High School Students Program Robots with Python
Vern Ceder's Canterbury High School students are learning to program in Python by making robots play music, find objects in the room, and perform other chall...
Summer pyGames
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Their motto is "Learning should be fun", and with Python and PyGame, it sure is. The Summer pyGames project, organized by Elizabeth Barndollar of BAE Systems...
PSF supports 2010 SciPy India
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\--> The Python Software Foundation has awarded a USD $1250 grant to help fund sprints at the 2010 SciPy India Conference, being held in Hyderabad between De...
Python Jobs Board Maintainer Changing
The Python Job Board has been maintained for over 4 years primarily by one person: Martin Thomas. Recently, Martin has decided to pass the reins to Chris Wit...
Michael Foord receives Third-Quarter PSF Community Service Awards
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The Python Software Foundation has presented the Community Service Award for the third quarter of 2010 to Michael Foord in recognition of his incredible work...
John Pinner Receives PSF Community Service Award
The Python Software Foundation awarded the second quarter Community Service Award to John Pinner in recognition of his organizational skills and contribution...
Bug weekend Nov. 20-21
The development team of the Python interpreter (a.k.a python-dev) is organizing a bug weekend on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of November. We would like to ...
GSoC Comes to an End
The Python Software Foundation supported many Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Projects this year by recruiting mentors and supporting projects from around the c...
Funding for PyCon PL'10
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The PSF Board has offered a grant of $750 to the organizers of the PyCon Poland 2010 conference. Conference Details PyCon Poland 2010 will take place from Oc...
New member election
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During July the members of the Python Software Foundation elected four new nominated members and one sponsor member to the foundation. New Nominated Members ...
The Python Job Board: Anything But Boring
Some members of the community may not be aware of the Python Job Board, a free list of open positions using Python and related tools. You'll find career oppo...
Frank Willison Memorial Award Recipient Selected
The 2010 Frank Willison Memorial Award for Services to the Python Community has been awarded to Christian Tismer. Christian's contributions to the technology...
Python Language Summit EuroPython 2010
This summary was written by Tim Golden. Before the main events of EuroPython 2010 a Python Language Summit took place at the Conference venue in Birmingham. ...
PyCon India 2010 Grant
The PSF Board has offered a grant of $1,000 organizers of the PyCon India 2010 conference to fund the travel expenses of one foreign delegate from the U.S. o...
EuroPython 2010 Grant
The PSF Board has offered a $2,000 grant to the organizers of EuroPython 2010 to fund sprints and the travel expenses of selected sepakers who could not other...
New Trademarks Committee Chair
David Mertz has been appointed Chair of the PSF's Trademarks Committee for 2010-2011. The use of all trademarks is governed by specific legal requirements. T...
Infrastructure Committee
The PSF Board has approved the appointment of Sean Reifschneider as chair of the Infrastructure Committee for 2010-2011. Prior to this, Sean has served as a ...
Montréal-Python Packaging Sprint
The Montréal-Python user group is holding a sprint to work on the Python packaging system Monday July 5, 2010. Montréal-Python has been sprinting together si...
What do you want to know about the PSF?
One purpose of this blog is to deliver news from the PSF to the Python Community. But the broader goal is to deliver information, even if it isn't new. With ...
Leadership for PyCon US 2011
The PyCon organizing committee has started making plans for PyCon US 2011, to be held in Atlanta, GA on March 9-17 of next year. One of the first steps is en...
Connect with the PSF on Twitter
If your Python user group, conference, or major project has a Twitter account, send a message to @ThePSF so we can follow you and help spread your news. Upda...
PSF Officers for 2010
The 2010-2011 Board of Directors for the PSF has appointed officers to oversee activities of the Foundation. Returning Officers Guido van Rossum returns as P...
Follow the PSF on Facebook
The Python Software Foundation now has a page for sharing news through Facebook. If you're a Facebook user, follow us at http://www.facebook.com/pythonlang f...
Members' Meeting at EuroPython 2010
The PSF is organizing a second members' meeting this year, and the first ever held outside of the United States. In the past, official meetings of the member...
PSF Sponsored Sprints
At their May 10 meeting, the PSF Board create a new Sprint Committee to organize a series of sprints for working on Python. Jesse Noller is the committee cha...
More PyCon 2010 Conference Grants
At their May 10 meeting, the PSF Board approved grants for two PyCon conferences. PyCon Ukraine PyCamp Kyiv, held in January 2010, attracted over 200 attende...
Have You Signed a Python Developer Contributor Agreement Yet?
A key aspect of the Python Software Foundation's mission is managing the intellectual property for the Python language. This includes the source code for the...
PSF Board of Directors for 2010-2011
The members of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) have elected a new Board of Directors, consisting of 13 members: - Raymond Hettinger - Steve Holden -...
PyCon 2010 Conference Grants
At their April 12 meeting, the PSF Board approved grants for two PyCon conferences. PyCon Italia PyCon Italia Quattro is scheduled for May 7-9 in in the old ...
2010 Q2 Community Service Award Nominations
The Python Software Foundation is soliciting nominations for the second quarter 2010 community awards. The PSF Community Awards are a way for the PSF Board o...
Chairman's Report for the Year 2009
As there is desire for more communication from the board I thought I would take the time to summarize the major activities of last year. This dated list is n...
Final 2009 Community Service Awards
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Only now have I been able to make the time to record the recipients of the final PSF Community Service Awards of 2009. I hope the recipients will accept my a...
2010 Q1 Community Service Awards
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The PSF Board chose in the first quarter of this year to honor two individuals who have both given outstanding service to PyCon. For the first time framed ce...
Call for Board Nominations
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Under the PSF bylaws, in order to become a voting member you must be nominated by an existing member. The bylaws do not, however, require that directors be m...