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