Mailman 3 December 2016 - Python-africa

Re: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 11, Issue 4
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu Dec. 18, 2016

Dec. 18, 2016

Your conference is a success and I know why: aid restrictions didn't stop you. I'm happy that you achieved a lot despite not being the cause of the problem. Greetings to the Pythonistas over there. We love them all. *iChux*™ https://ng.linkedin.com/in/ichux http://stackoverflow.com/story/nwaomachux <http://stackoverflow.com/users/2787992/ichux> *Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.* On 18 December 2016 at 18:00, <python-africa-request(a)python.org> wrote: > Send Python-africa mailing list submissions to > python-africa(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-africa-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-africa-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Python-africa digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Python-africa Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 (Aisha Bello) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050(a)gmail.com> > To: python-africa(a)python.org > Cc: > Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 06:03:19 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 > Huge congratulations to you Anna and Humphery, and thanks for giving us > this breakdown. We are all so super proud of you and what you've done so > far in the community. Despite the hurdles you guys came out stronger and > that's what matters most. Looking forward to PyCon Zimbabwe 2017. > More grease to your elbows. > > Cheers, > Aisha > > On 13 December 2016 at 18:00, <python-africa-request(a)python.org> wrote: > >> Send Python-africa mailing list submissions to >> python-africa(a)python.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> python-africa-request(a)python.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> python-africa-owner(a)python.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Python-africa digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. PyCon Zimbabwe (Anna Makarudze) >> 2. Re: PyCon Zimbabwe (Simon Cross) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:26:07 +0200 >> From: Anna Makarudze <amakarudze(a)gmail.com> >> To: python-africa(a)python.org >> Subject: [Python-africa] PyCon Zimbabwe >> Message-ID: >> <CAJ5VuF-Bf051F_sOnZomQPg1BvE40CNp2oUJX0mg=5eSYanF9Q@mail. >> gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Dear Pythonistas, >> >> How are you all? I am doing fine and hope you are all well. >> >> On behalf of the organisers of PyCon Zimbabwe 2016, our very first PyCon >> by >> the way,we would like to thank you all for the support you gave us before >> and during our conference. We would like to appreciate all who took part >> in >> setting up as well as publicizing our crowdfunding project which was our >> main source of funding for the event. Sorry, I will not name you in this >> post but we are so grateful for your support. >> >> We would like to tell you that PyCon Zimbabwe was a success. We were >> hoping >> for 60 participants and we managed to get 59 registered participants so we >> missed our target by 1! We also had visitors from USA, Amanda Gelender >> from >> GitHub and Mike Place from Saltstack as our keynote speakers. We had our >> own Gabriel Nhinda from UNAM, Namibia and Petrus from Cape Town, South >> Africa as part of the speakers line up. >> >> I will not get into details about the logistics though everything was fine >> for a first conference. What challenged me most was the inspiration in all >> the talks given at PyCon Zimbabwe. We only had 4 international speakers >> and >> the rest were local and they gave superb presentations to our amazement as >> organisers. We were both shocked and stunned with the response from a >> Python community we had no idea of its existence. We hope to start meeting >> as PyLadies soon and we also hope to start partnerships with some of the >> universities represented at the PyCon next year to help advance Python in >> Zimbabwe. >> >> All our troubles, all our efforts and all the challenges we faced were >> worth PyCon Zimbabwe. It was a great conference and we also managed to >> introduce 20 men and women to Python and Django through a Django Girls >> workshop. >> >> All I can say in short is, PyCon Zimbabwe was an awesome conference, you >> should have been there to witness for yourself! >> >> That's from me. Humphrey can also tell you his side of the story! >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Anna >> PyCon Zimbabwe Organiser >>

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Re: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1
by Aisha Bello Dec. 18, 2016

