[PSF-Community] Re: End Of life: Christoph Gohlke, Unofficcial Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages

[Steve Holden]

Would it also be appropriate to nominate Cristoph for a Fellowship and/or
community service award?

Kind regards,
Steve


On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 11:22 AM Massa, Harald Armin  wrote:

> Hi dear PSF coMembers,
>
> Christoph Gohlkes Windows Binaries are nearing end of Life
>
> https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
>
> ==
> Updated on 12 June 2022 at 20:19 UTC.
>
>
> *Funding for the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics has ceased. This
> service will be discontinued before July 2022.*
> ==
>
> those packages proved quite valuable for Python on Windows users without
> C-Compiler (many) or not enough build-knowledge to build their packages
> (even more)
> Is there at least a chance of conserving what is there on PSF level?
>
> Cheers
>
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Re: [PSF-Community] MiTM Style Surveillance in Mauritius

[Steve Holden]

Hi Aditya,

I am sorry to learn of these circumstances. I cannot speak for the PSF, but
I know as a former officer that its non-profit status could be jeopardised
were it to promote political ideas of any kind.

I note with some regret that this message has only come to my
attention after the closing date for responses to the public consultation.

As a fellow human being I sympathise with your community, and I hope many
other readers will individually support your calls to action as I intend to.

Kind regards,
Steve


On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 7:38 AM Aditya Bholah 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It is sad for me to be in such a position to reach out. The situation in
> my country, Mauritius, is serious. I know that the PSF's objectives are
> different from this situation, however free speech and internet privacy are
> about to be breached.
>
> On 14th of April 2021[1], while the country was under national lockdown
> due to the global pandemic, the Information and Communication Technologies
> Authority of Mauritius (ICTA) which is a parastatal body regulating ICT
> laws in the country released a proposal for intercepting, monitoring,
> archiving and manipulating social media traffic using a man-in-the-middle
> style attack[2].
>
> This proposal is mostly similar to what Kazakhstan has done. It involves
> the installation of a custom root certificate to enable decryption of
> traffic by the ICTA.
>
> My humble request to the community is to share this, send your comments on
> this proposal to socialmediaconsultat...@icta.mu and to support in this
> fight.
>
> [1] https://www.icta.mu/mediaoffice/2021/social_media_news.html
>
> [2] https://www.icta.mu/docs/2021/Social_Media_Public_Consultation.pdf
>
> Cheers,
> Aditya Bholah
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Re: [PSF-Community] Invitation to PSF Trademarks Working Group

[Steve Holden]

As someone who's worked on this committee, I would say that the questions
that come along are often interesting, and the work can give you valuable
insight into a less-technical part of Python's governance. It relies on the
common sense of its members to consistently apply policy in a way that
benefits Python and its communities.

Thanks to everyone who's volunteering.

Kind regards,
Steve


On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 6:12 PM David Mertz  wrote:

> Thanks Rhys,
>
> I'll add you to the mailing list right now.  After I get a few others,
> I'll put a formal motion to the PSF Board of Directors to certify the
> current committee membership.
>
> Is the address you emailed from the best one to use for mailing list
> membership?
>
> Some resources to glance at:
>
> https://www.python.org/psf/trademarks/
>
> I forgot to mention that we also sometimes handle the "PyCon" trademark:
>
> https://www.python.org/psf/trademarks/pycon/
>
> You should get a subscription invitation, and once you accept, you should
> have access to:
>
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-trademarks/
>
> We're just today working on making it more formal with a charter.  A draft
> is at:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i56-4vHJHuft3dXFi6Ce-Jy-24EV2GlH6bELmdjVOWQ/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Best wishes, David...
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 1:04 PM Rhys Yorke  wrote:
>
>> Count me in. I’d be happy to move from the job-board team to help this
>> out for a change. I feel the job board team has things pretty much under
>> control.
>>
>> Let me know what the next step is.
>>
>> -Rhys
>>
>> > On Aug 21, 2020, at 10:52 AM, David Mertz  wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Community,
>> >
>> > Through the inevitable attribution process of volunteer groups, our
>> very important Trademarks Working Group has much less participation than we
>> would like to have.
>> >
>> > So this is an invitation for community members to help out by joining
>> the committee.  Basically, your responsibilities involve reading the
>> Trademark Usage Policy, maybe skimming the old archive to get a sense of
>> our concerns and standards, and responding to maybe 6-7 emails a month to
>> help judge whether we can authorize a given trademark usage.
>> >
>> > Let me know to volunteer.  We'd like a few people who can reasonably
>> commit to keep an eye on it for a reasonably long continuous period of time
>> (say the next year).  But it's a low-work ongoing commitment, and is really
>> central to the PSF's mission.
>> >
>> > Yours, David Mertz
>> > Co-chair Python Software Foundation Trademarks Committee
>> >
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Re: [PSF-Community] Python Calendar Team - Volunteers needed

[Steve Holden]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 10:18 AM M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> [...]


> I don't have time to do 1-1 introductions to how we operate
> the calendars and send emails to everyone who responded, sorry.
>

I'm glad the community has responded enthusiastically. Thanks, everyone!

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Re: [PSF-Community] Python Calendar Team - Volunteers needed

[Steve Holden]

And to save some of you a click, the updated link:
https://pythondotorg.readthedocs.io/

While I'm here, the first page I linked mentions the webmaster list. That
is another area where volunteers (who can start by just joining the list
and reading some of the archives) would be more than welcome. As far as I
can tell there's just a couple of crusty old white guys (of which I am one)
holding the fort and happy to pass on the reigns, such as they are.

