Hello everyone!
We are gearing up for this year's election.
Timeline
1. Open call for Board Director Nominations: May 6, 2020 AoE [1]
2. Board Director Nomination cut-off: May 31, 2020 AoE
3. Voter application cut-off date: May 31, 2020 AoE [2]
4. Voting start date: June 8, 2020 AoE
5. Voting end date: June 17, 2020 AoE
[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.
Are you interested in running for the PSF board? Check back to
https://www.python.org/nominations/elections/ May 6th to submit your
nomination.
Slack Channel "Open House"
The current board will host its yearly 24-hour slack *May 20th* to answer
any questions folks may have about running for the board or what the job
entails. I will send a reminder & link closer to the date. In the meantime,
feel free to review this wiki page:
https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundation/DutiesAndResponsibili…
Thank you,
Ewa Jodlowska
Executive Director
Python Software Foundation
-----------------------
*As a non-profit organization, the PSF depends on sponsorships and
donations to support the Python community. Check out our Annual Impact
Report for more details: https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/
<https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019/>*
*Please contribute to PSF; we can't continue our work without your
support! https://www.python.org/psf/donations/
<https://www.python.org/psf/donations/>*
Hello All,
*PyCon 2020 Online* is in its second week. You can view all types of
content beginning with the welcome message from the conference chair to
talk and tutorial recordings to posters presentations, and much more!
Visit PyCon
Online <https://us.pycon.org/2020/online/> to check it out!
The PyCon 2020 Virtual Expo Hall
<https://us.pycon.org/2020/sponsors/virtualexpohall/>is a great place to
view sponsor online challenges, job postings, and virtual booths.
More content will be added over the next 2 weeks, if you would like to
receive the weekly email you can subscribe here
<https://us.pycon.org/2020/online/>.
Thank you,
Jackie
--
*Jackie Augustine*
*Event Manager*
*@pycon*
We have started the EuroPython 2020 online conference & sprint ticket
sales today.
* EuroPython 2020 Ticket Sales *
https://ep2020.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/
Simplified ticket structure
---------------------------
In order to keep things simple for the EuroPython 2020 online version,
we have significantly reduced the ticket prices and refactored the
ticket structure to just two ticket types and two categories:
Conference & sprint tickets
---------------------------
The conference & sprint ticket includes admission to the EuroPython
2020 main conference (July 23-24) and sprints days (July 25-26).
- Business conference ticket: EUR 175.00 incl. 0% Swedish VAT
(for people using Python to make a living)
- Personal conference ticket: EUR 95.00 incl. 0% Swedish VAT
(for people enjoying Python in their free time or as a freelancer)
Sprint-only tickets
-------------------
Admission to the sprint days (July 25-26) is free of charge, but we
still require you to register and “buy” tickets, since that way we can
send out the conference details using our ticketing system:
- Business sprint ticket: EUR 0.00 incl. 0% Swedish VAT
(for people using Python to make a living)
- Personal sprint ticket: EUR 0.00 incl. 0% Swedish VAT
(for people enjoying Python in their free time or as a freelancer)
Full details
------------
Please see our registration page for full details on the available tickets:
https://ep2020.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/
As a reminder, here’s the conference structure:
- Thursday & Friday, July 23 & 24:
Conference talks, keynotes & virtual exhibition
- Saturday & Sunday, July 25 & 26:
Sprints
Participate in Talk Voting
--------------------------
With conference tickets, you will also be able to participate in the
talk voting which is still available until Sunday, April 26 23:59:59
CEST. Talk voting is your chance to tell us what you’d like to see at
EuroPython 2020.
https://ep2020.europython.eu/events/talk-voting/
Sprints-only tickets are not eligible for talk voting, but if you have
bought a ticket for one of the previous EuroPython conferences, you
can still vote after logging in to the website.
Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant
-------------------------------------
For Python Core Developers, we have put a special grant in place,
which will allow core developers to get free tickets to the
conference.
If you want to sign up, please check our grant page for details on how
to apply:
https://www.europython-society.org/core-grant
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/615992284837756928/europython-2020-ticket-s…
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/europython/status/1252508481405550593
Thanks,
--
EuroPython 2020 Team
https://ep2020.europython.eu/https://www.europython-society.org/
Since we had started the CFP under the assumption of running an
in-person conference and are now switching EuroPython 2020 to an
online event, we will extend the CFP for another two weeks until April
12, to give everyone who would like to participate in this new format,
a chance to submit a session proposal.
* EuroPython 2020 Online - Call for Proposal *
https://ep2020.europython.eu/call-for-proposals/
The online event will have this layout:
- July 23 - 24 (Thursday, Friday): conference days
- July 25 - 26 (Saturday, Sunday): sprint days
Presenting at EuroPython
------------------------
For the conference days, we are looking for the following session types:
- Talks of 35- or 45-minute duration (including 3-5 minutes for Q&A)
- Posters
- Help desks / Panels / Interactive sessions
We will give out free tickets to the event for all selected speakers.
For posters, we are planning to collect them on a gallery page,
together with PDF versions to read during the event. The speaker will
then be available during the poster session to answer questions and
present more details using screen sharing.
Help desks, panels and interactive sessions will be run using virtual
rooms we’ll make available during the conference days.
We will also have lightning talks for the online event, but those will
be collected closer to the event using a separate form or Google sheet
- similar to how we run this at the in-person conference.
For submitting sprints, please check our sprints page. Note that
unlike the conference days, the sprints day won’t require buying a
ticket.
https://ep2020.europython.eu/events/sprints/
Let’s make this an engaging event for everyone
----------------------------------------------
Even though we’re running an online event, our aim is to make the
online event as engaging as possible, so we will provide ways for
direct interaction with the speakers after their talk in separate
virtual rooms and additionally a chat system for asynchronous
interaction.
The conference system will also allow live polls and text or
audio/video based Q&A sessions, so please consider this when preparing
your sessions and add any polls you’d like to run in the submission
notes section (“Additional information for talk reviewers”).
The conference will be held between 09:00 CEST and 20:00 CEST on the
two conference days. We will try to schedule talks based on location
and timezone of the speaker. Please indicate your timezone in
submission notes.
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/614296142774173696/europython-2020-cfp-for-…
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/europython/status/1245723386329870339
Thanks,
--
EuroPython 2020 Team
https://ep2020.europython.eu/https://www.europython-society.org/
