The PSF's 2023 Annual Impact Report is here!

 

2023 was an exciting year of growth for the Python Software Foundation! We’ve captured some of the key numbers, details, and information in our latest Annual Impact Report. Some highlights of what you’ll find in the report include:

• A letter from our Executive Director, Deb Nicholson
• Notes from Our PyCon US Chair, Marietta Wijaya, and PSF Board of Director Chair, Dawn Wages
• Updates on the achievements and activities of a couple of our Developers-in-Residence, Łukasz Langa and Seth Larson—and announcing more members of the DiR team!
• An overview of what our PyPI Safety & Security Engineer, Mike Fiedler, has accomplished- as well as some eye-watering PyPI stats!
• A celebration and summary of PyCon US 2023, the event’s 20th anniversary, and the theme for 2023’s report cover
• A highlight of our Fiscal Sponsorees (we brought on 7 new organizations this year!)
• Sponsors who generously supported our work and the Python ecosystem
• An overview of PSF Financials, including a consolidated financial statement and grants data

We hope you check out the report, share it with your Python friends, and let us know what you think! You can comment here, find us on social media (Mastodon, X, LinkedIn), or share your thoughts on our forum.

Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q4 2023! 🎉

The PSF is pleased to announce its fourth batch of PSF Fellows for 2023! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q4! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:

Jelle Zijlstra

Github, Quora

Thank you for your continued contributions. We have added you to our Fellow roster online.

The above members help support the Python ecosystem by being phenomenal leaders, sustaining the growth of the Python scientific community, maintaining virtual Python communities, maintaining Python libraries, creating educational material, organizing Python events and conferences, starting Python communities in local regions, and overall being great mentors in our community. Each of them continues to help make Python more accessible around the world. To learn more about the new Fellow members, check out their links above.

Let's continue recognizing Pythonistas all over the world for their impact on our community. The criteria for Fellow members is available online: https://www.python.org/psf/fellows/. If you would like to nominate someone to be a PSF Fellow, please send a description of their Python accomplishments and their email address to psf-fellow at python.org. Quarter 1 nominations are currently in review. We are accepting nominations for Quarter 2 2024 through May 20, 2024.

Are you a PSF Fellow and want to help the Work Group review nominations? Contact us at psf-fellow at python.org.