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##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

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###Talks

• Command line programs for busy developers, Pycon AU 2014
• Command line interfaces are easy, use them, PyTexas 2014
• Building a command line application with Click
• Writing awesome command line programs in Python, EuroPy 2014

###Blogs posts

• Writing a CLI in Python
• Command line applications

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###Pycon talks to watch

• Ned Batchelder on testing, 2014
• Justin Abrahms on computer science fundamentals for self-taught programmers, 2014
• Kate Heddleston on full-stack Python development, 2014

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##March 26, 2015 ###progress

• Conferences: proposal for Gluecon
• Conferences/workshops: met with Everett about OpenStack 101 workshop at QCon
• Conferences/workshops: practiced Pycon workshop material
• OSS program: managed billing issues
• Sponsorships: fielded requests
• Outreach: worked with Ken to re-imagine outreach roles on the DevEx team

###plans

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###Online

• Map School
• ESRI "What is GIS?" guide
• Boston GIS tutorials

###Books

• The Sage Handbook of Spatial Analysis, Fotheringham and Rogerson
• List of primers from GIS Cafe

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###Title of workshop A hands-on introduction to Python for beginning programmers

Submitted by Dana Bauer Category Python Core (language, stdlib, etc.) Python Level Novice Audience Beginning programmers wanting to Jumpstart their understanding of Python and programming

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###Motivating SQL

• SQL vs. Excel
• xkcd on SQL

###SC SQL lessons

• Using databases and SQL
• Get yer data here
  • sqlite3 survey.db < gen-survey-database.sql (command to generate database)
• Install SQLite plugin in Firefox

• In Firefox, go to Tools --> SQLite manager

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###Work reading list

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard http://www.amazon.com/Switch-Change-Things-When-Hard-ebook/dp/B0030DHPGQ/ referenced by Sumana H. in AdaCamp email list

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tmpnb


Launches "temporary" IPython notebook servers.

⚠️ Hardware assumptions ⚠️

• Reasonably fast IOPS (SSDs, PCIe cards)
• Enough CPUs and memory for all the users (mem_limit*pool_size < Available RAM)

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30 days (October 27 - November 28)

Ramping down sponsorship tasks

• Make an announcement to the team that I'll be transitioning to other projects
• Extract (from database) a list of our 2014 sponsorships
• Create visualizations of our 2014 sponsorship activity
• Prepare report and/or presentation for Jesse to present to SLT
• Write a blog post about the sponsorship programs
• Create a team-based model (with wiki pages as guides) for sponsoring events and handling OSS sponsorship requests
• Work with Everett on Django app for sponsorship data management