Mailman 3 February 2016 - Python-africa

DjangoGirls Lagos and PyNigeria
by Aisha Bello March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Dear Pythonistas, Yaaay so DjangoGirls Lagos happened last weekend and it was awesome, when all the pictures are ready alongside our short video clip, I'll be sure to post the links here. Also some of our attendees are looking to organize a DjangoGirls in another city in Nigeria #DjangoGirlsOgbomosho in May and another DjangoGirlsOAU is happening in April. Basically we would have 3 DjangoGirls events happening in different states in Nigeria within the space of 4 months. So I was going to do a blog post about the workshop in form of a report and share it on later but Iwan and Ibrahim encouraged me to do a brief report here pending when I get done with the article. In total we had 38 attendees and 13 coaches. Special thanks and shout out to all our Mentors <http://djangogirls.org/lagos/#coaches> who came from far and near to coach some of the attendees. How we did for diversity? Age- We had women from age 13- 58 participate in the workshop Location- We had about 40 percent of attendees from Lagos and the remaining 60% from other Nigerian states including Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Taraba, Ondo, et.al. Challenges: So Haven helped co-organized DjangoGirls at PyCon Namibia <http://blog.djangogirls.org/post/139654610313/django-girls-workshop-in-wind…> I learnt a lot and thought I was really prepared for our workshop. For power Luckily I had the utmost support from the venue (CC Hub) who made sure their back up generator was up and running when power failed, I also got lots of power extension boxes in addition to the ones provided by our venue and that came in quite useful as even though there was enough ports for people to plug their laptops I found out that people wanted to be able to charge their other devices like phones or tabs. On Internet: I realized this was very crucial and has a way of putting everything to a halt when people can't push to Github or deploy to Python Anywhere; so even though the venue promised us internet I got a back up with data capacity of 30gb. This turned out really useful as the internet of the venue only had a few user names and passwords opened to multiple users so quite a number of people had to use the backup internet I got. And here I was thinking that 30gb was more than enough for just 2 days especially as I had python, git, sublime text, Atom all pre downloaded and copied to pen drives and the only thing needed to be downloaded was the Django framework which wasn't heavy at all, but Alas I was faced with the fact that at about 30 minutes to the end of the workshop the backup internet data finished. I should have gotten more data. Operating System: As was a similar case in Namibia most of our attendees used Windows (say about 95%) and only about 2 or 3 people brought Mac, and there was no one with Linux. A brief Story similar to what happened to Namibia: So about just 1 week before the workshop I had attendees email me that they didn't have laptops but they were going to borrow to participate in the workshop, and one in particular who said she was robbed in the past month and lost all her valuables including her laptop but was going to borrow either way. So I thought to myself if there was something I could do as it would be sad to come to the workshop, learn all these amazing stuff and have to return the laptop with no easy means for continuity. I reached out to the Python community in Nigeria explaining my dilemma and even started a twitter campaign soliciting for old/ refurbished laptops even though it was late in the day with the theme *Help a woman continue in her coding journey* and also late to even think about getting Raspberry pi's. Imagine the delight and happiness we felt when a pythonista who wants to remain anonymous came to the Python Nigeria meetup and donated 2 laptops to our attendees. It meant that these women could go back home and even after returning the borrowed laptops had their own laptops to continue in their coding journey #Beautiful. Also special gratitude to our sponsors and everyone who made the workshop possible and also made it possible for us to give financial aid to attendees travelling from other parts of Nigeria. (The Python Software Foundation, Django Software Foundation, GitHub,, Co-Creation Hub, Godwin Effiong, Thelma West, The Lagos Python Meetup ), Naomi Ceder(Our awesome Cake and Cupcakes sponsor), The Python Nigeria community, Chukwudi Nwachukwu (for our customized DjangoGirls pens) and a host of many others who supported us......We can't Thank you enough. On Twitter if you wanna see some pictures see @DjangoGirlsLAG Curious about how our fist Python Users Group Nigeria meetup went do see this awesome blogpost by a member of our community Tosin < http://takwas.github.io/article/python-nigeria-first-meetup.html> and the open source project we all agreed to work on. In all it was really awesome to see more pythonistas in Nigeria under the same roof communicating about how to move the community forward among other things. So there we go a brief report about DjangoGirls Lagos and PyNigeria, and I look forward to more PyCons in Africa or an Africa PyCon. PyCon Namibia in my opinion was the best PyCon I ever attended........*talk about the African way ;) * I also look forward to PyCon ZA A warm welcome to everyone who have just joined the mailing, I hope this serves as a platform where we can collaborate more together......*because we are stronger together* Wishing everyone a Pythonic weekend :D Aisha Bello

