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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Re: [Pycon-openspaces] Volunteer co-chair for Open Spaces
by Anna Ossowski 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Thanks Joel! We’ve had a few other folks reach out so we’ll be in touch with our decision by the end of February. —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone. > On Feb 11, 2019, at 10:01 PM, Joel Garza <joel.garza(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, Anna. > > I do try to attend PyCon each year and except for 2017 have done so since 2013. So, yes, I do plan to attend 2020 and 2021. > > I participated in several open spaces at PyCon 2018, more than I had in prior years, and really enjoyed it. While some talks are certainly not to be missed live, I found attending open spaces a significant reason I enjoyed the conference even more, having the chance to interact with more people. > > Kind regards, > > Joel Garza > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 2:51 PM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Joel, > > Thank you for your note! > > Maybe you can answer a few questions: > > * Are you planning to attend PyCon US 2020 + 2021? > * Are you familiar with the Open Spaces concept? > > Warm regards, > Anna > > —— > You are appreciated. > You are enough. > You matter. > You are not alone. > > > >> On Feb 9, 2019, at 8:33 PM, Joel Garza <joel.garza(a)gmail.com <mailto:joel.garza@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hey! >> >> I am interested in assisting with open spaces this year. Please let me know how I can help. >> >> I’ve already registered for the conference. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Joel Garza >> _______________________________________________ >> 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

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> 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 Kaelen Medeiros 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

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

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Sugar Labs Activity Open Space
by IQRA MUHAMMAD 12 Feb '19

12 Feb '19

Hi! I want to have a space of Sugar Labs Project arranged among open spaces. Is it possible to reserve one? Regards, Iqra Muhammad

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Volunteer co-chair for Open Spaces
by Joel Garza 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

Hey! I am interested in assisting with open spaces this year. Please let me know how I can help. I’ve already registered for the conference. Thanks! Joel Garza

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Re: [Pycon-openspaces] Open Spaces co-chair opportunity
by Anna Ossowski 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

Thank you for letting us know, Samantha! —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone. > On Feb 9, 2019, at 3:04 PM, Samantha Yeargin <slyeargin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Y'all, I looked at the 2020 dates and I already have a commitment, so I'm going to quietly bow out. If the co-chairs you select need any backup, I'm happy to support them on a committee! > > ––––––––––––––– > Samantha Yeargin > m: (615) 210-6072 > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 10:50 PM Trey Hunner <trey(a)truthful.technology> wrote: > Hi Samantha, > > Marketing the open spaces to the community is actually one of the things I'd like to see us improve on again this year. > > Like Anna, I'd be happy to chat but am also traveling next week so will need to wait until February 18. If you'd like to book a time to chat with me about this, feel free to do so here: https://calendly.com/treyhunner/book/02-18-2019 <https://calendly.com/treyhunner/book/02-18-2019> > > Thanks! :) > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 6:59 PM Samantha Yeargin <slyeargin(a)gmail.com <mailto:slyeargin@gmail.com>> wrote: > I have been to PyCon US before - I attended last year - and am familiar with the Open Spaces concept. I have not yet purchased a ticket to this year's conference (repairs on a 60+ year old house have gotten in the way) but it is on the agenda for this month. I had not previously planned beyond that but if I had a commitment I would. > > ––––––––––––––– > Samantha Yeargin > m: (615) 210-6072 > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 10:40 AM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Samantha, > > Thank you for your note! > I’d be happy to do a call with you to chat about it, however I am fully booked this week and traveling next week so it would have to wait till Feb 18. Maybe Trey has time to get in touch with you a bit sooner. > > Maybe you can answer a few questions: > > * Are you planning to attend PyCon US 2019/2020/2021? > * Have you been to PyCon US before? > * Are you familiar with the Open Spaces concept? > > Warm regards, > Anna > > —— > You are appreciated. > You are enough. > You matter. > You are not alone. > > > >> On Feb 6, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Samantha Yeargin <slyeargin(a)gmail.com <mailto:slyeargin@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi there! >> >> I'm a software engineer based in Nashville, TN, working mostly in Python for the last two years at Campaign Monitor (née Emma). I'm currently the marketing co-chair for PyTennessee and previously had an eight-year career in marketing which included event planning, as well as regular local non-technology volunteering experience that includes event planning. I'd be interested in talking with y'all further about whether I might be a good fit. I don't have a full résumé on my work laptop, but my LinkedIn profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthay/ <https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthay/> >> >> ––––––––––––––– >> Samantha Yeargin >> m: (615) 210-6072 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> > > _______________________________________________ > 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> > > > -- > Trey Hunner > Truthful Technology, LLC <http:///> > <https://truthful.technology/>

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Intersted in helping with open spaces
by Wickes, Elizabeth 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

