[Chicago] Fwd: Call for Applications - PSF Sponsored Sprints

[Brian Curtin]

Hi all,

The topic I've babbled on about the last couple of meetings is finally here.
Forwarded below is the call for sprint applications for the Python Software
Foundation sponsored sprint program.

A few questions...

1. *Would you be interested in participating?* It takes all levels of
experience to make stuff like this work, so don't be shy. You'll learn,
you'll have fun, and you'll make an impact.
1a. *When would you be interested in participating?* (loose estimate, e.g.,
"end of July")
2. *Where could this be held?* (requirements: desks, chairs, wireless)
3. *Are you or your company interested in sponsoring the sprint in any
way?*(see #2, beer, etc)
4. *What are you interested in working on?* What dependencies are holding
you back from using 3.x? Let's work on porting them. What's wrong with the
documentation? Let's fix it. Want to dig into the standard library? Let's do
it.

I would like to organize a sprint(s), however, my weekends between now and
early-August are filled, so I couldn't actually participate in said
sprint(s) until then. I'll help put together a sprint in the meantime if
there is interest in something being done in July.

Above all, I'd love to get a group together for something like this on a
regular basis. Montreal Python <http://montrealpython.org/> was the first
PSF sponsorship group because they do regular sprints. We at ChiPy, home of
the best meetings ever, surely could put together the best sprints ever.

Interested? Let me know.
Know of another mailing list that would be interested in joining us? Please
forward this!

For further info, check out http://pythonsprints.com/ - the home page for
all things PSF sprint related.

Thanks,

Brian


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:44
Subject: [Sprints] Call for Applications - PSF Sponsored Sprints [please
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To: sprints at python.org


The PSF is happy to open our first call for applications for sprint funding!

Have you ever had a group of people together to hack towards a common goal?
You've hosted a sprint!

Have you ever wanted to get a group of like minded Pythonistas together to
hack
for a day? You're going to want to hold a sprint!

Whether you call them Sprints, Hackfests, Hack-a-thons, or any other name,
they're a great way to hang out with like-minded developers and work on
common
code. Sprints are an unbeatable way to build friendships and contacts that
will
last for years to come, and they're a great way to learn about something new
if
you're just starting out.

The Python Software Foundation has set aside funds to be distributed to
world-wide sprint efforts. We're anticipating 2-3 events per month focused
on
covering topics to help the entire community:

 - Python Core bug triage and patch submission (on-boarding new
contributors)
 - Python Core documentation (including process documentation) improvements
 - Porting libraries/applications to Python 3
 - Python website/wiki content improvements
 - PyPI packaging hosting site improvements
 - Contribution to other "core" projects, such as packaging related issues.

If you are interested in holding a sprint on any of the topics above and
you're
looking for some money to help out with sprint costs, we can help (up to a
max
of $250 USD). Prepare an application including the following information:

 - Date and Location: Where will the event be? What day and time?
 - Organizers: Who are the event organizers and sprint coach? Is the sprint
  being run by a Python user group?
 - Attendees: How many participants do you expect?
 - Goal: What is the focus and goal of the sprint?
 - Budget: How much funding you are requesting, and what will you use it
for?
 - Applications should be sent to: sprints at python.org with the subject
"Sprint
  Funding Application - <location>"

We encourage anyone - even those who have never held, or been to a sprint -
to
consider holding one. We will help you as much as we can with welcome
packets,
advertising, and hooking you up with required resources - anything to make
it
possible.

As part of being approved, the you will need to agree to deliver a report
(hopefully, with pictures!) of the sprint to the Sprint Committee, so we can
post it on the sprint blog and site:

http://www.pythonsprints.com

If you have any questions or need more information, contact us by email at
sprints at python.org.

More information is up on our blog:
   http://pythonsprints.com/2010/07/8/call-applications-now-open/
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