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On 15 Oct 2014 12:39, "Noufal Ibrahim KV" <<a href="mailto:noufal@nibrahim.net.in">noufal@nibrahim.net.in</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Wed, Oct 15 2014, Anand B Pillai wrote:<br>
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> [...]<br>
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> > I don't think we should structure it so as to attract only the<br>
> > "experienced" people - the cream if you prefer. Then it would be<br>
> > possibly not a complete community conference - but a conference only<br>
> > for the community experts.<br>
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> I think you misunderstand. I'm not saying we should structure it to<br>
> attract an experts only audience.<br>
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> I'm saying that we should raise the bar in two ways.<br>
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> 1. Exclude first time speakers and introductory talks by people who<br>
> have no real world experience with the topic. This improves the<br>
> speakers.<br>
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> 2. Structure the conference (date, time, days, price etc.) in a way<br>
> that dissuades disinterested people from attending. Only serious<br>
> (though not necessarily experienced) people will come. This<br>
> improves the audience.<br>
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> > IMO, we should cater to all levels of audience - Rank newbies, Python<br>
> > rookies, journeymen and masters should find something interesting to<br>
> > listen to and talk about.<br>
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> I'm contesting the use of the word "cater" here. I'm fine with an<br>
> introductory talk being given by someone who's used the technology in<br>
> question heavily and knows it's ins and outs.<br>
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> I'm against first time or inexperienced *speakers*.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I would say this is a wrong attitude to have. Experienced speakers don't sprout on trees. It takes a long time for someone to get good at it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also, having expert knowledge about a certain topic does not mean the person would have presentation skills as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Almost all the Pycons around the world welcome first time speakers, including Pycon US.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There should be an avenue for first timers to present and grow. At some point in time, the old will have to make way for the new. :)<br></p>
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> Try to please everyone will, I think, mean that we will please no<br>
> one. In the best case, we'll please the casual newbies who might get a<br>
> kick out of listening to an "flask for newbies" talk and going home with<br>
> a new T-shirt never to touch Python again.<br>
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> > In short, I don't believe in this philosophy of "raising the level<br>
> > every year". This is wrong. It should be about being more inclusive<br>
> > every year - having the right mix of talks to attract a varied<br>
> > audience.<br>
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> I'm on the other end. I think the conference should improve quality wise<br>
> and we should diversify (e.g. Python express) so that first timers who<br>
> want to learn the basics have other ways of getting what they want.<br>
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> Even for first timers, it's a good deal. They won't benefit at all from<br>
> a 30 minute "intro to foo" talk. They (or atleast the motivated ones)<br>
> will however benefit from experienced people talking about topics above<br>
> their level.<br>
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> [...]<br>
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> --<br>
> Cordially,<br>
> Noufal<br>
> <a href="http://nibrahim.net.in">http://nibrahim.net.in</a><br>
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