Mailman 3 February 2019 - Pycon-openspaces

Open Spaces Co-Chairs + General Improvement Ideas
by Anna Ossowski 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Hi all, Trey and I took some time to speak with most of the people who applied for the Open Spaces Co-Chair roles and we have discussed all the candidates. Before we make a final decision, we wanted to get your input. We are currently torn between three people: * Haley Bear - New volunteer, very motivated and driven, committed to attending PyCon US in 2019, 2020, 2021 * Elizabeth Wickes - Already volunteering for the Education Summit, great leadership skills and drive, committed to attending PyCon in 2019, 2020, 2021 * Katia Lira - Volunteered for PyCon Charlas and as a session runner last year, could potentially help us encourage people to facilitate Open Spaces in Spanish, committed volunteer, already involved in DEFNA, PyCon Mexico, etc. I am pretty confident about Haley as she seems to have great potential and I would like to give someone new a chance. I am torn between Elizabeth and Katia and would love your input. Please let me know your thoughts as soon as possible. I would love to inform people by the end of the week. Trey and I also discussed some potential ideas for Open Spaces improvements, which we would like to propose. It is still a concern that people don’t know that the Open Spaces are happening. Also having to physically walk by the Open Spaces board in order to find out about which ones are going on at which time can be a hassle. We therefore came up with the following ideas: * Could we create a website to which we will upload a picture of the Open Spaces boards every 1-2 hours so people have a better idea of the schedule without having to walk by the boards? * Could we add this website link to the printed program? * Could we show a slide with this website link in between the talks at each room to make people aware that the talks are not the only thing going on at this time? Thank you! :) Anna —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone.

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Welcome to the PyCon US Open Spaces Team!
by Anna Ossowski 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Katia, Thanks so much for applying for one of the Open Spaces Co-Chair positions for PyCon US. We are thrilled to welcome you to the team :) Please let us know if you are still interested and accept our offer. As a next step, we will add you to the PyCon Open Spaces and PyCon Staff mailing lists. Please let us know your preferred email address. We will also add your name to the PyCon US website. We look forward to working with you :) Anna —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone.

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Welcome to the PyCon US Open Spaces Team!
by Anna Ossowski 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

Haley, Thanks so much for applying for one of the Open Spaces Co-Chair positions for PyCon US. We are thrilled to welcome you to the team :) Please let us know if you are still interested and accept our offer. As a next step, we will add you to the PyCon Open Spaces and PyCon Staff mailing lists. Please let us know your preferred email address. We will also add your name to the PyCon US website. We look forward to working with you :) Anna —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone.

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Interest in helping with open spaces at PyCon.
by Veronica Hanus 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Hello team! I'd love to join you in helping to host open spaces. Are you still looking for co-chairs? Thanks! Veronica -- Veronica Hanus https://vzhz.github.io/

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Open space co-chair
by Haley Bear 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

Good evening, My name is Haley Bear and I am interested in participating as an Open Space co-chair at PyCon this year. This will be my second year in attendance; however, I think that is an asset to the assignment as I am both eager to learn and be helpful, and without bias or prejudice towards how others may believe things should be. I am an aspiring developer who has been working with the Python language in my current field of work, QA testing and automation. I have been in the field for almost three years, and graduated from college with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. Last year's PyCon was an amazing experience for me. I wasn't listed as a volunteer but jumped in to help at registration, swag bag filling, and several shifts of the PyLadies booth and came away with a mentor and the hopes to help more at future events. This isn't a short-term interest for me by any means; I intend to attend every year that I'm fiscally able to going forward. Thank you for your consideration! Haley Bear 678-350-3411

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Interest in Open Spaces Co-Chair Position
by Wattier, Jason Mark 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Hi - I wanted to express my interest in the open spaces co-chair position. I am registered and all set to go for PyCon 2019 and intend on attending the conference for many years to come. Happy to discuss further the position or provide any additional information. Sincerely, Jason

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Closing Co-Chair Applications
by Anna Ossowski 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Hi all, I think we have enough good candidates for the Open Spaces Co-Chair roles so I am going to officially close applications now. I have some calls with people set up for next week and am hoping we will be able to make a decision by the end of next week. Warm regards, Anna —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone.

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Re: [Pycon-openspaces] PyCon US Open Spaces Co-Chair Volunteer Opportunity
by Anna Ossowski 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

