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  The annual PyCon JP 2015 will be held at Plaza Heisei in Tokyo. The schedule is as below. Tutorial: 2015 October 9(Fri) Conference: 2015 October 10(Sat)-11(Sun) Development Sprints: 2015 October 12(Mon / Public Holiday in Japan) We are currently seeking proposals for talks for this event. Visit the PyCon JP 2015 Call for Proposals page for more information. Submission deadline is 15th July. As with every year, we are expecting many international participants to the event, so English talk proposals are absolutely essential. We plan to make at least one out of three talk tracks fully English. This is your chance to introduce the topic you love to Pythonistas in Japan! For more information visit our official website . Any questions and comments are welcome, email to us (2015 at pycon dot jp).

Due to some procedural problems with the current election for the Board of the Python Software Foundation, the Foundation has taken some steps to make sure that the elections are freely open for nominations and that there are no conflicts of interest. Specifically, today the board adopted the following resolutions: RESOLVED, due to procedural deficiencies, the Board Election ballots issued on May 1st (AOE)/May 2nd (UTC) be deemed null and void. RESOLVED, that David Mertz be removed as election administrator, and that Ian Cordasco be appointed as election administrator. David has been the election adminstrator for quite a while, and designed the "e-vote" system that we use along with Massimo DePierro. He has put in a lot of time and effort, and we thank him for it. David in particular volunteered for a complex voting administration task that needed to be handled as the PSF expanded internationally beyond a primarily US-based membership that could previously realistically