Hi folks: The Python Software Foundation board meeting minutes from December 2nd, 2015 are now available online: https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/2015-12-02/ The Python Software Foundation provides grants for development, conferences, workshops, and user groups (https://www.python.org/psf/grants/). The following grants were approved since the last board meeting, totalling $18,122 USD. - Django District http://www.meetup.com/django-district/ Meetup.com fees Amount: $170 USD - San Antonio PyLadies http://www.meetup.com/SA-PyLadies-Meetup/ Meetup.com fees Amount: $87 USD - Django Girls Inland Empire Workshop https://djangogirls.org/inlandempire/ California, USA December 5, 2015 Amount: $1,000 USD - PyData Madrid http://pydata.org/madrid2016/ Madrid, Spain April 8-10, 2016 Amount: $2,000 USD - Django Girls Cologne https://djangogirls.org/cologne/ Cologne, Germany November 28, 2015 Amount: $600 USD - Django Girls Rome https://djangogirls.org/rome/ Rome, Italy December 12, 2015 Amount: $750 USD - Django Girls Windhoek https://djangogirls.org/windhoek/ Windhoek, Namibia January 25, 2016 Amount: $750 USD - Django Girls Honolulu https://djangogirls.org/honolulu/ Honolulu, Hawaii December 12, 2015 Amount: $550 USD - Python in Astronomy Conference http://python-in-astronomy.github.io/2016/ Seattle, Washington March 21-25, 2016 Amount: $500 USD - San Francisco Python User Group - Mini-conference http://www.meetup.com/sfpython/ San Francisco, USA December 12, 2015 Amount: $1,715 USD - Hyperion Development https://twitter.com/ThePSF/status/689877816721149952 South Africa Amount: $10,000 USD Finally, please join us in thanking and congratulating this round of Community Service Award recipients: Terri Oda & Berker Peksağ! https://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-awards/#december-2015 2015 Community Service Award goes to Berker Peksağ http://pyfound.blogspot.ca/2016/01/2015-community-service-awartd-goes-to.htm... RESOLVED, that the PSF award Berker Peksağ the 2015 fourth quarter Community Service Award for his consistent volunteer efforts with pydotorg in 2015. https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/graphs/contributors. Google Summer of Code – Terri Oda gets CSA award! http://pyfound.blogspot.ca/2015/12/google-summer-of-codeterri-oda-gets-csa.h... RESOLVED, that the PSF award Terri Oda the 2015 fourth quarter Community Service Award for her successful organization of Google Summer of Code for the past few years (2013, 2014, 2015). Acting as the GSoC coordinator for Python, Terri organizes students, mentors, and participating Python projects. In 2015, over 70 students participated for Python. For more updates from the PSF, please visit our blog and follow us on Twitter. https://twitter.com/ThePSF https://pyfound.blogspot.com/ Cheers, --diana