devcon summit 2014 #developersuniteph: python philippines (pythonph) by mark steve samson

PYTHON PHILIPPINESState of the Community

A BRIEF HISTORY

2007: Jun Auza blogged about his interest in starting a local Python users group

2008: JM Maranan created a Google Group

2012: Eric Conrad Arcena created the old Facebook group

First PyCon Philippines 2012

2014: We got incorporated and moved to the new Facebook group

Second PyCon Philippines 2014

WHICH BRINGS US TO TODAY

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

• ~2.1k Facebook group members

• Successfully organized 2 regional Python conferences

• Regular monthly meetups/workshops

• Inspired 3 local meetup groups

• Pizzapy (Cebu) http://pizzapy.ph/

• DurianPy (Davao) http://durianpy.ph/

• SugarPy (Dumaguete)

WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO?

• Python in Education is big We want to expand our reach within the local academe

• Math, Science and Data

• Hardware

• We aim to do more workshops

• Relations with companies

• We want more people

PYCON PHILIPPINES 2015We’re looking for more volunteers and speakers

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

Join us at facebook.com/groups/pythonph