[PSF-Community] PSF Board Meeting Minutes - 2015-12-02

[Diana Clarke]

Hi folks:

The Python Software Foundation board meeting minutes from December
2nd, 2015 are now available online:

    https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/2015-12-02/

The Python Software Foundation provides grants for development,
conferences, workshops, and user groups
(https://www.python.org/psf/grants/). The following grants were
approved since the last board meeting, totalling $18,122 USD.

  - Django District
    http://www.meetup.com/django-district/
    Meetup.com fees
    Amount: $170 USD

  - San Antonio PyLadies
    http://www.meetup.com/SA-PyLadies-Meetup/
    Meetup.com fees
    Amount: $87 USD

  - Django Girls Inland Empire Workshop
    https://djangogirls.org/inlandempire/
    California, USA
    December 5, 2015
    Amount: $1,000 USD

  - PyData Madrid
    http://pydata.org/madrid2016/
    Madrid, Spain
    April 8-10, 2016
    Amount: $2,000 USD

  - Django Girls Cologne
    https://djangogirls.org/cologne/
    Cologne, Germany
    November 28, 2015
    Amount: $600 USD

  - Django Girls Rome
    https://djangogirls.org/rome/
    Rome, Italy
    December 12, 2015
    Amount: $750 USD

  - Django Girls Windhoek
    https://djangogirls.org/windhoek/
    Windhoek, Namibia
    January 25, 2016
    Amount: $750 USD

  - Django Girls Honolulu
    https://djangogirls.org/honolulu/
    Honolulu, Hawaii
    December 12, 2015
    Amount: $550 USD

  - Python in Astronomy Conference
    http://python-in-astronomy.github.io/2016/
    Seattle, Washington
    March 21-25, 2016
    Amount: $500 USD

  - San Francisco Python User Group - Mini-conference
    http://www.meetup.com/sfpython/
    San Francisco, USA
    December 12, 2015
    Amount: $1,715 USD

  - Hyperion Development
    https://twitter.com/ThePSF/status/689877816721149952
    South Africa
    Amount: $10,000 USD

Finally, please join us in thanking and congratulating this round of
Community Service Award recipients: Terri Oda & Berker Peksağ!

    https://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-awards/#december-2015

    2015 Community Service Award goes to Berker Peksağ
    http://pyfound.blogspot.ca/2016/01/2015-community-service-awartd-goes-to.html

    RESOLVED, that the PSF award Berker Peksağ the 2015 fourth quarter
Community Service Award for his consistent volunteer efforts with
pydotorg in 2015.
https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/graphs/contributors.

    Google Summer of Code – Terri Oda gets CSA award!
    http://pyfound.blogspot.ca/2015/12/google-summer-of-codeterri-oda-gets-csa.html

    RESOLVED, that the PSF award Terri Oda the 2015 fourth quarter
Community Service Award for her successful organization of Google
Summer of Code for the past few years (2013, 2014, 2015). Acting as
the GSoC coordinator for Python, Terri organizes students, mentors,
and participating Python projects. In 2015, over 70 students
participated for Python.

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    https://twitter.com/ThePSF
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Cheers,

--diana