From pablocelayes at gmail.com  Sat Dec  5 04:18:52 2015
From: pablocelayes at gmail.com (Pablo Gabriel Celayes)
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 06:18:52 -0300
Subject: [Python-cuba] Work Group Report for november
Message-ID: <CAMuNu10tGUPTrmCyOEwcf8fZJKTpF71J=Fbrf=YLdK-GXx7WVg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone!

Anything to add to the report for the last month?

On this side, I am happy to say that my cuban colleague Alejandro Zamora
Fonseca is now visiting here in C?rdoba (Argentina) and he has already
given a talk in the local Python meetup[1], from which many good ideas
emerged and which got many people interested in helping develop the Cuban
Python community.

We will expand on this on the following days.

Best regards, have a great weekend!


[1] http://www.meetup.com/Cordoba-Python-Meetup/events/226908468/
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From olemis at gmail.com  Sat Dec  5 16:27:03 2015
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 16:27:03 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] Work Group Report for november
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On 12/5/15, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <pablocelayes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>

Hi !
:)

> Anything to add to the report for the last month?
>

I am not very familiar with the mechanics of reporting ... but , in
spite of creating a favorable and open atmosphere , I'll sketch what
I'm starting to do this side , even if there are not yet real results
that can be shown . Progress so far has been really limited (I've been
quite busy these days) . I'm planning to start moving a bit faster
starting next week

1. I've contacted some local groups in Havana and they have WELCOMED
(<= yeah with capital letters ;) the idea of encouraging the
participation of speakers talking about subjects related to Python .
Monthly meetings are already happening so the goal here is more likely
to look for people working with Python-powered techs and/or keen to
prepare talks about related subjects .

2. I'm trying to contact friends in Camag?ey , Villa Clara and Holgu?n
so as to know what's going on there and encourage the organization of
similar meetings . I'd also like'em to travel to Havana City to
participate in the aforementioned monthly meetings , and vice-versa
i.e. motivate people living in Havana to travel to other provinces . I
look forward to suggestions aimed at adding provinces like Cienfuegos
, Sancti Spiritus and Granma , which are traditional regions for
development of Informatics (<- so I refuse to believe that nothing is
happening there ...) .

3. As an intermediate step towards the organization of the first PyCon
, I'm looking forward to explore (with other colleagues, who are
trying to make this happen) the possibility of incubating a sub-event
dedicated to Python within another conference with much broader scope
. ETA -> next year .

4. Looking forward to organizing a Python conference in Cuba I have
been contacting some people but still need to meet some others . It's
too early to disclose any further details beyond these , but I have
quite a few concrete ideas to figure out how to sort out some
obstacles and work towards establishing a concrete and realistic
schedule for organizing a Python conference in Cuba next year .

> On this side, I am happy to say that my cuban colleague Alejandro Zamora
> Fonseca is now visiting here in C?rdoba (Argentina) and he has already
> given a talk in the local Python meetup[1], from which many good ideas
> emerged and which got many people interested in helping develop the Cuban
> Python community.
>

<ot>
I'm hoping there are any Cubans already subscribed to this list . Is
there any way we can meet any time this month (i.e. December 2015) ?
</ot>

> We will expand on this on the following days.
>

[...]

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From pablocelayes at gmail.com  Sat Dec  5 17:13:01 2015
From: pablocelayes at gmail.com (Pablo Gabriel Celayes)
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 19:13:01 -0300
Subject: [Python-cuba] Work Group Report for november
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Message-ID: <CAMuNu12VN34gkFogokzP1XrPCtmTtzOfRuMzit38c5Z_uOtKiQ@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the thorough report, Olemis!

I have been willing to find the moment to give a detailed reply to your
previous postings as well, but unfortunately I am quite busy for still two
other weeks.

For now all I am telling you is that I will be visiting Cuba between
January 19th and 31st, and then again from March 1st through March 13rd. I
will contact you again in a couple of weeks, to see if we can organize some
PyDay or similar workshop/meeting during my visit. I am already in contact
with Medardo Rodr?guez, he is one of the main organizers behind the
Merchise Startup Circle Meetup[1] group in La Habana.


