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PSF Meeting Minutes for July 30, 2019

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The Python Software Foundation
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

July 30, 2019

A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat/Slack beginning at 13:00 UTC (GMT/Zulu), on July 30, 2019. Betsy Waliszewski took notes/minutes.

All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor-Y‚opposed-N‚abstentions-A; e.g. "5-1-2" means "5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2 abstentions").

1   Attendance

The following members of the Board of Directors (13 of 13) were present at the meeting: Lorena Mesa, Naomi Ceder, Jannis Leidel, Katie McLaughlin, Marlene Mhangami (joined halfway through the meeting), Eric Holscher, Anna Ossowski, Jeff Triplett, Van Lindberg, Kushal Das, Christopher Neugebauer, and Ewa Jodlowska.

Betsy Waliszewski (Event Planner and Administrator), Jackie Augustine (PyCon Manager), Phyllis Dobbs (Financial Controller), Joe Carey (Accounting Manager), and Laura Graves (Financial Analyst) were also in attendance.

4   Work Group Reports

4.1   Cuban Pythonistas

None at this time.

4.2   Marketing

Created new pins for PSF Fellows and Supporting Members. Working on additional ideas to promote the PSF and honor the community. Working on end-of-year fundraising plan for Giving Tuesday.

4.3   Sponsors

Continue to receive and evaluate PSF sponsor applications. Approved 3 Iron sponsors and denied one Iron sponsor application. Reviewed updated PSF Sponsor Prospectus.

4.4   Jobs

Set up a new slack channel for the Jobs WG and invited current and new members to join. Onboarded new members via conference call. Continuing to work on improvements to functionality for job posters.

4.5   Trademarks

No report submitted.

4.6   Fellows

No report submitted.

4.7   Packaging

  • Ongoing OTF Project for PyPI security, accessibility, and localization. - Shipped 2FA, WebAuthn, and API Tokens - Accessibility Audit complete - Accessibility implementation underway
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Worked with Changeset Consulting to prepare application for their Essential Open Source Software Program
  • Facebook Grant - Preparation for RFI/RFP launch

4.8   Infrastructure

Ongoing maintenance and support. No major developments.

4.9   Scientific Python

None at this time.

4.10   Approved Via Email

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation recognize the Translations Workgroup as an official PSF workgroup https://wiki.python.org/psf/TranslationWG/Charter

Approved 13-0-0, April 5, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation add the following member to the Grants Working Group: Gonzalo Peña Castellanos (an organizer of PyCon Colombia)

Approved 13-0-0, April 22, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award the Q2 2019 Community Service Award to Felipe de Morais for his work towards facilitating the growth of the Python Brazilian community by organizing workshops, contributing to open source code that benefits the Brazilian people and for setting an example for all community organizers.

Approved 13-0-0, May 30, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award the Q2 2019 Community Service Award to Chris Angelico for his work towards fostering the online Python community by helping maintain the pydotorg-www mailing list, helping community members get edit access to the public-facing Python wiki, and also for being an active contributor to python-ideas mailing list and the python-dev mailing list.

Approved 13-0-0, May 30, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant 2500 Euro (~2,782.68 USD) to the Plone Beethoven Sprint happening in Bonn, Germany June 20-24, 2019

Approved 13-0-0, June 3, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation accept the resignation of Ian Stapleton Cordasco as election administrator, and that the PSF’s Director of Infrastructure be appointed as election administrator, supervised by the Executive Director

Approved 13-0-0, June 4, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award the 2019 Frank Willison Award to Carol Willing in recognition of her technical contributions to Jupyter and as a core developer, as well as her community contributions as a member of the PSF Code of Conduct Work Group, a former board member, contributor to many PyCons, and as a member of the Python Steering Council.

Approved 13-0-0, July 9, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation approve via director's allowance, $70 USD to the DjangoGirls, Indore workshop, happening July 31, 2019 in Gurgaon, India.

