Mailman 3 August 2018 - PSF-Community

New PSF Stickers - We need your help!
by Betsy Waliszewski 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

Hi Pythonistas! The PSF would love your input on sticker designs. We have a new hex-shape sticker [attach pic] and would love to get 5 more designs so that people can collect all 6. Send us your ideas and we'll let the community decide which ones they like best! Cheers, Betsy

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EuroPython 2018: Videos for Thursday available
by M.-A. Lemburg 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

We are pleased to announce the second batch of cut videos from EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. * EuroPython 2018 YouTube Playlist * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scum5a_mqBc&t=0s&index=84&list=PL8uoeex94Uh… In this batch, we have included all videos for Thursday, July 26 2018, the second conference day. Next week we will publish videos for the final conference day. In total, we will have more than 130 videos available for you to watch. All EuroPython videos, including the ones from previous conferences, are available on our EuroPython YouTube Channel. http://europython.tv/ Help spread the word -------------------- Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social networks as widely as possible. Thank you ! Link to the blog post: https://blog.europython.eu/post/177582893492/europython-2018-videos-for-thu… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1035471566606397440 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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[CFP] Data Intelligence Conference (DICON) (10/26-10/27)
by Jacqueline Kazil 30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18

I am helping out again with DICON this year. *CFP is open! Please submit! * http://www.data-intelligence.ai/proposals/new -Jackie [image: page6image1776064] We are excited to host the second annual Data Intelligence Conference (DICON)! This year the conference will be held October 26th – October 27th at Capital One’s McLean headquarters. The event’s geographic location will remain in the Northern Virginia area and will continue to target advanced machine learning practitioners. Our audience will be engaged, excited, and enthusiastic about all of the progress and change within the field and we are happy to be a platform for the community. This year we are unveiling our revamped look and feel to reflect all that we are about: bringing data, innovation, and people together. Attendees can take advantage of the early bird registration now <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-intelligence-2018-tickets-46306194073>! Our goal with the event has always been to provide and open and collaborative environment for engineers, data scientists, and the local tech community, as well as provide conference sponsors the opportunity to interact with the attendees. The August event dates coincide with a holiday, allowing conference attendees who are truly committed to their field the opportunity to immerse themselves in the experience. For 2018, we will also see a closer alignment to non-profits who are using machine learning and data science to make an impact within their communities. Our premier non-profit partner, NumFOCUS, is a prime example of this partnership. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to engage with many of our academic partners who are all conducting exciting research Lastly, look forward to seeing some exciting keynote speakers. We will have a diverse group of industry and academic thought leaders presenting this year. For those who are interested in being considered to present, Call for Papers <http://www.data-intelligence.ai/proposals/new> is open and submissions are still being accepted. It is hard not to be excited about all of the changes and progress we’ve made and being able to share it with the community is exhilarating! 2018 is another year of growth, definition, and we hope to see and your peers during the conference. Please reach out to us at info(a)data-intelligence.com with any questions, concerns, and thoughts. [image: page6image1816608]

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Rosetta Code
by Paddy McCarthy 26 Aug '18

26 Aug '18

I do some work on the Rosetta Code site - writing tasks and creating some pythn solutions to tasks. I wondered if many PSF community members use the site in general; and what they thought of the Python representation. (No link, as my question is aimed at those who already use the site. (That is not very polite to the casual reader, I appologise: https://www.rosettacode.org)).

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Fwd: New PSF Stickers - We need your help!
by Paddy McCarthy 24 Aug '18

24 Aug '18

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Paddy McCarthy <paddy3118(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 at 20:53 Subject: Re: [PSF-Community] New PSF Stickers - We need your help! To: <betsy(a)python.org> How about … [image: image.png] On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 18:56, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy(a)python.org> wrote: > Hi Pythonistas! > > The PSF would love your input on sticker designs. We have a new hex-shape > sticker [attach pic] and would love to get 5 more designs so that people > can collect all 6. > > Send us your ideas and we'll let the community decide which ones they like > best! > > Cheers, > > Betsy > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community(a)python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community >

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EuroPython 2018: Videos for Wednesday available
by M.-A. Lemburg 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