Best regards,

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablogabrielcelayes
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From fjcapdevila at gmail.com  Sat Dec  5 21:29:53 2015
From: fjcapdevila at gmail.com (Francisco J Capdevila)
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 23:29:53 -0300
Subject: [Python-cuba] (no subject)
Message-ID: <CA+HzWVGY9JXez9OFVwAKOFuD74RMXe0z3d2gb5d=qb8f6crP5A@mail.gmail.com>

Hola,

Soy Francisco Capdevila, Ingeniero y desarrollador Python/Django entre
otras cosas. Les escribo desde C?rdoba, Argentina, mi ciudad.
El viernes pasado tuve la suerte de asistir a una Python Meetup en
Machinalis d?nde conoc? a Alejandro Zamora Fonseca. El hizo una
presentaci?n y nos coment? que estaban creando un grupo de usuarios de
Python en Cuba. El tambi?n coment? que aprendi? mucho de la comunidad
de Python Argentina. Hablando con ?l, surgi? la idea de sumar algunos
de los miembros de PyAr a la nueva lista Cubana para contribuir a la
causa... y bueno, aqu? estoy para ayudar.

Saludos y buen fin de semana!


Francisco J. Capdevila

From alfonso.ali at gmail.com  Sun Dec  6 10:34:07 2015
From: alfonso.ali at gmail.com (Alfonso Ali)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 10:34:07 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] Work Group Report for november
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Hola a todos,

En abril del pr?ximo a?o como parte del evento CubaConference (
http://www.cubaconf.org/) se est? planificando ofrecer un taller de Python
y/o Django. Para ello est?n solicitando conferencistas y mentores. Aquellos
que puedan/quieran apoyar pueden contactar a Pablo Mestre (pmdcuba at gmail.com)
que es la persona que est? organizando el evento por la parte cubana.

Saludos,
  Ali

--------------------------------------------
Hi everyone,

There're plans to offer, in april, 2016 as part of the CubaConference event
(http://www.cubaconf.org/), workshops about Python and/or Django. The
coordinators of the event are looking for speakers and mentors. Those than
can/want help/participate please contact Pablo Mestre (pmdcuba at gmail.com)
who is the cuban coordinator.

Regards,
  Ali

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <
pablocelayes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the thorough report, Olemis!
>
> I have been willing to find the moment to give a detailed reply to your
> previous postings as well, but unfortunately I am quite busy for still two
> other weeks.
>
> For now all I am telling you is that I will be visiting Cuba between
> January 19th and 31st, and then again from March 1st through March 13rd. I
> will contact you again in a couple of weeks, to see if we can organize some
> PyDay or similar workshop/meeting during my visit. I am already in contact
> with Medardo Rodr?guez, he is one of the main organizers behind the
> Merchise Startup Circle Meetup[1] group in La Habana.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> *?l**l**?l**l**?* ????? *?ll?**l?*
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablogabrielcelayes
> <http://ar.linkedin.com/pub/pablo-celayes/5/535/911/es>
>
>
> [1] http://www.meetup.com/merchise/
>
>
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From olemis at gmail.com  Sun Dec  6 15:00:19 2015
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 15:00:19 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] Work Group Report for november
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On 12/6/15, Alfonso Ali <alfonso.ali at gmail.com> wrote:
>
[...]
>
> Hi everyone,
>

Hello Ali , thanks for jumping in .

> There're plans to offer, in april, 2016 as part of the CubaConference event
> (http://www.cubaconf.org/), workshops about Python and/or Django. The
> coordinators of the event are looking for speakers and mentors. Those than
> can/want help/participate please contact Pablo Mestre (pmdcuba at gmail.com)
> who is the cuban coordinator.
>
[...]

I've been contacted by Pablo and I'm looking forward to get involved
somehow . This is the event I was talking about before , and includes
similar activities related to Node.js and other open technologies .
Indeed it's a free software conference. It would be great if some
Python sub-event could be incubated in that context , as an
intermediate step looking forward to the ultimate goal of the
Python-Cuba WG .

