🌐 Mailman 3 July 2010 - Inpycon - python.org

Summary of status and tying up some loose ends
by Noufal Ibrahim Aug. 3, 2010

Aug. 3, 2010

There's been some vagueness of late regarding the activities going on. This mail is an attempt to clear my own head as well as to offer a "state of affairs" so that we're all on the same page. We also need a few volunteers for some items. I've noted these in SCREAM CAPS. Here you go. - Sponsorships: We have one 3 confirmed sponsorships (excluding the PSF). One from ZeOmega, one from IIT-B and one from TANDBERG. The first two are platinum and the last one is silver. The first cheque will be dropped this weekend. The other two are to be picked up. - CFP: The CFP is closing at the end of this month (i.e. today) and after that, judging will start. Anand has made an outline of the judging procedure so that all the judges are on the same page. There will be blog post and a proper announcement soon. Don't touch that dial! - T-shirts/Logo: The designs are finalised. We NEED A VOLUNTEER to lead the creation of the cheatsheet for the T-shirt and SOMEONE TO FIND AND TALK TO A T-SHIRT printer. I have some leads but there's work that needs to be done. - A/V: Christabel has recommended an A/V person. I'll contact them and keep the list posted. - Venue: Sree and Anil are on top of this. - Bank account and society: The bank account is created and functional. The society is fine too. - Payment: We're allowing people to pay on the spot. This will create some inconveniences for us but will be helpful for the bulk of people attending. The blog and relevant pages will be edited to reflect this. - Newbie track: I timed and managed this badly. GSoC evaluations, holidays at colleges etc. Too few proposals in this department and too little time to manage them properly. We're cancelling the "formal" newbie (no prizes, certificates etc. )track but will try to schedule the simpler talks together in a single room for the convenience of the crowd. - Swag/Posters/banners: Still on disk. Not loaded yet. That's it. I don't think I've missed anything. Let me know if you have any questions. Let's have a F2F meeting sometime mid-August to discuss the way things are moving. Thanks. --

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Website Down
by Lakshman Prasad Aug. 1, 2010

Aug. 1, 2010

Hi, The conference website http://in.pycon.org/ seems to be down.

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offline registrations
by Anand Chitipothu July 31, 2010

July 31, 2010

Hi, I have a feeling that the collection of money before the conference is not going to work well. People active in the usergroups will have no trouble in paying at the usergroup meetings, but the newbies will have lot of trouble. This is too-high barrier of entry and I'm worried that this might put off people. I've seen requests from people from non-metro cities asking about the payment procedure. I don't think we can find an easier way to collect money from them. I suggest we let the offline registrants pay the amount on-spot and the amount will depend on when they register (early-bird offline registrants will pay Rs. 250/- on spot). We can keep the option of collecting money at the usergroup meetings as that helps in reducing the queue at the registration desk. What do you think? Anand

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Request for session
by Lakshman Prasad July 30, 2010

July 30, 2010

I would find a talk on the lines of "Data Structures and Algorithms using Python" interesting. No body has submitted it so far: http://in.pycon.org/2010/talks I am sure there are people on this list that have expertise to do that. I am just planting an idea and encouraging someone to do that! The talk could discuss about all aspects of Trees, linked lists, O(n) etc, as can be reviewed quickly in pseudo code using this book: http://dotnetslackers.com/Community/files/folders/data-structures-and-algor…

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Fw: Conference Content Distribution
by vijay July 29, 2010

July 29, 2010

All, Can we have this for our conference ? Thoughts are welcome. With Thanks VIjay --- On Thu, 29/7/10, kamal Bhattad <kbhattad(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: kamal Bhattad <kbhattad(a)gmail.com> Subject: Conference Content Distribution To: "VIJAY KUMAR" <vnbang2003(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, 29 July, 2010, 3:51 PM Hi Vijay, As discussed with you offline about Python Conference session which is being held in Sept 2010, we have some proposal to be shared with your team. Our expertise/domain is developing multimedia digital content which can be used for offline / online e-Learning content. We can extend your conference by providing value added service of converting whole session into Synchronized Multimedia content ( containing video, slide, image, speaker notes, assessment ) in CD/DVD format, which can be useful for attendee for offline reference. To realize this service we can discuss in details in-person sometime. Please lemme know your thought and views. Thanks Kamal

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Re: [Inpycon] InPycon google Moderators topic setup
by Pranav Prakash July 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

Hi Noufal, Sure, i will make question-series and mail them here, after the talks are finalized. And then we can have the moderators link next to finalised talks !! On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 15:30, <inpycon-request(a)python.org> wrote: > I think this is a decent idea. We'll have archived feedback as well > which we can use to better next years conference. > > Pranav, > Since you're already familiar with the setup? Can you go ahead > and make the "questions" for all the talks? I think we'll make a blog > post about this and tweet it to publicise the whole thing. > > Any other opinions/comments? > -- *Pranav Prakash* "This life is more than ordinary" Twitter <http://twitter.com/pranavprakash> | Blog<http://codecontrol.blogspot.com> | Google <http://www.google.com/profiles/pranny>

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Re: [Inpycon] [BangPypers] Using Google Moderators and Wave to make talks for PyCon India 2010 more interactive
by Noufal Ibrahim July 27, 2010

July 27, 2010

I'm moving this discussion to inpycon. Pranav Prakash <pranny(a)gmail.com> writes: > Hi, > > I was thinking if we can use Google Moderators ( > http://www.google.com/moderator) and google wave to make the talks for PyCon > India more interactive and lively. > If we could come up with a plan of usage of these tools, maybe we can inform > the speakers in advance so they will be more comfortable with it. I'm not familiar with either but if you think so and can do the groundwork necessary to help the speakers with it, I can help in any way you need. Thanks --

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Cheat sheet
by Noufal Ibrahim July 27, 2010

July 27, 2010

Will someone from the list take some time to assemble 3 columns of "cheat" material that we can use for the cheatshirt? --

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Fwd: [BangPypers] Pycon Accommodation
by Anand Balachandran Pillai July 25, 2010

July 25, 2010

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Manu Ajith <manusajith(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 7:38 PM Subject: [BangPypers] Pycon Accommodation To: bangpypers(a)python.org My self Manu S Ajith, from College of Engineering Chengannur Few friends and me are planning to attend the pycon 2010, but accommodation is a problem. We have no contacts in Bangalore. Could anyone suggest a place to stay (hotel/lodge) or give contacts. Our budget is low, ( about 1000 for 4 people ). --- Manu S Ajith, Computer Science and Engineering - 2012, College of Engineering Chengannur, Alappuzha, Kerala - 689 121. _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers -- --Anand

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mapping party at the PyCon India
by Kenneth Gonsalves July 24, 2010

July 24, 2010

hi, the openstreetmap uses Python to a large extent in it's tools - geodjango for one, python-mapnik for another, and practically everywhere else. Pythonistas who are also OSM members are planning a mapping party to coincide with the conference. The details are here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Inpycon_2010_Bangalore In this context, on behalf of the Indian OSM community, I have the following requests: 1. give the above link in a page devoted to satellite events around the conference 2. give our map also in the 'map' link for the venue. The embedded html is here: <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.openstreetmap.org/export/embed.html?bbox=77.55854,13.02517,77.57…" style="border: 1px solid black"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=13.03114&lon=77.566405&zoom=15&layers=B00…">View Larger Map</a></small> 3. if there are going to be stalls - please give us one 4. and, of course, tweet about it. as we have a few extra instruments, non-mappers who would like to learn, please book them - first come first served. There is a real possibility of having a sprint on some python related matter of importance to OSM. -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC

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