Hi all,
We have exciting news! We’re launching our first quarterly newsletter that
will include important community information. If you’d like to receive our
first edition, subscribe here: https://www.python.org/psf/newsletter/
Cheers,
Betsy
Greeting PSF Community!
On October 30, 2018 the PSF Board voted and approved the minutes from PSF
Board's September 25 2018 meeting. The full meeting
minutes can be found at -
https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/2018-09-25/.
Below are the high level details from the September 2018 meeting.
The following members of the Board of Directors (11 of 13) were present at
the meeting: Lorena Mesa, Naomi Ceder, Thomas Wouters, Katie McLaughlin,
Marlene Mhangami, Eric Holscher, Anna Ossowski, Jeff Triplett, Van
Lindberg, Christopher Neugebauer, and Ewa Jodlowska.
Kurt Kaiser (Treasurer), Betsy Waliszewski (Event Planner and
Administrator), Phyllis Dobbs (Controller/Assistant Treasurer Accountant),
Jackie Augustine (Event Manager), and Ernest W. Durbin III (Director of
Infrastructure) were also in attendance.
*September 2017 Board Meeting Votes*
Consent Agenda Resolutions:
None.
The PSF approved:
- August 2018 meeting minutes. Approved 10-0-1
- The PSF Board approved a yearly budget of $15,000 USD to support meet up
fee reimbursements. Approved 11-0-1
Votes via email:
Approved via a director's allowance 150€ to the Python Pizza annual event,
taking place September 15, 2018 in Naples, Italy.
Approved via director's allowance, $150 USD to the Atelier de Traduction de
la Documentation de Python event, taking place on September 13, 2018 in
Carrières-sur-Seine, France.
The PSF Board approved a $1,500 budget to the Code of Conduct Work Group,
which will be used for consultation services from Sage Sharp
*Work Group Votes*
The Sponsors Work Group approved the following sponsors: Open Education and
Development Group (Iron Level), VPNgids.nl (Iron Level), Union Investment
(Silver Level), SignalFX (Bronze Level).
The following grants were also approved from our last meeting by the PSF
Grants Work Group, totaling $19,471.12 USD :
* $500 USD to the Python Cameroon Training Program currently happening in
Bamenda, Cameroon
* $1,474.52 USD to the PyDay event happening in Tenerife, Canary Islands ,
Spain November 17, 2018
* $660 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Kigali, Rwanda September
15, 2018
* $4000 USD to the PyCon PL conference happening in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland
August 23, 2018
* $2000 USD to the first PyLadies Conference happening in São Paulo, Brazil
October 16, 2018
* $556.60 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Malate, Ilorin Kwara
State, Nigeria September 21, 2018
* $500 USD to the PyLadies event that happened in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland
August 22-24, 2018
* $1000 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Abuja, Nigeria October
26, 2018
* $2500 USD to the PyCon Indonesia conference happening in Jakarta,
Indonesia November 3, 2018
* $500 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Sherpur, Bangladesh
December 16, 2018
* $580 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Kaduna, Nigeria October
20, 2018
* $750 USD to the Latin American School of Tools for Political Analysis
event happening in Monterrey, Mexico July 30, 2019
* $1000 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Yokohama, Japan October
6, 2018
* $450 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Douala, Cameroon October
20, 2018
* $2500 USD to Cleopatra Douglas and a second speaker (TBD) to travel to a
PyCon in Africa in October 2018
* $500 USD to the Houston, TX meet up (PyHOU) for the purchase of audio
visual equipment
The following grants were denied:
* $1667 USD to the "Python Workshop for Beginners" event happening in
Vadodara, India September 25-27, 2018
* $672 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Taraba, Nigeria November
24, 2018
*MeetUp Fees*
MeetUp fees were granted to PyLadies Hamburg Germany, Python user
group in northern
Colorado, Portland Python User Group, Houston PyLadies, Champaign Urbana
Python User Group, and PyLadies Chicago Chicago.
