Mailman 3 April 2018 - Python-africa

PyCon ZA 2018 - Ticket sales open
by Iwan Vosloo April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018

Early bird ticket sales are now open for PyConZA 2018! It will take place on the 11th & 12th of October at The Birchwood Hotel & Conference Centre, in Boksburg North, Johannesburg, South Africa (location link: https://goo.gl/maps/XMtwhJCKVt92 ). There will also be tutorial sessions the day before the conference (the 10th) and we will hold sprints on the 13th & 14th of October. Starting from only R350 for students and pensioners, go to https://za.pycon.org/about/buy-tickets/ to see more options and buy your ticket. We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a presentation, please register at https://za.pycon.org/ and submit your proposal, following the instructions at https://za.pycon.org/talks/submit-talk/ . We have a number of tracks available, including: Web, Scientific-Computing/PyData, Testing and Other (which includes all talks that don't fall under the mentioned tracks). Closing date for submissions is the 31st of August and we hope to notify accepted presenters by no later than the 7th of September 2018. The presentation slots will be 30 minutes long, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion at the end. Shared sessions are also possible. The presentations will be in English. PyCon ZA offers a mentorship program for inexperienced speakers. If you would like assistance preparing your submission, email team(a)za.pycon.org with a rough draft of your talk proposal and we'll find a suitably experienced speaker to act as a mentor. In addition to talks, we are also looking for proposals for tutorials, demos, sprints and open spaces. Tutorials will be held before the conference and are expected to provide in-depth coverage of a topic. The number of attendees will also be limited. We are accepting proposals for either half-day (4 hours) or full-day (8 hours) tutorials. We hope to notify accepted tutorial presenters by no later than the 27th of July 2018. Demos are cool things for attendees to see and interact with. Open spaces are open discussion forums where communities with a common interest gather to present views, ask questions and meet people interested in the topic. Sprints are coding efforts and hack days that happen after the conference. There is no need to register a sprint or open space topic upfront, but doing so allows us to advertise them during the conference. Financial assistance for attendees is available at: https://za.pycon.org/financial-aid/ and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. -- Iwan Vosloo On behalf of the PyCon ZA organising committee

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PyCon ZA 2018 - Call for Speakers
by Iwan Vosloo April 19, 2018

April 19, 2018

PyCon ZA 2018 will take place on the 11th & 12th of October at The Birchwood Hotel & Conference Centre, in Boksburg North, Johannesburg, South Africa (location link: https://goo.gl/maps/XMtwhJCKVt92 ). There will also be tutorial sessions the day before the conference (the 10th) and we will hold sprints on the 13th & 14th of October. We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a presentation, please register at https://za.pycon.org/ and submit your proposal, following the instructions at https://za.pycon.org/talks/submit-talk . We have a number of tracks available, including: Web, Scientific-Computing/PyData, Testing and Other (which includes all talks that don't fall under the mentioned tracks). We hope to notify accepted presenters by no later than the 31st of August 2018. The presentation slots will be 30 minutes long, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion at the end. Shared sessions are also possible. The presentations will be in English. PyCon ZA offers a mentorship program for inexperienced speakers. If you would like assistance preparing your submission, email team(a)za.pycon.org with a rough draft of your talk proposal and we'll find a suitable experienced speaker to act as a mentor. In addition to talks, we are also looking for proposals for tutorials, demos, sprints and open spaces. Tutorials will be held before the conference and are expected to provided in-depth coverage of a topic. The number of attendees will be also be limited. We are accepting proposals for either half-day (4 hours) or full-day (8 hours) tutorials. We hope to notify accepted tutorial presenters by no later than the 27th of July 2018. Demos are cool things for attendees to see and interact with. Open spaces are open discussion forums where communities with a common interest gather to present views, ask questions and meet people interested in the topic. Sprints are coding efforts and hack days that happen after the conference. There is no need to register a sprint or open space topic upfront, but doing so allows us to advertise them during the conference. Financial assistance for attendees is available at: https://za.pycon.org/financial-aid/ and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. -- Iwan Vosloo On behalf of the PyCon ZA organising committee

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PyCon Nigeria 2018 CFP now open
by Aisha Bello April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

Hello Everyone, Reposting: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preparations are underway again, as we gear towards PyCon NG 2018. We are in great anticipation for what promises to be yet another eventful and impactful convention. We are inviting you to submit applications to speak at the event, as the window is now open to do so. [1] Following the parade of awesome sessions which we witnessed in 2017, we have no doubt that there is so much more that can be learnt from members of the community. We therefore encourage you to come out and share same using the PyCon Nigeria platform. Whether you got the chance to speak at last year's event , or have never applied, you are welcome to send in your application. So do send in your proposal without further ado. Please visit the link [1] below to learn more. We eagerly await your submission! [1] https://www.pycon.ng/blog/2018/04/09/call-for-proposals-2018/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We look forward to hosting Pythonistas from all parts of Africa. Feel free to reach out to me or hello(a)pycon.ng if you have any questions about coming to Nigeria and need some help with visas et.al PyCon Nigeria will be held over 3 days 13th,14th and 15th of September in Lagos, Nigeria. With Pythonic Regards, Aisha Bello

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Re: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 20, Issue 1
by Humphrey Butau April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

Hi Iwan, Thank you very much, at least it closer to home this time around :-) for us. Humphrey. On 04/11/2018 06:00 PM, 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. PyConZA 2018 (Iwan Vosloo) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:52:24 +0200 From: Iwan Vosloo <iwan(a)reahl.org><mailto:iwan@reahl.org> To: python-africa(a)python.org<mailto:python-africa@python.org> Subject: [Python-africa] PyConZA 2018 Message-ID: <e8a8c6dd-462f-8da2-62a9-8ec23ba29144(a)reahl.org><mailto:e8a8c6dd-462f-8da2-62a9-8ec23ba29144@reahl.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Hi all, the PyConZA 2018 organisers asked me to pass on the news: PyConZA 2018 is happening and it's going to be in Joburg! It will be held on the 11th and 12th of October at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg North, next to O.R. Tambo. Keep an eye out for updates https://za.pycon.org/! Regards Iwan

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PyConZA 2018
by Iwan Vosloo April 10, 2018

April 10, 2018

Hi all, the PyConZA 2018 organisers asked me to pass on the news: PyConZA 2018 is happening and it's going to be in Joburg! It will be held on the 11th and 12th of October at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg North, next to O.R. Tambo. Keep an eye out for updates https://za.pycon.org/! Regards Iwan --

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