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Raspberry Pi anyone ?
by D Laloux Feb. 29, 2016

Feb. 29, 2016

Hi All, Is anyone on this list involved with Python on the Raspberry Pi, and more specifically in an education (MS/HS) environment ? DL

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Re: [Python-africa] Raspberry Pi (D Laloux)
by Humphrey Feb. 29, 2016

Feb. 29, 2016

Hi Group, I also intend to start working with Raspberry Pi for education soon. I received a generous donation of 6 Raspberry Pis from PyCon Namibia, and i hope to start a Young Coders Group/ class in Zimbabwe. I am still dealing with some bureaucratic issues with a school I intend to work with. I have a tutorial which has been used at recent PyCons in North America by Barbra Shaurette at her Young Coders workshops. I hope to work with with you and maybe we can help each other. Regards Humphrey On 28/02/2016 19:00, python-africa-request(a)python.org wrote: > Re: Raspberry Pi (D Laloux)

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Re: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 12
by hsysinfo＠gmail.com Feb. 27, 2016

Feb. 27, 2016

This summary, coupled with the one Tosin did are cool. We had a nice time. Thanks Aisha. www.bit.ly/iscrape -----Original Message----- From: python-africa-request(a)python.org Sender: "Python-africa" <python-africa-bounces+hsysinfo=gmail.com(a)python.org>Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:00:03 To: <python-africa(a)python.org> Reply-To: python-africa(a)python.org Subject: Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 12 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..."

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Re: [Python-africa] Raspberry Pi
by D Laloux Feb. 27, 2016

Feb. 27, 2016

My question was really more about the Raspberry Pi then about Python, but the first one being closely linked to the second... I live and work in Belgium (only a couple of hours away from where Guido van Rossum invented Python ;-), but I started a project in Togo in 2012, where I have since set up two computer rooms for the benefit of MS/HS students (and teachers) in rural schools. I am about to install another one next summer, and my goal is now to install one more room at least every year for the foreseable future. I also lived there for a year in order to work at the project, training teachers and students. Bien sûr, je fais cela en français, puisque nos amis Togolais apprennent le français à l'école (peut-être qu'un jour je pourrai le faire en éwé, mais j'ai encore beaucoup de travail avant d'y arriver ;-) The second room I set up was a Raspberry Pi room, and that's the type of installations I intend to make exclusively in the future (at least, Single Board Computer rooms... whether they are strictly Raspberry Pis or other brands of SBC make little difference). There are so many advantages in using these small computers for such projects. Of course, the Raspi is closely linked to Python, as that was the first language promoted on that platform. Hence my question : have other members of this list set up similar rooms in other African countries, and are they working with such devices? I would love to share practical experience with them... FYI, here is a small video of the setup of our first Raspberry Pi room : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d075z_tZ0Qo DL -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 2/27/16, python-africa-request(a)python.org <python-africa-request(a)python.org> wrote: Subject: Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 13 To: python-africa(a)python.org Date: Saturday, February 27, 2016, 7:02 PM 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. Raspberry Pi >> Re: Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 12 (Farell Folly) 2. Re: Raspberry Pi anyone ? (Ibrahim DIOP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 18:43:23 +0100 From: Farell Folly <farellfolly(a)gmail.com> To: python-africa(a)python.org Subject: [Python-africa] Raspberry Pi >> Re: Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 12 Message-ID: <CADzHdxdmxETu5DitqVMA=6hkNftC+Psry-cRAa1J72W5BWuewg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Dalou, I've been initiated to Raspberry Pi ( 3 months ago) and Arduino (one year ago). We can try to set challenges and consider python programming and RaspberryPI/Arduino device. Meilleures salutations, --ff--

