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[PSF-Community] Fwd: EuroPython 2021: Call for Proposals Open

2021-04-26 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We're happy to announce the EuroPython 2021 Call for Proposals (CFP) and
are accepting proposals for talks, training sessions, workshops, panels,
poster sessions, helpdesks and other interactive sessions at EuroPython
2021.

   * EuroPython 2021 Call for Proposals (CFP) *

  https://ep2021.europython.eu/events/call-for-proposals/

We will leave the CFP open from today until
  Sunday, May 9, 23:59:59 CEST.

To submit a proposal, please log in to the site (or create an account
first) and then proceed to the CFP page:

Topics
--

We're looking for proposals on all aspects of Python from novice to
advanced level, including but not limited to: applications, frameworks,
Data Science, internals or topics which you're excited about, your
experiences with Python and its ecosystem and creative or artistic
things you've done with Python.

EuroPython is a community conference and we're eager to hear about how
you use Python in your professional and personal activities.

Feedback has shown that attendees are interested in advanced topics, we
would like to encourage more submissions with an advanced level scope
for EuroPython 2021. Please also note that we have added back training
and workshop submissions. We had to remove those last year due to lack
of resources.

Speaker Mentoring Program
-

This year we are running a mentoring program to encourage more first
time speakers to submit proposals, as well as provide training on
delivering talks effectively. We are also looking for more mentors to
help with the program.

Please check the CFP page for details on the mentoring program.
https://ep2021.europython.eu/events/call-for-proposals/#Speaker-Mentorship-Program


Quick Summary
-
EuroPython 2021 will be run online from July 26 - August 1:

- Two workshop/training days (July 26 - 27)
- Three conference days (July 28 - 30)
- Two sprint days (July 31 - August 1)

The sessions will be scheduled to ensure they are also accessible for
those in the Asian and Americas time zones.


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/europython-2021-call-for-proposals-open-cfp/

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1386631947913400320

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[PSF-Community] Fwd: EuroPython 2020: Schedule published

2020-05-29 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are very excited to announce the first version of our EuroPython
2020 schedule:

 * EuroPython 2020 Schedule *

https://ep2020.europython.eu/schedule/


More sessions than we ever dreamed of
-

After the 2nd CFP, we found that we had so many good talk submissions
that we were able to open a fourth track. Together with the newly
added slots for the Indian / Asian / Pacific and Americas time zones,
we now have a fully packed program, with:

- more than 110 sessions
- more than 110 speakers from around the world
- 4 brilliant keynotes, two of which are already published
- 2 exciting lightning talk blocks
- 4 all-day tracks, with a whole track dedicated to data science topics
- a poster track, which we’ll announce next week
- a virtual social event
- an after party
- and lots of socializing on our conference platform

We are proud to have reached almost the size of our in-person event
with the online version of EuroPython 2020.


Never miss a talk
-

All talks will be made available to the attendees as live Webinars,
with easy switching between tracks, as well as online streams, which
will allow rewinding to watch talks you may have missed during the
day.


Conference Tickets
--

Conference tickets are available on our registration page. We have
simplified and greatly reduced the prices for the EuroPython 2020
online edition:

https://ep2020.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

As always, all proceeds from the conference will go into our grants
budget, which we use to fund financial aid for the next EuroPython
edition, special workshops and other European conferences and
projects:

* EuroPython Society Grants Program *

  https://www.europython-society.org/grants

We hope to see lots of you at the conference in July. Rest assured
that we’ll make this a great event again — even within the limitations
of running the conference online.


Sprints
---

On Saturday and Sunday, we will have sprints/hackathons on a variety
of topics. Registration of sprint topics has already started. If you
would like to run a sprint, please add your sprint topic to the wiki
page we have available for this:


 * EuroPython 2020 Sprints Listing *

 https://wiki.python.org/moin/EuroPython2020/Sprints


If registrations continue as they currently do, we will have a few
hundred people waiting to participate in your sprint projects, so this
is the perfect chance for you to promote your project and find new
contributors.

Participation in the sprints is free, but does require
registration. We will provide the necessary collaboration tools in
form of dedicated Jitsi or Zoom virtual rooms and text channels on our
Discord server.


EuroPython is your conference
-

EuroPython has always been a completely volunteer based effort. The
organizers work hundreds of hours to make the event happen and will
try very hard to create an inspiring and exciting event.

However, we can only provide the setting. You, as our attendees, are
the ones who fill it with life and creativity.

We are very much looking forward to having you at the conference !


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/619453140468629504/europython-2020-schedule-published

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1266352353961299971

Thanks,
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Second call for proposals (CFP) - Going global

2020-05-08 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

After participating in several other online events in Europe, we found
that there is a lot of interest in these events from other time zones
as well. This is a real advantage of running an online event: without
the need to travel, joining an event becomes much easier.

* EuroPython 2020 Online 2nd CFP *

https://ep2020.europython.eu/call-for-proposals/

To make it possible for speakers from the Americas and
India/Asia/Pacific regions to give talks at EuroPython 2020 as well,
we have decided to extend the schedule and provide extra slots in the
CEST morning and the evening hours, so that we can have almost 80 talk
slots available, and run a second CFP with specific emphasis on
submissions from outside the central European time zones.

Submitting a talk
-

We will run this second CFP from May 11 until May 24.

To submit a talk, please visit our CFP page on the website. This has
all the necessary details on how to submit a talk.

We would also welcome submissions for helpdesks and posters,
regardless of time zone, since we haven’t received any in the first
CFP.

Results from the first CFP
--

The results from the first CFP will be announced on Sunday (May 10).

Help spread the word

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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/617552560206872576/europython-2020-second-call-for-proposals-cfp

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1258749100431990787

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[PSF-Community] Sharing our research and licenses for going online with Python events

2020-05-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

In March 2020, we had to make a tough decision on whether to cancel
EuroPython 2020 or run it online. Since we did not want to lose
continuity and all the work we had already put into the in-person
event, we decided to go for an online version.

Now, just as many other in-person events, running the online version
required a lot of research, experimentation, gaining knowledge in
using online conference tools and finding a concept which would allow
us to carry over as much of the in-person conference experience to the
online version as possible.


  * EuroPython 2020 Online *

https://ep2020.europython.eu/

This is an on-going effort, but we believe that our existing research
will help other Python events go online as well and want to share this
knowledge with you.


Running Online Conferences
--

The two central documents we have are:

- EuroPython 2020 - Online Conference Tools

  This covers research on a lot of different tools available out
  there, our experience with them, hints and tips on how to use them
  effectively (esp. for Zoom and Discord).


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OAVtZnxVgmkDGvSV1vEzra7m5Nfjr-81kCrustzxAek/edit#

- EuroPython 2020 - Virtual Conference Concept

  Since we had to start afresh with the conference concept, we ran and
  still are running a brainstorming phase to come up with ideas and
  are now starting to materialize these into a concept, which we’ll
  use as basis for running EuroPython this year.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aGnYM3RlyLFUmdhnykGfgD6gNXJYo8zateu9Re_fdNg/edit#

If you have questions around these documents and their content, feel
free to contact us at helpd...@europython.eu.


Sharing our Zoom Webinar and Pro licenses
-

In addition to sharing our research, we’d also like to share the Zoom
Webinar and Pro licenses we have with other events, where possible. We
have already shared them with:

- PyAmsterdam
- Remote Python Pizza

The only thing we ask is that some of our work group members can
participate in the event as co-host to observe and help, since we need
to train and gain more experience in using these tools. As a bonus, we
can also help with the configuration and share our existing
experience.

If you’re interested in this, please get in contact with us at
helpd...@europython.eu.


Help spread the word


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https://www.europython-society.org/post/617463429296472064/sharing-our-research-and-licenses-for-going-online

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europythons/status/1258392513863397378

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Ticket sales started

2020-04-21 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We have started the EuroPython 2020 online conference & sprint ticket
sales today.

   * EuroPython 2020 Ticket Sales *

https://ep2020.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/


Simplified ticket structure
---

In order to keep things simple for the EuroPython 2020 online version,
we have significantly reduced the ticket prices and refactored the
ticket structure to just two ticket types and two categories:

Conference & sprint tickets
---

The conference & sprint ticket includes admission to the EuroPython
2020 main conference (July 23-24) and sprints days (July 25-26).

 - Business conference ticket: EUR 175.00 incl. 0% Swedish VAT
   (for people using Python to make a living)

 - Personal conference ticket: EUR 95.00 incl. 0% Swedish VAT
   (for people enjoying Python in their free time or as a freelancer)

Sprint-only tickets
---

Admission to the sprint days (July 25-26) is free of charge, but we
still require you to register and “buy” tickets, since that way we can
send out the conference details using our ticketing system:

 - Business sprint ticket: EUR 0.00 incl. 0% Swedish VAT
   (for people using Python to make a living)

 - Personal sprint ticket: EUR 0.00 incl. 0% Swedish VAT
   (for people enjoying Python in their free time or as a freelancer)

Full details


Please see our registration page for full details on the available tickets:

https://ep2020.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

As a reminder, here’s the conference structure:

 - Thursday & Friday, July 23 & 24:
   Conference talks, keynotes & virtual exhibition

 - Saturday & Sunday, July 25 & 26:
   Sprints

Participate in Talk Voting
--

With conference tickets, you will also be able to participate in the
talk voting which is still available until Sunday, April 26 23:59:59
CEST. Talk voting is your chance to tell us what you’d like to see at
EuroPython 2020.

https://ep2020.europython.eu/events/talk-voting/

Sprints-only tickets are not eligible for talk voting, but if you have
bought a ticket for one of the previous EuroPython conferences, you
can still vote after logging in to the website.

Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant
-

For Python Core Developers, we have put a special grant in place,
which will allow core developers to get free tickets to the
conference.

If you want to sign up, please check our grant page for details on how
to apply:

https://www.europython-society.org/core-grant


Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/615992284837756928/europython-2020-ticket-sales-started

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1252508481405550593

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: CFP for the Online Event

2020-04-02 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Since we had started the CFP under the assumption of running an
in-person conference and are now switching EuroPython 2020 to an
online event, we will extend the CFP for another two weeks until April
12, to give everyone who would like to participate in this new format,
a chance to submit a session proposal.


* EuroPython 2020 Online - Call for Proposal *

   https://ep2020.europython.eu/call-for-proposals/


The online event will have this layout:

- July 23 - 24 (Thursday, Friday): conference days
- July 25 - 26 (Saturday, Sunday): sprint days


Presenting at EuroPython


For the conference days, we are looking for the following session types:

- Talks of 35- or 45-minute duration (including 3-5 minutes for Q&A)
- Posters
- Help desks / Panels / Interactive sessions

We will give out free tickets to the event for all selected speakers.

For posters, we are planning to collect them on a gallery page,
together with PDF versions to read during the event. The speaker will
then be available during the poster session to answer questions and
present more details using screen sharing.

Help desks, panels and interactive sessions will be run using virtual
rooms we’ll make available during the conference days.

We will also have lightning talks for the online event, but those will
be collected closer to the event using a separate form or Google sheet
- similar to how we run this at the in-person conference.

For submitting sprints, please check our sprints page. Note that
unlike the conference days, the sprints day won’t require buying a
ticket.

https://ep2020.europython.eu/events/sprints/


Let’s make this an engaging event for everyone
--

Even though we’re running an online event, our aim is to make the
online event as engaging as possible, so we will provide ways for
direct interaction with the speakers after their talk in separate
virtual rooms and additionally a chat system for asynchronous
interaction.

The conference system will also allow live polls and text or
audio/video based Q&A sessions, so please consider this when preparing
your sessions and add any polls you’d like to run in the submission
notes section (“Additional information for talk reviewers”).

The conference will be held between 09:00 CEST and 20:00 CEST on the
two conference days. We will try to schedule talks based on location
and timezone of the speaker. Please indicate your timezone in
submission notes.


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/614296142774173696/europython-2020-cfp-for-the-online-event

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1245723386329870339

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Re: [PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Online conference from July 23-26

2020-03-31 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

On 3/31/2020 2:14 PM, Younggun Kim wrote:
> Really good to hear that!
> 
> Including PyCon KR, some of PyCons in APAC group have decided or
> considering go virtual as well.

In case you're interested, we have made some of our research available
online:

EuroPython 2020 - Online Conference Tools

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OAVtZnxVgmkDGvSV1vEzra7m5Nfjr-81kCrustzxAek/edit#

Could be useful for you as well. If you want to add comments, please
request permissions.

Cheers.

> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 8:56 PM M.-A. Lemburg  <mailto:m...@egenix.com>> wrote:
> 
> In the last two weeks, we have discussed and investigated concepts
> around running this year’s EuroPython conference as an online
> conference. We have looked at conference tools, your feedback, drafted
> up ideas on what we can do to make the event interesting and what we
> can accomplish given our limited resources.
> 
> Today, we are happy to announce that we will be running
> 
> 
>                          * EuroPython 2020 *
> 
>                         from July 23 - 26 2020
>                        as an online conference
> 
> 
> We are planning the following structure:
> 
> - 2 conference days with keynotes, talks, lightning talks, poster
>   session (Thursday and Friday)
> 
> - 2 sprint days with multiple sprint teams (Saturday and Sunday)
> 
> Attending the conference days will require a ticket, participating in
> the sprint days will be free.
> 
> 
> We will publish additional information on the new format as it becomes
> available. A few updates for today (more details will follow in
> separate blog posts):
> 
> Call for Papers (CFP)
> -
> 
> With the new plan in place, we will extend and retarget the CFP we had
> been running in the last three weeks to the online setup.
> 
> Please note that we will not have training sessions at EuroPython
> 2020. We will have keynotes, 30 and 45-minute talks, panels,
> interactive sessions, as well as try to come up with a format for
> doing posters and lightning talks.
> 
> Unlike for our in-person event, speakers will get free tickets to the
> event, since we don’t have to cover catering costs.
> 
> We need your help
> -
> 
> Given that we had already put a lot of work into the in-person event
> organization, a lot of which we’ll now have to adapt or redo for the
> online set up in the few months ahead of us, we will need more help
> from the community to make this happen.
> 
> If you would like to help, please write to bo...@europython.eu
> <mailto:bo...@europython.eu>. We are
> specifically looking for people with experience using online
> conference tools to help host tracks during the conference days.
> 
> Sponsoring
> --
> 
> As for the in-person event, we will have sponsorship packages
> available for the online event as well. Because the format is
> different, we’ll have to adjust the packages we had intended for the
> in-person to an online setup.
> 
> If you are interested in sponsoring EuroPython 2020, please write to
> sponsor...@europython.eu <mailto:sponsor...@europython.eu>. We will
> then send you more details, as they
> become available.
> 
> 
> Help spread the word
> 
> 
> Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
> networks as widely as possible. Thank you !
> 
> Link to the blog post:
> 
> 
> https://blog.europython.eu/post/614102095419850752/europython-2020-online-conference-from-july-23-26
> 
> Tweet:
> 
> https://twitter.com/europython/status/1244947459006173184
> 
> Thanks,
> --
> EuroPython 2020 Team
> https://ep2020.europython.eu/
> https://www.europython-society.org/
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Online conference from July 23-26

2020-03-31 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

In the last two weeks, we have discussed and investigated concepts
around running this year’s EuroPython conference as an online
conference. We have looked at conference tools, your feedback, drafted
up ideas on what we can do to make the event interesting and what we
can accomplish given our limited resources.

Today, we are happy to announce that we will be running

* EuroPython 2020 *

from July 23 - 26 2020
as an online conference

We are planning the following structure:

- 2 conference days with keynotes, talks, lightning talks, poster
session (Thursday and Friday)

- 2 sprint days with multiple sprint teams (Saturday and Sunday)

Attending the conference days will require a ticket, participating in
the sprint days will be free.

We will publish additional information on the new format as it becomes
available. A few updates for today (more details will follow in
separate blog posts):

Call for Papers (CFP)
-

With the new plan in place, we will extend and retarget the CFP we had
been running in the last three weeks to the online setup.

Please note that we will not have training sessions at EuroPython
2020. We will have keynotes, 30 and 45-minute talks, panels,
interactive sessions, as well as try to come up with a format for
doing posters and lightning talks.

Unlike for our in-person event, speakers will get free tickets to the
event, since we don’t have to cover catering costs.

We need your help
-

Given that we had already put a lot of work into the in-person event
organization, a lot of which we’ll now have to adapt or redo for the
online set up in the few months ahead of us, we will need more help
from the community to make this happen.

If you would like to help, please write to bo...@europython.eu. We are
specifically looking for people with experience using online
conference tools to help host tracks during the conference days.

Sponsoring
--

As for the in-person event, we will have sponsorship packages
available for the online event as well. Because the format is
different, we’ll have to adjust the packages we had intended for the
in-person to an online setup.

If you are interested in sponsoring EuroPython 2020, please write to
sponsor...@europython.eu. We will then send you more details, as they
become available.

