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EuroPython 2019: PyData EuroPython 2019
by M.-A. Lemburg 31 May '19

31 May '19

We are happy to announce a complete PyData track at EuroPython 2019: * PyData EuroPython 2019 * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/pydata-europython-2019/ The PyData track will be part of EuroPython 2019, so you won’t need to buy an extra ticket to attend. The PyData track is run in cooperation with NumFocus. There are two full tracks featuring more than 30 talks and 4 trainings: - 4 trainings on Monday and Tuesday (July 8-9) - 34 talks on Wednesday and Thursday (July 10-11) - no PyData talks on Friday (July 12) The full program is available on our PyData EuroPython 2019 page. https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/pydata-europython-2019/ If you’d like to attend PyData EuroPython 2019, please register for EuroPython 2019 soon: https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/ Dates and Venues ---------------- EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at the Congress Center Basel (CCB) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri) and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun). Tickets can be purchased on our registration page: https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/ For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ: https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq 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/185265747827/pydata-europython-2019 Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1134358461335199749 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2019 Team https://ep2019.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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PyLondinium 2019 schedule is out!
by Pedro Alvarez 28 May '19

28 May '19

Hello everyone! PyLondinium19 is less than a month away, and we have (almost) all the information you may want ready. The event will happen from the 14th to the 16th of June. On Friday, we will host a few free workshops for which you have to fill a separate registration form, this means you don't need a ticket if you are only going to these: - Trans*Code: https://pylondinium.org/talks/transcode.html - PyLondinium Girls: https://girls.pylondinium.org/ - Python Dojo: We will have more information soon. On Saturday and Sunday... Talks, including 4 fantastic keynotes! - Schedule: https://pylondinium.org/schedule.html - Keynotes: https://pylondinium.org/keynote.html We have sold almost ⅔ of the tickets available, and they are selling fast now that the schedule is ready. You can buy yours here: https://www.ticketea.co.uk/entradas-conferencia-pylondinium-2019/. Remember, all profits will go directly to the PSF! If you want to stay updated, you can follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pylondinium), or subscribe to our mailing list (http://eepurl.com/ga6KzH) Looking forward to seeing you there! Pedro - PyLondinium Organisation Team

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EuroPython 2019 Django Girls Workshop
by M.-A. Lemburg 28 May '19

28 May '19

Would you like to know about how to build websites, how the internet works and would you like to try programming your own first blog, but don’t know where to start? We have good news for you: we are holding a one-day Django Girls workshop for beginners ! * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/django-girls/ * Where and when -------------- The workshop will be held on Monday, July 8th in the EuroPython 2019 conference venue FHNW Campus Muttenz from 09:30 – 17:00. What to expect -------------- During the workshop you will work through a tutorial in a small group of three attendees and one coach. Our coaches are software developers who contribute their time, knowledge and energy for you and Django Girls. All you need is a working laptop, and we’ll help you with the rest. You can attend the workshop for free! Your motivation counts, let us know about it in your application. Registering for the workshop ---------------------------- The workshop is aimed at women with little or no programming experience, but may also be useful if you’ve learned a different discipline (like data science) and would like to learn how to build websites with Django. The workshop is free to attend, but you have to apply and be accepted. We only have 30 seats available for the workshop, and we’ll pick the best applicants based on the information you provide you provide on the form. If you’d like to attend: apply here: https://djangogirls.org/basel/ Workshop coaches ---------------- We can’t run this workshop without coaches! A coach will be assigned to each group of 3 attendees. Their job is to support and encourage their team as they work through the Django Girls tutorial at their own pace. If you’d like to apply to be a coach, please sign up here: https://djangogirls.org/basel/ Sponsors of EuroPython 2019 Django Girls Workshop ------------------------------------------------- - The EuroPython Society is providing the room and catering in our training venue, the FHNW Campus Muttenz. - Nexmo will provide the Django Girls workshop box. - EntwicklerHeld will provide t-shirts for our coaches. More information is available on our Django Girls page: https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/django-girls/ Dates and Venues ---------------- EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri) and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun). Tickets can be purchased on our registration page: https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/ For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ: https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq 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/185195491022/europython-2019-django-girls-w… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1133271891974615046 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2019 Team https://ep2019.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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EuroPython 2019: Financial Aid Program starts today
by M.-A. Lemburg 24 May '19

