[Python-cuba] Work Group Report for november

[Ewa Jodlowska]

Hi Pablo - thanks so much for sharing the report. I am glad to see that
there is so much enthusiasm in the Havana area!

I will send this to our secretary so she may include the report in the PSF
monthly minutes.

Thanks
Ewa

On Friday, December 11, 2015, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <pablocelayes at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ewa, in case you haven't seen it, this is our WG report for the month of
> november.
> I have some news on my side with the visit of Alejandro Zamora Fonseca
> from Cuba in my town Córdoba, Argentina, but that will be part of the next
> report for december/15.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Python Cuba Working Group - Activities Report - November 2015:
> (by Olemis Lang)
>
> 1. I've contacted some local groups in Havana and they have WELCOMED
> (<= yeah with capital letters ;) the idea of encouraging the
> participation of speakers talking about subjects related to Python .
> Monthly meetings are already happening so the goal here is more likely
> to look for people working with Python-powered techs and/or keen to
> prepare talks about related subjects .
>
> 2. I'm trying to contact friends in Camagüey , Villa Clara and Holguín
> so as to know what's going on there and encourage the organization of
> similar meetings . I'd also like'em to travel to Havana City to
> participate in the aforementioned monthly meetings , and vice-versa
> i.e. motivate people living in Havana to travel to other provinces . I
> look forward to suggestions aimed at adding provinces like Cienfuegos
> , Sancti Spiritus and Granma , which are traditional regions for
> development of Informatics (<- so I refuse to believe that nothing is
> happening there ...) .
>
> 3. As an intermediate step towards the organization of the first PyCon
> , I'm looking forward to explore (with other colleagues, who are
> trying to make this happen) the possibility of incubating a sub-event
> dedicated to Python within another conference with much broader scope
> . ETA -> next year .
>
> 4. Looking forward to organizing a Python conference in Cuba I have
> been contacting some people but still need to meet some others . It's
> too early to disclose any further details beyond these , but I have
> quite a few concrete ideas to figure out how to sort out some
> obstacles and work towards establishing a concrete and realistic
> schedule for organizing a Python conference in Cuba next year .
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','olemis at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> On 12/5/15, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <pablocelayes at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pablocelayes at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> > Hello everyone!
>> >
>>
>> Hi !
>> :)
>>
>> > Anything to add to the report for the last month?
>> >
>>
>> I am not very familiar with the mechanics of reporting ... but , in
>> spite of creating a favorable and open atmosphere , I'll sketch what
>> I'm starting to do this side , even if there are not yet real results
>> that can be shown . Progress so far has been really limited (I've been
>> quite busy these days) . I'm planning to start moving a bit faster
>> starting next week
>>
>> 1. I've contacted some local groups in Havana and they have WELCOMED
>> (<= yeah with capital letters ;) the idea of encouraging the
>> participation of speakers talking about subjects related to Python .
>> Monthly meetings are already happening so the goal here is more likely
>> to look for people working with Python-powered techs and/or keen to
>> prepare talks about related subjects .
>>
>> 2. I'm trying to contact friends in Camagüey , Villa Clara and Holguín
>> so as to know what's going on there and encourage the organization of
>> similar meetings . I'd also like'em to travel to Havana City to
>> participate in the aforementioned monthly meetings , and vice-versa
>> i.e. motivate people living in Havana to travel to other provinces . I
>> look forward to suggestions aimed at adding provinces like Cienfuegos
>> , Sancti Spiritus and Granma , which are traditional regions for
>> development of Informatics (<- so I refuse to believe that nothing is
>> happening there ...) .
>>
>> 3. As an intermediate step towards the organization of the first PyCon
>> , I'm looking forward to explore (with other colleagues, who are
>> trying to make this happen) the possibility of incubating a sub-event
>> dedicated to Python within another conference with much broader scope
>> . ETA -> next year .
>>
>> 4. Looking forward to organizing a Python conference in Cuba I have
>> been contacting some people but still need to meet some others . It's
>> too early to disclose any further details beyond these , but I have
>> quite a few concrete ideas to figure out how to sort out some
>> obstacles and work towards establishing a concrete and realistic
>> schedule for organizing a Python conference in Cuba next year .
>>
>> > On this side, I am happy to say that my cuban colleague Alejandro Zamora
>> > Fonseca is now visiting here in Córdoba (Argentina) and he has already
>> > given a talk in the local Python meetup[1], from which many good ideas
>> > emerged and which got many people interested in helping develop the
>> Cuban
>> > Python community.
>> >
>>
>> <ot>
>> I'm hoping there are any Cubans already subscribed to this list . Is
>> there any way we can meet any time this month (i.e. December 2015) ?
>> </ot>
>>
>> > We will expand on this on the following days.
>> >
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Olemis - @olemislc
>>
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