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Deadline for PythonFOSDEM 2016 is today.
by Stephane Wirtel 20 Dec '15

20 Dec '15

Just inform you that the deadline for the CfP of the PythonFOSDEM will finish this evening. If you have a last talk to submit, please do it. Call For Proposals ================== This is the official call for sessions for the Python devroom at FOSDEM 2016. FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day week-end that offers open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. FOSDEM is in Brussels in Belgium on 30th January. It's the biggest event in Europe with +5000 hackers, +400 speakers. For this edition, Python will be represented by its Community. If you want to discuss with a lot of Python Users, it's the place to be! Important dates =============== * Submission deadlines: 2015-12-20 * Acceptance notifications: 2015-12-24 Practical ========= * The duration for talks will be 30 minutes, including presentations and questions and answers. * Presentation can be recorded and streamed, sending your proposal implies giving permission to be recorded. * A mailing list for the Python devroom is available for discussions about devroom organisation. You can register at this address: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/python-devroom How to submit ============= All submissions are made in the Pentabarf event planning tool at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM16 When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the Python devroom as the Track. Of course, if you already have a user account, please reuse it. Questions ========= Any questions, please sned an email to info AT python-fosdem DOT org Thank you for submitting your sessions and see you soon in Brussels to talk about Python. If you want to keep informed for this edition, you can follow our twitter account @PythonFOSDEM. * FOSDEM 2016: https://fosdem.org/2016 * Python Devroom: http://python-fosdem.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/PythonFOSDEM Thank you so much, Stephane -- Stéphane Wirtel - http://wirtel.be - @matrixise

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Urgent: Last call for the CfP of PythonFOSDEM 2016
by Stephane Wirtel 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Hi all Because the deadline is imminent and because we have only received some proposals, we have extended the current deadline. The new submission deadline is 2015-12-20. Call For Proposals ================== This is the official call for sessions for the Python devroom at FOSDEM 2016. FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day week-end that offers open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It's the biggest event in Europe with +5000 hackers, +400 speakers. For this edition, Python will be represented by its Community. If you want to discuss with a lot of Python Users, it's the place to be! Important dates =============== * Submission deadlines: 2015-12-20 * Acceptance notifications: 2015-12-24 Practical ========= * The duration for talks will be 30 minutes, including presentations and questions and answers. * Presentation can be recorded and streamed, sending your proposal implies giving permission to be recorded. * A mailing list for the Python devroom is available for discussions about devroom organisation. You can register at this address: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/python-devroom How to submit ============= All submissions are made in the Pentabarf event planning tool at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM16 When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the Python devroom as the Track. Of course, if you already have a user account, please reuse it. Questions ========= Any questions, please sned an email to info AT python-fosdem DOT org Thank you for submitting your sessions and see you soon in Brussels to talk about Python. If you want to keep informed for this edition, you can follow our twitter account @PythonFOSDEM. * FOSDEM 2016: https://fosdem.org/2016 * Python Devroom: http://python-fosdem.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/PythonFOSDEM Thank you so much, Stephane -- Stéphane Wirtel - http://wirtel.be - @matrixise

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Urgent: Last call for the CfP of PythonFOSDEM 2016
by Stephane Wirtel 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Hi all Because the deadline is imminent and because we have only received some proposals, we have extended the current deadline. The new submission deadline is 2015-12-20. Call For Proposals ================== This is the official call for sessions for the Python devroom at FOSDEM 2016. FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day week-end that offers open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It's the biggest event in Europe with +5000 hackers, +400 speakers. For this edition, Python will be represented by its Community. If you want to discuss with a lot of Python Users, it's the place to be! Important dates =============== * Submission deadlines: 2015-12-20 * Acceptance notifications: 2015-12-24 Practical ========= * The duration for talks will be 30 minutes, including presentations and questions and answers. * Presentation can be recorded and streamed, sending your proposal implies giving permission to be recorded. * A mailing list for the Python devroom is available for discussions about devroom organisation. You can register at this address: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/python-devroom How to submit ============= All submissions are made in the Pentabarf event planning tool at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM16 When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the Python devroom as the Track. Of course, if you already have a user account, please reuse it. Questions ========= Any questions, please sned an email to info AT python-fosdem DOT org Thank you for submitting your sessions and see you soon in Brussels to talk about Python. If you want to keep informed for this edition, you can follow our twitter account @PythonFOSDEM. * FOSDEM 2016: https://fosdem.org/2016 * Python Devroom: http://python-fosdem.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/PythonFOSDEM Thank you so much, Stephane -- Stéphane Wirtel - http://wirtel.be - @matrixise

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[PSF-Board-Public] PSF Board Meeting Minutes - 2015-11-09
by Betsy Waliszewski 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Hi folks: The PSF board meeting minutes from November 9th, 2015 are now available online: *https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/2015-11-09/ <https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/2015-11-09/>* The following grants (https://www.python.org/psf/grants/) were approved since the last meeting, totaling $2,350 USD. - Django Girls Barcelona December 12, 2015 Amount: $750 USD - Django Girls Workshop Cologne, Germany December 14-16, 2015 Amount: $600 USD - Django Girls Argentina November 12, 2015 Amount: $1,000 USD The following awards were announced in December for the 2015 4th Quarter: - Terri Oda for her successful organization of Google Summer of Code for the past few years (2013, 2014, 2015). Acting as the GSoC coordinator for Python, Terri organizes students, mentors, and participating Python projects. In 2015, over 70 students participated for Python. - Berker Peksağ for his consistent volunteer efforts with pydotorg in 2015 ( https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/graphs/contributors). For more updates from the PSF, please visit our blog and follow us on Twitter. https://twitter.com/ThePSF https://pyfound.blogspot.com/ Here are a few of the more recent blog posts from the PSF: http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2015/11/meet-coulson-tough-elementary-python.ht… <http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2015/11/meet-coulson-tough-elementary-python.ht…> http://pycon.blogspot.ca/2015/11/tutorial-proposals-are-due-two-weeks.html http://pyfound.blogspot.ca/2015/11/pycon-japan-2015-success.html Cheers, Betsy -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski

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Announcing PyCon Philippines 2016
by Mark Steve Samson 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Greetings! We're excited to announce that next year's PyCon Philippines is going to be held in Cebu on February 27-28. Our theme for next year is "Diversity" and we're currently looking for speakers: goo.gl/forms/OgShjxPr51 For more information: Email: info(a)python.ph Twitter: @pyconph @pythonph Website: https://pycon.python.ph

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