##Conference talks/workshops accepted goal: give three conference talks/workshops/posters in 2015
- Teach Python 101 (lead teacher) workshop at Pycon 2015
- Teach Python for Data Analysis (TA) workshop at Pycon 2015
- Teach Cloudpipe (TA/co-teach) workshop at Pycon 2015
- Keynote at PyData Dallas, April 24-26, 2015
- Talk at GeoRodeo, May 22
- Deploying apps on OpenStack at QCon NYC on June 8-9
- Hack for Humanity at Grace Hopper Conferece (leading an OpenStack team with Egle Sigler), October 2015
##Conference talk/workshop/poster proposals goal: submit ten conference talk/workshop/poster proposals in 2015
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Submit a talk proposal to OSBridge March 7 -
Submit a talk proposal to BangBangCon March 31 -
Submit a talk/poster proposal to SciPy April 1 -
Pitch a lightning talk at Pycon 2015 - Submit a talk to EuroPython April 28
- Submit a talk to OSCON EU May 11
##Meetups goal: three meetup talks/demos in 2015
- Prepare a 15-minute "deploying civic apps on Rackspace" (with a focus on using dev+) talk Q2
- Prepare and deliver a talk on using tmpnb Q2/Q3
- Give two talks/workshops at Austin data/python/geo meetups Q2/Q3/Q4
##Community Contributions goal: maintain presence within communities of interest
- Invited to serve on program committee for SciPy Q2/Q3
- member of GIS master's program committee, Temple University ongoing, very limited time commitment
- Invitation to co-author Heads First Python, ed 2 with Paul Berry, O'Reilly books Q2/Q3/Q4
- Invited to serve on PSF/NumFocus committee for supporting the scientific pprogramming community
##Blog posts and tutorials goal: three to four posts/tutorials per quarter
- DevEx team's community contributions (event sponsorships, OSS sponsorships) Q2
- Setting up tmpnb for a meetup Q2
- Three ways to deploy a Flask app (Ansible, Heat/Chef, Fabric) Q2
- Tutorial about deploying different types of mapping apps (roll your own and host your own mapbox tiles, geodjango, shareabouts, or something like that) Q3
- Using cloudpipe in your data workflows Q2/Q3
- Walking through lvh's Crypto 101 course. Why all devs need to level-up when it comes to security. Written at the beginner level. Q3
- Setting up search for nbviewer Q3
##Dex Ex tools and products goal: 3-4 PRs per month
- Launch, document, test jiffy-ticketing Q1
- Implement search for nbviewer Q1/Q2
- Contribute to cloudpipe Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
- Work on d.r.c./Nexus development and maintenance Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
- New community engagement "showcase" and calendar Q2/Q3/Q4
##Data BHAG: launch an open data initiative (with a social-good bent) at Rackspace by the beginning of 2016
- Evaluate AWS and Google open data initiatives and write memo with findings Q3
- Gather stories and information about Rackspace clients that already work in this space: Ushahidi, Pro Publica, Code for America Brigade Q3
- Draft a plan for what an open data initiative (and support for open data technologists) could look like at Rackspace Q3
- Deliver an "Open Data Initiatives at Rackspace" talk to internal technical audience Q3
- Deliver an "Open Data at Rackspace" talk to external technical audience Q4
##OSS program community management goal: gather data and stories from participants and highlight those stories
- Set up mailgun/mongo to handle and track comms with participants Q1
- Dig into data on OSS program participant usage of cloud platform Q2
- Design and deliver survey for all OSS program participants Q2
- Select and interview four program participants Q3
- Transition OSS program management to another team member or to a separate account manager who will handle OSS/dev+ Q4
##Event sponsorship program goal: support inclusive, well run developer events; plan delightful experiences for technologists at events we're sponsoring; track Racker activity in the field
- Mentor and lead when needed ongoing