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Info for new PSF Members

(This page is deliberately made available to the public since it describes the steps new members need to follow to gain access to the private PSF wiki)

PSF Members (Nominated & Sponsor)

New PSF members need to know about the following:

To quote the mission statement, the aim of the PSF is "to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers." Potential members are nominated because they're already helping with this mission, so the day to day contribution of many PSF members is simply to continue with what they were already doing.

A key additional responsibility shared by all PSF members is to participate in PSF voting activities, primarily the approval (or disapproval) of new nominated and sponsor members and the election of board members. From time-to-time, other motions may be put before the full membership for a vote, but the day-to-day activities of the PSF are generally handled by the PSF board and the committee members. Voting is primarily electronic these days - it is important that members at least submit their ballots (even if they explicitly abstain from all motions) to ensure quorum is reached. (All votes, including abstentions, are counted for purposes of reaching quorum, but only yes and no votes are subsequently counted for purposes of approving or disapproving of motions).

PSF members can also choose to help out in other ways. The PSF are stewards of the Python intellectual property and deal with many of the non-programming tasks that help guarantee Python has a bright future: keeping the servers running, handling trademark violations, funding Python sprints, administering PyCon, etc. PSF members that wish to be more active in these kinds of tasks may choose to join one of the PSF committees (e.g. the trademarks committee or the infrastructure committee) or eventually put their names forward as potential board members or officers of the foundation (see the additional info below).

The existing members that nominated new members for PSF membership (or the board in the case of sponsor members) should point them towards this page when informing them of their successful nomination.

Board Members (Directors) & Officers

New Board members (Directors) and Officers should:

A wiki admin should add the Director's/Officer's wiki account to the "BoardGroup" page: http://wiki.python.org/psf/BoardGroup

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