[ZF] Brazil taking steps to create its own Python Software Foudantion

[Aroldo Souza-Leite]

Dear Luciano,

please accept my best wishes in the name of the Zope Foundation for the 
Fundação Python Brasil initiative.

The establishment of national and regional organisations with the aim of 
fostering Python and Zope is essential for the Zope Foundation. Among 
the primary topics the Board of Directors have been discussing in the 
current start-off phase of the ZF, we have been looking for effective 
ways of giving  organisations like the Brazilian Python Foundation an 
active voice in the Zope Foundation.

Do not hesitate in expressing your expectations towards the ZF BoD 
concerning the futurue of Zope and your ideas about how the ZF can 
support the Fundação Python Brasil and the Brazilian PZP community. We 
thank you for this endeavour.

With best regards,

Aroldo Souza-Leite
Chairman
Zope Foundation BoD


Luciano Ramalho schrieb:
> Dear Jim and Zope Foundation members,
>
> The Brazilian Python Community is growing, our 3rd National Python
> Conference (called PyConBrasil) will take place in August 2007. By
> that time, we plan to have formally created the Brazilian Python
> Foundation under Brazilian law. This email is to establish contact
> with Zope Foundation, tell you about who we are, our goals, and ask
> for your approval and guidance.
>
> In Brazil, the Python, Zope and Plone communities are very
> intertwined, as evidenced by the membership in mailing lists and
> participation in conferences. In fact, we call ourselves the "PZP
> community". The Brazilian Python Foundation aims to benefit the entire
> Brazilian PZP community.
>
> Just to give you a sense of scale, the first PyConBrasil (2005) had
> about 130 participants. This number doubled last year, and we expect
> at least the same growth rate for 2007. The Zope-PT mailing list
> currently has 887 members, and posts are evenly distributed between
> Zope and Plone subjects (most active subscribers to Zope-PT are
> Brazilian, but there are some Portuguese as well).
>
> One of the major goals of Fundacao Python Brasil (FPB) will be to
> raise funds to organize our PZP conferences. So far we have relied in
> the efforts of individuals scattered across the country, but we are
> convinced that the creation of FPB will help to overcome some
> bureaucratic barriers.
>
> We are building a web site [1] to transparently communicate our goals
> and actions. For the time being, the content is only available in
> Brazilian Portuguese, and most of it is unpublished since we are still
> revising and editing.
>
> Our mission is a subset of PSF's [3], mainly:
>
> * To raise funds to support FPB programs and services. Brazilian
> regulations for public charity funding are complex. Some consequences
> are that the vast bulk of funding must come from private contributions
> (including sponsoring memberships) and public grants, must come from a
> broad base, and that no single private donor can supply a substantial
> percentage of the FPB's total funding. Additional revenue may be
> pursued in ways consistent with then-current rules for public
> charities and with Python, Zope and Plone's standing as open source
> projects.
>
> * To publicize, promote the adoption of, and facilitate the ongoing
> development of Python-related technology and educational resources.
> This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining a public web site,
> managing certain strategic domain names, hosting Python, Zope and
> Plone conferences, and offering grants to Python-related open source
> projects.
>
> * To encourage and facilitate Python-related research in the public 
> interest.
>
> For the time being, the FPB organization committee is composed by:
>
> - Dorneles Tremea
> - Érico Andrei
> - Fabiano Weimar
> - Jean Rodrigo Ferri
> - Leonardo Rochael Almeida
> - Luciano Ramalho
> - Osvaldo Santana
> - Rodrigo Senra
> - Sidnei da Silva
>
> We are also getting in touch with the Python Foundation, Plone
> Foundation and ZEA Partners to announce these intentions. We seek your
> approval and any advice you might have to offer. We made ourselves
> available to answer any doubt or to provide any further information
> you might wish.
>
> To get in touch with us please write to fundacao at pythonbrasil.com.br
> (this address forwards to everyone listed above).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Luciano Ramalho
>
> [1] http://fundacao.pythonbrasil.com.br/
> [2] http://fundacao.pythonbrasil.com.br/a-fundacao/estatuto-social/view
> [3] http://www.python.org/psf/mission/
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