[Pycon-openspaces] PyCon US Open Spaces Co-Chair Volunteer Opportunity

Andrey Smelter andrey.smelter at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 15:20:30 EST 2019


Hi Anna,

Thank you, this time is good for me as well, marked that on the calendar.
Please let me know what I need to do to setup the chat.

Thank you!
-Andrey

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 5:00 AM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Andrey,
>
> How about Tuesday, Feb 19 at 4pm GMT?
>
> Thank you!
> Anna
>
> ——
> You are appreciated.
> You are enough.
> You matter.
> You are not alone.
>
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Andrey Smelter <andrey.smelter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Anna,
>
> Yes, I am available part of the week.
> I will be out of town starting Friday February 22, any day before that I
> am available.
> Tuesdays and Thursdays are easier for me, but other days should be fine
> too.
>
> Thank you!
> -Andrey
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:59 PM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Andrey,
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>>
>> Would you have some time the week of February 18th for a quick chat?
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Anna
>>
>> ——
>> You are appreciated.
>> You are enough.
>> You matter.
>> You are not alone.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 12, 2019, at 7:05 PM, Andrey Smelter <andrey.smelter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Anna,
>>
>> Thank you for your email!
>>
>> Sorry, it took me several days to reply to your e-mail.
>> I needed to do some planning (being an international student/researcher
>> on a visa) in order to confirm that I will be able to attend the following
>> PyCon 2020 and 2021.
>>
>> Yes, I am planning to attend PyCon 2020 and PyCon 2021 in Pittsburgh and
>> I will be happy to volunteer for the PyCon Open Spaces as well.
>>
>> I normally arrive for the PyCon Conference days, i.e. skipping the first
>> two days which are Tutorials, so I can stay longer for the development
>> sprints. But I can arrive earlier.
>>
>> Thank you so much,
>> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>> -Andrey
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 6:12 AM Anna Ossowski <annabell.ossowski at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andrey,
>>>
>>> Thanks so much for reaching out to us!
>>>
>>> Are you planning on attending PyCon US 2020 and 2021 as well?
>>>
>>> I appreciate your ideas! Btw, we already do have an Open Spaces Twitter
>>> bot <https://twitter.com/openspacesbot>.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to hearing from you again!
>>> Anna
>>> ——
>>> You are appreciated.
>>> You are enough.
>>> You matter.
>>> You are not alone.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 8, 2019, at 5:30 PM, Andrey Smelter <andrey.smelter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> My name is Andrey Smelter,
>>>
>>> I learned about volunteering opportunity for Open Spaces at PyCon.
>>> I saw a twitter message from Anna Ossowski and Trey Hunner (
>>> https://twitter.com/OssAnna16/status/1093176750715023362) with call for
>>> volunteers.
>>>
>>> I have attended PyTennessee 2018 last year and met both Trey and Anna
>>> there.
>>> I also attended PyCon 2018 last year and enjoyed it a lot as well as
>>> went to multiple Open Spaces sessions following advice from several blog
>>> posts (including
>>> https://treyhunner.com/2018/04/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-first-pycon/
>>> ).
>>>
>>> I am currently a post-doctoral researcher at University of Kentucky
>>> Markey Cancer Center. I use Python on a daily basis to write and maintain
>>> scientific software for the lab that I work for, and for some system
>>> administration and for fun as well.
>>> Here are my GitHub and LinkedIn profiles if you want to learn more what
>>> I do:
>>> * GitHub: https://github.com/andreysmelter
>>> * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreysmelter/
>>>
>>> I am planning to addend PyCon this year and submitted an abstract for
>>> the poster session.
>>>
>>> After attending my first PyCon 2018 last year I thought that I should do
>>> volunteering for PyCon and after seeing call for volunteers for Open Spaces
>>> I thought it is a great opportunity to get more involved and do something
>>> awesome for the  Python Community.
>>>
>>> I remember a lot of people were taking pictures of the Open Spaces board
>>> to see what sessions are scheduled. I thought it would be nice to through
>>> some simple automation into it:
>>>    * Create google spreadsheet with available times and rooms.
>>>    * Create a dedicated twitter account for open sessions if it is not
>>> already exists.
>>>    * Use one of the available python libraries that interact with google
>>> spreadsheet (e.g. https://github.com/xflr6/gsheets,
>>> https://github.com/nithinmurali/pygsheets)
>>>    * Have a python script that goes over the upcoming Open Sessions and
>>> tweets room number, time and topic.
>>>
>>> I am happy to help with all tasks specified in the call for volunteer
>>> document
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cl8eejx6C8rNgSwCvW6ozgt-1F2zQ7NpH1Qr982H7tQ/edit
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> -Andrey
>>>
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>>>
>>
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