Hi! I am interested in helping with the open spaces effort this year. I have attended PyCon twice (2014 and 2018). Last year I spent nearly the entire conference within open spaces, attending only three talks during the conference. I am active within the Python Education space and helping to cochair the Python Education Summit this year. The 2018 education summit was great, but the education conversations during the conference proper really only existed within the open spaces. They were vital for me and I was able to make several great connections and really shore up some important projects/relationships during the open spaces. I would likely not have pushed to attend PyCon 2019 without knowing that open spaces were happening again. I am eager to see this continue, and understand that the care and upkeep of the open spaces boards and information are vital to keeping it sustainable during the conference. I will be attending PyCon this year, arriving on Wednesday to attend the education summit on Thursday, and then departing on Monday. So I will be around all day fri/sat/Sun to help with this effort. I have done this sort of work in the past and find it a nice way to have some quiet time during the conference while still being a productive use of my time. I used to deep clean the office white board once a week to unpack from difficult projects, for example. I have support and plans to attend PyCon in future years as well, and would be interested in discussing a future chair role if it is deemed a good fit. I think I’ve hit all the info that you have requested, but happy to answer any follow up questions as needed. Thanks for your efforts to keep PyCon awesome and universally valuable! Elizabeth Wickes -- Elizabeth Wickes Lecturer, School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 329 Information Sciences Building 501 East Daniel Street, MC-493 Champaign, IL 61820-6211

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PyCon US Open Spaces Co-Chair Volunteer Opportunity
by Andrey Smelter 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

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) 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/). 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 * LinkedIn: 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/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… Thank you! -Andrey

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Getting ready for 2019!
by Ewa Jodlowska 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi Open Spaces committee - I hope everyone is having a great 2019! Firstly, I'd like to introduce you all to our newest team member for PyCon, Jackie Augustine. Jackie will be shadowing me for 2019 and afterwards will be your go-to person for anything PyCon related. Additionally, as we inch closer to PyCon 2019, I'd like to confirm this year's committee. Hobson Lane - Chair for 2019 Zak Kent - Co-Chair Trey Hunner - Co-Chair If this is still accurate or has changed, let us know! If anyone knows of new folks that are interested in learning the process, we can add them to this mailing list group as well. Talk to you all soon, Ewa

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Open spaces cochair
by Reuven M. Lerner 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi! I'd love to join the open spaces team. I attended PyCon for the first time in 2018. I think that I spent about 70% of my time in open spaces. They were, hands down, the best part of PyCon. (The other 30% was divided evenly between chatting with people and, oh yeah, going to talks.) I've been using Python since about 1993, opened my consulting business in 1995, and have been a full-time Python trainer (in person and online, at http://store.lerner.co.il) for a good number of years now. I write a monthly column in Linux Journal (with quite a bit of Python stuff), have a weekly Python-oriented newsletter ("Better developers") with 10k readers, and also do a lot of work with trainers -- via a weekly newsletter, a new podcast, and coaching. I'd love to help open spaces run well, and even run better than before. And I definitely plan to attend future PyCons. More information about me is at http://lerner.co.il/ . Let me know if you want to chat, or if you want to know more! Reuven -- Reuven M. Lerner, PhD -- Training in Python and Data science Mobile: +972-54-496-8405 * http://lerner.co.il Skype / WeChat: ReuvenLerner * @reuvenmlerner Free, weekly Python tips at: http://lerner.co.il/newsletter

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I can help
by Katia Lira 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hello, I've attended and volunteered at PyCon twice and other Regional conferences. I've never been a chair of a team. The first time I attended PyCon we had a Spanish speaking Open Spaces (Trey suggested it) where we formed a cool group and now we are organizing the very first Latam conference in Mexico (yay). So needless to say, open spaces are amazing in my opinion. I would like to help, I have time and will be attending this year and most years after this. Thanks, Katia

