[Python-cuba] Joining Python Cuba

[Olemis Lang]

Hello !

This is my first post to this ML so I'll introduce myself .

As you can see my name is Olemis Lang . Briefly , I am the maintainer
of some packages hosted by PyPI , a committer of the Brython project ,
a contributor (since the very beginning) of Apache Bloodhound and a
formerly active member of the Trac community , being the current
maintainer of some plugins as well ... amongst other things ...

I'm subscribed to (but not very active in) python-dev ML . I do
collaborate more actively in testing-in-python ML .

I participated in PyCon 2014 @ Montréal since the beginning until the
end . I was present in some tutorials (Django , SQLAlchemy, and Shiny
Let's be Bad Guys..., Python code optimisation) , during conferences,
and finally all days of dev sprints (mainly Trac + a quick contact
with Dave Brondsema and SourceForge's Allura team) . That was one of
the most incredible experiences I've had in my life , only compared to
my very recent participation in Startup Weekend Havana .

I am also member of ANEC and UNAICC .

I've reviewed the archives and noticed that I know quite a few members
subscribed to this list . Therefore I wanted to be informed of whether
there is any activity (outside UCI). I'm looking forward to be
notified of meetings and events , and to get in touch with local
organisers as well as the PSF Working Group .

I am also extremely interested to know whether there is any real
schedule (deadlines/program/...) for the organisation of PyCon Cuba
any time this year or the next ; what would be the
groups/enterprises/organisations/institutions involved .

I am not sure of the initial details discussed by PSF and Cuban
colleagues . Therefore , since I have +30y experience in the "living
here" business , I also wanted to know a few more things regarding
both PyCon organisation as well as Python Cuba internal mechanics :

  1. What's the role of governmental institutions with respect to this group?
      IOW , when I was young (and, btw, many similar initiatives led
by community
      members were asphyxiated to the point of making them disappear) all
      organised groups like this had to be "monitored" or bound to a Ministry.
      That's the case for ANEC , UNAICC , ACCS , UNEAC , and so on ...
      Is this group formally registered ? What Ministry does it belong to ?
  2. Is there a formal membership request process ?
  3. What is the relationship between Python Cuba and the recent initiative
      known as "Unión de Informáticos de Cuba" ?
      Again ... I'm not a member of "Unión de Informáticos de Cuba"
      and I do not have plans to join in any time soon either .
  4. What can be the role of persons working as "Trabajadores por
cuenta propia" ?
      I mean , for me it's been more than +4y not working for any
      governmental institution of any kind .

Beyond this , I'd also like to know whether the ASF is planning to run
(or support) courses in the country . Considering my personal
interests I'm thinking of educational programs about, say, PyPy (yes !
yes ! yes !) , High Performance Python , embedded Python solutions ,
Python in Big Data , C extensions , ...

Finally , but not least important , I wonder whether the PSF has
considered a roadmap to foster the progressive incorporation of Cuban
developers to the python-dev community . The way I see it now , beyond
the obvious meritocracy system [2]_ , current limitations like the
precarious conditions for many Cuban citizens to access the Internet
(but not limited to that) represent a big barrier for such an
integration . Has anything like this ever been discussed ?

Ok , ok ... that's enough for a presentation message .
I'm glad to be here, finally . Nice to meet you guys ! See you around !

p.s. BTW , I recall I downloaded some time ago all videos in PyCon
2014 and 2015 playlists.

.. [1] Considering my lack of information , all instances of "Python
Cuba" in this message refer to the group of persons "shepherded" by
the ASF Working Group (i.e. /me not a member atm) and subscribed to
this list , rather than the set of all Python developers in Cuba (i.e.
count /me in) .

.. [2] http://jessenoller.com/blog/2009/02/04/a-brief-introduction-to-python-core-development-completely-different

-- 
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/

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