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Simon Willison

Things I’ve learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation

If you’re curious about what the PSF is and how it works, here’s much of what I’ve figured out so far @ThePSF
simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/

What is the PSF? The PSF employs staff A lot of this is about money The PSF does not directly develop Python itself PyPI—the Python Package Index PyCon is a key commitment Other PSF activities Work Groups Acting as a fiscal sponsor Life as a board member The kinds of things the board talks about Want to know more?
18 September at 14:18 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
5 comments
FINOkoye

@simon @ThePSF Ooh, thanks for this. I'm always interested in the ways of working for boards of more technical organisations

18 September at 14:46 | Open on mastodon.social
Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)

@simon @ThePSF As someone who served on the #Perl Foundation's board for many years (resigned in 2021), I have serious budget envy. That would have made our life so much easier.

18 September at 15:31 | Open on fosstodon.org
Evan der Ausländer

@simon That was really interesting! I love this kind of behind-the-scenes look at critical institutional structures we rarely think about

18 September at 16:57 | Open on mas.to
Simon Willison

This is one of my favorite genres of blog post: the article I wish I’d been able to read myself

18 September at 17:45 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
Thib

Oh lord of the rings, this resonates so much with my experience of a former board member of @gnome

Many insightful takes in this post, I definitely think GNOME and the PSF should try to work together more

@simon @ThePSF

21 September at 11:41 | Open on mamot.fr
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