Mailman 3 April 2017 - python-nigeria

CHIMA NWANKWO -NOURNALIST
by Chima Nwankwo April 27, 2017

April 27, 2017

Hi. I'm Chima Nwankwo. I'm a journalist who's been playing around with Python for a month and wants to move further. I would like to learn some data science to add to my work as a journalist. I would also like to create apps on the side.

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Python Software Foundation Elections
by Naomi Ceder April 23, 2017

April 23, 2017

Hi everyone, I wanted to invite all of you to become members of the Python Software Foundation. It is free to join just by visiting https://www.python.org/accounts/login/ and creating an account. Also you can learn more about the PSF and membership here - https://www.python.org/psf/membership/ Nigeria has one of the fastest growing Python communities in the world - you all have done so much in the past year! That means that many of you are eligible to be contributing (and VOTING) members of the PSF. To qualify to vote as a contributing member you need to spend 5 hours a month, or 60 hours a year, working to benefit the PSF community. Note, if you organise a meetup, this includes the time you spend at the meetup. It's nearly impossible to organise a monthly meetup and not spend that amount of time. So if you are spending the time to help the Python community in organising, tutoring, mentoring, etc please become a voting member of the PSF and cast your vote in selecting the directors you feel with best represent you and serve the wider Python community. To do that please apply here: https://goo.gl/forms/bjPOtSU6D5TwKZVh1 before May 1. Here is the election calendar of the PSF Board of Directors: Call for nominations (or self-nominations) for the Board of Directors: May 1, 2017 AoE [1] Date nominations close: May 25, 2017 AoE Voting request [2] deadline: May 25, 2017 AoE Date of beginning of the vote: 1 June 2017 Date of close of voting: 10 June 2017 All people who have organized or volunteered in the Python community for at least 5 hours per month can vote in the election. I know that many of you have contributed a lot and I hope you will participate in the PSF elections. If you have questions / concerns, please feel free to ask me. Cheers, Naomi Ceder [1] AoE: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe [2] If you are not yet a voting member, please apply here: https://goo.gl/forms/bjPOtSU6D5TwKZVh1. If unsure, send an email to ejodlowska @ python.org. -- Naomi Ceder https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about

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Great to a part of the community
by aniekan akpan April 23, 2017

April 23, 2017

My name is Aniekan Etetim, a Data Science enthusiast. I have been learning python for some months now and I am really excited to be a part of this community. I believe it will help me grow and network with other great minds out there.

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Python officially Registered
by Omoniyi Agboola April 11, 2017

April 11, 2017

Congratulations to us. It is not an easy feat doing CAC registration for an NGO like of this nature. The system could be frustrating. The journey has just begun. Cheers AISHA and CHKWUDI

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Finally We are now Officially Registered
by Aisha Bello April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017

Dear Naija Pythonistas, It is with great delight I bring you good news that Python Nigeria has now been registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) with RC Number : 96572 You can find the registration via public search on their portal http://publicsearch.cac.gov.ng:8080/comsearch/test.php Many of us that are familiar with how complicated this process can be, especially dealing with the government authorities can attest and understand the difficulties we have had. We decided to share with you some of these challenges upon the successful registration. Many times CAC rejected our community name suggestions like (Python Users Nigeria Group, python Nigeria, and a host of many others) They even went ahead to reject our first application after publishing in the newspaper because they believed we wanted to start a community of Python(the actual snakes) rearers, and even with our documentation on the communities aims and goals it was a lot of back and forth issue. It took a lot of convincing thanks to the consistent fight by our Chair person Chukwudi to explain to them via our Lawyers that we are just as scared of snakes as they were and our community wasn't about the actual Snake or some sort of cult. lol Many of you when we started this process thankfully donated to pay for the registrations and I just want to say without your help this would not have been possible. This couldn't have come at a better time ; just in time as PyConNG draws near. As a registered community we can now send invitation letters to international attendees to facilitate the visa process and official letters to organisations. *shines teeth* I would personally like to thank collectively everyone who made this possible, Friends and members of the community who donated funds, the members of the Board for making this possible and especially Chuks for being the front runner in this feat. Signing out Shoki style :D ..... Aisha On Behalf of the General Secretary.

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Re: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 21, Issue 2
by Aisha Bello April 4, 2017

April 4, 2017

Hi Wale, The only plans for media we presently have is to contact some bloggers and use twitter. Do you have any suggestions or would you like to help in getting the word out :) Cheers, On 4 Apr 2017 17:10, <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: Nigerian Pythonistas meet the World #PyConNG2017 [Save The Dates] (Wale Adeagbo) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:19:11 +0100 From: Wale Adeagbo <deagbowale(a)gmail.com> To: Nigerian Python Users Group <python-nigeria(a)python.org> Subject: Re: [python-nigeria] Nigerian Pythonistas meet the World #PyConNG2017 [Save The Dates] Message-ID: <CAJLiNpV1MmDbyDTh4PNkEWe9yY_m_dmSQxn0c-mQGX1FW3QY2g(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hello Aisha, any plans for media publicity and communications? On Sunday, April 2, 2017, Aisha Bello <aishabello2050(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Naija Pythonistas, > > In case you missed it on twitter and on the Slack channel The dates for > PyCon Nigeria has been finalised September 15 and 16, and would hold in > University of Lagos. > You can find the full announcement here https://pycon.ng/blog/ > > The 2 days will be packed with various topics from introductory Python > workshops, to more intermediate sessions that will cover topics in areas > like web development frameworks, Data Science, Internet of Things, Data > Centers, Community and more. Come and learn amazing and interesting things > about the Python language that you haven?t learned before. It promises to > be an enlightening conference. > > Call for proposals are also open and you can sign up and submit a talk on > the pycon.ng website > > Would bring more updates to the community as things unfold. > > Pythonic Hugs, > Aisha > _______________________________________________ > python-nigeria mailing list > python-nigeria(a)python.org <javascript:;> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nigeria > ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ python-nigeria mailing list python-nigeria(a)python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nigeria ------------------------------ End of python-nigeria Digest, Vol 21, Issue 2 *********************************************

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Nigerian Pythonistas meet the World #PyConNG2017 [Save The Dates]
by Aisha Bello April 3, 2017

April 3, 2017

Dear Naija Pythonistas, In case you missed it on twitter and on the Slack channel The dates for PyCon Nigeria has been finalised September 15 and 16, and would hold in University of Lagos. You can find the full announcement here https://pycon.ng/blog/ The 2 days will be packed with various topics from introductory Python workshops, to more intermediate sessions that will cover topics in areas like web development frameworks, Data Science, Internet of Things, Data Centers, Community and more. Come and learn amazing and interesting things about the Python language that you haven’t learned before. It promises to be an enlightening conference. Call for proposals are also open and you can sign up and submit a talk on the pycon.ng website Would bring more updates to the community as things unfold. Pythonic Hugs, Aisha

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