Considering that this has already been mentioned in this context , in
November monthly meeting some people (including Pablo and me) were
engaged in explaining to the audience the experience we lived during
Startup Weekend Havana 2015 . We both had other appointments and
people to talk to . We were even approached by a reporter , etc . So
we had little time to talk, during which he put on the table the
subject of contacting the WG and prepare a call for speakers . I
thought this was consistent with goal 1 in the WG charter [2]_ but I
have not been able to see him face to face since then. Is this
feasible/possible ?

The event is sponsored by BOOT e.V. (Germany) amongst others , though
I did not want to disclose any details before talking to Pablo
directly ... which is in my schedule for next week as well .



.. [1]  http://bootev.org/

.. [2] https://wiki.python.org/psf/PythonCubaWG/Charter

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From olemis at gmail.com  Tue Dec  8 23:21:56 2015
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 23:21:56 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] Request for keynote speakers Cuba Conference 2016
 WAS: Work Group Report for november
Message-ID: <CAGMZAuP_6QvE2nB3847zR0DRJktjUaVFTFhGjHdujApxPkJuZA@mail.gmail.com>

On 12/6/15, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
>
> Considering that this has already been mentioned in this context , in
> November monthly meeting some people (including Pablo and me) were
> engaged in explaining to the audience the experience we lived during
> Startup Weekend Havana 2015 . We both had other appointments and
> people to talk to . We were even approached by a reporter , etc . So
> we had little time to talk, during which he put on the table the
> subject of contacting the WG and prepare a call for speakers . I
> thought this was consistent with goal 1 in the WG charter [2]_ but I
> have not been able to see him face to face since then. Is this
> feasible/possible ?
>
> The event is sponsored by BOOT e.V. (Germany) amongst others , though
> I did not want to disclose any details before talking to Pablo
> directly ... which is in my schedule for next week as well .
>


Hello .

I could finally talk to Pablo today . Cuba Conference will last three
days (exact dates still TBD) in April 2016. The venue has express its
intention of been available by that time . The organizers are trying
to solve some logistics tasks and , regarding the program , they are
looking for two keynote speakers and have two open opportunities for
people to teach tutorials sessions . AFAIK official languages will be
Spanish and English . Pablo confirmed that it'd be awesome if the PSF
Python Cuba WG could help with sponsoring these activities . Python
stdlib (e.g. networking, coroutines, async, ...) , packages,
frameworks, solutions (e.g. Flask, Ansible, SQLAlchemy, ...) and/or
applications (e.g. machine learning, computer vision, enterprise
software, ...) would be good targets . There is special interest in
Django , PyPy, and Odoo .

We look forward to any collaboration that could happen in this
direction , and will appreciate all the efforts .


>
>
> .. [1]  http://bootev.org/
>
> .. [2] https://wiki.python.org/psf/PythonCubaWG/Charter
>

[...]

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From olemis at gmail.com  Tue Dec  8 23:49:07 2015
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 23:49:07 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] Python-Cuba meeting next Saturday Dec 12th 2015
Message-ID: <CAGMZAuM_Ogn4gn685W0zK0iam8vTBXXL956=u8CCRoeyC9aghw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello !

In the context of the forthcoming monthly meeting of Encuentros
Sociales de Desarrolladores in Havana some of us will come together to
discuss , mainly , three subjects :

  - Coordinate the efforts to work towards the organization
    of a Python conference in Cuba
  - Encourage the organization of a Python community
  - Foster the participation of guest speakers with talks about
    technologies powered by Python in the context of Encuentros
    Sociales de Desarrolladores (monthly frequency), so being the initial
    (but not limited to) meeting point for Pythonistas in Havana .

This is by far just a subset of all things that need to be discussed ,
but should be a good start , considering the time we'll have .

All persons keen to contribute to these efforts are thereby invited .

Venue : Restaurant El Carmelo , Calzada y D , Vedado, Habana, Cuba
Date   : December 12th 2015
Time   : 15:00 -5 GMT

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From pablocelayes at gmail.com  Fri Dec 11 19:18:10 2015
From: pablocelayes at gmail.com (Pablo Gabriel Celayes)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:18:10 -0300
Subject: [Python-cuba] Work Group Report for november
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Ewa, in case you haven't seen it, this is our WG report for the month of
november.
I have some news on my side with the visit of Alejandro Zamora Fonseca from
Cuba in my town C?rdoba, Argentina, but that will be part of the next
report for december/15.