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Raspberry Pi >> Re: Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 12
by Farell Folly Feb. 27, 2016

Feb. 27, 2016

Dear Dalou, I've been initiated to Raspberry Pi ( 3 months ago) and Arduino (one year ago). We can try to set challenges and consider python programming and RaspberryPI/Arduino device. Meilleures salutations, --ff-- 2016-02-27 18:00 GMT+01:00 <python-africa-request(a)python.org>: > 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. DjangoGirls Lagos and PyNigeria (Aisha Bello) > 2. Raspberry Pi anyone ? (D Laloux) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:30:03 +0100 > From: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050(a)gmail.com> > To: python-africa(a)python.org > Subject: [Python-africa] DjangoGirls Lagos and PyNigeria > Message-ID: > <CABsUhZf0E3Fz2E= > U2FZWwA8tG5paYOwirsDXbJXVMKUouzs5mw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Pythonistas, > > Yaaay so DjangoGirls Lagos happened last weekend and it was awesome, when > all the pictures are ready alongside our short video clip, I'll be sure to > post the links here. Also some of our attendees are looking to organize a > DjangoGirls in another city in Nigeria #DjangoGirlsOgbomosho in May and > another DjangoGirlsOAU is happening in April. Basically we would have 3 > DjangoGirls events happening in different states in Nigeria within the > space of 4 months. > > So I was going to do a blog post about the workshop in form of a report and > share it on later but Iwan and Ibrahim encouraged me to do a brief report > here pending when I get done with the article. > > In total we had 38 attendees and 13 coaches. Special thanks and shout out > to all our Mentors <http://djangogirls.org/lagos/#coaches> who came from > far and near to coach some of the attendees. > How we did for diversity? > Age- We had women from age 13- 58 participate in the workshop > Location- We had about 40 percent of attendees from Lagos and the remaining > 60% from other Nigerian states including Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Taraba, Ondo, > et.al. > > > Challenges: So Haven helped co-organized DjangoGirls at PyCon Namibia > < > http://blog.djangogirls.org/post/139654610313/django-girls-workshop-in-wind… > > > I > learnt a lot and thought I was really prepared for our workshop. For power > Luckily I had the utmost support from the venue (CC Hub) who made sure > their back up generator was up and running when power failed, I also got > lots of power extension boxes in addition to the ones provided by our venue > and that came in quite useful as even though there was enough ports for > people to plug their laptops I found out that people wanted to be able to > charge their other devices like phones or tabs. > On Internet: I realized this was very crucial and has a way of putting > everything to a halt when people can't push to Github or deploy to Python > Anywhere; so even though the venue promised us internet I got a back up > with data capacity of 30gb. This turned out really useful as the internet > of the venue only had a few user names and passwords opened to multiple > users so quite a number of people had to use the backup internet I got. And > here I was thinking that 30gb was more than enough for just 2 days > especially as I had python, git, sublime text, Atom all pre downloaded and > copied to pen drives and the only thing needed to be downloaded was the > Django framework which wasn't heavy at all, but Alas I was faced with the > fact that at about 30 minutes to the end of the workshop the backup > internet data finished. I should have gotten more data. > Operating System: As was a similar case in Namibia most of our attendees > used Windows (say about 95%) and only about 2 or 3 people brought Mac, and > there was no one with Linux. > > A brief Story similar to what happened to Namibia: So about just 1 week > before the workshop I had attendees email me that they didn't have laptops > but they were going to borrow to participate in the workshop, and one in > particular who said she was robbed in the past month and lost all her > valuables including her laptop but was going to borrow either way. So I > thought to myself if there was something I could do as it would be sad to > come to the workshop, learn all these amazing stuff and have to return the > laptop with no easy means for continuity. > I reached out to the Python community in Nigeria explaining my dilemma and > even started a twitter campaign soliciting for old/ refurbished laptops > even though it was late in the day with the theme *Help a woman continue in > her coding journey* and also late to even think about getting Raspberry > pi's. Imagine the delight and happiness we felt when a pythonista who wants > to remain anonymous came to the Python Nigeria meetup and donated 2 laptops > to our attendees. It meant that these women could go back home and even > after returning the borrowed laptops had their own laptops to continue in > their coding journey #Beautiful. > > Also special gratitude to our sponsors and everyone who made the workshop > possible and also made it possible for us to give financial aid to > attendees travelling from other parts of Nigeria. (The Python Software > Foundation, Django Software Foundation, GitHub,, Co-Creation Hub, Godwin > Effiong, Thelma West, The Lagos Python Meetup ), Naomi Ceder(Our awesome > Cake and Cupcakes sponsor), The Python Nigeria community, Chukwudi > Nwachukwu (for our customized DjangoGirls pens) and a host of many others > who supported us......We can't Thank you enough. > On Twitter if you wanna see some pictures see @DjangoGirlsLAG > > Curious about how our fist Python Users Group Nigeria meetup went do see > this awesome blogpost by a member of our community Tosin < > http://takwas.github.io/article/python-nigeria-first-meetup.html> and the > open source project we all agreed to work on. In all it was really awesome > to see more pythonistas in Nigeria under the same roof communicating about > how to move the community forward among other things. > > So there we go a brief report about DjangoGirls Lagos and PyNigeria, and I > look forward to more PyCons in Africa or an Africa PyCon. PyCon Namibia in > my opinion was the best PyCon I ever attended........*talk about the > African way ;) * I also look forward to PyCon ZA > > A warm welcome to everyone who have just joined the mailing, I hope this > serves as a platform where we can collaborate more together......*because > we are stronger together* > > Wishing everyone a Pythonic weekend :D > > Aisha Bello >

