Pictured from top left: Python Benin Meet Up 2019, PyCon Belarus 2019, Python Ho Meet Up 2019
Pictured from bottom left: scikit-learn Sprint 2019, Django Girls Caxais do Sul 2019, AfroPython Rio de Janeiro
The PSF Updated its Code of Conduct!
The PSF Board approved a new organization-wide Code of Conduct and enforcement guidelines at the August 2019 board meeting, and reporting guidelines at the September 2019 board meeting. Check them out:
$12,000 was awarded to Meg Ray to work on creating a Python in Education website where we can curate educational information from all over the world
Friendly-traceback aims to provide simplified tracebacks translated into as many languages as possible. The project maintainer is looking for volunteers to help with tasks such as documenting possible SyntaxError use cases and documenting exceptions that haven't already been covered. Check out their full call to action here: https://aroberge.blogspot.com/2019/06/abolishing-syntaxerror-invalid-syntax.html
PyPI Security Q4 2019 Request for Proposals period opens!
The Python Software Foundation Packaging Working Group has received a grant from Facebook Research to implement advanced security features for PyPI. These features include cryptographic signing of uploaded artifacts and the infrastructure necessary to implement automated detection of malicious files uploaded to the index.
Python 2 End of Life is coming soon. Please take ActiveState's 5-min. survey on how you're preparing for the change. You'll get the final results plus the chance to win a camera drone. Thanks for your time!
Big thanks to Microsoft, PyCon's 2020 Keystone Sponsor! This is the 5th time they've stepped forward to make an investment in PyCon and its community. Microsoft not only uses Python for their own development but also offers Python as a crucial tool for their own customers. We thank them for their continued support.