I believe I am currently the only active list administrator, so just mail
me at webmas...@python.org if you are interested in joining that list. It's
not high-volume, but it's a part of the Python community's public face, and
so needs better representation from our rich community. Once you've
assessed the traffic and a bit of list history you can start pitching in
whenever you feel comnfortable.

Kind regards,
Steve


On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:16 PM Steve Holden  wrote:

> Forgive me, in haste I omitted the link to the web site developer notes:
> https://www.python.org/dev/pydotorg/
>
> Kind regards,
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:15 PM Steve Holden  wrote:
>
>> The Python community needs your help. Learning how to edit events is
>> relatively easy, though alas I have no link. I am pretty sure there is an
>> immediate need for volunteers, so anyone who actually wants to give to the
>> community as well as consume it should feel free to raise a hand!
>>
>> If you would like to try the site's development system, there is a
>> moderate degree of documentation about how the site works and is
>> maintained. Any community member with access to the necessary computing
>> resources can build the site, though I confess it is so long since I
>> dabbled in the code myself I have little current knowledge.
>>
>> I CAN say fairly confidently that working on the site and improving the
>> documentation would be a good project to get involved with to provide
>> evidence of a certain competence and learn some software engineering
>> skills. Also, because the code is open source it's suitable for use in
>> educational and community projects. People who learn it have a real chance
>> of changing the face of python.org.
>>
>> The code for the site is a great resource, and running it locally
>> requires competence that teams and individuals can learn.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 7:28 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <
>> arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Agree, it sure increases our UG's search engine visibility!
>>>
>>> Yours,
>>>
>>> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
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>>> <https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ>
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Re: [PSF-Community] Python Calendar Team - Volunteers needed

[Steve Holden]

Forgive me, in haste I omitted the link to the web site developer notes:
https://www.python.org/dev/pydotorg/

Kind regards,
Steve


On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:15 PM Steve Holden  wrote:

> The Python community needs your help. Learning how to edit events is
> relatively easy, though alas I have no link. I am pretty sure there is an
> immediate need for volunteers, so anyone who actually wants to give to the
> community as well as consume it should feel free to raise a hand!
>
> If you would like to try the site's development system, there is a
> moderate degree of documentation about how the site works and is
> maintained. Any community member with access to the necessary computing
> resources can build the site, though I confess it is so long since I
> dabbled in the code myself I have little current knowledge.
>
> I CAN say fairly confidently that working on the site and improving the
> documentation would be a good project to get involved with to provide
> evidence of a certain competence and learn some software engineering
> skills. Also, because the code is open source it's suitable for use in
> educational and community projects. People who learn it have a real chance
> of changing the face of python.org.
>
> The code for the site is a great resource, and running it locally requires
> competence that teams and individuals can learn.
>
> Kind regards,
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 7:28 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <
> arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Agree, it sure increases our UG's search engine visibility!
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
>> pythonmembers.club <http://www.pythonmembers.club/> | github
>> <https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ>
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Re: [PSF-Community] Python Calendar Team - Volunteers needed

[Steve Holden]

The Python community needs your help. Learning how to edit events is
relatively easy, though alas I have no link. I am pretty sure there is an
immediate need for volunteers, so anyone who actually wants to give to the
community as well as consume it should feel free to raise a hand!

If you would like to try the site's development system, there is a moderate
degree of documentation about how the site works and is maintained. Any
community member with access to the necessary computing resources can build
the site, though I confess it is so long since I dabbled in the code myself
I have little current knowledge.

I CAN say fairly confidently that working on the site and improving the
documentation would be a good project to get involved with to provide
evidence of a certain competence and learn some software engineering
skills. Also, because the code is open source it's suitable for use in
educational and community projects. People who learn it have a real chance
of changing the face of python.org.

The code for the site is a great resource, and running it locally requires
competence that teams and individuals can learn.

Kind regards,
Steve


On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 7:28 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <
arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Agree, it sure increases our UG's search engine visibility!
>
> Yours,
>
> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
> pythonmembers.club  | github
> 
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Re: [PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Mobile Conference App available

[Steve Holden]

The clue is in the list's title: it's for people with some kind of interest
and/or stake in the PSF,

Alas the community doesn't seem to feel the need for a bidirectional
channel, and clearly very few information originators consider it useful.

If you are reading this message: what did you expect to see on this list?
What might you do to encourage people to post the sort of content you'd
like to see?

Kind regards.
Steve Holden

PS: EuroPython is a brilliant community conference, in historical terms
about six months older than PyCon and just as community-spirited.



