[Pycon-openspaces] I can help

[Anna Ossowski]

Thanks Katia! We’ve had a few other folks reach out so we’ll be in touch with our decision by the end of February.

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> On Feb 7, 2019, at 4:54 PM, Katia Lira <katialira.villena at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hola Anna,
> 
> Yes! I don't know the next two cities but my plan for sure is to attend.
> I totally understand what you mean about burn out. I've cut out attending other conferences because of that. 
> 
> Im not doing anything major about DCUS this year. With DEFNA through the year, my role is going to be trying to make Jeff's life easier, we're starting slow and growing on tasks to handle.
> 
> And with PyCon Latam we have the conference this year, right now the team is 4 co-chairs so not all the burden is on me. After August the conference will move to another country and team, so I'll move to a cheering co-chair role :)
> 
> So yes, my plate has a lot of volunteering things but for that week in May Im focused on PyCon. Last year I volunteered at the PyLadies booth, Django Girls booth and as a session runner. If I skip that this year I'll have time for the open spaces.
> 
> I completely understand if there's someone more suited for this, just thought I could help 
> 
> Have a good day or night (timezones are weird),
> Katia
> 
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 2:43 AM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski at gmail.com <mailto:annabell.ossowski at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Katia,
> 
> Thank you for your email!
> 
> Are you planning on attending PyCon 2020 and 2021 as well?
> I know you do quite a few things on the side such as organizing PyCon Mexico and being involved in DEFNA. We want to make sure that no one overcommits and burns out so I wanted to double check with you if you would be ok with taking on another volunteer responsibility.
> 
> Warm regards,
> Anna
> 
> ——
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2019, at 9:44 PM, Katia Lira <katialira.villena at gmail.com <mailto:katialira.villena at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> 
>> I've attended and volunteered at PyCon twice and other Regional conferences. I've never been a chair of a team. 
>> 
>> The first time I attended PyCon we had a Spanish speaking Open Spaces (Trey suggested it) where we formed a cool group and now we are organizing the very first Latam conference in Mexico (yay).
>> 
>> So needless to say, open spaces are amazing in my opinion.
>> 
>> I would like to help, I have time and will be attending this year and most years after this. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Katia
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