Hi Andrey, Thanks so much! Would you have some time the week of February 18th for a quick chat? Warm regards, Anna —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone. > On Feb 12, 2019, at 7:05 PM, Andrey Smelter <andrey.smelter(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Anna, > > Thank you for your email! > > Sorry, it took me several days to reply to your e-mail. > I needed to do some planning (being an international student/researcher on a visa) in order to confirm that I will be able to attend the following PyCon 2020 and 2021. > > Yes, I am planning to attend PyCon 2020 and PyCon 2021 in Pittsburgh and I will be happy to volunteer for the PyCon Open Spaces as well. > > I normally arrive for the PyCon Conference days, i.e. skipping the first two days which are Tutorials, so I can stay longer for the development sprints. But I can arrive earlier. > > Thank you so much, > Looking forward to hearing from you. > -Andrey > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 6:12 AM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Andrey, > > Thanks so much for reaching out to us! > > Are you planning on attending PyCon US 2020 and 2021 as well? > > I appreciate your ideas! Btw, we already do have an Open Spaces Twitter bot <https://twitter.com/openspacesbot>. > > Looking forward to hearing from you again! > Anna > —— > You are appreciated. > You are enough. > You matter. > You are not alone. > > > >> On Feb 8, 2019, at 5:30 PM, Andrey Smelter <andrey.smelter(a)gmail.com <mailto:andrey.smelter@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> My name is Andrey Smelter, >> >> I learned about volunteering opportunity for Open Spaces at PyCon. >> I saw a twitter message from Anna Ossowski and Trey Hunner (https://twitter.com/OssAnna16/status/1093176750715023362 <https://twitter.com/OssAnna16/status/1093176750715023362>) with call for volunteers. >> >> I have attended PyTennessee 2018 last year and met both Trey and Anna there. >> I also attended PyCon 2018 last year and enjoyed it a lot as well as went to multiple Open Spaces sessions following advice from several blog posts (including https://treyhunner.com/2018/04/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-first-pycon/ <https://treyhunner.com/2018/04/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-first-pycon/>). >> >> I am currently a post-doctoral researcher at University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center. I use Python on a daily basis to write and maintain scientific software for the lab that I work for, and for some system administration and for fun as well. >> Here are my GitHub and LinkedIn profiles if you want to learn more what I do: >> * GitHub: https://github.com/andreysmelter <https://github.com/andreysmelter> >> * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreysmelter/ <https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreysmelter/> >> >> I am planning to addend PyCon this year and submitted an abstract for the poster session. >> >> After attending my first PyCon 2018 last year I thought that I should do volunteering for PyCon and after seeing call for volunteers for Open Spaces I thought it is a great opportunity to get more involved and do something awesome for the Python Community. >> >> I remember a lot of people were taking pictures of the Open Spaces board to see what sessions are scheduled. I thought it would be nice to through some simple automation into it: >> * Create google spreadsheet with available times and rooms. >> * Create a dedicated twitter account for open sessions if it is not already exists. >> * Use one of the available python libraries that interact with google spreadsheet (e.g. https://github.com/xflr6/gsheets <https://github.com/xflr6/gsheets>, https://github.com/nithinmurali/pygsheets <https://github.com/nithinmurali/pygsheets>) >> * Have a python script that goes over the upcoming Open Sessions and tweets room number, time and topic. >> >> I am happy to help with all tasks specified in the call for volunteer document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cl8eejx6C8rNgSwCvW6ozgt-1F2zQ7NpH1Qr982… <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cl8eejx6C8rNgSwCvW6ozgt-1F2zQ7NpH1Qr982…> >> >> Thank you! >> >> -Andrey >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >> Pycon-openspaces(a)python.org <mailto:Pycon-openspaces@python.org> >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces> >

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Re: [Pycon-openspaces] Sugar Labs Activity Open Space
by Anna Ossowski 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Thank you! We will add it to the website. —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone. > On Feb 14, 2019, at 11:10 AM, IQRA MUHAMMAD <iqra.muhammad15(a)ce.ceme.edu.pk> wrote: > > We will only have an hour long open space for 3rd May > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 3:06 PM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi there, > > Right now we don’t have anything scheduled yet so May 3rd is fine, however typically Open Spaces are only an hour long. We do not recommend reserving a 4 hour time slot. Also please note that I am happy to add your idea to the website but you will still have to officially schedule the Open Space by putting a card up on the Open Spaces board at PyCon. > > Warm regards, > Anna > > —— > You are appreciated. > You are enough. > You matter. > You are not alone. > > > >> On Feb 13, 2019, at 5:54 PM, IQRA MUHAMMAD <iqra.muhammad15(a)ce.ceme.edu.pk <mailto:iqra.muhammad15@ce.ceme.edu.pk>> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> We want to host our open space on 3rd May, Friday 2019. What are the available timings though? >> >> Regards, >> >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:41 PM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> This sounds good! When were you thinking about hosting the Open Space? Please let me know date and time and I’ll add it to the website. >> >> Warm regards, >> Anna >> >> —— >> You are appreciated. >> You are enough. >> You matter. >> You are not alone. >> >> >> >>> On Feb 12, 2019, at 2:36 PM, IQRA MUHAMMAD <iqra.muhammad15(a)ce.ceme.edu.pk <mailto:iqra.muhammad15@ce.ceme.edu.pk>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Please see the description for sugar labs below: >>> SugarLabs <https://sugarlabs.org/> is a volunteer-driven member project of , (a non-profit foundation to produce and distribute and support the use of free software). >>> Originally part of the One Laptop Per Child project, Sugar Labs coordinates volunteers <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved> around the world who are passionate about providing educational opportunities to children through the Sugar Learning Platform. >>> Sugar Labs as a support base and gathering place for the community of educators and software developers who want to extend the platform and who have been creating Sugar-compatible applications. >>> >>> <>Education Goals >>> >>> Sugar is useful only to the extent it is used by the learning community. Thus, Sugar Labs is working with educators around the world to focus on these learning challenges: >>> >>> To make Sugar and Sugar activities freely and readily available to learners everywhere >>> To explore and share best practices >>> To provide a forum for discussion and support for technology for learning >>> >>> <>Technical Goals >>> >>> Sugar supports the notions that learners should “share by default” and be able to “explore, express, debug, and critique.” Thus Sugar puts an emphasis on “activities” rather than “applications.” The foundation will focus on solving the challenges that are relevant to these aspects of the interface, namely: >>> >>> To make it “simple” to share Sugar activities. This will require an architecture that allows discovery of activities. >>> To create versions of Sugar that run on multiple operating systems and on multiple hardware platforms. It should be “simple” to install Sugar everywhere. Specifically, it means packaging for every distribution and every virtual machine—removing hardware-related dependencies wherever possible. >>> To make it “simple” to write Sugar activities. This necessitates stable APIs and example code that uses these APIs. >>> To make Sugar activities even more secure. Our principal user community is comprised of children; they must be protected from malware, phishing, botnets, >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >> >

