[Python-cuba] PSF Monthly Working Group Reports

Mon Mar 21 16:53:25 EDT 2016

Thank you very much for the report, Pablo. Your group has been very busy -
nice work!

Cheers,

Betsy

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <
pablocelayes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Betsy, sorry about the delay with this.
> I have been traveling and I am preparing to move over to the Netherlands
> in a few weeks.
> The cuban members of the group have also been quite busy with all the
> recent events related to Obama's visit.
>
> But well, enough apoligizing already, let's move on to the report. :)
>
> Here is a rough list of what we've been up to during the last month.
> (Other members please feel free to complete it and add details)
>
> ==================================
>
> - Medardo, Olemis and myself (Pablo) had 4 face to face meetings in La
> Habana between January and March. This was an excellent chance to get to
> know each other better and to discuss some of the following issues:
>    * Organization details of possible Cuban Pycon for next year.
>    * Strategies for creating a more active Python community in Cuba.
>    * Organization of a first PyDay event in La Habana (more in the next
> paragraph).
>
> - On Saturday March 12th, in collaboration with the group Encuentro Social
> de Desarrolladores[1] we organized a small Python event. My original idea
> was to organize a full-fledged PyDay in the style of the ones that I've
> attended in Argentina, with talks, lightning talks and hands-on workshops
> or hackathons. Time allowed for a smaller event with the following three
> talks:
>    * Olemis gave a very thorough overview of the current state of the
> Python language and its application to different fields of engineering and
> computer science.
>    * Medardo spoke about the advantages of using Python as a teaching
> language in university courses, motivated by an example of teaching object
> oriented concepts.
>   * I gave a talk about my experience of collaborating for the last two
> years with cuban Pythonista and friend Alejandro Zamora Fonseca while he
> was living in Cuba. I emphasized on some of the technical and legal
> difficulties we encountered, and how Python, its community and philosophy
> played a crucial role in making our work possible.
>
> The event had an audience of over 20 people and there was great interest
> created around it. Hopefully this kind of events will start to become more
> frequent and participative in a near future. Olemis, Medardo and Alejandro
> (currently living here in Córdoba) are already in contact with other
> developers in different towns of the island and we hope to find ways to
> help them start their own communities, with the goal of making things less
> centralized around Havana.[2]
>
> - Motivated by my experience of remote work with Alejandro I am beginning
> to outline the idea of hiring other Cuban developers in a near future to do
> part-time work in some data analysis projects. I want to organize this as
> some kind of "remote internship" and Alejandro would be helping me
> coordinate this. It's a small contribution but it's defintely something
> that can help change the lives of a few Cuban developers and may be in the
> future can be scaled to a larger number. Also this is a great exchange
> experience that gives us first-hand contact with the challenges and
> potentialities of Cuban Python developers.
>
> - Last but (definitely) not least :) Olemis was taking part of a meeting
> of President Obama with cuban entrepreneurs and technologists, but I guess
> that's material for the next report.
>
>
> [1] http://encuentrodesarrolladores.com/
> [2] Here a picture of the organization team after the event was finished
> (from left to right, Medardo, myself, Olemis and Miguel from the ESD group).
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi WGs,
>>
>> Just a reminder about the monthly reports. Would love to have them by
>> Monday, the 21st.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Betsy
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> It would be great to get a short report on each group's activities for
>>> the last month for our next board meeting in 2 weeks. If you could send me
>>> your report by *Monday, March 21*, that would be excellent.
>>>
>>> It doesn't have to be long; just a summary of what you've been working
>>> on, resolutions passed, and anything else you'd like the board to know
>>> about.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Betsy
>>>
>>> --
>>> Betsy Waliszewski
>>> Python Software Foundation
>>> Event Coordinator / Administrator
>>> @betswaliszewski
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Betsy Waliszewski
>> Python Software Foundation
>> Event Coordinator / Administrator
>> @betswaliszewski
>>
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>
>
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>
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-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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