Help spread the word

Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/614102095419850752/europython-2020-online-conference-from-july-23-26

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1244947459006173184

Thanks,
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Going virtual / EuroPython 2021: Dublin, Ireland

2020-03-17 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

In our blog post on the COVID-19 last week, we were still hopeful that
the situation would improve in time for the event in July. The last
few days have shown us that we need to have a more realistic view on
how things will develop in the coming months:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/612393987829039104/europython-2020-and-covid-19

Right now, we are at a point in the conference organization where we
have invested a lot of time into the preparation of the conference,
but have not started ticket sales, entered sponsorship agreements or
ordered conference and marketing material.

We also had discussions with the venue and caterer on possible options
to address the risk of not being able to hold the event in July due to
government regulations preventing indoor gatherings.


EuroPython 2021
---

In our EuroPython Society Board call last night, we discussed the
situation, looked at the options and decided to take the offer of the
venue to postpone the in-person conference to next year.


 * EuroPython 2021 will be held in Dublin, Ireland, *
   * from July 26 - August 1 2021 *


How about a virtual EuroPython 2020 ?
-

Since we all love EuroPython, the community and good vibes coming from
such gatherings, we are now considering turning this year’s EuroPython
2020 conference into a virtual event.

For this, we’d like to gather some feedback and have created a form
for you to let us know what your thoughts are on such a virtual setup:


   * EuroPython 2020 going virtual feedback form *

 https://forms.gle/dwMYXVR4RFAqvthP6


If we go for the virtual setup for EuroPython 2020, the dates will
likely change a bit, so ticket sales will start a little later. For
now, we will leave the EuroPython 2020 Call for Proposals (CfP)
open. Please note that those talks will then have to be held from your
notebook/desktop without face-to-face audience contact. On the other
hand, many more people could join in, since there’s no travel
involved. We will aim to make the virtual event as interactive as
possible.


Code name: EuroPython Winter Edition


While we’re at it, we’d also like to use the form to gather some
feedback on the idea to have a winter EuroPython event, one where we
run a BarCamp/Sprint/Hackathon style setup in a smaller setting.


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/612826526375919616/europython-2020-going-virtual-europython-2021

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1239845360694067201

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Call for Proposals now open

2020-03-09 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We have opened the Call for Proposals today. It will be left open for
three weeks and then close on:

Sunday, March 29 23:59:59 CEST

In order to submit a proposal, please log in to the site (or create an
account first) and then proceed to the CFP page:


 * https://ep2020.europython.eu/call-for-proposals/ *


We’re looking for proposals on every aspect of Python: all levels of
programming from novice to advanced, applications, frameworks, data
science, Python projects, internals or topics which you’re excited
about, your experiences with Python and its ecosystem, creative or
artistic things you’ve done with Python, to name a few.

EuroPython is a community conference and we are eager to hear about
your use of Python.

Since feedback shows that our audience is very interested in advanced
topics, we’d appreciate more entries in this category for EuroPython
2020.

Please help spread word about Call for Proposals to anyone who might
be interested. Thanks.


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Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1236995749273092102


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Launching the conference website

2020-03-08 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are very excited to announce the launch of our website for
EuroPython 2020:

* EuroPython 2020 Website *

https://ep2020.europython.eu/

Our web WG worked hard on putting the finishing touches on the website
and many other team members helped update the content.

We have ported the accounts from last year to the new website, so you
should be able to login with last year’s details. That said, we’d
recommend changing your password as best practice.

Please note that we have also updated the profile page, so after login
you will be redirected to the profile page to make any necessary
adjustments.

More updates:
-

- The CFP will launch as planned on Monday, March 9th.

- We are also considering to open early bird sales on Wednesday, March
11 at 12:00 CET. However, since we’re still waiting for the VAT ID
registration, we won’t be able to produce invoices yet. Those will
get delivered later when we have the VAT ID - much like in
Edinburgh, where we had similar delays.

- Ticket prices are already available on the registration page. Unlike
in previous years, we are publishing all prices at once, so that you
can get a better overview.

- As you probably know, the Corona virus has hit Europe and we are
closely monitoring the situation. We will publish separate blog
posts on this topic. So far, we are hopeful that the situation will
have calmed down by July.

- We have prepared the sponsorship packages and will announce these in
separate blog post. Early bird sponsors will again receive a 10%
discount on the package price. If you’re interested in becoming a
sponsor, please contact our sponsor team at
sponsor...@europython.eu.

Help spread the word

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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/611955238740557824/europython-2020-launching-the-conference-website

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1236620559443800066

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Pre-launch Website Ready

2020-01-22 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

In the last couple of weeks we have put together a pre-launch site
for EuroPython 2020, which has all the information around the event,
as we currently know and can share with you.

  EuroPython 2020 Pre-launch Website

  * https://ep2020.europython.eu/ *

The main website will go online around early in March and we plan to
also open the CFP and ticket sales around that time. It will use the
same URL, so you can keep this bookmarked.

Some additional updates:


- We have signed the venue agreement, so if you have waited with your
  flight and hotel bookings for the final confirmation of the
  conference dates, you can now go ahead. Looking at the hotel booking
  websites, it’s probably a good idea to book early.

- We will now enter negotiations with the booth builder and finalize
  the sponsorship packages. As last year, we’ll again offer an early
  bird 10% discount for sponsors who sign up in the first few weeks
  after we’ve published the finalized packages on our blog.


Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/190400850572/europython-2020-pre-launch-website-ready

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1219937518738661376


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

2020-01-22 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Hello everyone,

if you're interested in helping with adding events to the calendars
please *subscribe* to our ML:

https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-events

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'll wait a couple more days and then ask on the list for
GMail compatible email addresses I can then add to the calendars
and also send an intro to the list.

Thanks,
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> Hello PSF members!
> 
> *The Python Calendar Team needs help. *
> 
> A description of what the group does is available on their
> wiki: https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEventsCalendar. This also
> includes instructions on how to submit events to the group for those
> that need it :)
> 
> The group is in need of volunteers that can actively check in on
> requests weekly. If you have an hour a week to dedicate (sometimes less
> is needed!), please email eve...@python.org .
> 
> Have a great week!
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ewa
> 
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> donations to support the Python community. Check out our Annual Impact
> Report for more details: https://www.python.org/psf/annual-report/2019//
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2020: Venue and location selected

2019-11-01 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

After a work intense RFP over two months with more than 40 venues
competing, 18 first round entries, and two rounds of refinements, we
are now happy to announce the winner:

  EuroPython 2020 will be held at the CCD in
   Dublin, Ireland, from July 20 - 26 2020

We will now start work on the contracts and get the organization
going, so that we can all enjoy another edition of EuroPython next
year.


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://www.europython-society.org/post/188741002380/europython-2020-venue-and-location-selected

Tweet:

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Re: [PSF-Community] Introduction (Aditya Bholah)

2019-10-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Hi Aditya,

there are many ways you can start contributing. This could be by
submitting patches, helping update the Python wiki or documentation,
running local user groups or events to attract more people to the
language or even just to connect the ones in your
area which are using Python.

E.g. have a look at this page if you're interested in the latter:
https://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups

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> 
> I am Aditya, a young Junior Data Analyst and I've been using Python for
> most of my personal and office projects for several years. Being an
> advocate of Open Source Projects, I have been inspired to contribute to
> my favorite project. It would be grateful if anyone could help and guide
> me how to start this journey  and how I can help as a managing member in
> PSF.
> 
> Cheers from the Island,
> 
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019 - Videos for Friday available

2019-10-01 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to announce the third and final batch of cut videos
from EuroPython 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, with another 49 videos.

 * EuroPython 2019 on our YouTube Channel *

http://europython.tv/

In this batch, we have included all videos for Friday, July 12 2019,
the third conference day.

In total, we now have 133 videos available for you to watch.

All EuroPython videos, including the ones from previous conferences,
are available on our EuroPython YouTube Channel.


Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/188061778527/europython-2019-videos-for-friday-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1178961272261545984


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019 - Videos for Wednesday available

2019-09-05 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to announce the first batch of cut videos from
EuroPython 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.


 * EuroPython 2019 YouTube Channel *

http://europython.tv/


In this batch, we have included all videos for Wednesday, July 10
2019, the first conference day.

In the coming two weeks we will publish videos for the next two
conference days. In total, we will have more than 130 videos available
for you to watch.

All EuroPython videos, including the ones from previous conferences,
are available on our EuroPython YouTube Channel.


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/187487578492/europython-2019-videos-for-wednesday-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1169233806764728320


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

2019-06-27 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

James: We do have our own mailing lists as well. The point in posting
here is to address and engage with PSF members specifically, since
many of our attendees are PSF members.

We post announcements since we want to keep people up to date
with what's happening and not miss anything.

As mentioned, I'd love to see more such announcements from other
conferences as well, but many of them unfortunately don't appear to
have the PSF members on their radar.



On 27.06.2019 19:17, 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

2019-06-27 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

On 27.06.2019 09:58, Horst Gutmann wrote:
> Big +1. If the EuroPython messages are perceived as spam then that's
> more a testament to the otherwise really low traffic here 🙂 @MAL: Keep
> them coming please 🥳

Thank you for the encouragement, Horst !

> Cheers,
> Horst
> 
> On 27.06.19 09:54, Steve Holden wrote:
>> 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 > <mailto:m...@python.org>> 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>
>> > <mailto:ja...@b-list.org <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>
>> >     <mailto:m...@python.org <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 atte

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

2019-06-27 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

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 tickets as
> > soon as possible.
> >
> >    https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/
> >
> >
> > Dates and Venues
> > 
> >
> > EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
> > the Congress Center Basel (CCB) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
> > and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
> > (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).
> >
> > The schedule is available at:
> >
> >    https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/schedule/
> >
> > Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:
> >
> >    https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/
> >
> > For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:
> >
> >    https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq
> >
> >
> > Help spread the word
> > 
> >
> > Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
> > networks as widely as possible. Thank you !
> &g

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

2019-06-26 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

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 tickets as
soon as possible.

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/


Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (CCB) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

The schedule is available at:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/schedule/

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185858710877/europython-2019-mobile-conference-app-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1143796573702434817


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Schedule is online

2019-06-24 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to announce the EuroPython 2019 schedule. We will again
have more than 130 sessions in total, held by more than 130 speakers.

 Schedule for EuroPython 2019

  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/schedule/ *


Please note that the schedule may still change in details, but the
overall layout is fixed now.


Book your EuroPython 2019 Ticket


Please make sure you book your ticket in the coming days. We will
switch to late bird rates next week.

If you want to attend the training sessions, please buy a training
pass in addition to your conference ticket, or get a combined
ticket. We only have very few training seats left.


Travel & accommodation tips
---

Since we’re close the conference, Basel is in high demand. If you’re
having problems finding a hotel, please also consider searching for
apartments on the well known booking sites.

We have collected a number of recommendations for accommodation and
travel to Basel on the EuroPython 2019 website. If you get a hotel or
apartment in Basel, you will additionally get a BaselCard for your
stay, which allows you to use public transport in Basel for
free. Please see our accommodation page for details.



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (CCB) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185811587232/europython-2019-schedule-is-online

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1143061849446989824


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Beginners’ Day Workshop

2019-06-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

If you’re new to Python, you should come to our friendly, welcoming
and helpful Beginners’ Day Workshop. We cater to new Pythonistas of
all levels: from absolute beginners through to experienced programmers
encountering Python for the first time.

* https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/beginners-day/ *

What is Beginners’ Day ?

Beginners’ day welcomes and supports folks who are new to Python
programming. It takes place on Tuesday 9th July, from 9:30 - 16:00 at
the workshop venue, FHNW Campus Muttenz. Just in time to get you ready
for all the talks which follow on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday !
It’s also a great place to make friends with fellow attendees and
figure out how to get the most out of EuroPython.

Bring your laptop, because this will be a hands-on session!

The day will start with workshops to give you the chance to try out
Python in lots of different situations: making a game, creating a
website, programming embedded devices or telling stories with data (in
a Jupyter notebook). Later in the day you’ll have an opportunity to
further explore those aspects of Python which appeal to you with the
support of a team of experienced and helpful mentors. We’ll end the
day with a question and answer session about Python, EuroPython and
the wider Python ecosystem.

The emphasis will be in creating a fun, supportive and useful path
into the Python programming language and its community.

You will need a conference pass to attend, but otherwise, it’s free,
so if you’re thinking of coming to the conference, but you’re new to
Python or programming, this could be the session for you:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

The session will be presented in English (although our mentors will
typically speak a few other languages as well).

If you’d like to come, please do register in advance for this session,
so that we know how to plan to make it the best yet. We need to know
the numbers for planing the workshop.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBSJ8y--ROBI7HDQ01H1Cn9RI9amC9mRoOJMEppOmbZv0pMA/viewform

Call for Mentors

The workshop is being organised by experienced Python programmer and
educator, Nicholas H.Tollervey.

Already know Python? Do you value working in an open, inclusive and
collaborative way? Want to develop your mentorship skills? Fantastic!

We’re looking for folks with the technical skills, patience, humour
and empathy to work with beginners who may come from a wide variety of
backgrounds and levels of experience. It’s rewarding, fun and a great
way to give back to the community.

We’d especially love to hear from you if you can add an extra language
to help non-English speakers feel comfortable asking questions, or if
you’ve never mentored before and want to try to share your knowledge
for the first time. This is a supportive environment for both beginner
programmers AND beginner mentors. :-)

Please sign up as a mentor on our mentor registration form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkphUVi_vplS7yvxI432R03BJPCapv-K29p1EPA0F5Tn8qhA/viewform

Dates and Venues

EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (CCB) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq

Help spread the word

Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185723885512/europython-2019-beginners-day-workshop

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1141675177400590336

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Community Discounts

2019-06-18 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

The EuroPython Society (EPS) does not only run the EuroPython
conference, but also aims to provide help for the Python community in
Europe in general.

   * https://www.europython-society.org/ *


Let’s all meet at EuroPython


In addition to the Python Organizers Lunch (see previous post), which
focuses on conference organizers, we are also establishing a program
to support attendees of Python user groups and conferences in Europe.

We’d like to invite all of you to EuroPython 2019 this year. Of
course, we cannot give out free tickets to everyone, but we can at
least recognize your participation in the Python community by giving
out discounts for the conference.

  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/ *


Discounts for EuroPython Tickets


If you are running a Python event (conference or user group) in
Europe, please reach out to bo...@europython.eu to request a coupon
code for your group, which you can then pass on to your group members
or attendees.

If you are not running a user group or conference, but a regular
attendee of one, please contact your organizers to have them submit a
request. We can only distribute codes at the user group and conference
organizer level.

The coupon codes are valid for conference tickets bought starting
today and will give you a 10% discount on the ticket price (both
regular and late bird prices). The codes are setup for user group
sizes of between 30-50 members, but we are also extending this to
organizers and attendees of larger conferences. If you need a code
valid for larger groups, please mention this in your email.


Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (CCB) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185683252247/europython-2019-community-discounts

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1141044869470871553


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Warning - Spoiler alert!

2019-06-14 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Usually, we try to have something as surprise for our attendees every
year. However, for this year’s conference, we have decided to give our
attendees something to play with and this needs a little more
preparation than a bottle or a beach towel.

Drum roll… crowd screaming… and here it is: we’re please to
present the...

EuroPython 2019 PewPew Game Console
---

* https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/pewpew-workshops/ *

The device was created and designed by Radomir Dopieralski, a long
time EuroPython regular and enthusiastic Python device and robotics
builder.

The PewPew is a simplified game console, programmable with
CircuitPython, a variant of MicroPython. It comes with a 64 LED
display and a set of small buttons to drive the console.

We will have one device per attendee with training or conference
ticket and plan to give them out together with the badges.

Free Workshops
--

To teach you how to program the consoles and help with any questions
you may have, we have arranged a special workshop room on the training
days Monday and Tuesday, where Radomir and his team will run workshops
focusing on the PewPew. You will learn how to write small programs and
games.

Our hope is that you will take this knowledge home and spread the word
about how much fun Python is – especially for younger users.

The workshops are free for EuroPython conference or training ticket
holders, but please see our notes on catering on the training days.

Help us run the workshops
-

Since Radomir needs help with running the workshops, we are reaching
out to you with this blog post. If you are interested in embedded
Python, hardware hacking, game development and similar topics, we
invite you to come help us running those workshops.

This is a great opportunity to meet with Python developers and learn
together, and we’re sure you will have great fun while helping other
attendees. Whether it’s just lending a hand getting things working, or
running a whole workshop – it’s up to you, either way we will greatly
appreciate your help.

Please sign up using our mentor form. Many thanks !

