From olemis at gmail.com  Tue Nov  1 13:26:32 2016
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 13:26:32 -0400
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: PSF October Report Due
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:

> Please take a few moments to put together a short paragraph and send it to
> me no later than Wednesday, September 28th.


I'm sorry for not meeting the deadline. Maybe you will understand the
reasons once you read the report .

I have been in the US since October 4th (4th - 7th Dallas TX, 8th - present
Charlotte NC) . One of the goals of my trip was to connect to people /
companies / organizations interested in collaborating with SciPyLA 2017
conference . I'll try to summarize everything that's happened this side .

- Costa Rica ambassador, Jeudy Blanco, visited Havana
  * Discussion with Abel Meneses and Medardo Rodr?guez
    (please guys , tell us the conclusions ;)
- I have been able to contact 250 entrepreneurs from every
  Latin American countries so as to explore opportunities to collaborate
  with the business they have in their home countries
- Contacted some businesses interested in collaborating with the conference
  * details in a separate message
- Contacted some universities interested in collaborating with the
conference
  * details in a separate message
- Contacted some incubators/accelerators/co-working businesses
  * details in a separate message
- Attended the Chalotte Python Users Group meetup
  * Shared info about SciPyLA 2017
- Visit to HackerSpace Charlotte
- Attended Hack NC (Chapel Hill NC) as a mentor (Oct 28th - 30th)
  * Possibility to use Capital One's Nessi API to run hackathons during
     the conference
  * I had to travel to Raleigh , then Chapel Hill , then back to Charlotte
    and back again to Chapel Hill on Sunday ...
- SciPyLA 2017 event brochure released [1]_ [4]_
- SciPyLA 2017 call for ambassadors released [2]_
- John Roa assumed the role of SciPyLA Ambassador for Colombia [3]_
- ... many other activities , but I think I'll keep the list short up to
this point .

We need help with this

- Meet with somebody in Microsoft who might be in a position of actually
  making a decision about sponsoring the conference
  * We'd need the arguments for them to be interested in doing so
     (more about this in a separate email)
  * Tomorrow I will attend an event about PPM & Power BI
     in Charlotte Microsoft Campus (2nd in USA after Redmond) .
     It might be a good opportunity for me to reach somebody there .
     Makes sense ? If so any help in that direction will be appreciated.
- We will be launching on the next few days a crowdfunding campaign
  for the SciPyLA 2017 conference and will need all the help we can get
  from the PSF and everyone else so as to advertise it and capture the
  attention and contributions of supporters sympathetic with this idea.
- Suggestions of other companies / communities I should be contacting
  in the next few days
- Please tell us when would be the right time to submit a grant proposal
  for the conference next year.
- Reach key members of the Python community so that the
  Ambassadors can interview them to advertise the work they are
  doing in different fields of Python development, including science,
  technology, open data, ...
  * Developers living in Latin America , or in North America and Europe
- Contacts of speakers interested in attending the event .
  * ... and a way to work together so as to publish video interviews
    in order to advertise the conference and announce their participation
- Contacts of people interested in reviewing paper submissions .
  * Call for reviewers to be released soon .

Feel free to contact me (if you prefer to do so in private message it's ok
for me) to provide me with further details . I'll be in Charlotte NC until
Nov 8th .

.. [1]
https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/674630086024899/?type=3&theater

.. [2] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/posts/680733165414591

.. [3]
https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/680334758787765/?type=3

[4]
https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/674630132691561/?type=3&theater

-- 
Regards,

Olemis - @olemislc

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

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

SciPy Latin America - Cuban Ambassador
Chairman of SciPy LA 2017 - http://scipyla.org/conf/2017

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

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From betsy at python.org  Tue Nov  1 16:13:33 2016
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 13:13:33 -0700
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: PSF October Report Due
Message-ID: <CAKMnukow_X7YKm50Foe=qyOU+qLLh+5Kx4+v6jpRbdv_M9LkTg@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Please take a few moments to put together a short paragraph and send it
>> to me no later than Wednesday, September 28th.
>
>
> I'm sorry for not meeting the deadline. Maybe you will understand the
> reasons once you read the report .
>

Hi Olemis,

It's not a problem - I can add your report to the minutes since they
haven't been approved yet. We will try respond to your "need help with"
points in a separate email.

