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Call for Volunteers: PyCon India 2023
by Kalyan Prasad March 31, 2023

March 31, 2023

Hello folks! We are thrilled to share that PyCon India 2023 is scheduled to take place from September 29th to October 2nd. As we prepare for this event, we would like to invite you to become a part of our volunteer team. Our conference is a community-driven event, and it's volunteers like you that make it possible. Whether you are interested in helping us offline or online, there is a lot of work to be done, and we would love to have you on board. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to support us in a variety of areas, including social media content, logistics, diversity, reviewing proposals, technology/infrastructure, and many more. As a volunteer, you will get the opportunity to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the Python community, gain valuable experience, and contribute to the success of PyCon India 2023. If you are interested in joining us, please fill out the volunteer application form <https://buff.ly/3ZpiUlG> Thank you for considering this opportunity to make PyCon India 2023 a great success! Best, Kalyan Team PyCon India 2023

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PyCon India 2023 - Updates
by Sanchit Balchandani March 29, 2023

March 29, 2023

Hi All I hope this email finds you well. As we have received the go-ahead to kick-start PyCon India 2023 preparations, I wanted to provide everyone with a quick update on our progress. Below are some of the updates and tentative timelines that we have discussed internally within the HydPy team. Although we cannot commit to providing weekly updates at this moment, we will make sure that regular updates are shared with everyone here. - The initial team has been formed and workgroups will be created once the call for volunteers is done - We have decided to go with PyCon India 2023 dates as "29th Sept - 2nd Oct" as mentioned in the initial proposal - We have started working on a placeholder website, please feel free to provide suggestions and inputs on PR [1] - We have also prepared a "Call for Volunteers" form, which will be shared next week - We are also working on a teaser video to announce PyCon India 2023 on social media - We have received the required access to social media channels - Meanwhile, we are also in the process of getting the required access to the Github Org from the previous year's team Also, below is the tentative timeline for some of the initial milestones: - PyCon India 2023 placeholder website launch - 27th March - Announcement of PyCon India 2023 - 28th March - Call for Volunteers - 30th March - Start looking for Keynote Speakers - 1st April - Finalize keynote Speakers - 30th April - Shortlist Conference Venues with 1000+ capacity - 30th April - Get Junction [2] up and running by 30th April - CFP (call for proposals) Launch - 1st May - PyCon India Final Website Launch - 15th May - Finalize a Venue - 15th May - Start looking for Sponsors - 15th May Please feel free to share your suggestions or thoughts. We will be using Github issues to seek suggestions for Keynote Speaker selection and Venue shortlisting. [1] - https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2023/pull/2 [2] - https://github.com/pythonindia/junction Regards Sanchit On behalf of Team PyCon India 2023

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Ideas for Pycon India 2023
by Adarsh D March 26, 2023

March 26, 2023

Hey Everyone, I am sharing a few of my ideas for Pycon India for this year. Would love your thoughts on the same. I gave a talk at Pycascades last week (Regional Python Conference in US-Canada, 2023.pycascades.com) and have met many Python experts including Guido Van Rossum and Brett Cannon (Steering Council member and core-dev). I even casually asked Guido if he was interested in coming to Pycon India😅. He said that the chances are rare since he doesn't like long travel. I am inspired by the way Pycascades was organized and the strength of regional communities in the Americas. Would love to volunteer and see them replicated in India also. Please find my below ideas for Pycon India and Python Community in India in general. - It would be great if we can plan some keynotes/sessions from Steering council members. Steering council members are authoritative figures in the Python world and have a lot of insights into the future of Python. Interacting with them will be a great opportunity & exposure for our attendees. Most of them are currently working with Microsoft. Due to the current financial crunch, chances are low that they get sponsored by their company to attend in person. It would be great if we can arrange an online platform for keynotes/sessions and Q&A with them if they are willing to speak. - Sprints It would be great if we can organize sprints for contributing to open-source projects. This has been done at Pycascades and Pycon US. This will add variety to the conference since something practical is also involved. At Pycascades, it was a great success and will act as a great help for beginners looking to start contributing to open source. This will work well if we allow the host open-source maintainers to attend remotely since many of them are based in the US. I can volunteer with finding Projects if we are planning for sprints. - Sessions from Indian core-devs Going through the list at https://peps.python.org/pep-8102/#active-python-core-developers, we have multiple core devs from India. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajabhilash/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthikeyan-singaravelan-18373951 - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kushal-das-5a655b8/ Also, Prashant has written a free book on Python internals, listed in the python-dev guide. https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashanthraghu/ I am not sure if they are already present on this mailing list. It would be great if we can have sessions from them. - CFP Call and Review process 1. Can we accept online-session submissions also (Speakers looking to give the talk remotely)? 2. How are we planning to review and shortlist the submissions? Recently many Pycons have been going with a community voting mechanism (EuroPython and Pycon Italy) I and my team would like to volunteer for the CFP process. - Can we plan an online community of Python developers all over India? We have so many devs in India with all skill levels. But we seem to be under-represented in the Python Steering council/core dev team as well as in open source circles. We have our presence everywhere, but we don't have an active online community to help us go to the next level. It would be awesome to have a pan-India online community with dedicated channels including the below ones: 1. We can have usual beginner-friendly channels where members can help with beginner questions. 2. Since we already have multiple core devs from India, it would be great if we can have a separate channel for intermediate devs looking to contribute to Python. Also, the Python dev guide has a list of other core developers who are happy to mentor others. 3. It would be nice to have an open-source channel where we can showcase/ help with open-source projects and organize remote contribution sprints. Me and my team at Strollby (We are from Trivandrum, Kerala) would like to volunteer with the CFP process, Sprints(if we are planning for that), and the Pycon India website. Looking forward to Pycon India '23! Thanks & Regards, Adarsh D

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PyCon India 2023 @Hyderabad | Proposal
by Sanchit Balchandani March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023

Hello everyone, As a follow-up to the discussion on another thread about kickstarting PyCon India, we at HydPy Group would like to submit a formal proposal to host PyCon India 2023 in Hyderabad. We propose hosting PyCon India in Hyderabad from 29th September to 2nd October 2023. Details regarding the proposed conference format, expected number of participants, ticket cost, workgroups, and finance partner are available in this Google doc [1]. We would greatly appreciate your go-ahead to proceed further. We look forward to welcoming the Python community to our city another time. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to share. Regards Sanchit On behalf of HydPy [1] - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zbOf4hujZuN5dyf7AoB89QjzhWIGuXVlu_i99nb…

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PyDelhi, PyCon India
by qua non March 20, 2023

March 20, 2023

Hi Folks, We at PyDelhi had our meetup today, which had a Discussion focused on PyCon India/ PyDelhi. We had a good amount of people who came to do a show of strength. It was decided that we would be focusing on a local PyDelhiConf(leaving least 2 months of buffer space from PyCon India). We wish the best to the PyCon Hyderabad team. Looking forward to a great PyCon India @Hyderabad and offer our complete support for it. Volunteers who offered to help for PyCon in Delhi are asked to help the Hyderabad team where possible. Kind Regards Team PyDelhi

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