From hsysinfo at gmail.com  Mon Apr  4 08:32:31 2016
From: hsysinfo at gmail.com (Chukwudi Nwachukwu)
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 13:32:31 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] A Long Time
Message-ID: <CAKBXtw_jrrhz3w_Denz1wCkUXPt_HXZGEJQuwma0=CsANvxMqA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

It's been a long time now and I have some few reports for you. At present,
there are a total of 75 registrations on https://pythonnigeria.slack.com/
and everyone seems to be enjoying it.

However, 22 people are now inactive as reported by the admin section.

How have you been using the slack channel, as in, are there any benefits
you've derived from it?

I have been communicating a lot through it and I've been able to meet some
great people through it too.

So, what's your share of the fun?

iChux?
http://bit.ly/iscrape
*Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

From alabiwahab at yahoo.com  Fri Apr  8 09:04:15 2016
From: alabiwahab at yahoo.com (alabiwahab at yahoo.com)
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 13:04:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [python-nigeria] I am a new Pythonist (About me)
References: <2109458348.1710435.1460120655582.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2109458348.1710435.1460120655582.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>

My name is Alabi Temitope Wahab, am a University of Ilorin graduate, my qualification is B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering?.I have much love for programming frontend & backend. Have an intermediate knowledge in HTML,CSS and JavaScript . My python skill is growing day after day which i have commence learning since 2 months ago. I worked at Triple R-Weelz Automobile Limited which i?occupied the post of Logistics Manager.?The merits I want this community to avail me include:-To often provide ?me an opportunity in an ongoing python projects so as to be able to gain more experience of developing responsive & user friendly applications.Also this community is place i can develop myself.To extend me invites to meet fellow pythonist during meet up,seminars or any other gathering both locally & internationally.ThanksAlabi Temitope?

From hsysinfo at gmail.com  Sat Apr  9 01:30:53 2016
From: hsysinfo at gmail.com (Chukwudi Nwachukwu)
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 06:30:53 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 9, Issue 2
In-Reply-To: <mailman.70.1460131204.12643.python-nigeria@python.org>
References: <mailman.70.1460131204.12643.python-nigeria@python.org>
Message-ID: <CAKBXtw-+4ckaxwJwrQYn2U8TrPnfqJEKBHt9uN8cZbbyXCpNQw@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Alabi,

We're happy to welcome you on this platform, and I've invited you to the
slack channel too. We usually introduce ourselves, which is what you've
done. If you stay actively connected to us, on slack channel and this email
list, you will always get to know when there are events and even job
applications.

You talked about backend, do you do it also in Python? And if yes, is it
with a framework?

One thing I've learned in that Python community is real and friendly. Many
people give of themselves freely, so, we want to count on you to help out
too when you are able to.

Cheers




iChux?
http://bit.ly/iscrape
*Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> To: "python-nigeria at python.org" <python-nigeria at python.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 13:04:15 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [python-nigeria] I am a new Pythonist (About me)
> My name is Alabi Temitope Wahab, am a University of Ilorin graduate, my
> qualification is B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering .I have much
> love for programming frontend & backend. Have an intermediate knowledge in
> HTML,CSS and JavaScript . My python skill is growing day after day which i
> have commence learning since 2 months ago. I worked at Triple R-Weelz
> Automobile Limited which i occupied the post of Logistics Manager. The
> merits I want this community to avail me include:-To often provide  me an
> opportunity in an ongoing python projects so as to be able to gain more
> experience of developing responsive & user friendly applications.Also this
> community is place i can develop myself.To extend me invites to meet fellow
> pythonist during meet up,seminars or any other gathering both locally &
> internationally.ThanksAlabi Temitope
>
>
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From aishabello2050 at gmail.com  Sun Apr 10 16:57:48 2016
From: aishabello2050 at gmail.com (Aisha Bello)
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:57:48 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] Matters Arising
Message-ID: <CABsUhZcA7PNabgK5AOfmszh9VVMyqbOPyQFLQRqv+tsN6E7xDQ@mail.gmail.com>

Bonsoir Pythonistas :D,

I hope this meets us well. So sometime ago on Slack someone commented on
how everywhere had gone really quiet and someone else replied that
Pythonistas were queuing for fuel.#FuelScarcity. I hope none of us had to
waste valuable time or even spend the night queuing for Fuel.

So first of welcome Temitope nice to have you on here. Here's to more
productive collaborations between you and the community.

I need to bring you guys attention to this cool post by our one and only
Tosin Damilare aka @acetakwas
http://takwas.github.io/article/what-follows-django-girls.html for those of
us who haven't read it.

