Mailman 3 May 2017 - PSF-Community

[X-POST] PSF Board Meeting Minutes 2017-04-03
by Kushal Das 31 May '17

31 May '17

Hi everyone, The PSF board meeting minutes from 3rd April are available online at [1]. There were 9 directors present in the meeting. Ewa Jodlowksa (Director of Operations), Kurt Kaiser (Treasurer), Betsy Waliszewski (Event Planner and Administrator), Phyllis Dobbs (Controller/Assistant Treasurer Accountant), (Mark Mangoba (IT Manager) were also in attendance. The sponsor working group approved UK Web Host Review and Accelebrate as Iron level sponsors of PSF. The Python Software Foundation also awarded the 2017 Frank Willison Award to Katie Cunningham and Barbara Shaurette in recognition of their continuing work to create and run their Young Coders classes, along with freely distributing their teaching materials. The following grants were also approved from our last meeting, totaling $32087.46 * PyLadies Toronto meetup fee $179.88 * PuPPy User Group $269.82 * PyLadies London $359.76 * Django Girls Jos, Nigeria workshop. $750 * Django Girls São José dos Campos, Brazil May 20, 2017 $750 * Django Girls Porto Alegre, Brazil March 17, 2017 $1000 * Django Girls Accra, Ghana June 16-17, 2017 $700 * Django Girls Faridabad $400 * Django Girls Niterói $500 * PyCode Czech Republic April 7-9, 2017 $600 * Django Girls Maceió, Brazil May 12-13, 2017 $500 * Django Girls Florence, Italy April 2, 2017 $538 * Django Girls Gurgaon, India April 9, 2017 $400 * PyCon APAC 2017 $3000 * Django Girls Warri, Nigeria April 29, 2017 $600 * Python Programming Society of Namibia for lab equipment to be used at the Windhoek Technical High School $1000 * Django Girls Arapiraca, Brazil August 26th, 2017 $500 * Django Girls Belo Horizonte, Brazil May 27th, 2017 $500 * Django Girls Enugu State, Nigeria April 27-28, 2017 $800 * Django Girls Sokoto, Nigeria April 6, 2017 $740 * PyData San Luis, Argentina November 16-18, 2017 $750 * PyConWEB 2017, Berlin May 27-28, 2017 $2000 * PyLadies Taiwan Line Bot Workshop May 13, 2017 $800 * PyCon CZ June 9-11, 2017 2000€ ($2240 in today's value) * SciPy Austin, TX July 10-13, 2017 $2000 * Hapa Foundation Training Program in Kumasi, Ghana $1250 * EuroPython 2017 July 9-16, Rimini, Italy 8000€ ($8960 in today's value) 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/2017-04-03/ [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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EuroPython 2017: Full session list online
by M.-A. Lemburg 27 May '17

27 May '17

After the final review round, we are now happy to announce the complete list of more than 200 accepted sessions. * EuroPython 2017 Session List * https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/events/sessions/ Here’s what we have on offer: - 5 keynotes - 157 talks - 20 trainings - 10 posters - 4 interactive sessions - 5 help desks - 2 EuroPython sessions for a total of 203 sessions, arranged in 5 tracks from Monday, July 10, thru Friday, July 14, in addition to the Beginners’ Day and Django Girls workshops on Sunday, July 9, and the Sprints on the weekend July 15-16. Please see the session list for details and abstracts. In case you wonder what poster, interactive and help desk sessions are, please check the call for proposals: https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/#Presenting-at-EuroPython Additional help desk slots available ------------------------------------ We have 5 additional help desk slots available. If you are interested in arranging one, please see our Call for Proposals for details and contact program(a)europython.eu to submit your proposal. Organizers of help desks are eligible for a 25% ticket discount. Schedule to be announced next week ---------------------------------- Our program work group is now working hard on scheduling all these sessions. We expect to announce the final schedule by the end of next week. We will use the same conference schedule layout as in previous years: * Sunday, July 9: Beginners’ Day and Django Girls workshops; registration desk opens * Monday - Friday, July 10-14: Conference talks, trainings, keynotes, help desks, interactive sessions, etc. * Saturday - Sunday, July 15-16: Sprints A typical conference day will open the venue at 08:30, have the first session around 09:00 and end at 18:30. Lunch breaks are scheduled for around 13:15. Please note that we don’t serve breakfast. Aside: If you haven’t done yet, please get your EuroPython 2017 ticket soon. We will switch to on-desk rates in June, which will cost around 30% more than the regular rates. https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/ Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2017 Team http://ep2017.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/868063669019697153 Thanks.

