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On November 12th and 13th, ten of the thirteen PSF board members convened in Chicago, IL. Those who could not make it to the in-person meeting, joined via phone conferencing when possible. In attendance were Naomi Ceder, Jacqueline Kazil, Thomas Wouters, Van Lindberg, Ewa Jodlowska, Lorena Mesa, Eric Holscher, Anna Ossowski, Christopher Neugebauer, and Jeff Triplett. Kushal Das and Marlene Mhangami connected remotely. In continued efforts to be transparent with our community, we wanted to share what we discussed and what actions will be taken next. Fundraising The first discussion we had pertained to directors' involvement in fundraising. What is being addressed? It is common for non-profit board members to help raise resources via their various networks. In the past, our board hasn’t been very active in this area, and we’d like to change that going forward. What are the next steps? During the meeting, we created two board committees to get directors more involved in the fundraisin...

The   Python Software Foundation   Packaging Working Group   has applied for and received a commitment from the   Open Technology Fund   to fulfill a contract via their   Core Infrastructure Fund . The  Python Package Index (PyPI)  is a foundational component of the  Python  ecosystem and broader computer software and technology landscape. This project aims to improve the security and accessibility of PyPI for all users worldwide, whether they are direct users, like project maintainers and  pip install ers, or indirect users. The impact of this work will be highly visible and improve crucial features of the service. We plan to begin the project in January 2019. Because of the size of the project, funding has been allocated to secure one or more contractors to complete the development, testing, verification, and assist in the rollout of necessary features. Timeline Date Milestone 2018-11-19 Request for Proposal period opens. 2018-12-...

The  Python Software Foundation   Packaging Working Group  has applied for and received a commitment from the  Open Technology Fund  to fulfill a contract for their  Core Infrastructure Fund . PyPI  is a foundational component of the  Python  ecosystem and broader computer software and technology landscape. This project aims to improve the security and accessibility of PyPI for all users worldwide, whether they are direct users like project maintainers and  pip install ers or indirect users. The impact of this work will be highly visible and improve crucial features of the service. We plan to begin the project in January 2019. Because of the size of the project, funding has been allocated to secure one or more contractors to complete the development, testing, verification, and assist in the rollout of necessary features. Register Interest To receive notification when our Request for Information period closes and the Request for Proposals...

The PSF is launching an end-of-year fundraising drive to build a sustainable community of supporters. Our goal is to raise $30,000! You can help by signing up to give monthly or if you’re already a supporting member (Thank You!!), by checking the box to renew your membership automatically. The drive begins October 22 and concludes November 21, 2018. Your donations have IMPACT Over $118,543 was awarded in financial aid to 143 PyCon attendees in 2018. $240,000 has been paid in grants from January through September 2018 to recipients in 45 different countries. Some examples of how your donation dollars are spent: $35,000 was provided to the Python Core Development Sprint in 2018 $20,000 helps support 11 Python conferences, impacting over  3,000 people globally $20,000 helps support ~25 hands-on workshops impacting over 700 people  $10,000 supports user group meetup fees for 150 groups for 6 months $5,000 provides hosting for 3-4 PSF community web services for a year(e.g. Mail.pyt...

We are happy to announce our 2018 3rd Quarter Python Software Foundation Fellow Members:  Stefan Behnel Blog , Github Andrew Godwin Website , Twitter David Markey Twitter Eduardo Mendes Github , Twitter , LinkedIn Claudiu Popa Github Congratulations! Thank you for your continued contributions. We have added you to our  Fellow roster online . The above members have contributed to the Python ecosystem by maintaining popular libraries/tools, organizing Python events, hosting Python meet ups, teaching via YouTube videos, contributing to CPython, and overall being great mentors in our community. Each of them continues to help make Python more accessible around the world. To learn more about the new Fellow members, check out their links above. If you would like to nominate someone to be a PSF Fellow, please send a description of their Python accomplishments and their email address to psf-fellow at python.org. Here is the nomination review schedule for 2018: Q4: October to the end of...

2018 is drawing to a close and we are excited to start the official Python Developers Survey for 2018 ! In 2017, Python Software Foundation together with JetBrains conducted an official Python Developers Survey for the first time. Over 9,500 developers from almost 150 different countries participated to help us map out an accurate landscape of the Python community. With this second iteration of the official Python Developers Survey, we aim to identify how the Python development world looks today and how it compares to last year. The results of the survey will serve as a major source of knowledge about the current state of the Python community, so we encourage you to participate and make an invaluable contribution to this community resource. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please take a few minutes to complete the Python Developers Survey 2018! Your valuable opinion and feedback will help us better understand how different Python developers use Python, related fr...