Thomas Wouters, a longtime member of the PSF Board, has been acknowledged with the PSF’s Distinguished Service Award. During the last 25 years, Thomas has been a gentle, welcoming presence within the Python neighborhood, serving in numerous essential roles—usually behind the scenes.
Thomas has served three separate phrases on the PSF Board (2001–2004, 2017–2019, and 2020–2023), together with his remaining yr as Board Chair. He even stepped in as Common Supervisor for six months, main our employees through the seek for a brand new Government Director. On prime of that, he served 5 years on the Steering Council, serving to information key technical choices for Python itself, and is the Launch Supervisor for each Python 3.12 and three.13.
The PSF’s Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is granted to people who make sustained exemplary contributions to the Python neighborhood. Every award is voted on by the PSF Board and they’re in search of individuals whose affect has positively and considerably formed the Python world. Thomas’ work with the Python neighborhood very a lot exemplifies the ethos of “construct the neighborhood you need to see.”
After receiving the award Thomas shared, “I am extremely happy with what we, as a neighborhood, have created and proceed to create within the PSF: a caring, numerous, inclusive and thoughtful surroundings, and a steady basis for everybody in every single place within the Python neighborhood to thrive and prosper.”
Whether or not it was holding conferences operating easily, dealing with essential admin duties, stepping up wherever wanted, or appearing as a historian of the PSF and Python’s evolution, Thomas has achieved all of it—and with unmatched dedication.
Interested in earlier recipients of the DSA or questioning how you can nominate somebody? Take a look at the PSF’s Distinguished Service Awards web page. The PSF additionally bestows Neighborhood Service Awards to acknowledge excellent neighborhood members– if you happen to’d wish to be taught extra about CSAs and the way they differ from DSAs, try our Service Awards given by the PSF: what are they and the way they differ weblog submit.