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefU0VMGA7QVO6DgO_9faHQ_Z4XcsfpRZ2koALOP63kN-UeGA/viewform

More information will be available on the PewPew workshop page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/pewpew-workshops/

Dates and Venues

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq

Help spread the word

Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185584014022/europython-2019-warning-spoiler-alert

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1139464940627136512

[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: PyData EuroPython 2019

2019-05-31 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are happy to announce a complete PyData track at EuroPython 2019:

  * PyData EuroPython 2019 *

 https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/pydata-europython-2019/

The PyData track will be part of EuroPython 2019, so you won’t need to
buy an extra ticket to attend.

The PyData track is run in cooperation with NumFocus.

There are two full tracks featuring more than 30 talks and 4
trainings:

- 4 trainings on Monday and Tuesday (July 8-9)
- 34 talks on Wednesday and Thursday (July 10-11)
- no PyData talks on Friday (July 12)

The full program is available on our PyData EuroPython 2019 page.

https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/pydata-europython-2019/


If you’d like to attend PyData EuroPython 2019, please register for
EuroPython 2019 soon:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (CCB) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185265747827/pydata-europython-2019

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1134358461335199749


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019 Django Girls Workshop

2019-05-28 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Would you like to know about how to build websites, how the internet
works and would you like to try programming your own first blog, but
don’t know where to start? We have good news for you: we are holding a


one-day Django Girls workshop for beginners !

* https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/django-girls/ *


Where and when
--

The workshop will be held on Monday, July 8th in the EuroPython 2019
conference venue FHNW Campus Muttenz from 09:30 – 17:00.

What to expect
--

During the workshop you will work through a tutorial in a small group
of three attendees and one coach. Our coaches are software developers
who contribute their time, knowledge and energy for you and Django
Girls. All you need is a working laptop, and we’ll help you with the
rest.

You can attend the workshop for free! Your motivation counts, let us
know about it in your application.

Registering for the workshop


The workshop is aimed at women with little or no programming
experience, but may also be useful if you’ve learned a different
discipline (like data science) and would like to learn how to build
websites with Django.

The workshop is free to attend, but you have to apply and be
accepted. We only have 30 seats available for the workshop, and we’ll
pick the best applicants based on the information you provide you
provide on the form.

If you’d like to attend: apply here:

https://djangogirls.org/basel/

Workshop coaches


We can’t run this workshop without coaches! A coach will be assigned
to each group of 3 attendees. Their job is to support and encourage
their team as they work through the Django Girls tutorial at their own
pace.

If you’d like to apply to be a coach, please sign up here:

https://djangogirls.org/basel/

Sponsors of EuroPython 2019 Django Girls Workshop
-

- The EuroPython Society is providing the room and catering in our
  training venue, the FHNW Campus Muttenz.

- Nexmo will provide the Django Girls workshop box.

- EntwicklerHeld will provide t-shirts for our coaches.

More information is available on our Django Girls page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/django-girls/



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185195491022/europython-2019-django-girls-workshop

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1133271891974615046


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Financial Aid Program starts today

2019-05-24 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are happy to announce the start of our financial aid program for
this year’s EuroPython.

As part of our commitment to the Python community, we are pleased to
announce that we offer special grants for people in need of a
financial aid to attend EuroPython.


 * https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/financial-aid/ *


Financial Aid Sponsor for EuroPython 2019
-

   EuroPython Society: https://www.europython-society.org/

The EuroPython Society (EPS) is sponsoring financial aid with 15,000
EUR this year.

We offer financial aid conference grants in these 2 categories:

- Free ticket. Get a standard ticket for the conference for free
  (including access to conference days (Wed-Fri), Beginners’ Day
  workshop and sprints.). Note: training passes are NOT included in
  the free conference ticket.

- Travel / Accommodation. We will cover the travel costs pro rata,
  depending on what you are applying for. You can get partial refund
  for the accommodation.

Grant Eligibility
-

EuroPython is a wonderful place to meet and share your experience with
other Python developers from Europe and all around the world. Our goal
is support people which want to make Python community better:
conference speakers and tutorial presenters, active people from small
Python communities and open source contributors.

Our grants are open to all people in need of financial aid. We will
specifically take into account the following criteria in the selection
process:

- Contributors: potential speakers/trainers of EuroPython (people who
  submitted a proposal) and all who contribute to EuroPython and/or
  Python community projects.

- Economic factors: we want everybody to have a chance to come to
  EuroPython, regardless of economic situation or income level.

- Diversity: we seek the most diverse and inclusive event possible.

How to apply


Please see our financial aid page for all details:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/financial-aid/

Become a Financial Aid Sponsor !


Even though the EPS is already sponsoring finaid, we can always use
more budget to increase the number of people who can benefit from the
program.

You or your company can support our diversity and finaid initiative by
becoming a sponsor. We have a special options “Financial aid sponsor”
and “Financial aid donation” in the list of sponsor options, that can
be booked separately or be included in the sponsor package.

Please check our sponsor brochure for more information and contact
fin...@europython.eu or the sponsor work group directly
sponsor...@europython.eu.

Bring new sponsor and get free ticket for EuroPython 2019 !



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185103282697/europython-2019-financial-aid-program-starts

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1131833024079892480


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: First batch of accepted sessions

2019-05-22 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Our program work group (WG) has been working hard over the weekend to
select the sessions for EuroPython 2019.

  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/sessions/ *

We’re now happy to announce the first batch with:

- 112 talks,
- 12 trainings,
- 6 posters,
- 1 interactive session and
- 5 helpdesks

brought to you by 129 speakers:

  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/speakers/ *


More advanced talks than in previous EuroPython editions


We are glad that the Python community has heard our call to submit
more advanced talks this year. This will make EuroPython 2019 even
more interesting than our previous editions.

Waiting List


Some talks are still in the waiting list. We will inform all speakers
who have submitted talks about the selection status by email.

PyData EuroPython 2019
--

As in previous years, we will have lots of PyData talks and trainings:

- 4 trainings on Monday and Tuesday (July 8-9)
- 34 talks on Wednesday and Thursday (July 10-11)
- no PyData talks on Friday (July 12)

Full Schedule
-

The full schedule will be available early in June.

Training Tickets & Combined Tickets
---

If you want to attend the trainings offered on the training days (July
8-9), please head over to the registration page in the next couple of
days. Sales are going strong and we only have 300 tickets available.

Combined tickets are new this year and allow attending both training
and conference days with a single ticket.



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

Tickets can be purchased on our registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185058369732/europython-2019-first-batch-of-accepted-sessions

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1131140414910750720


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Conference and training ticket sale opens today

2019-05-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We will be starting the EuroPython 2019 conference and training ticket
sales

 today (Monday) at 12:00 CEST

  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/ *



Only 300 training tickets available
---

After the rush to the early-bird tickets last week (we sold more than
290 tickets in 10 minutes), we expect a rush to the regular and
training tickets this week as well.

We only have 300 training tickets available, so if you want to attend
the training days, please consider getting your ticket soon.

Available ticket types
--

We will have the following ticket types available:

- regular conference tickets - admission to the conference days (July
  10-12) and sprints (July 13-14)

- training tickets - admission to the training days (July 8-9)

- combined tickets - admission to training, conference and sprint days
  (July 8-14)

Please see our registration page for full details on the available
tickets.

As reminder, here’s the conference layout:

- Monday & Tuesday, July 8 & 9: Trainings, Beginners’ Day and other
  workshops

- Wednesday–Friday, July 10–12: Conference talks, keynotes &
  exhibition

- Saturday & Sunday, July 13 & 14: Sprints

Combined Tickets


These are a new ticket type we are introducing for EuroPython 2019, to
simplify purchase and check-in at the conference for attendees who
want to attend the complete EuroPython 2019 week with a single ticket.

To make the ticket more attractive, we are granting a small discount
compared to purchasing training and conference tickets separately.



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/185008362672/europython-2019-conference-and-training-ticket

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1130371157440512000


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Sponsor brochure available

2019-05-17 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to present our EuroPython 2019 Sponsor Brochure:

  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/sponsor/brochure/ *

We have worked with our designer to compile all relevant information
about the conference in a nice to read brochure, you can use to
discuss a possible sponsorship in your company.

If you have questions, please contact our sponsor team at
sponsor...@europython.eu.

Once you have decided, please sign up via the form on our sponsor
package page.

https://ep2019.europython.eu/sponsor/packages/


Early-bird sponsorship deal
---

If you are quick to decide, you can benefit from a 10% early-bird
discount we give on sponsor packages, if you sign up today (Friday,
May 17):

https://ep2019.europython.eu/sponsor/packages/



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/184937371007/europython-2019-sponsor-brochure-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1129286303055568896


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Talk Voting is open

2019-05-13 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Talk voting is your chance to tell us what you’d like to see at
EuroPython 2019. We will leave talk voting open until:

   * Friday, May 17 23:59:59 CEST *

In order to vote, please log in to the website and then navigate to
the talk voting page:


 * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/talk-voting/ *


How talk voting works
-

The talk voting page lists all submitted proposals, including talks,
trainings and posters. The proposals are sorted in random order.

In order to vote, have a look at the title/abstract and then indicate
your personal interest in attending this session. We have simplified
the voting process and you may choose between these four options:

- must see
- want to see
- maybe
- not interested

The talks you haven’t voted for are marked "no vote". Your votes are
automatically saved to the backend without the need to click on a save
or submit button.

Please note the voting period is a bit shorter this year. We want to
make up some time and release a first selection of accepted proposals
by May 22.

Who can participate ?
-

Any registered attendee of the current EuroPython as well as any
attendee of one of the past EuroPython conferences going back to 2015
can vote. If you have submitted a proposal this year, you are also
eligible to vote.

Talk Selection
--

After the talk voting phase, the EuroPython Program Workgroup (WG)
will use the votes to select the talks and build a schedule.

The talk voting is a good and strong indicator what attendees are
interested to see. Submissions are also selected based on editorial
criteria to e.g. increase diversity, giving a chance to less
mainstream topics as well as avoiding too much of the same topic.

In general, the Program WG will try to give as many speakers a chance
to talk as possible. If speakers have submitted multiple talks, the
one with the highest rating will most likely get selected.


Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/184850780847/europython-2019-talk-voting-is-open

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1127965425193705473


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: CFP ends on May 12

2019-05-09 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We would like to remind you that the Call for Proposals closes this
coming Sunday:

   EuroPython 2019 CFP ends on May 12 23:59:59 CEST

Please submit your proposal via our website:

 * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/call-for-proposals/ *

For full details, please see our previous blog post on the CFP 2019:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/184430444152/europython-2019-call-for-proposals



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/184755401327/europython-2019-cfp-ends-on-may-12

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1126405626723282944


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Early-bird ticket sales

2019-05-08 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

As in the last few years, we will again have early-bird ticket sales
for the conference.

  We plan to open early bird ticket sales on

   Monday, May 13th at 12:00 CEST.


This year, we will have 200 early-bird tickets available when we open
up ticket sales. They offer a discount of up to 50% over the standard
rate and are usually sold out within a few hours. In 2018 early bird
tickets were sold out in just 45 minutes.


Early-Bird Conference Tickets
-

We have the following three categories of early-bird rate ticket
prices for the full conference tickets (Beginners’ Day workshop, 3
conference days, sprints):

* Business conference ticket: EUR 395.00 excl. VAT, EUR 425.42
  incl. 7.7% Swiss VAT (for people using Python to make a living)

* Personal conference ticket: EUR 265.00 incl. 7.7% Swiss VAT (for
  people enjoying Python from home)

* Student conference ticket: EUR 95.00 incl. 7.7% Swiss VAT (only
  available for pupils, students and postdoctoral researchers; please
  bring your student card or declaration from University, stating your
  affiliation, starting and end dates of your contract)

Please note that access to trainings is not included in the early-bird
conference ticket price. We will have separate “Training passes” for
this, later in May.

We would like to encourage and trust you, to pick a ticket type that
reasonably fits your personal situation.

For more details, please see the registration page:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


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Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1126023879212896256


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Call for Sponsors

2019-05-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Reach out to many enthusiastic Python developers, users and
professionals in Basel this July !

Sponsoring EuroPython guarantees you highly targeted visibility and
the opportunity to present yourself and your company in a professional
and innovative environment.

Also, as a sponsor of EuroPython 2019, you will directly help promote
the work of a great open-source community which is becoming a
powerhouse of technological development and innovation.

Want to know more ?
---

Head over to the sponsor packages page and feel free to contact us
directly with any questions at sponsor...@europython.eu


  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/sponsor/packages/ *


Special offer for early bird sponsors
-

Sponsors who sign up before or on May 17, will receive a special 10%
discount on the sponsor package price.

Become a sponsor and support EuroPython 2019 today !



Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/184708887222/europython-2019-call-for-sponsors

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1125664489469370368


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Call for Proposals

2019-04-25 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are happy to announce the Call for Proposals is now open. The CfP
will close on Sunday in two weeks:

   * Sunday, May 12 23:59:59 CEST *


Please submit your proposal via our website:

 * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/call-for-proposals/ *

We’re looking for proposals on every aspect of Python: programming
from novice to advanced levels, applications and frameworks, or how
you have been involved in introducing Python into your
organization. EuroPython is a community conference and we are eager to
hear about your experience.

Please also forward this Call for Proposals to anyone that you feel
may be interested.

Presenting at EuroPython


We will accept a broad range of presentations, from reports on
academic and commercial projects to tutorials and case studies. As
long as the presentation is interesting and potentially useful to the
Python community, it will be considered for inclusion in the program.

Can you show something new and useful? Can you show the attendees how
to: use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an
application? If so, please consider submitting a talk.

PyData EuroPython 2019
--

As usual there will be a PyData track at this year’s
conference. Please submit your papers for the PyData track through the
EuroPython form. Any suitable (i.e. data science, AI and analytics)
submission will be considered for the PyData track.

The PyData track is run in cooperation with NumFocus.

The 2019 PyData track will be on Tuesday (trainings), Wednesday
(talks) and Thursday (talks).

There are six different kinds of contributions that you can present at
EuroPython:

Formats
---

* Talks and trainings should be held in English language only.

* Regular Talk / approx. 110 slots

  These are standard “talks with slides”, allocated in slots of

  The Q&A session, if present, is included in the time slot. 3-5
  Minutes for Q&A is a good practice.

  We will only offer a limited number of 60 minute slots, please only
  choose these slots for in-depth sessions or topics which require
  more background information.

  - 30 minutes (ca. 50%)
  - 45 minutes (ca. 34%)
  - 60 minutes (ca. 16%)

  We are looking for an approx. distribution of expertise (Python or
  domain expertise)

  - 40% Beginners
  - 25% Intermediate
  - 25% Advanced

* Trainings / 16 slots

  Deep-dive into a subject with all details. These sessions are
  apporx. 3 hours long. The training attendees will be encouraged to
  bring a laptop. They should be prepared with less slides and more
  source code. Room capacity for the trainings rooms is approx. 100
  seats.

* Panels

  A panel is group of three to six experts plus a moderator discussing
  a matter in depth, an intensive exchange of (maybe opposite)
  opinions. A panel may be 30-60 minutes long. We have introduced this
  interactive format for EuroPython 2017 due to the many requests we
  have received to make the conference more interactive and have more
  challenging / mind-bending content in place.  Please note if you
  suggest a panel you will have to organise the panelists and
  coordinate with the Program WG, panelist will require a ticket to
  the conference.

* Interactive

  This is a completely open 60-minute format. Feel free to make your
  suggestions. There are only two rules: it must be interactive,
  real-time human-to-human-interaction and of course compliant with
  the EuroPython Code of Conduct.

* Posters / 20 slots

  Posters are a graphical way to describe a project or a technology,
  printed in large formats; posters are exhibited at the conference,
  can be read at any time by participants, and can be discussed face
  to face with their authors during the poster session.

* Helpdesk / 6 slots

  Helpdesks are a great way to share your experience on a technology,
  by offering to help people answering their questions and solving
  their practical problems. You can run a helpdesk by yourself or with
  colleagues and friends. Each helpdesk will be open for 3 hours in
  total, 1.5 hours in the morning and 1.5 hours in the
  afternoon. People looking for help will sign up for a 30 minute slot
  and talk to you. There is no specific preparation needed; you just
  need to be proficient in the technology you run the helpdesk for.

* Lightning Talks

  A lightning talk (LT) is a short presenatation which must not be
  longer than five minute. LTs are not via the CfP but walk-in
  registations, see here.

Community Based Talk Voting
---

Attendees who have bought a ticket in time for the Talk Voting period
gain the right to vote for talks submitted during the Call For
Proposals.

The Program WG will also set aside a number of slots which they will
then select based on other criteria to e.g. increase diversity or give
a chance to less mainstream topics.

Conference Layout
-

Please note that the conference layout has changed in 2018, the main

[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Launching our website

2019-04-25 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are happy to announce the launch of our website for EuroPython 2019:

  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/ *

Thanks to Artur, Patrick and our web WG, the website now comes with a
renovated layout, modern technology and new features.