On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 7:16 PM David Lord  wrote:

> Given the amount of updates that EuroPython sends out, I can't actually
> remember what else this mailing list gets off the top of my head. However,
> I didn't sign up for this list expecting to get a constant stream of
> updates about EuroPython. From the name and description I'd imagine it
> would be more focused on news about the PSF and community efforts with and
> around the PSF itself.
>
> It's not that I don't like to know that EuroPython is hard at work, it's
> great that you're enthusiastic, but I don't think the level of updates
> currently being sent to this list is useful. A few of the most important
> updates, such as a CFP or ticket sales seems more appropriate.
>
> I can add a filter that deletes anything with "EuroPython", but that means
> I will hear nothing, rather than just important things, and might miss
> other PSF-related discussions of EuroPython.
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 11:08 AM Mariatta  wrote:
>
>> If you find yourself receiving too many posts from EuroPython, it is
>> quite simple to filter and automatically archive/delete/mute emails
>> containing the word "EuroPython".
>>
>> Perhaps the problem is not with EuroPython posting too many things, but
>> rather why aren't other members share more "community-type" announcements
>> here?
>>
>> If people always have to worry that they'll be criticized as "spamming"
>> it will deter people from actually posting useful information.
>>
>> I personally think info about a conference is relevant to the community,
>> so it is fine to post them here.
>>
>> Another thing that would be great is if the PSF community page (
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community) can be updated
>> to include more elaborate guidelines and examples of what posts are
>> acceptable or not.
>>
>> ᐧ
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 10:17 AM James Bennett  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> >> On Jun 27, 2019, at 12:35 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm sorry if our posts come across as spamming. That is certainly
>>> >> not our attention.
>>> >>
>>> >> Since we do believe in the PSF community, we also believe that such
>>> >> announcements should be sent to this group and, personally, I'd love
>>> >> to see lots more coming from all kinds of Python events, projects,
>>> >> etc. A community has to be filled with life, lots of opinions,
>>> >> discussions and buzz.
>>> >>
>>> >> If the majority believes that this is not what this mailing list
>>> >> about, I can remove it from the list of MLs we distribute
>>> >> announcements to.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > My issue is the *number* of announcements. No other PyCon generates
>>> this many announcement posts.
>>> >
>>> > PyCon AU, to take an example, did an announcement of their CFP, and
>>> then one more announcement combining their schedule, call for volunteers,
>>> and opening of ticket sales. That’s reasonable and honestly I wouldn’t have
>>> minded seeing one or two others, like a reminder when the CFP was about to
>>> close.
>>> >
>>> > EuroPython has done *seventeen* announcement posts… so far. I have no
>>> doubt that many many more are still to come. Why do you feel a need to make
>>> so many announcement posts? I was not joking at all when I said I think
>>> EuroPython makes more announcements than all other PyCons combined. So,
>>> again: please start a mailing list for EuroPython, use it for the bulk of
>>> your announcements, and save only a few major ones like CFP open/close or
>>> ticket sales opening, for this list.
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Re: [PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Mobile Conference App available

[Steve Holden]

So we can return to our customary comfortable silence .

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 18:17, James Bennett  wrote:

>
> >> On Jun 27, 2019, at 12:35 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm sorry if our posts come across as spamming. That is certainly
> >> not our attention.
> >>
> >> Since we do believe in the PSF community, we also believe that such
> >> announcements should be sent to this group and, personally, I'd love
> >> to see lots more coming from all kinds of Python events, projects,
> >> etc. A community has to be filled with life, lots of opinions,
> >> discussions and buzz.
> >>
> >> If the majority believes that this is not what this mailing list
> >> about, I can remove it from the list of MLs we distribute
> >> announcements to.
> >
> >
> > My issue is the *number* of announcements. No other PyCon generates this
> many announcement posts.
> >
> > PyCon AU, to take an example, did an announcement of their CFP, and then
> one more announcement combining their schedule, call for volunteers, and
> opening of ticket sales. That’s reasonable and honestly I wouldn’t have
> minded seeing one or two others, like a reminder when the CFP was about to
> close.
> >
> > EuroPython has done *seventeen* announcement posts… so far. I have no
> doubt that many many more are still to come. Why do you feel a need to make
> so many announcement posts? I was not joking at all when I said I think
> EuroPython makes more announcements than all other PyCons combined. So,
> again: please start a mailing list for EuroPython, use it for the bulk of
> your announcements, and save only a few major ones like CFP open/close or
> ticket sales opening, for this list.
>
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Re: [PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Mobile Conference App available

[Steve Holden]

No worries. That's for the PSF to take a view on. I merely commented on my
own experience of the list.

I'm sure you remember many times in the past when what seemed like a great
idea would be floated within the Foundation membership, supported
enthusiastically, then wither and die on the vine.

That's a fairly healthy sign - many new initiatives, most of which are not
expected or required to "succeed" but which will leave ripples in the pond.

Sadly, this one appears to be sinking like a stone.

I suspect this is because many of those who joined don't feel empowered to
post to the list. So the best thing this white male can do is get out of
the way.

regards
 Steve
Steve Holden


On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 8:35 AM M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:

> I'm sorry if our posts come across as spamming. That is certainly
> not our attention.
>
> Since we do believe in the PSF community, we also believe that such
> announcements should be sent to this group and, personally, I'd love
> to see lots more coming from all kinds of Python events, projects,
> etc. A community has to be filled with life, lots of opinions,
> discussions and buzz.
>
> If the majority believes that this is not what this mailing list
> about, I can remove it from the list of MLs we distribute
> announcements to.
>
>
>
> On 27.06.2019 09:24, Steve Holden wrote:
> > If the community were more active the EuroPython announcements would be
> > lost in the noise.
> >
> > The fact that they are so prominent is really a measure of the channel’s
> > uselessness. It appears to be little more than window-dresssing: this is
> > clearly not seen as a channel through which to address “the PSF
> > community” (whatever that is).
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 07:59, James Bennett  > <mailto:ja...@b-list.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Since April when the first “website launched” message was sent, 65%
> > of all new threads posted to the psf-community list have been
> > EuroPython announcements.
> >
> > At this point I believe EuroPython announcements either outnumber,
> > or are close to outnumbering, posts about all other PyCons combined.
> >
> > Please consider starting a separate EuroPython announcements mailing
> > list and inviting people who are interested to subscribe to it, as
> > at this point the volume of EuroPython announcements sent to
> > psf-community is, in my opinion, well over the line into spamming.
> >
> >
> > > On Jun 26, 2019, at 1:28 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  > <mailto:m...@python.org>> wrote:
> > >
> > > We are pleased to announce the mobile conference app for EuroPython
> > > 2019, again hosted on the Attendify platform:
> > >
> > >
> > >   EuroPython 2019 Conference App
> > >
> > >   * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/conference-app/ *
> > >
> > >
> > > Engage with the conference and its attendees
> > > 
> > >
> > > The mobile app gives you access to the conference schedule (even
> > > offline), helps you in planing your conference experience (create
> your
> > > personal schedule with reminders) and provides a rich social
> > > engagement platform for all attendees.
> > >
> > > You can create a profile within the app or link this to your
> existing
> > > social accounts, share messages and photos, and easily reach out to
> > > other fellow attendees - all from within the app.
> > >
> > > Vital for all EuroPython 2019 attendees
> > > ---
> > >
> > > We will again use the conference app to keep you updated by sending
> > > updates of the schedule and inform you of important announcements
> via
> > > push notifications, so please consider downloading it.
> > >
> > > Many useful features
> > > 
> > >
> > > Please see our EuroPython 2019 Conference App page for more
> details on
> > > features and guides on how to use them.
> > >
> > >https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/conference-app/
> > >
> > >
> > > Don’t forget to get your EuroPython ticket
> > > --
> > >
> > > If you want to join the EuroPython fun, be sure to get your
> tick

Re: [PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Mobile Conference App available

[Steve Holden]

If the community were more active the EuroPython announcements would be
lost in the noise.

The fact that they are so prominent is really a measure of the channel’s
uselessness. It appears to be little more than window-dresssing: this is
clearly not seen as a channel through which to address “the PSF community”
(whatever that is).

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 07:59, James Bennett  wrote:

> Since April when the first “website launched” message was sent, 65% of all
> new threads posted to the psf-community list have been EuroPython
> announcements.
>
> At this point I believe EuroPython announcements either outnumber, or are
> close to outnumbering, posts about all other PyCons combined.
>
> Please consider starting a separate EuroPython announcements mailing list
> and inviting people who are interested to subscribe to it, as at this point
> the volume of EuroPython announcements sent to psf-community is, in my
> opinion, well over the line into spamming.
>
>
> > On Jun 26, 2019, at 1:28 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
> >
> > We are pleased to announce the mobile conference app for EuroPython
> > 2019, again hosted on the Attendify platform:
> >
> >
> >   EuroPython 2019 Conference App
> >
> >   * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/conference-app/ *
> >
> >
> > Engage with the conference and its attendees
> > 
> >
> > The mobile app gives you access to the conference schedule (even
> > offline), helps you in planing your conference experience (create your
> > personal schedule with reminders) and provides a rich social
> > engagement platform for all attendees.
> >
> > You can create a profile within the app or link this to your existing
> > social accounts, share messages and photos, and easily reach out to
> > other fellow attendees - all from within the app.
> >
> > Vital for all EuroPython 2019 attendees
> > ---
> >
> > We will again use the conference app to keep you updated by sending
> > updates of the schedule and inform you of important announcements via
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Re: [PSF-Community] Announcing IndyPy Web Conf - August 23, 2019

[Steve Holden]

I'm forwarding your message to the python-announce list - probably a good
way to get the information out, but nowadays social media are most people's
primary choice.

Kind regards,
Steve Holden


On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 3:45 PM MaryBeth Okerson 
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> Hello all!
>
>
>
> IndyPy is excited to announce the call for proposals is open for the
> IndyPy Web Conf.  This conference will include 21 speakers and 3 tracks of
> presentations.
>
>
>
> Save the date:
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> August 23, 2019 - 8am - 5pm
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> We are looking for speakers on the following topics:
>
>- Django
>   - Flask
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>   - microservices
>   - websockets
>   - Plone
>   - Guillotina
>   - Zope
>   - YOUR TOPIC HERE
>
>
>
> Please submit your proposal here:
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>
> Submissions are due by: July 8th, 2019
>
>
>
> Registration is now open - http://bit.ly/WebConf19
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> Early bird pricing is $85/person until July 25th. On July 26th, General
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Re: [PSF-Community] Back Story on the Guido, Larry Wall, Anders Hejlsberg, and James Gosling benefit event for CSforALL

[Steve Holden]

In Don I trust.


On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:05 PM Steven D'Aprano 
wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 08:43:28PM +0000, Steve Holden wrote:
> > Well done, Don and team! Much as I'd love to be there, I'll have to rely
> on
> > video.
> >
> > Which I will be more than sure not to miss!
>
> I think one of us hasn't understood Don's comment:
>
> > > No broadcast of the livestream. There are requests out to potential
> donors
> > > to support a broadcast of the livestream. Otherwise being on premises
> is
> > > the only way to watch this historic discussion.
>
> because it sounds to me that if you can't be there in person, you will
> miss it :-(
>
>
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Re: [PSF-Community] Back Story on the Guido, Larry Wall, Anders Hejlsberg, and James Gosling benefit event for CSforALL

[Steve Holden]

Well done, Don and team! Much as I'd love to be there, I'll have to rely on
video.

