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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.
 * 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.
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Future Tasks: Existing Challenges (most recent at top):
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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.
 * 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.
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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.


CategoryAdvocacy CategoryAdvocacy

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