At the same time, we are launching the CFP for the conference. We’ll
post details in a separate blog post.


Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun).

For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/184430105792/europython-2019-launching-our-website

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1121307733519679489


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[PSF-Community] ANN: Python Meeting Düsseldorf - 10.04.2019

2019-04-09 Thread M.-A. Lemburg



[This announcement is in German since it targets a local user group
 meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany]



ANKÜNDIGUNG

  Python Meeting Düsseldorf

   http://pyddf.de/

Ein Treffen von Python Enthusiasten und Interessierten
 in ungezwungener Atmosphäre.

   Mittwoch, 10.04.2019, 18:00 Uhr
   Raum 1, 2.OG im Bürgerhaus Stadtteilzentrum Bilk
 Düsseldorfer Arcaden, Bachstr. 145, 40217 Düsseldorf

Diese Nachricht ist auch online verfügbar:
https://www.egenix.com/company/news/Python-Meeting-Duesseldorf-2019-04-10


NEUIGKEITEN

 * Bereits angemeldete Vorträge:

Jochen Wersdorfer
"Machine Learning with Python"

Detlef Lannert
"Data classes in Python 3.7"

Uwe Ziegenhagen
"Python in der Lehre - Curriculum, Erwartungen und Erfahrungen"

Dominik Geldmacher
"Buchrezension: Data Science mit Python"

   Weitere Vorträge können gerne noch angemeldet werden: i...@pyddf.de

 * Startzeit und Ort:

   Wir treffen uns um 18:00 Uhr im Bürgerhaus in den Düsseldorfer
   Arcaden.

   Das Bürgerhaus teilt sich den Eingang mit dem Schwimmbad und
   befindet sich an der Seite der Tiefgarageneinfahrt der Düsseldorfer
   Arcaden.

   Über dem Eingang steht ein großes "Schwimm' in Bilk" Logo. Hinter
   der Tür direkt links zu den zwei Aufzügen, dann in den 2. Stock
   hochfahren. Der Eingang zum Raum 1 liegt direkt links, wenn man aus
   dem Aufzug kommt.

   Google Street View: http://bit.ly/11sCfiw



EINLEITUNG

Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf ist eine regelmäßige Veranstaltung in
Düsseldorf, die sich an Python Begeisterte aus der Region wendet:

 * http://pyddf.de/

Einen guten Überblick über die Vorträge bietet unser YouTube-Kanal,
auf dem wir die Vorträge nach den Meetings veröffentlichen:

 * http://www.youtube.com/pyddf/

Veranstaltet wird das Meeting von der eGenix.com GmbH, Langenfeld,
in Zusammenarbeit mit Clark Consulting & Research, Düsseldorf:

 * http://www.egenix.com/
 * http://www.clark-consulting.eu/



PROGRAMM

Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf nutzt eine Mischung aus (Lightning)
Talks und offener Diskussion.

Vorträge können vorher angemeldet werden, oder auch spontan während
des Treffens eingebracht werden. Ein Beamer mit XGA Auflösung
steht zur Verfügung.

(Lightning) Talk Anmeldung bitte formlos per EMail an i...@pyddf.de



KOSTENBETEILIGUNG

Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf wird von Python Nutzern für Python
Nutzer veranstaltet. Um die Kosten zumindest teilweise zu
refinanzieren, bitten wir die Teilnehmer um einen Beitrag in Höhe von
EUR 10,00 inkl. 19% Mwst, Schüler und Studenten zahlen EUR 5,00
inkl. 19% Mwst.

Wir möchten alle Teilnehmer bitten, den Betrag in bar mitzubringen.



ANMELDUNG

Da wir nur für ca. 20 Personen Sitzplätze haben, möchten wir
bitten, sich per EMail anzumelden. Damit wird keine Verpflichtung
eingegangen. Es erleichtert uns allerdings die Planung.

Meeting Anmeldung bitte per Meetup

https://www.meetup.com/Python-Meeting-Dusseldorf/

oder formlos per EMail an i...@pyddf.de



WEITERE INFORMATIONEN

Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der Webseite des Meetings:

http://pyddf.de/

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

-- 
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[PSF-Community] EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-01-31 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

At the last General Assembly of the EuroPython Society (EPS) at
EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, we voted on a new grant program we want
to put in place for future EuroPython conferences.

We all love Python and this is one of the main reasons we are putting
on EuroPython year after year, serving the "cast of thousands" which
support Python. But we also believe it is important to give something
back to the main team of developers who have contributed lots of their
time and energy to make Python happen: the Python Core Developers.

This group is small, works countless hours, often in their free time
and often close to burnout due to not enough new core developers
joining the team.

Free Tickets for Python Core Developers
---

To help with growing the team, putting it more into the spotlight and
give them a place to meet, demonstrate their work and a stage to
invite new developers, we decided to give Python Core Developers free
entry to future EuroPython conferences, starting with EuroPython 2019
in Basel, Switzerland

In recognition of Guido’s almost 20 years of leading this team, and
with his permission, we have named the grant “Guido van Rossum Core
Developer Grant”.

Details of the grant program are available on our core grant page:

https://www.europython-society.org/core-grant

PS: If you are a core developer and want to organize a workshop,
language summit or similar event at EuroPython 2019, please get in
touch with our program workgroup (prog...@europython.eu) soon, so that
we can arrange rooms, slots, etc.

PPS: If you want to become a core developer, please have a look at the
Python Dev Guide:

https://devguide.python.org/coredev/



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Tweet:

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Kicking off the organization

2019-01-08 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Today, we’re happy to announce our pre-launch website under the
official EuroPython 2019 URL:


  * https://ep2019.europython.eu/ *


Dates and Venues


EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at
the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri)
and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days
(Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun):

https://www.congress.ch/en-US.aspx
https://www.fhnw.ch/de/die-fhnw/standorte/muttenz

We will continue to list information on the FAQ & Info page as it
becomes available:

https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq



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Tweet:

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Venue and location selected

2018-12-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

After a very work intense RFP with more than 40 venues competing, 17
entries, and two rounds of refinements, we are now happy to announce
the winner:

   EuroPython 2019 will be held in
  Basel, Switzerland, from July 8 - 14 2019


We will now start work on the contracts and get the organization
going, so that we can all enjoy another edition of EuroPython next
year.


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://www.europython-society.org/post/180894308215/europython-2019-venue-and-location-selected

Tweet:

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[PSF-Community] ANN: Python Meeting Düsseldorf - 07.11.2018

2018-11-03 Thread M.-A. Lemburg



[This announcement is in German since it targets a local user group
 meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany]



ANKÜNDIGUNG

  Python Meeting Düsseldorf

   https://pyddf.de/

Ein Treffen von Python Enthusiasten und Interessierten
 in ungezwungener Atmosphäre.

   Mittwoch, 07.11.2018, 18:00 Uhr
   Raum 1, 2.OG im Bürgerhaus Stadtteilzentrum Bilk
 Düsseldorfer Arcaden, Bachstr. 145, 40217 Düsseldorf

Diese Nachricht ist auch online verfügbar:
https://www.egenix.com/company/news/Python-Meeting-Duesseldorf-2018-11-07


NEUIGKEITEN

 * Bereits angemeldete Vorträge:

   Charlie Clark
 "Context Managers and Generators"

   Marc-André Lemburg
 "The History of Unicode in Python"

   Jens Diemer
 "Django for Runners"

   Ilya Kamenschchikov
 "Object Detection Using TensorFlow"

   Sowie einige Buchrezensionen.

   Weitere Vorträge können gerne noch angemeldet werden: i...@pyddf.de

 * Startzeit und Ort:

   Wir treffen uns um 18:00 Uhr im Bürgerhaus in den Düsseldorfer
   Arcaden.

   Das Bürgerhaus teilt sich den Eingang mit dem Schwimmbad und
   befindet sich an der Seite der Tiefgarageneinfahrt der Düsseldorfer
   Arcaden.

   Über dem Eingang steht ein großes "Schwimm' in Bilk" Logo. Hinter
   der Tür direkt links zu den zwei Aufzügen, dann in den 2. Stock
   hochfahren. Der Eingang zum Raum 1 liegt direkt links, wenn man aus
   dem Aufzug kommt.

   Google Street View: http://bit.ly/11sCfiw



EINLEITUNG

Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf ist eine regelmäßige Veranstaltung in
Düsseldorf, die sich an Python Begeisterte aus der Region wendet:

 * https://pyddf.de/

Einen guten Überblick über die Vorträge bietet unser YouTube-Kanal,
auf dem wir die Vorträge nach den Meetings veröffentlichen:

 * https://www.youtube.com/pyddf/

Veranstaltet wird das Meeting von der eGenix.com GmbH, Langenfeld,
in Zusammenarbeit mit Clark Consulting & Research, Düsseldorf:

 * https://www.egenix.com/
 * http://www.clark-consulting.eu/



PROGRAMM

Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf nutzt eine Mischung aus (Lightning)
Talks und offener Diskussion.

Vorträge können vorher angemeldet werden, oder auch spontan während
des Treffens eingebracht werden. Ein Beamer mit XGA Auflösung
steht zur Verfügung.

(Lightning) Talk Anmeldung bitte formlos per EMail an i...@pyddf.de



KOSTENBETEILIGUNG

Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf wird von Python Nutzern für Python
Nutzer veranstaltet. Um die Kosten zumindest teilweise zu
refinanzieren, bitten wir die Teilnehmer um einen Beitrag in Höhe von
EUR 10,00 inkl. 19% Mwst, Schüler und Studenten zahlen EUR 5,00
inkl. 19% Mwst.

Wir möchten alle Teilnehmer bitten, den Betrag in bar mitzubringen.



ANMELDUNG

Da wir nur für ca. 20 Personen Sitzplätze haben, möchten wir
bitten, sich per EMail anzumelden. Damit wird keine Verpflichtung
eingegangen. Es erleichtert uns allerdings die Planung.

Meeting Anmeldung bitte formlos per EMail an i...@pyddf.de



WEITERE INFORMATIONEN

Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der Webseite des Meetings:

https://pyddf.de/

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Nov 03 2018)
>>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ...  http://www.egenix.com/
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: RFP for Venues

2018-09-28 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Dear EuroPython'istas,

We are happy to announce that we have started the RFP for venues to host
the EuroPython 2019 conference.

We have sent out the details to almost 40 venues.

For more details about the RFP, please see our blog post:

https://www.europython-society.org/post/178541594370/europython-2019-rfp-for-venues

Many thanks to everyone who had submitted contact details and venue
suggestions after our call.

We have tried to include all of them in the list of direct recipients.

Feel free to forward the blog post to additional suitable venues.

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Seeking venues

2018-09-24 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Dear EuroPython'istas,

We are in preparations of our venue RFP for the EuroPython 2019
edition and are asking for your help in finding the right locations
for us to choose from.

If you know of a larger venue - hotel or conference center - that can
accommodate at least 1400 attendees, please send the venue details to
bo...@europython.eu. We will then make sure to include them in our RFP
once we send it out.

The more venues we gather to reach out to, the better of a selection
process we can guarantee, which in return, will ultimately result in a
better conference experience for everybody involved.

When sending us venue suggestions, please make sure to provide us with
the following: name and URL of the venue, country and city, as well as
the contact details of the sales person in charge of inquiries (full
name, email and phone).

We were planning to start the RFP process in the coming days, so
please make sure you send us your recommendations as soon as possible.


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/178407491437/europython-2019-seeking-venues

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1044130171354316800


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Videos for Friday available

2018-09-06 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to announce the third and last batch of cut videos from
EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

 * EuroPython 2018 YouTube Playlist *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXSr1OL5JKo&t=0s&index=130&list=PL8uoeex94UhFrNUV2m5MigREebUms39U5


In the last batch, we have included all videos for Friday, July 27
2018, the third conference day.

In total, we now have more than 130 videos available for you to watch.

All EuroPython videos, including the ones from previous conferences,
are available on our EuroPython YouTube Channel.

http://europython.tv/


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/177798571707/europython-2018-videos-for-friday-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1037666146147811328


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Videos for Thursday available

2018-08-31 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to announce the second batch of cut videos from
EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.


 * EuroPython 2018 YouTube Playlist *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scum5a_mqBc&t=0s&index=84&list=PL8uoeex94UhFrNUV2m5MigREebUms39U5


In this batch, we have included all videos for Thursday, July 26 2018,
the second conference day.

Next week we will publish videos for the final conference day. In
total, we will have more than 130 videos available for you to watch.

All EuroPython videos, including the ones from previous conferences,
are available on our EuroPython YouTube Channel.

http://europython.tv/


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/177582893492/europython-2018-videos-for-thursday-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1035471566606397440


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Videos for Wednesday available

2018-08-23 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to announce the first batch of cut videos from
EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.


 * EuroPython 2018 YouTube Playlist *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoRq9yGeBWY&list=PL8uoeex94UhFrNUV2m5MigREebUms39U5


In this batch, we have included all videos for Wednesday, July 25
2018, the first conference day.

In the coming two weeks we will publish videos for the next two
conference days. In total, we will have more than 130 videos available
for you to watch.

All EuroPython videos, including the ones from previous conferences,
are available on our EuroPython YouTube Channel.


Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/177312513617/europython-2018-videos-for-wednesday-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1032680953758527488

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Day passes now also valid for Sprints Weekend

2018-07-19 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Due to popular demand, we are making it possible to attend the Sprints
Weekend (July 28-29), even if you only have a day pass or are
considering to buy one and not a regular conference tickets which
includes the sprints as well.

   * EuroPython 2018 Sprints (Hackathons) *

   https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/sprints/


If you have never been to a sprint, you’ll be amazed at how much you
can learn from others while working on simple or more complex
projects.

If you have already run sprints yourself, why not run one at
EuroPython and get to know new people for your project ?

Please head on to our EuroPython Sprints page for more details. Come
and join the sprinters !


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/176026105657/europython-2018-day-passes-now-also-valid-for

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1019630424883113985


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Delaying switch to Late Bird Tickets by one day - please use your coupons today !

2018-07-15 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Since we still have quite a few people with discount coupons who
haven’t bought their tickets yet, we are extending the regular ticket
sales by one day.

 * EuroPython 2018 Tickets *

  https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/


Switch to Late Bird Tickets on July 17, 00:00 CEST
--

We will now switch to late bird prices, which are about 30% higher
than the regular ones on Tuesday, July 17.


Issued coupons are not valid for Late Bird Tickets
--

Please note that the coupons we have issued so far are not valid for
the late bird tickets, so if you have a coupon for the conference,
please order your tickets before we switch to late bird.

This includes coupons for sponsors, speakers, trainers and also the
EPS community discount coupons we have given to several user groups.

Please make sure you use your coupon before the switch on Tuesday,
00:00 CEST.


Late Bird Tickets
-

We will have the following categories of late bird ticket prices for
the conference tickets (starting 2018-07-17):

* Business conference ticket: EUR 750.00 excl. VAT, EUR 900.00
  incl. 20% UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living)

* Personal conference ticket: EUR 500.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for
  people enjoying Python from home)

Please note that we do not sell on-desk student tickets. Students who
decide late will have to buy day passes or a personal ticket.


Day Passes
--

As in the past, we will also sell day passes for the conference
(starting 2018-07-16). These allow attending the conference for a
single day (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday; valid on the day you pick
up the day pass):

* Business conference day pass: EUR 375.00 excl. VAT, EUR 450.00
  incl. 20% UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living)

* Personal conference day pass: EUR 250.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people
  enjoying Python from home)

* Student conference day pass: EUR 105.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (only
  available for pupils, students and postdoctoral researchers; please
  bring your student card or declaration from University, stating your
  affiliation, starting and end dates of your contract)

Please see the registration page for full details of what is included
in the ticket price. Also note that neither late bird tickets, nor day
passes are refundable.



Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/175911806047/europython-2018-delaying-switch-to-late-bird

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1018456935950114816


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Conference App available

2018-07-13 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We will be switching to the late bird rates for tickets on Monday next
week (July 16), so this is your last chance to get tickets at the
regular rate, which is about 30% less than the late bird rate.

* EuroPython 2018 Tickets *

https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/

Late Bird Tickets
-

We will have the following categories of late bird ticket prices
for the conference tickets:

* Business conference ticket: EUR 750.00 excl. VAT, EUR 900.00
incl. 20% UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living)

* Personal conference ticket: EUR 500.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for
people enjoying Python from home)

Please note that we do not sell on-desk student tickets. Students who
decide late will have to buy day passes or a personal ticket.

Day Passes
--

As in the past, we will also sell day passes for the conference.
These allow attending the conference for a single day (Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday; valid on the day you pick up the day pass):

* Business conference day pass: EUR 375.00 excl. VAT, EUR 450.00
incl. 20% UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living)

* Personal conference day pass: EUR 250.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people
enjoying Python from home)

* Student conference day pass: EUR 105.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (only
available for pupils, students and postdoctoral researchers; please
bring your student card or declaration from University, stating your
affiliation, starting and end dates of your contract)

Please see the registration page for full details of what is included
in the ticket price. Also note that neither late bird tickets, nor day
passes are refundable.

