We are so very grateful for each of you who donated or became new members during our end of year fundraiser and membership drive. We raised , through the PyCharm promotion offered by JetBrains WOW Including individual donations, Supporting Memberships, donations to our Fiscal Sponsorees,...

   The PSF Board and Staff have recently undertaken a review and update of our Grants Program to ensure its sustainability and alignment with the evolving needs of the global Python community. To share the outcome of our review, we are publishing a three part series that outlines:Context and our...

   The PSF Board has approved a new Grants Work Group Charter, effective March, . To implement the changes across our documentation, application form, and grant report form, we will be pausing incoming Grants requests for the entire month of February . Any applications already in the...

   The PSF Board, with the support of PSF Staff, has outlined a set of Guiding Principles for the PSF Grants Program, as mentioned in Part of this series of blog posts on updates to the program. The Board has a duty to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and...

   The PSF Board and Staff have continued to work over the past couple of months to improve and steward the PSF Grants Program to fit the changing needs of the Python community. As we mentioned in our November updates part, part , our Grants Program is more popular than ever as grant...

   The PSF is pleased to announce its third batch of PSF Fellows for Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Artur CzepielGitHub, LinkedInJay MillerWebsite, GitHub, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueskyKojo Idrissa...

   nbsp;TLDR; the Python Software Foundation needs the support of companies that use and rely on Python and our sponsorship applications are open Read on for more details:The PSF is the charity behind the Python programming language, supporting the health, security, and growth of the language and...

   The PSF Board came together September th th, , for our annual board retreat. This year we met in Lisbon, Portugal. We used the opportunity to work together in person to discuss high level strategic planning for the future of the PSF. This year, we moved the retreat from January to September...

   The Python Software Foundation PSF is the charitable organization behind Python, dedicated to advancing, supporting, and protecting the Python programming language and the community that sustains it. That mission and cause are more than just words we believe in. Our tiny but mighty team works...

   Building on Part of this PSF Grants Program Update, we are pleased to share updates to the Grants Workgroup workgroup Charter. We have outlined all the changes below in a chart, but there are a couple of changes that we’d like to highlight to grant applicants. These updates in particular will...

   Time has flown by since we received the community call last December for greater transparency and better processes around our Grants Program. PSF staff have produced a Grants Program Transparency Report and begun holding monthly Grants Program Office Hours. The PSF Board also invested in a third...

   Exciting news: the PyCon US conference website, Call for Proposals, and sponsorship program are open To learn more about the location, deadlines, and other details, check out the links below:PyCon US Launch Blog PostPyCon US WebsiteSubmit Your PyCon US Proposal on...

   nbsp;The PSF is pleased to announce its second batch of PSF Fellows for Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Leonard RichardsonBlogWinnie Ke Facebook, LinkedInThank you for your continued contributions. We...

   This year we are conducting the eighth iteration of the official Python Developers Survey. The goal is to capture the current state of the language and the ecosystem around it. By comparing the results with last year’s, we can identify and share with everyone the hottest trends in the Python...

   Join Tania Allard, PSF Board Member, and ukasz Langa, CPython Developer in Residence, for Python . and the Latest Trends: A Developer’s Guide to ’, a live stream event hosted by Paul Everitt from JetBrains. Thank to JetBrains for partnering with us on the Python Developers Survey and...

   Do you know someone in the Python community who inspires you and whose contributions to the Python community are outstanding Other than saying thank you definitely do this too, you can also nominate them to receive recognition given by the PSF. In this blog post, we will explain what each of...

   Last year the Python Software Foundation was announced as a CVE Numbering Authority CNA to manage and assign CVE IDs for CPython and pip. Becoming a CVE Numbering Authority allows the PSF to provide expertise about Python in the CVE ecosystem, ensuring that users have accurate and up to date...

   We are excited to share the results of the seventh official annual Python Developers Survey. This survey is done yearly as a collaborative effort between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains. Responses were collected from November through February . This year, we kept the response...

   Greetings, Pythonistas thank you so much for supporting the work of the Python Software Foundation PSF and the Python community The current PSF Board has decided to invest more in connecting and serving the global Python community by establishing a forum to have regular conversations. The board...

   The PSF is pleased to announce its first batch of PSF Fellows for Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Adam JohnsonWebsite, Mastodon, GithubPaolo Melchiorre Website, Mastodon, GitHub, Stack Overflow,...

   We are excited to announce the continuation of Seth Larson’s work in the Security Developer in Residence role through the end of thanks to continued support from Alpha Omega. This six month extension is intended to align the renewal period for this role with the calendar year going forward ...

   There has been a lot of attention directed at our Bylaws over the last few weeks, and as a result of that conversation, the Board was alerted to a defect in our Bylaws that exposes the Foundation to an unbounded financial liability.Specifically, Bylaws Article XIII as originally written compels the...

   Python is as popular as it is today because we have gone above and beyond to make this a welcoming community. Being a friendly and supportive community is part of how we are perceived by the wider world and is integral to the wide popularity of Python. We won a Wonderfully Welcoming Award last...

   In December we received an open letter from a coalition of organizers from the pan African Python community asking the PSF to address concerns and frustrations around our Grants Program. The letter writers agreed to meet with us in December and January to go into more detail and share more...

   The election for the PSF Board and proposed Bylaws changes created an opportunity for conversations about the PSF’s work to serve the global Python community. We appreciate community members’ perspectives, passion, and engagement in the election process this year.We want to send a big thanks...