----------------------------------------------------
Python Cuba Working Group - Activities Report - November 2015:
(by Olemis Lang)

1. I've contacted some local groups in Havana and they have WELCOMED
(<= yeah with capital letters ;) the idea of encouraging the
participation of speakers talking about subjects related to Python .
Monthly meetings are already happening so the goal here is more likely
to look for people working with Python-powered techs and/or keen to
prepare talks about related subjects .

2. I'm trying to contact friends in Camag?ey , Villa Clara and Holgu?n
so as to know what's going on there and encourage the organization of
similar meetings . I'd also like'em to travel to Havana City to
participate in the aforementioned monthly meetings , and vice-versa
i.e. motivate people living in Havana to travel to other provinces . I
look forward to suggestions aimed at adding provinces like Cienfuegos
, Sancti Spiritus and Granma , which are traditional regions for
development of Informatics (<- so I refuse to believe that nothing is
happening there ...) .

3. As an intermediate step towards the organization of the first PyCon
, I'm looking forward to explore (with other colleagues, who are
trying to make this happen) the possibility of incubating a sub-event
dedicated to Python within another conference with much broader scope
. ETA -> next year .

4. Looking forward to organizing a Python conference in Cuba I have
been contacting some people but still need to meet some others . It's
too early to disclose any further details beyond these , but I have
quite a few concrete ideas to figure out how to sort out some
obstacles and work towards establishing a concrete and realistic
schedule for organizing a Python conference in Cuba next year .


On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/5/15, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <pablocelayes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone!
> >
>
> Hi !
> :)
>
> > Anything to add to the report for the last month?
> >
>
> I am not very familiar with the mechanics of reporting ... but , in
> spite of creating a favorable and open atmosphere , I'll sketch what
> I'm starting to do this side , even if there are not yet real results
> that can be shown . Progress so far has been really limited (I've been
> quite busy these days) . I'm planning to start moving a bit faster
> starting next week
>
> 1. I've contacted some local groups in Havana and they have WELCOMED
> (<= yeah with capital letters ;) the idea of encouraging the
> participation of speakers talking about subjects related to Python .
> Monthly meetings are already happening so the goal here is more likely
> to look for people working with Python-powered techs and/or keen to
> prepare talks about related subjects .
>
> 2. I'm trying to contact friends in Camag?ey , Villa Clara and Holgu?n
> so as to know what's going on there and encourage the organization of
> similar meetings . I'd also like'em to travel to Havana City to
> participate in the aforementioned monthly meetings , and vice-versa
> i.e. motivate people living in Havana to travel to other provinces . I
> look forward to suggestions aimed at adding provinces like Cienfuegos
> , Sancti Spiritus and Granma , which are traditional regions for
> development of Informatics (<- so I refuse to believe that nothing is
> happening there ...) .
>
> 3. As an intermediate step towards the organization of the first PyCon
> , I'm looking forward to explore (with other colleagues, who are
> trying to make this happen) the possibility of incubating a sub-event
> dedicated to Python within another conference with much broader scope
> . ETA -> next year .
>
> 4. Looking forward to organizing a Python conference in Cuba I have
> been contacting some people but still need to meet some others . It's
> too early to disclose any further details beyond these , but I have
> quite a few concrete ideas to figure out how to sort out some
> obstacles and work towards establishing a concrete and realistic
> schedule for organizing a Python conference in Cuba next year .
>
> > On this side, I am happy to say that my cuban colleague Alejandro Zamora
> > Fonseca is now visiting here in C?rdoba (Argentina) and he has already
> > given a talk in the local Python meetup[1], from which many good ideas
> > emerged and which got many people interested in helping develop the Cuban
> > Python community.
> >
>
> <ot>
> I'm hoping there are any Cubans already subscribed to this list . Is
> there any way we can meet any time this month (i.e. December 2015) ?
> </ot>
>
> > We will expand on this on the following days.
> >
>
> [...]
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Olemis - @olemislc
>
> Apache? Bloodhound contributor
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>
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> Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/
>
> Featured article:
>



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From ewa at python.org  Fri Dec 11 21:37:08 2015
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:37:08 -0600
Subject: [Python-cuba] Work Group Report for november
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Hi Pablo - thanks so much for sharing the report. I am glad to see that
there is so much enthusiasm in the Havana area!

