New Board Member.
Hello, my name is Kenneth Reitz, and I'm a lover of Python. I'm mostly well known for being the author of the Requests library, Python-Guide.org, and many others.
I have spent a large amount of my time over the past five–six years giving talks about Python at many of the major user groups in the US, as well as keynoting/speaking at large Python events around the world. Many of these talks were about the future sustainability of Python and other open source projects.
Python is a core and integral part of my life, and it would be an honor to help steward the direction of the community by serving on the board. I have a plethora of free time, and I can't think of a better way to utilize it.
Values:
- Sustainability — open source is all about sustainability, and the PSF is in a great position to decisively empower projects and communities, while providing infrastructure for the entire Python community. The role that the PSF plays is a very multi-faceted one, and it has been eye-opening to travel to Python events all over the world and meet any subset of the massive number of people who have lives that are impacted by the PSF's decisions.
- https://kennethreitz.org/values
Background:
- Heroku, Inc — Python Language Owner
- Requests Project — BDFL, founder, and creator
- Certifi Project — founder and creator
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python — book author, project founder, and maintainer (royalties donated to Django Girls Foundation)
- pep8.org, httpbin.org, Maya, Records, OSX-GCC-Installer, Autoenv, Tablib, git-legit, and more
- The "Say Thanks" Project (saythanks.io)
- Import This Podcast
Thank you for your consideration!