[Inpycon] [PSF-Members] [x-post] Register 'Pycon-India' or 'Python-India'?

[Anand Balachandran Pillai]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Ramdas S <ramdaz at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <
> abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:58 PM, vid <vid at svaksha.com> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 19:47, Paul Prescod <paul at prescod.net> wrote:
>>> > What negative consequences are you concerned about, in the case where
>>> you
>>> > take on the broader mandate?
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>>> As yet, we have not discussed the negative consequences in detail,
>>> rather a thought that we need the PSF's blessings[0] as its the parent
>>> legal entity.
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>>> [0] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/inpycon/2009-October/001242.html
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>>> In my limited knowledge, registering it as Python-India would allow
>>> the NPO to undertake more Pythonic activities (the exact nature of
>>> activities needs to be discussed) listed in the MoA. OTOH, registering
>>> it as Pycon-India will restrict the organisation to events/conferences
>>> only.  This is a very simplistic outline as there may be other
>>> legalese nuances which we will know after Kunal and Noufal meet up
>>> with the lawyer on Friday.  We hope to get more details over the
>>> weekend.
>>>
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>>  It is important not to get euphoric and loose focus here. You have had a
>>  good conference, and the immediate requirements are for an organization
>>  as a formal entity to manage running and managing of future Indian
>>  PyCons, nothing more.
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>>  It is of course good to plan ahead for a larger mandate, but it would
>> better
>>  to take it step by step than to jump headlong into it. Currently the
>> efforts
>>  should be directed towards forming an organization which can streamline
>>  PyCon India efforts.
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>>  The name is not the issue here - if you think that calling it "PyCon
>> India"
>>  would restrict its mandate to only conferences, call it "Python India"
>>  or "Python India Software Foundation", anything.
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>>  Anyway, I don't believe that legal entities are required to popularize
>>  and spread Python language in India. Don't forget that the whole thread
>>  of a PyCon India sprang from the BangPypers group which has been
>>  active and helping in Python awareness in Bangalore and India since 2005,
>>  without any facade of a formal society. The idea took shape and became
>>  concrete due to the efforts of a few key people, but it is important not
>>  to forget where it started.
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>>> On those lines, it would be nice to know how the PSF views local
>>> chapters, rules (if any), etc...  Any other advice/comments !
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> Also one of the key goals of BangPypers if I reminisce was the idea of
> doing some joint hacking on some projects, and learning from each other.
> Apart from a few attempts a few years back, we seemed to have forgotten
> this.
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> Btw, we have a meeting this weekend, do we have plans?
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 Please see my recent post to BangPypers.  Let us take the discussion there.


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