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Re: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 10
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu Feb. 24, 2016

Feb. 24, 2016

@Ibrahim, Thanks for the response. The open sourced Jollof rice isn't a bad idea. I laughed while I read it. I would inform everyone when our project(s) come on board, we are still working towards the modalities. But it would be an app that would help one to be security conscious, that's what we decided on. If possible, I look forward to attending any conference held in Africa. When that day comes that we would have PyCon Africa, it would be a nice achievement. I would not hesitate to offer my help, when called upon by the community. Cheers to everyone. Thanks Ibrahim for reaching out. iChux™ http://bit.ly/iscrape *Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.* On 23 February 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. DjangoGirls Nigeria (Lagos) 2016 (Chukwudi Nwachukwu) > 2. Re: DjangoGirls Nigeria (Lagos) 2016 (Ibrahim DIOP) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Chukwudi Nwachukwu <hsysinfo(a)gmail.com> > To: python-africa(a)python.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:19:21 +0100 > Subject: [Python-africa] DjangoGirls Nigeria (Lagos) 2016 > > Good day all, > > I'm happy to inform you of the successful hosting of the maiden edition of > DjangoGirls Lagos. It was a wonderful event and Aisha, Bayo and many others > did wonderfully well. Great thanks to them. > > The tutors were very helpful too and I could see smiles on the faces of > the attendees. We thank Naomi, Loek, PSF and others who might have > contributed to the success of it. > > After the event we had a meet up and a dinner at a chosen hotel where we > also talked at the table: it was fun. After everything, we set up a slack > channel to ease communications and we hope to grow through that at finally > hold a Pycon Nigeria. > > We also decided to work on a viable open source project which would have > many contributors. Bayo wants Aisha and I to also help out with > administering the email list of Nigeria: a role which I have gladly > accepted. > > Aisha Bello, a very nice lady, discussed Pycon South Africa with me and > I've thought it over. If possible, I would like to attend. > > I'm Chukwudi, a Python programmer with over 12 years experience coding all > sorts of applications in Python. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ibrahim DIOP <diopib(a)gmail.com> > To: Chukwudi Nwachukwu <hsysinfo(a)gmail.com>, python-africa(a)python.org > Cc: > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 04:54:16 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Python-africa] DjangoGirls Nigeria (Lagos) 2016 > Hello Chukwudi, > > Congratulations on DjangoGirls Lagos and on your meetup. It's always good > to see that things are moving. > The DjangoGirls workshop is a great event, and also very rewarding. > > Don't hesitate to talk about that open source project on the list. > > I have met Aisha at PyCon Namibia, she was also co-organizing a DjangoGirl > workshop where I was a mentor. > She's engaged, positive and has very good ideas. We even had an > interesting story about Open source and Jollof rice > <https://github.com/diopib/jollof_rice> , feel free to contribute :) > It's always good to insist on events like PyConNA <http://na.pycon.org/> > and PyConZA <https://za.pycon.org/> , those are very good opportunities > for African pythonistas to exchange > and discover each other but also to meet peoples from anywhere else in the > world. That's how the idea of that mailing list was born. > Hopefully one day we will have PyCons NG, BJ and SN etc.. and why not a > continental one? > I will do my best to attend PyConZA during next October and I hope I will > meet some of you there! > > Good to have you on the list. > -Ibrahim > > Le lun. 22 févr. 2016 à 14:19, Chukwudi Nwachukwu <hsysinfo(a)gmail.com> a > écrit : > >> Good day all, >> >> I'm happy to inform you of the successful hosting of the maiden edition >> of DjangoGirls Lagos. It was a wonderful event and Aisha, Bayo and many >> others did wonderfully well. Great thanks to them. >> >> The tutors were very helpful too and I could see smiles on the faces of >> the attendees. We thank Naomi, Loek, PSF and others who might have >> contributed to the success of it. >> >> After the event we had a meet up and a dinner at a chosen hotel where we >> also talked at the table: it was fun. After everything, we set up a slack >> channel to ease communications and we hope to grow through that at finally >> hold a Pycon Nigeria. >> >> We also decided to work on a viable open source project which would have >> many contributors. Bayo wants Aisha and I to also help out with >> administering the email list of Nigeria: a role which I have gladly >> accepted. >> >> Aisha Bello, a very nice lady, discussed Pycon South Africa with me and >> I've thought it over. If possible, I would like to attend. >> >> I'm Chukwudi, a Python programmer with over 12 years experience coding >> all sorts of applications in Python. >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-africa mailing list >> Python-africa(a)python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa >> > > _______________________________________________ > Python-africa mailing list > Python-africa(a)python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa > >

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DjangoGirls Nigeria (Lagos) 2016
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

Good day all, I'm happy to inform you of the successful hosting of the maiden edition of DjangoGirls Lagos. It was a wonderful event and Aisha, Bayo and many others did wonderfully well. Great thanks to them. The tutors were very helpful too and I could see smiles on the faces of the attendees. We thank Naomi, Loek, PSF and others who might have contributed to the success of it. After the event we had a meet up and a dinner at a chosen hotel where we also talked at the table: it was fun. After everything, we set up a slack channel to ease communications and we hope to grow through that at finally hold a Pycon Nigeria. We also decided to work on a viable open source project which would have many contributors. Bayo wants Aisha and I to also help out with administering the email list of Nigeria: a role which I have gladly accepted. Aisha Bello, a very nice lady, discussed Pycon South Africa with me and I've thought it over. If possible, I would like to attend. I'm Chukwudi, a Python programmer with over 12 years experience coding all sorts of applications in Python.

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Re: [Python-africa] Pycon Benin
by Farell Folly Feb. 21, 2016

