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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 [http://www.python.org/psf/grants/advocacy/revised-tasks.pdf list of tasks to tackle]. | 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 [[http://www.python.org/psf/grants/advocacy/revised-tasks.pdf|list of tasks to tackle]]. |
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| * Focus on Forrester Research survey and provide answers this week! * Participate in Forrester Research interview re plan for promoting Python * Post a meeting report for DFW Pythoneers to http://python-groups.blogspot.com/ * Produce some "5-Minutes with Python" screencasts -- I've installed the necessary software and practiced a bit but have screencast block ;-) * Send out a general announcement inviting usergroup leaders and wannabes to join the organizers list to share their wisdom, and grant existing leaders access to the usergroup blog for posting their meeting summaries and general announcements. |
* 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 |
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| * Begin reviewing 12th edition of "Understanding Computers" textbook. | * Use the [[http://www.dfwpython.org:8000/|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. |
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| * getting the various screencast tools to play well and polish my presentation skills re screencasting | * 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? |
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| For active discussion on advocating the use of Python, please join the [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy Advocacy mailing list] and visit the [http://advocacy.python.org/getinvolved Advocacy - Get Involved!] site. | For active discussion on advocating the use of Python, please join the [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy|Advocacy mailing list]] and visit the [[http://advocacy.python.org/getinvolved|Advocacy - Get Involved!]] site. |
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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.