[python-committers] Fwd: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-01-31 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
FYI... perhaps you now understand why I was keen to get the committers
listed somewhere :-)


 Forwarded Message 
Subject: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:25:52 +0100
From: M.-A. Lemburg 
Organization: EuroPython Society (EPS)
To: EuroPython Announcement List 

At the last General Assembly of the EuroPython Society (EPS) at
EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, we voted on a new grant program we want
to put in place for future EuroPython conferences.

We all love Python and this is one of the main reasons we are putting
on EuroPython year after year, serving the "cast of thousands" which
support Python. But we also believe it is important to give something
back to the main team of developers who have contributed lots of their
time and energy to make Python happen: the Python Core Developers.

This group is small, works countless hours, often in their free time
and often close to burnout due to not enough new core developers
joining the team.

Free Tickets for Python Core Developers
---

To help with growing the team, putting it more into the spotlight and
give them a place to meet, demonstrate their work and a stage to
invite new developers, we decided to give Python Core Developers free
entry to future EuroPython conferences, starting with EuroPython 2019
in Basel, Switzerland

In recognition of Guido’s almost 20 years of leading this team, and
with his permission, we have named the grant “Guido van Rossum Core
Developer Grant”.

Details of the grant program are available on our core grant page:

https://www.europython-society.org/core-grant

PS: If you are a core developer and want to organize a workshop,
language summit or similar event at EuroPython 2019, please get in
touch with our program workgroup ([email protected]) soon, so that
we can arrange rooms, slots, etc.

PPS: If you want to become a core developer, please have a look at the
Python Dev Guide:

https://devguide.python.org/coredev/



Help spread the word


Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !

Link to the blog post:

https://www.europython-society.org/post/182445627020/announcing-the-guido-van-rossum-core-developer

Tweet:

https://twitter.com/europythons/status/1090901995635073024


Enjoy,
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https://ep2019.europython.eu/
https://www.europython-society.org/
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Re: [python-committers] Fwd: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-01-31 Thread Antoine Pitrou

Le 31/01/2019 à 11:15, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit :
> FYI... perhaps you now understand why I was keen to get the committers
> listed somewhere :-)

Indeed!

That's an interesting turn of events.  Traditionally PyCon US *refused*
to offer special prices for core developers, right?  (I'm not sure what
the motivation is).

Regards

Antoine.


> 
> 
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:25:52 +0100
> From: M.-A. Lemburg 
> Organization: EuroPython Society (EPS)
> To: EuroPython Announcement List 
> 
> At the last General Assembly of the EuroPython Society (EPS) at
> EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, we voted on a new grant program we want
> to put in place for future EuroPython conferences.
> 
> We all love Python and this is one of the main reasons we are putting
> on EuroPython year after year, serving the "cast of thousands" which
> support Python. But we also believe it is important to give something
> back to the main team of developers who have contributed lots of their
> time and energy to make Python happen: the Python Core Developers.
> 
> This group is small, works countless hours, often in their free time
> and often close to burnout due to not enough new core developers
> joining the team.
> 
> Free Tickets for Python Core Developers
> ---
> 
> To help with growing the team, putting it more into the spotlight and
> give them a place to meet, demonstrate their work and a stage to
> invite new developers, we decided to give Python Core Developers free
> entry to future EuroPython conferences, starting with EuroPython 2019
> in Basel, Switzerland
> 
> In recognition of Guido’s almost 20 years of leading this team, and
> with his permission, we have named the grant “Guido van Rossum Core
> Developer Grant”.
> 
> Details of the grant program are available on our core grant page:
> 
> https://www.europython-society.org/core-grant
> 
> PS: If you are a core developer and want to organize a workshop,
> language summit or similar event at EuroPython 2019, please get in
> touch with our program workgroup ([email protected]) soon, so that
> we can arrange rooms, slots, etc.
> 
> PPS: If you want to become a core developer, please have a look at the
> Python Dev Guide:
> 
> https://devguide.python.org/coredev/
> 
> 
> 
> Help spread the word
> 
> 
> Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
> networks as widely as possible. Thank you !
> 
> Link to the blog post:
> 
> https://www.europython-society.org/post/182445627020/announcing-the-guido-van-rossum-core-developer
> 
> Tweet:
> 
> https://twitter.com/europythons/status/1090901995635073024
> 
> 
> Enjoy,
> --
> EuroPython Society
> https://ep2019.europython.eu/
> https://www.europython-society.org/
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Re: [python-committers] Fwd: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-01-31 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 20:29, Antoine Pitrou  wrote:
> Le 31/01/2019 à 11:15, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit :
> > FYI... perhaps you now understand why I was keen to get the committers
> > listed somewhere :-)

Very cool! (and thank you!)

> That's an interesting turn of events.  Traditionally PyCon US *refused*
> to offer special prices for core developers, right?  (I'm not sure what
> the motivation is).

I think it was more a matter of choosing not to offer special pricing
to anyone, not even folks speaking *at* the conference, or helping to
organise it: http://jessenoller.com/blog/2011/05/25/pycon-everybody-pays

Instead, everyone was offered the same access to the Financial Aid program.

I believe that policy has been moderated somewhat in recent years, due
to concerns that it was making the CFP process less approachable for
folks that weren't in a position to handle the uncertainty associated
with being accepted as a speaker, but then having to wait to see if
their financial aid was approved before they could accept the speaking
slot.

Cheers,
Nick.

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Re: [python-committers] Fwd: EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-01-31 Thread Raymond Hettinger



> On Jan 31, 2019, at 2:15 AM, M.-A. Lemburg  wrote:
> 
> To help with growing the team, putting it more into the spotlight and
> give them a place to meet, demonstrate their work and a stage to
> invite new developers, we decided to give Python Core Developers free
> entry to future EuroPython conferences, starting with EuroPython 2019
> in Basel, Switzerland

Thank for this.

The cumulative cost of attending conferences has been high.


Raymond

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