On PyLadies: So shout out to @Ichux for helping us secure a venue for the
next 3 months for our bi weekly meetups. Yaaay guys it's finally happening.
Save the date the Launch of Pyladies Nigeria is happening this coming
Saturday on the 16th. See more details here
http://www.meetup.com/pyladiesnigeria/
Inspired by a recent article I read on Medium we have decided to open up
the floor to guys to come and celebrate our Launch with us. Hurry though
only 9 spots left.
Like I said before PyLadies is going to be framework agnostic and hopes to
touch all key areas of the general purpose language ranging from data
Science to web development, robotics etc...

On another note just incase you missed it too on the Python-Africa mailing
list; for those of us interested in PyCon ZA their call for proposals is
open. See more here https://za.pycon.org/ It would be amazing to have some
of you represent the PyNigeria community at SouthAfrica. Please submit a
talk or workshop proposal....................

And there you go.....cheers to me not writing long emails ;)

Asante (.....in my Swahili voice) and have a pythonic week ahead.

Aisha Bello

From acetakwas at gmail.com  Mon Apr 11 13:57:02 2016
From: acetakwas at gmail.com (Tosin Damilare James Animashaun)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:57:02 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 9, Issue 4
In-Reply-To: <mailman.71.1460390403.14938.python-nigeria@python.org>
References: <mailman.71.1460390403.14938.python-nigeria@python.org>
Message-ID: <CALnZ9TJJ-QEP=uEDF1L3NkfUhxtDt3RO6fgNV+YOFoEgC4FbVA@mail.gmail.com>

Good evening house,

(I'll try to be more terse than our darling @Aisha ;) )



On 11 April 2016 at 17:00, <python-nigeria-request at python.org> wrote:

>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Matters Arising (Aisha Bello)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:57:48 +0100
> From: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050 at gmail.com>
> To: python-nigeria at python.org
>
>
> Bonsoir Pythonistas :D,
>
> I hope this meets us well. So sometime ago on Slack someone commented on
> how everywhere had gone really quiet and someone else replied that
> Pythonistas were queuing for fuel.#FuelScarcity. I hope none of us had to
> waste valuable time or even spend the night queuing for Fuel.
>

I want to encourage everyone of us to become more proactive in the
community. I understand that as geeks, most of use are by disposition less
social than *mere mortals*. :) :B

However, we should know that we are 'somewhat' pioneering something here, *if
done right*. There are "very few" *active* communities around any
tehcnology in Nigeria. A simple google search for "user(s) group Nigeria"
reveals this.

Over and abroad from where we all -- permit me to say this -- run to to
learn (or even copy) a bulk of what we know, communities are a lot more
involved; so much so that just about every technology has an *[XYZ]*Con
these days (only recently, someone had mentioned the *DjangoCon* in our
Slack community).

These things didn't just start big. They mostly started from small
communities like what we have now.

Just a while ago, the *#pydata* channel appeared to be going abuzz with
interesting conversations (a book-reading "challenge" even). Despite not
contributing much to that channel, I enjoyed reading the conversations in
my spare time and learned from them. But that channel has suddenly gone
quiet now.

Sometime ago, *Ifeanyi Oraelosi* (a.k.a *@gnerkus*) was sharing daily
algorithmic challenges from programming challenge/contests platforms like
Hackerrank and CodeWars, until he got discouraged by *our loud silence* and
non-reponse, then stopped.

We even have projects on ground that have yet to kick off, most notably
projects from the two Lekans in the house: *eMergency* app and the proposed
*Python-For-The-Average-Nigerian* book.

I am certainly just as guilty in all of this, so I am calling us
collectively to bring life [again] into this community.

We can make this happen. I see no reason why anyone should regret being a
part of this community (if there be any such person), expecially
considerring how ubiquitous the Python programming language is today. On
the contrary, We should be proud. :)




So first of welcome Temitope nice to have you on here. Here's to more
> productive collaborations between you and the community.
>

I also welcome all the new members and hope that they enjoy their time
here.




I need to bring you guys attention to this cool post by our one and only
> Tosin Damilare aka @acetakwas
> http://takwas.github.io/article/what-follows-django-girls.html for those
> of
> us who haven't read it.
>

@Aisha, thanks for mentioning the blog post. I am delighted to put in my
little quota, anytime.


(Well I guess I now owe you apologies for failing to keep my promise to be
less verbose -- I guess I had so much to say)

I wish everyone a productive week.

