[Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 5, Issue 12

Farell Folly farellfolly at gmail.com
Fri Jun 10 11:38:45 EDT 2016


Hello,

Thanks to all of those who volunteer to help on making a Pycon at the next
AIS. It will take place in1 year, in Nairobi, Kenya.

So let's start setting up a planning team.
JAMBO !

Best Regards
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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: PyConZimbabwe (was:  Python-africa Digest, Vol 5, Issue
      8) (Iwan Vosloo)
   2. Re: Is the mailing list still active ? (Jessica Upani)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 18:31:46 +0200
From: Iwan Vosloo <iwan at reahl.org>
To: python-africa at python.org
Subject: Re: [Python-africa] PyConZimbabwe (was:  Python-africa
        Digest, Vol 5, Issue 8)
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Hey Humphrey,

I wondered what had happened to your and Anna's efforts. Please do share
what you're doing even if it is a "mini-pycon". I am sure all of us can
learn from your example.

- Iwan

On 06/06/2016 16:11, Humphrey wrote:
> 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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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 02:41:01 +0200
From: Jessica Upani <nabbygirl at gmail.com>
To: Loek van Gent <loek at ibizit.nl>
Cc: Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com>, python-africa at python.org
Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Is the mailing list still active ?
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Wow, that is really well done. Very informative.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Loek van Gent <loek at ibizit.nl> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Daniele Procida who has been organising Python Namibia (2015/2016) and
> DjangoCon Europe (2015) as well as other events has written up his
> experiences and lessons learned into a very need document:
>
> http://conference-handbook.readthedocs.io/
>
> I think it is a MUST read for anyone thinking about organising an event.
>
> There's also one about Pycons in Africa,
> http://pycons-in-africa.readthedocs.org/, but that's less maintained.
>
> Keep all the good work up all!
>
> L
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> +1 , great initiative. Let us know when you have more details (where,
>> when, audience etc.) I'm sure some subscribers in this list will be happy
>> to help.
>>
>> -Ibrahim
>>
>> Le lun. 6 juin 2016 ? 04:53, Jessica Upani <nabbygirl at gmail.com> a
>> ?crit :
>>
>>> Hi Farell, Aisha and everyone
>>>
>>> It is a great initiative, and the audience is also a great number. We
>>> should definitely have a python training or workshop at the next summit.
>>> I'm open to help at any time.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Jess
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:52 PM, <python-africa-request at python.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
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>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>
>>>>    1. Re: Is the mailing list still active ? (Farell Folly)
>>>>    2. Re: Is the mailing list still active ? (Aisha Bello)
>>>>    3. Re: Is the mailing list still active ? (Farell Folly)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 14:36:08 +0100
>>>> From: Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050 at gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: python-africa-owner at python.org, python-africa at python.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Is the mailing list still active ?
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>         <CADzHdxevimkURS4=ay0gYvUrYcGJtT_OUYOy6zsSoV-h=
>>>> XkFcg at mail.gmail.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:45:06 +0100
>>>> From: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: python-africa-owner at python.org, python-africa at python.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Is the mailing list still active ?
>>>> Message-ID:
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>>>> osoHY-FJmUeuJUzg3EKbkrsrmA at mail.gmail.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>> Message: 3
>>>> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:52:36 +0100
>>>> From: Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050 at gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: python-africa at python.org, python-africa-owner at python.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Is the mailing list still active ?
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>         <CADzHdxfnpUTV=
>>>> G+wXzaUOS+h3DCJmAGWdf69XB_QdT8W4EcHMA at mail.gmail.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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