Dec. 18, 2016

Huge congratulations to you Anna and Humphery, and thanks for giving us this breakdown. We are all so super proud of you and what you've done so far in the community. Despite the hurdles you guys came out stronger and that's what matters most. Looking forward to PyCon Zimbabwe 2017. More grease to your elbows. Cheers, Aisha On 13 December 2016 at 18:00, <python-africa-request(a)python.org> wrote: > Send Python-africa mailing list submissions to > python-africa(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-africa-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-africa-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Python-africa digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. PyCon Zimbabwe (Anna Makarudze) > 2. Re: PyCon Zimbabwe (Simon Cross) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:26:07 +0200 > From: Anna Makarudze <amakarudze(a)gmail.com> > To: python-africa(a)python.org > Subject: [Python-africa] PyCon Zimbabwe > Message-ID: > <CAJ5VuF-Bf051F_sOnZomQPg1BvE40CNp2oUJX0mg=5eS > YanF9Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Pythonistas, > > How are you all? I am doing fine and hope you are all well. > > On behalf of the organisers of PyCon Zimbabwe 2016, our very first PyCon by > the way,we would like to thank you all for the support you gave us before > and during our conference. We would like to appreciate all who took part in > setting up as well as publicizing our crowdfunding project which was our > main source of funding for the event. Sorry, I will not name you in this > post but we are so grateful for your support. > > We would like to tell you that PyCon Zimbabwe was a success. We were hoping > for 60 participants and we managed to get 59 registered participants so we > missed our target by 1! We also had visitors from USA, Amanda Gelender from > GitHub and Mike Place from Saltstack as our keynote speakers. We had our > own Gabriel Nhinda from UNAM, Namibia and Petrus from Cape Town, South > Africa as part of the speakers line up. > > I will not get into details about the logistics though everything was fine > for a first conference. What challenged me most was the inspiration in all > the talks given at PyCon Zimbabwe. We only had 4 international speakers and > the rest were local and they gave superb presentations to our amazement as > organisers. We were both shocked and stunned with the response from a > Python community we had no idea of its existence. We hope to start meeting > as PyLadies soon and we also hope to start partnerships with some of the > universities represented at the PyCon next year to help advance Python in > Zimbabwe. > > All our troubles, all our efforts and all the challenges we faced were > worth PyCon Zimbabwe. It was a great conference and we also managed to > introduce 20 men and women to Python and Django through a Django Girls > workshop. > > All I can say in short is, PyCon Zimbabwe was an awesome conference, you > should have been there to witness for yourself! > > That's from me. Humphrey can also tell you his side of the story! > > Kind regards, > > Anna > PyCon Zimbabwe Organiser >

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Re: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2
by Humphrey Butau Dec. 14, 2016