We are pleased to announce the first batch of cut videos from EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. * EuroPython 2018 YouTube Playlist * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoRq9yGeBWY&list=PL8uoeex94UhFrNUV2m5MigREe… In this batch, we have included all videos for Wednesday, July 25 2018, the first conference day. In the coming two weeks we will publish videos for the next two conference days. In total, we will have more than 130 videos available for you to watch. All EuroPython videos, including the ones from previous conferences, are available on our EuroPython YouTube Channel. Help spread the word -------------------- Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social networks as widely as possible. Thank you ! Link to the blog post: https://blog.europython.eu/post/177312513617/europython-2018-videos-for-wed… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1032680953758527488 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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[XPOST] PSF Board Minutes July 24 2018
by Lorena Mesa 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

Hello again PSF Community! On August 21, 2018 the PSF Board vote and Meeting. The full meeting minutes can be found at - https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/2018-07-24/. Included below are some of the highlights from the July 2018 meeting. *Attendance* The following members of the Board of Directors (12 of 13) were present at the meeting: Lorena Mesa, Naomi Ceder, Christopher Neugebauer, Thomas Wouters, Katie McLaughlin, Eric Holscher, Jeff Triplett, Jackie Kazil, Ewa Jodlowska, and Van Lindberg. Anna Ossowski was represented by proxy. Kurt Kaiser (Treasurer), Betsy Waliszewski (Event Planner and Administrator), Phyllis Dobbs (Controller/Assistant Treasurer Accountant), and Ernest W. Durbin III (Director of Infrastructure) were also in attendance. *PSF Consent Agenda Votes* The PSF approved: - May 2018 meeting minutes. - acknowledge the creation of the Python Software Foundation Jobs Work Group to manage, review, and approve job postings. - award the Q3 2018 Community Service Award to Chukwudi Nwachukwu and Mario Corchero. *July 2018 Board Meeting Votes* The PSF Board approved the following officers for 2018/2019 -- President: Guido van Rossum, Secretary: Ewa Jodlowska, Assistant Secretary: Betsy Waliszewski, Treasurer: - Kurt Kaiser, PyCon US Chair: Ernest W. Durbin III. Chair: Naomi Ceder, Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Jackie Kazil, Vice Chair: Thomas Wouters, Van Lindberg, Communications Co-Chairs: Lorena Mesa, Marlene Mhangami, and General Counsel: Van Lindberg. The PSF approved adding PyHawaii and PyCascades as fiscal sponsorees in alignment with its tax-exempt mission and the PSF is authorized to execute a fiscal sponsorship agreement with each of the approved fiscal sponsorees. The PSF approved $24,000 USD to the CPython Core Sprint being held in Redmond, Washington September 10-14 2018. The PSF approved adding to the Grants Working Group: Aaron Yankey (Python Ghana & PyCon Ghana volunteer). The PSF approved PSF registering the “PyCon” word mark in all countries where a PyCon conference currently exists, including 30 Countries/Jurisdictions covered by the International Trademark treaty, and the following nine separate countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Africa, Taiwan, Uruguay, and Venezuela. *Work Group Votes* The Sponsors Work Group approved the following sponsors: YourLabs Business Service (Iron Level) and Digital Ocean (Bronze Level). The following sponsor was denied: HRank.com (Iron Level). The Grants Work Group approved the following grants since the last meeting, totaling $54,153 USD: * $400 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Busia, Uganda September 15, 2018 * $4,000 USD to the PyCon Balkan conference happening in Belgrade, Serbia November 16, 2018 * $3,000 USD to the PyCon Ghana conference happening in Accra, Ghana August 10, 2018 * $1200 USD to the Wellcome Middle School & Bethel Middle School After School Program happening in Pitt Cunty, North Carolina during the summer of 2018. * $750 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Bayelsa, Nigeria June 23, 2018 * $2,000 USD to the PyCon Thailand conference happening in Bangkok, Thailand June 16, 2018 * $580 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Kogi, Nigeria June 29, 2018 * $450 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Bauchi, Nigeria June 30, 2018 * $2500 USD to the PyData Conference happening in New Delhi, India August 11, 2018 * $2000 USD to the PyCon Russia conference happening in Moscow, Russia July 22-23, 2018 * $2200 USD to the Python