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It’s only a few months until the next PyLadies Auction at PyCon 2023! 2022's auctioneers If you have yet to attend a PyLadies Auction at previous PyCons, don’t miss out this year. Help us raise money for PyLadies , an international mentorship group that focuses on helping more women become active participants and leads within the Python open source community. Not only will your donations make a huge impact, but you will also have a great evening with lots of laughter, friendly competition, and unique, one-of-a-kind items.  The PyLadies’ 2022 event auctioned off 38 unique items and raised $51,000 to support worldwide PyLadies chapters and future PyCon US travel grants. Join us on April 22, 2023 at the Salt Palace Convention Center and help us outdo ourselves! The Details Date & Time : Saturday, April 22nd at 6:30pm Location : Salt Palace Convention Center at 100 West Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 in Room 151 DEFG Cost :  Entry cover charge of $35 includes dinner and a f

We’re getting excited for the return of the PyLadies Auction at PyCon 2022! Since this will be the first in-person live auction since 2019, we’re looking forward to seeing our supportive regulars and our new friends! If you have yet to attend a PyLadies Auction at previous PyCons, don’t miss out this year. Help raise money for PyLadies , an international mentorship group that focuses on helping more women become active participants and leads within the PyCon open source community. Not only will your donations make a huge impact, but you will also have a great evening with lots of laughter, friendly competition, and unique, one-of-a-kind donations . For last year’s virtual event with 21 items auctioned off, PyLadies raised $19K to support future PyCon US travel grants. The previous in-person auction in 2019, over $44K was raised from 58 items auctioned. Let’s outdo ourselves this year! The Details Date & Time : Saturday, April 30th at 6:30pm Location : The City Creek Grand Ballroom

With the in person cancellation of PyCon US 2020, the PyLadies Auction as we know, could not possibly have happened. Upon further investigation, we are deeply sad to announce we have decided to forgo the PyLadies Auction in its entirety for 2020. This decision has been a difficult one. We began the PyLadies Auction at  PyCon US 2013 in Santa Clara and have held it annually since. To not be able to celebrate PyLadies in our annual tradition together is a deep loss. 2019 PyLadies Auction Why isn't the PyLadies Auction going virtual? We considered running a virtual auction. However the mechanisms required to run a virtual auction have proven to be limited and not up to the quality that we expect for the PyLadies Auction. Additionally, we did not want to ask donors, or volunteers to violate social distancing practices by visiting a post office or other location for item shipments. In short, we want people to continue to flatten the curve by staying home and tending to themselves and th