Mailman 3 November 2016 - PSF-Community

Last call for the Call For Proposals of PythonFOSDEM 2017
by Stephane Wirtel 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

Because the deadline is imminent and because we have only received some proposals, we will extend the current deadline. The new submission deadline is 2016-12-18. Call For Proposals ================== This is the official call for sessions for the Python devroom at FOSDEM 2017. 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: 2016-12-18 * Acceptance notifications: 2016-12-23 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/FOSDEM17 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 send 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 2017: https://fosdem.org/2017 * Python Devroom: http://python-fosdem.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/PythonFOSDEM Stephane -- Stéphane Wirtel - http://wirtel.be - @matrixise

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[X-POST] PSF Board Meeting Minutes 2016-09-30
by Kushal Das 27 Nov '16

27 Nov '16

Hi everyone, The PSF board meeting minutes from 30th September are now available online at [1]. There were 10 directors present, and 1 sent in proxy vote. Kurt Kaiser (Treasurer), Betsy Waliszewski (Event Planner and Administrator), Mark Mangoba (IT Manager), and Ewa Jodlowska (Director of Operations) were also present in the meeting. The Python Software Foundation's Sponsor Working group approved 1korting.com, and Sticker Mule at the Iron Sponsor Level. We are also happy to announce the 2016 3rd Quarter Community Service Awards to Sheila Miguez and William Kahn-Greene for their monumental work in creating and supporting PyVideo over the years. The following grants were also approved from our last meeting, totaling $8595.44 * PythonCR meetup group Meetup group sponsorship $29.94 * Django Girls, PyCon ZA PyCon ZA $300 * Manipal University Python Developer Conference $687.50 * PyCaribbean February 18-19, 2017 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico $3000 * Bay Area Python3.x Rigorous Indulgence Group (BayPRIGgies) 6 hour tutorial event of “Compatible Advanced Python” on 9/25 & 10/23 $600 * PyCon Japan 2016 $978 * TechPy Workshop 2016 Baroda, India $500 * GeoPython 2016 May 8-10, 2017 in Muttenz, Switzerland $2500 Note: There were no board meetings during November. The next board meeting will be in December. For more updates from the PSF, please visit our blog[2] and follow us on Twitter[3]. [1] https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/2016-09-30/ [2] https://pyfound.blogspot.com/ [3] https://twitter.com/ThePSF Kushal -- Director, Python Software Foundation Fedora Cloud Engineer CPython Core Developer http://kushaldas.in

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Farewell to Rob Collins
by M.-A. Lemburg 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

We would like to share with you the sad news, that Rob Collins has passed away earlier this month, on November 2nd, after a short but intense illness. Many of you may know Rob from the sponsored massage sessions he regularly ran at EuroPython in recent years and which he continued to develop, taking them from a single man setup (single threaded process) to a group of people setup by giving workshops (multiprocessing) and later on by passing on his skills to more leaders (removing the GIL) to spread wellness and kindness throughout our conference series: https://ep2015.europython.eu/conference/talks/sponsored-massage-training-in… His massages regularly raised more than a thousand dollars which were donated to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) to do even more good. Rob also gave a lot of thoughtful talks at the EuroPython conferences, always very cheerful, full of humor and many good insights. Here’s a selection: * EuroPython 2015: DumbDev – eight rules for dumb development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEOI8y0qHMk * EuroPython 2015: Lightning Talk announcing the Python Massage Foundation https://youtu.be/WmvTfUYJ2Bw?t=1539 * EuroPython 2013: TDM Test Driven Madness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4nwh_VrPM * EuroPython 2012: An introduction to his neck and and shoulder massages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itn8W9zI0Wk * EuroPython 2011: Pricing products using Python graphs and sets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN9nIBxDXU8 Rob was a true Pythonista from the heart. He will always be remembered for his humor, great spirit and kindness. You were such a cheerful person. We will miss you, Rob. Thank you for all the inspiration, -– Your friends from the EuroPython community http://www.europython-society.org/ Full blog post: http://www.europython-society.org/post/153253946400/farewell-to-rob-collins

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PyCon US 2017 Call for Proposals & Deadlines - PSF Community
by Betsy Waliszewski 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Hi all, PyCon US's proposal application is open. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a tutorial, talk, poster, or the education summit, please check out https://us.pycon.org/2017/ speaking/. - The deadline to submit a tutorial proposal is coming up: November 30, 2016 AoE. - The deadline to submit proposals for talks, poster, and the Education Summit is January 3, 2017 AoE. - Financial aid is also accepting applications. Deadline is February 15, 2017 AoE (https://us.pycon.org/2017/financial-assistance/). - PyCon US registration is open https://us.pycon.org/2017/registration/ and we still have early bird ticket rates available. Best Regards, Betsy -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski

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Keynote speakers for Pyladies Conference 2017
by Annapoornima Koppad 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

Dear All, I am looking for keynote speakers for Pyladies Conference 2017 to be held at Bangalore, India in May 2017. I have chosen the dates as May 5,6, and 7. If there is a conflict, please let me know that also. Thanks and regards, Annapoornima

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Python in Science - PSF Workgroup - Members Needed
by Ewa Jodlowska 10 Nov '16

10 Nov '16

The Scientific Python PSF Working Group is looking for 2-4 new members. The working group deals with science-related requests that the PSF receives. More info can be seen here: https://wiki.python.org/psf/ScientificWG. If you are interested in joining, please send a brief description of your Python involvement in science to scientific(a)python.org. Best regards, Ewa Director of Operations Python Software Foundation

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Re: [PSF-Community] PSF-Community Digest, Vol 15, Issue 2
by Volodymyr Kirichinets 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

