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PyConIndia 2016 date finalisation
by qua non Feb. 2, 2016

Feb. 2, 2016

Hey Folks, The next step if we are to stick to the schedule mentioned above; is date finalization for PyCon India. So we can book the venue in time. I personally would suggest we look for November 12, 13 cause of the weather, early October is still a bit warm in Delhi/NCR and then there are all these festivals rest of october. Looking forward for suggestions and if the date conflicts with exams in colleges etc Kind Regards on behalf of PyDelhi team Akkshay Arora

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Next steps: website design
by qua non Nov. 26, 2015

Nov. 26, 2015

Hey folks, Next step for Pycon India, we need to start working on the website. Could those of you who were involved last year; please forward the contact of the people who designed the PyCon India 2015 website. Please don't hesitate to mention us the details about hosting and related info for website that could help us manage things easily. Kind Regards

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Mailing list guidelines
by Kushal Das Nov. 25, 2015

Nov. 25, 2015

Hi all, [1] is an excellent guideline for both new, and old members of mailing lists. Please go through it once. tl;dr version: Please do not top post here. [1] http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/presentations/mailing-list-etiquet… Kushal -- Fedora Cloud Engineer CPython Core Developer http://kushaldas.in

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Proposal for holding next PyConIndia in NCR
by qua non Nov. 24, 2015

Nov. 24, 2015

Hi folks, Here is the proposal as requested, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KsDeIx13Vm6rKfI1AYsxhZ0POK5_XlENO-43erS… Just for convenience I am also pasting the content of the document below for convenience. Hi folks, on behalf of the PyDelhi team we hereby propose the next yearly PyCon India 2016 should be held in delhi. What are the advantages of holding an event in Delhi/NCR? - Lazy pythonistas from Northern India get a venue closer to home. - Delhi is Capital city with world class infrastructure, a city and such should theoretically attract more people from universities like DU, IP, JP, MITS, JMU, IIT, Companies like MakeMyTrip, Snapdeal,Paytm, HT Media. - Strong and active team in NCR, this allows Pythonistas from NCR to be a host. - It gives the Bangalore community some rest and a reason to travel. What We have done so far:: We have divided ourselves into a set of teams with different responsibilities for different tasks. Following tasks have been assigned so far:: Administration: Handle finance, legal issues, outline a code of conduct, Dispute resolution, Website management. Marketing: Social Media, Physical Media, Social profiles , Posting , printing posters , design , reply to comments and mails. Sponsor affairs Speaker affairs: Setting up Call for proposals, Taking votes, Managing web pages for displaying list of proposals and taking votes, Contacting and checking with speakers of their availability, Keeping in contact with the speakers, trying to help solve any issues. Venue research/management: Manage Equipment: Video, Internet, Projector, Mics, Recording Equipment, Location, food, posters, Helpdesk , Welcome kit , Name tags , tissue paper, Soaps, Stationery... We propose the following timeline to be followed:: 1. Nov End -- Finalize the Announce location Currently we are focusing on SiriFort and finalizing it as a venue. We will be needing final dates for the event before booking the Venue. - Hire firm for website, logo Design for Pycon India 2016. Question: Can we use existing firm used for 2015? - 2. Dec End -- Announce date of event, publish landing page. Finalize sponsorship prospectus, start contacting sponsors. 3. Jan end -- CFP (talks and workshop) setup, Poster Design, Tshirt design 4. Feb Start -- Send out list of possible keynote speakers and ask for input from community. 5. Feb end -- Finalize Food Vendor, Online Ticket Portal. 6. March end -- Finalize wifi, sound management, video management 7. May end -- Close CFP for talks, workshops. Start Voting procedure. Finalize Keynote speakers. 8. June end -- Open ticket sales, early bird tickets for Talks, keynote. 9. July end -- finalize talks and workshops, open tickets for Workshops. invite proposals for hackathon/open sessions/code sprints… 10. August -- Start getting in touch with vendors for accessories (Posters, goodies, pens, Lan wires, extra projectors, wifi routers, extension cables, recording audio, video equipment... ), for venues. 11.September -- Finalize everything that is left, volunteer meets, official permissions, catering… Here is the proposed format for the conference: - 3 tracks(Separate halls) - 1 keynote for each conference day - proposed schedule: - 08:00AM Breakfast - 09:00AM - 9:15AM Introductions/Welcome - 09:20AM - 10:10AM Keynote - 10:10AM - 10:50AM Break (Expo Hall 210) Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 10:50AM - 11:30AM Talk Ditto Ditto 11:30AM - 12:10PM Talk Ditto Ditto 12:10PM - 12:50PM Talk Ditto Ditto 12:50PM - 01:40PM Lunch Ditto Ditto 01:40PM - 02:20PM Talk Ditto Ditto 02:20PM - 03:00PM Talk Ditto Ditto 03:00PM - 03:40PM Talk Ditto Ditto 03:40PM - 04:30PM Break Ditto Ditto 04:30PM - 05:10PM Panel Discussion 05:10PM - 05:50PM Lightning talks 05:50PM Conclusion/break networking Tea would be served in breaks Please don’t hesitate to suggest alternatives/better options or add to the timline Apart from the timeline we have started a list of documents like drafts of - sponsorship prospectus https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fY52l1V92IM7fhC_Q2yiBEVvMpWuvRWKSRoeB0v…, - List of possible sponsors https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bE5yG_Z1t0zpnMt-095nweK3fnM4aq1jSve… On behalf of PyDelhi, Kind Regards

