[PSF-Community] EuroPython 2019: Mobile Conference App available
Antoine Pitrou
antoine at python.org
Fri Jun 28 08:20:30 EDT 2019
What is "the community" in this context? There are many Python-oriented
communities, not a single one, so I'm not surprised that little gets
discussed here.
Regards
Antoine.
Le 28/06/2019 à 09:48, Steve Holden a écrit :
> The clue is in the list's title: it's for people with some kind of
> interest and/or stake in the PSF,
>
> Alas the community doesn't seem to feel the need for a bidirectional
> channel, and clearly very few information originators consider it useful.
>
> If you are reading this message: what did you expect to see on this
> list? What might you do to encourage people to post the sort of content
> you'd like to see?
>
> Kind regards.
> Steve Holden
>
> PS: EuroPython is a brilliant community conference, in historical terms
> about six months older than PyCon and just as community-spirited.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 7:16 PM David Lord <davidism at gmail.com
> <mailto:davidism at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Given the amount of updates that EuroPython sends out, I can't
> actually remember what else this mailing list gets off the top of my
> head. However, I didn't sign up for this list expecting to get a
> constant stream of updates about EuroPython. From the name and
> description I'd imagine it would be more focused on news about the
> PSF and community efforts with and around the PSF itself.
>
> It's not that I don't like to know that EuroPython is hard at work,
> it's great that you're enthusiastic, but I don't think the level of
> updates currently being sent to this list is useful. A few of the
> most important updates, such as a CFP or ticket sales seems more
> appropriate.
>
> I can add a filter that deletes anything with "EuroPython", but that
> means I will hear nothing, rather than just important things, and
> might miss other PSF-related discussions of EuroPython.
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 11:08 AM Mariatta <mariatta at python.org
> <mailto:mariatta at python.org>> wrote:
>
> If you find yourself receiving too many posts from EuroPython,
> it is quite simple to filter and automatically
> archive/delete/mute emails containing the word "EuroPython".
>
> Perhaps the problem is not with EuroPython posting too many
> things, but rather why aren't other members share more
> "community-type" announcements here?
>
> If people always have to worry that they'll be criticized as
> "spamming" it will deter people from actually posting useful
> information.
>
> I personally think info about a conference is relevant to the
> community, so it is fine to post them here.
>
> Another thing that would be great is if the PSF community page
> (https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community) can be
> updated to include more elaborate guidelines and examples of
> what posts are acceptable or not.
>
> ᐧ
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 10:17 AM James Bennett <james at b-list.org
> <mailto:james at b-list.org>> wrote:
>
>
> >> On Jun 27, 2019, at 12:35 AM, M.-A. Lemburg
> <mal at python.org <mailto:mal at 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.
> >
> >
> > 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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