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Re: [Pycon-openspaces] Willing to help out with Open Spaces - Vipul Gupta
by Anna Ossowski 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hi there, Thank you for your response! We really need people who can commit to being onsite this year and the following 2 years so this sounds like it may not be the right volunteer opportunity for you. Thank you for your application and I hope to meet you at PyCon :) Warm regards, Anna —— You are appreciated. You are enough. You matter. You are not alone. > On Feb 7, 2019, at 2:02 PM, Vipul Gupta <vipulgupta2048(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I love to attend PyCon US anytime, Anna. > Some problems that come are as follows. > 1. I am a student and not working. Hence, to come to PyCon US becomes a bit difficult for me. My presence depends on assistance and point 2 > 2. I have my exams around that time as well, until and unless the schedule is out. I can't confirm that I would be there. The schedule comes in early April. That's why I offered help in tasks that could be done remotely if any. > 3. If by any miracle, I can come. Count me in 100% in for helping out in Open-Spaces as a volunteer. I would love working for open-spaces to make it a grand success. > > Being a chair for Open-Spaces is a big responsibility, and I would first like to work as a volunteer in my first year. Then think ahead. Thanks. > Ps. This would be my first PyCon abroad. > > > > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 7:14 PM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi there, > > Thank you for your reply! > > Are you also planning on attending PyCon US 2020 and 2021? We are looking for someone to help with the Open Spaces as chair for 2020 and 2021 so it would be important that you could be physically present. > > Thank you! > Anna > > —— > You are appreciated. > You are enough. > You matter. > You are not alone. > > > >> On Feb 7, 2019, at 12:50 PM, Vipul Gupta <vipulgupta2048(a)gmail.com <mailto:vipulgupta2048@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Anna, >> >> Good to connect with you. >> I am planning to attend PyCon US 2019, I have a speaker proposal due where I am representing my community, Sugar Labs and also applied for financial assistance to help in my travels. >> >> Yes, we organized Open Spaces in PyCon India back to back for 2 years. It's a small meetup like event where communities, organizations and even other people come together to share information, promote their programs, spread awareness with attendees of PyCon. These take place throughout the day, with sessions happening that anyone can attend. I love open spaces, because of the great time I spent networking with awesome people. In PyCon India 2017, we had a session from Nouful Ibrahim on the importance of mentoring and his love for calligraphy. He was also the keynote speaker at that year. These sessions are kept light, and informative. >> >> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 1:53 AM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski(a)gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hi Vipul, >> >> Thanks so much for reaching out to us! >> >> This volunteer role will require you to be onsite. Are you planning on attending PyCon US 2019, 2020, and 2021? Are you familiar with the Open Spaces concept? >> >> Looking forward to hearing from you again! >> Anna >> >> —— >> You are appreciated. >> You are enough. >> You matter. >> You are not alone. >> >> >> >>> On Feb 6, 2019, at 6:14 PM, Vipul Gupta <vipulgupta2048(a)gmail.com <mailto:vipulgupta2048@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> I am Vipul Gupta, a student developer for Sugar Labs, passionate open-source contributor, Pythonista, and an avid Calvin and Hobbes comics collector hoping to throw my hat in the ring for being a volunteer (Co-Chair) for PyCon US open-spaces. I genuinely love working for PyCon's any way I can and have been part of many in the past years as well. >>> >>> Previously working closely behind the teams in PyCon India 2018, PyCon India 2017, PyDelhi Conference 2017 as a development manager and on-site volunteer. I know the commitment that is needed, responsibilities and time and effort that needs to be put in at my end all too well. Being a student it all fits neatly in my schedule as well, just like other times when i am helping other PyCon's. Being an attendee, volunteer, organizer, and even a speaker at PyDelhi meetups and conferences has given me enough experience to work remotely effectively, be humble and lovely to all, share my views constructively and also keep in touch at all times. >>> >>> I hope my age factor doesn't get in the way of this great opportunity to work with the biggest PyCon in the world for a change. I would probably be coming to the conference as well if my application or speaker proposal is accepted. But, no matter what I will be helping out with Open-Spaces the best I can from here. >>> >>> Thanking you. >>> >>> Cordially, >>> Vipul Gupta >>> Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.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> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cordially, >> Vipul Gupta >> Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github <https://github.com/vipulgupta2048> > > > -- > Cordially, > Vipul Gupta > Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github <https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>

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Open Spaces Volunteering
by Leonardo Jimenez 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hi Team, I would love to collaborate with this work, if there’s anything I can do to help I’ll be happy to do it. -- ** *Leonardo Jimenez* Principal & Co- F ounder *Office US:* +1 781 247 5020 | *Office DR:* +1 809 685 7720 *Mobile:* +1 809 875 5425 | *E-Mail*: leonardo(a)codetiger.co ** www.codetiger.co

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Willing to help out with Open Spaces - Vipul Gupta
by Vipul Gupta 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hello, I am Vipul Gupta, a student developer for Sugar Labs, passionate open-source contributor, Pythonista, and an avid Calvin and Hobbes comics collector hoping to throw my hat in the ring for being a volunteer (Co-Chair) for PyCon US open-spaces. I genuinely love working for PyCon's any way I can and have been part of many in the past years as well. Previously working closely behind the teams in PyCon India 2018, PyCon India 2017, PyDelhi Conference 2017 as a development manager and on-site volunteer. I know the commitment that is needed, responsibilities and time and effort that needs to be put in at my end all too well. Being a student it all fits neatly in my schedule as well, just like other times when i am helping other PyCon's. Being an attendee, volunteer, organizer, and even a speaker at PyDelhi meetups and conferences has given me enough experience to work remotely effectively, be humble and lovely to all, share my views constructively and also keep in touch at all times. I hope my age factor doesn't get in the way of this great opportunity to work with the biggest PyCon in the world for a change. I would probably be coming to the conference as well if my application or speaker proposal is accepted. But, no matter what I will be helping out with Open-Spaces the best I can from here. Thanking you. Cordially, Vipul Gupta Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com>

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Open Spaces co-chair opportunity
by Samantha Yeargin 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hi there! I'm a software engineer based in Nashville, TN, working mostly in Python for the last two years at Campaign Monitor (née Emma). I'm currently the marketing co-chair for PyTennessee and previously had an eight-year career in marketing which included event planning, as well as regular local non-technology volunteering experience that includes event planning. I'd be interested in talking with y'all further about whether I might be a good fit. I don't have a full résumé on my work laptop, but my LinkedIn profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthay/ ––––––––––––––– Samantha Yeargin m: (615) 210-6072

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