*Tosin Damilare James Animashaun*
*Christian | Programmer | Learner*
*Mobile:* +234 701 1389 064
*Blog:* http://takwas.github.io/
*LinkedIn: [image:
https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/tosin-damilare-james-animashaun/24/57a/471]
<https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/tosin-damilare-james-animashaun/24/57a/471>*
*Github**:* [image: https://github.com/takwas] <https://github.com/takwas>

From naomi.ceder at gmail.com  Wed Apr 13 05:21:05 2016
From: naomi.ceder at gmail.com (Naomi Ceder)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 04:21:05 -0500
Subject: [python-nigeria] 2016 Upcoming PSF Sponsor Member Vote (April 19,
 2016)
Message-ID: <CAKvj0qQ1P69bB-Dbwu_yNBs_7hat5R+Te1XMGpoyO5LqF8KpBw@mail.gmail.com>

We have a PSF election coming up. I know that there is a lot happening for
the Python community in Nigeria, which tells me that there must quite a few
people who are putting in at least 5 hours a month orgnanizing. So let me
encourage anyone who is doing that amount of work to become a voting member
of the PSF and vote in the upcoming elections.

The vote mentioned is only for sponsoring members of the PSF but right
after that in late May/early June we will be voting for board members, so
this is a good chance to get started and debug the process.

Cheers,
Naomi
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org>
Date: 12 April 2016 at 18:35
Subject: [PSF-Community] 2016 Upcoming PSF Sponsor Member Vote (April 19,
2016)
To: psf-community at python.org
Cc: Mark Mangoba <mmangoba at python.org>


Attention all members:

On April 19, 2016 AoE[1] we will launch a vote for two pending PSF Sponsor
Members.

If you are a voting member, you will receive a ballot. If you are not a
voting
member, but would like to become one, please apply to be a contributing or
managing member (with voting privileges) by April 18, 2016 AoE.

The application form is available here: http://goo.gl/forms/Kb45fTcVyg
<https://goo.gl/A0oKx9>.

If you do not know if you are a voting member, please email me off-list and
I will check.

Voter application cut-off date: April 18, 2016 AoE

Voting start date: April 19, 2016 AoE
Voting end date: May 3, 2016 AoE

[1]AoE (Anywhere on earth): http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe

Best regards,

Ewa
Director of Operations
Python Software Foundation


_______________________________________________
PSF-Community mailing list
PSF-Community at python.org
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community




-- 
Naomi Ceder
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about

From aishabello2050 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 13 17:41:39 2016
From: aishabello2050 at gmail.com (Aisha Bello)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:41:39 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] On my Honor...... I do solemnly swear
Message-ID: <CABsUhZcszSwewLavDTDppPDH+03S-B_o2+m3p4NYJh3rYcJb8A@mail.gmail.com>

Bonsoir Pythonistas,

It's the middle of the week and I normally will wait till the weekend when
everyone is a lot less busy to push an email. But I am in exceedingly high
spirits and I thought I hola at my PyFamily.

I was really moved by tosin's(a.k.a @acetakwas) email to us and I must
confess I have been guilty recently. So am here to say on my Honor I will
try to do better in being actively engaged with the community. For me I
have come to know many of you personally and more than just a Python
community You've all become like family even though I have never met many
of you before.
Talking about interesting topics and learning new things the people in
#Pydata channel have been super amazing and in these past few weeks I have
learnt a lot and gotten a lot of help from the great analytic minds in that
channel than i would have learnt if I was on my own, or taken longer in
solving my own DM tasks. I am particularly proud of how much we've grown
and how there is an unfathomable bond that keeps getting stronger. Who
would think that our community is barely 5 months old and we've been able
to achieve so much.
I hail all thee Naija Pythonistas. We are so on point. So to this end I do
solemnly swear to do everything within my power to keep us going and to
keep preaching the ever so awesome PyNigeria community from the top of my
voice shouting from the rooftops.

On the voting side and being a voting member on the PSF......time to get us
actively involved. Would really encourage anyone who has been putting
things together on their end to signup and let's get our voices heard. In a
non APC or PDP voice *Every vote counts* ;)

My next email would be giving you guys the exclusive gists from PyLadies
Launch there are still a few places left. As much as it's PyLadies and it's
supposed to be encouraging more women into the tech scene we all know there
are very few female Pythonistas so we need your help and support (a.k.a the
guys) in getting the word/message out there. Consider this an exclusive
invite to PyLadies Launch on Saturday;).

oops I did it again.  I apologize for the long epistle.

