Mailman 3 September 2010 - pydotorg-www

Board Resolutions from May to August 2010
by Pat Campbell Oct. 3, 2010

Oct. 3, 2010

Hi Pydotorg: Could you please add the following board resolutions from May to August 2010 to this web page: http://www.python.org/psf/records/board/resolutions/ *Please see list of board resolutions to be added below:* *May 2010 - Please add Board Resolutions* **RESOLVED**, that we create a new officer position "Communications Officer" to oversee the PSF communication between board, members and community. Doug Hellmann is appointed as first PSF Communications Officer. Approved, 10-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the Infrastructure Committee may contract companies affiliated with IC members under the condition that: * these affiliations are publicized, * the respective IC member abstains from any vote regarding a contract with an affiliated company, * the IC gets at least one quote from a non-affiliated company, in case the expected costs exceed USD 1000 for one-time or USD 1000 per year for periodically billed expenditures. * the IC reports a summary of the decision process to the board for each such decision. Approved, 10-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 750 grant to the organizers of the PyCon Ukraine conference to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine, later this year, for funding speaker travel expenses. Approved, 10-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 1,000 grant to the organizers of the SciPy 2010 Conference to be held in Austin, Texas on June 28 through July 3, 2010, for students travel expenses. Approved, 8-0-1. **RESOLVED**, that expense receipts and invoices for any PSF funded activity or equipment must be sent to the PSF Treasurer within 90 days of date of receipt or invoice. Late filings will not be processed or refunded, unless prior arrangements have been made with the PSF Board, with a summary sent to psf(a)python.org. Expenses in non-USD currencies will be refunded in USD at the representative exchange rate as published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as-of the date on the receipt/invoice ( http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/param_rms_mth.aspx). Approved, 10-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the board recommends Exoweb Ltd., Bejing, China, as a pending sponsor member. Approved, 10-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that all non-USD expenses incurred by officers or directors of the PSF for PyCon 2009 be reimbursed in USD based on the representative exchange rate as published by the International Monetary Fund as-of May 22 2009 (http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/param_rms_mth.aspx). Approved, 8-0-2. **RESOLVED**, that the Board of Directors implement the creation of a new membership class, called "honorary associate members", as requested and approved by the members at the 2010 first annual PSF members meeting, by updating the bylaws as follows: * Section 3.10, first paragraph, is updated to include the honorary associate members as non-voting member class: Section 3.10. Voting. Each nominated member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members, except as may otherwise be provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Sponsor members that have appointed a representative, as described in Section 4.3, are also entitled to one such vote. Emeritus members and honorary associate members are not entitled to vote at members' meetings. * Section 4.1 is updated to include the new member class: Section 4.1. Member Classes. There are four classes of members of the corporation, denoted as nominated members, sponsor members, honorary associate members and emeritus members. References in these Bylaws to a "member" or to the "members" of the corporation shall not include any honorary associate member, emeritus member or sponsor member unless explicitly provided otherwise. * Section 4.9 is updated to include the possibility to have honorary associate members withdraw their membership: Section 4.9. Voluntary Withdrawal from Membership. Members (including honorary associate members and emeritus members) may withdraw from membership in the corporation at any time upon ten (10) days' written, signed notice delivered to an officer of the corporation. * a new Section 4.12 is added to defined the new membership class: Section 4.12. Honorary Associate Members. Honorary associate members have no voting rights and are not included in the membership count for purposes of establishing a quorum. Honorary associate membership shall be granted, on a yearly basis, in consideration of financial donation to the PSF, but subject to revocation by the Board of Directors. Annual donations sufficient for honorary associate membership shall initially be set at US$99, and may be revised by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Board or Directors may, at its discretion, decide to provide incidental benefits to honorary associate members, such as subscription to a newsletter, Python-branded email addresses, or printed promotion material such as badges, stickers, or garments. Denied, 2-8-0. **RESOLVED**, that the Board approves the creation of a specific "Targeted Sprint Committee" and allocates a yearly budget of 5000 USD for the funding of targeted, community based sprints with Jesse Noller as the initial Chairman, and additional members as needed per project requirements and approved by the board. Approved, 9-0-1. *June 2010 - Please add Board Resolutions* **RESOLVED**, that the Board approves the use of up to $15,000 USD of the PyCon 2010 profits to be used by the PyCon Chair (Van Lindberg) to fund the rebuilding of the PyCon website and codebase, with the approval to use an additional $5000 USD for continued support and bug fixing of the new site for the PyCon 2011 season. Approved, 9-1-3. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 1,000 grant to the organizers of the PyCon India 2010 conference to be held September 2010, to fund the air travel of one (1) foreign delegate from the U.S. or Europe to India. Approved, 7-0-1. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 2,000 grant to the organizers of the EuroPython 2010 conference to be held July 2010, to fund sprint costs and travel expenses for selected speakers who could not otherwise attend. Approved, 7-0-1. **RESOLVED**, that the Board of Directors implement the creation of a new membership class, called "honorary associate members", as requested and approved by the members at the 2010 first annual PSF members meeting, as follows: There are now four classes of members of the corporation, denoted as nominated members, sponsor members, honorary associate members and emeritus members. References in the bylaws to a "member" or to the "members" of the corporation shall not include any honorary associate member, emeritus member or sponsor member unless explicitly provided otherwise. Honorary associate members have no voting rights and are not included in the membership count for purposes of establishing a quorum. Honorary associate membership shall be granted, on a yearly basis, in consideration of financial donation to the PSF, but subject to revocation by the Board of Directors. Annual donations sufficient for honorary associate membership shall initially be set at US$99, and may be revised by the Board of Directors from time to time. Honorary associate members may withdraw from membership in the corporation at any time upon ten (10) days' written, signed notice delivered to an officer of the corporation. The Board or Directors may, at its discretion, decide to provide incidental benefits to honorary associate members, such as subscription to a newsletter, Python-branded email addresses, or printed promotion material such as badges, stickers, or garments. Approved, 8-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF reimburse expenses not to exceed USD 1,500 to allow the Chairman to attend EuroPython which is holding the first Members' Meeting outside the United States. Approved, 7-0-1. *July 2010 - Please add Board Resolutions* **RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 3,000 grant to Jean-Paul Calderone for a fully functional port of pyOpenSSL to Python 3.x with an API as similar to the 2.x API as possible. Approved, 9-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 4,500 grant to work full-time for a period of two months on Python core development as outlined in the proposal PDF ( http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/attachments/20100614/62bbf… ). Approved, 9-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF donate $100 to the American Heart Association in memory of Tim Costello, the uber- technician of CTE who recently passed-away. Approved, 9-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the Board reauthorize the Trademarks Committee, with a membership consisting of Chair David Mertz, and members Marc-Andre Lemburg, David Goodger, James Tauber, Doug Napoleone. Further resolve that the Chair shall be authorized to appoint or remove such advisors to the committee as s/he sees fit, where advisors may offer advice to the committee on legal or technical issues but shall not vote in discussions nor count towards quorum. Approved, 5-0-3. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a grant of US$2500 to the organizers of the PyCon Argentina & Python Brasil 2010 conferences to be held October 2010, to fund the travel expenses of keynote speakers. Approved, 9-0-0. *August 2010 - Please add Board Resolutions* **RESOLVED**, that the PSF support PyTexas 2010 with a grant of $750. Approved, 12-0-1. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 750 grant to the organizers of the PyCon PL 2010 conference. Approved, 8-0-1. **RESOLVED**, that subject to the President's approval the PSF will increase the administrator's reimbursement by USD 400 per month. Approved, 9-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the board recommends Werbeagentur Berlin - Eventelligence ltd. as a pending sponsor member. Approved, 9-0-0. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF will direct an initial $500 towards exploring the feasability of a static PyPI (http://pypi.python.org/) mirror on a cloud delivery network (CDN), setup as outlined in the proposal http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/2010-August/013056.html. Anticipated ongoing costs will be $1944/year, subject to approval in subsequent Board motions. Approved, 9-0-0. Thanks, Pat PS. If you have any questions, please let me know. -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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PSF Member status changed to Emeritus: Armin Rigo
by Pat Campbell Sept. 30, 2010

