# Huge thanks to Josef, and a call to action for the community!

**URL:** <https://forum.numer.ai/t/huge-thanks-to-josef-and-a-call-to-action-for-the-community/7440>\
**Category:** Council of Elders\
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/huge-thanks-to-josef-and-a-call-to-action-for-the-community/7440 "2024-05-02T15:11:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ia\_ai](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.numer.ai/ia_ai/32/3543_2.png) [@ia\_ai](https://forum.numer.ai/u/ia_ai)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/huge-thanks-to-josef-and-a-call-to-action-for-the-community/7440/1 "2024-05-02T15:11:58Z")

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We want to give **a big shoutout to Josef** (@svendaj) for his fantastic work creating and maintaining [his Kaggle notebooks for Numerai](https://www.kaggle.com/svendaj/code?query=numerai)!

Josef’s notebooks have been a huge asset to the community, and we know they’ve helped people get started or improve their approaches.

In order to show our appreciation for Josef’s efforts, we’ve sent him **a bounty of 50 NMR**. We hope this encourages him to keep up the great work 🙏

**This is also a call to action for all of you in the community!**

We’re always looking for high-quality contributions that can benefit everyone. Whether it’s creating new notebooks, improving existing ones, or sharing insightful discussions, we value your participation. So don’t be shy - share your knowledge and help us all grow together!

Here are some ways you can contribute:

- Create new Kaggle notebooks that tackle interesting problems in the Numerai dataset.
- Improve existing notebooks by adding new functionalities, fixing errors, or making them more user-friendly.
- Share you insights and learnings in the forum discussions.

Let’s keep this community a vibrant hub for learning and collaboration!

Joe (on behalf of the Numerai Council of Elders)

**Bonus fact:**

Josef also kindly agreed to give a presentation about his notebooks at the recent Frankfurt meetup. Do check out the slides and videos at [our meetup repo](https://github.com/councilofelders/meetups).

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/numerai/original/2X/8/86478ab962c63a4ce70cb40231741f3032ead247.jpeg "Numerai Frankfurt Meetup Talk 1 - Initiating Your Numerai Journey on Kaggle by Josef Švenda") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKmDK3gH1H8)

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**Author:** ![sneaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sneaky](https://forum.numer.ai/u/sneaky)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/huge-thanks-to-josef-and-a-call-to-action-for-the-community/7440/2 "2024-05-03T08:37:12Z")

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100% deserved 👏 Josef is great man with big impact on our community.