Hi fellow Pythonistas! As some may have seen, the PSF announced that PyCon US 2021 https://pycon.blogspot.com/2020/12/announcing-pycon-us-2021.html will be a virtual experience. PyCon US generates over 65% of the PSF’s revenue. With PyCon 2020 and 2021 happening virtually, the PSF may lose over one million USD of expected revenue for those two years. Your support is more important now than ever! If you are able to, please consider donating! DONATE TODAY! https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2020-q42020-drive/ If donating is not an option, help spread the word about the fundraiser! Below are some resources our staff put together for community members to use. Resources for talking points, tweets, posts, etc - Here is a link https://www.python.org/psf/sponsorship/prospectus/2021/ that shows how recent PSF contributions have been spent. - Here is a link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8ruk3on2yjazqoi/AACgrlv1c0XT5ExVJ56B9IKka?dl=0 to some custom infographics and I’ve attached two slides with information you can use in any upcoming virtual presentations. - Sample tweets: - Your contributions helped @ThePSF award $324,000 in support to initiatives around the world to 60 different countries in 2019! Please consider donating to help us continue our work - https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2020-q42020-drive/ - The PSF allocated $30,000 to support CPython through a complete migration to GitHub in 2020 & in 2019 allocated $19,000 to assist CPython with Python 2 sunset communications. Help support future CPython improvements by donating to @ThePSF fundraiser! https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2020-q42020-drive/ - Overall, @ThePSF has disbursed $1,752,000 in financial support through its Grants Program to trainings, conferences, sprints & development all over the world between 2014 and 2019. Invest in our community by donating to the fundraiser today. https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2020-q42020-drive/ Thank you so much for your help! Betsy Betsy Waliszewski Sponsorship Coordinator Ewa Jodlowska Executive Director -- Betsy Waliszewski *Pronouns: she/her/hers* Event Planner / Sponsorship Coordinator @ThePSF As a non-profit organization, the PSF depends on sponsorships and donations to support the Python community. Please contribute to the PSF; we can't continue our work without your support! https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2020-q42020-drive/
