Mailman 3 May 2016 - python-nigeria

Hello it's Me....(Explanations)
by Aisha Bello May 30, 2016

May 30, 2016

Dear Highly esteemed Pyladies and PyMen, It's been a while. Forgive my radio silence, the week has been very eventful. There are a number of things to talk about but I promise to make this short *covers face* Firstly. Thanks to everyone for taking time out to vote in the last election for board members. I am particularly honored and grateful that you would vote me in as chair. Be that as it may for the better part towards the end of the year I would be out on a training and I won't be physically on ground to help facilitate all the amazing things we have planned. To this end I trust Ichux (who is ever so diligent, commited and there for us in real time) will do an amazing job as Chair, and I will continue to support as an adhoc vice chair :D But I will always be virtually around. Our PyNigeria Constitution and curriculum has been worked on by the team. Tosin (a.k.a Secretary) would be posting links to our Github page. If everyone would go through the constitution and the curriculum draft for the girls and make their own inputs/ P.R that would be really cool. We are all still a team and we would really appreciate your contributions. Now that we have all voted we need to move to the next item on the Agenda. We need NGN 120,000 to enable us register our name. To this end a warm appeal to everyone to donate to this cause for the community. Like I mentioned earlier community projects like the CYFI partnership, A PyCon, future projects e.t.c would latch on the advantage of legally registering our organization in Nigeria. If 40(half) of us contributed 3k each we would reach our goal in no time. That said, nothing is too small, and we welcome and appreciate all donations regardless of the value. Hamdalah (Treasurer) would be sharing the account details we would be contributing to in a bit. Finally, part of the community plan would be to set up a website, We have graciously gotten our own python.org email pynigeria(a)python.org <pynigeria-request(a)python.org> If you have any concerns, questions or just anything to say to the board members feel free to drop us a line. It's PyCON US week guys. Shout out to Pythonistas representing us at PyCon this year *shines teeth* Lending my voice to DjangoGirls FUTA who is still soliciting for coaches. I personally would be there wearing my coaches hat, and if you can make it please do come out to coach. There is something so beautiful and rewarding in teaching others an amazing skill like learning how to code in Python. oops I did it again. *still shinning teeth* Have a Pythonic week everyone, Aisha Bello. p.s- Pyladies meetup this past Saturday was the bomb. Thanks to Codebridge and everyone who made it possible ;).

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Re: [python-nigeria] Soliciting for Coaches (Akinkuotu Mercy)
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

@mercy: thanks for the updates. We do look forward to gracing the occasion. @all: information overload these days makes it difficult for many people to keep up with events. I'm calling on anyone out there who is able to, to please apply. We want to make it memorable for the Django Girls and they need our support in all facets. When I spoke with her, she said there are now 6 coaches, and 4 more are needed. iChux™ http://bit.ly/iscrape *Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

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New Board Elected (Tosin Damilare James Animashaun)
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

I want to thank you all for your participation in the just concluded elections. If you didn't participate, please do so next time. Everyone's vote counts. Here are the officers and their respective offices, and other members of the Executive Committee: *Chairperson* : Chukwudi Nwachukwu *Vice Chairperson* : Aisha Bello *Secretary* : Tosin Damilare James Animashaun *Treasurer* : Hamdalah Adetunji *Members* : Biola Oyeniyi, Eyitemi Egbejule, Osayumen Omigie, Tomiwa Orolu Although elected as Chair, Aisha has informed the committee that she wouldn't be available for some time. So, Chuckwudi has been reinstated, and Aisha is Vice Chairperson. Furthermore, all nominated candidates, having been nominated, have been automatically made committee members. Your Board is always interested in getting ideas and feedback from you. Please contact us here on the mailing list, or via the *#general* channel of the team's Slack <https://pythonnigeria.slack.com/>. Your secretary, *Tosin Damilare James Animashaun* *Christian | Programmer | Learner* *Mobile:* +234 701 1389 064 *Blog:* http://takwas.github.io/ *LinkedIn: [image: https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/tosin-damilare-james-animashaun/24/57a/471] <https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/tosin-damilare-james-animashaun/24/57a/471>* *Github**:* [image: https://github.com/takwas] <https://github.com/takwas>

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Re: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 10, Issue 7
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

@mercy: thanks for the updates. We do look forward to gracing the occasion. @all: information overload these days makes it difficult for many people to keep up with events. I'm calling on anyone out there who is able to, to please apply. We want to make it memorable for the Django Girls and they need our support in all facets. When I spoke with her, she said there are now 6 coaches, and 4 more are needed. iChux™ http://bit.ly/iscrape *Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.* On 23 May 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. Re: Soliciting for Coaches (Akinkuotu Mercy) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Akinkuotu Mercy <godsownchild08(a)gmail.com> > To: python-nigeria(a)python.org > Cc: > Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 16:37:04 +0100 > Subject: Re: [python-nigeria] Soliciting for Coaches > Hi everyone, > Hope you have cast your vote, if not, please do. It is for the progress and > growth of pythonNigeria. I omitted some vital information in my previous > mail.Thanks to Mr Chuks who called my attention to it. > We have 20 ladies registered for the event and registration is still on so > far we have just 4 coaches.You can be one of our awesome coaches by > clicking on this link to register. > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19_xrQo5DUkhVp30VFelH0JarSsmxy_TEWbV3Fx_7Od… > .Thank you for your maximum support. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-nigeria mailing list > python-nigeria(a)python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nigeria > >

