From mal at europython.eu  Tue Aug  9 06:52:42 2016
From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 12:52:42 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython Society General Assembly 2016: Records
 available
Message-ID: <57A9B5FA.3090004@europython.eu>

We have published the minutes, slides and videos for the EPS General
Assembly 2016:

http://www.europython-society.org/post/148683847385/general-assembly-2016-records-available

Our board now has 9 seats, which have all been filled:

 * Borja Ayerdi
 * Christian Calogero Barra
 * Oier Echaniz Beneitez
 * Joaquin Berenguer
 * Darya Chyzhyk
 * Alexander Hendorf
 * Marc-Andr? Lemburg
 * Anthon van der Neut
 * Alexandre Manhaes Savio

We also voted to broaden the scope of the EPS to support
Python and its community in Europe in general and no longer
limit ourselves to running conferences, initiate the move
of the EPS to a different EU country and amend the bylaws
to remove the GA agenda point to vote on the board size.

We are looking forward on an exciting year for the EPS and
EuroPython.

Enjoy,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
EuroPython Society Chair
http://www.europython-society.org/
http://www.malemburg.com/

From mal at europython.eu  Tue Aug  9 07:04:20 2016
From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 13:04:20 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2017 On-site Teams: Call for Interest
 results
Message-ID: <57A9B8B4.8000303@europython.eu>

We are happy to announce the results of our EuroPython 2017 On-site
Teams: Call for Interest (CFI). The CFI finished with exciting new
locations and on-site teams willing to make EuroPython 2017 possible.

The CFI proposals we received were for:

 * Milan or Como Lake, Italy,
   from the Python Italia Society (APS),

 * Brno, the Czech Republic,
   from the local Brno Python community, and

 * Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain,
   from the Python San Sebasti?n Society (ACPySS).

We are now reviewing the proposals and will then move forward with the
more formal and detailed CFP later in September.

Enjoy,
--
EuroPython Society
http://www.europython-society.org/

From mal at europython.eu  Tue Aug  9 07:14:36 2016
From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 13:14:36 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2016: Thank you to all our organizers and
 volunteers
Message-ID: <57A9BB1C.2070708@europython.eu>

EuroPython 2016 is now over and was an overwhelming success thanks to
everyone who helped make it happen.

Since EuroPython would not be possible without the help of our
volunteers and organizers, we?d like to say

                             Thank You !!!

to all the individuals who invested time and effort into the event.

Please see our blog post for the full list of people who have
helped:


http://blog.europython.eu/post/148685512862/europython-2016-thank-you-to-all-our-organizers

If you are interested in helping with EuroPython 2017, we invite you
to join the workgroups. Please go to the EuroPython Workgroups page:

    http://www.europython-society.org/workgroups

and follow the instructions there to get signed up. Many thanks !


With gravitational regards,
--
EuroPython 2016 Team
http://ep2016.europython.eu/
http://www.europython-society.org/


PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties:
https://twitter.com/europython/status/762968990658523137
Thanks.

From developer at acsr.de  Tue Aug  9 10:18:42 2016
From: developer at acsr.de (=?utf-8?Q?Armin_Stro=C3=9F-Radschinski?=)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:18:42 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython Society General Assembly 2016: How do
 we define Europe now?
In-Reply-To: <57A9B5FA.3090004@europython.eu>
References: <57A9B5FA.3090004@europython.eu>
Message-ID: <7B7E30ED-F249-4CC8-A112-0619972531DA@acsr.de>

One simple thing I wish to add here:
> Am 09.08.2016 um 12:52 schrieb M.-A. Lemburg <mal at europython.eu>:
> 
> We have published the minutes, slides and videos for the EPS General
> Assembly 2016:
> 
> http://www.europython-society.org/post/148683847385/general-assembly-2016-records-available
> 
> Our board now has 9 seats, which have all been filled:
> 
> * Borja Ayerdi
> * Christian Calogero Barra
> * Oier Echaniz Beneitez
> * Joaquin Berenguer
> * Darya Chyzhyk
> * Alexander Hendorf
> * Marc-Andr? Lemburg
> * Anthon van der Neut
> * Alexandre Manhaes Savio

Congratulations!

> 
> We also voted to broaden the scope of the EPS to support
> Python and its community in Europe in general and no longer
> limit ourselves to running conferences, initiate the move
> of the EPS to a different EU country and amend the bylaws
> to remove the GA agenda point to vote on the board size.

Can the EPS think to raise a statement how ?Europe? is defined for our continent and islands community in a clear way and seperated from the definitions of ?European Union? driving the press currently. Maybe someone finds it obsolete (and already in the bylaws, but for me it could be a statement for diversity in our community keeping things together that others may split in other sectors.

So we need also reword the usage of EU here (in my opinion).

? Armin

A Europe (and world) friendly Rheinlander with an obsession for good foreign foods.

> We are looking forward on an exciting year for the EPS and
> EuroPython.
> 
> Enjoy,
> --
> Marc-Andre Lemburg
> EuroPython Society Chair
> http://www.europython-society.org/
> http://www.malemburg.com/
> _______________________________________________
> EuroPython mailing list
> EuroPython at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython



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From mal at europython.eu  Tue Aug  9 13:09:19 2016
From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 19:09:19 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython Society General Assembly 2016: How do
 we define Europe now?
In-Reply-To: <7B7E30ED-F249-4CC8-A112-0619972531DA@acsr.de>
References: <57A9B5FA.3090004@europython.eu>
 <7B7E30ED-F249-4CC8-A112-0619972531DA@acsr.de>
Message-ID: <57AA0E3F.6060508@europython.eu>

On 09.08.2016 16:18, Armin Stro?-Radschinski wrote:
>> We also voted to broaden the scope of the EPS to support
>> Python and its community in Europe in general and no longer
>> limit ourselves to running conferences, initiate the move
>> of the EPS to a different EU country and amend the bylaws
>> to remove the GA agenda point to vote on the board size.
> 
> Can the EPS think to raise a statement how ?Europe? is defined for our continent and islands community in a clear way and seperated from the definitions of ?European Union? driving the press currently. Maybe someone finds it obsolete (and already in the bylaws, but for me it could be a statement for diversity in our community keeping things together that others may split in other sectors.
> 
> So we need also reword the usage of EU here (in my opinion).

Good point.

We understand "Europe" in geographical terms:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

but for the EPS as organization are bound to countries within
the "EU":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union

The latter is mostly driven by tax and legal considerations.
Doing business across country boundaries is difficult, but if
we stay within the EU it's at least manageable, e.g. we can
make use of reverse charging VAT where possible or get back
VAT paid in other other countries with reasonable effort.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
EuroPython Society Chair
http://www.europython-society.org/
http://www.malemburg.com/