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Development Sprints
by Bibhas March 12, 2015

March 12, 2015

Hi, As someone pointed out earlier and I also think that we don't have enough activities at PyCon to engage newer developer. It's kind of just people coming to venue, sitting at the audis all day long and going home with some points that they might even forget in couple of days. I think a development sprint is a great way to get people started programming and contributing and networking. Like it's done in most PyCons, after the conf is over, they take 2-5 days and organize dev sprints that's open for everybody. I know we might not have budget for that many extra days, but we have a whole floor(if we go for NIMHANS again) lying unused for 3 whole days. We can throw in some tables, chairs, mattresses and it could make a great dev sprint spot. This will make the conference more engaging for the participants. It'd have been perfect if we could get an extra day and experiment for a year. But _if_ that's not possible, can we do it within the conf days? Thanks, Bibhas

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Stickers for Python Express
by Anand Chitipothu Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

Hi, We distributed python stickers last time at the python workshops done as part of Python Month. We would like to do the same this year. One of the issues last time was sending the stickers to speaker in time. We had couple of volunteers, but that didn't workout very well. I've spoken to Isaac of Sticky Stamp and they charge Rs. 6 per piece for 1000 and more. They are open to reduce the price slightly and ready to take care of drop shipping (sending the stickers to speakers directly). I think this is going to be very helpful as we plan to run Python Express though out the year. My plan is to send 200 stickers to each speaker so that he can use them for about 3 workshops. If we order 5000 stickers, that'll cost slightly less than Rs. 30,000. Please let me know if this look alright. Anand

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Re: [Inpycon] Python Month 2014
by Kiran Gangadharan Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

Hi, If we aren't waiting for Anand to setup Python Express, then I suggest writing a quick blog post and start spreading the word on social media. Cheers, Kiran Gangadharan http://kirang.in On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Bibhas <me(a)bibhas.in> wrote: > > Last year we celebrated the month before PyCon India as Python Month. We > had volunteers who went around the country and organized workshops at > more than 40 colleges! Organizations like CampusHash also helped us out > in promoting Python Month and PyCon India through their workshops. This > year we plan to organize the same. The month before PyCon India is > chosen because that gives us an opportunity to promote PyCon India. > Also, we'd like to keep organizing these workshops even after PyCon this > year. So start planning. > > This is a really big task to handle and we need volunteers from all the > states and cities. If you're reading this, here is how you can help - > > 1. If you're a student or a profession, propose a workshop at your > institute. Talk to the authorities, fix a time and we'll help you find a > speaker > 2. If you're a Python developer and can speak about the basics of > Python, let us know. We'll find you a college around you that has asked > for a speaker. If you don't want to speak, still let us know. We can > find workshops that you can help organize. > > Remember that this is a complete voluntary effort and there is no > payment involved in any stage of these workshops. The Institutes should > communicate with the speaker directly once they are connected and take > care of anything they need, like transportation etc. > > Interested? Please sign in here and we'll get back to you - > http://bit.ly/pythonmonth2014 > > We need a Lot of volunteers to manage these workshops, talk to colleges, > talk to the speakers and schedule the workshops. Ideally we'd like to > have couple of volunteers per city who can look after Python Month > workshops in that city. These volunteers will go through the workshop > requests in that city and find speakers and connect them. If you're > interested in this role, please reply to this mail. > > If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know. > > Thanks, > Bibhas >

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PyCon 2015 volunteer meet
by Kracekumar Ramaraju Nov. 10, 2014

Nov. 10, 2014

Hi We are having volunteers meetup for PyCon 2015 in Hacker Earth office [1] in Kormangala at 12.00 PM. Please reply to the thread if you are coming. For directions please call Kracekumar: 85530 29521 Sayan: 96869 92532 [1]: https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Hackerearth/@12.936892,77.624862,17z/da… -- Regards Kracekumar Ramaraju http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521

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Dates for PyCon India 2015
by vijay kumar Oct. 23, 2014

Oct. 23, 2014

Hi all, We are gone stay with NIHMANS , Bangalore as our venue for PyCon India 2015. As next steps we need to finalize dates two dates which doesn't have public holiday and conferences are 1) Sept 25-28th 2015 2) Oct 2-4 2015 I personally think Oct 2-4 is best as no one need to put leave in office/colleges and no festivals around that time. suggestions ? -- Thanks, Vijay

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Venue suggestion for PyCon India 2015
by vijay kumar Oct. 15, 2014

Oct. 15, 2014

Any suggestion for Venue bigger than NIHMANS around 1500 members capacity with good public transportation connectivity ? -- Thanks, Vijay

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Feedback form processing status
by vijay kumar Oct. 9, 2014

Oct. 9, 2014

Hi , I am not sure who all are processing feedback form. Can i please get status of the same ? -- Thanks, Vijay

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Re: [Inpycon] Inpycon Digest, Vol 64, Issue 7
by Abhaya Agarwal Oct. 7, 2014

Oct. 7, 2014

Hi, +1 to Noufal. I wanted to make 2 additional points. > > >> am -1 for not having beginners level sessions. > I personally think PyCon India should continue with all three level > beginners, intermediate and Advance. > This is how PyCon India has grown and would like to continue to see > same. > We are conflating good with advanced and bad with beginners. My question is: was there a beginners talk that was highly appreciated and was very useful? A bad talk at whatever level is bad for its audience. A conference can have two aims: 1) A meeting place for practitioners. 2) Evangelism . Pycon has a big component of Python evangelism but I think it might be time to spin that off to initiatives like Python Express and make the core event more focused. This provides depth to the ecosystem. > Just Fyi: This year we had more 60 % first timer. > What is the growth rate? If the growth rate of Pycon is below 50%, this means that significant number of people are not coming back. A high churn rate indicates a problem. Perhaps people are not getting enough value out of it. Regards, Abhaya

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Feedback and PyCon India 2015 planning
by vijay kumar Oct. 7, 2014

Oct. 7, 2014

Hi All, As every year, this year also we will have post-conference meetup to discuss feedback and come up with plan for next year conference. Location: To be discussed Time: 7 PM Proposed Data: Oct 11(Saturday) Let me know your confirmation so we can book table in hotel accordingly. -- Thanks, Vijay

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Photographer at PyCon
by Kracekumar Ramaraju Oct. 3, 2014

Oct. 3, 2014

Hi Any one planning to carry the camera (not mobile camera) for PyCon ? Every year Kushal takes snaps. It would be nice if we can collate the photographs and use it in our blog posts etc ... You can share the photos finally to us from flickr or google plus. We will credit the photographers if we use it in blog post. -- Regards Kracekumar http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521

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