Re: [python-committers] Fwd: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-02-04 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Happy to see that you like the idea. Our hope is that more conferences
will pick it up as well.


On 31.01.2019 18:41, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Jan 31, 2019, at 2:15 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
>>
>> 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
> 
> Thank for this.
> 
> The cumulative cost of attending conferences has been high.

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Re: [python-committers] Fwd: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-01-31 Thread Raymond Hettinger



> On Jan 31, 2019, at 2:15 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
> 
> 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

Thank for this.

The cumulative cost of attending conferences has been high.


Raymond

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Re: [python-committers] Fwd: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-01-31 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 20:29, Antoine Pitrou  wrote:
> Le 31/01/2019 à 11:15, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit :
> > FYI... perhaps you now understand why I was keen to get the committers
> > listed somewhere :-)

Very cool! (and thank you!)

> That's an interesting turn of events.  Traditionally PyCon US *refused*
> to offer special prices for core developers, right?  (I'm not sure what
> the motivation is).

I think it was more a matter of choosing not to offer special pricing
to anyone, not even folks speaking *at* the conference, or helping to
organise it: http://jessenoller.com/blog/2011/05/25/pycon-everybody-pays

Instead, everyone was offered the same access to the Financial Aid program.

I believe that policy has been moderated somewhat in recent years, due
to concerns that it was making the CFP process less approachable for
folks that weren't in a position to handle the uncertainty associated
with being accepted as a speaker, but then having to wait to see if
their financial aid was approved before they could accept the speaking
slot.

Cheers,
Nick.

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Re: [python-committers] Fwd: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-01-31 Thread Antoine Pitrou

Le 31/01/2019 à 11:15, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit :
> FYI... perhaps you now understand why I was keen to get the committers
> listed somewhere :-)

Indeed!

That's an interesting turn of events.  Traditionally PyCon US *refused*
to offer special prices for core developers, right?  (I'm not sure what
the motivation is).

Regards

Antoine.


> 
> 
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:25:52 +0100
> From: M.-A. Lemburg 
> Organization: EuroPython Society (EPS)
> To: EuroPython Announcement List 
> 
> 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/
> 
> 
> 
> 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/182445627020/announcing-the-guido-van-rossum-core-developer
> 
> Tweet:
> 
> https://twitter.com/europythons/status/1090901995635073024
> 
> 
> Enjoy,
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