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Startup Row
by Anand Chitipothu Aug. 14, 2012

Aug. 14, 2012

Hi, Individuals, corporates and startups are all part of the Python ecosystem. The corporates become part of the conference by becoming sponsors. The sponsorship amounts are usually expensive for startups and it'll be nice if PyCon India can provide a platform for startups to come and present what they are doing and connect with others. US PyCon hosts startup row every year. We can borrow ideas from there. https://us.pycon.org/2012/community/startuprow/ We can have a place and 3 hours of time in the last day of the conference (may be post-lunch) and give a table for each startup to present themselves. It is hard to classify what a startup is. Here is my proposal: * Python must be the core-technology used in the startup. * Smaller than 5 people * Younger than 2 years? (or 3 years) Please let me know what your comments. Anand

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Re: [Inpycon] Inpycon Digest, Vol 37, Issue 29
by Abhaya Agarwal July 31, 2012

July 31, 2012

> > We haven't made any progress on this front yet. I think logo and artwork > are very important for publicity and overall experience of the event. > I can ask my designer to give it a shot (for logo). Are there any specific inputs/requirements? Regards, Abhaya

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PyCon India 2012 Promotion
by Palak Mathur July 23, 2012

July 23, 2012

Dear All, I have started posting the event details on LinkedIn groups I have membership of. Will recommend other to do this as well. I have also created an event on LinkedIn Events:- http://linkd.in/NFCEup Regards, Palak Mathur http://palakmathur.wordpress.com http://vicharvahak.wordpress.com http://aatmiyata.wordpress.com http://palakmathur.blogspot.com

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Call for volunteers: Artwork for PyCon India
by Anand Chitipothu July 23, 2012

July 23, 2012

Hi, We need some artwork to help the publicity. LOGO Logo is the important part of branding and we use this on PyCon India website, twitter/facebook and all posters. There are already two logo proposals. * http://ubuntuone.com/16BueLiiB4EltlHyXpP4J1 - by Bihas * https://twitter.com/sia_steel/status/217133046728622080/photo/1/large - by Aakanksha Gaur If you have an eye for design, please design a logo and submit it by replying to this email with a link to the logo. POSTERS We need couple of posters. 1. A4 sized poster - A poster to print and put it on notice boards Here is a sample from 2011 for reference. http://in.pycon.org/2011/static/pyconindia2011-poster.pdf 2. A post-card sized poster to put on websites, blogs and social networking sites. It should just indicate the venue and dates with an attractive logo, background and layout. 3. "I'm attending PyCon India 2012" and "I'm speaking at PyCon India 2012" posters. T-SHIRT DESIGN T-shirt will probably depend on the logo, but we'll need this eventually. I'm sure there are many digital artists in this group with an eye for design. Please show your talent and submit your ideas at: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2012 For a conference like PyCon India, we need volunteers for all things. Every help counts. Thanks, Anand

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Submitted a Press Release on IndianPRWire.com
by Palak Mathur July 22, 2012

July 22, 2012

Dear All, I have submitted the Press release on http://www.indiaprwire.com. The link to the same is:- http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/information-technology/201207201257… But it is currently waiting for approval. I will update once it is approved. Regards, Palak Mathur http://palakmathur.wordpress.com http://vicharvahak.wordpress.com http://aatmiyata.wordpress.com http://palakmathur.blogspot.com On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Palak Mathur <palakmathur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > There are certain websites like http://prlog.org which provide online > press release distribution and press release submission service. We can use > services like these. The services are free of cost and are used by many PR > companies for distribution of press releases (as told by my wife). > > Other websites are:- > 1. http://openpr.com/ > 2. http://www.directionsmag.com/ > 3. http://www.24-7pressrelease.com > 4. http://www.i-newswire.com/ > > We can also use Forums like JavaRanch, etc that attract students, > programmers, etc. I have posted the event on JavaRanch:- > > http://www.coderanch.com/t/587572/Events/PyCon-India-Bangalore-India-Septem… > > > Regards, > Palak Mathur > http://palakmathur.wordpress.com > http://vicharvahak.wordpress.com > http://aatmiyata.wordpress.com > http://palakmathur.blogspot.com > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Palak Mathur <palakmathur(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> If press release is not ready then I can create one press release. >> >> Regards, >> Palak Mathur >> http://palakmathur.wordpress.com >> http://vicharvahak.wordpress.com >> http://aatmiyata.wordpress.com >> http://palakmathur.blogspot.com >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Palak Mathur <palakmathur(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Have we started posting the event details on Event listing websites. Has >>> someone written a press release for the same? We can post the press release >>> on press release websites as well. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Palak Mathur >>> http://palakmathur.wordpress.com >>> http://vicharvahak.wordpress.com >>> http://aatmiyata.wordpress.com >>> http://palakmathur.blogspot.com >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Palak Mathur <palakmathur(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> What modes of publicity are you considering? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Palak Mathur >>>> http://palakmathur.wordpress.com >>>> http://vicharvahak.wordpress.com >>>> http://aatmiyata.wordpress.com >>>> http://palakmathur.blogspot.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology(a)gmail.com >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Here is an update of whats happening with the conference and where you >>>>> can help. >>>>> >>>>> We'are doing quite well in terms of sponsorship. Enthought confirmed >>>>> that thy are sponsoring the conference as platinum sponsor. And couple of >>>>> gold sponsorships are in the pipeline. >>>>> >>>>> We've confirmation for the keynote speaker. Will announce the details >>>>> shortly. >>>>> >>>>> Trying to see if we can get second keynote speaker. If it works out, >>>>> we'll have 2 keynote talks, one on each day of the main conference. >>>>> >>>>> I've deployed a new design of the website. It is based on HasGeek's >>>>> eventframe software and has a blog integration. It allows editing the >>>>> content from the admin panel instead of working on the code base. So it is >>>>> now easier for others to help with the content. >>>>> >>>>> http://in.pycon.org/2012/ >>>>> >>>>> There are about 11 talks submitted in the funnel. I think it is not >>>>> bad, but it can become better if we push a little harder on publicity. >>>>> >>>>> http://in.pycon.org/2012/funnel/pyconindia2012/ >>>>> >>>>> There are about 215 registrations so far and again, publicity will >>>>> help speed up the registrations. >>>>> >>>>> We badly need some posters and may be a logo to brand the conference. >>>>> Anybody interested to help regarding this? >>>>> >>>>> There is BangPypers meeting this saturday (july 21). We'll discuss >>>>> about PyCon India there. If you are interested to volunteer, please join. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.meetup.com/BangPypers/events/71110912/ >>>>> >>>>> Anand >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Inpycon mailing list >>>>> Inpycon(a)python.org >>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >

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Updates
by Anand Chitipothu July 20, 2012

July 20, 2012

Hi, Here is an update of whats happening with the conference and where you can help. We'are doing quite well in terms of sponsorship. Enthought confirmed that thy are sponsoring the conference as platinum sponsor. And couple of gold sponsorships are in the pipeline. We've confirmation for the keynote speaker. Will announce the details shortly. Trying to see if we can get second keynote speaker. If it works out, we'll have 2 keynote talks, one on each day of the main conference. I've deployed a new design of the website. It is based on HasGeek's eventframe software and has a blog integration. It allows editing the content from the admin panel instead of working on the code base. So it is now easier for others to help with the content. http://in.pycon.org/2012/ There are about 11 talks submitted in the funnel. I think it is not bad, but it can become better if we push a little harder on publicity. http://in.pycon.org/2012/funnel/pyconindia2012/ There are about 215 registrations so far and again, publicity will help speed up the registrations. We badly need some posters and may be a logo to brand the conference. Anybody interested to help regarding this? There is BangPypers meeting this saturday (july 21). We'll discuss about PyCon India there. If you are interested to volunteer, please join. http://www.meetup.com/BangPypers/events/71110912/ Anand

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Event Added
by Anand Balachandran Pillai July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012

PyCon India event added to buzzintown and Yahoo! upcoming. https://twitter.com/pythonhacker/status/225450606050033665 https://twitter.com/pythonhacker/status/225450408020148224 Please RT. -- Regards, --Anand

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collared or roundneck T-Shirt?
by Anand Chitipothu July 15, 2012

July 15, 2012

Hi, I've heard that lot of people prefer collared t-shirt to round-neck. Is it true? I think the round-neck is better for a conference because we can put a nice image on the front side, where as with collared t-shirt the best we can do is adding a logo at the pocket. And also, it turns out that round-neck t-shirt is approximately Rs. 70 cheaper than collared t-shirt of the same quality. Please let me know your opinions. Anand

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State of affairs
by Noufal Ibrahim July 13, 2012

July 13, 2012

'Ello everyone, I think we're doing well and this is based only on the mails to the pycon contact address. A lot of companies which we didn't reach out to explicitly mailed us telling us that they want to sponsor the event. If the finances really work out, we might actually have more than one keynote speaker. I can't really say who all are coming since we're just speaking to a bunch of people but it is encouraging. Apart from that, the venue is ready and the swag is being arranged. 200 or so people, from what I hear, have registered and talks are slowly pouring in. If trends sustain, this will spike before the cut off. However, publicity is always necessary and all your efforts to make the event more widely known on social networks, colleges, user groups, companies, mailing lists and other such groups will be invaluable. Thanks! -- Cordially, Noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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Call for Volunteers: Accommodation
by Anand Chitipothu July 10, 2012

July 10, 2012

Hi, Lot of people come from different cities to attend PyCon India. We need to find hotels near the venue, talk to them and find their rates and see if they are willing to give any discount if booked in group. Also, we need to find less expensive places for students to stay. We usually get a lot of email enquiries few weeks before the conference about this. The venue is between Forum Mall, Koramangala and dairy circle. Ideally the hotel should be within 3 KM from the venue. Please reply to this email and/or update the list of hostels on PyCon India 2012 wiki. http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2012/Hotels Thanks, Anand

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