Feb. 21, 2016

Great Loek, Thank you very much. Can I have the e-mail/contact of Daniela ? Meilleures salutations, --ff-- 2016-02-21 10:55 GMT+01:00 Loek van Gent <loek(a)ibizit.nl>: > @Farell > > Daniele Procida, who has (co-)organized Python Namibia 2015 and PyCon > Namibia 2016, has initiated a github readme page about PyCons in Africa. > https://github.com/evildmp/pycons-in-africa/blob/master/docs/index.rst > I think is is meant to be a living document. It hasn't been updated > recently, but I pretty sure he's open for pull request to extend it. We > could share experiences about setting meet-ups, workshops, DjangoGirls and > bigger events. > > Cheers, > Loek van gent > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Ibrahim DIOP <diopib(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> @ Nsukami, >> it's a good to have you on the list :) >> >> @ Farell, >> Making Python events happen in Africa is one of the goals this mailing >> list >> is aiming for. We can all help & I would be happy to :) >> From what I have seen so far, before organizing an "official" PyCon, it's >> always >> good (maybe required?) to start with organizing local meetups & confences >> (if you haven't already). >> That is a good way to build up your local community and sharpen your >> event planner skills. Once that is done, you'll have a stronger base and >> it >> will be much easier for you to plan an "official" PyCon. There are a few >> peoples registered on the list that have concrete experience in >> organizing Python events. >> >> On another note, since this list is quite new, >> I wanted to share few interesting advices from Naomi: >> >> << >> - *Be kind to each other*. The tone of this list has been wonderful, so >> keep that. Even in disagreements remember that everyone is sincerely >> striving for the same thing and be kind. >> - *Share the load*. No one has the energy and the time to do >> everything, >> so please take the time to put yourself out there and pitch in. All >> levels >> of contribution are valuable, but the ones who seek to understand the >> problems and work to fix them without prompting are priceless. Sharing >> the >> load is far better than having just a few do the work who then become >> burnt >> out and quit. >> - *Share the load*. On the other side, even if you think you can do >> everything, perhaps better than others, make room for people who want >> to >> help. No, you can't do everything, and not giving people a chance to >> contribute will drive them away. >> - *Join us*. But "us" I mean the wider Python community, in particular >> the Python Software Foundation. Connections with other communities can >> offer help in a number of ways. There are a few things you can do: >> - Become a member of the Python Software Foundation. Basic >> membership >> is free, just go to https://www.python.org/accounts/login/ and >> create >> an account and you are a basic member! >> - Join/post on the PSF-Community mailing list. All PSF members >> around >> the world are welcome to post and connect using that list. It would >> be >> great place to let the world of Python know what you are doing. >> - Become a voting member of the PSF - if you put in 5 hours a month >> (or 60 hours a year) doing Python community work (organizing, >> coding, >> documentation, etc) you are eligible to become a voting member. >> Voting >> members vote to elect the board members (like me), to accept sponsor >> companies, and on other issues of governance as they arise. The more >> diverse and widespread our voters are the more likely the board and >> governance will represent everyone and make better decisions, so >> the PSF really needs you. The info on becoming a voting member >> this way is at >> http://pyfound.blogspot.de/2015/02/enroll-as-psf-voting-member.html >> - Working group. The PSF has a structure to create working groups >> for >> projects as needed. If you have a project or goal, we might be able >> to >> create a working group. Contact me for more advice on that. >> - Get funding. The PSF offers funding for meetups and conferences >> around the world. For more information on how to do this, go to >> https://www.python.org/psf/grants/ and I again would be happy to >> help >> out. >> >> >> >> Sorry for the long message :) >> keep it up! >> -Ibrahim >> >> >> >> Le sam. 20 févr. 2016 à 12:12, Farell Folly <farellfolly(a)gmail.com> a >> écrit : >> >>> Hello Ibrahim, >>> >>> That is a very good idea. Can you help us setup a PyCon in Benin? What >>> are the requirements/constraints ? >>> >>> Meilleures salutations, >>> >>> --ff-- >>> >>> 2016-02-20 18:00 GMT+01:00 <python-africa-request(a)python.org>: >>> >>>> 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. About