Approved July 25, 2019

5   Votes Approved by Working Groups

Below are resolutions approved by the various PSF Working Groups since the March 26, 2019 board meeting:

5.1   Grants

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1500 USD to Teen Code Conference and Python training happening throughout 2019

Approved 6-0-0, April 2, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2500 USD to the PyLondinium Conference happening in London, United Kingdom June 13, 2019

Approved 7-0-0, April 2, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $300 USD to the PyCC Meetup happening in Cape Coast, Ghana April 20, 2019

Denied 0-6-0, April 3, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $330 USD to the Python Ho, Ghana Meet Up in happening April 27, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, April 4, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $600 to the Django Girls Nyamira happening on April 19, 2019 in Nyamira, Kenya.

Approved 7-0-0, April 9, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $750 USD to the Django Girls Chester Workshop happening on April 27, 2019 in Chester, UK.

Approved 7-0-0, April 9, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1000 USD to the Python Akwa Ibom Meet up / Workshop happening in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria June 1, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, April 16, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $3800 USD to the PyColorado conference happening in Denver, Colorado, US September 7-8, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, April 23, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $5000 USD to the DjangoCon US conference happening in San Diego, California, US September 22, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, April 23, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $252 USD to the Python Meetup event happening in Warri, Nigeria June 8, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, April 23, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $500 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Udine, Italy June 15, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, April 26, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2000 USD to the ICML Workshop on Computational Biology 2019 event happening in Long Beach, CA, USA June 14-15, 2019

Denied 0-8-0, April 29, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2000 USD to the PyConWeb conference happening in Munich, Germany May 25-26, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, May 8, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $4493 USD (approx. 4000 Euro) to the PyCon Spain conference happening in Alicante, Spain October 4, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, May 9, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $5648 USD to the PyCon FR conference happening in France 2019

Approved 6-0-0, May 15, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1000 USD to The First Argentine Scientific Computing Workshop happening in San Luis, Argentina November 25, 2019

Approved 7-0-0, March 15, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2000 USD to the Python Nordeste conference happening in Recife, Brazil July 19, 2019

Approved 7-0-0, May 24, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1500 USD to the Python Serbia Conference happening in Novi Sad, Serbia June 1, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, May 24, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $750 USD to the AfroPython event happening in São Paulo, Brazil May 25, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, May 24, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2500 USD to the PyCon South Africa Conference happening in Johannesburg, South Africa October 10 , 2019

Approved May 24, 2019, 6-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $8,100 USD to the PyCon Latam Conference happening in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico August 29, 2019

Approved May 28, 2019, 8-0-1

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $625 USD to the fourth workshop on Scientific Programming at WTPC2019 happening in Córdoba, Argentina, July 15, 2019

Approved May 28, 7-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2000 USD to the fastai Deep Learning with Python workshops series happening in Gdansk, Poland throughout 2019

Approved May 29, 2019, 6-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2500 USD to the Women Techmakers Python Workshop Series happening in Warri, Nigeria during June 2019

Denied 0-6-0, May 31, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2000 USD to PyCon Russia happening in Moscow, Russia June 24-26, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, May 31, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1,355.47 (1200 Euro) to the Hamburg Pizza Python conference happening on November 16, 2019, in Hamburg, Germany.

Approved 6-0-0, June 11, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $6250 USD to the PyCon Africa conference happening in Accra, Ghana August 6-10, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, June 13, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1400 USD to the PyData Conference happening in Córdoba, Argentina September 18, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, June 17, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1,000 USD to the PyOhio Young Coders happening in Columbus, Ohio July 27-28, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, June 18, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $430 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Bhavnagar, India July 21, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, June 27, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $840.82 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Bukidnon, Philippines August 17, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, June 27, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $5,000 USD to the PyOhio Conference happening in Columbus, Ohio July 27-28, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, June 27, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $6500 USD to the Letspy India Tour-Nagpur event happening in Nagpur, India July 20, 2019

Denied 1-5-0, July 5, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1000 USD to the Ivy Bound Academy Middle School Py Gamers workshop in Sherman Oaks, California for ongoing trainings that will take place every semester.

