Sounds like this is under control, then. I think an immediate news item along the lines Michael suggested would be great. Thanks, everyone.
regards Steve On 12/6/2010 3:25 AM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > > On Dec 5, 2010, at 9:03 PM, Michael Foord wrote: > >> Hello Steve, >> >> This seems to have slipped through the net. How about this for a news item: >> >> The PSF is pleased to announce that it is provide a $1250 US grant to help >> fund sprints at the 2010 SciPy India conference to be held in Hyderabad >> between December 13th to the 18th. This year SciPy India has over 20 >> scheduled talks and 30 talks in total which is a 300% increase on last year. > > Michael, > > Paulo Nuin from the communications team is working on a post for the PSF > blog. I've caused a delay because I'm on deadline with my book, but I think > we've solved that. Some of the detail you include here was missing from > Paulo's first draft, so I'm copying him so he can add it. > > FWIW, just because there's a post going up on the blog soon doesn't mean this > shouldn't go up on the news feed, too. At some point I'd like to discuss > whether it is appropriate to merge the two sources of information in some > way, but I'm not going to have time to think about that in any depth until > early next year. > > Doug > > >> >> Michael Foord >> >> On 23/11/2010 03:38, Steve Holden wrote: >>> Prabhu: >>> >>> I am copying this mail to the web editors list, so that should take care >>> of the news item. I am also copying it to Doug Hellmann. Expect to be >>> contacted by a member of the blogging team in due course. >>> >>> regards >>> Steve >>> >>> On 11/22/2010 12:12 PM, Prabhu Ramachandran wrote: >>>> Dear Pat and the PSF board, >>>> >>>> Thank you very much for your generous sponsorship! I will send the >>>> invoice in a couple of days. A news item and blog post would be great >>>> and I will get back on these in a couple of days. The technical program >>>> of the conference is finalized and this year we have over 20 scheduled >>>> talks and 30 talks in total which is a whopping 300% increase since last >>>> year. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Prabhu >>>> >>>> On Wednesday 17 November 2010 02:12 AM, Pat Campbell wrote: >>>>> Hi Prabhu Ramachandran: >>>>> This email notification is being sent to you to inform you of the PSF >>>>> Board’s decision to provide funding in the amount of USD 1250 for your >>>>> 2010 SciPy India Conference to be held in Hyderabad between December >>>>> 13th to the 18th. Please see the following board resolution that was >>>>> voted on and passed on November 15, 2010 below: >>>>> >>>>> RESOLVED, that the PSF provide a $1250 US grant to help fund sprints at >>>>> the 2010 SciPy India conference to be held in Hyderabad between December >>>>> 13th to the 18th. >>>>> >>>>> Also, please send an invoice to our Treasurer, Kurt Kaiser, at >>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>> >>>>> If you would like a news item on the python.org<http://python.org/> >>>>> home page or perhaps a blog entry somewhere, please mail your request to >>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>> >>>>> Wishing you much success with SciPy India 2010, >>>>> >>>>> Pat Campbell, Secretary >>>>> >>>>> Python Software Foundation >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Prabhu Ramachandran >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear PSF members, >>>>> >>>>> As you know, the SciPy community is a well-established, >>>>> international, and growing group of scientists, engineers, >>>>> mathematicians, and software developers who use Python for >>>>> scientific computing. Our community has formed around various >>>>> software packages including numpy, scipy, and matplotlib. In >>>>> addition to these software libraries, our community has also grown >>>>> as a result of several annual conferences. The first annual SciPy >>>>> conference in the US was held in 2002. More recently, annual SciPy >>>>> conferences have started in both Europe and India. The first annual >>>>> SciPy India conference was held last year in Kerala (http://scipy.in >>>>> <http://scipy.in/>). >>>>> >>>>> This year's SciPy India conference will be held in Hyderabad between >>>>> December 13th to the 18th. The conference consists of two days of >>>>> talks, three days of a combination of morning tutorials and >>>>> afternoon coding sprints, as well as an additional full day of >>>>> sprints. The adoption of Python for scientific programming is not >>>>> as wide-spread