I will send this to our secretary so she may include the report in the PSF
monthly minutes.

Thanks
Ewa

On Friday, December 11, 2015, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <pablocelayes at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ewa, in case you haven't seen it, this is our WG report for the month of
> november.
> I have some news on my side with the visit of Alejandro Zamora Fonseca
> from Cuba in my town C?rdoba, Argentina, but that will be part of the next
> report for december/15.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Python Cuba Working Group - Activities Report - November 2015:
> (by Olemis Lang)
>
> 1. I've contacted some local groups in Havana and they have WELCOMED
> (<= yeah with capital letters ;) the idea of encouraging the
> participation of speakers talking about subjects related to Python .
> Monthly meetings are already happening so the goal here is more likely
> to look for people working with Python-powered techs and/or keen to
> prepare talks about related subjects .
>
> 2. I'm trying to contact friends in Camag?ey , Villa Clara and Holgu?n
> so as to know what's going on there and encourage the organization of
> similar meetings . I'd also like'em to travel to Havana City to
> participate in the aforementioned monthly meetings , and vice-versa
> i.e. motivate people living in Havana to travel to other provinces . I
> look forward to suggestions aimed at adding provinces like Cienfuegos
> , Sancti Spiritus and Granma , which are traditional regions for
> development of Informatics (<- so I refuse to believe that nothing is
> happening there ...) .
>
> 3. As an intermediate step towards the organization of the first PyCon
> , I'm looking forward to explore (with other colleagues, who are
> trying to make this happen) the possibility of incubating a sub-event
> dedicated to Python within another conference with much broader scope
> . ETA -> next year .
>
> 4. Looking forward to organizing a Python conference in Cuba I have
> been contacting some people but still need to meet some others . It's
> too early to disclose any further details beyond these , but I have
> quite a few concrete ideas to figure out how to sort out some
> obstacles and work towards establishing a concrete and realistic
> schedule for organizing a Python conference in Cuba next year .
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','olemis at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> On 12/5/15, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <pablocelayes at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pablocelayes at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> > Hello everyone!
>> >
>>
>> Hi !
>> :)
>>
>> > Anything to add to the report for the last month?
>> >
>>
>> I am not very familiar with the mechanics of reporting ... but , in
>> spite of creating a favorable and open atmosphere , I'll sketch what
>> I'm starting to do this side , even if there are not yet real results
>> that can be shown . Progress so far has been really limited (I've been
>> quite busy these days) . I'm planning to start moving a bit faster
>> starting next week
>>
>> 1. I've contacted some local groups in Havana and they have WELCOMED
>> (<= yeah with capital letters ;) the idea of encouraging the
>> participation of speakers talking about subjects related to Python .
>> Monthly meetings are already happening so the goal here is more likely
>> to look for people working with Python-powered techs and/or keen to
>> prepare talks about related subjects .
>>
>> 2. I'm trying to contact friends in Camag?ey , Villa Clara and Holgu?n
>> so as to know what's going on there and encourage the organization of
>> similar meetings . I'd also like'em to travel to Havana City to
>> participate in the aforementioned monthly meetings , and vice-versa
>> i.e. motivate people living in Havana to travel to other provinces . I
>> look forward to suggestions aimed at adding provinces like Cienfuegos
>> , Sancti Spiritus and Granma , which are traditional regions for
>> development of Informatics (<- so I refuse to believe that nothing is
>> happening there ...) .
>>
>> 3. As an intermediate step towards the organization of the first PyCon
>> , I'm looking forward to explore (with other colleagues, who are
>> trying to make this happen) the possibility of incubating a sub-event
>> dedicated to Python within another conference with much broader scope
>> . ETA -> next year .
>>
>> 4. Looking forward to organizing a Python conference in Cuba I have
>> been contacting some people but still need to meet some others . It's
>> too early to disclose any further details beyond these , but I have
>> quite a few concrete ideas to figure out how to sort out some
>> obstacles and work towards establishing a concrete and realistic
>> schedule for organizing a Python conference in Cuba next year .
>>
>> > On this side, I am happy to say that my cuban colleague Alejandro Zamora
>> > Fonseca is now visiting here in C?rdoba (Argentina) and he has already
>> > given a talk in the local Python meetup[1], from which many good ideas
>> > emerged and which got many people interested in helping develop the
>> Cuban
>> > Python community.
>> >
>>
>> <ot>
>> I'm hoping there are any Cubans already subscribed to this list . Is
>> there any way we can meet any time this month (i.e. December 2015) ?
>> </ot>
>>
>> > We will expand on this on the following days.
>> >
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Olemis - @olemislc
>>
>> Apache? Bloodhound contributor
>> http://issues.apache.org/bloodhound
>> http://blood-hound.net
>>
>> Brython committer
>> http://brython.info
>> http://github.com/brython-dev/brython
>>
>> Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/
>> Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Featured article:
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> *?l**l**?l**l**?* ????? *?ll?**l?*
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablogabrielcelayes
> <http://ar.linkedin.com/pub/pablo-celayes/5/535/911/es>
>


