From sdeibel at wingware.com  Thu Jun  2 05:07:32 2005
From: sdeibel at wingware.com (Stephan Deibel)
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 23:07:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Seeking writer for article on Python
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506012302190.4832@avocado>

Hi,

Anyone here willing and able to do a short article on Python for an IT 
magazine?  The deadline is on 15 June and length limit is 1850 words.

It should be a high level piece saying where Python fits into the whole 
world of development, what it's origins were, where it's going and how it 
works well.

I can send details, including a copy of a prior "review" of Python they
want this to be a follow-up for and can get you a copy of the magazine
as well.

I should explain that this isn't technically a PSF activity, but certainly 
within the PSF's charter and related to the prior discussion of building up 
a body of advocacy materials.  This could be a start for that.

Thanks,

- Stephan


From greg.lindstrom at novasyshealth.com  Thu Jun  2 15:07:30 2005
From: greg.lindstrom at novasyshealth.com (Greg Lindstrom)
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:07:30 -0500
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Python Article
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>From: Stephan Deibel <sdeibel at wingware.com>
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>Hi,
>
>Anyone here willing and able to do a short article on Python for an IT 
>magazine?  The deadline is on 15 June and length limit is 1850 words.
>
>  
>
Hi, Steven-

I'm putting the finishing touches on an article for IEEE's "ITPro" 
magazine.  If you have no other takers, I would be interested in  taking 
a crack at this.  Send me details and maybe we can talk.

--greg

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From sdeibel at wingware.com  Fri Jun 17 01:07:02 2005
From: sdeibel at wingware.com (Stephan Deibel)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:07:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] [PSF-Members] Open Source event in Guatemala
In-Reply-To: <A128D751272CD411BC9200508BC2194D053C858C@escpl.tcp.com.ar>
References: <A128D751272CD411BC9200508BC2194D053C858C@escpl.tcp.com.ar>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506161902580.4746@avocado>

[For psf-volunteers, this is a reply to a post to psf-members from Facundo 
who was contacted by the organizers of Opensource Guatemala to see if we
have materials we can send for distribution at the conference.]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Batista, Facundo wrote:
> Even so, they ask if please we can send them brochures, CDs, etc, for
> advertising Python. Can we?

As far as I know, we don't have any designs for brochures, CDs, etc. This 
is certainly something that would be nice to have, not just for this 
opportunity, in case someone wants to volunteer.

BTW, Aahz and a few others were trying to organize a PSF/Python presence at 
OSCON and the same sorts of materials would be useful there, and would be 
seen by a much larger audience.

I'm willing to help w/ editing/writing materials if someone else can lead 
this.

- Stephan

From facundo at taniquetil.com.ar  Fri Jun 17 01:29:16 2005
From: facundo at taniquetil.com.ar (Facundo Batista)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:29:16 -0300
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] [PSF-Members] Open Source event in Guatemala
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506161902580.4746@avocado>
References: <A128D751272CD411BC9200508BC2194D053C858C@escpl.tcp.com.ar>
	<Pine.LNX.4.62.0506161902580.4746@avocado>
Message-ID: <42B20B4C.3050202@taniquetil.com.ar>

Stephan Deibel wrote:

> As far as I know, we don't have any designs for brochures, CDs, etc. This 
> is certainly something that would be nice to have, not just for this 
> opportunity, in case someone wants to volunteer.
> 
> ...
> 
> I'm willing to help w/ editing/writing materials if someone else can lead 
> this.

Well, maybe it could be something as simple as a big poster with a big logo and 
the Zen of Python.

I certainly would like to have one of those in my bedroom. And in my workplace. 
And in my...

Python-rocks--ly yours,

.	Facundo

From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Fri Jun 17 01:37:13 2005
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:37:13 -0700
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in Guatemala
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506161902580.4746@avocado>
References: <A128D751272CD411BC9200508BC2194D053C858C@escpl.tcp.com.ar>
	<Pine.LNX.4.62.0506161902580.4746@avocado>
Message-ID: <20050616233713.GA16119@panix.com>

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005, Stephan Deibel wrote:
>
> BTW, Aahz and a few others were trying to organize a PSF/Python
> presence at OSCON [...]

