Hi All, plus a few BCC’d, A wee update...
Nicholas came back to me about meeting up on May 24th, and I thought to give ye a heads up and extend the invitation. I will put out the word on Twitter, FB when it’s confirmed with time and venue. He’s wrapping up training and staying out in Stillorgan, so will find somewhere so he can get to his Airbnb easily, possibly Against the Grain or Chaplin’s. Some you might be interested about discussing Python & education as well as the micro:bit. I know I’ll be interested in it. 😬 Cheers, /// Vicky On Sunday, April 22, 2018, Vicky Twomey-Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Nicholas gave me permission to forward his email to you all, and it's a > call to action to the Python community *to donate to their PSF donation > drive*. > > If you and/or company use Python, this would be a good way to help > projects and other great initiatives supported by PSF. > > BTW, he's over on the week of May 21st to 24th May, I'm trying to see if > he can meet after 21st (as I'm not around that day). If anyone's > interested, this will be an impromptu Irish Pythonistas meet Nicholas > Tollervey <http://ntoll.org/about/> evening at the pub. Want to talk > about *MicroPython* and the *micro:bit*, then he's the one to poke and > ask questions. Keep an eye out, I'll keep ye posted including via social > media. > > Also, check out his appearance and chat with Ladyada (from Adafruit) > recently - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1wYvTRzM2c > > Cheers, > > /// Vicky > > ~ about.me/whykay ~ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nicholas H.Tollervey <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 9:54 AM > Subject: [python-uk] Do you use Python..? (Of course you do...) > To: UK Python Users <[email protected]> > > > Hi Folks, > > Time for a guilt trip that can easily be countered by a small and > painless transaction (skip to the end for the link)... ;-) > > Do you use Python? (Of course you do!) > > It's cool to benefit from such a great ecosystem & related > infrastructure, right..? > > As you're all aware, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) support this > community and pay the bills for quite a number of aspects of it (eg, who > pays for PyPI, core-Python sprints costs etc?). The PSF also gives away > most of its money as grants to community based events, educational > outreach, conferences (including PyCon UK) and development sprints to > groups from all over the world. As a member of the grants working group > I see the huge impact such support has for the continued flourishing of > Python the language and Python the community. > > I'm sad (and a tad frustrated) to report that ONLY 52 PEOPLE HAVE > DONATED to the relatively modest $20k PSF donation drive. > > * If you're someone who thinks, "I'd love to support the Python > community but I just don't have time to volunteer" -- then making a > small contribution via the site linked below is *how you fulfil your > desire to support*. > > * If you're someone who works at a company who makes heavy use of Python > and its related infrastructure then please consider making a donation as > an individual (after all, your job relies on this community and its > efforts) and also encourage your managers to make a corporate donation. > > * If you're someone who simply doesn't have the spare cash, that's fine! > But if you can encourage those in a position to contribute (such as your > employer perhaps?) that would be greatly appreciated. > > Here's the link: > > https://www.python.org/psf/donations/2018-q2-drive/ > > Thank you in advance for your support! > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > -- /// Vicky ~ about.me/whykay ~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