24 May '19

We are happy to announce the start of our financial aid program for this year’s EuroPython. As part of our commitment to the Python community, we are pleased to announce that we offer special grants for people in need of a financial aid to attend EuroPython. * https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/financial-aid/ * Financial Aid Sponsor for EuroPython 2019 ----------------------------------------- EuroPython Society: https://www.europython-society.org/ The EuroPython Society (EPS) is sponsoring financial aid with 15,000 EUR this year. We offer financial aid conference grants in these 2 categories: - Free ticket. Get a standard ticket for the conference for free (including access to conference days (Wed-Fri), Beginners’ Day workshop and sprints.). Note: training passes are NOT included in the free conference ticket. - Travel / Accommodation. We will cover the travel costs pro rata, depending on what you are applying for. You can get partial refund for the accommodation. Grant Eligibility ----------------- EuroPython is a wonderful place to meet and share your experience with other Python developers from Europe and all around the world. Our goal is support people which want to make Python community better: conference speakers and tutorial presenters, active people from small Python communities and open source contributors. Our grants are open to all people in need of financial aid. We will specifically take into account the following criteria in the selection process: - Contributors: potential speakers/trainers of EuroPython (people who submitted a proposal) and all who contribute to EuroPython and/or Python community projects. - Economic factors: we want everybody to have a chance to come to EuroPython, regardless of economic situation or income level. - Diversity: we seek the most diverse and inclusive event possible. How to apply ------------ Please see our financial aid page for all details: https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/financial-aid/ Become a Financial Aid Sponsor ! -------------------------------- Even though the EPS is already sponsoring finaid, we can always use more budget to increase the number of people who can benefit from the program. You or your company can support our diversity and finaid initiative by becoming a sponsor. We have a special options “Financial aid sponsor” and “Financial aid donation” in the list of sponsor options, that can be booked separately or be included in the sponsor package. Please check our sponsor brochure for more information and contact finaid(a)europython.eu or the sponsor work group directly sponsoring(a)europython.eu. Bring new sponsor and get free ticket for EuroPython 2019 ! Dates and Venues ---------------- EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri) and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun). Tickets can be purchased on our registration page: https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/ For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ: https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq 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/185103282697/europython-2019-financial-aid-… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1131833024079892480 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2019 Team https://ep2019.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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2019 Election Updates
by Ewa Jodlowska 23 May '19

23 May '19

Hello members, Here's an update on the upcoming election: Timeline This is a notification of the 2019/20 board of directors election timeline. 1. Open call for Board Director Nominations: May 6, 2019 AoE[1] (Monday) 2. Board Director Nomination cut-off: May 31, 2019 AoE (Friday) 3. Voter application cut-off date: May 31, 2019 AoE (Friday)[2] 4. Voting start date: June 7, 2018 AoE (Friday) 5. Voting end date: June 16, 2018 AoE (Sunday) There will be five board seats open this year as one of the directors is stepping down. [1] AoE: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe [2] You need to be a contributing, managing, supporting, fellow <https://www.python.org/psf/membership/>member by this date to vote in this election. Email me if you have questions. New Nomination Process! This year we have created a new way to submit nominations. The primary focus was to improve the fairness of how nominations are displayed and to move the process onto the python.org infrastructure. We will send out instructions for how to nominate others and/or yourself later this month. Unlike past years, the only requirement for nominating someone or accepting a nomination will be a free basic account on python.org. If you do not have an account, one can be created at https://www.python.org/accounts/signup/. For those that are interested, here's a screencast of how the new nomination process will work: https://youtu.be/sORneSQNOmc. Slack Channel "Open House" On May 20th, the PSF directors will host a 24-hour "open house". During this time, we welcome those that are considering running for the board and questions. Anyone with any PSF questions is welcomed to join in on the discussion. Join the slack here <https://join.slack.com/t/psf-board/shared_invite/enQtNjAwMTY4MTY1NzgxLWY4Mm…>. I will send another notification closer to the nomination window. At that time I will include a link to the page where BoD nominations can be added and any other relevant information for the vote. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me via email. Best regards, Ewa Jodlowska Executive Director Python Software Foundation

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EuroPython 2019: First batch of accepted sessions
by M.-A. Lemburg 22 May '19

22 May '19

Our program work group (WG) has been working hard over the weekend to select the sessions for EuroPython 2019. * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/sessions/ * We’re now happy to announce the first batch with: - 112 talks, - 12 trainings, - 6 posters, - 1 interactive session and - 5 helpdesks brought to you by 129 speakers: * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/speakers/ * More advanced talks than in previous EuroPython editions -------------------------------------------------------- We are glad that the Python community has heard our call to submit more advanced talks this year. This will make EuroPython 2019 even more interesting than our previous editions. Waiting List ------------ Some talks are still in the waiting list. We will inform all speakers who have submitted talks about the selection status by email. PyData EuroPython 2019 ---------------------- As in previous years, we will have lots of PyData talks and trainings: - 4 trainings on Monday and Tuesday (July 8-9) - 34 talks on Wednesday and Thursday (July 10-11) - no PyData talks on Friday (July 12) Full Schedule ------------- The full schedule will be available early in June. Training Tickets & Combined Tickets ----------------------------------- If you want to attend the trainings offered on the training days (July 8-9), please head over to the registration page in the next couple of days. Sales are going strong and we only have 300 tickets available. Combined tickets are new this year and allow attending both training and conference days with a single ticket. Dates and Venues ---------------- EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri) and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun). Tickets can be purchased on our registration page: https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/ For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ: https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq 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/185058369732/europython-2019-first-batch-of… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1131140414910750720 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2019 Team https://ep2019.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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EuroPython 2019: Conference and training ticket sale opens today
by M.-A. Lemburg 20 May '19