Unfortunately, response has been sparse.  I'm about ready to give up.
-- 
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From chad.hughes at pnl.gov  Fri Jun 17 02:19:24 2005
From: chad.hughes at pnl.gov (Hughes, Chad O)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:19:24 -0700
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in Guatemala
Message-ID: <42C7E766869C42408F0360B7BF0CBD9B014B618F@pnlmse27.pnl.gov>

I don't know anything about OSCON. Where is it going to be held?

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Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 4:37 PM
To: psf-volunteers at python.org
Subject: Re: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in Guatemala


On Thu, Jun 16, 2005, Stephan Deibel wrote:
>
> BTW, Aahz and a few others were trying to organize a PSF/Python 
> presence at OSCON [...]

Unfortunately, response has been sparse.  I'm about ready to give up.
-- 
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http://www.pythoncraft.com/

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From sdeibel at wingware.com  Fri Jun 17 02:36:12 2005
From: sdeibel at wingware.com (Stephan Deibel)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:36:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in Guatemala
In-Reply-To: <42C7E766869C42408F0360B7BF0CBD9B014B618F@pnlmse27.pnl.gov>
References: <42C7E766869C42408F0360B7BF0CBD9B014B618F@pnlmse27.pnl.gov>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506162034500.4746@avocado>

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Hughes, Chad O wrote:
> I don't know anything about OSCON. Where is it going to be held?

Portland Oregon.  Not far from PNL, it looks like.  See:

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2005/

- Stephan


From chad.hughes at pnl.gov  Fri Jun 17 17:36:34 2005
From: chad.hughes at pnl.gov (Hughes, Chad O)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:36:34 -0700
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in Guatemala
Message-ID: <42C7E766869C42408F0360B7BF0CBD9B014B6190@pnlmse27.pnl.gov>

Than I am interested in helping, how can I help.
Chad

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephan Deibel [mailto:sdeibel at wingware.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 5:36 PM
To: Hughes, Chad O
Cc: Aahz; psf-volunteers at python.org
Subject: Re: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in Guatemala


On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Hughes, Chad O wrote:
> I don't know anything about OSCON. Where is it going to be held?

Portland Oregon.  Not far from PNL, it looks like.  See:

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2005/

- Stephan


From aleaxit at yahoo.com  Sun Jun 19 06:16:39 2005
From: aleaxit at yahoo.com (Alex Martelli)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:16:39 -0700
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in Guatemala
In-Reply-To: <20050616233713.GA16119@panix.com>
References: <A128D751272CD411BC9200508BC2194D053C858C@escpl.tcp.com.ar>
	<Pine.LNX.4.62.0506161902580.4746@avocado>
	<20050616233713.GA16119@panix.com>
Message-ID: <94E80CBE-B7B6-48BA-BB88-03E854884C50@yahoo.com>


On Jun 16, 2005, at 16:37, Aahz wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 16, 2005, Stephan Deibel wrote:
>
>>
>> BTW, Aahz and a few others were trying to organize a PSF/Python
>> presence at OSCON [...]
>>
>
> Unfortunately, response has been sparse.  I'm about ready to give up.

Well, Anna and I are gonna be there, if anything's happening we might  
help out on!


