[Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 5, Issue 8

Humphrey hbutau at msn.com
Mon Jun 6 10:11:24 EDT 2016 

Greetings To you all'

I am interested too. We are in the process of organizing a PyConZim 
sometime later this year. We hope to host an event like the one which 
was held in Namibia in 2015. We intend to hold a  mini-pycon for our 
locals which will be open to the rest of the world though. This 
conference will then lay the ground work for the real PyConZim the 
following year.

If there is anyone experienced in organizing pycons in this group, we 
are kindly asking for help in terms of what is needed and logistics. I 
am very much interested in a Pycon Africa and am willing to help in 
whatever way i can. I also attended Pycon Namibia and learn t one or two 
things.

Regards

Humphrey

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> From: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050 at gmail.com>
> To: Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
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> Hi Farell, 1 year leaves plenty of time to actually plan.Which country will
> the event take place?  I have my hands full at the moment but I'm sure
> others won't mind helping and if you need volounteer coaches you sure can
> reach out and I know first hand pythonistas in Africa would travel the
> whole nine yards to make it possible. For PyConZA I know some members of
> our Nigerian community have expressed intentions and working on their talk
> proposals.
> There are a number of things under works in the Nigerian community, but we
> are throwing ideas and capacity around planning like a small python
> conference sometime in November for us here, and when we learn from it we
> would be more confident in Inviting everyone from around the world for a
> PyCON next year. When most of our plans are confirmed in our community I
> would be briefing you all.
>
> More like a double celbration for October 6th...Yaaay..
>
> @Loek didn't know you speak Yoruba...cools....or was it google translate ;)
>
>
> On 5 June 2016 at 16:44, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am from Benin not Nigeria, however; this is actually my mother's
>> language yoruba (most spoken in Nigeria and less in Benin), but I don't
>> speak. Instead, I speak my father's language  which is mina or ewe (Ghana
>> Togo and Benin).
>>
>> October 6th is my birthday, so I will definitely be in Cape Town, it will
>> be my first Pybirth-D !!! ?
>>
>> BTW, let's wait for more people to join us in planning for a Pycon at the
>> next Africa Internet Summit.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards
>> --ff--
>>
>> Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.
>> Le 5 juin 2016 16:37, "Loek van Gent" <loek at ibizit.nl> a ?crit :
>>
>>> Farell,
>>> *ohun gbogbo ni itanran, o ?eun, bawo ni o? (it's hard to guess your
>>> mother tongue in a country with so many languages spoken, so I beg your
>>> pardon if this isn't yours)*
>>>
>>> Only PyConZA is certain for now: 6 & 7 October  https://za.pycon.org/.
>>> For Python events in Nigeria you should subscribe to
>>> python-nigeria at python.org. It's a very active mailing list and community.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Loek
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Loek, hoe gaat het  met je....?
>>>>
>>>> I have less python experience and no Pycon experience  (but thinking to
>>>> create one in Benin), but I am pretty sure that such an event will promote
>>>> Python across  Africa and yes we need to make those events more panafrican.
>>>>
>>>> Can you tell me about the exact dates of the events in Nigeria and South
>>>> Africa respectively, I would like to attend and know more.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards
>>>> --ff--
>>>>
>>>> Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.
>>>> Le 5 juin 2016 16:13, "Loek van Gent" <loek at ibizit.nl> a ?crit :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Farell & all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to team up for organizing such event. I have lots of
>>>>> Python experience, but little in organizing a Pycon. I did attend Pycon
>>>>> Namibia in the two years of its existence and did help out the organizers
>>>>> in several ways (giving talks, helping with workshops and random errands).
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the newly formed Python Nigeria Association is bound to
>>>>> organize a Python event somewhere this or next year and there's a Pycon in
>>>>> Cape Town in October. I think it also makes sense to see if we can scale
>>>>> those events up to be more pan-African.
>>>>>
>>>>> A genuine Pycon Africa would be something for 2018 or later I think,
>>>>> but it makes sense to start working on that a.s.a.p.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who else is in?!?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Loek
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The next event will take place in one year, so we have time. We'll
>>>>>> need to contact AFRINIC for that. For assistance, I would like people in
>>>>>> the mailing list to join me in the initiative : one or two people who have
>>>>>> experience and skills in python programming language or a Pycon event.
