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| #format rst ================================================ Candidates for the 2013 PSF Board of Directors ================================================ The following people have been nominated as Directors of the Python Software Foundation for the term beginning in March 2013. Their self-written summaries follow. There are currently 11 seats on the Board of Directors (last changed in the 2012 PSF Members vote). .. contents:: Nominees :depth: 1 .. topic:: Links * `Duties and Responsibilities of Directors <PythonSoftwareFoundation/DutiesAndResponsibilitiesOfDirectors>`__ * `2012 Board Candidates <PythonSoftwareFoundation/BoardCandidates2012>`__ * `2011 Board Candidates <PythonSoftwareFoundation/BoardCandidates2011>`__ * `2010 Board Candidates <PythonSoftwareFoundation/BoardCandidates2010>`__ * `2009 Board Candidates <PythonSoftwareFoundation/BoardCandidates2009>`__ * `2008 Board Candidates <PythonSoftwareFoundation/BoardCandidates2008>`__ ---- ...Candidate entries go here... |
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| Marc-Andre Lemburg ================== *2012 Board Member.* I've been board member in the years 2002-2004 and then again since 2010. PSF things I've been working on last year: * the Python brochure project (see http://brochure.getpython.info/) * the PSF conference kits to market the PSF at Python conferences (see e.g. https://twitter.com/reingart/status/270590720790904832) * creating giveaway marketing material for use a Python conferences and user groups (flyers, stickers) * promoting the PSF and the HAM membership at conferences in Europe (EuroPython, PyCon UK, PyCon DE, FOSDEM) in addition to the usual PSF board work. Things I'd like to initiate this year: * create conference kits to promote Python for use at conferences that have a broarder scope such as OSCON and FOSDEM * create more marketing material and setup a way for conferences and user groups to more easily request such material * start work on creating a PSF network of national and regional Python associations to help market Python in more diverse ways I'd like to continue with this work as director and look forward to another year serving on the board. ---- Jesse Noller ================== *Current 2012/13 Board Member.* I have served on the board since 2010. Foundation work I have started/lead: * Chaired PyCon US 2012/2013, served as PyCon Program Committee Chair the two years prior as well as leading sponsorship. * Leading the Python.org redesign team/project: http://jessenoller.com/blog/2012/11/28/the-great-python-org-redesign * Lead/Pushed for the Conference code of conduct motion: http://jessenoller.com/blog/2012/12/7/the-code-of-conduct * Helped start the outreach an education committee: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/outreach-and-education * Helped start/found the sprints committee: http://pythonsprints.com/ * Helped source and push for the new OSU hosted PSF infrastructure/cluster * Helped found the http://pythonmentors.com/ project * Assisting in various infrastructure things (such as sourcing the new part time sysadmins, SSL certs) * Assisted in working with various individuals, conferences and groups write and submit grants to the PSF board for funding. * (trying) to work on a PSF FAQ: http://psf-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/_docs/faq.html * (working on) a conference/community event book for the community: https://from-python-import-conference.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ * Assisted in various outreach efforts, communicating with the community on various topics, telling people and projects how the foundation can help them. General Public relations and community discussion work. * (I'm probably forgetting things) in addition to the normal board work. Things I'd like to continue to do / evolve: * Revamp and rethink the PSF Sponsor member system; put together a strong recurring revenue stream for the foundation that can assist the community through grants. * Continue to work with outreach and education groups on behalf of the foundation (such as PyLadies, etc) * Finish the Python.org redesign * Work on further evolution and modernization of the python.org and other services infrastructure and team * Examine additional areas where the foundation can serve and assist the community as a whole * Continue in assisting and advising PyCon US (in montreal) as a sponsorship coordinator / board liaison * Continue to work and assist in finding ways of improving the general knowledge of, and general marketing of the foundation and how it can help the community in general. * Continue finding areas to improve the general public relations other areas of the foundation. * Examine how the foundation can get more involved in "future-proofing" the community - e.g. outreach and getting involved in education initiatives. * And a lot more! I would be honored to continue to serve on the board and working to make a more diverse (in all ways) board, membership and community. ---- David Mertz ================== *Current 2012/13 Board Member.* I have served on the PSF board for four years, would like to continue to do so, and would be honored if the membership elects me again to do so. * Beginning prior to membership on the board, and on a continuing basis, I serve on the PSF Trademarks Committee, currently as its Chair. We resolve legal matters in the committee, enter into relationships of fiscal sponsorship with relevant projects to further protect our IP, and actually generally improve the relationships with broader Python communities through friendly and productive conversations about trademark rights. Having a friendly demeanor and also a thorough concern with protection of PSF rights, when I send a "C&D" letter as TC chair, the reply I get is always "thank you." Of late, I assisted moderately with PSF Chair Van Lindberg's spearheading of an opposition to a conflicting trademark claim in the EU over a logo incorporating the "Python" word mark. * I created the voting procedure used by the PSF for the prior couple years (and the small software tools needed to make it work), assisted the PSF Secretary in its operation, and administered the last election. In response to some requests by members, I worked wtih PSF member (and Web2Py lead) Massimo Di Pierro to get his E-vote software concept to provide all the same wonderful cryptographic and security guarantees as the prior email-based system (and some more). * As a Director I have participated in supervising, and reaching some difficult staffing decisions. * I am chair of the Outreach and Education Committee, which was formed in 2011. The committee has funded numerous outreach efforts to user groups and educational efforts, and will continue to fund more in the future; acting as Board liaison is useful. * I was very pleased to serve as PSF/Board representative to give one of the two keynotes at PyCon-India in 2012. As well as enjoying representing the PSF broadly, this tied in with the mission of the Outreach & Education to regionally/nationally diversify interest in and commitment to Python and to the PSF. * By background, I am a recovering humanities academic, tempted away from post-structuralist political philosophy by the intrigue and wiles of algorithms and data structures (always best expressed in this language Guido gave us). I am the author of Addison Wesley's Text Processing in Python, of the IBM developerWorks' column Charming Python (since 2001), and of various other articles advancing and explaining the use of Python and its tools and libraries. I have created some moderately well-used FOSS Python tools (most collected in Gnosis Utilities), although these are poorly maintained in recent years. Often a speaker at PyCon and OSCON. I have been an advocate for use of Python by several public-interest software projects, including in the voting software developed by the Open Voting Consortium (I was CTO and board member of that organization). I also have been a consultant with a number of notable Python-using organizations, at the margins helping to expand that use. ---- Please use the following format:: Candidate Name ============== *2012 Board Member.* or *New Board Member.* Description. ---- |
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