Aisha
(PyNigeria Community Enthusiast :D)

From hsysinfo at gmail.com  Fri Apr 15 06:53:58 2016
From: hsysinfo at gmail.com (Chukwudi Nwachukwu)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:53:58 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 9, Issue 7
In-Reply-To: <mailman.84.1460649605.2306.python-nigeria@python.org>
References: <mailman.84.1460649605.2306.python-nigeria@python.org>
Message-ID: <CAKBXtw-HzyaiZeqqYgqn-+chzNQiTjMXOmEhFu-A14Se=UY4zQ@mail.gmail.com>

We do hope to hear about the PyLadies as Aisha has said. And congrats to
anyone who would be there. We welcome all the inputs everyone both on Slack
and this mailing list.

I have been coding to push out to our Github page according to my promise
at the last Lagos meet up. So, everyone, let's keep working for the good of
Python in Nigeria.


iChux?
http://bit.ly/iscrape
*Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

On 14 April 2016 at 17:00, <python-nigeria-request at python.org> wrote:

> Send python-nigeria mailing list submissions to
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>
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>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. On my Honor...... I do solemnly swear (Aisha Bello)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050 at gmail.com>
> To: python-nigeria at python.org
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:41:39 +0100
> Subject: [python-nigeria] On my Honor...... I do solemnly swear
> Bonsoir Pythonistas,
>
> It's the middle of the week and I normally will wait till the weekend when
> everyone is a lot less busy to push an email. But I am in exceedingly high
> spirits and I thought I hola at my PyFamily.
>
> I was really moved by tosin's(a.k.a @acetakwas) email to us and I must
> confess I have been guilty recently. So am here to say on my Honor I will
> try to do better in being actively engaged with the community. For me I
> have come to know many of you personally and more than just a Python
> community You've all become like family even though I have never met many
> of you before.
> Talking about interesting topics and learning new things the people in
> #Pydata channel have been super amazing and in these past few weeks I have
> learnt a lot and gotten a lot of help from the great analytic minds in that
> channel than i would have learnt if I was on my own, or taken longer in
> solving my own DM tasks. I am particularly proud of how much we've grown
> and how there is an unfathomable bond that keeps getting stronger. Who
> would think that our community is barely 5 months old and we've been able
> to achieve so much.
> I hail all thee Naija Pythonistas. We are so on point. So to this end I do
> solemnly swear to do everything within my power to keep us going and to
> keep preaching the ever so awesome PyNigeria community from the top of my
> voice shouting from the rooftops.
>
> On the voting side and being a voting member on the PSF......time to get us
> actively involved. Would really encourage anyone who has been putting
> things together on their end to signup and let's get our voices heard. In a
> non APC or PDP voice *Every vote counts* ;)
>
> My next email would be giving you guys the exclusive gists from PyLadies
> Launch there are still a few places left. As much as it's PyLadies and it's
> supposed to be encouraging more women into the tech scene we all know there
> are very few female Pythonistas so we need your help and support (a.k.a the
> guys) in getting the word/message out there. Consider this an exclusive
> invite to PyLadies Launch on Saturday;).
>
> oops I did it again.  I apologize for the long epistle.
>
> Aisha
> (PyNigeria Community Enthusiast :D)
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-nigeria mailing list
> python-nigeria at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nigeria
>
>

From aishabello2050 at gmail.com  Sun Apr 17 17:37:49 2016
From: aishabello2050 at gmail.com (Aisha Bello)
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:37:49 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] Gists.....................?
Message-ID: <CABsUhZfBvt-G73+6gm+F-PgZR8H_iuouRoc=28vgtJ__gQP1_Q@mail.gmail.com>

Bonsoir Pythonistas,

Hope we all had a great week and enjoyed the weekend. *clears throat* I
write to bring you guys gists of how the launch of #PyLadiesNigeria went.

First of thanks to the PSF *#SupportingPythonistasSinceTimeImmemorial* and
UpperLink Nigeria for generously giving us a very conducive space to host
our event. We couldn't have done it without them. A massive shout out to my
co-organizer @TomiwaOrlu for a great job in making sure the event went
smooth.

We started off by introducing ourselves, talked about our experiences, what
we hoped to learn/achieve on an individual basis from subsequent PyLadies
meetups an generally just got to know ourselves.  We had a rich mix of
amazing ladies from Obiamaka who's in the travel industry to Tomiwa in
Quality control Hamdalah and Mercy (DG Ota and Akure organizers
respectively) and a host of many other interesting ladies.