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Re: [Pycon-openspaces] PyCon US Open Spaces Co-Chair
by Anna Ossowski 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Awesome! I will speak to you next Tuesday :) —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone. > On Feb 14, 2019, at 3:43 PM, Kaelen L. Medeiros <kaelenmedeiros(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Anna, > > Absolutely! I keep my schedule here: https://datacampkaelen.youcanbook.me/ <https://datacampkaelen.youcanbook.me/> if that's helpful for you to book a time, or we can coordinate another way. > > Best, > Kaelen > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 4:33 AM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Kaelen, > > Thank you for responding :) Would you be available to do a short call next week? > > Warm regards, > Anna > > —— > You are appreciated. > You are enough. > You matter. > You are not alone. > > > >> On Feb 14, 2019, at 4:33 AM, Kaelen L. Medeiros <kaelenmedeiros(a)gmail.com <mailto:kaelenmedeiros@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Anna, >> >> I appreciate you writing back. My answers: >> >> * I definitely could be planning on it. My company is a sponsor or has a booth at the conference this year, which is why I'm going this year, and I truly believe I could make it for the next few years. >> * I haven't been before, but I'm very excited to experience it for the first time. >> * I read about it on the website but haven't been to a conference that had exactly that before. I've organized hospitality rooms around certain LGBTQ identities at a conference I've organized before, but never anything as wide open as Open Spaces. I think it sounds great! >> >> Thank you again for responding, and I hope you're well! >> >> Best, >> Kaelen >> >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 8:17 AM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hi Kaelen, >> >> Thank you for your note! >> >> I have a few questions: >> >> * Are you planning on attending PyCon US 2019, 2020, and 2021? >> * Have you been to PyCon US before? >> * Are you familiar with the Open Spaces concept? >> >> Looking forward to learning more about you :) >> Anna >> >> —— >> You are appreciated. >> You are enough. >> You matter. >> You are not alone. >> >> >> >>> On Feb 11, 2019, at 3:43 AM, Kaelen Medeiros <kaelenmedeiros(a)gmail.com <mailto:kaelenmedeiros@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> My name is Kaelen Medeiros and I recently registered for PyCon 2019! I’m so excited to be attending, and fortuitously I also saw the tweet about the Open Spaces co-coordinator position. >>> >>> I’ve helped organize two different conferences in the past, one in tech, including the ChickTech Chicago-led ACT-W conference in 2017. While I’m very involved in R and the R community, as a multi-lingual data science, I’d like to give back to the Python community as well. The PyCon Open Spaces role seemed like a good fit for me. I helped organize a conference in 2011 while in undergrad where I was the hospitality chair, and essentially organized spaces around different LGBTQ identities that is analogous enough to the Open Spaces concept at PyCon that I felt compelled to reach out. I currently answer emails for the R-Ladies Community Slack, and I have enough website updating skills I’m sure I could be useful there as well. >>> >>> I’d love to be considered as a co-organizer, and can be reached at this email with any questions. >>> >>> Best, >>> Kaelen >>> >>> Kaelen Medeiros >>> kaelenmedeiros(a)gmail.com <mailto:kaelenmedeiros@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pycon-openspaces mailing list >>> Pycon-openspaces(a)python.org <mailto:Pycon-openspaces@python.org> >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-openspaces> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kaelen L. Medeiros >> kaelenmedeiros(a)gmail.com <mailto:kaelenmedeiros@gmail.com> >> 517-648-9025 > > > > -- > Kaelen L. Medeiros > kaelenmedeiros(a)gmail.com <mailto:kaelenmedeiros@gmail.com> > 517-648-9025

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