this list (Iwan Vosloo) >>>> 2. Re: About this list (Nsukami_) >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:23:08 +0200 >>>> From: Iwan Vosloo <iwan(a)reahl.org> >>>> To: python-africa(a)python.org >>>> Subject: [Python-africa] About this list >>>> Message-ID: <56C75D8C.1070202(a)reahl.org> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> Just a few words about this list... >>>> >>>> At PyCon Namibia Aisha, Ibrahim and myself shared similar feelings about >>>> the need to create software (amongst other things) in Africa. We were >>>> delighted to have met a number of people from several different >>>> countries in Africa since we feel that we can do more if we help one >>>> another. >>>> >>>> There was a realisation that we may be distributed further apart than >>>> (for example) Europeans are and perhaps also have fewer opportunities to >>>> meet. Moreover, it came to light that people in different countries are >>>> not always aware of events, such as PyCon Namibia or PyConZA that could >>>> bring us together. >>>> >>>> That is why we felt a mailing list would be a good idea, and with the >>>> kind help of Naomi Ceder on the PSF board, here we are! >>>> >>>> Now that it is there, there is a question of what to do with it :-) We >>>> honestly did not think much further... Perhaps that is a good thing: now >>>> that several people have joined up you all can probably make that >>>> decision. >>>> >>>> Here are some thoughts we had: >>>> - This would be a good place to announce events, such as PyCon >>>> Zimbabwe and PyCon Nigeria (which we know some people are thinking of >>>> organising). There is also an upcoming DjangoGirls in Nigeria and in >>>> Zimbabwe if I am not mistaken. >>>> - We can also promote open source projects that happen in Africa, or >>>> find someone to help. >>>> - Even Python questions could be a good idea - some may be more >>>> comfortable asking those within our own "Pan-African community" >>>> >>>> In general we just want to keep in touch, know what's going on and >>>> stimulate a more coherent Python community in Africa. >>>> >>>> We hope you have similar aims and feel welcome to join in. >>>> >>>> Kind regards >>>> - Aisha, Ibrahim and Iwan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Reahl, the Python only web framework: http://www.reahl.org >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 03:03:56 +0000 >>>> From: Nsukami_ <ndkpatt(a)gmail.com> >>>> To: Iwan Vosloo <iwan(a)reahl.org> >>>> Cc: python-africa(a)python.org >>>> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] About this list >>>> Message-ID: >>>> < >>>> CAEFX9bgdK8GO9KSKHFEnfz-4KQkZyQuDsLZ_wCnCKno78E7WLQ(a)mail.gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >>>> >>>> On 2/19/16, Iwan Vosloo <iwan(a)reahl.org> wrote: >>>> > Hello all, >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Now that it is there, there is a question of what to do with it :-) We >>>> > honestly did not think much further... Perhaps that is a good thing: >>>> now >>>> > that several people have joined up you all can probably make that >>>> decision. >>>> I'll just introduce myself :) >>>> I'm Nsukami, a freelance web developer currently based in Dakar Senegal. >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Here are some thoughts we had: >>>> > - This would be a good place to announce events, such as PyCon >>>> > Zimbabwe and PyCon Nigeria (which we know some people are thinking of >>>> > organising). There is also an upcoming DjangoGirls in Nigeria and in >>>> > Zimbabwe if I am not mistaken. >>>> > - We can also promote open source projects that happen in Africa, or >>>> > find someone to help. >>>> > - Even Python questions could be a good idea - some may be more >>>> > comfortable asking those within our own "Pan-African community" >>>> Great ideas, but we cannot live w/o an irc channel :\ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Sent from my 17 years old fucked up laptop, using a crappy internet >>>> connection. >>>> >>>> Nsukami _ >>>> http://about.me/lemeteore >>>> GPG Public Key: 9F71504C >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Subject: Digest Footer >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Python-africa mailing list >>>> Python-africa(a)python.org >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> End of Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 4 >>>> ******************************************* >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Python-africa mailing list >>> Python-africa(a)python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-africa mailing list >> Python-africa(a)python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa >> >> >

