David Turvene

The obvious questions are:

• "Who is this guy?"

  I have been a professional software developer for over twenty years using, whenever possible, Open Source tools.

  In 2005 I began experimenting with a variety of dynamic languages and quickly fell on Python as the one with the most promise for large, long-lived systems. For the last year I have experimented with a number of python applications for XML and Web development, focusing on Zope/Plone most recently.

• "Why is he here?"

  The short answer is David Goodger extended an invitation to assist.

  But of course it isn't quite that simple. I feel Python is a great technology; very well thought-out with tremendous potential. I am interested in contributing to the growth of it. Furthermore I have a good amount of free time through 2007 and I feel contributing to Python is the best use of it.

  This begs a number of questions that do not seem to be appropriate for this space but I can be reached at mailto:dturvene@comcast.net.

• "What can he do for the PSF?"

  As a software manager for many years, I came to learn that most of the work to support a company, even one that is tax-exempt and for the betterment of the universe, is not fun, challenging or even interesting. But it is critical.

  I reviewed the Director Duties and am comfortable in whatever role assigned to me. I see my main tasks in this role as:

  • Help out where needed and participate as an audience member in discussions. I will try my best to perform whatever tasks are assigned to me.
  • Spread the influence of Python via advocacy and making it more visible to the software community at-large.

Andy Todd

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James Tauber

• open source developer since 1993
• Python developer since 1998
• have led numerous open source projects in Python including Redfoot, Cleese, Leonardo and Pyjamas
• wrote first Python implementation of numerous standards: TREX (precursor to RELAX NG), Atom Publishing Protocol, Unicode Collation Algorithm
• PSF mentor for Google Summer of Code 2005 and 2006
• Chief Scientist at mValent where I introduced Python as scripting language for large-scale Java-based product (and converted numerous developers to Python in the process)
• outside of Python have been involved in numerous committees including standards (W3C, OASIS), former member of Apache XML Project Team, UWA Graduates Association (including membership drive and fundraising)
• am Australian and would like to work to help make PSF donations tax-deductible for Australians

Mark Summerfield

I am an independent trainer, consultant, and technical editor and writer, specializing in C++, Qt, and Python. I write the tools to support my everyday work in Python (and PyQt), and consider Python to be the most productive and enjoyable language I have ever used.

My contributions to the open-source world have mostly been behind-the-scenes, for example, my involvement with the Lout typesetting language, but some have been more visible, such as the Qt books I have co-written.

I think that I would be useful to the PSF and am open-minded about how I contribute.

My home page

Tim Peters

(to be completed)

Martin von Löwis

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Andrew Kuchling

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Steve Holden

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David Goodger

I first learned Python in 1998 and immediately became an enthusiastic Pythonista. The Python community has become very important to me. That's why I became a PEP editor and started helping out with the web site. I was elected as a member of the PSF in 2003, began helping out with PyCon in 2004, then got involved with the Board of Directors, first as Assistant Secretary in 2005 and as a Director and Secretary in 2006.

I believe in the principles of the Free Software movement in general, and Python and its community in particular. Working with the PSF as a Director is one way for me to give something back.

Contributions to the PSF & the Python community:

• Creator of Docutils and reStructuredText

• PEP editor since 2002

• A maintainer of python.org, including the website conversion

• PyCon volunteer since 2004

• Director & Secretary since PyCon 2006, Assistant Secretary in 2005

  As Secretary (and Assistant Secretary before), I maintain the minutes of the Board and Members' meetings, and am in the process of organizing our paper records. As a Director, I have taken on many tasks large and small, perhaps too many: I currently have the distinction of the most pending action items in the Board meeting minutes.

As a Director, these are some of the things I would like to accomplish and see accomplished:

• Establishment of an annual budget and budget policy, and a strategy/action plan (e.g. a grants process)
• Organization of the PSF's records
• Simplification of the web site's toolchain
• Creation of effective advocacy materials
• Reduction of my PSF to-do list

My home page

Stephan Deibel

A little about me:

• Co-founder of Wingware, maker of Wing IDE for Python

  http://wingware.com/

• Created Pythonology, one of the early Python Advocacy sites

  http://pythonology.org/

• Editor of the Python Success Stories collection

  http://pythonology.org/success http://python.org/about/success

• Member of the PSF
• Using Python since 1998

Some of my past contributions to the PSF:

• Chairman of the Board of the PSF since 2004

• Worked with legal counsel on the trademark policy

  http://www.python.org/psf/trademarks/

• Drafted parts of the license FAQ

  http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLicenseFaq

• Supported funding of the website redesign, and participated in the work as a volunteer

  http://python.org/

• Supported paying nominal salaries for the critical work done by the Treasurer (Kurt Kaiser) and Secretary (David Goodger)

• Championed funding Jeff Rush in the current six-month trial period for the Python Advocacy Coordinator position position, which I now oversee together with Neal Norwitz

  http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonAdvocacyCoordinator

• Respond to email questions re: trademarks and licensing

Things I would like to see:

• An easier-to-use web framework for python.org
• Continued support for advocacy, if this proves effective
• Revival of the grants process in some form
• Development of a more effective fund raising capability (more like a "normal" charity)

Notes:

I am also chairman of the Python Support Committee, which is charged with fund raising, but haven't had much time for this so there is little progress.

My company, Wingware, was previously a sponsor of the PSF, under its legal name Archaeopteryx Software Inc, but converted to Emeritus status when I started putting time into the PSF.

I live in Cambridge NY, a rural town in upstate NY where "pie ala mode" was invented and life is good.

Brett Cannon

I was elected to the PSF membership during the first PyCon in 2003. Shortly after that I become a committer on Python itself. Over the years I have made various contributions to the Python community, the largest of which was writing the python-dev Summaries for over two and a half years.

At PyCon 2006 I joined the PSF board. I was also elected chairman of the Infrastructure committee which is nearly completion on moving Python's issue tracking from SourceForge over to our own Roundup installation.

David Ascher

• director of the PSF since inception
• connector with other foundations (mozilla, apache, perl, etc.)
• co-author of Python books
• CTO/VP @ ActiveState (vendor of tools for Python programmers)