Workshops happening at the Scientista Symposium Boston, MA March 30, 2019 * $750 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire July 14, 2018 * $750 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines June 30, 2018 * $665 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Lafia, Nigeria July 28-29, 2018 * $750 USD to the The 1st Annual Software Summit in Nsukka, Nigeria June 18, 2018 * $9,288 USD (~8000 Euro) to the EuroPython conference happening in Edinburgh, UK July 23-29, 2018 * $2800 USD to the PyConNG 2018 conference happening in Lagos, Nigeria September 13, 2018 * $540 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Bo, Sierra Leone July 7, 2018 * $590 USD (~500 Euro) to the Django Girls event happening in Salerno, Italy June 29, 2018 * $540 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Kampala, Uganda July 21, 2018 * $300 USD to the Beethoven Sprint happening in Bonn, Germany June 21-25, 2018 * $250 USD to the PyLadies event happening in Bauchi, Nigeria August 4, 2018 * $150 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Allahabad, India September 8, 2018 * $500 USD to the Python Training event happening in Bamenda, Cameroon July-October, 2018 * $1600 USD to the Flask Conference happening in São Paulo, Brazil August 25, 2018 * $1000 USD to the Young Coders event happening at PyOhio 2018 in Columbus, Ohio * $5,000 USD to the PyOhio Conference happening in Columbus, Ohio July 28-29, 2018 * $2700 USD to the Code Park Invent to Learn Summer Program @ FabLab Houston happening in Houston, Texas Jly 23-27 and July 30 - August 3, 2018 * $2,000 USD to the PyCon MY conference happening in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 25, 2018 * $1800 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Seoul, South Korea July 20, 2018 * $2500 to the AI6 Cleveland Chapter for a series of hands-on Python workshops to begin in the fall of 218. * $1000 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Sekondi Takoradi, Ghana September 1, 2018 The following grants were denied: * $1700 USD to the "InspireIT Mobile App Fest" event happening in Enugu, Nigeria July 13-27, 2018 * $1667 USD to the "Python workshop for beginners" event happening in Vadodara, India June 18, 2018 * $2000 USD for work that would improve the Python debugger plugin for Sublime Text * $3400 USD to the Programming Workshop happening in Dhaka, Bangladesh July 25, 2018 * $1200 USD to The First Ladies and Gents Nacoss Nekede Conference happening in Owerri, Nigeria July 12, 218 * $1000 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Ogun, Nigeria August 4, 2018 * $790 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Katsina-Funtua, Nigeria July 21, 2018 The Scientific Python Work Group votes to grant $1500 to the Joint ICML and IJCAI Workshop on Computational Biology 2018 for use in finding three (3) travel awards. *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. As always, tstay 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! __________________________________________________________________ *Lorena Mesa* Co-Organizer, PyLadies Chicago <http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-PyLadies/> Director, Python Software Foundation www.lorenamesa.com @loooorenanicole <https://twitter.com/loooorenanicole> Pronouns: she/her/hers Say what? <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-…>

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PyCon AU: Child care, session chairs, and ticket sales closing soon!
by Katie McLaughlin 10 Aug '18

10 Aug '18

PyCon AU is fast approaching, so we have some last minute updates for y'all We have child care! We have been able to secure on-site childcare for PyCon AU. The cost and details are up on our website: https://2018.pycon-au.org/news/on-site-child-care/ We would love you to be a session chair! If you are attending PyCon AU and would like to introduce some of our wonderful speakers, we have Session Chair positions just waiting for you! https://2018.pycon-au.org/news/call-for-session-chairs/ Some financial aid still available! If you would otherwise be unable to attend PyCon AU, thanks to the generosity of our community, we have some free tickets and financial assistance still available https://2018.pycon-au.org/news/financial-assistance-reopen/ Tickets may sell out! We will be closing ticket sales at *11:59pm Sunday August 19 2018 AEST (Sydney Time)* Tickets *may sell out* before then! Head on over to https://2018.pycon-au.org/attend/tickets/ and secure your ticket today! Looking forward to seeing you all in Sydney real soon now, for our biggest PyCon AU ever! 🐍 Katie McLaughlin PyCon AU 2018 Conference Director

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