Mailman 3 April 2016 - python-nigeria

Matters Arising
by Aisha Bello April 30, 2016

April 30, 2016

Dear Highly Esteemed Pythonistas, ' It warms my heart when I see other ladies send emails here *shines teeth*. I am adding my voice to the plea for DjangoGirls Ogbomoso. I will also be coaching at the workshop, and I honestly can't wait to be in a room filled with new/ prospective Pythonistas as well as other mentors (Heroes). Rolake you're highly welcome to the community, we look forward to hearing and seeing you be active in the community and your contributions. So guys a lot of conversations have stemmed up on slack channel on we registering PyNigeria http://new.cac.gov.ng/home/part-a-registry/ Tomiwa aka. @tmdobleu gave a suggestion that registering as a company limited by guarantee applies to us. and @emmaakin says a letter of recognition from the global python community would help out, and the rest would just be a couple of things here and there. @naomiceder PSF board member has suggested we write a letter to the PSF and she would be happy to have a look. If you want to see the conversation head over to slack on the #general channel. Guys I have no idea whatsover what registering a company in Nigeria entails, and would appreciate anyone with an experience come on and tell us their experience and drop a how to advice. There has been recent conversations which prompted me to bring to the attention a Code of Conduct. We are part of a global python movement hence, as our community grows there is need to maintain the good atmosphere of community we have built so far. In another email I published the PSF code of conduct for the community. I encourage everyone to take a moment and go through it *if you haven't before* as the code of conduct applies to all facets of the community. I can assure you it's shorter than my emails ;) Wishing everyone an awesome long weekend :D Aisha Bello

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Code of Conduct...........As published by the Python Software Foundation
by Aisha Bello April 30, 2016

April 30, 2016

Python Community Code of Conduct The Python community is made up of members from around the globe with a diverse set of skills, personalities, and experiences. It is through these differences that our community experiences great successes and continued growth. When you're working with members of the community, we encourage you to follow these guidelines which help steer our interactions and strive to keep Python a positive, successful, and growing community. A member of the Python community is: Open Members of the community are open to collaboration, whether it's on PEPs, patches, problems, or otherwise. We're receptive to constructive comment and criticism, as the experiences and skill sets of other members contribute to the whole of our efforts. We're accepting of all who wish to take part in our activities, fostering an environment where anyone can participate and everyone can make a difference. Considerate Members of the community are considerate of their peers -- other Python users. We're thoughtful when addressing the efforts of others, keeping in mind that often times the labor was completed simply for the good of the community. We're attentive in our communications, whether in person or online, and we're tactful when approaching differing views. Respectful Members of the community are respectful. We're respectful of others, their positions, their skills, their commitments, and their efforts. We're respectful of the volunteer efforts that permeate the Python community. We're respectful of the processes set forth in the community, and we work within them. When we disagree, we are courteous in raising our issues. Overall, we're good to each other. We contribute to this community not because we have to, but because we want to. If we remember that, these guidelines will come naturally. Ref: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/

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Hello Python Nigeria
by Morolake Orekoya April 29, 2016

April 29, 2016

Hi, My name is Rolake, new to the python language. I look forward to being able to contribute to this community.

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Plea for awesome coaches
by Opetunde Helen April 29, 2016

April 29, 2016

Hello everyone! I believe we all are doing great. First off, I'd like to thank you all for supporting Django girls Ogbomoso event so far. Thanks to all of those who volunteered to coach the girls; you really are awesome. So far, we have 30 girls and about 7 coaches on ground. We are planning to have three girls to one coach, which is where I am really pleading for your help. The point is, we need more coaches. I understand that the economy is not friendly presently and many of us might dread the idea of travelling all the way down to Ogbomoso, but we can only beg you to please do it for the girls who will never forget you for teaching them what might pave a great way for their success in life eventually. Who knows whether you will be coaching the Sheryl Sandberg of Nigeria at this event ;)?The bottom line of this story is that we need three more coaches. Please if you will be available on the 6th and 7th of May (next weekend) kindly help us to coach these girls and we promise to make you feel as comfortable as possible. Thank you so much

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Aisha's "so what's next?"
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu April 27, 2016

April 27, 2016

Aisha's "so what's next?" includes 1. What happened to our plans of putting PyNigeria on the map and registering as a not-for-profit in Nigeria? 2. What happened to having another meetup? 3. What happened to our projects? 4. What happened to the plans of PyNigeria Conference? 5. FYI we are not yet on the wiki page. Dear Pythonistas in Nigeria, Why are we so silent on these issues? Let's add vibrancy and enthusiasm to this whole thing since a "tree can't make a forest" One thing I know that's been affecting us all is the "current economic situations" that we find ourselves. But then, let's have that inner motivation and the I-Can-Do-It attitude. Many people subscribed to this list and the slack channel but activated their silent mode. Once in while, we need you to talk so that we would know what people want. We have an email address and github account too. What about those? Thanks. iChux™ http://bit.ly/iscrape *Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