in India as it is in the US and Europe. Hence, the >>>>> conference focuses heavily on tutorials and coding sprints. >>>>> >>>>> Since we are targeting students and faculty for the conference, it >>>>> is essential for us to keep the conference costs as low as possible >>>>> for attendees. To that end, most of the conference costs are covered >>>>> by FOSSEE (http://fossee.in <http://fossee.in/>). FOSSEE (Free and >>>>> Open-source Software for Science and Engineering Education) is a >>>>> three-year project to enable the students and faculty of Science and >>>>> Engineering colleges/institutes/universities across India to use >>>>> open source software tools for all their computational needs, >>>>> thereby improving the quality of instruction and learning. While >>>>> there are a few other open source tools promoted by FOSSEE, Python >>>>> is a major focus. In addition to this conference, FOSSEE has >>>>> conducted about 20 scientific programming in Python workshops across >>>>> India over the last year alone. >>>>> >>>>> Given that many of the attendees will have little or no previous >>>>> experience with Python, the coding sprints will be structured to >>>>> familiarize participants on using Python as well as on how to >>>>> contribute back to the community. Our plan for the sprints are as >>>>> follows: >>>>> >>>>> * Text book companion: as part of this we will take a popular >>>>> math/physics textbook at the undergraduate level and convert all of >>>>> its worked out examples to use Python and Sage >>>>> (http://www.sagemath.org <http://www.sagemath.org/>). >>>>> >>>>> * Working on improving the documentation for various Python >>>>> packages used for scientific computing. >>>>> >>>>> * Spoken tutorial translation to local languages: FOSSEE has >>>>> generated a reasonable amount of content to promote the use of >>>>> Python for scientific computing. We are currently making this >>>>> material available in the form of screencasts. They are currently >>>>> in English. We will attempt to translate these into screencasts made >>>>> in a few local languages in order to increase the adoption of Python. >>>>> >>>>> * In addition we will have targeted package specific sprints. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To ensure that a large number of students and faculty are able to >>>>> participate in the sprints and tutorials, we are subsidizing the >>>>> housing, travel, food, and registration costs. In addition, we are >>>>> hosting several central scientific python contributors including >>>>> Perry Greenfield (numarray/numpy), Fernando Perez (ipython), John >>>>> Hunter (matplotlib), and Stefan van der Walt (numpy/scipy). These >>>>> invited speakers along with the FOSSEE team will focus on directing >>>>> participants to areas they can help, answering questions, and >>>>> reviewing submitted work. We hope to have more than 100 sprint >>>>> participants at various skill levels. We think this number is >>>>> possible because we plan to combine the tutorials with sprints. We >>>>> used this model at the Sage Days 25 conference >>>>> (http://fossee.in/sage_days) with a great deal of success. >>>>> >>>>> We would like the PSF Board to consider partially sponsoring the >>>>> 2010 SciPy India conference. Specifically, we request $2,500 US to >>>>> sponsor the SciPy India sprints, if possible. We would use this >>>>> money towards subsidizing the housing and food of the sprint >>>>> participants, and offset venue and travel costs of the invited >>>>> speakers. >>>>> >>>>> If the PSF provides the sponsorship, we will list the PSF as a >>>>> sponsoring organization on the conference website (http://scipy.in/) >>>>> and recognize the PSF's sponsorship at the conference sessions. >>>>> >>>>> We appreciate your consideration and look forward to partnering with >>>>> the PSF to support this important segment of the Python community. >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> Prabhu Ramachandran and Jarrod Millman >>>>> SciPy.in 2010 Conference Chairs >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PSF-Members mailing list >>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-members >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Pat Campbell >>>>> PSF Administrator/Secretary >>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PSF-Board mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-board >>>> >> >> >> -- >> >> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ >> >> READ CAREFULLY. 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