Hi Ewa, Do You like me? 😋 Thanks, Volodymyr On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:00 PM, <psf-community-request(a)python.org> wrote: > Send PSF-Community mailing list submissions to > psf-community(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > psf-community-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > psf-community-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PSF-Community digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow Working Group > (Ewa Jodlowska) > 2. Re: PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow Working Group > (M.-A. Lemburg) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:16:17 -0500 > From: Ewa Jodlowska <ewa(a)python.org> > To: PSF Community <psf-community(a)python.org>, psf-vote(a)python.org > Cc: psf-fellow(a)python.org > Subject: [PSF-Community] PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow > Working Group > Message-ID: > <CADx+GQNmj4apwg5RDuJ-hnQTa9_8ba9RK-ym7YAjV+EpqQDsoA@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear members, > > We have started to address the lack of process for voting in new PSF Fellow > members. Currently, when someone is nominated, the nomination can only come > from a current fellow or from a designated work group. Furthermore, it is > required that the approval be done by 2/3 of the eligible voters. To make > this a more inclusive process and to make it a labor-saving process, the > board would like to propose the following changes to the bylaws ( > https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/): > > 1. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read: > - To be eligible for membership as a Fellow, a member must be > nominated by a member *[changed fellow to member]* of the corporation > or a specially chartered Working Group, which nomination should be > based > upon certain criteria to be established by the Board of > Directors and which > criteria shall be designed to emphasize extraordinary contributions. > 2. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read: > - Following such nomination, approval of chartered Working Group > voting members shall be required in order for a member to become > a Fellow. > - *changed from:* Following such nomination, approval of two-thirds > (2/3) of the members entitled to vote shall be required in order for > a > member to become a Fellow. > > We wanted to inform the PSF membership of these proposed changes before we > send them to the Bylaws Working Group. > ________________________________ > > We have also suggested a starting point for the to-be chartered Working > Group (https://wiki.python.org/psf/FellowWG) with the following policies > (not to be included in bylaws). These can be discussed more within the > group before the Working Group charter is approved by the board: > > - Up to 15 voting WG members and 5 non-voting members (could be board of > directors who want to have oversight or a member who is interested in > the > process but does not want to commit to voting). To promote a diverse > membership, the Working Group will aim to pick membership by > first-come-first-serve and allow up to 3 people from one geographic > region > (for ex Africa,Asia,Central America, Eastern Europe, European Union, > Middle > East, North America, Oceania, South America, The Caribbean). > - All voting WG members must also be PSF Fellow Members > - 2/3 of the votes placed must be "aye" in order to approve the Fellow > nomination > - Every year after the new board is elected, we will ask WG voting > members who is interested in continuing and who would like to opt out of > the working group. > - Voting WG members that do not vote in three consecutive votes will be > asked to leave the WG so we can substitute in new member. > > If any current fellows would like to participate in the Fellow Working > Group, please let me know. We currently have three members: myself, Naomi > Ceder, and Kushal Das. Once we get more members, we will together work on a > charter. > > Best wishes, > > Ewa Jodlowska > Python Software Foundation > Director of Operations >

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PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow Working Group
by Ewa Jodlowska 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

Dear members, We have started to address the lack of process for voting in new PSF Fellow members. Currently, when someone is nominated, the nomination can only come from a current fellow or from a designated work group. Furthermore, it is required that the approval be done by 2/3 of the eligible voters. To make this a more inclusive process and to make it a labor-saving process, the board would like to propose the following changes to the bylaws ( https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/): 1. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read: - To be eligible for membership as a Fellow, a member must be nominated by a member *[changed fellow to member]* of the corporation or a specially chartered Working Group, which nomination should be based upon certain criteria to be established by the Board of Directors and which criteria shall be designed to emphasize extraordinary contributions. 2. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read: - Following such nomination, approval of chartered Working Group voting members shall be required in order for a member to become a Fellow. - *changed from:* Following such nomination, approval of two-thirds (2/3) of the members entitled to vote shall be required in order for a member to become a Fellow. We wanted to inform the PSF membership of these proposed changes before we send them to the Bylaws Working Group. ________________________________ We have also suggested a starting point for the to-be chartered Working Group (https://wiki.python.org/psf/FellowWG) with the following policies (not to be included in bylaws). These can be discussed more within the group before the Working Group charter is approved by the board: - Up to 15 voting WG members and 5 non-voting members (could be board of directors who want to have oversight or a member who is interested in the process but does not want to commit to voting). To promote a diverse membership, the Working Group will aim to pick membership by first-come-first-serve and allow up to 3 people from one geographic region (for ex Africa,Asia,Central America, Eastern Europe, European Union, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America, The Caribbean). - All voting WG members must also be PSF Fellow Members - 2/3 of the votes placed must be "aye" in order to approve the Fellow nomination - Every year after the new board is elected, we will ask WG voting members who is interested in continuing and who would like to opt out of the working group. - Voting WG members that do not vote in three consecutive votes will be asked to leave the WG so we can substitute in new member. If any current fellows would like to participate in the Fellow Working Group, please let me know. We currently have three members: myself, Naomi Ceder, and Kushal Das. Once we get more members, we will together work on a charter. Best wishes, Ewa Jodlowska Python Software Foundation Director of Operations

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Join the PSF Marketing Working Group
by Betsy Waliszewski 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hi all, The PSF is looking for community members to join the marketing working group. Our goal is to build a complete marketing strategy around Python, which includes marketing material, but also things like how we approach the press, which events we engage with to promote Python and/or the PSF, and how we can enable Python user groups and conferences to help with the PSF mission to promote and further the use of Python. If you're interested in joining this working group or perhaps chairing or co-chairing it, please respond to me offline at: betsy(a)python.org. I can give you more information about the group at that time. Cheers, Betsy -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski

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