Mailman 3 August 2009 - Inpycon

F2F needed
by Noufal Ibrahim Sept. 6, 2009

Sept. 6, 2009

Hello fellow Pythonistas, Since we're close to the event, I think we need a face to face to discuss some critical issues. The agenda is as so 0. Finances - We need to discuss the details of our expenditures and incomes 1. Society registration - We need to review the bylaws and stuff so that someone can go meet the registrar and get this done. I propose next Saturday 5/Sep. We'll need room to discuss this so if we can get an office like space (Kamal's office or perhaps TW or ZeOmega), it would be better than a coffee shop. Plus the fact that whenever I suggest a barista, it's either moved or closed down completely. Everyone fine with this? Thanks. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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Keynote Speaker
by Anand Balachandran Pillai Sept. 2, 2009

Sept. 2, 2009

Now a days it is customary to have a keynote speaker open the conference on the first day. Have we thought about a keynote speaker yet ? Thanks -- --Anand

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Associate sponsors for PyCon India
by Noufal Ibrahim Aug. 26, 2009

Aug. 26, 2009

We're in a reasonably healthy state right now as far as money is concerned. I think we can cover the costs. However, our margin of safety is limited and there will *always* be unexpected costs at the end. I will send out another mail later today detailing our financial condition. Ramdas suggested that we open up an 'associate sponsor' scheme whereby companies/individuals who want to be part of the event with smaller amounts can become associate sponsors. Lower amounts like 10k are fine. Anand Pillai and Ramdas have already pitched in. Of course, associate sponsors would receive less benefits than the main guys. A logo on our site and a link their company page. No stalls and such which the premium sponsors would get. Please leverage your contacts and try to get people to become atleast associate sponsors for the conference. It would go a long way in helping the thing take off and fly. We'll rework the brochure for associate sponsors but please start conversations with potential parties. Thanks -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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Fat pipe
by Noufal Ibrahim Aug. 24, 2009

Aug. 24, 2009

Does anyone have access to a fat pipe? It would be nice if we could get some of the PyCon talks delivered in the US and keep them here for people at our PyCon. Burn them onto DVD or something. Even if we can't get sponsorship coverage for this, we can just charge for the price of the DVD or give them to people onto their laptops/thumb drives. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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InPycon trreasurers
by Noufal Ibrahim Aug. 24, 2009

Aug. 24, 2009

Hello everyone, We have volunteers who are willing to take up the responsibility of being treasurers. Not all of them would in Bangalore full time so it would complicate logistics. Because of this, the guys who are from Bangalore are our 'official' treasurers. Indudhar and Santhosh have volunteered to pitch in for this. Their email addresses are indudhar and santhosh.divakar. Both at gmail dot com. In case anyone on this list has financial things that need to be dealt with regarding the conference, these are the people to contact. Welcome. :) Thanks. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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T-shirt sizes
by Noufal Ibrahim Aug. 24, 2009

Aug. 24, 2009

Hello everyone, There was a point that missed my completely. T-shirt sizes. Not all people are emaciated like me so we'll need multiple sizes. We're ordering around 350. I think most people are medium/large. We'll also need a few XL and XXL and maybe XXXL. I don' tknow if we'll need small. Let's say 35% medium, 35% large, 20% XL, 5% XXL, 5% XXXL. This translates into 123, 122, 70, 18, 18 Do you think this is fine? In addition to this, some of the sponsors (I'll send details once we confirm and close the deals) have asked for some extra T's for themselves. This is a reasonable request so we'll get some extra printed. After all, they're paying us. Comments welcome. thanks. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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T shirt feedback solicited
by Noufal Ibrahim Aug. 24, 2009

Aug. 24, 2009

Here's the page for the T-shirt related information. Ravi has sent me a mockup which I've uploaded. Comments welcome. http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndiaTShirt -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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Disabling early bird on 30 Aug
by Noufal Ibrahim Aug. 23, 2009

Aug. 23, 2009

Since we're close to the event, I think we can disable the early bird registrations by the end of August. Any objections? -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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Volunteer needed : Treasurer
by Noufal Ibrahim Aug. 22, 2009

Aug. 22, 2009

Sorry about the crossposting but now that cash is starting to flow into the PyCon organising committee from our sponsors, we need a single person to maintain accounts. All financial dealings will have to be done through this person so that they'll have all the accounts in place at the end. This is vital for us to keep our books clean. This is mostly an email/phone job. Someone who's good with numbers and who can keep track of this properly. Please let me know if anyone can help out. And for appropriate context, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkAfl2RmAZc Thanks -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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How to give talk in PyCon : guide
by JAGANADH G Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

All newbies (Including me too) in PyCon can refer the Pycon2009 slide "How to give a Python talk" http://us.pycon.org/media/2009/talkdata/PyCon2009/006/giving-python-talks-k… -- ********************************** JAGANADH G http://jaganadhg.freeflux.net/blog

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