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Sponsored Tickets to PyCon CZ 2017 Prague 8‑10 June
by Betsy Waliszewski 24 May '17

24 May '17

Hi, As a part of the PSF's sponsorship of PyCon CZ, we have (4) free tickets available. Please contact me if you are interested in attending. https://cz.pycon.org/2017/ Best, Betsy -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski

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Where is the PSF's budget posted?
by Matthew Dixon Cowles 20 May '17

20 May '17

Can someone remind me where the PSF's budget is posted? Some Googling doesn't seem to find it for me. Regards, Matt

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EuroPython 2017: First list of accepted sessions available
by M.-A. Lemburg 17 May '17

17 May '17

We have received an amazing collection of proposals. Thank you all for your submissions ! Given the overwhelming quality of the proposals, we had some very difficult decisions to make. Nonetheless we are happy to announce we have published the first 140+ sessions. * EuroPython 2017 Sessions * https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/events/sessions/ Here’s what we have on offer so far: 100 talks 19 trainings 10 posters 2 interactive sessions 5 help desks 2 EuroPython sessions for a total of 138 sessions in addition to the 3 keynotes we have already announced. More sessions to come --------------------- More sessions will be announced early next week and the full schedule will follow. In total, we will again have more than 200 sessions waiting for you. Please see the session list for details and abstracts. In case you wonder what poster, interactive and help desk sessions are, please check the call for proposals: https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/#Presenting-at-EuroPython Aside: If you haven’t done yet, please get your EuroPython 2017 ticket soon. We will switch to on-desk rates in June, which will cost around 30% more than the regular rates. Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2017 Team http://ep2017.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/864785185098936320 Thanks.

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Dangerous PyPI packages and PSF
by Bruno Rocha 05 May '17

05 May '17

Hi, I just read this on reddit[0], a thread asking if PyPI packages are audited and somebody pointed the `python-nation`[1] which is a harmful and useless module, installing itself and sending the `/etc/passwd` content to external endpoint. The app receiving the data is hosted at http://python-nation.herokuapp.com and as the PSF mission [2] says The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language I wonder if there are some workgroup at PSF to handle this? and not only the specific case of `python-nation` which should be deleted and the user banned maybe, But also to handle the audit of other packages? [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/697da2/does_ pypi_review_code_thats_uploaded/ [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/697da2/does_ pypi_review_code_thats_uploaded/dh4uyf8/ [2] https://www.python.org/psf/mission/ Cheers, -- *Bruno Rocha - @rochacbruno <http://twitter.com/rochacbruno>* http://brunorocha.org

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Announcement: PSF Members Lunch at PyCon US
by Ewa Jodlowska 04 May '17

04 May '17

Dear PSF members, We will host a PSF Members Lunch at PyCon US Portland, OR for those that are registered for the conference. If you are a new or long-time PSF member, it would be great to meet you in person. - Day/time: Saturday May 20, 2017, 12:40pm local time - Location: Oregon Convention Center, Room F150-F151 - Menu: - Salad option for all: Spinach and Curly Endive - strawberries, Briar Rose Creamery goat cheese, black pepper honey Regular: Roasted Breast of Chicken Roulade - local forest mushroom ragout, white cream garlic sauce, garlic chips Portobello Napoleon (GF & LF) - grilled portobello mushrooms, eggplant, roasted pepper, tomato coulis, basil oil - Special dietary meals will be provided for those that request one in the RSVP below. - *RSVP by May 10, 2017: **https://goo.gl/forms/ebuLxsNmMSx3ieIQ2 <https://goo.gl/forms/ebuLxsNmMSx3ieIQ2>* - Agenda: - get to know some of the 2017/18 PSF Board candidates - mingling with members Best regards, Ewa Director of Operations Python Software Foundation

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Open Call for PSF Board Nominations
by Ewa Jodlowska 01 May '17

01 May '17

Hi, Are you interested in running for the PSF Board 2017/18 term? Please read through & add your nomination here: https://wiki.python.org/ moin/PythonSoftwareFoundation/BoardCandidates2017. *The deadline to submit a nomination is May 25, 2017 11:59pm AoE*: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg= Nomination+Deadline&iso=20170525T2359&p1=3926 Thanks, Ewa Jodlowska Director of Operations

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EuroPython 2017: Talk voting is open
by M.-A. Lemburg 01 May '17

01 May '17

At EuroPython, we let our attendees have a significant say in the selection of the sessions which are presented at the conference. We call this "talk voting" - attendees can tell us which submitted talks they’d like to see at the conference. To be eligible to vote for talks, you need to be a registered attendee of the current EuroPython, or attendee of the past two EuroPython conferences. How talk voting works --------------------- Please log in and proceed to * https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/speakers/talk-voting/ to vote for talks. The talk voting page lists all submitted proposals, including talks, trainings and posters. At the top of the page you find a few filters you can use to narrow down the list by e.g. selecting tags you’re interested in or only show one type of proposal and also to select the sorting order. For each submission, you can find the talk title with a link to the talk page. In order to vote, have a look at the title/abstract and then indicate your personal interest in attending this session. We have simplified the voting process and you may chose between these four options: - must see - want to see - maybe - not interested If you have questions about the talk, you can go to the talk page and enter a comment. Note that your votes are automatically saved to the backend without the need to click on a save or submit button. Talk selection -------------- After the talk voting phase, the EuroPython Program Workgroup (WG) will use the votes to select the talks and build a schedule. The majority of the talks will be chosen based on the talk voting results. Part of the available slots will be directly assigned by the Program WG based on editorial criteria to e.g. increase diversity or give a chance to less mainstream topics. In general, the Program WG will try to give as many speakers a chance to talk as possible. If speakers have submitted multiple talks, the one with the highest rate will most likely get selected. Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2017 Team http://ep2017.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/859021545066430464 Thanks.

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