Hi just a quick note, if the colleges are not sponsoring, why not conduct in city and invite the interested students, where trainer costs are ~0 On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 11:05:09 AM UTC+5:30, vijay kumar wrote:

Hi All,

We had a discussion earlier about getting sponsors for PythonExpress ( http://blog.pythonexpress.in/posts/support-request/) as some colleges cannot afford to support the financial needs of the workshops like tutor's travel and accommodation.

We did not see any progress in getting sponsors. Request everyone to spread the word and help PythonExpress get financial support.

Though PSSI has agreed to reimburse tutor's travel and accommodation, we would require fund to take care of the below items.

1. Certificates to participants as workshops in colleges come with that expectation. 2. A token of appreciation in some form to the tutor for their excellent job without expecting anything in return.

Apart from getting sponsors, we can consider below options.

1. Request college to share the cost, but not all colleges would be able to provide the support in this front. 2. Request student participants to pay a nominal fee. 3. Get crowd funding. 4. Reach out to PSSI for financial grant apart from the current reimbursement policy. 5. Reach out to PSF if PSSI could not provide financial support continuously.

Looking for suggestions.

-- Thanks, Vijay

Hi just a quick note, if the colleges are not sponsoring, why not conduct in city and invite the interested students, where trainer costs are ~0 On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 11:05:09 AM UTC+5:30, vijay kumar wrote:

Hi All,

We had a discussion earlier about getting sponsors for PythonExpress ( http://blog.pythonexpress.in/posts/support-request/) as some colleges cannot afford to support the financial needs of the workshops like tutor's travel and accommodation.

We did not see any progress in getting sponsors. Request everyone to spread the word and help PythonExpress get financial support.

Though PSSI has agreed to reimburse tutor's travel and accommodation, we would require fund to take care of the below items.

1. Certificates to participants as workshops in colleges come with that expectation. 2. A token of appreciation in some form to the tutor for their excellent job without expecting anything in return.

Apart from getting sponsors, we can consider below options.

1. Request college to share the cost, but not all colleges would be able to provide the support in this front. 2. Request student participants to pay a nominal fee. 3. Get crowd funding. 4. Reach out to PSSI for financial grant apart from the current reimbursement policy. 5. Reach out to PSF if PSSI could not provide financial support continuously.

Looking for suggestions.

-- Thanks, Vijay