20 May '19

We will be starting the EuroPython 2019 conference and training ticket sales today (Monday) at 12:00 CEST * https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/ * Only 300 training tickets available ----------------------------------- After the rush to the early-bird tickets last week (we sold more than 290 tickets in 10 minutes), we expect a rush to the regular and training tickets this week as well. We only have 300 training tickets available, so if you want to attend the training days, please consider getting your ticket soon. Available ticket types ---------------------- We will have the following ticket types available: - regular conference tickets - admission to the conference days (July 10-12) and sprints (July 13-14) - training tickets - admission to the training days (July 8-9) - combined tickets - admission to training, conference and sprint days (July 8-14) Please see our registration page for full details on the available tickets. As reminder, here’s the conference layout: - Monday & Tuesday, July 8 & 9: Trainings, Beginners’ Day and other workshops - Wednesday–Friday, July 10–12: Conference talks, keynotes & exhibition - Saturday & Sunday, July 13 & 14: Sprints Combined Tickets ---------------- These are a new ticket type we are introducing for EuroPython 2019, to simplify purchase and check-in at the conference for attendees who want to attend the complete EuroPython 2019 week with a single ticket. To make the ticket more attractive, we are granting a small discount compared to purchasing training and conference tickets separately. Dates and Venues ---------------- EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri) and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun). For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ: https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq 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/185008362672/europython-2019-conference-and… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1130371157440512000 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2019 Team https://ep2019.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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EuroPython 2019: Sponsor brochure available
by M.-A. Lemburg 17 May '19

17 May '19

We are pleased to present our EuroPython 2019 Sponsor Brochure: * https://ep2019.europython.eu/sponsor/brochure/ * We have worked with our designer to compile all relevant information about the conference in a nice to read brochure, you can use to discuss a possible sponsorship in your company. If you have questions, please contact our sponsor team at sponsoring(a)europython.eu. Once you have decided, please sign up via the form on our sponsor package page. https://ep2019.europython.eu/sponsor/packages/ Early-bird sponsorship deal --------------------------- If you are quick to decide, you can benefit from a 10% early-bird discount we give on sponsor packages, if you sign up today (Friday, May 17): https://ep2019.europython.eu/sponsor/packages/ Dates and Venues ---------------- EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri) and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun). For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ: https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq 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/184937371007/europython-2019-sponsor-brochu… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1129286303055568896 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2019 Team https://ep2019.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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Help us promote The PSF Q2 2019 Fundraiser
by Betsy Waliszewski 14 May '19

14 May '19

Hi All, We have 8 more days for our fundraiser and I could use your help promoting it. We don't yet know the total received from the PyCharms part of the campaign and will add that when we have the numbers. Here are some suggested tweets that you could use or feel free to write your own! - Donations are coming in, but we need more to reach our $60K goal. https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2019-q2-drive/ #idonatedtothepsf - JetBrains PyCharm & the PSF is offering a 30% discount with all proceeds going to the PSF! Check out their offer here - https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/promo/support-python/ https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2019-q2-drive/ …. #idonatedtothepsf - Our first Annual Report shows you just a few ways the generous support from our partners and friends helps us support our mission - https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/. Support the PSF by donating - https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2019-q2-drive/. #idonatedtothepsf - Your support is what makes the PSF possible. Invest in your community by donating to our fundraiser. https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2019-q2-drive/. #idonatedtothepsf - Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far! Help us raise $60K. https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2019-q2-drive/. #idonatedtothepsf Thanks for your help! Betsy

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EuroPython 2019: Talk Voting is open
by M.-A. Lemburg 13 May '19

13 May '19

Talk voting is your chance to tell us what you’d like to see at EuroPython 2019. We will leave talk voting open until: * Friday, May 17 23:59:59 CEST * In order to vote, please log in to the website and then navigate to the talk voting page: * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/talk-voting/ * How talk voting works --------------------- The talk voting page lists all submitted proposals, including talks, trainings and posters. The proposals are sorted in random order. 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 choose between these four options: - must see - want to see - maybe - not interested The talks you haven’t voted for are marked "no vote". Your votes are automatically saved to the backend without the need to click on a save or submit button. Please note the voting period is a bit shorter this year. We want to make up some time and release a first selection of accepted proposals by May 22. Who can participate ? --------------------- Any registered attendee of the current EuroPython as well as any attendee of one of the past EuroPython conferences going back to 2015 can vote. If you have submitted a proposal this year, you are also eligible to vote. 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 talk voting is a good and strong indicator what attendees are interested to see. Submissions are also selected based on editorial criteria to e.g. increase diversity, giving a chance to less mainstream topics as well as avoiding too much of the same topic. 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 rating will most likely get selected. Dates and Venues ---------------- EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri) and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun). For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ: https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq 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/184850780847/europython-2019-talk-voting-is… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1127965425193705473 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2019 Team https://ep2019.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

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