Sept. 30, 2010

Hi Pydotorg: Could you please change the PSF member status of Armin Rigo on web page http://www.python.org/psf/members/#nominated-members from active member to emeritus member status? *Please see below:* Nominated Members <http://www.python.org/psf/members/#id5#id5> The year the member was elected is in parentheses. - Armin Rigo (2004) *Remove from this list* Emeritus Members <http://www.python.org/psf/members/#id6#id6> There are 9 10 emeritus members *(year of election / year of emeritus conversion)*: · Armin Rigo (2004/2010) *Add to this List* Thanks, Pat PS. If you have any questions, please let me know. -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Re: [pydotorg-www] Bylaws update
by Pat Campbell Sept. 30, 2010

Sept. 30, 2010

Hi pydotorg: Could you please make the following changes to the PSF Bylaws web page here: http://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/ *Only Section 4.7, Section 4.10 & Section 6.3 were amended -- see below.* *Section 4.7* *(should read as)* SECTION 4.7. INVOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF MEMBERSHIP TO EMERITUS STATUS. The membership of a nominated member may be converted into an emeritus membership upon an affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the members of the corporation who are present and eligible to vote at the meeting, with the following restriction. Any vote for involuntary conversion of membership to emeritus status must be held electronically or by teleconference instead of in person, as described in Section 13.8. The membership of a nominated member shall be converted into an emeritus membership automatically upon failure of a nominated member to vote at the last three (3) consecutive members' meetings and on any actions without meeting that occurred since the first of these three meetings. * Section 4.10 (should read as) * ** SECTION 4.10. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP. A member's membership may be terminated by an affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the members of the corporation who are present and eligible to vote at the meeting, with the following restriction. Any vote for termination of membership must be held electronically or by teleconference instead of in person, as described in Section 13.8. A sponsor member's membership shall be automatically terminated if the sponsor member's yearly fee has not been paid within three (3) months of the due date. *Section 6.3 **(should read as)* ** SECTION 6.3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES. In addition to the officers of the corporation, the Board of Directors may, by resolution, establish one or more Project Management Committees consisting of at least one member of the Board of Directors or at least one officer of the corporation, who shall be designated chairman of such committee, and may include one or more other members of the corporation. Non-members of the corporation may serve on such committees by authorization of the Board of Directors. Unless elected or appointed as an officer in accordance with Sections 6.1 and 6.4 of these Bylaws, a member of a Project Management Committee shall not be deemed an officer of the corporation. Each Project Management Committee shall be responsible for the active management of one or more projects identified by resolution of the Board of Directors which may include, without limitation, the creation or maintenance of "open-source" software for distribution to the public at no charge. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the chairman of each Project Management Committee shall be primarily responsible for project(s) managed by such committee, and he or she shall establish rules and procedures for the day to day management of project(s) for which the committee is responsible. The Board of Directors of the corporation may, by resolution, dissolve a Project Management Committee at any time. Thanks, Pat PS. If you have any questions, please let me know. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:07 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal(a)egenix.com> wrote: > Hi Pat, > > I just had a look at the bylaws page and couldn't find the > project management members changes the members voted on > earlier this year. > > Could you please update the official page to reflect these > changes ? > > Thanks, > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jul 12 2010) > >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ > >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ > >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > 2010-07-19: EuroPython 2010, Birmingham, UK 6 days to go > > ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: > > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 > http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [PSF-Members] 2010 PSF Members Election Results > Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 15:47:21 -0400 > From: Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> > To: PSF Board <psf(a)python.org>, PSF Members <psf-members(a)python.org> > > Election Results of the 2010 Python Software Foundation Members’ Meeting > April 3, 2010 > > > ... > > Approval of changes to the bylaws (Emeritus Status) > =================================================== > > **RESOLVED**, that the proposed January 2010 changes to the bylaws be > accepted. > > Uche Ogbuji moved that in the Bylaws of the Python Software Foundation > normally published at http://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/ be amended as > to include a Section 4.7 that reads as: > > SECTION 4.7. INVOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF MEMBERSHIP TO EMERITUS STATUS. > The membership of a nominated member may be converted into an emeritus > membership upon an affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the > members of the corporation who are present and eligible to vote at the > meeting, with the following restriction. Any vote for involuntary > conversion of membership to emeritus status must be held electronically > or by teleconference instead of in person, as described in Section 13.8. > The membership of a nominated member shall be converted into an emeritus > membership automatically upon failure of a nominated member to vote at > the last three (3) consecutive members' meetings and on any actions > without meeting that occurred since the first of these three meetings." > > And a Section 4.10 reads as: > > SECTION 4.10. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP. A member's membership may be > terminated by an affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the > members of the corporation who are present and eligible to vote at the > meeting, with the following restriction. Any vote for termination of > membership must be held electronically or by teleconference instead of > in person, as described in Section 13.8. A sponsor member's membership > shall be automatically terminated if the sponsor member's yearly fee has > not been paid within three (3) months of the due date." > > Discussion (by Uche Ogbuji): > > The effect of these changes will be to make practicable the provisions > for terminating, or involuntarily retiring any member presumably not in > good standing, either for having unpaid dues or for having brought the > Foundation into disrepute in some way. The restriction to electronic > meetings is intended to ensure the broadest possible attendance, and a > sound quorum for discussion of such sensitive matters. We could just > lean on Section 3.9. Member Quorum, but I suggest that requiring a > qualified electronic vote will achieve the same practical aim rather > more simply. Furthermore, since proxy ballots count towards quorum, I > think section 3.9 might not be sufficient to ensure broadest > participation in such votes. > > Approved, 84-4-14 > > > Approval of changes to the bylaws (Committee Membership) > ======================================================== > > **RESOLVED**, that the changes to the bylaws discussed by the Python > Software > Foundation Board in February 2010 be accepted. The purpose of this change > is > to allow non-members of PSF to serve on Project Management Committees at > the > discretion of the Board. As amended, Section 6.3 would read: > > SECTION 6.3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES. In addition to the officers > of the corporation, the Board of Directors may, by resolution, establish > one or more Project Management Committees consisting of at least one > member of the Board of Directors or at least one officer of the > corporation, who shall be designated chairman of such committee, and may > include one or more other members of the corporation. Non-members of the > corporation may serve on such committees by authorization of the Board > of Directors. Unless elected or appointed as an officer in accordance > with Sections 6.1 and 6.4 of these Bylaws, a member of a Project > Management Committee shall not be deemed an officer of the corporation. > > Each Project Management Committee shall be responsible for the active > management of one or more projects identified by resolution of the Board > of Directors which may include, without limitation, the creation or > maintenance of "open-source" software for distribution to the public at > no charge. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the > chairman of each Project Management Committee shall be primarily > responsible for project(s) managed by such committee, and he or she > shall establish rules and procedures for the day to day management of > project(s) for which the committee is responsible. > > The Board of Directors of the corporation may, by resolution, dissolve a > Project Management Committee at any time. > > Approved, 94-1-7 > > -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Re: [pydotorg-www] [Python-Dev] Python wiki
by A.M. Kuchling Sept. 27, 2010

