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Communications Report for 2011-03-16
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Issues / Blockages
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None


Continued Activities from Last Month
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1. Paulo Nuin is working on a post about the PyPI mirroring project.

2. Paulo Nuin is working on a post about the email package rewrite. We
   are waiting for some details about the QNX funding before the post
   goes live.


New Activities
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1. Several messages about the site-selection meeting for PyCon 2014-2015.

   - http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/02/pycon-2014-2015-site-selection-meeting.html
   - http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/bring-superbowl-of-python-to-your.html

2. Added a few companies to the list maintained by @ThePSF account on
   twitter. If your company is not already included, please send a
   message to @ThePSF with the account you would like added.

   - http://twitter.com/ThePSF/companies

3. Members meeting announcement

   - http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/02/psf-members-meeting-to-be-held-at-pycon.html

4. Paulo Nuin posted the call for submission for the promotional brochure project

   - http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/call-for-submissions-for-promotional.html

5. Announce readthedocs.org grant

   - http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/psf-funds-readthedocsorg.html

6. Posted call for applications for GSoC

   - http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/now-accepting-applications-for-google.html

   Doug and Arc Riley talked about other ways to promote the project
   this year. The next event is announcing that the PSF is
   participating (assuming we are accepted, of course).

7. Renew call for applications for sprint funding to coinside with the
   first day of PyCon sprints.

   - http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/call-for-applications-sprint-funding.html

8. Announce PyCon AU funding

   - http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/pycon-australia.html

Planned for Next Month
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1. Finish the post on the email project.

2. Announce grant to fund Python Miro Community (post scheduled for 21
   March).

3. We are starting a new project in partnership with the python-dev
   team to blog about the volunteer efforts from that group. I was
   able to recruit a few contributors at PyCon, and will put out a
   more general call for help after we have the blog established.

Ongoing Projects
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Facebook stats for 9 Dec - 7 Jan

| 12,709 monthly active users (up 44%)
| 1,625 new likes
| 244,180 post views (up 377%)
| 472 post feedback

Tabled Activities
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1. We missed our window of opportunity to write about the new PyCon
   web site.  We'll pick it up right after the conference, when the
   people we need to interview aren't as busy. Engelbert Gruber has
   prepared interview questions for the post.