-- 
Best regards,

Ewa
Director of Operations
Python Software Foundation
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From betsy at python.org  Mon Dec 14 11:00:50 2015
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:00:50 -0800
Subject: [Python-cuba] December Cuban Pythonistas Work Group Report
Message-ID: <CAKMnuko3A4ygTM+5YDumwdJXyTcAC1qgXjeAb0ugraiTQ8gZxg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Can you send me your monthly report for inclusion in the minutes of the
next board meeting? Anytime before December 31 would be excellent.

Thanks,

Betsy

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Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From pablocelayes at gmail.com  Mon Dec 14 13:10:50 2015
From: pablocelayes at gmail.com (Pablo Gabriel Celayes)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:10:50 -0300
Subject: [Python-cuba] December Cuban Pythonistas Work Group Report
In-Reply-To: <CAKMnuko3A4ygTM+5YDumwdJXyTcAC1qgXjeAb0ugraiTQ8gZxg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKMnuko3A4ygTM+5YDumwdJXyTcAC1qgXjeAb0ugraiTQ8gZxg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAMuNu109Jx=3poEcH8KLP3vbsVCytZ6WH7=qgR895_M09Pn52g@mail.gmail.com>

Hello, Betsy, you can find our last report (which corresponds to activities
occurred during November) in the last email on the list (we sent it with
copy to Ewa but forgot to include you as well).

Best regards,
Pablo.
On Dec 14, 2015 1:00 PM, "Betsy Waliszewski" <betsy at python.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can you send me your monthly report for inclusion in the minutes of the
> next board meeting? Anytime before December 31 would be excellent.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Betsy
>
> --
> Betsy Waliszewski
> Python Software Foundation
> Event Coordinator / Administrator
> @betswaliszewski
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-cuba mailing list
> Python-cuba at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-cuba
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From betsy at python.org  Mon Dec 14 13:38:51 2015
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:38:51 -0800
Subject: [Python-cuba] December Cuban Pythonistas Work Group Report
In-Reply-To: <CAMuNu109Jx=3poEcH8KLP3vbsVCytZ6WH7=qgR895_M09Pn52g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKMnuko3A4ygTM+5YDumwdJXyTcAC1qgXjeAb0ugraiTQ8gZxg@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAMuNu109Jx=3poEcH8KLP3vbsVCytZ6WH7=qgR895_M09Pn52g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKMnukpDHHxzv+g9Bj0o6ntfmhks3mvEKMpBFwM_XDGNHhMtwg@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you, Pablo. Ewa sent it to me.