>>>>>> So I suggest  we broadcast a call for action on that  to bring
>>>>>> volunteers on that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>> --ff--
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.
>>>>>> Le 5 juin 2016 15:45, "Aisha Bello" <aishabello2050 at gmail.com> a
>>>>>> ?crit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Farell,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think it's nice you are thinking about a python training event.
>>>>>>> Where and when is the submit holding? do you have someone else who wouldn't
>>>>>>> mind to join you and help organize. It would totally be cool to introduce
>>>>>>> some of those attending the submit to the awesomeness of Python. I'm keen
>>>>>>> to hear what things you have planned or ideas.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Aisha
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5 June 2016 at 14:36, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am attending the Africa Internet Summit for the 4th time and I
>>>>>>>> thing that we can plan to conduct training  on python  next time or even do
>>>>>>>> a Pycon.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Africa  Internet Summit is an AFRINIC (Africa RIR) sponsored event
>>>>>>>> organized  together  with workshops of known organizations such as AfNOG
>>>>>>>> (african Network operators Groups) AfTLD, ISOC, ICANN and gathers more than
>>>>>>>> 200 participants each year....in a different country.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>>>> --ff--
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.
>>>>>>>> Le 5 juin 2016 14:26, "Aisha Bello" <aishabello2050 at gmail.com> a
>>>>>>>> ?crit :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello Farell,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes indeed the mailing list is still very much active. Although
>>>>>>>>> these days not a lot of people have actually sent in messages. But as soon
>>>>>>>>> as there is a message you would definitely receive it in a digest as usual.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In the meantime, if you have any news for us about the python
>>>>>>>>> awesomeness in your community do not hesitate to reach out to us on the
>>>>>>>>> mailing list as usual.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pythonic Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> AIsha Bello
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 5 June 2016 at 11:09, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dear Staff,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am just wondering whether the mailing list is still active or
>>>>>>>>>> not, as I am no longer receiving anything or replies from
>>>>>>>>>> messages.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> @__f_f__
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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> @Aisha, you caught me, I'm ((fluent in Yoruba) or (Google Translate))
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Aisha Bello <aishabello2050 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Farell, 1 year leaves plenty of time to actually plan.Which country
>> will the event take place?  I have my hands full at the moment but I'm sure
>> others won't mind helping and if you need volounteer coaches you sure can
>> reach out and I know first hand pythonistas in Africa would travel the
>> whole nine yards to make it possible. For PyConZA I know some members of
>> our Nigerian community have expressed intentions and working on their talk
>> proposals.
>> There are a number of things under works in the Nigerian community, but we
>> are throwing ideas and capacity around planning like a small python
>> conference sometime in November for us here, and when we learn from it we
>> would be more confident in Inviting everyone from around the world for a
>> PyCON next year. When most of our plans are confirmed in our community I
>> would be briefing you all.
>>
>> More like a double celbration for October 6th...Yaaay..
>>
>> @Loek didn't know you speak Yoruba...cools....or was it google translate ;)
>>
>>
>> On 5 June 2016 at 16:44, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am from Benin not Nigeria, however; this is actually my mother's
>>> language yoruba (most spoken in Nigeria and less in Benin), but I don't
>>> speak. Instead, I speak my father's language  which is mina or ewe (Ghana
>>> Togo and Benin).
>>>
>>> October 6th is my birthday, so I will definitely be in Cape Town, it will
>>> be my first Pybirth-D !!! ?
>>>
>>> BTW, let's wait for more people to join us in planning for a Pycon at the
>>> next Africa Internet Summit.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>> --ff--
>>>
>>> Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.
>>> Le 5 juin 2016 16:37, "Loek van Gent" <loek at ibizit.nl> a ?crit :
>>>
>>>> Farell,
>>>> *ohun gbogbo ni itanran, o ?eun, bawo ni o? (it's hard to guess your
>>>> mother tongue in a country with so many languages spoken, so I beg your
>>>> pardon if this isn't yours)*
>>>>
>>>> Only PyConZA is certain for now: 6 & 7 October  https://za.pycon.org/.
>>>> For Python events in Nigeria you should subscribe to
>>>> python-nigeria at python.org. It's a very active mailing list and
