From betsy at python.org  Thu Feb  4 13:50:19 2016
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:50:19 -0800
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: January Working Group Reports
Message-ID: <CAKMnukqLXsaDRgm2R5bkNZnSDY0MtvVKAcHFBsm20BHeP=cmgA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi WGs,

It's time for your January 2016 progress reports. If you could send them to
me by Wednesday, February 10, that would be excellent. I will add them to
the next board meeting minutes from our February meeting.

Best,

Betsy

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Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From olemis at gmail.com  Sun Feb  7 14:48:31 2016
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 14:48:31 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: January Working Group Reports
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On 2/4/16, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:
> Hi WGs,
>
> It's time for your January 2016 progress reports. If you could send them to
> me by Wednesday, February 10, that would be excellent. I will add them to
> the next board meeting minutes from our February meeting.
>
[...]

I suggest an initial list as follows :

  - Confirmation of a talk about
    "Reflections on teaching Python to (data) scientists"
    by David Mertz in the context of Cuba Conference [1]_
    * PyCuLeaks : afaik , scheduled on April 25th ;)
  - Participation in Cuba Conference of other PSF members
    * still WiP , but should be carved in stone in the
      next few days
  - CubaConf grant proposal submitted to the board
  - In the context of CubaConf , organization of a sprint
    aimed at improving Brython integration with node.js
    * April 27th
  - 9th edition of Encuentro Social de Desarrolladores
    scheduled on March 12th will be dedicated to run the first
    edition of PyDay Havana
    * three talks confirmed
  - 10th edition of Encuentro Social de Desarrolladores on April
    will receive David Mertz, who will talk about
    "Functional programming in Python"
    * <joke>... forbidden to talk about monads in there !
      you want'em monads? you ain't go to a snaky heaven ...</joke>
  - Contacts with some intl. communities
  - A handful of other tasks
    * ... but still WiP

Please , feel free to modify them at will and/or add your own .

.. [1] http://www.cubaconf.org/

-- 
Regards,

Olemis - @olemislc

Apache? Bloodhound contributor
http://issues.apache.org/bloodhound
http://blood-hound.net

Brython committer
http://brython.info
http://github.com/brython-dev/brython

Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/
Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/

Featured article:

From jackiekazil at gmail.com  Sun Feb  7 15:04:39 2016
From: jackiekazil at gmail.com (Jacqueline Kazil)
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 15:04:39 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] [PSF-Grants] ACTION NEEDED: January Working Group
 Reports
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For PSF-Grants...

*$700 Euros for OSCamp @Ia?i*
Passed 9-0-0
Passed on 01/18/2016
Notes:
* Original request was for 1200 euros, but discussion seemed to settle at
700 euros, which is the same level at their Silver sponsorship.
* This conference is not a Python-only conference.


*$3200 for DjangoCon Europe 2016*
Passed 9-0-0
Passed on 01/18/2016
Notes:
* $3200 to fund DjangoCon Europe 2016 conference, which is held between
March 30th and April 3rd.
This will be considered as a discounted Gold package.
* Comes with booth, but they said they may give us tickets instead since
PSF can?t staff.


*250 Euros (~ 274 USD) for Django Girls Wroclaw*
Passed 6-0-0
Passed on 01/21/2016


*$500 for Django Girls in Mexico City.*
Passed 7-0-0.
Passed on 01/23/2016
Notes:
* $500 is the suggested value since no value was specified.


On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:

> Hi WGs,
>
> It's time for your January 2016 progress reports. If you could send them
> to me by Wednesday, February 10, that would be excellent. I will add them
> to the next board meeting minutes from our February meeting.
>
> Best,
>
> Betsy
>
> --
> Betsy Waliszewski
> Python Software Foundation
> Event Coordinator / Administrator
> @betswaliszewski
>
> _______________________________________________
> Psf-grants mailing list
> Psf-grants at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-grants
>
>


-- 
Jacqueline Kazil | @jackiekazil
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From kirby.urner at gmail.com  Thu Feb 11 00:45:41 2016
From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:45:41 -0800
Subject: [Python-cuba] DIY in Cuba: a couple Youtubes (chatty post)
Message-ID: <CAPJgG3SXwxOLOhmHnC9SCNRRjnVf092bfZBJrht0=A0mnheCFg@mail.gmail.com>

Not super-directly related to software, but definitely connected to "Maker"
DIY (do it yourself) movement / theme:

https://youtu.be/v-XS4aueDUg  ("technological disobedience" i.e. breaking
the boundaries my re-purposing [1]).

https://youtu.be/urTPsSFV2y8  (I'm sure the full version of this one is
easy to find)

Both about Cuba, just thought I'd mention.

We screened the latter recently at our weekly meeting of older geeks (a few
whom knew Linus Pauling personally -- we meet in his boyhood home, a famous
Oregonian we're proud of, x2 Nobel prizes, one for chemistry, other for
peace...).[2]

Hey there Mr. Mertz if you're out there:  I'm perusing your book on
Functional Programming in Python, having been immersed in Fluent Python
before that.  I continue posting to edu-sig from time to time.

Bio update:  I've been a Python3 teacher for O'Reilly School since awhile
back however said school (experimental) has closed its doors and I've
started teaching at PDX Code Guild among other places.

https://pdxcodeguild.com/team/

I tend to write code for teaching purposes though in the past I was an
applications developer, but not in Python.

For instance I recently wrote a tiny Flask application that does nothing
more than tell a browser what chess piece has been mouse-clicked on,
JavaScript needing to use AJAXy server call to discover out anything about
the model... mostly it's not even that fancy.  Purely for didactic purposes.

At least I get to write code though, and for that I am grateful.

Kirby

[1]  connects to what Santa Fe Institute mentor Stuart Kauffman calls
"exaptations"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Kauffman
http://wasdarwinwrong.com/kortho32.htm


[2]
http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-power-of-community-movie-review.html
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