Betsy

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Pablo Gabriel Celayes <
pablocelayes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, Betsy, you can find our last report (which corresponds to
> activities occurred during November) in the last email on the list (we sent
> it with copy to Ewa but forgot to include you as well).
>
> Best regards,
> Pablo.
> On Dec 14, 2015 1:00 PM, "Betsy Waliszewski" <betsy at python.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can you send me your monthly report for inclusion in the minutes of the
>> next board meeting? Anytime before December 31 would be excellent.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Betsy
>>
>> --
>> Betsy Waliszewski
>> Python Software Foundation
>> Event Coordinator / Administrator
>> @betswaliszewski
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Python-cuba mailing list
>> Python-cuba at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-cuba
>>
>>


-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From ale2014.zamora at gmail.com  Wed Dec 23 12:23:59 2015
From: ale2014.zamora at gmail.com (Alejandro Zamora Fonseca)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:23:59 -0300
Subject: [Python-cuba] =?utf-8?q?Cuban_Python_Programmer_in_C=C3=B3rdoba?=
 =?utf-8?q?=2C_Argentina=2E?=
Message-ID: <CANfGzZy1qXm5MvoKji5qwJF9MpA2wL36TVPbnruqmiZkoTb4mg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all!, I think you have been reading my name in many mails( specially
those coming from my friend and coleague Pablo Gabriel Celayes) and maybe
wondering about who I am all this time. Sorry about that. Maybe I'm somehow
afraid due to my limited English vocabulary :)

So, I introduce myself, I'm a Cuban Computer Scentist, graduate in
Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba on 2009. I met python since 2011,
but only in last two years I've been using it in true "real world" projects
working together with my friend Pablo.

I want to tell you about a few things I've been doing here in C?rdoba,
focusing on Python Meetup accomplished on December 4, on Machinalis (local
software company) place.

That day organizers ask me if I wanted to talk about my Python experiences
and then my speech was added to Meetup schedule. I accepted with joy.
I told him in the speech how I met Python, how Pyar mailing list users,
specially my friend Pablo, help me to get better as a Python programmer
(even using most time e-mail only communications due to Cuban Internet
limitations), I told about how I see the Python community movement in my
country and finally how Python would be a good technology choice specially
for Cuba.

It was very exciting to see at the end of my speech, how many argentinian
coleagues came to me with ideas, others with questions and even others
asking me directly saying: "How can I help to Cuban python programmers".
Even some of them are ,since that nigth, on this mailing list, thougt. It's
a wonderful community that is ready to help us even more in this birth we
are experimenting.

Now I  try to higligths some the obstacles I think are for python in Cuba,
from my point of view. I point that I'not a citizen from Havana and perhaps
this fact not give you the exactly information but well, is a point of view.

I agree with the fact that the most obviuos think affecting us(not only to
Python programmers but to all Informatics coleagues) are Internet
limitations related with access on whole country for citizens, speed, cost,
quality but there are other troubles...

There are limitations applying even when you have an Internet connection,
some of them are linked to local government as restrictions but the most
part are due to the US government blockade. I mean, its a known reality
thats there are not many jobs opportunities to Cuban programmers(all of
them) on the Island who wants get motivation of work on real projects, join
to great software companys and learn more in the process, but what about to
search online for remotely work? Well it's limited too, but by the US
government blockade, if you look at most famous freelance sites(Upwork,
Workana, etc)  it doesn't allow Cubans as freelancers users because of OFAC
sanctions to Cuba. Yes, you can use a proxy or Tor or something else(wich
Cuban government doesn't aprove due to security concerns) but then it's too
dificult getting payments from this sites, because the payment methods most
used (PayPal, Skrill, Payoneer) are blocked too for my country and in
general there are many sites and www services that are forbidden for Cubans.

For that reasons I know many coleagues disappointed about their profession
and changing to work on something else. It's a pity because there are a big
number of Informatics-related colleges career in that situation.

For other part, I'm very happy to know that things are getting better in
Havana as the epicenter, but I think we most try to move the community to
other places too because is a common problem in my country that most of
things only ocurred in Havana and not in the rest of provinces and cities.

And well, that's it for now,  I'm still in C?rdoba but I'm want to
contribute as much as I can to emerge a strong Cuban Python community, feel
free to write anytime :)

Merry Christmas!

Alejandro
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