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Re: [Python-africa] Pycon, Conferences, Workshops
by Farell Folly Feb. 21, 2016

Feb. 21, 2016

Thanks a lot for your answer. I will take a look to the links provided. have a nice day ! Meilleures salutations, --ff-- 2016-02-21 7:21 GMT+01:00 <python-africa-request(a)python.org>: > 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 1, Issue 4 (Farell Folly) > 2. Re: Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 4 (Ibrahim DIOP) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:10:25 +0100 > From: Farell Folly <farellfolly(a)gmail.com> > To: python-africa(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 4 > Message-ID: > < > CADzHdxfrqwqrjEf0BR+bsGCaafOiC7V3K+eLJttyLRAyKmCdzQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello Ibrahim, > > That is a very good idea. Can you help us setup a PyCon in Benin? What are > the requirements/constraints ? > > Meilleures salutations, > > --ff-- > > 2016-02-20 18:00 GMT+01:00 <python-africa-request(a)python.org>: > > > 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. About this list (Iwan Vosloo) > > 2. Re: About this list (Nsukami_) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:23:08 +0200 > > From: Iwan Vosloo <iwan(a)reahl.org> > > To: python-africa(a)python.org > > Subject: [Python-africa] About this list > > Message-ID: <56C75D8C.1070202(a)reahl.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > > > Hello all, > > > > Just a few words about this list... > > > > At PyCon Namibia Aisha, Ibrahim and myself shared similar feelings about > > the need to create software (amongst other things) in Africa. We were > > delighted to have met a number of people from several different > > countries in Africa since we feel that we can do more if we help one > > another. > > > > There was a realisation that we may be distributed further apart than > > (for example) Europeans are and perhaps also have fewer opportunities to > > meet. Moreover, it came to light that people in different countries are > > not always aware of events, such as PyCon Namibia or PyConZA that could > > bring us together. > > > > That is why we felt a mailing list would be a good idea, and with the > > kind help of Naomi Ceder on the PSF board, here we are! > > > > Now that it is there, there is a question of what to do with it :-) We > > honestly did not think much further... Perhaps that is a good thing: now > > that several people have joined up you all can probably make that > decision. > > > > Here are some thoughts we had: > > - This would be a good place to announce events, such as PyCon > > Zimbabwe and PyCon Nigeria (which we know some people are thinking of > > organising). There is also an upcoming DjangoGirls in Nigeria and in > > Zimbabwe if I am not mistaken. > > - We can also promote open source projects that happen in Africa, or > > find someone to help. > > - Even Python questions could be a good idea - some may be more > > comfortable asking those within our own "Pan-African community" > > > > In general we just want to keep in touch, know what's going on and > > stimulate a more coherent Python community in Africa. > > > > We hope you have similar aims and feel welcome to join in. > > > > Kind regards > > - Aisha, Ibrahim and Iwan > > > > > > > > -- > > Reahl, the Python only web framework: http://www.reahl.org > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 03:03:56 +0000 > > From: Nsukami_ <ndkpatt(a)gmail.com> > > To: Iwan Vosloo <iwan(a)reahl.org> > > Cc: python-africa(a)python.org > > Subject: Re: [Python-africa] About this list > > Message-ID: > > < > > CAEFX9bgdK8GO9KSKHFEnfz-4KQkZyQuDsLZ_wCnCKno78E7WLQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > On 2/19/16, Iwan Vosloo <iwan(a)reahl.org> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Now that it is there, there is a question of what to do with it :-) We > > > honestly did not think much further... Perhaps that is a good thing: > now > > > that several people have joined up you all can probably make that > > decision. > > I'll just introduce myself :) > > I'm Nsukami, a freelance web developer currently based in Dakar Senegal. > > > > > > > > Here are some thoughts we had: > > > - This would be a good place to announce events, such as PyCon > > > Zimbabwe and PyCon Nigeria (which we know some people are thinking of > > > organising). There is also an upcoming DjangoGirls in Nigeria and in > > > Zimbabwe if I am not mistaken. > > > - We can also promote open source projects that happen in Africa, or > > > find someone to help. > > > - Even Python questions could be a good idea - some may be more > > > comfortable asking those within our own "Pan-African community" > > Great ideas, but we cannot live w/o an irc channel :\ > > > > -- > > Best, > > > > Sent from my 17 years old fucked up laptop, using a crappy internet > > connection. > > > > Nsukami _ > > http://about.me/lemeteore > > GPG Public Key: 9F71504C > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Python-africa mailing list > > Python-africa(a)python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of Python-africa Digest, Vol 1, Issue 4 > > ******************************************* > > >

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