Sept. 27, 2010

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 03:53:58PM +0200, Georg Brandl wrote: > * redirect from wiki.python.org to wiki.python.org/moin I've added a <meta http-equiv> element to the top page of wiki.python.org, so browsers will now jump to the /moin/ page immediately. This won't help crawlers that don't parse the HTML, but that probably doesn't matter. --amk

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Making list membership public
by A.M. Kuchling Sept. 25, 2010

Sept. 25, 2010

On python-dev, it was noted that this list... > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www > ... has hidden its membership (even to members). Does it really need > to appear that secretive? At least the message archive is open and has > all the usual suspects. Any objections to making the subscriber list public? It seems harmless, especially since the archives are public anyway. --amk

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Problem with Updates of Jobs RSS
by Martin Thomas Sept. 22, 2010

Sept. 22, 2010

Can someone take a look at the script that copies /data/website-build/build/out/community/jobs/jobs.rss to /data/ ftp.python.org/pub/www.python.org ? It always seems to be one check-in out of sync with the jobs page. At the moment, the first item in ../out/community/jobs/jobs.rss is from check-in 13387 and the first in the rss on the website is from check-in 13387. Thanks // Martin

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Fwd: IP Blocking
by webmaster＠python.org Sept. 22, 2010

Sept. 22, 2010

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: IP Blocking Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:32:55 -0700 From: Jacob MacDonald <jaccarmac(a)gmail.com> To: webmaster(a)python.org Hello, I have been a Python user for about a year, and recently I have not been able to access the python.org <http://python.org> website. I believe the problem originates with my upgrade from a Clearwire 3g modem to a CLEAR 4g modem. I contacted my ISP and was able to access the website through a free proxy. The ISP informed me that my IP address was being blocked, and mentioned BOGON filtering. In researching BOGON, I learned exactly what it is. I apologize if this problem is an ISP blunder and you cannot fix it, but perhaps your tables of BOGON addresses are wrong? I don't know much about the low workings of the Internet, but I would appreciate an explanation of exactly what is happening. IP Adress: 50.8.166.56 Thanks!

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Fwd: License notice on download page
by webmaster＠python.org Sept. 21, 2010

Sept. 21, 2010

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: License notice on download page Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:20:08 -0400 From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy(a)udel.edu> To: webmaster(a)python.org Please see the second half of http://bugs.python.org/issue9119#msg115129 for a suggestion about adding a notice about licences and inclusion of cryptography to the downloads page. The other posts on the issue provide context for the suggestion. If you make the change, please say so on the issue or email me so we can close it. -- Terry Jan Reedy

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Fwd: PSF- board meetings posted online
by Pat Campbell Sept. 17, 2010

Sept. 17, 2010

Hello: Could you please post the following "PSF board meeting minutes" online at the usual web locations: please see the attachment for the approved board meeting minutes for April through August 2010. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Pat ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Doug Hellmann <doug.hellmann(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [PSF-Members] board meetings To: Aahz <aahz(a)pythoncraft.com> Cc: Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> On Sep 15, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Aahz wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010, Doug Hellmann wrote: >> On Sep 15, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Aahz wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010, Doug Hellmann wrote: >>>> >>>> It looks like the section of the website where the minutes go requires >>>> svn commit access and build knowledge to update. Maybe someone on the >>>> webmaster team could help Pat with adding new minutes pages, or work >>>> out something else to make it easier for her to post them (moving that >>>> material to the wiki, for example). >>> >>> Two interim options: >>> >>> * If Pat already knows reST, it would be trivially easy to get the >>> minutes posted from someone who has access -- just e-mail them to >>> pydotorg or pydotorg-www >> >> Yes, the minutes are taken in a reST format (at least that's how I've >> been receiving the draft copies). So I think all we need is someone >> to volunteer to do the work of taking the official minutes from Pat >> and take the next step(s) of getting them onto the website. No format >> translation or modification of the text should be necessary. > > Then as I said above, just send them to pydotorg or pydotorg-www; I'll > ensure they get posted, but sending them to the list gives other people > who might have more time also a chance at getting them up. (I only have > website access at home, so I'm not promising to get them up immediately.) Thanks, Aahz! Pat, If you send the approved versions of the minutes to the pydotorg-www(a)python.org, one of the website maintainers will add them to the site. Doug -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Fwd: [Pydotorg] Fwd: Frank Willison Award Recipient for 2010 - Christian Tismer
by Michael Foord Sept. 17, 2010

