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