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New Board Elected
by Tosin Damilare James Animashaun May 24, 2016

May 24, 2016

Good evening PyUNG members, I want to thank you all for your participation in the just concluded elections. If you didn't participate, please do so next time. Everyone's vote counts. Here are the officers and their respective offices, and other members of the Executive Committee: *Chairperson* : Chukwudi Nwachukwu *Vice Chairperson* : Aisha Bello *Secretary* : Tosin Damilare James Animashaun *Treasurer* : Hamdalah Adetunji *Members* : Biola Oyeniyi, Eyitemi Egbejule, Osayumen Omigie, Tomiwa Orolu Although elected as Chair, Aisha has informed the committee that she wouldn't be available for some time. So, Chuckwudi has been reinstated, and Aisha is Vice Chairperson. Furthermore, all nominated candidates, having been nominated, have been automatically made committee members. Your Board is always interested in getting ideas and feedback from you. Please contact us here on the mailing list, or via the *#general* channel of the team's Slack <https://pythonnigeria.slack.com/>. Your secretary, *Tosin Damilare James Animashaun* *Christian | Programmer | Learner* *Mobile:* +234 701 1389 064 *Blog:* http://takwas.github.io/ *LinkedIn: [image: https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/tosin-damilare-james-animashaun/24/57a/471] <https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/tosin-damilare-james-animashaun/24/57a/471>* *Github**:* [image: https://github.com/takwas] <https://github.com/takwas>

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Re: [python-nigeria] Soliciting for Coaches
by Akinkuotu Mercy May 22, 2016

May 22, 2016

Hi everyone, Hope you have cast your vote, if not, please do. It is for the progress and growth of pythonNigeria. I omitted some vital information in my previous mail.Thanks to Mr Chuks who called my attention to it. We have 20 ladies registered for the event and registration is still on so far we have just 4 coaches.You can be one of our awesome coaches by clicking on this link to register. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19_xrQo5DUkhVp30VFelH0JarSsmxy_TEWbV3Fx_7Od… .Thank you for your maximum support.

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Why your vote is important
by Aisha Bello May 21, 2016

May 21, 2016

Hello wonderful Pythonistas, This is a warm appeal that we all need you to participate in the votes. We need the votes to at least account for a majority of our community population. currently only about 30 people have voted, and according to statistics we are now about a 100 on slack and a little over 80 on the mailing list. Thats' not even up to 50% of our population. This is one of those times where we all need to pull our weights and make this happen. By voting, we not only facilitate the process of registering our name pynigeria. We also put ourselves on a pedestal to achieve even far greater things. There are quite a number of things lined up and we have to do it one step at a time. Oh did i mention that being a registered body is paramount to sealing our relationship with the Carrington Youth Fellowship initiative as a partner.......This would be the same case for our future goals like a PyCon e.t.c. To this end voting has been extended by an extra day and would end Sunday 22nd 11:59pm. Cheers to even greater works. With Pythonic love..... Aisha

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Yaay!!!...........Our bots are ready .....
by Aisha Bello May 19, 2016

May 19, 2016

Hello Wonderful Pythonistas, I apologize for the delay in getting the votes started. Many thanks for being patient Massive shout out to @acetakwas and @ichux for all the hard work they've put into making sure our vote bot works. First things first: if you haven't nominated for the three positions please do so now. Nominations ends today. Voting starts tomorrow Friday at 00:00. Please join the voting channels for each category i.e #votes_chairperson #votes_secretary #votes_treasurer and cast your vote, by just clicking on the check mark of the person you want to vote for. Only your first mark counts. Voting ends Saturday 21st at 11:59 pm. We look forward to a fun election With PyHugs, Aisha

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Soliciting for coaches
by Akinkuotu Mercy May 18, 2016

May 18, 2016

Hello everyone! I believe you are all doing well. I am Akinkuotu Mercy, I am a student of computer science in FUTA,a python enthusiast and organizer of Django-girls Akure Firstly, I would love to thank you all for your support towards all the Django girls workshops in Nigeria, from Django girls Lagos to Django girls Ogbomosho and Django girls Akure ,OAU ,PortHarcourt and Ota which would be coming up sometimes this year. I am sending this mail to solicit for mentors and coaches for the Django girls event coming up in Akure on the 10th & 11th June 2016. Please, if you will be available at that time, kindly help us in coaching these ladies and we promise to make you feel as comfortable as possible. I will be awaiting your response. Thanks. Best Regards.

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Postponement of Elections
by Chukwudi Nwachukwu May 15, 2016

May 15, 2016

Dear All, I write to tell you that the programmer building the election bots to be used on Slack is experiencing some challenges and has asked that we postpone the elections for today till he tells us that he is ready. Please bear with us on this, thanks. iChux™ http://bit.ly/iscrape *Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

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