Approved 6-0-0, July 5, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1500 USD to the Python San Sebastian event happening in San Sebastian, Spain September 6, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, July 5, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $4000 USD to the PyKids Summer Coding Bootcamp happening in Osun, Ekiti, & Kwara, Nigeria throughout the summer of 2019

Denied 0-6-0, July 5, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1600 USD to the Palo Alto City Library for curriculum development (Palo Alto, California)

Approved 6-0-0, July 5, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $9000 USD to the Python Brasil 2019 conference happening in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil October 23-28, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, July 5, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2500 USD to the PyData Conference happening in Delhi, India August 3, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, July 9, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $410.04 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Darkar, Senegal August 31, 2019

Approved, 6-0-0, July 18, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2500 USD to the Kiwi PyCon X conference in Wellington, New Zealand August 23, 2019

Approved, 6-0-0, July 18, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1500 USD to the FlaskConf Brazil conference happening in Florianópolis, Brazil September 6, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, July 19, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2000 USD to the PyCon Korea conference happening in Seoul, Korea August 17, 2019

Approved 5-0-1, July 19, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2000 USD to the PyCon MY conference happening in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 24, 2019

Approved 6-0--0, July 19, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $2685 USD to the PyCon Ireland conference happening in Dublin, Ireland October 12, 2019

Approved 6-0-1, July 19, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $6000 USD to the PyGotham 2019 conference happening in New York, NY October 4, 2019

Approved 6-0-0, July 19, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $700 USD to the PyDay La Paz event happening in La Paz, Bolivia August 10, 2019

Approved 7-0-0, July 22, 2019 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1125 USD (~1000 Euro) to the FrogLabs 2019 FrOSCon event happening in Sankt Augustin, Germany August 11, 2019

Approved 7-0-0, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $900 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Caxias do Sul, Brazil August 24, 2019

Approved 7-0-0, July 22, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $13,070 USD to the Witty CodeUp BootCamp happening in Effurun Nigeria in Q3 of 2019

Denied 0-7-0, July 22, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $1500 USD to the eLife Innovation Sprint event happening in Cambridge UK September 4, 2019

Denied, 0-6-0, July 29, 2019

5.2   Scientific Python

None at this time.

5.3   Sponsors

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Sponsor Working Group approve the sponsor application from Web Age Solutions at the Iron Level.

Approved 8-0-0, June 20, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Sponsor Working Group approve the sponsor application from Minitool Software Limited at the Iron Level.

Approved 7-0-0, July 30, 2019

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Sponsor Working Group approve the sponsor application from Eminent Media at the Iron Level.

Denied 3-5-0, July 31, 2019

6   New Business

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation approve the PSF website for Python in Education Grant Proposal as outlined here https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-important/2019-June/002691.html in the amount of $12,000 USD.

Approved 13-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation approve the Python on Android Education Grant Proposal as outlined here https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-important/2019-June/002691.html in the amount of $50,000.

Approved 11-0-2

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Guido van Rossum as President for the 2019/2020 term.

Approved 12-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Naomi Ceder as Chair for the 2019/2020 term.

Approved 12-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Lorena Mesa as Vice Chair Elect for the 2019/2020 term.

Approved 12-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Anna Ossowski and Chris Neugebauer as Vice Chairs for the 2019/2020 term.

Approved 12-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Jackie Kazil as Treasurer for the 2019/2020 term

Approved 10-0-2

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Van Lindberg as General Counsel for the 2019/2020 term

Approved 10-0-2

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Kushal Das, Marlene Mhangami, Jannis Leidel as Communication Chairs for the 2019/2020 term.

Approved 12-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Ewa Jodlowska as Secretary for the 2019/2020 term.

Approved 12-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Betsy Waliszewski as Assistant Secretary for the 2019/2020 term.

Approved 13-0-0

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation appoint Emily Morehouse-Valcarcel as PyCon US Chair for PyCon 2020 and PyCon 2021.

Approved 11-0-2

7   Other Business / Discussion

  • The board discussed the finance committee policy recommendation and will continue discussing this via email since directors need more time to review what is being proposed.
  • Discussion item & decision for the Executive Committee to now include General Counsel and Treasurer
  • It was decided that the board would have an adhoc board meeting August 27th.
  • The General Counsel gave a quick update via Slack on Trademarks because we ran out of time to do it verbally.
  • The board did not get to the Community Leadership proposal but will discuss it at the August meeting.

8   Meeting Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 07:36 UTC (GMT/Zulu).