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Don't you think......It's about time?
by Aisha Bello April 24, 2016

April 24, 2016

Hola Pythonistas, Hope everyone had a great weekend. The weekend is over so soon again :( So being me I thought I pen a few words at the start of the week. Call it #FoodforThought. this shouldn't take long.... So first of a warm welcome to Temitope Oyenuga. It's interesting to have a diverse range of people using python for different awesome things. I just coined a personal mantra "Wherever You Are, Whatever you need #Python is always there for you with a framework :)" Looking forward to learning some of the cool things Python avails the networking space from Temitope. Most of our community conversations have centered on web and data...... So as regards our young and vibrant community, I was thinking and I thought to myself we've come so far in these past few months (built an amazing community, have DG workshops to our name, done a meetup, have a buzzing slack team), so what's next? What happened to our plans of putting PyNigeria on the map and registering as a not-for-profit in Nigeria? What happened to having another meetup? what happened to our projects? What happened to the plans of PyNigeria Conference? While I am proud of what we've been able to accomplish as a community I can't but wonder what's next. While it may seem everything is perfect I honestly don't want us stuck in the beginner phase of community, as tempted as I am to come up with excuses and blame Nepa or fuel scarcity. I am keen to write more but I would love to hear from you guys about how we can move our community ahead. Proactive steps. I forsee a PyCon Nigeria in the nearest future where we attract great minds from around the world into our dear own....... As a reference I am going to reference some of the advice Naomi gave us in February. FYI we are not yet on the wiki page :(...someone please take it up :-( Join the Python-Africa mailing list to add your voice there - > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa - add a presence (even if it's a link to this mailing list's info page) for Nigeria on the Python wiki's user groups page - https://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups#Other_Africa - 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 we really need 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. I am really looking forward to reading from many of you......This is Ours......Let's make this count. We already started we might as well give it all we've got. Wishing everyone a pythonic week ahead ;) Aisha Bello

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Re: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 9, Issue 9
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu April 24, 2016

April 24, 2016

Aisha, this report is a nice one, thanks for always carrying everyone along. I wish to congratulate all the DjangoGirls organisers and encourage them to keep the light blazing. iChux™ http://bit.ly/iscrape *Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.* On 18 April 2016 at 17:00, <python-nigeria-request(a)python.org> wrote: > Send python-nigeria mailing list submissions to > python-nigeria(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nigeria > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-nigeria-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-nigeria-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of python-nigeria digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Gists.....................? (Aisha Bello) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050(a)gmail.com> > To: python-nigeria(a)python.org > Cc: > Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:37:49 +0100 > Subject: [python-nigeria] Gists.....................? > Bonsoir Pythonistas, > > Hope we all had a great week and enjoyed the weekend. *clears throat* I > write to bring you guys gists of how the launch of #PyLadiesNigeria went. > > First of thanks to the PSF *#SupportingPythonistasSinceTimeImmemorial* and > UpperLink Nigeria for generously giving us a very conducive space to host > our event. We couldn't have done it without them. A massive shout out to my > co-organizer @TomiwaOrlu for a great job in making sure the event went > smooth. > > We started off by introducing ourselves, talked about our experiences, what > we hoped to learn/achieve on an individual basis from subsequent PyLadies > meetups an generally just got to know ourselves. We had a rich mix of > amazing ladies from Obiamaka who's in the travel industry to Tomiwa in > Quality control Hamdalah and Mercy (DG Ota and Akure organizers > respectively) and a host of many other interesting ladies. > > What was thrilling and amazing was we had guys from the PyNigeria community > #PyMen (*honestly that's what they called themselves*) who came to support > and encourage us. When Chukwudi #ichux came to inspire us and assure us of > his ever non failing support for the group while we learnt from his truck > load of 12 years experience as a python developer, Osas #Oxax gave a lot of > helpful tips on how we might go about achieving our learning objectives and > suggested a lot of helpful resources and overcoming the fear of being stuck > in the learning phase. We were also honored to receive a lot of love from > Olamilekan #eMergency who came all the way from Ibadan to support us, and > his wealth of suggestions, tips and advice was amazing. We also had > Emmanuel join us from the R users meetup group. It was a rich confluence of > amazing people showing support to PyLadies. > > In a nutshell our interests centered around Data science, S/W design > network, web design e.t.c we hope to form our subsequent meetup timetables > covering various topics in this area and more. > And there you go........ how Pyladies launch went. > > > Wishing everyone a pythonic week ahead. > > Until I come your way again.......Odabo *in my not so Yoruba voice* > > Aisha > > > _______________________________________________ > python-nigeria mailing list > python-nigeria(a)python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nigeria > >

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Re: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 9, Issue 10
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu April 24, 2016