Help spread the word

Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/175849791367/europython-2018-late-bird-rates-and-day-passes

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1017788387561009152

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Conference App available

2018-07-12 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to announce the conference app for EuroPython 2018,
again hosted on the Attendify platform:


  * EuroPython 2018 Conference App *

https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/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 2018 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 2018 Conference App page for more details on
features and guides on how to use them.

https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/conference-app/


Don’t forget to get your EuroPython ticket
--

If you want to join the EuroPython fun, be sure to get your tickets as
soon as possible, since ticket sales have picked up a lot this and we
may have to close sales prior to the event.


Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:


https://blog.europython.eu/post/175817504647/europython-2018-conference-app-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1017444062306193409


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Call for On-site Volunteers

2018-07-12 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Ever wanted to help out during Europython ? Do you want to *really*
take part in EuroPython, meet new people and help them at the same
time ?

We have just the right thing for you: apply as EuroPython Volunteer
and be part of the great team that is making EuroPython 2018 a reality
this year.


EuroPython Volunteers
-

Glad you want to help ! Please see our volunteers page for details on
how to sign up:

* EuroPython 2018 Volunteers *

   https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/volunteers/


We are using a volunteer management app for the organization and a
Telegram group for communication.


  https://ep2018.europython.eu/volunteer-app


We have a few exciting tasks to offer such as helping out setting up
and tearing down the conference space, giving out goodie bags and
t-shirts, and being at the conference desk to answer all questions
about EuroPython, session chairing or helping as room manager.

We also have some perks for you, to give something back. Please check
our volunteers page for details.

Hope to see you there !


Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/175814086737/europython-2018-call-for-on-site-volunteers

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1017407947134066689


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: EuroPython 2018: Women’s Django Workshop

2018-07-09 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to host and sponsor a free Women’s Django Workshop on
Monday 23rd July, from 9am-6pm.

* EuroPython Women’s Django Workshop *

https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/womens-django-workshop/

What to expect
--

Would you like to learn about how to build websites, but don’t know
where to start? A group of volunteers will lead you through HTML, CSS,
Python & Django to build a blog in a one day workshop. No prior
programming knowledge is needed to participate!

How to register
---

If you would like to take part, apply for a spot by filling in our
application form. Participation is free of charge, but does require
registration:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQEWU5d4aqbpXkUvVYkdYaMO-iG5vQ1ujR08Cux1sktOzHMQ/viewform

The EuroPython Society sponsors this event, providing space, catering
and making available up to 30 discounted student rate conference
tickets to the workshop attendees.

Reminder: Book your EuroPython 2018 tickets soon

Please make sure you book your ticket in the coming days. We will
switch to late bird rates next week.

https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/

If you want to attend the training sessions, please buy a training
pass. We only have very few left and will close sales for these soon.

Help spread the word

Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/175710624987/europython-2018-womens-django-workshop

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1016329799864856577

[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Schedule available

2018-07-03 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Over the last few weeks, our program WG has been working hard on
getting the schedule all lined up. Today, we’re releasing it to the
Python world.

 Schedule for EuroPython 2018

 * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/schedule/ *

With 140 speakers and more than 150 sessions, we have a full packed
program waiting for you. Please note that the schedule may still
change in details, but the overall layout is fixed now.


Book your EuroPython 2018 Ticket


Please make sure you book your ticket in the coming days. We will
switch to late bird rates closer to the event.

If you want to attend the training sessions, please buy a training
pass. We only have very few left and will close sales for these later
this week.


Travel & accommodation tips
---

Since we’re close the conference and The Fringe is starting a week
later, Edinburgh is in high demand. If you’re having problems finding
a hotel, please also consider searching for apartments on the well
known booking sites.

For traveling to Edinburgh, we suggest also considering a combination
of plane and train or bus. London, Birmingham and Manchester all
provide train and bus lines going to Edinburgh and by booking a
combination, you can often save a lot, compared to a direct flight to
Edinburgh.


Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/175502948797/europython-2018-schedule-available

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1014097708536221696


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Inviting European Python Conference Organizers

2018-07-01 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

The EuroPython Society (EPS), who is organizing the EuroPython
conference, last year extended it’s mission to also provide help for
the Python community in Europe in general.

As part of this, we would like to get to know, and help create closer
ties between organizers of other European Python events.


Organizers’ Lunch
-

We would like to invite representatives of all European Python
conference to EuroPython 2018 to join us for an organizers’
lunch. We’re planing the lunch for Friday, July 27, in the organizer’s
room (Soutra Suite).

Our aim is to get to know each other, exchange experience in
organizing events and to find out how we, as EPS, can most effectively
help other conferences going forward.


Free Tickets


To support and facilitate this, we are giving out one free conference
ticket per conference team, so that each team can send a
representative to the organizers’ lunch.

If your team wants to send someone to join, please write to
bo...@europython.eu, mentioning the conference you’re organizing and
some background on your team.



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Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1013403476112691201

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Community Discounts

2018-07-01 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

The EuroPython Society (EPS) extended its mission last year to not
only run the EuroPython conference, but also provide help for the
Python community in Europe in general.

Let’s all meet at EuroPython


In addition to the Python Organizers Lunch (see previous post), which
focuses on conference organizers, we are also establishing a program
to support attendees of Python user groups and conferences in Europe.

We’d like to invite all of you to EuroPython 2018 this year. Of
course, we cannot give out free tickets to everyone, but we can at
least recognize your participation in the Python community by giving
out discounts for the conference.

Discounts for EuroPython Tickets


If you are running a Python event (conference or user group) in
Europe, please reach out to bo...@europython.eu to request a coupon
code for your group, which you can then pass on to your group members
or attendees.

If you are not running a user group or conference, but a regular
attendee of one, please contact your organizers to have them submit a
request. We can only distribute codes at the user group and conference
organizer level.

The coupon codes are valid for conference tickets bought starting
today and will give you a 10% discount on the ticket price (both
regular and late bird prices). The codes are setup for user group
sizes of between 30-50 members, but we are also extending this to
organizers and attendees of larger conferences. If you need a code
valid for larger groups, please mention this in your email.


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Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1013405285770252288


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Beginners’ Day Workshop

2018-06-29 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Maybe you’ve come to EuroPython as a programmer from another language.

Or perhaps you have other tech skills or you really want to understand
what it’s like to program in Python.

Then come to our Beginners’ Day at EuroPython.
https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/beginners-day/

What is Beginners’ Day ?

Beginners’ Day is a session we are running, just for newcomers to the
Python programming language, on Tuesday, July 24th from 09:30 - 16:45,
at the Edinburgh International Conference Center (EICC), the
EuroPython 2018 venue, and just in time to get you ready for all the
talks which follow on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The workshop will be run by:
- Vincent D. Warmerdam (PyData Amsterdam)
- Christian Barra (EuroPython board member)

Whether you’re totally new to programming or you already know another
language - this full day session will give you a crash-course in
Python, and the ecosystem around it. You’ll get the context you need
to get the most out of the rest of the EuroPython conference.

Bring your laptop, because this will be a hands-on session!

This session will be presented in English (although a few of the
coaches do speak basic Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese).

Please see the Beginners’ Day page for the full program:

https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/beginners-day/

If you’d like to come, please do register in advance for this session,
so that we know how to plan to make it the best yet. We need to know
the numbers for planing the workshop.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7hTdKbYm_Jn8SSYNyC4iQXe-W68ndj93NxQacOSJKhyUeIQ/viewform

Call for Mentors

Already know Python ? Want to be a mentor ? Fantastic !

Especially if you can add an extra language to help non-English
speakers feel comfortable asking questions, or if you’ve never
mentored before and want to try to share your knowledge for the first
time.

Please sign up as a mentor on our mentor registration form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkqmu8o2R0FN7BqlaLrv5trOKHqhEQyHtt5_RR2kYhqI-pJw/viewform

Help spread the word

Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/175370423057/europython-2018-beginners-day-workshop

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1012671128790290432

[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Invoices available

2018-06-29 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We have great news ! After many months of sorting the UK VAT
registration issue, we have finally been registered for VAT in the
UK. This is the number, we’ve all been waiting for:

 GB 297620469

We’ve now generated all the missing invoices for existing purchases
and hope that this will make it easier for companies to now register
their employees as well.

 EuroPython 2018: Get your tickets before we sell out
  https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/


Downloading Invoices


If you have already purchased tickets, you can find the invoices in
your account. Simply log in, go to the profile page, select “Orders,
invoices & coupons” on the right and you should find the invoice links
for your orders.

The invoices are generated as PDFs, so you can print or archive them
easily.

Sorry for keeping you waiting so long.



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Tweet:

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Training pass sale starts on Friday at 12:00 CEST

2018-06-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

As we have already announced, access to trainings is not included in
our regular conference tickets this year. We have done this to keep
the conference ticket prices reasonable, acknowledge the value in the
trainings are and to add more flexibility.


Two full days of trainings included
---

Training passes allow you to access all trainings on the two training
days, Monday and Tuesday. Each training will run for 3 hours and they
will be scheduled in 3 parallel tracks.

Please note: Training access is on a first-come-first-served basis. We
don’t provide registration for specific training sessions.

A light lunch is served on the training days, which is included in the
training pass price.

* Business training pass: EUR 295.00 excl. VAT, EUR 354.00 incl. 20%
  UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living)

* Personal training pass: EUR 175.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people
  enjoying Python from home)

* Student training pass: EUR 125.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (only available
  for pupils, students and postdoctoral researchers; please bring your
  student card or declaration from University, stating your
  affiliation, starting and end dates of your contract)

The trainings pass does not grant you permission to attend the main
EuroPython conference days or the sprints. Please get a separate
conference ticket for this.


Available training sessions
---

We have already selected an initial set of trainings, you can view on
our session list:

  https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/sessions/#Training-sessions

We will also have a few sponsored trainings, which are free (you don’t
need a training pass to attend these). These will be announced in a
separate blog post.


Only a limited number of training passes available
--

Since we don’t want to overbook the trainings sessions, we have
limited the number of training passes to 200.

Training pass sales will start on Friday, June 6, at around 12:00
CEST (that’s 10:00 UTC, 11:00 BST, 13:00 EEST, etc.).

Given the experience with the early bird tickets, which sold out in
less than 45 minutes, we recommend to get your ticket as soon as you
can.

Regular conference tickets are selling out much faster than last year
as well, so the same recommendation applies to those as well:

  https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/



Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/174655358657/europython-2018-training-pass-sale-starts-on

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1004625811335458818

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Looking for a photographer

2018-06-04 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

At last year’s event, we had a professional conference photographer,
Alessia Peviani, from our community, help us cover the event in
pictures.

  https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/europython/photos/


This year she unfortunately cannot attend, so we’re looking for help
from other photographers in the community.

Here’s what we can offer:
-

* recognition and publicity by listing you as the official EuroPython
  conference photographer

* free tickets for the conference and trainings

* refund for travel and accommodation up to EUR 500

* gratitude by our attendees who really appreciate having this kind of
  documentation available

What we are asking for:
---

* cover all aspects of the conference in photos

* photos licensed under the CC BY-NC license, with a special exception
  for the EPS, so that we can use the photos for promoting the
  conference

* self-management and help with administering the Flickr group,
  uploads by other community photographers and discussions

If you are interested in helping us, please write to me...@europython.eu.



Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/174564294432/europython-2018-looking-for-a-photographer

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1003627195460390914

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Early Bird Ticket Sales

2018-05-30 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are happy to announce that we’ll start early bird tickets on

   Thursday, at around 12:00 CEST.

We have 200 conference tickets available at the Early Bird rate and
they usually sell out within a day or two.

Invoices will be available in a few weeks
-

Since we’re running the conference in the UK this year and conference
tickets are taxed at the location of the conference, we have to charge
and pay 20% UK VAT on the tickets.

In order to do this, we need a UK VAT registration and associated VAT
ID. Unfortunately, this whole process has taken way too long and so
we’re starting ticket sales without issuing invoices at this time,
simply because we would not be able to issue valid VAT invoices.

We will issues these as soon as we have the UK VAT ID, which should be
within the next couple of weeks if all goes well.

We’ll announce this on the blog and you will then be able to download
the invoices in your website account.



Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/174396639222/europython-2018-early-bird-ticket-sales

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1001728629917863936

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Financial Aid Program

2018-05-29 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

As part of our commitment to the Python community, we are pleased to
announce that we offer special grants for people in need of a
financial aid to attend EuroPython 2018.

We offer financial aid conference grants in these 3 categories:

- Free and discounted ticket: Get a standard ticket for the conference
  for free (including access to conference days (Wed-Fri), Beginners’
  Day workshop and sprints.). Note: training passes are NOT included
  in the free conference ticket.

- Travel costs: We will cover the travel costs pro rata, depending on
  what you are applying for.

- Accommodation: We can partially cover your accommodation costs

Grant Eligibility
-

Our grants are open to all people in need of financial aid. We will
specifically take into account the following criteria in the selection
process:

- Contributors: Potential speakers/trainers of EuroPython (people who
  submitted a proposal) and all who contribute to EuroPython and/or
  Python community projects.

- Economic factors: We want everybody to have a chance to come to
  EuroPython, regardless of economic situation or income level.

- Diversity: We seek the most diverse and inclusive event possible.

How to apply


You can apply for financial aid by filling the form on the EuroPython
2018 Finance Aid page:

 https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/financial-aid/

If you have any questions, please read the FAQ or send an email to
fin...@europython.eu

Timeline


- June 5th (2018-06-05)  - the deadline for submitting the applications
- June 12th (2018-06-12) - applicants will be notified by e-mail around
- June 17th (2018-06-17) - deadline for applicants to accept the grant
- June 20th (2018-06-20) - applicants will receive confirmation notific
- July 23rd (2018-07-23) - last day when we accept invoices

Refund management
-

Free ticket: The individual coupons will be generated for a free
ticket.

Accommodation and Travel grant: All grants involving reimbursements
will be reimbursed by PayPal or bank transfer. Please send us your
receipts (hotel invoice, plane/bus/train ticket) before the conference
for approval.

Become a special Finance Aid and Diversity sponsor!

You or your company can support our finaid initiative by becoming a sponsor.

We have a special sponsor package “Financial aid sponsor” and a
“Financial aid donation” option that can be booked separately or in
combination with a sponsor package:

- https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/sponsor/packages/#Financial-Aid-Sponsor
- https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/sponsor/options/

For more information please contact the sponsor work group at
sponsor...@europython.eu.

Bring us a new sponsor and get free ticket for EuroPython 2018!


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/174368323052/europython-2018-financial-aid-program

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/1001437296816742401


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Talk voting is open

2018-05-25 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

At EuroPython, we let our attendees have a significant say in the
selection of the sessions which are presented at the conference. We
call this “talk voting” - attendees can tell us which submitted talks
they’d like to see at the conference.

To be eligible to vote for talks, you need to be a submitter of talks
and everyone who attended one of the previous year’s EuroPython
conferences.

 Since we’re a bit short on time, talk voting
will only be possible for a few days,
until Sunday, May 27.


How talk voting works
-

Please log in and proceed to the page
https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/speakers/talk-voting/ to vote for
talks.

The talk voting page lists all submitted proposals, including talks,
trainings and posters.

At the top of the page you find a few filters you can use to narrow
down the list by e.g. selecting tags you’re interested in or only show
one type of proposal and also to select the sorting order.

For each submission, you can find the talk title with a link to the
talk page.

In order to vote, have a look at the title/abstract and then indicate
your personal interest in attending this session. We have simplified
the voting process and you may chose between these four options: “must
see”, “want to see”, “maybe” and “not interested”. Please ignore the
option “not voted” - it’s an alias for “not interested”.

If you have questions about the talk, you can go to the talk page and
enter a comment.

Note that your votes are automatically saved to the backend without
the need to click on a save or submit button.

Talk selection
--

After the talk voting phase, the EuroPython Program Workgroup (WG)
will use the votes to select the talks and build a schedule.

The majority of the talks will be chosen based on the talk voting
results. Part of the available slots will be directly assigned by the
Program WG based on editorial criteria to e.g. increase diversity or
give a chance to less mainstream topics.

In general, the Program WG will try to give as many speakers a chance
to talk as possible. If speakers have submitted multiple talks, the
one with the highest rate will most likely get selected.

Help spread the word


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networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/174240171877/europython-2018-talk-voting-is-open

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/102457362190336


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Call for Proposals closes on Sunday

2018-05-19 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We would like to remind you that our two week call for proposals (CFP)
closes on Sunday, May 20.