Best,

Betsy


>
> I have been in the US since October 4th (4th - 7th Dallas TX, 8th -
> present Charlotte NC) . One of the goals of my trip was to connect to
> people / companies / organizations interested in collaborating with SciPyLA
> 2017 conference . I'll try to summarize everything that's happened this
> side .
>
> - Costa Rica ambassador, Jeudy Blanco, visited Havana
>   * Discussion with Abel Meneses and Medardo Rodr?guez
>     (please guys , tell us the conclusions ;)
> - I have been able to contact 250 entrepreneurs from every
>   Latin American countries so as to explore opportunities to collaborate
>   with the business they have in their home countries
> - Contacted some businesses interested in collaborating with the conference
>   * details in a separate message
> - Contacted some universities interested in collaborating with the
> conference
>   * details in a separate message
> - Contacted some incubators/accelerators/co-working businesses
>   * details in a separate message
> - Attended the Chalotte Python Users Group meetup
>   * Shared info about SciPyLA 2017
> - Visit to HackerSpace Charlotte
> - Attended Hack NC (Chapel Hill NC) as a mentor (Oct 28th - 30th)
>   * Possibility to use Capital One's Nessi API to run hackathons during
>      the conference
>   * I had to travel to Raleigh , then Chapel Hill , then back to Charlotte
>     and back again to Chapel Hill on Sunday ...
> - SciPyLA 2017 event brochure released [1]_ [4]_
> - SciPyLA 2017 call for ambassadors released [2]_
> - John Roa assumed the role of SciPyLA Ambassador for Colombia [3]_
> - ... many other activities , but I think I'll keep the list short up to
> this point .
>
> We need help with this
>
> - Meet with somebody in Microsoft who might be in a position of actually
>   making a decision about sponsoring the conference
>   * We'd need the arguments for them to be interested in doing so
>      (more about this in a separate email)
>   * Tomorrow I will attend an event about PPM & Power BI
>      in Charlotte Microsoft Campus (2nd in USA after Redmond) .
>      It might be a good opportunity for me to reach somebody there .
>      Makes sense ? If so any help in that direction will be appreciated.
> - We will be launching on the next few days a crowdfunding campaign
>   for the SciPyLA 2017 conference and will need all the help we can get
>   from the PSF and everyone else so as to advertise it and capture the
>   attention and contributions of supporters sympathetic with this idea.
> - Suggestions of other companies / communities I should be contacting
>   in the next few days
> - Please tell us when would be the right time to submit a grant proposal
>   for the conference next year.
> - Reach key members of the Python community so that the
>   Ambassadors can interview them to advertise the work they are
>   doing in different fields of Python development, including science,
>   technology, open data, ...
>   * Developers living in Latin America , or in North America and Europe
> - Contacts of speakers interested in attending the event .
>   * ... and a way to work together so as to publish video interviews
>     in order to advertise the conference and announce their participation
> - Contacts of people interested in reviewing paper submissions .
>   * Call for reviewers to be released soon .
>
> Feel free to contact me (if you prefer to do so in private message it's ok
> for me) to provide me with further details . I'll be in Charlotte NC until
> Nov 8th .
>
> .. [1] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.
> 658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/674630086024899/?type=3&theater
>
> .. [2] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/posts/680733165414591
>
> .. [3] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.
> 658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/680334758787765/?type=3
>
> [4] https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/photos/a.
> 658424797645428.1073741834.602391173248791/674630132691561/?type=3&theater
>
> --
> 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
>
> SciPy Latin America - Cuban Ambassador
> Chairman of SciPy LA 2017 - http://scipyla.org/conf/2017
>
> Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/
> Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/
>
> Featured article:
>
>
>
>


-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From betsy at python.org  Wed Nov  9 10:37:20 2016
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 07:37:20 -0800
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: PSF October Report Due
In-Reply-To: <20161108130920.0b1cb2b6@abelm-Latitude-E6410>
References: <CAKMnukocEWeAF_x89ZDB5LSxXnsqWXB+=H-zvOUZDineOcu2Sw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAGMZAuOrYUqaLj1T-Gptb2xBzsT1g6M=jXPdESgs41UuJtB5gw@mail.gmail.com>
 <20161108130920.0b1cb2b6@abelm-Latitude-E6410>
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Thank you for the update, Abel. You have been very busy!

I hope you get well soon.