April 24, 2016

Dear Tope, This community of ours is a lovely place that accommodates everyone with the interest of moving forward to the benefit of everyone. We would like for you, if possible, to checkout our archive to learn more about what might have happened on this fora in the past. You mentioned Aisha, oh yes, she's well known, and a Python Evangelist to the core. You talked about "relevancy or impact of programming and scripting on networking or enterprise IT in general" could you explain more of what you mean by this? You seem to pack a lot of punch going by your intro and we would not shy away from learning from you. We have many amazing people here and on the slack channel ( https://pythonnigeria.slack.com/) too, in case you have not joined yet. Python is an amazing language, so, please fire on with learn it and you would never regret it a bit. You are welcome. iChux™ http://bit.ly/iscrape *Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.* On 23 April 2016 at 17:00, <python-nigeria-request(a)python.org> wrote: > Send python-nigeria mailing list submissions to > python-nigeria(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nigeria > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-nigeria-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-nigeria-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of python-nigeria digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hello Everyone (Temitope Oyenuga) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Temitope Oyenuga <oyenuga.temitope(a)yahoo.com> > To: "python-nigeria(a)python.org" <python-nigeria(a)python.org> > Cc: > Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:47:50 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: [python-nigeria] Hello Everyone > Hello everyone, > Thank you for all the warm welcome messages to the Python Nigeria mailing > list, and a very special thank you to Aisha Bello for inviting me to the > Python Nigeria community. > Apologies for not sending out this introduction earlier, but I'll just go > ahead. I'm Tope Oyenuga, i'm a systems engineer with Cisco Systems Inc. I > work in a very international team designing data center and virtualisation > solutions for customers all over the world. I am pretty new to programming > and scripting (not really, i'll explain at a later date), taking up > learning Python and toying with some Spotify, Twitter and Nexus-OS API's. > In my spare time I read books (a lot), tinker with learning Dutch & Arabic > (at the same time), and like to go for the occasional swim. > So yeah, if you ever want to have a conversation about the relevancy or > impact of programming and scripting on networking or enterprise IT in > general I am your man. > I'm really excited to be part of the community, and looking forward to not > just working with you all on some very cool projects but also learning from > this amazing community. > Cheers, Tope Oyenuga. http://cs.co/teoyenug > > _______________________________________________ > python-nigeria mailing list > python-nigeria(a)python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nigeria > >

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Hello Everyone
by Temitope Oyenuga April 23, 2016

April 23, 2016

Hello everyone, Thank you for all the warm welcome messages to the Python Nigeria mailing list, and a very special thank you to Aisha Bello for inviting me to the Python Nigeria community. Apologies for not sending out this introduction earlier, but I'll just go ahead. I'm Tope Oyenuga, i'm a systems engineer with Cisco Systems Inc. I work in a very international team designing data center and virtualisation solutions for customers all over the world. I am pretty new to programming and scripting (not really, i'll explain at a later date), taking up learning Python and toying with some Spotify, Twitter and Nexus-OS API's. In my spare time I read books (a lot), tinker with learning Dutch & Arabic (at the same time), and like to go for the occasional swim. So yeah, if you ever want to have a conversation about the relevancy or impact of programming and scripting on networking or enterprise IT in general I am your man. I'm really excited to be part of the community, and looking forward to not just working with you all on some very cool projects but also learning from this amazing community. Cheers, Tope Oyenuga. http://cs.co/teoyenug

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Gists.....................?
by Aisha Bello April 17, 2016

April 17, 2016

Bonsoir Pythonistas, Hope we all had a great week and enjoyed the weekend. *clears throat* I write to bring you guys gists of how the launch of #PyLadiesNigeria went. First of thanks to the PSF *#SupportingPythonistasSinceTimeImmemorial* and UpperLink Nigeria for generously giving us a very conducive space to host our event. We couldn't have done it without them. A massive shout out to my co-organizer @TomiwaOrlu for a great job in making sure the event went smooth. We started off by introducing ourselves, talked about our experiences, what we hoped to learn/achieve on an individual basis from subsequent PyLadies meetups an generally just got to know ourselves. We had a rich mix of amazing ladies from Obiamaka who's in the travel industry to Tomiwa in Quality control Hamdalah and Mercy (DG Ota and Akure organizers respectively) and a host of many other interesting ladies. What was thrilling and amazing was we had guys from the PyNigeria community #PyMen (*honestly that's what they called themselves*) who came to support and encourage us. When Chukwudi #ichux came to inspire us and assure us of his ever non failing support for the group while we learnt from his truck load of 12 years experience as a python developer, Osas #Oxax gave a lot of helpful tips on how we might go about achieving our learning objectives and suggested a lot of helpful resources and overcoming the fear of being stuck in the learning phase. We were also honored to receive a lot of love from Olamilekan #eMergency who came all the way from Ibadan to support us, and his wealth of suggestions, tips and advice was amazing. We also had Emmanuel join us from the R users meetup group. It was a rich confluence of amazing people showing support to PyLadies. In a nutshell our interests centered around Data science, S/W design network, web design e.t.c we hope to form our subsequent meetup timetables covering various topics in this area and more. And there you go........ how Pyladies launch went. Wishing everyone a pythonic week ahead. Until I come your way again.......Odabo *in my not so Yoruba voice* Aisha

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