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I'm not happy with the colors and layout of the advocacy site but decided to put further tweaking aside and focus on getting all the pieces working so people have something to critique, and so we can start adding content to it.
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 * Add support for filterable documents to the advocacy site, and come up with a decent presentation layout for said documents.
 * Establish a subportal under advocacy.python.org for those who want to help promote Python.
 * Make announcment re advocacy onto CLP and CLPA.
 * Put candidate PyCon slogans onto poll site and let the community vote.
 * Participate in final selection of PyCon talks and timeslot assignment.
 * Add additional content to the advocacy site re answering common questions from the perspective of various audiences.
 * Get vector format of PyCon logo to the graphic designer.
 * Get my installation of Pyramid working and begin adding links from www.python.org to the advocacy site.
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 * Consider whether to style the advocacy site exactly like www.python.org or to vary it either slightly (like us.pycon.org) or significantly. A quiet look is good for those who come to a site frequently but something a bit louder can be useful to excite those who show up for the first time. The louder site may tend to annoy those who must see it again and again.  * An Apache process on ximinez.python.org machine was leaking memory and swapping like crazy, slowing everything considerable. Sean R. changed Apache from a threading to a process model and the problem has not reoccurred.
 * I have found a huge amount of really great Python material scattered on sites and am trying to organize/link it into the advocacy site. A good situation to be in but a lot of reading and evaluating.
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 * Refine component for organizing advocacy files; collapse documents in different formats into one entry with format icons; provide an upload link into a quarantine area, provide for searching for tagged files re all slide presentations, all flyer handouts, etc.
 * Implement a component to establish a database of user groups,
   with an RSS feed and searchable by geographic location.

In mid-2006, the PSF agreed to hire JeffreyRush for full-time work on ["Advocacy"].


["AdvocacyAccomplishments"]

My prototype of the advocacy site has been fully ported over the advocacy.python.org and checked into svn.python.org. The site is up and down as I'm working on it, however I have established a clone of the site at advocacy.dfwpython.org. The clone will be the development site and advocacy.python.org will be the production site, with a subversion check-in/check-out cycle used to catch the production site up with development.


Current Tasks:

  • Put candidate PyCon slogans onto poll site and let the community vote.

  • Participate in final selection of PyCon talks and timeslot assignment.

  • Add additional content to the advocacy site re answering common questions from the perspective of various audiences.
  • Get vector format of PyCon logo to the graphic designer.

  • Get my installation of Pyramid working and begin adding links from www.python.org to the advocacy site.


Existing Challenges:

  • An Apache process on ximinez.python.org machine was leaking memory and swapping like crazy, slowing everything considerable. Sean R. changed Apache from a threading to a process model and the problem has not reoccurred.
  • I have found a huge amount of really great Python material scattered on sites and am trying to organize/link it into the advocacy site. A good situation to be in but a lot of reading and evaluating.


Future Tasks:

  • Refine component for organizing advocacy files; collapse documents in different formats into one entry with format icons; provide an upload link into a quarantine area, provide for searching for tagged files re all slide presentations, all flyer handouts, etc.
  • Implement a component to establish a database of user groups,
    • with an RSS feed and searchable by geographic location.
  • 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.


For active discussion on advocating for Python, please join the mailing list at [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy]


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