Which I will be more than sure not to miss!

Kind regards,
Steve Holden


On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:35 PM Don Sheu  wrote:

> Just posted this to events. Thought it'd be fun to share with the
> community.
>
> Type of Event: Charitable event benefitting CSforALL. Ruthe Farmer event
> chair continues the tech inclusion work she started as a senior policy
> advisor for tech inclusion for Obama as Chief Evangelist of CSforALL.
>
> This event started in a conversation between Larry Hastings and PuPPy and
> PyCascades founder Don Sheu. At PuPPy's fourth anniversary event, for
> Guido's BDFL retirement, Don proposed to Larry that PuPPy leads a
> crowdfunding campaign to send Guido and his family on a Cunard cruise that
> visits over 50 ports of call, twice. Larry responded, Guido would hate
> that. He hates traveling. Guido likes discussing the intricacies of
> computing with others who care as much as he does.
>
> Don replied, he can do that. The result is that on April 2nd, James
> Gosling, Anders Hejlsberg, Larry Wall, and Guido will delve deep into
> language design and computing. Carol Willing will moderate the discussion.
>
> No broadcast of the livestream. There are requests out to potential donors
> to support a broadcast of the livestream. Otherwise being on premises is
> the only way to watch this historic discussion.
>
> bdfl-gift.pspython.com
>
>
>
> --
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> 312.880.9389
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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> https://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/251965475/
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Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsorship Sales, Fundraising for Community Orgs

[Steve Holden]

Sounds like an excellent resource. Talk to NumFocus - I'm sure a lot of
PyData conferences would appreciate information on how to increase
sponsorship locally. I've Bcc'd the admin there, so you may be approached
or you can use your own connections, I'm sure.

Kind regards
Steve Holden


On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 4:07 PM Don Sheu  wrote:

> Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last
> year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year.
>
> Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups
> around the Python community?
>
> For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa
> joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our
> gross revenue.
>
> One example tactic I can share –
>
>
>1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out
>reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle
>2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we
>are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year
>3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out
>4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional
>revenue
>5. A silver level sponsor for $8000
>
> My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the
> training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead
> sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to
> numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800
> attendees.
>
> Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share
> with everybody.
>
> What does everybody think?
>
>
>
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> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
>
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Re: [PSF-Community] Welcome Ewa Jodlowska as the PSF's new Executive Director

[Steve Holden]

Wonderful news, and a well-deserved recognition of all Ewa has done for the
Foundation.

regards
Steve Holden


On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 5:36 PM Naomi Ceder  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> It is with great pleasure that I announce that Ewa Jodlowska will be the
> PSF's first Executive Director, starting January 1, 2019.
>
> Given her years of dedicated service to the PSF from event manager to her
> current position as Director of Operations, I can think of no one more
> qualified to fill this role as the PSF continues to grow and develop.
>
> Please join me in both congratulating Ewa on her new position and in
> thanking her for all that she's done for the PSF.
>
> And happy holidays to all!
>
> Cheers,
> Naomi Ceder
> Chair, PSF Board of Directors
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Re: [PSF-Community] PSF Newsletter

[Steve Holden]

I'm pretty sure most of us would prefer simply publishing a link, and
clearly there's nothing to stop people who want copy delivered to their
mailbox by signing up.

I don't know enough about the PSF communications strategy to know whether
the emails will include full copy. In any case, I'm really glad it is
developing a broad channel for providing information about the language and
its users, and wish the newsletter well. I'm sure the feedback from this
list will be helpful.

As we all know, the PSF is a developing organisation. I can certainly
hardly recognise the somewhat stumbling bunch of geeks that I joined in
2003. More strength to its arm.

Steve Holden


On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 11:28 PM Peter Kropf  wrote:

> An RSS feed would be appreciated.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 2:57 PM David Mertz  wrote:
>
>> Ditto, that seems more useful.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 5:55 PM Matthew Dixon Cowles > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> [Antoine]
>>> > Can you simply post a link every quarter to this list?
>>>
>>> I would find that convenient as well.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Matt
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Re: [PSF-Community] ACTION NEEDED: New PSF Stickers - last chance to submit your design!

[Steve Holden]

> Voting will go live on Monday, September 17, so there are still a few
days to get your design in.

Woah. Voting? Who? Why? I thought we were just noodling to give a designer
some ideas, I didn't realise it was a competition.

Personally I have no graphics training, but I work with a professional
design team, and I know how much better their ideas can be than mine.

Whatever the result of this vote, let's be clear in our minds that our
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Re: [PSF-Community] Fwd: New PSF Stickers - We need your help!

[Steve Holden]

That could be a nice way to integrate the motif throughout the extended
design.

Of course, what we really need is some design skills applied to the
problem. I'm just regarding this as brainstorming before the graphics whizz
kids get involved.

Steve


On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 2:27 PM Yarko Tymciurak  wrote:

> I like this ... and have the thought of the center hex design (?) being
> (additionally) background faded, and enlarged to cover all the hexagons
> (with the possible exception of the center one)...
>
> ...just thinking out loud...
>
> - yarko
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 3:21 PM Paddy McCarthy 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message -
>> From: Paddy McCarthy 
>> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 at 20:53
>> Subject: Re: [PSF-Community] New PSF Stickers - We need your help!
>> To: 
>>
>>
>> How about …
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 18:56, Betsy Waliszewski  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Pythonistas!
>>>
>>> The PSF would love your input on sticker designs. We have a new
>>> hex-shape sticker [attach pic] and would love to get 5 more designs so that
>>> people can collect all 6.
>>>
>>> Send us your ideas and we'll let the community decide which ones they
>>> like best!
>>>
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>>>
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Re: [PSF-Community] Fwd: New PSF Stickers - We need your help!