Sept. 17, 2010

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Pydotorg] Fwd: Frank Willison Award Recipient for 2010 - Christian Tismer Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:05:25 -0400 From: Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> To: pydotorg <pydotorg(a)python.org> To: pydotorg: Could you please add the bio information & the attached photo below for the 2010 Frank Willison Award recipient (Christian Tismer) to: http://www.python.org/community/awards/frank-willison/ “The 2010 Frank Willison Memorial Award for Services to the Python Community has been awarded to Christian Tismer <http://www.tismer.com/Home.html>. Christian's contributions to the technology behind Python have focused on performance. For example, he is the founder of the Stackless Python <http://www.stackless.com/> project, a micro-threading system with the first implementation of generators and continuations. You can learn more about Stackless from the project's history page <http://www.disinterest.org/resource/stackless/2.6-docs-html/stackless-pytho…> and this IBM developerWorks interview with Christian by David Mertz <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-pyth7.html>. Christian also co-founded PyPy <http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/>, an implementation of Python /in/ Python, with Armin Rigo and Holger Krekel. Christian worked on PyPy full time for a period, using EU funding. Later, he worked on the JIT compiler Psyco <http://www.psyco.org/> with Raymond Hettinger to create Psyco V2 <http://codespeak.net/pipermail/pypy-dev/2009q3/005288.html>. Most recently, he has been employed by CCP Games <http://www.ccpgames.com/> to work on combining Stackless and Psyco and updating them to support 64-bit systems. In 1997, as one of his earliest contributions to the Python community, Christian launched the Starship Python <http://starship.python.net/> website… When he's not working on Python, Christian enjoys watching movies, reading, and practicing playing piano. You can follow him on twitter @ctismer <http://twitter.com/ctismer>.” Thanks, Pat ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Christian Tismer* <tismer(a)stackless.com <mailto:tismer@stackless.com>> Date: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Frank Willison Award Recipient for 2010 - Christian Tismer To: Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org <mailto:patcam@python.org>> On 8/29/10 3:01 AM, Pat Campbell wrote: > > Hi Christian: > > I would like to add some of your bio information from the PSF blog to > the PSF web page at > http://www.python.org/community/awards/frank-willison/ . This web page > will be updated with your bio information & photo in celebration of > having been awarded the Frank Willison Award for 2010. > > See excerpt from PSF blog at > http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2010/07/frank-willison-memorial-award-recipient… > below: > > “The 2010 Frank Willison Memorial Award for Services to the Python > Community has been awarded to Christian Tismer > <http://www.tismer.com/Home.html>. > > Christian's contributions to the technology behind Python have focused > on performance. For example, he is the founder of the Stackless Python > <http://www.stackless.com/> project, a micro-threading system with the > first implementation of generators and continuations. You can learn > more about Stackless from the project's history page > <http://www.disinterest.org/resource/stackless/2.6-docs-html/stackless-pytho…> > and this IBM developerWorks interview with Christian by David Mertz > <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-pyth7.html>. > > Christian also co-founded PyPy > <http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/>, an implementation of > Python /in/ Python, with Armin Rigo and Holger Krekel. Christian > worked on PyPy full time for a period, using EU funding. Later, he > worked on the JIT compiler Psyco <http://www.psyco.org/> with Raymond > Hettinger to create Psyco V2 > <http://codespeak.net/pipermail/pypy-dev/2009q3/005288.html>. Most > recently, he has been employed by CCP Games <http://www.ccpgames.com/> > to work on combining Stackless and Psyco and updating them to support > 64-bit systems. > > In 1997, as one of his earliest contributions to the Python community, > Christian launched the Starship Python <http://starship.python.net/> > website… > > When he's not working on Python, Christian enjoys watching movies, > reading, and practicing playing piano. You can follow him on twitter > @ctismer <http://twitter.com/ctismer>.” > > Please feel free to add, delete, or modify any of the above bio > information as you see fit. > > Also, could you provide a photo of yourself with the award? If not, > please provide whatever photo of yourself you may already have on hand. > > If you have any questions, please let me know. > Hi Pat, the text is well-written, and I have nothing to change in the blog. Here is a photo from right now. I can prepare a better one if you think I should... cheers - chris -- Christian Tismer :^)<mailto:tismer@stackless.com> tismerysoft GmbH : Have a break! Take a ride on Python's Johannes-Niemeyer-Weg 9A : *Starship*http://starship.python.net/ 14109 Berlin : PGP key -> http://wwwkeys.pgp.net/ work +49 30 802 86 56 mobile +49 173 24 18 776 fax +49 30 80 90 57 05 PGP 0x57F3BF04 9064 F4E1 D754 C2FF 1619 305B C09C 5A3B 57F3 BF04 whom do you want to sponsor today?http://www.stackless.com/ -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org <mailto:patcam@python.org>

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