[Inpycon] Python Month mailer

[Anand Chitipothu]

Any inputs? I would like to send this out by tomorrow.

Anand

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Here is the draft of the email that we are planning to send to all mailing
> lists. Please have a look at it and let me know if you have any suggestions
> for changes.
>
> Thanks to Konark Modi for preparing the initial draft of this email. I've
> made some changes to his draft.
>
> Anand
>
> ---
>
> PYTHON MONTH
>
> PyCon India, the premier conference in India on using and developing the
> Python programming language is conducted annually by the Python developer
> community and it attracts the best Python programmers from across the
> country and abroad.
>
> This year, PyCon India is celebrating the month of August as Python Month,
> which aims to spread the awareness and awesomeness of Python Programming
> Language to the student community in India.
>
> WHAT IS PYTHON:
>
> Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used
> for
>
> many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration
>
> with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries,
> and
>
> can be learned in a few days.
>
> Many Python programmers report substantial productivity gains and feel the
>
> language encourages the development of higher quality, more maintainable
> code.
>
> Some of the biggest names in the industry like Mozilla, Google, YouTube,
>
> Dropbox, SurveyMonkey, Bitly and numerous others also use Python for
> providing
>
> their services.
>
> Because Python is very easy to learn and powerful at the same time, it is
> used
>
> as first programming language to introduce computer science in many
>
> universities and high schools.
>
> In India, Kerala state and CBSE have adopted Python in their school
> syllabus.
>
> HOW YOU CAN HELP
>
> Python month will be organized and completely run by volunteers, anyone
> who wants to participate is welcome and all help is appreciated.
>
> This is a big task to handle and requires lot of volunteer support. Here
> is how you can help.
>
> 1. If you are a python programmer and please give a talk / workshop at a
> college in your city.
>
> 2. If you are a professor or student, arrange a workshop in your college
>
> 3. Help us in coordinating Python Month by talking to colleges to arrange
> workshops.
>
> Interested? Please sign up here - http://bit.ly/pythonmonth
>
> Have any questions or suggestions? Please contact us at
> pythonmonth at in.pycon.org
>
> Website : http://in.pycon.org/2013/python-month
>
>
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