<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Noufal Ibrahim KV <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noufal@nibrahim.net.in" target="_blank">noufal@nibrahim.net.in</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Wed, Oct 15 2014, Bibhas wrote:<br>
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> I think a development sprint is a great way to get people started<br>
> programming and contributing and networking. Like it's done in most<br>
> PyCons, after the conf is over, they take 2-5 days and organize dev<br>
> sprints that's open for everybody. I know we might not have budget for<br>
> that many extra days, but we have a whole floor(if we go for NIMHANS<br>
> again) lying unused for 3 whole days. We can throw in some tables,<br>
> chairs, mattresses and it could make a great dev sprint spot. This<br>
> will make the conference more engaging for the participants. It'd have<br>
> been perfect if we could get an extra day and experiment for a<br>
> year. But _if_ that's not possible, can we do it within the conf days?<br>
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Would it make sense to conduct a one day "dev sprint" kind of program<br>
distinct from PyCon at a smaller venue in say, a few months?<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We should do that and have sprints as part of main conf. Though it may be too much to ask.</div><div>Once we have sizeable volunteer base from other cities we can do this. User group can play big role.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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Cordially,<br>
Noufal<br>
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