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PythonExpress
by vijay kumar Nov. 22, 2015

Nov. 22, 2015

Hi , Am reaching out to community to request help in creating awareness of PythonExpress project. It would be great if you can allocate 5 minutes time slot in your local meetup to speak about PythonExpress. What is PythonExpress? It is an initiative of PSSI to connect Colleges/Organisations with Python tutor/developers in order to conduct workshops in their colleges on various python related topics like Python 101, Web development, Scientific computing, Devops and others. These workshop are conducted free of cost, but we request college/organisation to bare travel and accommodation expense of speakers. I also request local user group to signup as organisation so you can add workshop request when you conduct the workshops as part of the local meetups. College lectures/students in the group can register their college and request for workshops. Please do help by forwarding this email to other FOSS communities you are member of which will help in creating awareness. We are even looking for regional leads to manage the workshop requests based on states. To sign up as regional lead, please use contact us form and provide us your username and email id you used to sign-in in PythonExpress. Please join mailing list[3] and share your suggestions/inputs on how to take it forward. You can follow us on twitter [4] as well. Note: Since this software [2] was an effort of set of volunteers in a short span of time (30 days), it is still not completely stable. Feedback or suggestions are welcome on the website. Request you to raise issues in Github repo[1] [1] GitHub link: https://github.com/pythonindia/wye [2] Website: http://beta.pythonexpress.in [3] Mailing list: http://lists.pssi.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pythonexpress [4] Twitter: https://twitter.com/pythonexpress/ Apologies for off topic email. With Thanks Vijay

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PyCon India 2016
by Kracekumar Ramaraj Nov. 14, 2015

Nov. 14, 2015

Hi Thanks everyone for making PyCon India 2015 great event. During the feedback session on the last day, question about next year host and idea to host PyCon in North India came up. PyDelhi [0] team expressed their interest to host in Delhi. Volunteers and participants put across their questions and concerns. Questions asked were around following topics - Active volunteer base - Sponsorship - Internet - Venue - Logistics like Food, Video - Program Committee - Audience Level for Conference - Startup scene - Pre Event promotions PyDelhi team answered all the questions from everyone. Majority of the volunteers and participants conveyed their wishes to PyDelhi team. PyDelhi team has agreed to come back on possible venue and other required details. If others have any questions/points, please put across. [0]: https://pydelhi.org/ -- Regards Kracekumar Ramaraj http://kracekumar.com

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