Dec. 14, 2016

Hello Everyone! A lot has been happening before and after the conference. I know how eager people are to know about what happened at PyCon_Zim. We will be updating you soon with all the details. We are really sorry for making you wait this long. The video and media guys are still sorting out the videos and they will publish them soon. If you haven't seen the pictures some of them are now published here<https://www.flickr.com/photos/145291764@N07/albums>. Regards Humphrey On 14/12/2016 19:00, python-africa-request(a)python.org<mailto:python-africa-request@python.org> wrote: Send Python-africa mailing list submissions to python-africa(a)python.org<mailto:python-africa@python.org> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to python-africa-request(a)python.org<mailto:python-africa-request@python.org> You can reach the person managing the list at python-africa-owner(a)python.org<mailto:python-africa-owner@python.org> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Python-africa digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: PyCon Zimbabwe (Loek van Gent) 2. Re: PyCon Zimbabwe (Helen Sherwood-Taylor) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:51:35 +0100 From: Loek van Gent <loek(a)ibizit.nl><mailto:loek@ibizit.nl> To: Anna Makarudze <amakarudze(a)gmail.com><mailto:amakarudze@gmail.com> Cc: python-africa(a)python.org<mailto:python-africa@python.org> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] PyCon Zimbabwe Message-ID: <CANE0826uvHM+1As+EZozwDum8PWrESWed1k2W1CQWnWHQycLug(a)mail.gmail.com><mailto:CANE0826uvHM+1As+EZozwDum8PWrESWed1k2W1CQWnWHQycLug@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Anna, Great job! Awesome you all kept on putting energy into this project regardless the problems you faced. So glad it turned out to be a success. Next year I'll join! Cheers, Loek On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Anna Makarudze <amakarudze(a)gmail.com><mailto:amakarudze@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Pythonistas, How are you all? I am doing fine and hope you are all well. On behalf of the organisers of PyCon Zimbabwe 2016, our very first PyCon by the way,we would like to thank you all for the support you gave us before and during our conference. We would like to appreciate all who took part in setting up as well as publicizing our crowdfunding project which was our main source of funding for the event. Sorry, I will not name you in this post but we are so grateful for your support. We would like to tell you that PyCon Zimbabwe was a success. We were hoping for 60 participants and we managed to get 59 registered participants so we missed our target by 1! We also had visitors from USA, Amanda Gelender from GitHub and Mike Place from Saltstack as our keynote speakers. We had our own Gabriel Nhinda from UNAM, Namibia and Petrus from Cape Town, South Africa as part of the speakers line up. I will not get into details about the logistics though everything was fine for a first conference. What challenged me most was the inspiration in all the talks given at PyCon Zimbabwe. We only had 4 international speakers and the rest were local and they gave superb presentations to our amazement as organisers. We were both shocked and stunned with the response from a Python community we had no idea of its existence. We hope to start meeting as PyLadies soon and we also hope to start partnerships with some of the universities represented at the PyCon next year to help advance Python in Zimbabwe. All our troubles, all our efforts and all the challenges we faced were worth PyCon Zimbabwe. It was a great conference and we also managed to introduce 20 men and women to Python and Django through a Django Girls workshop. All I can say in short is, PyCon Zimbabwe was an awesome conference, you should have been there to witness for yourself! That's from me. Humphrey can also tell you his side of the story! Kind regards, Anna PyCon Zimbabwe Organiser _______________________________________________ Python-africa mailing list Python-africa(a)python.org<mailto:Python-africa@python.org> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa

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PyCon Zimbabwe
by Anna Makarudze Dec. 14, 2016

Dec. 14, 2016

Dear Pythonistas, How are you all? I am doing fine and hope you are all well. On behalf of the organisers of PyCon Zimbabwe 2016, our very first PyCon by the way,we would like to thank you all for the support you gave us before and during our conference. We would like to appreciate all who took part in setting up as well as publicizing our crowdfunding project which was our main source of funding for the event. Sorry, I will not name you in this post but we are so grateful for your support. We would like to tell you that PyCon Zimbabwe was a success. We were hoping for 60 participants and we managed to get 59 registered participants so we missed our target by 1! We also had visitors from USA, Amanda Gelender from GitHub and Mike Place from Saltstack as our keynote speakers. We had our own Gabriel Nhinda from UNAM, Namibia and Petrus from Cape Town, South Africa as part of the speakers line up. I will not get into details about the logistics though everything was fine for a first conference. What challenged me most was the inspiration in all the talks given at PyCon Zimbabwe. We only had 4 international speakers and the rest were local and they gave superb presentations to our amazement as organisers. We were both shocked and stunned with the response from a Python community we had no idea of its existence. We hope to start meeting as PyLadies soon and we also hope to start partnerships with some of the universities represented at the PyCon next year to help advance Python in Zimbabwe. All our troubles, all our efforts and all the challenges we faced were worth PyCon Zimbabwe. It was a great conference and we also managed to introduce 20 men and women to Python and Django through a Django Girls workshop. All I can say in short is, PyCon Zimbabwe was an awesome conference, you should have been there to witness for yourself! That's from me. Humphrey can also tell you his side of the story! Kind regards, Anna PyCon Zimbabwe Organiser

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