[Steve Holden]

I was just throwing ideas out. I presume the actual design work will be
done by a professional designer who knows what they are doing!

Steve Holden

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:06 AM, Gregory P. Smith  wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 2:56 PM Mike Pirnat  wrote:
>
>> Just as a quick point of information, the Stickers Standard indicates
>> that hexagonal stickers should be oriented with a vertex at the top:
>> https://sticker.how/#type-hexagon
>>
>> I like the use of the official logo font in Steve's attachments though.
>> :-)
>>
>
> Having the python . org with the . landing on the bottom vertex of the
> sticker would also re-balance the universe.
>
> if anyone goes with continents, an Australia one might want python.org
> upside down on the top vertex instead. ;)
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Re: [PSF-Community] New PSF Stickers - We need your help!

[Steve Holden]

Those designs are fun!

Steve Holden

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 8:34 PM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <
arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> here's my 4 more proposals, fun try. see attached.
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 9:56 PM Betsy Waliszewski 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Pythonistas!
>>
>> The PSF would love your input on sticker designs. We have a new hex-shape
>> sticker [attach pic] and would love to get 5 more designs so that people
>> can collect all 6.
>>
>> Send us your ideas and we'll let the community decide which ones they
>> like best!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
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Re: [PSF-Community] New PSF Stickers - We need your help!

[Steve Holden]

Here's a "Collect the set" idea: have seven stickers, the first six with
the letters "p", "y", "t",  "h", "o" and "n" and the middle one with the
Python symbol in it.



Steve Holden

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:19 PM, Philip James 
wrote:

> A picture being worth a thousand words, here’s a thing I think would be
> fun, to expand on my earlier idea:
> [image: image1.jpeg]
>
> The idea being we could wrap around OTHER hex stickers, and have something
> that’s pretty unique.
>
> On Aug 20, 2018, at 11:36, Noah Cse  wrote:
>
> 2018-08-19 5:30 GMT+09:00 Steve Holden :
>
>> Personally I'd prefer it if the wording were horizontal (i.e rotate
>> everything but the Python symbol anti-clockwise 30°. But this, being
>> personal opinion, should probably be taken as not worth much.  S
>>
>> Steve Holden
>>
>
>
> the same as mine.
> BRs,
> Noah
>
>
> 2018-08-19 5:30 GMT+09:00 Steve Holden :
>
>> Personally I'd prefer it if the wording were horizontal (i.e rotate
>> everything but the Python symbol anti-clockwise 30°. But this, being
>> personal opinion, should probably be taken as not worth much.  S
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve Holden
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Betsy Waliszewski 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Pythonistas!
>>>
>>> The PSF would love your input on sticker designs. We have a new
>>> hex-shape sticker [attach pic] and would love to get 5 more designs so that
>>> people can collect all 6.
>>>
>>> Send us your ideas and we'll let the community decide which ones they
>>> like best!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Betsy
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Re: [PSF-Community] New PSF Stickers - We need your help!

[Steve Holden]

Personally I'd prefer it if the wording were horizontal (i.e rotate
everything but the Python symbol anti-clockwise 30°. But this, being
personal opinion, should probably be taken as not worth much.  S



Steve Holden

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Betsy Waliszewski  wrote:

> Hi Pythonistas!
>
> The PSF would love your input on sticker designs. We have a new hex-shape
> sticker [attach pic] and would love to get 5 more designs so that people
> can collect all 6.
>
> Send us your ideas and we'll let the community decide which ones they like
> best!
>
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>
> Betsy
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Re: [PSF-Community] Results of the PSF Board of Directors Election and Bylaws Vote

[Steve Holden]

Plus we can always use help on the webmaster team ... S

Sent from my iPhone

> On 12 Jun 2017, at 04:08, Nick Coghlan  wrote:
> 
>> On 12 June 2017 at 05:48, Ian Cordasco  wrote:
>> Hello everybody!
>> 
>> The preliminary Board of Directors winners are:
>> 
>> Van Lindberg
>> Naomi Ceder
>> Eric Holscher
>> Jackie Kazil
>> Paul Hildebrandt
>> Lorena Mesa
>> Thomas Wouters
>> Kushal Das
>> Marlene Mhangami
>> Kenneth Reitz
>> Trey Hunner
> 
> Thanks and congratulations to our incoming board members, and thanks
> also to all of the other candidates who offered to volunteer their
> time providing community oversight of the operations of the PSF!
> 
> For folks that weren't themselves elected, but nevertheless have
> initiatives they would like to pursue, I'll take the opportunity to
> remind everyone of the active PSF Working Groups
> (https://www.python.org/psf/committees/#active-work-groups), as well
> as:
> 
> - the Grants program, to request financial support for community
> initiatives: https://www.python.org/psf/grants/
> - fiscal sponsorship arrangements, whereby the PSF provides legal and
> administrative support for management of targeted donations:
> https://wiki.python.org/moin/FiscalSponsorship
> - the process for forming new Working Groups in the ByLaws to provide
> PSF-backed organisational structure, and potentially a recurring
> annual budget: https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/
> 
> For folks that are mainly interested in *doing* the work of the PSF,
> rather than in deciding which activities should be prioritised when
> allocating funding support, these other possibilities may also be more
> appealing than standing for election to the Board of Directors :)
> 
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Re: [PSF-Community] PSF-Community Digest, Vol 15, Issue 2

