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| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Fireside Chat - Stewarding Rust & Python | RustConf 2026 | 2026-09-08 |
Python runs one major release per year, has volunteer release managers signing up for six-year stints, and a core staff of 11 staff who now fund roles like a… | ||
| Update and Awards | PyCon US 2026 | 2026-05-13 |
The PSF reports it turned down $1.5M NSF grant over a "no DEI" contract clause, then raised ~$600,000 from 5,561 donors to fund CPython work, PyPI security… | ||
| Welcome | PyCon US 2026 | 2026-05-13 |
Conference opening lists concrete milestones: a dedicated AI and security track this year, a Spanish‑language keynote with English translations, and over a… | ||
| Who is Python for- EVERYONE (and why that matters) | PyData Boston 2025 | 2025-12-08 |
Python runs on a nonprofit model that keeps the language and its package index free and vendor neutral, with governance open to community proposals and monthly… | ||
| Oh no Your project became really popular | PyCon UK 2025 | 2025-09-19 |
Project growth triggers concrete changes: set office hours once a month and timebox access, publish a donations/GitHub Sponsors page and list specific funded… | ||
| Python Software Foundation Update & Awards | PyCon US 2025 | 2025-05-16 |
Announces a PSF board election in August/September, ongoing push for membership and donations, and monthly engagement via monthly board office hours; next… | ||
| Security Initiatives in Community Driven Projects: Looking Ahead with Python and Rust | SOSS Community Day Europe 2024 | 2024-09-19 |
Python and Rust foundations describe concrete outputs: a hired security engineer (Python from the community, Rust brought externally), Python becomes a CNA and… | ||
| Measuring Security Risk: Community Engagement Is the Best Mitigation | SupplyChainSecurityCon @ Open Source Summit Europe 2024 | 2024-09-16 |
Open source risk becomes manageable by concrete steps not handwavy metrics: join mailing lists, monitor GitHub activity, follow beta releases, and look for… | ||
| Measuring Security Risk: Community Engagement Is the Best Mitigation | Open Source Summit Europe 2024 | 2024-09-16 |
Argues that active upstream engagement beats opaque metrics and GitHub stars and gives concrete tactics: passive listening via mailing lists and GitHub… | ||
| Open Source Leadership: What to Give Away and What to Bring In | PyData London 2024 | 2024-06-14 |
Rule of thumb: if a task demands roughly 30–40 hours a week or carries legal/security risk, move it to paid staff or contractors; if it’s edifying, optional… | ||
| Welcome to | PyCon US 2024 | 2024-05-15 |
Conference opens with concrete numbers and logistics: almost 1,000 proposals submitted to CFP, more than 3,000 registered attendees, live captioning and a new… | ||
| Update | PyCon US 2024 | 2024-05-15 |
Python Software Foundation reports concrete results: the PyLadies auction raises $60,000, the new Outstanding PyLady award draws 84 nominations and honors… | ||
| Meet-ups: A Grand Vision for a Humble Endeavor | DjangoCon US 2023 | 2023-10-16 |
Meet-ups act as the entry point to the larger Python and open source ecosystem and they actually do concrete things: the PSF provides fiscal sponsor accounts… | ||
| Community Service Awards & Python Software Foundation Update | PyCon US 2023 | 2023-04-19 |
The Python Software Foundation reports infrastructure and community milestones: 300 million downloads per day for Python, PyPI growth of 57% in 2022, and 152… | ||
| Panel Discussion: A How-to Guide for Contributing to Open Source as an Employee | Open Source Summit North America 2022 | 2022-06-21 |
Panel lays out a concrete plan: a working group captures six principles (start early, transparent motivations, respect, end gracefully, etc.) and publishes a… | ||
| Keynote - Python Software Foundation Update | PyCon US 2022 | 2022-04-27 |
PSF runs PyCon with seven staff coordinating volunteers, vendors and hybrid streaming that reports about 600 remote viewers. The foundation maintains a… | ||
| FOSS Events Primer | FOSDEM 2022 | 2022-02-05 |
Get Out There and Run One!
When you want to see your community grow, running a local event is a great idea. Luckily, many FOSS projects have been down this… | ||
| Open Source Culture is Very US-Centric, But It Shouldn't Be | FOSDEM 2021 | 2021-02-06 |
How Can We Make FOSS Truly Global?
Free and open source software is made up of a truly global community of tinkerers, collaborators and innovators. In this… | ||
| How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Doing Less | FOSDEM 2021 | 2021-02-06 |
It is impossible to bring every idea, every innovation, and every improvement you can think of to fruition. Doing a little less allows you to honor the finite… | ||
| Move Slow and Try Not to Break Each Other | linux.conf.au 2021 | 2021-01-23 |
Sustainable open source prioritizes people over frantic shipping and requires concrete practices: publish and repeat your goals (share your mission on the… | ||
| Kickoff | Community Leadership Summit 2020 at All Things Open | 2020-10-19 |
Conference converts its unconference into scheduled, discussion-based sessions with no slides, using Zoom chat and raise‑hand to pull people on mic, and a 5… | ||
| How to Create a Sustainable Community | Community Leadership Summit 2020 at All Things Open | 2020-10-19 |
Argues that sustainability comes from concrete practices not slogans: break a single superstar role into many smaller roles, document procedures and test them… | ||
| Community Leadership Summit 2020 Kickoff | All Things Open 2020 | 2020-10-19 |
Kickoff lays out a discussion-first unconference forced online: no slides, discussion-based sessions across two tracks with a 5:00 p.m. ET wrap-up. Attendees… | ||
| How to Create a Sustainable Community | All Things Open 2020 | 2020-10-19 |
Shows concrete tactics: split one overworked role into many smaller tasks (ten people for one “Jessica”), create handoff docs and documentation given to a… | ||
| What does the Open Source Initiative do? | All Things Open 2020 | 2020-10-19 |
An overview of concrete work: the organization stewards the Open Source Definition and runs a formal license review process, vets new licenses (especially for… | ||
| Software Licensing and Compliance: It's All About Community | Open Source 101 at Home 2020 | 2020-05-12 |
Explains license categories (permissive vs copyleft, strong vs weak copyleft), points out Apache’s patent clause, and focuses compliance on providing complete… | ||
| Selenium and Conservancy | SeleniumConf London 2019 | 2019-10-07 |
Conservancy acts as the fiscal umbrella for Selenium and more than over 40 projects, taking on accounting, domain and trademark registration, vendor contract… | ||
| Software Patents: Solutions for Developers | LinuxCon + CloudOpen Europe 2013 | 2013-10-21 |
Software patents cause roughly $80 billion of annual harm (2011), the USPTO grants ~40,000 new software patents a year in the US, and Intellectual Ventures… | ||
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