If you’d like to submit a talk, please see our CFP announcement for
details:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/173666124852/europython-2018-call-for-proposals-cfp-is-open

Submissions are possibe via the CFP page on the EuroPython 2018
website:

https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/

We’d like to invite everyone to submit proposals for talks, trainings,
panels, etc. Looking at the submission counts, we are especially
looking for more trainings submissions (note that you get a free
conference ticket and training pass as trainer of a selected
training).

Submissions will then go into a talk voting phase where EuroPython
attendees of previous years can vote on the submissions. The program
work group will then use these votes as basis for the final talk
selection and scheduling.

We expect to have the schedule available by end of May.

Please help us spread this reminder by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://blog.europython.eu/post/174049845802/europython-2018-call-for-proposals-closes-on

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europython/status/997842991036424198

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Ticket Sales Update

2018-05-09 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Some community members have been wondering why tickets are not
available yet. We’d like to update you on the current status.

EuroPython is run by the EuroPython Society located in
Sweden. However, the conference being held in the UK, we have to
charge UK VAT for the tickets we sell and submit the collected VAT to
the UK tax authorities. In order to be able to do this, we have
register with the UK tax authorities and this is where we have
experienced unforseen delays.

After several attempts at getting this sorted, our friends at PyCon UK
have helped us find a capable accountant with whom we are currently
implementing the registration. Hopefully, the tax authorities won’t
take too long to issue us a UK VAT ID. As soon as we have it, we will
start ticket sales.

Ticket Prices Available
---

That said, we do already have some more information for you: we have
decided on the initial ticket prices for EuroPython 2018. In case you
need budget approval from your employer, you may put in your request
now.

Please see our blog post or registration page for full details on the
ticket pricing:

*
https://blog.europython.eu/post/173732504642/europython-2018-ticket-sales-update
* https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Call for Proposals (CFP) is open

2018-05-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We’re looking for proposals on every aspect of Python: programming
from novice to advanced levels, applications and frameworks, or how
you have been involved in introducing Python into your
organization. EuroPython is a community conference and we are eager to
hear about your experience.


   * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/ *


Please also forward this Call for Proposals to anyone that you feel
may be interested.


Important Notice: New Conference Layout
---

Please note that the conference layout has changed compared to
previous years, the main conference (talks) is now only three days:

* Monday and Tuesday:
trainings, workshops and Beginners’ Day only
* Wednesday, Thursday, Friday:
talks, panels, posters, helpdesks, open sessions, etc.
(no trainings!)


Submit your proposal


   * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/ *

Submissions will be open until Sunday, May 20.

Given the compact timing this year, one should not bet on an
extension, please submit your proposals as early as possible - also to
reduce work load of the reviewers. Thank you.

Presenting at EuroPython


We will accept a broad range of presentations, from reports on
academic and commercial projects to tutorials and case studies. As
long as the presentation is interesting and potentially useful to the
Python community, it will be considered for inclusion in the program.

Can you show something new and useful? Can you show the attendees how
to: use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an
application? If so, please consider submitting a talk.

Submission types


* Regular Talk / approx. 110 slots
* Trainings / 12 slots.
* Panels
* Interactive
* Posters / 15 slots
* Helpdesk / 6 slots

Tracks
--

You may suggest your submission for a track. Tracks are groups of
talks, covering the same domain (e.g. Django), all in the same room in
a row. You may choose one of these specialized domains / tracks:

* Business Track (running a business, being a freelancer)
* DevOps
* Django Track
* Educational Track
* General Python
* Hardware/IoT Track
* PyData Track
* Science Track
* Web Track

PyData EuroPython 2018
--

As usual, there will be a PyData track at this year’s
conference.

The PyData track is run in cooperation with NumFocus and
the PyData Edinburgh meetup.

Discounts for Content Contributors
--

Since EuroPython is a not-for-profit community conference, it is not
possible to pay out rewards for talks or trainings.

For talks, posters, help desk and organizing a panels or interactive
sessions we will give out a 25% discount coupon valid for one
conference ticket.

Trainers will receive a 100% discount coupon for both a conference
ticket and a training pass to compensate for the longer preparation
time.

More details


Since there's a lot more detail to how the CFP works, please check the
CFP page for additional information:

   * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/ *


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Website Launched

2018-04-29 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are excited to announce the launch of the EuroPython 2018 website:


   * https://ep2018.europython.eu/ *


The EuroPython conference will take place in Edinburgh, UK, this year,
from July 23 - 29.


EuroPython 2018 - The European Python Conference


Here’s an overview of what you can expect in Edinburgh:

 * We will start with the Workshops and the Trainings on Monday and
   Tuesday, July 23-24.

 * The main 3 conference day follow, packed with keynotes, talks,
   helpdesks, panels and open space sessions.

 * A complete PyData EuroPython 2018 will be included as well.

 * The two weekend days after the conference, July 28 and 29, are
   reserved for sprints.

Overall, we will again have 7 days worth of great Python content,
arranged in over 120 sessions, waiting for you.

In short:

 * Monday, Tuesday, July 23-24: Workshops and Trainings and
   Beginners’ Day
 * Wednesday - Friday, July 25-27: Main Conference with talks, keynotes,
   exhibit, panels, posters, helpdesks and open sessions.
 * Saturday, Sunday, July 28-29: Sprints.


Meet our launch sponsors


All this would not be possible without the generous help of our launch
sponsors:

 * Smarkets
 * Datadog
 * Intel
 * Jetbrains
 * numberly / 1000mercis

In the coming days, we will provide you with more information and
announce the start of the Call for Proposals and Early Bird Ticket
sales.  Please watch our EuroPython blog for updates.


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Hotel tips and general update

2018-03-08 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

As you may know, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is starting one week
after EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh. Since this typically attracts many
thousands of people and artists, the hotels are filling up quickly in
Edinburgh.

If you’re planning to attend EuroPython, please book your hotel
early. Many booking sites offer free cancellations, so there’s no risk
in making reservations now, even if you decide not to come in the end.

Room allocation for EuroPython 2018
---

To help with this, we have partnered with the Edinburgh Convention
Bureau to set aside a number of hotel rooms which are reserved for
EuroPython attendees. These rooms will be held reserved until a few
weeks before the conference and are also available with a free
cancellation option.

The Edinburgh Convention Bureau has setup the following website for
booking rooms from this allocation:

* EuroPython 2018 Hotel Booking Website *
https://cabsedinburgh.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/europython-2018/home-page
(run by the Edinburgh Convention Bureau)


Update on EuroPython 2018
-

Meanwhile, we wanted to give you an update of where we are with the
conference organization:

We are still working on getting everything setup for launching the
website, opening ticket sales and the Call for Proposals (CFP).

This year the EuroPython Society (EPS) will be running the ticket
sales, rather than a local organization and we are facing some
challenges related to VAT taxes, which are taking longer to sort out
than expected.

This is the main reason for the delay you are seeing, but we’re
getting there.


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2018: Getting ready

2018-02-08 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are excited to announce the launch of the EuroPython 2018 website:


  * https://ep2018.europython.eu/ *


The EuroPython conference will take place in sunny Edinburgh,
Scotland, this year, from July 23-29 2018.

It’s a great time of year to visit Edinburgh with 16 hours of
daylight, and the festival season in full flow, so come and join
us. This is just one week before the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival
and the Turing Festival, so you can extend your stay a little longer
in Edinburgh, or head for the Highlands to enjoy the amazing mountains
and lochs.

EuroPython 2018 - The European Python Conference


Here’s an overview of what you can expect in Edinburgh:

 - We will start with Workshops and Training Sessions on Monday and
   Tuesday.

 - The main 3 conference days follow, packed with keynotes, talks,
   exhibition, help desks, interactive sessions, panels and poster
   sessions.

 - The two weekend days after the conference, July 28 and 29, are
   reserved for sprints (hackathons).

Overall, we will again have 7 days worth of great Python content,
arranged in over 120 sessions, waiting for you.

The venue is the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, in central
Edinburgh, just on the edge of the historic Old Town.

In short:

 - Monday, Tuesday, July 23-24: Workshops and Training
 - Wednesday - Friday, July 25-27: Conference talks, keynotes, training
 - Saturday, Sunday, July 28-29: Sprints

Our Sponsors


All this would not be possible without the generous help of our launch
sponsors. If your company would be interested in sponsoring the 17th
EuroPython please contact sponsor...@europython.eu.

Sponsoring EuroPython guarantees you highly targeted visibility and
the opportunity to present yourself and your company in a professional
and innovative environment. You’ll have an unique opportunity to meet
many Python-enthusiastic developers, users and professionals. As a
sponsor of EuroPython 2018, you will directly help to promote the work
of a great open-source community and help further its development.

EuroPython 2018 is the 17th EuroPython conference. The conference
tours throughout Europe. It so far has had stops in Belgium, Sweden,
Lithuania, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Basque Country/Spain,
growing from initially 240 attendees to well over 1200.

In the coming days, we will announce the start of the Call for
Proposals and Early Bird Ticket sales. Please watch our EuroPython
blog for updates.

https://ep2018.europython.eu/

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[PSF-Community] Looking for new maintainer for PSF European Conference Kit

2017-07-21 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Hello all,

Together with Armin, I created the first three conference kits
for the PSF to use at conferences:

https://wiki.python.org/psf/PSF%20Conference%20Kit

in 2012 and managed the European kit for the past five years,
sending it around Europe to various conferences such as FOSDEM,
EuroPython and a few regional ones:

https://wiki.python.org/psf/PSF%20Conference%20Kit#A2012-2017

After five years, I'd like to pass on this role to someone
else, ideally someone from Germany as well, since Germany
seems to have really low parcel sending fees compared to most
other European countries (outgoing usually costs EUR 30-40;
sending back along the same route typically at least EUR 100).

If you're interested in taking this role, please let me know
and I can set things up.

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[PSF-Community] PyData EuroPython 2017

2017-06-23 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are excited to announce a complete PyData track at EuroPython 2017
in Rimini, Italy from the 9th to 16th July.


  * PyData EuroPython 2017 *

https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/events/pydata/


The PyData track will be part of EuroPython 2017, so you won’t need to
buy an extra ticket to attend. Mostly talks and trainings are
scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (July 12-14), with a few
on other days as well.

We will have over 40 talks, 5 trainings, and 2 keynotes dedicated to
PyData. If you’d like to attend PyData EuroPython 2017, please
register for EuroPython 2017 soon:

https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/registration/


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: Full schedule now online

2017-06-08 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are happy to announce the schedule for EuroPython 2017 in Rimini,
Italy (July 9-16). The program WG has been working hard trying to fit
all the sessions in the last few weeks.

With over 200 sessions, over 180 speakers, one day for workshops, 5
days of talks, training, keynotes, lightning talks, posters, help
desks and open spaces, followed by 2 days of sprints, EuroPython will
be one of the most exciting and vibrant Python events this year:


 * EuroPython 2017 Schedule *

   https://ep2017.europython.eu/p3/schedule/ep2017/


The schedule is available in table and list format. Please note that
we are still applying small changes to the slots where necessary.

Many thanks to everyone who submitted proposals. EuroPython wouldn’t
be possible without our speakers !

If you want to join the fun, be sure to get your tickets as soon as
possible, since ticket sales usually start picking up quite a bit
after we announce the schedule.


Aside: If you haven’t done yet, please get your EuroPython 2017 ticket
soon. We will switch to on-desk rates later in June, which will cost
around 30% more than the regular rates.

https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/


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Re: [PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: Full session list online

2017-05-27 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

On 27.05.2017 03:17, Jacqueline Kazil wrote:
> Looks like a great line up!

Thanks, Jacqueline. There's plenty to see and we'll have many
different topics covered.

> On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 7:26 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
> 
>> After the final review round, we are now happy to announce the
>> complete list of more than 200 accepted sessions.
>>
>>
>>* EuroPython 2017 Session List *
>>
>>https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/events/sessions/
>>
>>
>> Here’s what we have on offer:
>>
>>  - 5 keynotes
>>  - 157 talks
>>  - 20 trainings
>>  - 10 posters
>>  - 4 interactive sessions
>>  - 5 help desks
>>  - 2 EuroPython sessions
>>
>> for a total of 203 sessions, arranged in 5 tracks from Monday, July
>> 10, thru Friday, July 14, in addition to the Beginners’ Day and Django
>> Girls workshops on Sunday, July 9, and the Sprints on the weekend July
>> 15-16.
>>
>> Please see the session list for details and abstracts. In case you
>> wonder what poster, interactive and help desk sessions are, please
>> check the call for proposals:
>>
>>
>> https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/#
>> Presenting-at-EuroPython
>>
>>
>> Additional help desk slots available
>> 
>>
>> We have 5 additional help desk slots available. If you are interested
>> in arranging one, please see our Call for Proposals for details and
>> contact prog...@europython.eu to submit your proposal. Organizers of
>> help desks are eligible for a 25% ticket discount.
>>
>> Schedule to be announced next week
>> --
>>
>> Our program work group is now working hard on scheduling all these
>> sessions. We expect to announce the final schedule by the end of next
>> week.
>>
>> We will use the same conference schedule layout as in previous years:
>>
>>  * Sunday, July 9: Beginners’ Day and Django Girls workshops;
>>registration desk opens
>>
>>  * Monday - Friday, July 10-14: Conference talks, trainings, keynotes,
>>help desks, interactive sessions, etc.
>>
>>  * Saturday - Sunday, July 15-16: Sprints
>>
>> A typical conference day will open the venue at 08:30, have the first
>> session around 09:00 and end at 18:30. Lunch breaks are scheduled for
>> around 13:15. Please note that we don’t serve breakfast.
>>
>> Aside: If you haven’t done yet, please get your EuroPython 2017 ticket
>> soon. We will switch to on-desk rates in June, which will cost around
>> 30% more than the regular rates.
>>
>> https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/
>>
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> --
>> EuroPython 2017 Team
>> http://ep2017.europython.eu/
>> http://www.europython-society.org/
>>
>> PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties:
>> https://twitter.com/europython/status/868063669019697153
>> Thanks.
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> 
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: Full session list online

2017-05-26 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

After the final review round, we are now happy to announce the
complete list of more than 200 accepted sessions.


   * EuroPython 2017 Session List *

   https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/events/sessions/


Here’s what we have on offer:

 - 5 keynotes
 - 157 talks
 - 20 trainings
 - 10 posters
 - 4 interactive sessions
 - 5 help desks
 - 2 EuroPython sessions

for a total of 203 sessions, arranged in 5 tracks from Monday, July
10, thru Friday, July 14, in addition to the Beginners’ Day and Django
Girls workshops on Sunday, July 9, and the Sprints on the weekend July
15-16.

Please see the session list for details and abstracts. In case you
wonder what poster, interactive and help desk sessions are, please
check the call for proposals:


https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/#Presenting-at-EuroPython


Additional help desk slots available


We have 5 additional help desk slots available. If you are interested
in arranging one, please see our Call for Proposals for details and
contact prog...@europython.eu to submit your proposal. Organizers of
help desks are eligible for a 25% ticket discount.

Schedule to be announced next week
--

Our program work group is now working hard on scheduling all these
sessions. We expect to announce the final schedule by the end of next
week.

We will use the same conference schedule layout as in previous years:

 * Sunday, July 9: Beginners’ Day and Django Girls workshops;
   registration desk opens

 * Monday - Friday, July 10-14: Conference talks, trainings, keynotes,
   help desks, interactive sessions, etc.

 * Saturday - Sunday, July 15-16: Sprints

A typical conference day will open the venue at 08:30, have the first
session around 09:00 and end at 18:30. Lunch breaks are scheduled for
around 13:15. Please note that we don’t serve breakfast.

Aside: If you haven’t done yet, please get your EuroPython 2017 ticket
soon. We will switch to on-desk rates in June, which will cost around
30% more than the regular rates.

https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/


Enjoy,
--
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http://ep2017.europython.eu/
http://www.europython-society.org/

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: First list of accepted sessions available

2017-05-17 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We have received an amazing collection of proposals. Thank you all for
your submissions ! Given the overwhelming quality of the proposals, we
had some very difficult decisions to make. Nonetheless we are happy to
announce we have published the first 140+ sessions.


 * EuroPython 2017 Sessions *

   https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/events/sessions/


Here’s what we have on offer so far:

100 talks
19 trainings
10 posters
2 interactive sessions
5 help desks
2 EuroPython sessions

for a total of 138 sessions in addition to the 3 keynotes we have
already announced.


More sessions to come
-

More sessions will be announced early next week and the full schedule
will follow. In total, we will again have more than 200 sessions
waiting for you.

Please see the session list for details and abstracts. In case you
wonder what poster, interactive and help desk sessions are, please
check the call for proposals:

https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/#Presenting-at-EuroPython

Aside: If you haven’t done yet, please get your EuroPython 2017 ticket
soon. We will switch to on-desk rates in June, which will cost around
30% more than the regular rates.


Enjoy,
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http://www.europython-society.org/

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: Talk voting is open

2017-05-01 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

At EuroPython, we let our attendees have a significant say in the
selection of the sessions which are presented at the conference.

