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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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| * 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. | * 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. |
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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. |
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.