🌐 Mailman 3 January 2011 - Inpycon - python.org

finalising the sponsorship amounts
by Kenneth Gonsalves Feb. 1, 2011

Feb. 1, 2011

hi, can this be done - I am talking to a company and they are doing their budget for the coming year - if we take too much time the budget may not be available for us. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves

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Sponsorships for 2011
by Noufal Ibrahim Jan. 17, 2011

Jan. 17, 2011

Greetings all, I just got a mail from a "reputable foreign company" telling me that they're interested in sponsoring PyCon 2011 asking me for our sponsorship information. They're allocating their budgets and want to reserve some money for the conference here. I think this is our cue to get our act together and "start". I've forwarded the email to Kausik. Let's get some ideas of overall expenses and budgets right away so that we can get some ideas on how we want to do this. Here are the things that will add to our expenses (from the last 2 years) in decreasing order of amount - Foreign delegates (approx 1.5L for someone from North America) - T-shirts - Food - A/V - Wifi infrastructure (let's outsource this to a professional this time) - Venue (if we're plannnig to go for a paid place) This year, we can stretch a little and maybe do print ads in the appropriate magazines and newspapers. We might also be able to arrange limited accommodation for people from outside the city where it's conducted on a first come first serve basis. So, let's get started! Thanks --

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PyCon India 2011 - Ground Team Activities
by kausikram krishnasayee Jan. 12, 2011

Jan. 12, 2011

These are a set of activities / tasks which need to be completed at Chennai. I am taking cue from last years venue requirements [from the wiki] and spawning this thread. after some initial discussions we should be moving the content into the pyconinida wiki. please add on if i had missed something. and please volunteer if you are from chennai :D * Venue Requirement Status: We have shortlisted a potential list of colleges that we can approach to host PyCon India 2010. before we zero in on a few colleges we need to take a look at a few things. namely: ** What is the total number of participants we are expecting / will be comfortable with? ** How many tracks should we be planning for? ** Are we planning hackathons? if so what are the requirements for it? ** Based on discussions on the above questions. we need to short list a few potential colleges, and workout on the tradeoffs between travel distance, comfort and general college prominence. * Catering Status: got a list of caterers who usually supply for the barcamps and other such meetups. ** We need a few people who can engage the caterers and get the best rates. * Wifi Status: some colleges have their own wifi network setup that can be used. ** if it cant hold over required bandwidth we can approach the wimax providers to provide us with a dedicated connection at a cost. ** In either case we need a bunch of network geeks who can do a better and more detailed feasibility study once the venue is decided. * Banners / Artworks: ** Artwork gets done remotely over the Internet. ** Once we freeze on the collateral we will be good to print. * Audio-Video: ** Colleges have projectors. and some also have inbuilt Audio systems. ** However there might arise a need to hire a professional AV team, in which case we need a person to coordinate / liaison. * Video Recording / Post Proc: ** This will defiantly need professional handling and will also need a dedicated set of individuals that would instruct the ideograph on what needs to be videographed and what need not. hope i got most of the things listed. i am sure i missed a few please do feel free to add on. cheers, kausik -- Kausikram Krishnasayee Company: http://silverstripesoftware.com | Webpage: kausikram.in | Blog: blog.kausikram.in | Twitter: http://twitter.com/kausikram | Email: kausikram(a)gmail.com | Mobile: +91 9884246490

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Kicking off PyCon India 2011 Preparations
by kausikram krishnasayee Jan. 7, 2011

Jan. 7, 2011

Dear All, previously i had written to this mailing list saying that all the Engineering Colleges around had been in the middle of their exams and that we had little scope of progress in the last month and a half. The exams as of now are all over and all the colleges are back into a relaxed mood. Also, this is a good time to start off on work regarding the actual conference and hence this email, which is a a general call for volunteers to start work on PyCon India 2011. Our activities can be broadly classified into work at ground (setting up the venue getting wifi connectivity, arranging for food etc etc) and a set of related activities that can be performed on the internet/phone (sponsorship, website admins, speakers coordination etc) Following this email, two emails will be sent to this group calling for volunteers in each of these segments. we would encourage active participation from as many people as possible lets all join together and contribute to pycon india 2011. Cheers, kausik -- Kausikram Krishnasayee Company: http://silverstripesoftware.com | Webpage: kausikram.in | Blog: blog.kausikram.in | Twitter: http://twitter.com/kausikram | Email: kausikram(a)gmail.com | Mobile: +91 9884246490

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How to record videos of talks?
by Shrinivasan T Jan. 3, 2011

Jan. 3, 2011

Hi, We are planning to record videos on various FOSS topics with various speakers. We bought a digital video cam. Need suggestions on how to record the videos? How to record the projector output and the speaker? What are the hardware and cables we require? How to add a small box in the video to show the speaker? What is the software you use to mix the videos? Thanks. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in

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Preparations for Pycon India 2011
by Anand Balachandran Pillai Jan. 3, 2011

Jan. 3, 2011

Hi, It is about a month and a week since Pycon India 2010. We have had the rest and the feedback. I guess it is time to kick start the plans of action for Pycon India 2011. I see that there is already some discussions on the venue. Here are my suggestions, not in any particular order of importance. 1. We need a spearhead for Pycon India 2011 in the same role as Noufal, but based in Chennai, who can actually do the co-ordination on the ground. The chennai folks need to do this ASAP. If Noufal himself can take this up initially, great, but I guess when things actually start to take shape on hand, we do need someone locally. 2. A show of hands of folks, who would be running the show from Chennai. It is useful to know who are the people involved IMHO. 3. Draw up a plan of action with approximate deadlines to each, put this up in a wiki page and the "co-ordinator-in-chief" needs to follow this up. I am not going into details now. 4. Feedback from Pycon India 2010 formalized and put up on a wiki page - I will be doing this in a week. 5. Get the branding right. We need to decide on a single "logo" and theme early on - these discussions need to happen in parallel with the actual conference grounds-stuff discussions. 6. I suggest a separate mailing list purely for conference organizers apart from this one which anyone interested in the conference can listen in. I will get this done in a week, if there is consensus. This will require permission to join and won't be open. Please speak up and be part of the discussions and let me know what everyone thinks about these suggestions. Thanks, -- --Anand

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