We call this "talk voting" - attendees can tell us which submitted
talks they’d like to see at the conference.

To be eligible to vote for talks, you need to be a registered attendee
of the current EuroPython, or attendee of the past two EuroPython
conferences.


How talk voting works
-

Please log in and proceed to

 * https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/speakers/talk-voting/

to vote for talks.

The talk voting page lists all submitted proposals, including talks,
trainings and posters.

At the top of the page you find a few filters you can use to narrow
down the list by e.g. selecting tags you’re interested in or only show
one type of proposal and also to select the sorting order.

For each submission, you can find the talk title with a link to the
talk page.

In order to vote, have a look at the title/abstract and then indicate
your personal interest in attending this session. We have simplified
the voting process and you may chose between these four options:
- must see
- want to see
- maybe
- not interested

If you have questions about the talk, you can go to the talk page and
enter a comment.

Note that your votes are automatically saved to the backend without
the need to click on a save or submit button.


Talk selection
--

After the talk voting phase, the EuroPython Program Workgroup (WG)
will use the votes to select the talks and build a schedule.

The majority of the talks will be chosen based on the talk voting
results. Part of the available slots will be directly assigned by the
Program WG based on editorial criteria to e.g. increase diversity or
give a chance to less mainstream topics.

In general, the Program WG will try to give as many speakers a chance
to talk as possible. If speakers have submitted multiple talks, the
one with the highest rate will most likely get selected.


Enjoy,
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: Training sessions included

2017-04-28 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

The program work group has decided on the first set of nine
trainings for EuroPython 2017.

These training sessions are included in the EuroPython 2017 ticket price
at no extra charge and provide a great value for money.

We are happy to announce the following three hour training
sessions:

- Andrew Svetlov - Optimizing Python code with Cython
- Daniele Procida - Launch your application into the cloud
- Katharine Jarmul - Data Unit Testing with Python
- Kristian Rother  - Best Practices for Debugging
- Michael McKerns - Modern optimization methods in Python
- Miguel Grinberg - Building Microservices with Python and Flask
- Mike Müller - Faster Python Programs - Measure, don’t Guess
- Paul Everitt - Debugging for the Masses…Visually
- Roberto Polli - Ansible 2 done right

More information:

https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/events/trainings

We will announce the second set of trainings after the end
of the talk voting.

Enjoy,
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: Early-bird Tickets now on sale!

2017-04-04 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Interested in attending EuroPython? Entry tickets are now on sale and
available on our website.

  *** Buy your EuroPython ticket ***

  https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/


Tickets for EuroPython will be sold in three phases:

First, we’ll have a short early-bird ticket phase, where we’ll sell
tickets at a very low rate. Only 200 tickets will be available for
this rate, so be quick. It usually takes just a few days for them to
sell out.

We’ll then switch to the regular rates, and closer to the conference,
to the on-desk rates.

You can get tickets for the whole week, if you don’t want to miss
anything, or buy day passes at the on-desk rates in July to attend
only one or two days.

We further offer three different rates: ‘students’ (including PhD and
postdoc researchers), ‘personal’ and ‘business’ passes (for
companies). Speakers and trainers will benefit of special discounts.
See Call for Proposals for further details:

https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/

Take this opportunity and get your ticket now! Prices will increase
the closer we get to the event.


Enjoy,
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: Call for Proposals is open

2017-03-27 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We’re looking for proposals on every aspect of Python: programming
from novice to advanced levels, applications and frameworks, or how
you have been involved in introducing Python into your organization.
EuroPython is a community conference and we are eager to
hear about your experience.

Please also forward this Call for Proposals to anyone that you feel
may be interested.


 *** https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/ ***

   Submissions will be open until
  Sunday, April 16, 23:59:59 CEST


Please note that we will not have a second call for proposals as we
did in 2016, so if you want to enter a proposal, please consider to do
this in the next few days.


For full details, please see the above CFP page. We have many exciting
things waiting for you:

* PyData EuroPython 2017 as part of EuroPython

* a whole range of interesting formats, including talks, training
  sessions, panels, interactive sessions, posters and helpdesks

* tracks to focus on more specific domains, including the revived
  EuroPython Business Track

* speaker discounts for more than just talks and trainings


Enjoy,
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017: We have liftoff!

2017-03-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are excited to announce the launch of the EuroPython 2017 website:


 *** http://ep2017.europython.eu/ ***


  The EuroPython conference will take place in sunny
 Rimini, Italy, this year, from July 9 - 16.


EuroPython 2017 - The European Python Conference


Here’s an overview of what you can expect in Rimini:

We will start with a Beginner’s Day workshop and a Django Girls
workshop on Sunday, July 9.

The main 5 conference days follow, packed with keynotes, talks,
training sessions, help desks, interactive sessions, panels and
poster sessions.

A complete PyData EuroPython is included as well.

The two weekend days after the conference, July 15 and 16, are
reserved for sprints.

Overall, we will again have 8 days worth of great Python content,
arranged in over 200 sessions, waiting for you.

In short:

 * Sunday, July 9: Beginners’ Day Workshop and other workshops

 * Monday - Friday, July 10-14: Conference talks, keynotes, training

 * Saturday, Sunday, July 15-16: Sprints

Meet our sponsors
-

All this would not be possible without the generous help of our launch
sponsors:

 * Intel
 * CFM
 * Facebook
 * Microsoft
 * numberly
 * criteo labs
 * JetBrains
 * Kiwi.com
 * yelp
 * 2ndQuadrant
 * TrustYou
 * demonware
 * Riverbank
 * Plone Foundation

In the coming days, we will announce the start of the Call for
Proposals and Early Bird Ticket sales. Please watch our EuroPython
blog for updates.

 https://ep2017.europython.eu/social-media/

Enjoy,
–
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[PSF-Community] ANN: Python Events Calendar - Please submit your 2017 events

2017-01-06 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

[Please help spread the word by forwarding to other relevant mailing
lists, user groups, etc. world-wide; thanks :-)]



ANNOUNCING

 Python Events Calendars - Please submit your 2017 events

   maintained by the Python Software Foundation (PSF)
and a group of volunteers



INTRODUCTION

As some of you may know, the PSF has a team of volunteers who are
maintaining a set of central Python event calendars. We currently have
two calendars in place:

 * Python Events Calendar - meant for conferences and larger gatherings
   focusing on Python or a related technology (in whole or in part)

 * Python User Group Calendar - meant for user group events and other
   smaller local events

The calendars are displayed on https://www.python.org/events/ and
http://pycon.org/. There's also a map mashup to show events near
you or get an overview of what currently going in the Python
community:

   http://lmorillas.github.io/python_events/

You can subscribe to the calendars using iCal and RSS feeds and also
embed the calendar widgets on your sites. We have also added a
Twitter feed @PythonEvents to get immediate updates whenever a new
event is added. Please see our wiki page for details:

   https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEventsCalendar

The calendars are open to the world-wide Python community, so you
can have local user group events, as well as regional and
international conference events added to the calendars.



NEWS

Looking back, the calendars have proven to be a great tool
for the Python community to connect, with more than 250 conferences
and more than a hundred of user group events listed since 2012.

We would therefore like to encourage everyone to submit their
2017 events, so that the Python community can get a better overview
over what's happening in Python land.



ADDING EVENTS

Please see the instructions at

https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEventsCalendar#Submitting_an_Event

for details on how to submit an event. We've made it really easy for
you: just need to send an email to our team address using the email
template we provide for this. Thanks.



MORE INFORMATION

More information on the calendars, the URLs, feed links, IDs, embedding,
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https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEventsCalendar

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[PSF-Community] Farewell to Rob Collins

2016-11-16 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We would like to share with you the sad news, that Rob Collins has
passed away earlier this month, on November 2nd, after a short but
intense illness.

Many of you may know Rob from the sponsored massage sessions he
regularly ran at EuroPython in recent years and which he continued to
develop, taking them from a single man setup (single threaded process)
to a group of people setup by giving workshops (multiprocessing) and
later on by passing on his skills to more leaders (removing the GIL)
to spread wellness and kindness throughout our conference series:

https://ep2015.europython.eu/conference/talks/sponsored-massage-training-in-aid-of-the-python-software-foundation

His massages regularly raised more than a thousand dollars which were
donated to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) to do even more good.

Rob also gave a lot of thoughtful talks at the EuroPython conferences,
always very cheerful, full of humor and many good insights. Here’s a
selection:

 * EuroPython 2015: DumbDev – eight rules for dumb development
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEOI8y0qHMk

 * EuroPython 2015: Lightning Talk announcing the Python Massage
   Foundation
   https://youtu.be/WmvTfUYJ2Bw?t=1539

 * EuroPython 2013: TDM Test Driven Madness
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4nwh_VrPM

 * EuroPython 2012: An introduction to his neck and and shoulder
   massages
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itn8W9zI0Wk

 * EuroPython 2011: Pricing products using Python graphs and sets
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN9nIBxDXU8

Rob was a true Pythonista from the heart. He will always be remembered
for his humor, great spirit and kindness.

You were such a cheerful person. We will miss you, Rob.

Thank you for all the inspiration,
-–
Your friends from the EuroPython community
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Re: [PSF-Community] PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow Working Group

2016-11-04 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Thank you for driving this, Ewa.

While you are making changes to the bylaws regarding Fellows,
please also consider that we reintroduce the possibility of
Fellows to convert from emeritus status back to Fellow status
without having to go through the whole process again, as we
had in the V1 bylaws (section 4.8 - see
http://legacy.python.org/psf/bylaws/).

Thanks.

On 04.11.2016 15:16, Ewa Jodlowska wrote:
> Dear members,
> 
> We have started to address the lack of process for voting in new PSF
> Fellow members. Currently, when someone is nominated, the nomination can
> only come from a current fellow or from a designated work group.
> Furthermore, it is required that the approval be done by 2/3 of the
> eligible voters. To make this a more inclusive process and to make it a
> labor-saving process, the board would like to propose the following
> changes to the bylaws (https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/):
> 
>  1. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read:
>   * To be eligible for membership as a Fellow, a member must be
> nominated by a member *[changed fellow to member]* of the
> corporation or a specially chartered Working Group, which
> nomination should be based upon certain criteria to be
> established by the Board of Directors and which criteria shall
> be designed to emphasize extraordinary contributions.
>  2. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read:
>   * Following such nomination, approval of chartered Working Group
> voting members shall be required in order for a member to become
> a Fellow.  
>   * *changed from:* Following such nomination, approval of
> two-thirds (2/3) of the members entitled to vote shall be
> required in order for a member to become a Fellow.
> 
> We wanted to inform the PSF membership of these proposed changes before
> we send them to the Bylaws Working Group.
> 
> 
> We have also suggested a starting point for the to-be chartered Working
> Group (https://wiki.python.org/psf/FellowWG) with the following policies
> (not to be included in bylaws). These can be discussed more within the
> group before the Working Group charter is approved by the board:
> 
>   * Up to 15 voting WG members and 5 non-voting members (could be board
> of directors who want to have oversight or a member who is
> interested in the process but does not want to commit to voting). To
> promote a diverse membership, the Working Group will aim to pick
> membership by first-come-first-serve and allow up to 3 people from
> one geographic region (for ex Africa,Asia,Central America, Eastern
> Europe, European Union, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South
> America, The Caribbean).
>   * All voting WG members must also be PSF Fellow Members
>   * 2/3 of the votes placed must be "aye" in order to approve the Fellow
> nomination
>   * Every year after the new board is elected, we will ask WG voting
> members who is interested in continuing and who would like to opt
> out of the working group.
>   * Voting WG members that do not vote in three consecutive votes will
> be asked to leave the WG so we can substitute in new member.
> 
> If any current fellows would like to participate in the Fellow Working
> Group, please let me know. We currently have three members: myself,
> Naomi Ceder, and Kushal Das. Once we get more members, we will together
> work on a charter.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Ewa Jodlowska
> Python Software Foundation
> Director of Operations
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2016: EPS and PSF sessions

2016-07-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We would like to draw your attention to the following sessions by the
EuroPython Society and the Python Software Foundation, two of our
Python community organizations working for you.

EuroPython Society Sessions
---

The EuroPython Society (EPS) is organizing the EuroPython conference
series and working with the EuroPython Workgroups, including the
on-site team, to run EuroPython conferences.

Each year, we are running our General Assembly at the conference,
reporting on our activities and, probably more interesting for many of
you, a session to introduce the organization concepts we’re using to
run these conferences.

 * EPS General Assembly
   Thursday, July 21, 14:30, Room A2

 * EuroPython 2017 - Help us build the next edition !
   Thursday, July 21, 14:00, Room A2

Both sessions are open to all EuroPython attendees.

If you’d like to help us with the organization, please attend the
EuroPython 2017 session.  You can also become a member of the EPS and
then vote at the General Assembly.

Python Software Foundation Session
--

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is the organization behind Python
itself.  It holds the IP rights, runs PyCon US and tries to help the
Python community world-wide to run events, user groups, workshops or
Python related programming projects by giving out grants.

This year, we’re again having a PSF Members meeting at EuroPython,
where the PSF reports on its activities, new plans and organizational
changes.

 * PSF Members Meeting
   Wednesday, July 20, 15:45, Room A2

The meeting is open to everyone, so if you want to learn more about the
PSF activities, please join in.


With gravitational regards,
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2017 On-site Teams: Call for Interest (CFI)

2016-07-16 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

The EuroPython Society (EPS) is happy to announce the Call for
Interest (CFI) for EuroPython 2017:

http://www.europython-society.org/post/147488978255/europython-2017-on-site-teams-call-for-interest

The purpose of this call is to get to know teams willing to help
organize the EuroPython conference on site at a suitable location
and determine the Call for Participation (CFP) candidates in the
second phase of the selection process.

If your team is interested in submitting a CFP in phase two of
the process, please send in a CFI proposal.

Some important dates:

 * 2016-07-22
   CFIs received until this day will be announced in the
   conference closing session

 * 2016-07-29
   Deadline for CFI submissions

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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2016: Last day to get tickets at regular rate

2016-07-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We will be switching to the on-desk rates for tickets tomorrow, so
today is your last chance to get tickets at the regular rate, which is
about 30% less than the on-desk rate:


 EuroPython 2016 Registration

  *** https://ep2016.europython.eu/registration/ ***



Day Passes
--

As in the past, we will also sell day passes at the conference venue.

To make things more affordable especially for students and other
people who want to attend the Beginners’ Day or the sprints, we have
split the day pass prices into ones valid from Monday-Friday for the
main conference days and ones for the weekend days.

Day passes for the first Sunday (Beginners’ Day) and the sprints
weekend (valid for the day when they are purchased):

 * Student weekend day pass: EUR 25.00
 * Personal weekend day pass: EUR 70.00
 * Business weekend day pass: EUR 110.00

Day passes for the main conference (valid for the day when they are
purchased):

 * Student conference day pass: EUR 50.00
 * Personal conference day pass: EUR 140.00
 * Business conference day pass: EUR 225.00

All prices include 10% Spanish VAT. Please see the registration page
for full details of what is included in the ticket price.


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2016: On-desk rates and day passes

2016-06-30 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

It’s getting really close to the conference now and we will be
switching to the on-desk rates for tickets on July 8.

The prices will increase by about 30%, so if you want to still get
tickets at the normal rate, please register for EuroPython 2016 as
soon as possible:


 *** EuroPython 2016 Registration ***

https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/registration/


Full Conference Tickets
---

These are the on-desk rates for full conference tickets (all 8 days):

 * Student full ticket: EUR 180.00
 * Personal full ticket: EUR 470.00
 * Business full ticket: EUR 750.00

Day Passes
--

As in the past, we will sell day passes at the conference venue.

To make things more affordable especially for students and other
people who want to attend the Beginners’ Day or the sprints, we have
decided to split the day pass prices into ones valid from
Monday-Friday for the main conference days and the weekend days.

Day passes for the main conference (valid for the day when they are
purchased):

 * Student conference day pass: EUR 50.00
 * Personal conference day pass: EUR 140.00
 * Business conference day pass: EUR 225.00

Day passes for the first Sunday (Beginners’ Day) and the sprints
weekend (valid for the day when they are purchased):

 * Student weekend day pass: EUR 25.00
 * Personal weekend day pass: EUR 70.00
 * Business weekend day pass: EUR 110.00

All prices include 10% Spanish VAT. Please see the registration page
for full details of what is included in the ticket price.


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2016 Conference App - Ready for installation

2016-06-22 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are proud to announce our very own mobile app for the EuroPython
2016 conference:

*** EuroPython 2016 Conference App ***

https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/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 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.

Vital for all EuroPython attendees
--

We’d like to make use of the app to keep you updated by sending
regular updates of the schedule and inform you of important
announcements via push notifications, so please consider downloading
it. Thanks.


