PythonAdvocacyCoordinator¶
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In mid-2006, the PSF agreed to hire JeffreyRush for full-time work on Advocacy. The contract was renewed for another six months starting March 15, 2007, along with a list of tasks to tackle.
Current Tasks:
Produce more “5-Minutes with Python” screencasts – I’ve produced nine screencasts so far (not all 5-min though).
Python, Numbers and Array Processing
Python and Strings
Python and the Imaging Library
Python and Relational Databases
Python and Object Databases
Python and Scientific Computing
Work on “Starting and Running a Successful Python User Group” paper, with select members of the Usergroup Support Committee who have volunteered to help.
Hold another online meeting of the Usergroup Support Committee.
Use the www.python.org mockup area to test some proposed changes, re a “spotlight” topic and a “get involved” feature, and get feedback from the community.
Decide how to create a “spotlight” box on www.python.org, in consultation with the pydotorg group.
Decide how to create a “get involved” box on www.python.org, in consultation with the pydotorg group.
Existing Challenges (most recent at top):
crunching a talk down into only 5-minutes - it is surprisingly difficult
figuring out why threads I start re advocacy and usergroups die out, lacking persistence.
why no response pretty much at all to the repeated calls for podcasts and screencasts – why is the community so averse to multimedia?
For active discussion on advocating the use of Python, please join the Advocacy mailing list and visit the Advocacy - Get Involved! site.