Mailman 3 May 2016 - PSF-Community

Congratulations to the PSF 2016/17 Board of Directors
by Ewa Jodlowska June 2, 2016

June 2, 2016

Dear members, I would like to announce the new PSF Board of Directors for the 2016/17 term! Let us welcome: - Annapoornima Koppad - Carol Willing - Carrie Ann Philbin - Diana Clarke - Jackie Kazil - Kushal Das - Lorena Mesa - Naomi Ceder - Trey Hunner - Van Lindberg - Younggun Kim Congratulations new and returning directors!! *Note to new board directors:* As PyCon quiets down in the next few days we will work on getting you setup on psf-board(a)python.org. In the meantime if you have any questions, do not hesitate to email me. Best regards, Ewa Director of Operations Python Software Foundation Cell: 415-319-5237

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Members Needed for PSF Sponsor WG
by Ewa Jodlowska June 1, 2016

June 1, 2016

Hi everyone, This is in relation to the recent bylaws change[1]. Betsy and I are starting the working group for PSF Sponsors. The initial goal of this WG will be to review the PSF sponsorship applications that come in. The review process will include discussion via the mailing list and the voting process will also take place on the mailing list. Betsy will be the chair of the WG and we are in need of a co-chair and a few more voting members. If anyone is interested in participating in this working group, please send a brief intro about yourself to sponsors-wg(a)python.org. Here is the draft wiki page and charter: https://wiki.python.org/psf/SponsorWG. This has not yet been approved by the board, but we need enough voting members first to bring this to the board. Please note: today Betsy and I are flying out to Portland to PyCon so we will not be able to respond immediately. *[1] the board has just approved an amendment of the PSF bylaws to* *remove the sponsor membership category. From now on, we willjust have sponsors and no longer need to vote them in, hopefullymaking it much easier to sign up new sponsors. The next step iscreating a sponsors WG to take over sponsor management.Here's the official resolution:- RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation amend the PSF bylaws to remove the Sponsor Membership category. All changes made by the Bylaws WG are listed here:https://bitbucket.org/malemburg/psf-bylaws/diff/bylaws.md?diff1=ba8468… <https://bitbucket.org/malemburg/psf-bylaws/diff/bylaws.md?diff1=ba846896778…>. Approved 11-0-0 via email vote 25 May 2016and these are the updated bylaws:https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/?20160525 <https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/?20160525>* Best regards, Ewa Director of Operations Python Software Foundation Cell: 415-319-5237

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REMINDER: PSF Member Lunch @ PyCon
by Ewa Jodlowska May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

Hi everyone, Just a quick reminder that today at 12:30 we are hosting a PSF Members' Lunch at PyCon US. - Day/time: Tuesday May 31, 2016, 12:30pm local time - Location: Oregon Convention Center, Room F150-F151 - Menu: Roasted Prawns Lunch - garlic potato puree, local vegetable succotash, basil cream, seasonal vegetables, farmer's field green salad. - Special dietary meals will be provided for those that request one in the RSVP below. - Agenda: - announcing the new board for the 2016/17 term - mingling with members Best regards, Ewa Director of Operations Python Software Foundation Cell: 415-319-5237

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board candidates: tell me about transparency
by Carl Karsten May 30, 2016

May 30, 2016

All of the people nominated for the PSF board are good people who will do good things. If things were running smooth, I wouldn't really care who gets elected. But once again, we see people asking questions due to lack of transparency. So once again, I ask: What will you do about it? -- Carl K

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PSF working groups - how to become a member
by Jacqueline Kazil May 29, 2016

May 29, 2016

How does someone become a member of a working group? (I can't find this information on the website.) -Jackie -- Jacqueline Kazil | @jackiekazil

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board candidates: tell me about transparency
by Carl Karsten May 29, 2016

May 29, 2016

"The psf-board-public mailing list, which is used for board discussions which are not legally or otherwise sensitive, allowing them to be shared with the wider PSF membership." - https://wiki.python.org/psf/Info%20for%20new%20PSF%20members That does not seem accurate, and I consider it a problem. The only traffic this list gets is Diana's post of the meeting minutes (Thank you Diana) with these exceptions I found: 1 post form a board member, no reply. Not sure that qualifies as a discussion. https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board-public/2015-October/00111… On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 7:22 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote: > IMO, Van's version is ... (follow the link if you want to know the rest) https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board-public/2015-August/thread… This shows me that MAL is taking an active role in shaping the results. I may not really agree with his position, but I know what it is, and if I strongly disagreed I would like to think someone would want to hear about it. And or if I disagree with enough of his ideas, maybe I won't vote for him. May June and July have a little activity too: https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board-public/2015-July/thread.h… It looks like most of the traffic is from non board members. Is this why the board stopped using it for board discussions? Why are non board members allowed to post to the board list? Steve, I am trying to elect board members and want to know how they feel about something I care about. If you want to have a discussion, start a new thread. On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Steve Holden <steve(a)holdenweb.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Carl Karsten <carl(a)personnelware.com> wrote: >> >> > I also used to wonder what was being discussed behind closed doors. >> >> We shouldn't have to wonder. If it really is that boring, fine, but it should be up to me to decide how I spend my time. >> >> The posted minutes are just a summary and results of the discussions and votes. They don't tell me what was seen as pros and cons and how they were weighted. >> > For Heaven's sake. We elect a board to look after these issues. You can't expect to second-guess every deliberation. If you want to do that, stand for the board. > >> I have no idea what the individual board members think. Even when there is a unanimous vote, I still don't know why they voted that way. >> > Because that's what they thought would be in the Foundation's best interests. > > [...] > > Steve Holden -- Carl K