Best Regards,

Betsy

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Abel Meneses Abad <abelma at pythoncuba.org>
wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 13:26:32 -0400
> Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > - Costa Rica ambassador, Jeudy Blanco, visited Havana
> >   * Discussion with Abel Meneses and Medardo Rodr?guez
> >     (please guys , tell us the conclusions ;)
>
> Hello Olemis and Betsy:
>
> Sorry for the delayed summary about Jeudy visit (I have been sick for
> more than a week and I still remain in bed).
>
> Previous to meeting Olemis send us 5 points to talk about: Jeudy's
> university work / SciPY expectations / Sci in Costa Rica / European
> investment intentions / SciPy 2018 in Costa Rica
>
> * Jeudy is working on Machine Learning applications for astronomy data
>   analysis.
> * He expects to have more contact with latinoamerican investigators
>   across scipyla.
> * Few news about science in Costa Rica, but good news about python
>   has been established as official language in national universities
>   of Costa Rica.
> * Any knowledge abou European investment intentions in Costa Rica
> * No yet Costa Rica critical mass to hold SciPy LA 2018.
>
> The rest of the debated points:
> * Some specific projects needed in astronomy for a whole python
>   sci ecosystem (E.g. IDL).
> * Details about scipyla 2016 in Brazil. We conclude that the event in
>   Cuba will be bigger in participants.
> * Details about Cuba, political situation and other important aspects
>   related with scipyla organization.
> * We defined a way to interchange news, email and future
>   information we could need from him and Costa Rica community,
>   principally across mail packages due to low band Internet in Cuba.
>
> Thanks
>
> Note: Olemis forgot to mention on the October report the advances in the
> conversation with TPP journal and the creation of SciPyLA 2017 OJS
> section to manage the paper review process.
>
> --
> Ing. Abel Meneses Abad
> Ph.D. candidate on Informatics, Center for Studies of Informatics (CEI)
> Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas
>
> Chairman of scientific program ScipyLA2017, Mayo 2017, La Habana, Cuba
> http://conf.scipyla.org/conf/2017
>



-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From abelma at pythoncuba.org  Tue Nov  8 13:09:20 2016
From: abelma at pythoncuba.org (Abel Meneses Abad)
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 13:09:20 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: PSF October Report Due
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References: <CAKMnukocEWeAF_x89ZDB5LSxXnsqWXB+=H-zvOUZDineOcu2Sw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAGMZAuOrYUqaLj1T-Gptb2xBzsT1g6M=jXPdESgs41UuJtB5gw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20161108130920.0b1cb2b6@abelm-Latitude-E6410>

On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 13:26:32 -0400
Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:

> - Costa Rica ambassador, Jeudy Blanco, visited Havana
>   * Discussion with Abel Meneses and Medardo Rodr?guez
>     (please guys , tell us the conclusions ;)

Hello Olemis and Betsy:

Sorry for the delayed summary about Jeudy visit (I have been sick for
more than a week and I still remain in bed).

Previous to meeting Olemis send us 5 points to talk about: Jeudy's
university work / SciPY expectations / Sci in Costa Rica / European
investment intentions / SciPy 2018 in Costa Rica

* Jeudy is working on Machine Learning applications for astronomy data
  analysis.
* He expects to have more contact with latinoamerican investigators
  across scipyla.
* Few news about science in Costa Rica, but good news about python
  has been established as official language in national universities
  of Costa Rica.
* Any knowledge abou European investment intentions in Costa Rica
* No yet Costa Rica critical mass to hold SciPy LA 2018.

The rest of the debated points:
* Some specific projects needed in astronomy for a whole python
  sci ecosystem (E.g. IDL).
* Details about scipyla 2016 in Brazil. We conclude that the event in
  Cuba will be bigger in participants.
* Details about Cuba, political situation and other important aspects
  related with scipyla organization.
* We defined a way to interchange news, email and future
  information we could need from him and Costa Rica community,
  principally across mail packages due to low band Internet in Cuba.

Thanks

Note: Olemis forgot to mention on the October report the advances in the
conversation with TPP journal and the creation of SciPyLA 2017 OJS
section to manage the paper review process.

-- 
Ing. Abel Meneses Abad
Ph.D. candidate on Informatics, Center for Studies of Informatics (CEI)
Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas

Chairman of scientific program ScipyLA2017, Mayo 2017, La Habana, Cuba
http://conf.scipyla.org/conf/2017

From kirby.urner at gmail.com  Mon Nov 14 10:57:23 2016
From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 07:57:23 -0800
Subject: [Python-cuba] interview with Kirby Urner (PyDev of the Week series)
Message-ID: <CAPJgG3TC_aKo9jBBBZkAkk=UNLqR1hRCQRRJPmAV8zc3NeDrEg@mail.gmail.com>

I'm sharing more biographical info so we keep getting to know one another
better:

http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2016/11/14/pydev-of-the-week-kirby-urner/

My thanks to Mike Driscoll of Mouse vs. Python for putting this together.

The article talks about my coming to Python thanks to my interest in
geometry.[1]

I don't go in to the specifics of that geometry in the interview, but have
on edu-sig.[2]

Kirby Urner
Portland, Oregon

[1]  similar story as my friend the late Arthur Siegel, likewise crazy
about geometry:
http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/pygeo.html

[2]  and of course in my blogs e.g. just yesterday:
http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2016/11/planning-ahead.html
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