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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2016 Keynotes

2016-06-09 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are pleased to announce our keynote schedule for EuroPython 2016:

 * Monday: Rachel Willmer & Nicholas Tollervey
 * Tuesday: Paul Hildebrandt
 * Wednesday: Jameson Rollins
 * Thursday: Naomi Ceder
 * Friday: Gaël Varoquaux

More information about our keynoters is available on the keynote
schedule page and the blog posts for each keynote:

   *** EuroPython 2016 Keynotes ***

   https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/events/keynotes/

We have also updated the schedule accordingly:

   *** EuroPython 2016 Schedule ***

   https://ep2016.europython.eu/p3/schedule/ep2016/


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Re: [PSF-Community] EuroPython 2016: Hot Topics Call for Proposals is Open !

2016-06-06 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

I asked about the student house rooms and we still have a few
of those available. People can directly talk to the Colegio
Mayor Deusto and make reservations there.

For finaid we have a waiting list, so it's
unlikely that we'd be able to take on additional requests,
even if some of the initial recipients decide not to take
advantage of the finaid grants.

On 05.06.2016 19:57, Jacqueline Kazil wrote:
> Thank you!
> 
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:50 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jackie,
>>
>> finaid for EuroPython 2016 is already closed and the available
>> funds have been distributed, so I guess it's no longer
>> possible to get assistance.
>>
>> I can ask whether we still have the really affordable student
>> house rooms available:
>>
>> https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/venue/accommodation/
>>
>> if that helps.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Marc-Andre Lemburg
>> http://www.malemburg.com/
>>
>>
>> On 05.06.2016 16:24, Jacqueline Kazil wrote:
>>> I want to encourage some folks to submit, but I believe they may need
>>> assistance, but I am uncertain. The financial assistance deadline has
>>> passed though. Is there the possibility of assistance? (If yes, can that
>>> clarification be put on the Hot Topic CFP page?)
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 3:59 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
>>>
>>>> We are happy to announce that we’ve opened our second Call for
>>>> Proposals. This call is limited to hot topics and most recent
>>>> developments in software and technology and will run until June 12.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>*** Proposal Submission Page ***
>>>>
>>>>https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/speakers/hot-topics-cfp/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why is there a second call ?
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> Planning a big conference is a challenge: On one hand people like to
>>>> know what will be on our talk schedule to make up their mind and make
>>>> travel arrangements early. On the other hand technology is progressing
>>>> at enormous speed these days.
>>>>
>>>> So we have given this some thought and decided to split the Call for
>>>> Proposals in two phases, with the second just weeks before the
>>>> conference.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Submit your hot topic talk
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> This CFP is reserved for:
>>>>
>>>>  * hot topics
>>>>  * emerging technologies
>>>>  * brand new developments in software & hardware
>>>>  * recent results in research and science
>>>>
>>>> Some suggestions for topics:
>>>>
>>>>  * Exciting new hardware & Internet of Things
>>>>  * Robotics
>>>>  * Virtual Reality
>>>>  * AI & Deep Learning
>>>>
>>>> The second call will be open for nine days only:
>>>>
>>>> Saturday June 4th 0:00 to Sunday June 12th 24:00 CEST.
>>>>
>>>> The program work group will then select the most exciting and
>>>> intriguing submissions and will notify the winners on short notice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Submit your poster or run a help desk
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Since we still have a few slots left, we are also looking for more
>>>> posters and help desks - these are not limited to hot topics.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Get a ticket discount
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> For talks, posters, help desks we will give out a 25% discount coupon
>>>> valid for one conference ticket.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> With gravitational regards,
>>>> --
>>>> EuroPython 2016 Team
>>>> http://ep2016.europython.eu/
>>>> http://www.europython-society.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties:
>>>> https://twitter.com/europython/status/739409571031187456
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> http://www.python.org/psf/
>>>> http://www.malemburg.com/
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
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Re: [PSF-Community] EuroPython 2016: Hot Topics Call for Proposals is Open !

2016-06-05 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Hi Jackie,

finaid for EuroPython 2016 is already closed and the available
funds have been distributed, so I guess it's no longer
possible to get assistance.

I can ask whether we still have the really affordable student
house rooms available:

https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/venue/accommodation/

if that helps.

Thanks,
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http://www.malemburg.com/


On 05.06.2016 16:24, Jacqueline Kazil wrote:
> I want to encourage some folks to submit, but I believe they may need
> assistance, but I am uncertain. The financial assistance deadline has
> passed though. Is there the possibility of assistance? (If yes, can that
> clarification be put on the Hot Topic CFP page?)
> 
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 3:59 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
> 
>> We are happy to announce that we’ve opened our second Call for
>> Proposals. This call is limited to hot topics and most recent
>> developments in software and technology and will run until June 12.
>>
>>
>>*** Proposal Submission Page ***
>>
>>https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/speakers/hot-topics-cfp/
>>
>>
>> Why is there a second call ?
>> 
>>
>> Planning a big conference is a challenge: On one hand people like to
>> know what will be on our talk schedule to make up their mind and make
>> travel arrangements early. On the other hand technology is progressing
>> at enormous speed these days.
>>
>> So we have given this some thought and decided to split the Call for
>> Proposals in two phases, with the second just weeks before the
>> conference.
>>
>>
>> Submit your hot topic talk
>> --
>>
>> This CFP is reserved for:
>>
>>  * hot topics
>>  * emerging technologies
>>  * brand new developments in software & hardware
>>  * recent results in research and science
>>
>> Some suggestions for topics:
>>
>>  * Exciting new hardware & Internet of Things
>>  * Robotics
>>  * Virtual Reality
>>  * AI & Deep Learning
>>
>> The second call will be open for nine days only:
>>
>> Saturday June 4th 0:00 to Sunday June 12th 24:00 CEST.
>>
>> The program work group will then select the most exciting and
>> intriguing submissions and will notify the winners on short notice.
>>
>>
>> Submit your poster or run a help desk
>> -
>>
>> Since we still have a few slots left, we are also looking for more
>> posters and help desks - these are not limited to hot topics.
>>
>>
>> Get a ticket discount
>> -
>>
>> For talks, posters, help desks we will give out a 25% discount coupon
>> valid for one conference ticket.
>>
>>
>> With gravitational regards,
>> --
>> EuroPython 2016 Team
>> http://ep2016.europython.eu/
>> http://www.europython-society.org/
>>
>>
>> PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties:
>> https://twitter.com/europython/status/739409571031187456
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
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>> http://www.python.org/psf/
>> http://www.malemburg.com/
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[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2016: Hot Topics Call for Proposals is Open !

2016-06-05 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are happy to announce that we’ve opened our second Call for
Proposals. This call is limited to hot topics and most recent
developments in software and technology and will run until June 12.


   *** Proposal Submission Page ***

   https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/speakers/hot-topics-cfp/


Why is there a second call ?


Planning a big conference is a challenge: On one hand people like to
know what will be on our talk schedule to make up their mind and make
travel arrangements early. On the other hand technology is progressing
at enormous speed these days.

So we have given this some thought and decided to split the Call for
Proposals in two phases, with the second just weeks before the
conference.


Submit your hot topic talk
--

This CFP is reserved for:

 * hot topics
 * emerging technologies
 * brand new developments in software & hardware
 * recent results in research and science

Some suggestions for topics:

 * Exciting new hardware & Internet of Things
 * Robotics
 * Virtual Reality
 * AI & Deep Learning

The second call will be open for nine days only:

Saturday June 4th 0:00 to Sunday June 12th 24:00 CEST.

The program work group will then select the most exciting and
intriguing submissions and will notify the winners on short notice.


Submit your poster or run a help desk
-

Since we still have a few slots left, we are also looking for more
posters and help desks - these are not limited to hot topics.


Get a ticket discount
-

For talks, posters, help desks we will give out a 25% discount coupon
valid for one conference ticket.


With gravitational regards,
--
EuroPython 2016 Team
http://ep2016.europython.eu/
http://www.europython-society.org/


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Re: [PSF-Community] PSF working groups - how to become a member

2016-05-29 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

On 29.05.2016 18:38, Jacqueline Kazil wrote:
> Is there a reason why this https://www.python.org/psf/committees/ &
> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups exists?
> This page https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups is more
> welcoming to newbies who don't understand how things work.

Only historical reasons. Up until a few months ago, the PSF wiki
was only accessible to PSF members, so the second link was not
public. We subsequently changed the default on the
PSF wiki to readable by everyone (see attached email).

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Dear Members,

I have now implemented the changes listed below. If you find pages
which should not be open to the general public or ones which should
be, please let me know.

Many PSF wiki pages will now be word readable and editable by
all PSF members with an account. As per the resolution, only
PSF voting members will get an account (it's easy to become voting
member though; see
http://pyfound.blogspot.de/2015/02/enroll-as-psf-voting-member.html).

Please see the front page for additional details:

https://wiki.python.org/psf/FrontPage

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On 12.08.2015 18:31, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> On 12.08.2015 17:57, Steve Holden wrote:
>> Hi Marc-André,
>>
>>> On Aug 12, 2015, at 3:25 PM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
>>>
>>> The board voted on this some weeks ago and I have now found
>>> some time to go through the various pages on the wiki to
>>> check which pages need to stay closed and which to open up
>>> for reading to everyone.
>>>
>>> Since most of the information on the PSF wiki is not confidential
>>> in any way, my idea is to make "readable for everyone" the default
>>> and only protect those few pages which need more confidentiality.
>>>
>>> I need some help with identifying the pages which should continue
>>> to be protected.
>>>
>>> So far I have identified these:
>>>
>>> Board only access (BoardGroup access):
>>>
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/contact
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/BoardAgenda
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Action%20Items
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/pending
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/psf-community-awards
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/frank-willison-award
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/distinguished-server-award
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/minutes
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/templates
>>>
>>> Members only access (MembersGroup access):
>>>
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Secretary
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/welcome
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board/budget-plans
>>> + board draft proposals: https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board#draft-proposals 
>>> <https://wiki.python.org/psf/Board#draft-proposals>
>>
>> The above is simply a fragment of the Board page, whose heading makes it 
>> appear that it is intended for Board members only. Many of the following 
>> links are also fragments, and obviously you can only protect whole pages.
> 
> With the fragments I'm pointing to sections of pages. All
> pages linked in those sections will be added to the respective
> groups.
> 
>>> + members meeting pages: https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#id2
> 
> E.g. the above means: add all these pages to the MembersGroup ...
> 
> Members Meeting Agenda July 2014
> Members Meeting Agenda March 2013
> Members Meeting Agenda July 2012
> Members Meeting Agenda March 2012
> Members Meeting Agenda June 2011
> Members Meeting Agenda March 2011
> Members Meeting Agenda July 2010
> Members Meeting Voting Procedure
> Membership Map March 2013
> Members Meeting Agenda Template
> 
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/PSFInternalFAQ
>>> + staffing pages: https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#id6
>>> + member nominations: https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#id9
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/TrademarksCommittee
>>> + old planning pages: https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#id11
>>> + IP pages: https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#id15
>>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Streaming%20PSF%20Members%20meetings (has 
>>> passwords)
>>> + admin pages: https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#id18
>>>
>>> All other pages would be world-readable.
>>>
>>> Please let me know of any other pages which should go under one of
>>> the above groups.
>>>
>>> I plan to flip the switch later this week or on the weekend.
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Re: [PSF-Community] PSF working groups - how to become a member

2016-05-29 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

On 29.05.2016 18:23, Jacqueline Kazil wrote:
> How does someone become a member of a working group?
> (I can't find this information on the website.)

I don't think there's a general purpose answer for this,
except maybe: ask the chair(s) of the WGs ...

https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups

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[PSF-Community] Django Girls workshop at EuroPython 2016

2016-05-26 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We’re pleased to announce a Django Girls workshop on Sunday, July 17,
the first day of the EuroPython 2016 conference.

If you want participate or know someone who’d like to join, please
fill in our application form on the Django Girls’ website:


 *** Django Girls EuroPython 2016 ***

   https://djangogirls.org/europython2016/


 Remember: you don’t need any prior programming knowledge to
participate !


About the workshop
--

After the workshop you will have learned about:

 * HTML / CSS
 * Python / Django

and in a single day, you’ll have created a blog.

If that sounds challenging, no worries: our friendly coaches will help
you.

Paola Katherine, DG organizer:

"If you participate, we’ll raffle one full ticket for EuroPython
2016, the largest and best Python event in Europe."


More infos
--

The Django Girls EuroPython 2016 networks:

 * More infos and details on the website: djangogirls.org/europython2016
 * Facebook: fb.me/djangogirlseuropython
 * Twitter: @DjangoGirlsEP16

If you have questions, please write to bil...@djangogirls.org


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Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

On 25.05.2016 21:36, Matthew Dixon Cowles wrote:
> Marc-Andre,
> 
>> 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,
> 
> Thank you, that is an answer to my question.
> 
> I disagree. In my opinion the matter is important enough that it
> should have been, and still should be, decided by the members.
> 
> The reason I think that is that the approval of the PSF's sources of
> funding is an important kind of oversight. If the membership is to
> give up that oversight, I think it should do so voluntarily and
> unambiguously, not because of a decision the board makes by itself.

Thank you for explaining your concern in more detail. This makes
it easier to understand why you think we should have put this
up for a members vote.

Please note that most of the PSF's funding is generated not
through direct PSF sponsors, but instead through profit generated
via running the PyCon US conference. Those sources of funding have
(so far) never been subject to membership approval, not even
board approval. The PyCon US chair is responsible for those
selections.

If you have concerns about which sources of funding the
PSF uses, please sign up for the sponsors WG to help with the
decision process and policies.

If you believe we should do a members vote on this, you
can raise this on the psf-vote list. If there's enough demand,
I doubt that the coming board will reject the wish to
run a members vote on the topic.

All that said, oversight over the funding of the PSF is
one of the main responsibilities of the board and even if the
sponsor selection is delegated to a WG, the board remains
ultimately responsible for any decisions in this direction.

Some background:

The main reason members had to vote on sponsors under the
version 1 bylaws was that sponsors gained voting rights. Otherwise,
the board would have been able to take on this decision process
by itself and relief the members from this duty (the board has
in most cases done pre-screening of the candidates all along).

Under the version 2 bylaws, anyone can self certify
as voting member, so while sponsors now no longer have
voting rights, they can still have employees, engaging in
Python community work, gain voting rights. In the end,
removing the sponsor membership class is not really a
practical loss.

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Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

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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Marc-Andre Lemburg
Director
Python Software Foundation
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Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

On 25.05.2016 16:27, Matthew Dixon Cowles wrote:
> Marc-Andre,
> 
>> the board has just approved an amendment of the PSF bylaws to
>> remove the sponsor membership category.
> 
> That seems like a big enough change to me that I'm surprised that he
> membership wasn't consulted. Can you tell me the thinking behind that?

We did consult the existing sponsor members before implementing
the change. None of them opposed the move.

As I mentioned in the email, the main purpose is to simplify
sponsor signup. Sponsors will no longer have to wait for the
next members vote to sign up, we don't have to run extra votes
every time we have a few signups and the decision to accept
sponsors is moved into a WG which is much easier to get involved
in as PSF member than having to run for board.

Overall, the PSF is moving more and more in the direction of
trying to engage our members in the operations of the PSF.
We're doing this by opening up WGs with targeted scope and
so far, it's working well:

https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups

Cheers,
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[PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

Dear PSF Members,

the board has just approved an amendment of the PSF bylaws to
remove the sponsor membership category. From now on, we will
just have sponsors and no longer need to vote them in, hopefully
making it much easier to sign up new sponsors. The next step is
creating a sponsors WG to take over sponsor management.

Here's the official resolution:

- RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation amend the PSF bylaws to
   remove the Sponsor Membership category. All changes made by the
   Bylaws WG are listed here:

https://bitbucket.org/malemburg/psf-bylaws/diff/bylaws.md?diff1=ba846896778b&diff2=fa6ce90a3f1376b2708bf76d87c70813f96e010a&at=default.
   Approved 11-0-0 via email vote 25 May 2016

and these are the updated bylaws:

https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/?20160525

(the parameter is just a trick to bypass the cache :-))

Cheers,
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[PSF-Community] PyData EuroPython 2016

2016-05-22 Thread M.-A. Lemburg

We are excited to announce a complete PyData (http://pydata.org/)
track at EuroPython 2016 in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, from July
14-24.

*** PyData EuroPython 2016 ***

https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/events/pydata/


The PyData track will be part of the EuroPython 2016 conference, so
you won’t need to buy extra tickets to join.

We will have more than 30 talks, 5 training and 2 poster sessions
dedicated to PyData on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd of July.

If you’d like to attend the PyData EuroPython 2016 track, please
register for EuroPython 2016 soon.

https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/registration/

With gravitational regards,
--
EuroPython 2016 Team
http://ep2016.europython.eu/
http://www.europython-society.org/

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