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Django Girls workshop at EuroPython 2016
by M.-A. Lemburg May 26, 2016

May 26, 2016

We’re pleased to announce a Django Girls workshop on Sunday, July 17, the first day of the EuroPython 2016 conference. If you want participate or know someone who’d like to join, please fill in our application form on the Django Girls’ website: *** Django Girls EuroPython 2016 *** https://djangogirls.org/europython2016/ Remember: you don’t need any prior programming knowledge to participate ! About the workshop ------------------ After the workshop you will have learned about: * HTML / CSS * Python / Django and in a single day, you’ll have created a blog. If that sounds challenging, no worries: our friendly coaches will help you. Paola Katherine, DG organizer: "If you participate, we’ll raffle one full ticket for EuroPython 2016, the largest and best Python event in Europe." More infos ---------- The Django Girls EuroPython 2016 networks: * More infos and details on the website: djangogirls.org/europython2016 * Facebook: fb.me/djangogirlseuropython * Twitter: @DjangoGirlsEP16 If you have questions, please write to bilbao(a)djangogirls.org With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/735755247046426624 Thanks.

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Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision
by M.-A. Lemburg May 26, 2016

May 26, 2016

Dear PSF Members, the board has just approved an amendment of the PSF bylaws to remove the sponsor membership category. From now on, we will just have sponsors and no longer need to vote them in, hopefully making it much easier to sign up new sponsors. The next step is creating a sponsors WG to take over sponsor management. Here's the official resolution: - RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation amend the PSF bylaws to remove the Sponsor Membership category. All changes made by the Bylaws WG are listed here: https://bitbucket.org/malemburg/psf-bylaws/diff/bylaws.md?diff1=ba846896778…. Approved 11-0-0 via email vote 25 May 2016 and these are the updated bylaws: https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/?20160525 (the parameter is just a trick to bypass the cache :-)) Cheers, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg Director Python Software Foundation http://www.python.org/psf/ http://www.malemburg.com/

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PyData EuroPython 2016
by M.-A. Lemburg May 22, 2016

May 22, 2016

We are excited to announce a complete PyData (http://pydata.org/) track at EuroPython 2016 in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, from July 14-24. *** PyData EuroPython 2016 *** https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/events/pydata/ The PyData track will be part of the EuroPython 2016 conference, so you won’t need to buy extra tickets to join. We will have more than 30 talks, 5 training and 2 poster sessions dedicated to PyData on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd of July. If you’d like to attend the PyData EuroPython 2016 track, please register for EuroPython 2016 soon. https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/registration/ With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/

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Election Chatter
by David Mertz May 19, 2016

May 19, 2016

I know there is always too much of discussion when elections are open (if only because I was myself the Election Administrator for a number of years); however, I'd like to share some praise, but also ask a simple question. I received my ballot, and voted it. We have an amazing slate of candidates for the board, and I will be enthusiastic if any of those whom I DID NOT vote for happen to win. Folks can vote as they feel is best, but I would personally recommend that you NOT vote specifically for exactly 11 candidates. Rather, what kinda works best with Approval Voting is to look at each individual candidate statement, and set a threshold of enthusiasm for that person, voting for each independently accordingly. If you happen to cast 17 Yeses, there is no harm in that (other voters will vote differently, and there will be some total votes for each person); likewise if you happen to only vote 3 Yeses. However, that's not my comment or question. Rather, I thought about the order of the ballot. And I happen to live with another PSF Voting Member, so asked her about her order (although not about her votes). To my pleasure, she receive a ballot listing candidates in a different order than mine. I think that is GREAT, and commend the Election Administrator on this. Varying order reduces unconscious bias (i.e. voters are likely to vote for the first few they like, then tire of the choices "down ballot" ... it's human). I am curious though, about exactly how this was done. That is, was the software enhanced to randomize order for each individual voter? Or was it more like what I did in some past years, and there are simply 3-4 batches of ballots (but each order sent to 100 voters or whatever), each one with a different ordering? Either way is good, but of course the first is better if the software happens to support it now. Best wishes, David... -- Keeping medicines from the bloodstreams of the sick; food from the bellies of the hungry; books from the hands of the uneducated; technology from the underdeveloped; and putting advocates of freedom in prisons. Intellectual property is to the 21st century what the slave trade was to the 16th.

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