What was thrilling and amazing was we had guys from the PyNigeria community
#PyMen (*honestly that's what they called themselves*) who came to support
and encourage us. When Chukwudi #ichux came to inspire us and assure us of
his ever non failing support for the group while we learnt from his truck
load of 12 years experience as a python developer, Osas #Oxax gave a lot of
helpful tips on how we might go about achieving our learning objectives and
suggested a lot of helpful resources and overcoming the fear of being stuck
in the learning phase. We were also honored to receive a lot of love from
Olamilekan #eMergency who came all the way from Ibadan to support us, and
his wealth of suggestions, tips and advice was amazing. We also had
Emmanuel join us from the R users meetup group. It was a rich confluence of
amazing people showing support to PyLadies.

In a nutshell our interests centered around Data science, S/W design
network, web design e.t.c we hope to form our subsequent meetup timetables
covering various topics in this area and more.
And there you go........ how Pyladies launch went.


Wishing everyone a pythonic week ahead.

Until I come your way again.......Odabo *in my not so Yoruba voice*

Aisha

From oyenuga.temitope at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 23 06:47:50 2016
From: oyenuga.temitope at yahoo.com (Temitope Oyenuga)
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:47:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [python-nigeria] Hello Everyone
References: <1811693459.829739.1461408470998.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1811693459.829739.1461408470998.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>

Hello everyone,?
Thank you for all the warm welcome messages to the Python Nigeria mailing list, and a very special thank you to Aisha Bello for inviting me to the Python Nigeria community.?
Apologies for not sending out this introduction earlier, but I'll just go ahead. I'm Tope Oyenuga, i'm a systems engineer with Cisco Systems Inc. I work in a very international team designing data center and virtualisation solutions for customers all over the world. I am pretty new to programming and scripting (not really, i'll explain at a later date), taking up learning Python and toying with some Spotify, Twitter and Nexus-OS API's. In my spare time I read books (a lot), tinker with learning Dutch & Arabic (at the same time), and like to go for the occasional swim.?
So yeah, if you ever want to have a conversation about the relevancy or impact of programming and scripting on networking or enterprise IT in general I am your man.?
I'm really excited to be part of the community, and looking forward to not just working with you all on some very cool projects but also learning from this amazing community.?
Cheers,?Tope Oyenuga.?http://cs.co/teoyenug?

From hsysinfo at gmail.com  Sun Apr 24 12:12:25 2016
From: hsysinfo at gmail.com (Chukwudi Nwachukwu)
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:12:25 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 9, Issue 10
In-Reply-To: <mailman.64.1461427204.25458.python-nigeria@python.org>
References: <mailman.64.1461427204.25458.python-nigeria@python.org>
Message-ID: <CAKBXtw8nDdCkoFgWH9s2oF5O9-i_MjocnCm9G3dNmqXgQ_yt3w@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Tope,

This community of ours is a lovely place that accommodates everyone with
the interest of moving forward to the benefit of everyone.

We would like for you, if possible, to checkout our archive to learn more
about what might have happened on this fora in the past.

You mentioned Aisha, oh yes, she's well known, and a Python Evangelist to
the core.

You talked about "relevancy or impact of programming and scripting on
networking or enterprise IT in general" could you explain more of what you
mean by this? You seem to pack a lot of punch going by your intro and we
would not shy away from learning from you.

We have many amazing people here and on the slack channel (
https://pythonnigeria.slack.com/) too, in case you have not joined yet. Python
is an amazing language, so, please fire on with learn it and you would
never regret it a bit.

You are welcome.


iChux?
http://bit.ly/iscrape
*Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

On 23 April 2016 at 17:00, <python-nigeria-request at python.org> wrote:

> Send python-nigeria mailing list submissions to
>         python-nigeria at python.org
>
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> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>         python-nigeria-request at python.org
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
>         python-nigeria-owner at python.org
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of python-nigeria digest..."
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Hello Everyone (Temitope Oyenuga)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Temitope Oyenuga <oyenuga.temitope at yahoo.com>
> To: "python-nigeria at python.org" <python-nigeria at python.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:47:50 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [python-nigeria] Hello Everyone
> Hello everyone,
> Thank you for all the warm welcome messages to the Python Nigeria mailing
> list, and a very special thank you to Aisha Bello for inviting me to the
> Python Nigeria community.
> Apologies for not sending out this introduction earlier, but I'll just go
> ahead. I'm Tope Oyenuga, i'm a systems engineer with Cisco Systems Inc. I
> work in a very international team designing data center and virtualisation
> solutions for customers all over the world. I am pretty new to programming
> and scripting (not really, i'll explain at a later date), taking up
> learning Python and toying with some Spotify, Twitter and Nexus-OS API's.
> In my spare time I read books (a lot), tinker with learning Dutch & Arabic
> (at the same time), and like to go for the occasional swim.
> So yeah, if you ever want to have a conversation about the relevancy or
> impact of programming and scripting on networking or enterprise IT in
> general I am your man.
> I'm really excited to be part of the community, and looking forward to not
> just working with you all on some very cool projects but also learning from
> this amazing community.
> Cheers, Tope Oyenuga. http://cs.co/teoyenug
>
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From hsysinfo at gmail.com  Sun Apr 24 12:38:57 2016
From: hsysinfo at gmail.com (Chukwudi Nwachukwu)
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:38:57 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] python-nigeria Digest, Vol 9, Issue 9
In-Reply-To: <mailman.82.1460995204.10785.python-nigeria@python.org>
References: <mailman.82.1460995204.10785.python-nigeria@python.org>
Message-ID: <CAKBXtw9WRBnHnB1+QEMcuW9rj+UOx18yL2QDettkqC4c9-ETag@mail.gmail.com>

Aisha, this report is a nice one, thanks for always carrying everyone along.

I wish to congratulate all the DjangoGirls organisers and encourage them to
keep the light blazing.


iChux?
http://bit.ly/iscrape
*Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

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>    1. Gists.....................? (Aisha Bello)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Aisha Bello <aishabello2050 at gmail.com>
> To: python-nigeria at python.org
> Cc:
> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:37:49 +0100
> Subject: [python-nigeria] Gists.....................?
> Bonsoir Pythonistas,
>
> Hope we all had a great week and enjoyed the weekend. *clears throat* I
> write to bring you guys gists of how the launch of #PyLadiesNigeria went.
>
> First of thanks to the PSF *#SupportingPythonistasSinceTimeImmemorial* and
> UpperLink Nigeria for generously giving us a very conducive space to host
> our event. We couldn't have done it without them. A massive shout out to my
> co-organizer @TomiwaOrlu for a great job in making sure the event went
> smooth.
>
> We started off by introducing ourselves, talked about our experiences, what
> we hoped to learn/achieve on an individual basis from subsequent PyLadies
> meetups an generally just got to know ourselves.  We had a rich mix of
> amazing ladies from Obiamaka who's in the travel industry to Tomiwa in
> Quality control Hamdalah and Mercy (DG Ota and Akure organizers
> respectively) and a host of many other interesting ladies.
>
> What was thrilling and amazing was we had guys from the PyNigeria community
> #PyMen (*honestly that's what they called themselves*) who came to support
> and encourage us. When Chukwudi #ichux came to inspire us and assure us of
> his ever non failing support for the group while we learnt from his truck
> load of 12 years experience as a python developer, Osas #Oxax gave a lot of
> helpful tips on how we might go about achieving our learning objectives and
> suggested a lot of helpful resources and overcoming the fear of being stuck
> in the learning phase. We were also honored to receive a lot of love from
> Olamilekan #eMergency who came all the way from Ibadan to support us, and
> his wealth of suggestions, tips and advice was amazing. We also had
> Emmanuel join us from the R users meetup group. It was a rich confluence of
> amazing people showing support to PyLadies.
>
> In a nutshell our interests centered around Data science, S/W design
> network, web design e.t.c we hope to form our subsequent meetup timetables
> covering various topics in this area and more.
> And there you go........ how Pyladies launch went.
>
>
> Wishing everyone a pythonic week ahead.
>
> Until I come your way again.......Odabo *in my not so Yoruba voice*
>
> Aisha
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From aishabello2050 at gmail.com  Sun Apr 24 18:13:33 2016
From: aishabello2050 at gmail.com (Aisha Bello)
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 23:13:33 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] Don't you think......It's about time?
Message-ID: <CABsUhZdGFRriJZE2C5WYUiG85azWX1_4SJZEw9e-t71e8F4b1A@mail.gmail.com>

Hola Pythonistas,

Hope everyone had a great weekend. The weekend is over so soon again :( So
being me I thought I pen a few words at the start of the week. Call it
#FoodforThought. this shouldn't take long....

So first of a warm welcome to Temitope Oyenuga. It's interesting to have a
diverse range of people using python for different awesome things. I just
coined a personal mantra "Wherever You Are, Whatever you need #Python is
always there for you with a framework :)" Looking forward to learning some
of the cool things Python avails the networking space from Temitope. Most
of our community conversations have centered on web and data......

