team and we're trying to get the word out to as many projects and communities as possible about the opportunity. I don't know if this is a good fit for you to pass along, but if it is, here's some pre-baked copy we put together that you can use :o) -- COVID-19 has impacted all of our lives including our projects, community members and organizations. We encourage you to seek support from FOSS Responders <https://fossresponders.com/>, who can help you and your community: - Connect with funders via the May 22nd FOSS Funders event <https://opencollective.com/foss-responders/events/virtual-funding-event-q2-…> . - Amplify your crowdsourcing campaigns <https://fossresponders.discourse.group/t/foss-crowdfunding-campaigns-that-n…> . - Gain access to emergency funds via the FOSS Responders Fund. Apply today. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfncGLt7NQZIsFftsVJ-9upsXx7gYaJwJM…> - Recruit volunteers <https://fossresponders.discourse.group/t/foss-matchmakers-a-place-to-place-…> to help with your project. - Get access to online community event guides <https://fossresponders.discourse.group/t/curated-list-of-remote-event-plann…> . *Note: you may need to sign up for Discourse to post your funding or talent needs. We hope you will take advantage of this new initiative. Thank you for taking such care of your community during these challenging times. With gratitude, FOSS Responders -- Josh Simmons (he/him), VP at Open Source Initiative (Tax ID 91-2037395) @joshsimmons <http://twitter.com/joshsimmons> | josh(a)opensource.org | 1-707-600-6098 | bluesomewhere on Freenode ad astra per aspera 🚀

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REVIEW NEEDED: Python 2 EOL press release and publication list
by Ewa Jodlowska 19 Dec '19

19 Dec '19

Hi Communications team! Changeset Consulting has been working on a press release for Python 2 EOL. Cc'ed in is the Changeset group working on this: Greg who has been working on this task and Sumana who has been overseeing. Please review the press release and publication list that will be approached with this press release. A few general notes: - Goal is to get this out this week. - Greg will work on a blog post (on pyfound) to publish at the same time as this press release. I have edits/suggestions to make for the press release: - After reviewing this with Ernest, we recommend linking to the branch status page so folks know they should migrate to a version that hasn't reached end-of-life (for example 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 have already reached their end-of-life) - Such as "Users are urged to migrate to a supported version of Python 3 in order to benefit from tits many improvements, as well as to avoid potential security vulnerabilities in Python 2.x after April 2020. For the current status and status of Python 3 versions, see https://devguide.python.org/#status-of-python-branches” - Since the Steering Council reviewed this PR, a few more links were added (which is great!). The long Q&A is reflective of the Jan 2020 and April 2020 dates but the short Q&A link only refers to Jan 2020. We should probably update the short Q&A to reflect http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python3/questions_and_a… - Can we link to https://www.python.org/psf/ where it says what the PSF is? - Not sure if it is possible to list the date in ISO format: the year first, followed by month, then day - There seems to be a word (or words) missing after "CPython" in this sentence: "Going forward, Python 3 is the only major version the CPython will be actively maintained for bugs and security issues." Communication team: Please chime in with edits/suggestions. As mentioned earlier, the goal is to get this out this week. Thank you, Ewa ----------------------- *As a non-profit organization, the PSF depends on sponsorships and donations to support the Python community. Check out our Annual Impact Report for more details: https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/ <https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/>* *Please contribute to PSF; we can't continue our work without your support! https://www.python.org/psf/donations/ <https://www.python.org/psf/donations/>*

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to review: PSF blog post
by Sumana Harihareswara 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hi all! Now that PSF has signed contracts with both CZI and Mozilla, we're ready to announce and thank the funders on our blog. I think you might want to review this before we post it. Thanks, Sumana -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: draft of funding announcement post: CZI EOSS and Mozilla MOSS Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:44:51 -0500 From: Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah(a)pypi.org> To: ewdurbin(a)pyfound.org, mehan(a)mozillafoundation.org, jessica(a)mozillafoundation.org, lduran(a)chanzuckerberg.com, dario(a)chanzuckerberg.com, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa(a)python.org>, betsy(a)python.org, jannis.leidel(a)pyfound.org Hello, all, and hope you are enjoying your weekend! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xZvmUzgPJBgulvIpB69OvnxEIikTP59S9PyglaJ… This is a draft blog post, for the Python Software Foundation blog, announcing the pip 2020 funding from Mozilla and from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. I'd like to post it around December 3rd-5th. I have patterned it after https://carpentries.org/blog/2019/11/czi-moore-grant/ Please comment and let me know if I've misphrased anything. And, CZI and Mozilla, please share the best logos to use so I can embed them! Thank you. best, Sumana Harihareswara

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Test and Welcome!
by Ewa Jodlowska 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Hey folks - I just want to make sure everyone was subscribed successfully - please respond with something to confirm :) On the list we have myself, Jannis, Marlene, and Kushal. I will ask that all future press releases run through this mailing list for approval. Thank you, Ewa ----------------------- *As a non-profit organization, the PSF depends on sponsorships and donations to support the Python community. Check out our Annual Impact Report for more details: https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/ <https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/>* *Please contribute to PSF; we can't continue our work without your support! https://www.python.org/psf/donations/ <https://www.python.org/psf/donations/>*

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