Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Shamika Mohanan has joined the PSF as Packaging Project Manager

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to welcome Shamika Mohanan as our new Packaging Project Manager! You can learn specifics about the role in our post announcing the position.

Recognizing that the success of the Python language and community relies on the success of its packaging ecosystem, the PSF is excited for the Packaging Project Manager role to facilitate, coordinate, and amplify the existing momentum in this space.


Shamika will be performing outreach to Python users to help the PSF better understand the landscape, identify fundable initiatives, seek grants, oversee funded projects, and report on their progress and results to improve Python packaging for all users. Shamika will also work with the PSF Director of Infrastructure to make progress on developing PyPI into a sustainable service that the community can continue to rely on for years to come.


Once again we want to thank our Visionary Sponsor Bloomberg for their initiative in “Shifting Left” and supporting this role for its initial term of two years.


Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q2 2021

The PSF is pleased to announced its second batch of PSF Fellows for 2021! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q2! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:

Cheuk Ting Ho

Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Emily Morehouse-Valcarcel

Twitter, GitHub, Website

Francisco Palm

Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Ivan Levkivskyi

GitHub

Jakub Baláš

João Sebastião de Oliveira Bueno

Twitter, GitHub, StackOverflow profile

Jukka Lehtosalo

Michael J. Sullivan

Miroslav Šedivý


Thank you for your continued contributions. We have added you to our Fellow roster online.

The above members help support the Python ecosystem by being phenomenal leaders, sustaining the growth of the Python scientific community, contributing to diversity efforts through PyLadies and other communities, maintaining virtual Python communities, maintaining Python libraries, creating educational material, organizing Python events and conferences, starting Python communities in local regions, 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.

Let's continue recognizing Pythonistas all over the world for their impact on our community. The criteria for Fellow members is available online: https://www.python.org/psf/fellows/. 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. We are accepting nominations for quarter 3 through August 20, 2021.

Are you a PSF Fellow and want to help the Work Group review nominations? Contact us at psf-fellow at python.org.