Python at Google Summer of Code: Apply by April 3
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers post-secondary students an opportunity to be paid for contributing to an open source project ove...
PyCon 2016: A look back, my take away, and thank you!
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Unconference Day at CubaConf
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Note: This is the third post on my trip in April to Havana, Cuba to attend the International Open Software Convention, CubaConf. The second day of CubaConf, ...
The PSF has hired an IT Manager!
We are pleased to announce that the PSF has hired a part-time Infrastructure Manager. Please join us in welcoming Mark Mangoba! Mark has a background in IT ...
Meet the Coulson Tough Elementary Python Club
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As we all know, one of the PSF’s main purposes is to educate and advocate for the use of Python. What makes us so successful in this area is the enthusiasm w...
Register Now for PyCon 2016!
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Once again, the PSF is proud to underwrite and produce the largest gathering of the international Python community at PyCon 2016! The 2016 conference will be...
New PSF Community Mailing List
Last year, the Python Software Foundation adopted an open membership model, allowing anyone that uses and supports Python to become a member of the foundatio...
Nicholas Tollervey and Python in Education
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As many of you know, the use of Python in education has grown tremendously in the past several years (see PSF Newsblog). The Python community celebrates this...
The Election Process and the new PSF Election Administrator
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Background: As those of you who have been following recent events in the PSF know, there were some difficulties and disagreements surrounding the election fo...
PSF Python Brochure: Get your free copy at PyCon 2015
PSF Python Brochure PDF (low resolution version) After having distributed the first 5,000 copies of the PSF Python Brochure to Python conferences and user ...
PSF Python Job Board relaunched !
Announcing: the brand new PSF Python Job Board We are happy to announce that we have successfully relaunched the PSF Python Job Board. After almost one yea...
Python Events Calendars - Please submit your 2015 events
Introduction As some of you may know, the PSF has a team of volunteers who are maintaining a set of central Python event calendars. We currently have two ...
PyLadies: announcing paid summer internships with CPython
The Python Software Foundation is proud to announce that it is sponsoring CPython internships for women this summer through the GNOME Outreach Program for Wo...
Python Job Board - Call for volunteers
Dear Python Community, for many years, the Python Job board was run by volunteers - most of the time by just one volunteer at a time until they moved on to s...
Python in Google Summer of Code 2014
Python project contributors and student enthusiasts, mark your calendars: Google Summer of Code applications open soon! Google Summer of Code is an annual, g...
Python Events Calendars - Please submit your 2014 events
Introduction As some of you may know, the PSF has put together a team of volunteers who are maintaining a central Python events calendar. We currently hav...
Support the Python Software Foundation in 2014
Happy New Year from the Python Software Foundation! 2013 was a busy year for our global community, in almost 200 user groups, dozens of regional conferences,...
python.org is getting a makeover!
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It is with great pride that on behalf of the Python Software Foundation and the community as a whole, I am pleased to announce that the official Python.org w...
User groups: the PSF can help cover your meetup.com fees
Did you know that the PSF has a budget to cover Python user groups' meetup.com fees? Well, we do! The PSF can: - reimburse user group organizers for fe...
Boston Python Workshop PSF Grant
(This is a guest post by Jessica McKellar, a Boston Python User Group organizer and co-organizer of the Boston Python Workshop for women and their friends.) ...
PSF Granted PyTexas 2011 US$750
The Python Software Foundation gave the recent PyTexas conference US$750 in funds. About the Conference PyTexas 2011 was the fourth annual free Python progra...
GSoC Student Applications Accepted
The Python Software Foundation is pleased to announce that 36 applications from students wishing to participate in the Google Summer of Code program have bee...
Kiwi PyCon Receives US$2000
The 2011 Kiwi Python Conference was awarded a US$2,000 grant from the Python Software Foundation during the latter's March board meeting. Kiwi PyCon is the p...
EuroPython 2011 Call for Presentations
The EuroPython 2011 organizers are accepting proposals for talks. They are looking for presentations on every aspect of Python, including programming from no...
GSOC Student Applications Open
Students who want to participate in the Google Summer of Code project this year should apply online now! The deadline for applications is April 8, but the lo...
Funding the Python Miro Community
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A year ago Will Kahn-Greene started the Python Miro Community, a web-site that indexes Python-related videos regardless of where those videos exist on the In...
Finding a local users' group
Do you belong to a local or regional Python users' group? Is your group included in the list on the Python.org wiki? Sign your group up today so new members ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Call for proposals -- PyCon 2010
Submission Due date: October 1st, 2009 Want to showcase your skills as a Python Hacker? Want to have hundreds of people see your talk on the subject of your ...
In Search of Success Stories
The PSF is looking for information about successful uses of Python in order to create an updated list of success stories and find organizations that might be...
Georg Brandl and Brett Cannon to Receive PSF Community Awards
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At the July Board meeting of the PSF Board of Directors, PSF Community Awards were awarded to Georg Brandl and Brett Cannon. Georg has been an enthusiastic c...
PSF Community Awards
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A little-publicized feature of this year's PyCon was the first ever PSF Community Awards. One of the issues with being a Foundation of part-timers is that so...