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| In mid-2006, the PSF agreed to hire JeffreyRush for full-time work on ["Advocacy"]. |
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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| * Migrate over the prototype portal from advocacy.dfwpython.org to advocacy.python.org. * Establish a subportal under advocacy.python.org for those who want to help promote Python. * Gain access to the correct portion of Python SVN to hold my creations, both software and content. * Make announcment re advocacy onto CLP and CLPA. |
* Use the [http://www.dfwpython.org:8000/ www.python.org mockup area] to test some proposed changes and get feedback from the community. * Produce some "5-Minutes with Python" screencasts -- I've installed the necessary software and practiced a bit but have screencast block ;-) * 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. * Begin reviewing 12th edition of "Understanding Computers" textbook. |
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| * Put out call for !PyCon talk and tutorial ideas; post my suggestion list. * Ping pydotorg for site statistics, if they already exist. * Further restyling of us.pycon.org website * Install the python api for subversion, so I can directly manipulate repositories, as needed. * Figure out how to integrate Nabu with subversion, such that documents maintain an audit trail. * Finish processing the audio recordings from past !PyCons. * Encourage adoption of a standard presentation template for !PyCon. * For !PyCon: * rename Apache rewrite rule from "apps" to "apps06". * rename fastcgi start/stop scripts to have "06" in them. * rename the django/pycon directory to django/pycon06 * update the sudo config for the renamed files. * help Doug chg password for the pycon06 DB. |
* getting the various screencast tools to play well and polish my presentation skills re screencasting (the tools are now working fine -- now to test with a few casts...) ---- 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. ---- CategoryAdvocacy |
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].
Current Tasks:
Use the [http://www.dfwpython.org:8000/ www.python.org mockup area] to test some proposed changes and get feedback from the community.
Produce some "5-Minutes with Python" screencasts -- I've installed the necessary software and practiced a bit but have screencast block
- 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.
- Begin reviewing 12th edition of "Understanding Computers" textbook.
Existing Challenges (most recent at top):
- getting the various screencast tools to play well and polish my presentation skills re screencasting (the tools are now working fine -- now to test with a few casts...)
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.