See also PromotingPythonBof and [[Advocacy]].

[[http://www.python.org/psf|PSF]] chairman [[StephanDeibel| Stephan Deibel]] aptly observed that these are "needed:                                                                                                               
 * Slides / notes for presentation overviewing the PSF (I have some very simple slides I can provide as a start to whoever takes this on, and can help but can't lead this)
 * Course materials for an 'evangelism training seminar'                       
 * Review of PSF web pages to make them more evangelist-friendly               
 * Possibly, printable handouts and other supplementary materials".  Some notes on this are on the PsfMaterials page.

This [[http://wiki.python.org/moin/|Wiki]] page is where we'll start to flesh out Stephan's outline.  Note, for example, AMK's 
[[http://www.amk.ca/talks/python-dev/|slides for a talk on the Python development process]].

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Here is the outline from my slides (the ones I attempted to show at PyCon 2005 except my laptop didn't work w/ the projector).  The slides are also available in [[http://www.python.org/psf/psf-overview.ppt|Powerpoint format]] and [[http://www.python.org/psf/psf-overview.sxi|OpenOffice format]]:

* Cover Page:
  * Python Software Foundation
  * Founded 2001
  * http://python.org/psf
* What is the PSF?  (Slide 1)
  * The Legal Foundation for Python
    * Holds & Protects the “IP”
    * Licenses, Contribution Forms, other Legal Mumbo Jumbo
    * Keeps Python Open and Free
    * Trademarks
* What is the PSF? (Slide 2)
  * Makes PyCon Possible
    * Takes the fixed cost risk
    * May lose money some years
* What is the PSF? (Slide 3) 
  * Funds Python-related Projects
    * Grants: e.g. Jython
    * Other: e.g. python.org redesign
    * Wherever volunteerism fails
    * To surmount larger hurdles
  * Vision
    * Fund some core developers? Python 3000?
    * Tap into 750K to 1M world-wide user base
    * 100$/yr average from 1%?
    * $750K annual revenues
* What can I do?
  * Donate:       http://python.org/psf/donations        Tax deductible!
  * Sponsor:   http://python.org/psf/sponsors
  * Volunteer: http://python.org/psf/volunteer
  * Advocate

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[[http://freshmeat.net/~lemburg/|MAL]] writes:  "
 * How you would benefit from using Python                                       
  * better time-to-market                                                       
  * faster turn-around                                                          
  * one-stop solution for back office and middle office                         
    system integration                                                          
                                                                                
 * Python and X: perfect companions (with X in (Java,C++,C##))                   
  * comparison of languages                                                     
  * usefulness of Python as scripting add-on                                    
  * test applications written in X                                              
                                                                                
 * A short Python introduction                                                   
  * appetizers, main course, desert                                             
  * a bottle of Burgundy with that                                              
                                                                                
 * The PSF                                                                       
  * PyCon                                                                       
  * IP                                                                          
  * Grants                                                                      
                                                                                
 * Living in the Python world     
  * Python communities                                                          
  * User groups                                                                 
  * python-dev                                                                  
  * PSF                                                                         
                                                                                
 * Python Killer Applications                                                    
  * See WellKnownPythonPrograms for a list.

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AMK observes that, "It might be worth creating a customized version of the S5 slide stylesheets so that PSF presentations can have a consistent look."  (This work is now in progress.)
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Also available, on request:  both Stephan
(through the [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-volunteers|psf-volunteers]] list)
and evangelism support materials
czar [[http://python.org/moin/CameronLaird|Cameron Laird]] maintain a list of volunteers at
least occasionally available to speak on Python, sorted by locale (DC, Seattle,
Texas, Central America, and so on).
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Other highlights I want to elaborate:  [[http://pythonology.org|Pythonology]];
language comparisons; presentation tips; PBF ...; 
Greg's eShop story; ...

(also, more hyperlinks)
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