Alex



From steve at holdenweb.com  Sun Jun 19 17:57:11 2005
From: steve at holdenweb.com (Steve Holden)
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:57:11 -0400
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in Guatemala
In-Reply-To: <94E80CBE-B7B6-48BA-BB88-03E854884C50@yahoo.com>
References: <A128D751272CD411BC9200508BC2194D053C858C@escpl.tcp.com.ar>	<Pine.LNX.4.62.0506161902580.4746@avocado>	<20050616233713.GA16119@panix.com>
	<94E80CBE-B7B6-48BA-BB88-03E854884C50@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <42B595D7.8000804@holdenweb.com>

Alex Martelli wrote:
> On Jun 16, 2005, at 16:37, Aahz wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Thu, Jun 16, 2005, Stephan Deibel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>BTW, Aahz and a few others were trying to organize a PSF/Python
>>>presence at OSCON [...]
>>>
>>
>>Unfortunately, response has been sparse.  I'm about ready to give up.
> 
> 
> Well, Anna and I are gonna be there, if anything's happening we might  
> help out on!
> 
> 
> Alex
> 

I am about as sure as I can be without asking anyother Director that if 
someone has the time to put together a reasonable-looking budget they 
could get approval from the Board. This could be voted on by email if 
the amount isn't excessive, and so wouldn't be bound to Board meeting 
schedules.

Unfortunately I'm just about to fly to the UK, so someone else will have 
to do the budget (which is only sensible since I won;t be going to 
Guatemala anyway).

regards
  Steve
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From sdeibel at wingware.com  Mon Jun 20 16:33:05 2005
From: sdeibel at wingware.com (Stephan Deibel)
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:33:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Open Source event in OSCON
In-Reply-To: <42C7E766869C42408F0360B7BF0CBD9B014B6190@pnlmse27.pnl.gov>
References: <42C7E766869C42408F0360B7BF0CBD9B014B6190@pnlmse27.pnl.gov>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506201030360.4840@avocado>

[I've changed subject to avoid confusion since topic changed to OSCON, not 
Guatemala]

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Hughes, Chad O wrote:
> Than I am interested in helping, how can I help.

Somebody who will be at OSCON needs to take leadership to set up a Python
presence there, with help from those that have volunteered.

(As far as I can tell, there has so far just been volunteers but nobody 
willing to take leadership on this)

- Stephan


From sdeibel at wingware.com  Tue Jun 21 17:24:52 2005
From: sdeibel at wingware.com (Stephan Deibel)
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:24:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] (Somewhat Urgent) Summer of Code Mentors Needed
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506211111200.4748@avocado>

Hi,

The PSF is participating in the Google Summer of Code (SoC) program and has 
received 221 applications from students looking to do summer projects in 
open source (in our case with/for Python) in return for $4500 awards upon 
completion of their project.  We will be accepting 20-30 of these.

Each student needs to be paired with a mentor that can help them with 
questions and problems that come up during their work.

Mentors have the option of being paid $500 of their work, although this 
payment can be declined to allow it to go to the PSF instead. The time 
commitment is probably on the order of a few hours per week per student 
(you can mentor more than one) for the rest of the summer.

Details on SoC are here:

http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html

If you are interested in helping out, please contact David Ascher by email 
(cc-ed on this message).

Availability of a mentor appropriate for a project is an important part of 
the process of ranking and accepting and rejecting proposals.  The final 
proposal ranking is in progress so if you're interested, please don't 
delay!

Thanks!

- Stephan


From david.ascher at gmail.com  Tue Jun 21 19:28:46 2005
From: david.ascher at gmail.com (David Ascher)
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:28:46 -0700
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] (Somewhat Urgent) Summer of Code Mentors Needed
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506211111200.4748@avocado>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0506211111200.4748@avocado>
Message-ID: <dd28fc2f05062110285417c721@mail.gmail.com>

Following up (someoen asked for more details).

We don't know as of yet what will be required in terms of mentorship,
since none of us has done this before.  You should however read:

http://code.google.com/mentfaq.html

specifically the line:

#  ... a person to monitor the progress of the students and mentor
them as the project goes forward.

and it'd be good to sign up for the summer-discuss list and scan
through the archives.

The purpose of the program is to make it possible for bright students
who would otherwise flip burgers to "flip bits instead".  In
particular, to foster people's involvements in the open source
community.  So we want mentors who could assist with that -- meaning
people who are or have been actively involved in open source projects,
understand the mechanics (both technical, community, etc.).

Hopefully that clarifies my expectations (whether they're shared, I
don't know!).

--david