So as regards our young and vibrant community, I was thinking and I thought
to myself we've come so far in these past few months (built an amazing
community, have DG workshops to our name, done a meetup, have a buzzing
slack team), so what's next? What happened to our plans of putting
PyNigeria on the map and registering as a not-for-profit in Nigeria? What
happened to having another meetup? what happened  to our projects? What
happened to the plans of PyNigeria Conference? While I am proud of what
we've been able to accomplish as a community I can't but wonder what's
next. While it may seem everything is perfect I honestly don't want us
stuck in the beginner phase of community, as tempted as I am to come up
with excuses and blame Nepa or fuel scarcity.
I am keen to write more but I would love to hear from you guys about how we
can move our community ahead. Proactive steps. I forsee a PyCon Nigeria in
the nearest future where we attract great minds from around the world into
our dear own.......
As a reference I am going to reference some of the advice Naomi gave us in
February. FYI we are not yet on the wiki page :(...someone please take it
up :-(

Join the Python-Africa mailing list to add your voice there -
>
      https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa
      - add a presence (even if it's a link to this mailing list's info
      page) for Nigeria on the Python wiki's user groups page -
      https://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups#Other_Africa
      - Become a member of the Python Software Foundation. Basic membership
      is free, just go to https://www.python.org/accounts/login/ and create
      an account and you are a basic member!
      - Join/post on the PSF-Community mailing list. All PSF members around
      the world are welcome to post and connect using that list. It would be
      great place to let the world of Python know what you are doing.
      - Become a voting member of the PSF - if you put in 5 hours a month
      (or 60 hours a year) doing Python community work (organizing, coding,
      documentation, etc) you are eligible to become a voting member. Voting
      members vote to elect the board members (like me), to accept sponsor
      companies, and on other issues of governance as they arise. The more
      diverse and widespread our voters are the more likely the board and
      governance will represent everyone and make better decisions, so
we really
      need you. The info on becoming a voting member this way is at
      http://pyfound.blogspot.de/2015/02/enroll-as-psf-voting-member.html
      - Working group. The PSF has a structure to create working groups for
      projects as needed. If you have a project or goal, we might be able to
      create a working group. Contact me for more advice on that.
      - Get funding. The PSF offers funding for meetups and conferences
      around the world. For more information on how to do this, go to
      https://www.python.org/psf/grants/ and I again would be happy to help

>       out.


I am really looking forward to reading from many of you......This is
Ours......Let's make this count. We already started we might as well give
it all we've got.

Wishing everyone a pythonic week ahead ;)

Aisha Bello

From hsysinfo at gmail.com  Wed Apr 27 04:13:33 2016
From: hsysinfo at gmail.com (Chukwudi Nwachukwu)
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 09:13:33 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] Aisha's "so what's next?"
Message-ID: <CAKBXtw-qdKAqpEPPHH=TboNLUbkbE3DNwy7JoVGAwvpCwt8OWQ@mail.gmail.com>

Aisha's "so what's next?" includes
1. What happened to our plans of putting PyNigeria on the map and
registering as a not-for-profit in Nigeria?
2. What happened to having another meetup?
3. What happened  to our projects?
4. What happened to the plans of PyNigeria Conference?
5. FYI we are not yet on the wiki page.

Dear Pythonistas in Nigeria,

Why are we so silent on these issues? Let's add vibrancy and enthusiasm to
this whole thing since a "tree can't make a forest"

One thing I know that's been affecting us all is the "current economic
situations" that we find ourselves. But then, let's have that inner
motivation and the I-Can-Do-It attitude.

Many people subscribed to this list and the slack channel but activated
their silent mode. Once in while, we need you to talk so that we would know
what people want.

We have an email address and github account too. What about those?

Thanks.

iChux?
http://bit.ly/iscrape
*Behind every no entry sign, there is a door.*

From helenopetunde at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 29 11:43:09 2016
From: helenopetunde at yahoo.com (Opetunde Helen)
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:43:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [python-nigeria] Plea for awesome coaches
References: <1569408491.4754220.1461944589431.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1569408491.4754220.1461944589431.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>