To stay up on the latest PSF news, follow the PSF on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/thepsf and the PSF blog at http://pyfound.blogspot.com/.
Thanks all!
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*Lorena Mesa*
Co-Organizer, PyLadies Chicago <http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-PyLadies/>
Director, Python Software Foundation
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[This announcement is in German since it targets a local user group
meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany]
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ANKÜNDIGUNG
Python Meeting Düsseldorf
https://pyddf.de/
Ein Treffen von Python Enthusiasten und Interessierten
in ungezwungener Atmosphäre.
Mittwoch, 07.11.2018, 18:00 Uhr
Raum 1, 2.OG im Bürgerhaus Stadtteilzentrum Bilk
Düsseldorfer Arcaden, Bachstr. 145, 40217 Düsseldorf
Diese Nachricht ist auch online verfügbar:
https://www.egenix.com/company/news/Python-Meeting-Duesseldorf-2018-11-07
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NEUIGKEITEN
* Bereits angemeldete Vorträge:
Charlie Clark
"Context Managers and Generators"
Marc-André Lemburg
"The History of Unicode in Python"
Jens Diemer
"Django for Runners"
Ilya Kamenschchikov
"Object Detection Using TensorFlow"
Sowie einige Buchrezensionen.
Weitere Vorträge können gerne noch angemeldet werden: info(a)pyddf.de
* Startzeit und Ort:
Wir treffen uns um 18:00 Uhr im Bürgerhaus in den Düsseldorfer
Arcaden.
Das Bürgerhaus teilt sich den Eingang mit dem Schwimmbad und
befindet sich an der Seite der Tiefgarageneinfahrt der Düsseldorfer
Arcaden.
Über dem Eingang steht ein großes "Schwimm' in Bilk" Logo. Hinter
der Tür direkt links zu den zwei Aufzügen, dann in den 2. Stock
hochfahren. Der Eingang zum Raum 1 liegt direkt links, wenn man aus
dem Aufzug kommt.
Google Street View: http://bit.ly/11sCfiw
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EINLEITUNG
Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf ist eine regelmäßige Veranstaltung in
Düsseldorf, die sich an Python Begeisterte aus der Region wendet:
* https://pyddf.de/
Einen guten Überblick über die Vorträge bietet unser YouTube-Kanal,
auf dem wir die Vorträge nach den Meetings veröffentlichen:
* https://www.youtube.com/pyddf/
Veranstaltet wird das Meeting von der eGenix.com GmbH, Langenfeld,
in Zusammenarbeit mit Clark Consulting & Research, Düsseldorf:
* https://www.egenix.com/
* http://www.clark-consulting.eu/
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PROGRAMM
Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf nutzt eine Mischung aus (Lightning)
Talks und offener Diskussion.
Vorträge können vorher angemeldet werden, oder auch spontan während
des Treffens eingebracht werden. Ein Beamer mit XGA Auflösung
steht zur Verfügung.
(Lightning) Talk Anmeldung bitte formlos per EMail an info(a)pyddf.de
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KOSTENBETEILIGUNG
Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf wird von Python Nutzern für Python
Nutzer veranstaltet. Um die Kosten zumindest teilweise zu
refinanzieren, bitten wir die Teilnehmer um einen Beitrag in Höhe von
EUR 10,00 inkl. 19% Mwst, Schüler und Studenten zahlen EUR 5,00
inkl. 19% Mwst.
Wir möchten alle Teilnehmer bitten, den Betrag in bar mitzubringen.
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ANMELDUNG
Da wir nur für ca. 20 Personen Sitzplätze haben, möchten wir
bitten, sich per EMail anzumelden. Damit wird keine Verpflichtung
eingegangen. Es erleichtert uns allerdings die Planung.
Meeting Anmeldung bitte formlos per EMail an info(a)pyddf.de
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WEITERE INFORMATIONEN
Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der Webseite des Meetings:
https://pyddf.de/
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
--
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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