[Steve Holden]

On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Volodymyr Kirichinets <
webmamoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ewa,
> Do You like me? 😋
> Thanks,
> Volodymyr
>

Perhaps a little off-topic for the community list?  S

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Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsored tickets to PyCon APAC

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No, this was quite a long time ago and someone else was organising then. S

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> On 28 Jul 2016, at 18:10, Don Sheu  wrote:
> 
> Steve, you met Young-gun? Send super nice, I really appreciated his support 
> for Startup Row. Trying to get more international startups featured at PyCon.
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016, 10:06 AM Steve Holden  wrote:
>> Yes, I keynoted the first PyCon APAC - wonderful, hospitable bunch of 
>> people. If I weren't already booked for Malaysia at the end of that month 
>> I'd have loved to go. S
>> 
>> Steve Holden
>> 
>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Carol Willing 
>>>  wrote:
>>> Younggun and team are pretty amazing. If I didn’t have a work commitment, I 
>>> would love to go. Next year…
>>> 
>>> It would be great to send Ewa if she is interested and available. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 28, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Jacqueline Kazil  
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> OMG <3 their website. 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Betsy Waliszewski  
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> As a Diamond sponsor of PyCon APAC, the PSF is entitled to 15 
>>>>> complimentary tickets. The event is August 13-15, 2016.
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.pycon.kr/2016apac/
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you are interested in attending, please contact me directly before 
>>>>> August 1: be...@python.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Betsy
>>>>> 
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Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsored tickets to PyCon APAC

[Steve Holden]

Yes, I keynoted the first PyCon APAC - wonderful, hospitable bunch of
people. If I weren't already booked for Malaysia at the end of that month
I'd have loved to go. S

Steve Holden

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Carol Willing <
willi...@willingconsulting.com> wrote:

> Younggun and team are pretty amazing. If I didn’t have a work commitment,
> I would love to go. Next year…
>
> It would be great to send Ewa if she is interested and available.
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Jacqueline Kazil 
> wrote:
>
> OMG <3 their website.
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Betsy Waliszewski 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As a Diamond sponsor of PyCon APAC, the PSF is entitled to 15
>> complimentary tickets. The event is August 13-15, 2016.
>>
>> https://www.pycon.kr/2016apac/
>>
>> If you are interested in attending, please contact me directly before
>> August 1: be...@python.org
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Betsy
>>
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Re: [PSF-Community] [PSF-Vote] Members Needed for PSF Sponsor WG

[Steve Holden]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Massimo DiPierro  wrote:

> Can we please use the system the way it is intended next time?
>

This look sot me like a usability issue: can it be addressed with
documentation?

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Re: [PSF-Community] on perl programmers

[Steve Holden]

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Erik Romijn  wrote:

> I assume that these comments were meant as non-malicious jokes. But
> that made it especially important for me to draw attention to the
> effects they can have. So that we can help our community be
> inclusive to everyone :)
>

Particularly at this time of year, with PyCon in progress, readers might
wish to remember that without substantial help from the Perl community (who
had been organising the YAPC conferences for some time) PyCon might never
had got off the ground. Nat Torkington gave freely of his time to share his
experiences and offer helpful suggestions.

Steve

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Re: [PSF-Community] board candidates: tell me about transparency

[Steve Holden]

On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Carl Karsten 
wrote:

> > I also used to wonder what was being discussed behind closed doors.
>
> We shouldn't have to wonder. If it really is that boring, fine, but it
> should be up to me to decide how I spend my time.
>
> The posted minutes are just a summary and results of the discussions and
> votes.  They don't tell me what was seen as pros and cons and how they were
> weighted.
>
> For Heaven's sake. We elect a board to look after these issues. You can't
expect to second-guess every deliberation. If you want to do that, stand
for the board.

I have no idea what the individual board members think. Even when there is
> a unanimous vote, I still don't know why they voted that way.
>
> Because that's what they thought would be in the Foundation's best
interests.

[...]

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Re: [PSF-Community] board candidates: tell me about transparency

[Steve Holden]

Stand for the board and make sure it becomes more transparent?  S

Steve Holden

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Carl Karsten 
wrote:

> All of the people nominated for the PSF board are good people who will do
> good things.  If things were running smooth, I wouldn't really care who
> gets elected.
>
> But once again, we see people asking questions due to lack of transparency.
>
> So once again, I ask:  What will you do about it?
>
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Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

[Steve Holden]

I would remind Matthew that the long experience of many boards was that the
membership generally didn't want to be bothered with the details of what
was done on their behalf. Not having been involved for a while I can't
guarantee things haven't changed, but I'd be surprised if they had, making
Matthew an honourable exception to the rule ;-)  S

Steve Holden

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:42 PM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:

> On 25.05.2016 17:20, Matthew Dixon Cowles wrote:
> > Marc-Andre,
> >
> >> We did consult the existing sponsor members
> >
> > I'm sorry. perhaps I should have said: I'm surprised that the board
> > didn't consult the non-sponsor membership. Can you tell me the
> > thinking behind that?
>
> As Ewa mentioned: We did have a discussion on the psf-vote list,
> where all voting members are subscribed, prior to implementing
> the change.
>
> Does that answer your question ?
>
> If not, perhaps you could explain what you believe should have
> been done and wasn't.
>
> Changes to bylaws are usually implemented by the board. They can
> also be put up to vote with the voting members and for larger changes,
> the board will generally take that approach.
>
> In this particular case, this wasn't deemed necessary, as the
> change only affects the existing sponsor members and there was no
> opposition on the psf-vote list, nor from the sponsor members
> themselves.
>
> Cheers,
> --
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Re: [PSF-Community] Reporting Code of Conduct violations

[Steve Holden]

The thing that originally swung it for PyCon was grabbing a chunk of
sponsor money and allocating it specifically to increase women's attendance
at the conference. Word got out, and women started to realise their
attendance was actively sought. S

Steve Holden

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Chris Calloway  wrote:

> On 5/4/16 4:12 PM, Don Sheu wrote:
>
>> I'm in the process of instituting guidelines for handling Code of
>> Conduct reports with my group in Seattle, PuPPy. First step is
>> recruiting a diverse committee. Unfortunately, currently our organizing
>> team is overwhelmingly male. Last thing I want is for a Code of Conduct
>> procedure where a member who's not white or male is facing a process run
>> entirely by white males.
>>
>
> Don,
>
> The hardest part of diversity is attempting to diversify an already
> non-diverse group. I searched for a long time for how to do this. Finally,
> after watching the Code: Debugging the Gender Gap documentary, I got a
> clue, applied it, and it worked. The secret is pro-action. You must go out
> and specifically and specially invite people individually, and invite them
> not just to participate, but to lead. I did this for the PyData Carolinas
> conference coming up this fall and it worked so well that the majority of
> people on our board of organizers are female and twenty percent are
> non-white:
>
> http://pydata.org/carolinas2016/about/organizers/
>
> I went to PyLadies and other groups and asked for their help. They
> responded with several highly qualified Python data scientists. I didn't
> just ask for volunteers. I approached them each individually, told them
> each why their qualifications are needed, and invited them to come take the
> reigns of various conference committees. You can get diversity. You just
> have to work at it and not wait for it to come to you. You must reach out
> and reach out specifically to individuals, recruiting each with an offer of
> leadership.
>
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Re: [PSF-Community] [gravitational-waves] A big thanks to the contributors in Python

[Steve Holden]

The world of academic science remains opaque to many in the computing
world, but I am happy to say that thanks to your good work and particularly
to the whole Software Carpentry initiative scientists are slowly opening
their eyed to good software engineering practices. The recent LIGO
publications are a testament not only to Python's readability and general
usefulness, but also to the work of the many scientific computing devotees
who have spent time making the Python ecosystem so usable and approachable.

Steve Holden

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 2:34 PM, C. Titus Brown  wrote:

> I'm not sure how many people realize it, but Python (+ ipython/jupyter,
> pandas,
> matplotlib, scikit-learn, etc. etc.) has become one of the two mainstays of
> data analysis and visualization in the biological sciences -- along with R.
>
> Everyone should keep up the good work - the science crowd is doing its best
> to put it to good use :)
>
> cheers,
> --titus
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 01:32:33PM -0400, John Gill wrote:
> > Thanks for posting this.
> >
> > I am thrilled to hear that python has played such a key role in an
> > incredible piece of work.
> >
> > And I will second your thanks to John Hunter.
> >
> > Many years ago I was looking for some plotting software and stumbled on
> > matplotlib.  I sent off a patch for stacked bar plots.  A few hours
> > later I received an incredibly encouraging email that spurred me to make
> > more changes.  He was a delight to work.
> >
> > I remember him fondly every time a matplotlib plot renders.
> >
> > John
> >
> > Khaled Monsoor  writes:
> >
> > > hello everyone in this wonderful community,
> > >
> > > probably, we already know about the recent confirmation by LIGO about
> existence of "gravitational waves", a major prediction by the "theory of
> > > relativity" by Albert Einstein. It is a huge milestone to human
> endeavour to understand nature.
> > >
> > > what we may or may not know that Python was the de-facto language of
> software components of the experimentation. It was extensively used in
> > > day-to-day operations, from orchestrating the instruments[1],
> gathering data, analytics, to generating the finally published pretty
> graphs[2].
> > > Usage of Python, IPython notebook & matplotlib was extensive among the
> team-members of LIGO.[3], [4]
> > >
> > > i am not a part of LIGO, or any of the member organisations.??
> > > Rather, as a common enthusiast of natural-sciences as well as a
> open-source believer, I would like to take a moment to thank every single
> > > contributor of Python. Please keep up pushing your commits.
> > > We facilitated something bigger than us.
> > >
> > > i would also like to take a moment to remember our lost friend, John
> D. Hunter, the creator of matplotlib. Whom we lost in 2012 in a battle with
> > > cancer. Dear John, you are long gone, but you will live generations
> through 2-D matplotlib plots.
> > >
> > > Thanks everyone.
> > >
> > > Khaled Monsoor,
> > > a common user of Python
> > >
> > > refs:
> > > [1]:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/45g8qu/we_are_the_ligo_scientific_collaboration_and_we/czxnlux
> > > [2]: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca8jlVIWcAUmeP8.png
> > > [3]: https://losc.ligo.org/s/events/GW150914/GW150914_tutorial.html
> > > [4]: https://github.com/ligo-cbc
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