[Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: PSF October Report Due

Tue Nov 1 16:13:33 EDT 2016

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Please take a few moments to put together a short paragraph and send it
>> to me no later than Wednesday, September 28th.
>
>
> I'm sorry for not meeting the deadline. Maybe you will understand the
> reasons once you read the report .
>

Hi Olemis,

It's not a problem - I can add your report to the minutes since they
haven't been approved yet. We will try respond to your "need help with"
points in a separate email.

Best,

Betsy

>
> I have been in the US since October 4th (4th - 7th Dallas TX, 8th -
> present Charlotte NC) . One of the goals of my trip was to connect to
> people / companies / organizations interested in collaborating with SciPyLA
> 2017 conference . I'll try to summarize everything that's happened this
> side .
>
> - Costa Rica ambassador, Jeudy Blanco, visited Havana
>   * Discussion with Abel Meneses and Medardo Rodríguez
>     (please guys , tell us the conclusions ;)
> - I have been able to contact 250 entrepreneurs from every
>   Latin American countries so as to explore opportunities to collaborate
>   with the business they have in their home countries
> - Contacted some businesses interested in collaborating with the conference
>   * details in a separate message
> - Contacted some universities interested in collaborating with the
> conference
>   * details in a separate message
> - Contacted some incubators/accelerators/co-working businesses
>   * details in a separate message
> - Attended the Chalotte Python Users Group meetup
>   * Shared info about SciPyLA 2017
> - Visit to HackerSpace Charlotte
> - Attended Hack NC (Chapel Hill NC) as a mentor (Oct 28th - 30th)
>   * Possibility to use Capital One's Nessi API to run hackathons during
>      the conference
>   * I had to travel to Raleigh , then Chapel Hill , then back to Charlotte
>     and back again to Chapel Hill on Sunday ...
> - SciPyLA 2017 event brochure released [1]_ [4]_
> - SciPyLA 2017 call for ambassadors released [2]_
> - John Roa assumed the role of SciPyLA Ambassador for Colombia [3]_
> - ... many other activities , but I think I'll keep the list short up to
> this point .
>
> We need help with this
>
> - Meet with somebody in Microsoft who might be in a position of actually
>   making a decision about sponsoring the conference
>   * We'd need the arguments for them to be interested in doing so
>      (more about this in a separate email)
>   * Tomorrow I will attend an event about PPM & Power BI
>      in Charlotte Microsoft Campus (2nd in USA after Redmond) .
>      It might be a good opportunity for me to reach somebody there .
>      Makes sense ? If so any help in that direction will be appreciated.
> - We will be launching on the next few days a crowdfunding campaign
>   for the SciPyLA 2017 conference and will need all the help we can get
>   from the PSF and everyone else so as to advertise it and capture the
>   attention and contributions of supporters sympathetic with this idea.
> - Suggestions of other companies / communities I should be contacting
>   in the next few days
> - Please tell us when would be the right time to submit a grant proposal
>   for the conference next year.
> - Reach key members of the Python community so that the
>   Ambassadors can interview them to advertise the work they are
>   doing in different fields of Python development, including science,
>   technology, open data, ...
>   * Developers living in Latin America , or in North America and Europe
> - Contacts of speakers interested in attending the event .
>   * ... and a way to work together so as to publish video interviews
>     in order to advertise the conference and announce their participation
> - Contacts of people interested in reviewing paper submissions .
>   * Call for reviewers to be released soon .
>
> Feel free to contact me (if you prefer to do so in private message it's ok
> for me) to provide me with further details . I'll be in Charlotte NC until
> Nov 8th .
>
> .. [1] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.
> 658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/674630086024899/?type=3&theater
>
> .. [2] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/posts/680733165414591
>
> .. [3] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.
> 658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/680334758787765/?type=3
>
> [4] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.
> 658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/674630132691561/?type=3&theater
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Olemis - @olemislc
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Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
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