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 * 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.
 * Produce more "5-Minutes with Python" screencasts -- I've produced five so far.
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 * Decide where to put reST/S5 slides on www.python.org and how to hook them into the build system so they are functional web slideshows.
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 * Device how to create a "get involved" box on www.python.org, in consultation with the pydotorg group.
 * Begin reviewing 12th edition of "Understanding Computers" textbook. - deferred
 * Decide how to create a "get involved" box on www.python.org, in consultation with the pydotorg group.
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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].


["AdvocacyAccomplishments"]


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 [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.


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 [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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