>>>> community.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Loek
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Loek, hoe gaat het  met je....?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have less python experience and no Pycon experience  (but thinking to
>>>>> create one in Benin), but I am pretty sure that such an event will promote
>>>>> Python across  Africa and yes we need to make those events more panafrican.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you tell me about the exact dates of the events in Nigeria and
>>>>> South Africa respectively, I would like to attend and know more.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>> --ff--
>>>>>
>>>>> Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.
>>>>> Le 5 juin 2016 16:13, "Loek van Gent" <loek at ibizit.nl> a ?crit :
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Farell & all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to team up for organizing such event. I have lots of
>>>>>> Python experience, but little in organizing a Pycon. I did attend Pycon
>>>>>> Namibia in the two years of its existence and did help out the organizers
>>>>>> in several ways (giving talks, helping with workshops and random errands).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the newly formed Python Nigeria Association is bound to
>>>>>> organize a Python event somewhere this or next year and there's a Pycon in
>>>>>> Cape Town in October. I think it also makes sense to see if we can scale
>>>>>> those events up to be more pan-African.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A genuine Pycon Africa would be something for 2018 or later I think,
>>>>>> but it makes sense to start working on that a.s.a.p.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Who else is in?!?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Loek
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The next event will take place in one year, so we have time. We'll
>>>>>>> need to contact AFRINIC for that. For assistance, I would like people in
>>>>>>> the mailing list to join me in the initiative : one or two people who have
>>>>>>> experience and skills in python programming language or a Pycon event.
>>>>>>> So I suggest  we broadcast a call for action on that  to bring
>>>>>>> volunteers on that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>>> --ff--
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.
>>>>>>> Le 5 juin 2016 15:45, "Aisha Bello" <aishabello2050 at gmail.com> a
>>>>>>> ?crit :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Farell,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think it's nice you are thinking about a python training event.
>>>>>>>> Where and when is the submit holding? do you have someone else who wouldn't
>>>>>>>> mind to join you and help organize. It would totally be cool to introduce
>>>>>>>> some of those attending the submit to the awesomeness of Python. I'm keen
>>>>>>>> to hear what things you have planned or ideas.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Aisha
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 5 June 2016 at 14:36, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am attending the Africa Internet Summit for the 4th time and I
>>>>>>>>> thing that we can plan to conduct training  on python  next time or even do
>>>>>>>>> a Pycon.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Africa  Internet Summit is an AFRINIC (Africa RIR) sponsored event
>>>>>>>>> organized  together  with workshops of known organizations such as AfNOG
>>>>>>>>> (african Network operators Groups) AfTLD, ISOC, ICANN and gathers more than
>>>>>>>>> 200 participants each year....in a different country.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>>>>> --ff--
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.
>>>>>>>>> Le 5 juin 2016 14:26, "Aisha Bello" <aishabello2050 at gmail.com> a
>>>>>>>>> ?crit :
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello Farell,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes indeed the mailing list is still very much active. Although
>>>>>>>>>> these days not a lot of people have actually sent in messages. But as soon
>>>>>>>>>> as there is a message you would definitely receive it in a digest as usual.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In the meantime, if you have any news for us about the python
>>>>>>>>>> awesomeness in your community do not hesitate to reach out to us on the
>>>>>>>>>> mailing list as usual.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Pythonic Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> AIsha Bello
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 5 June 2016 at 11:09, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Staff,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I am just wondering whether the mailing list is still active or
>>>>>>>>>>> not, as I am no longer receiving anything or replies from
>>>>>>>>>>> messages.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> @__f_f__
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Python-africa mailing list
>>>>>>> Python-africa at python.org
>>>>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa
>>>>>>>
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