Hello everyone!?? I believe we all are doing great. First off, I'd like to thank you all for supporting Django girls Ogbomoso event so far. Thanks to all of those who volunteered to coach the girls; you really are awesome.?So far, we have 30 girls and about 7 coaches on ground. We are planning to have three girls to one coach, which is where I am really pleading for your help. The point is, we need more coaches.
?I understand that the economy is not friendly presently and many of us might dread the idea of travelling all the way down to Ogbomoso, but we can only beg you to please do it for the girls who will never forget you for teaching them what might pave a great way for their success in life eventually. Who knows whether you will be coaching the Sheryl Sandberg of Nigeria at this event ;)?The bottom line of this story is that we need three more coaches. Please if you will be available on the 6th and 7th of May (next weekend) kindly help us to coach these girls and we promise to make you feel as comfortable as possible. Thank you so much

From morekoya at gmail.com  Fri Apr 29 11:55:16 2016
From: morekoya at gmail.com (Morolake Orekoya)
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:55:16 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] Hello Python Nigeria
Message-ID: <CAATobPz_HsrWAN7NEAWoda8AOcrH+N4r9Q4R79wq39Y0hQo-RQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

My name is Rolake, new to the python language. I look forward to being able
to contribute to this community.

From aishabello2050 at gmail.com  Sat Apr 30 04:38:43 2016
From: aishabello2050 at gmail.com (Aisha Bello)
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:38:43 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] Code of Conduct...........As published by the
 Python Software Foundation
Message-ID: <CABsUhZfE2c+WwPOUU5Ku2O79PrO5RvzaCsnBoSgjTGZMqPcx=Q@mail.gmail.com>

Python Community Code of Conduct

The Python community is made up of members from around the globe with a
diverse set of skills, personalities, and experiences. It is through these
differences that our community experiences great successes and continued
growth. When you're working with members of the community, we encourage you
to follow these guidelines which help steer our interactions and strive to
keep Python a positive, successful, and growing community.

A member of the Python community is:
Open

Members of the community are open to collaboration, whether it's on PEPs,
patches, problems, or otherwise. We're receptive to constructive comment
and criticism, as the experiences and skill sets of other members
contribute to the whole of our efforts. We're accepting of all who wish to
take part in our activities, fostering an environment where anyone can
participate and everyone can make a difference.
Considerate

Members of the community are considerate of their peers -- other Python
users. We're thoughtful when addressing the efforts of others, keeping in
mind that often times the labor was completed simply for the good of the
community. We're attentive in our communications, whether in person or
online, and we're tactful when approaching differing views.
Respectful

Members of the community are respectful. We're respectful of others, their
positions, their skills, their commitments, and their efforts. We're
respectful of the volunteer efforts that permeate the Python community.
We're respectful of the processes set forth in the community, and we work
within them. When we disagree, we are courteous in raising our issues.

Overall, we're good to each other. We contribute to this community not
because we have to, but because we want to. If we remember that, these
guidelines will come naturally.

Ref: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/

From aishabello2050 at gmail.com  Sat Apr 30 05:14:53 2016
From: aishabello2050 at gmail.com (Aisha Bello)
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 10:14:53 +0100
Subject: [python-nigeria] Matters Arising
Message-ID: <CABsUhZfKyTSbM8o+XK5CsCE6dV=D2zZwLdb29dd3Z4ZbRBekHg@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Highly Esteemed Pythonistas,
'
It warms my heart when I see other ladies send emails here *shines teeth*.
I am adding my voice to the plea for DjangoGirls Ogbomoso. I will also be
coaching at the workshop, and I honestly can't wait to be in a room filled
with new/ prospective Pythonistas as well as other mentors (Heroes).

Rolake you're highly welcome to the community, we look forward to hearing
and seeing you be active in the community and your contributions.

So guys a lot of conversations have stemmed up on slack channel on we
registering PyNigeria
http://new.cac.gov.ng/home/part-a-registry/ Tomiwa aka. @tmdobleu gave a
suggestion that registering as a company limited by guarantee applies to
us. and @emmaakin says a letter of recognition from the global python
community would help out, and the rest would just be a couple of things
here and there. @naomiceder PSF board member has suggested we write a
letter to the PSF and she would be happy to have a look. If you want to see
the conversation head over to slack on the #general channel.
Guys I have no idea whatsover what registering a company in Nigeria
entails, and would appreciate anyone with an experience come on and tell us
their experience and drop a how to advice.

There has been recent conversations which prompted me to bring to the
attention a Code of Conduct. We are part of a global python movement hence,
as our community grows there is need to maintain the good atmosphere of
community we have built so far. In another email I published the PSF code
of conduct for the community. I encourage everyone to take a moment and go
through it *if you haven't before* as the code of conduct applies to all
facets of the community. I can assure you it's shorter than my emails ;)

Wishing everyone an awesome long weekend :D

Aisha Bello