Mailman 3 August 2013 - Inpycon

Volunteer Meeting today
by Anand Chitipothu Aug. 29, 2013

Aug. 29, 2013

Hello everyone, We are just one day away from the conference and we need to lot of volunteers to take care setting up and managing things from today. Lets meet at 5PM today at NIMHANS. We specially need some volunteers to take care of 1. planning table arrangement 2. food 3. projector setup 4. printing stuff 5. banner placement and we need some volunteers to help with registration desk networking setup and many more. Please show up at 5PM today at NIMHANS and play your part to make PyCon India more awesome than before. In case you need any help with directions etc. call me on +91 776 040 4495. -- Anand http://anandology.com/

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Can non-workshop attendees register directly on Friday?
by Sarup Banskota Aug. 28, 2013

Aug. 28, 2013

Hello everyone, I'm not attending the workshops, but I'll come to the venue on Friday morning to catch up with people (and even help if there's something I can help with). However I won't be attending on Saturday. So am I allowed to get registered on Friday along with the workshop attendees and attend on Sunday? Sarup https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Sarupbanskota

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All hands on Deck! Volunteers meet?
by Aby James Aug. 28, 2013

Aug. 28, 2013

Will there be a meeting of all volunteers involved before the conference starts? -- Aby James http://skillcraft.org gits1225 AT gmail DOT com

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by manoj kumar Aug. 28, 2013

Aug. 28, 2013

hi volunteers, i am manojkumar from coimbatore. i registered already for conference. i wish to know what to bring for conference. thanks, with regards, manojkumar

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Registration Query
by trupti kini Aug. 28, 2013

Aug. 28, 2013

Hello, I was busy with my Masters so I couldnt book tickets for the Pycon. I just want to attend 31st and 1st conference and not workshop. So are the tickets available? If yes what price? And if I am planning to come alone from mumbai allover to Bangalore can someone help in accomodation and finding the location of the conference? Trupti Rajesh KiniGNUnited we stand....from the Windows we fall, IIT Bombay https://joindiaspora.com/u/kinitrupti| http://fossevangelist.blogspot.in/

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Talks - Confirmation Steps
by Anand B Pillai Aug. 28, 2013

Aug. 28, 2013

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, We used to call the speakers a day before workshops/talks to make sure there aren't any last minute surprises and they will indeed turn up for their slot. The talk volunteers should split this task among them and do this on Thursday and Friday. - -- Regards, - --Anand - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software Architect/Consultant anandpillai(a)letterboxes.org Please note my updated email address <anandpillai(a)letterboxes.org>. Kindly update your address books. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSHZB8AAoJEHKU2n17CpvDHnAH/3q6qb1NuUq0QXEqrtQB096f lyinVO/SIdZlN5eN+ix3YpwPEsFZ89U2OQNlMt5FlG+L/ascERkeY90tS1lJ4Qe9 RYL5ge1O0m1LOIxrO8IE6Qbsjz7tTyx7/HZXwKunFXf9gcB+tkKRR2z0a+cCUtz1 kRfCYNzrSIv/G6PS7kgX4oIcV0Tyq0GXzY5dt1kVS+/jgOgv6IgUN/ZYF2BRlJtS o+JNBBDY7eIuY5mwMh1BsOARKxzHpi4t5lA/1EnHl1RiUwYfjnYDkpK+NFCWshFB RJvbzH2xebMKxqDZq7EvS8pdTrjZYJDUszaapJvfDinYJjk047w2NhHwJs42tAQ= =Hrhm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Encouraging women developers to join PyCon
by Bibhas Ch Debnath Aug. 27, 2013

Aug. 27, 2013

Hi everyone, We have been talking about encouraging women to join PyCon and start working on python. Why not take a step towards it? How about we decrease ticket price to some amount or maybe waive it totally for them? This could bring some questions like how'd we know that the ones joining are bringing some value to the conference. Well, if more women are attending, that's already a plus. To ensure even more, we could start a program, like, ask them to create a github account, create 2-5 repo, show us and they get a free ticker. Sounds odd and silly, but this will also encourage them to start using git or any VCS. And this also shows us that those participants actually made some effort to join the conference. They are not just drove by the offer of freebies. I haven't seen many girls take up the initiative to become a developer, only couple of my college friends did. They have no one to encourage them in becoming developers. So to do that, we might have to put some extra manual effort. But it should be overall good for the community. PS: Should have put the gender field in last year's feedback form. Could get a statistic. This year will definitely do it. ---- Bibhas http://bibhas.in

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PyCon India Registration
by vijay kumar Aug. 27, 2013

Aug. 27, 2013

Hi All, We have got around 970 participants registered for PyCon India 2013. We are now forced to hard limit 30 more participants tickets, as capacity of NIHMANS is 1000 . We might be forced not to accept on the spot registration in case remaining tickets are sold out. Please grab your ticket ASAP as we have limited tickets.

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Plan for workshops
by Anand Chitipothu Aug. 27, 2013

Aug. 27, 2013

Hello everyone, We are planning to create a google group for each workshop and ask the instructor to post instructions about the setup etc. That'll even allow the participants to discuss with the instructor if they have any questions about the setup. We can try setting up a alias @in.pycon.org, but felt that it is simpler to create a google group. Konark Modi is working on setting these things up. Please let us know if you have any suggestions. -- Anand http://anandology.com/

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Python Month - Workshop at Indian Institute of Technology, B.H.U., Varanasi
by pranjal mittal Aug. 26, 2013

Aug. 26, 2013

Hi, I am Pranjal Mittal from Indian Institute of Technology, B.H.U., Varanasi. I will be attending PyCon India this year at Bangalore. We are planning to host an Introductory Python workshop at our college, as a part of the spirit of Python Month. It will be organized by the following volunteers. *Instructors:* Pranjal Mittal - pranjal.mittal.ece10(a)iitbhu.ac.in Srijan Mishra - srijan.misra.cse10(a)iitbhu.ac.in Bharadwaj Machiraju - bharadwaj.machiraju(a)gmail.com Abhinav Jangda - abhijangda(a)gmail.com *Organizer:* Science and Technology Council, Indian Institute of Technology, B.H.U, Varanasi Contact: Hardik Garg, General Secretary , SnT Council hardik.garg.ece10(a)iitbhu.ac.in Date City State College College Contact Person lat-long (for displaying on map) Instructor #participants 21/08/13 Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Indian Institute of Technology, B.H.U, Varanasi Hardik Garg (Student General Secretary) 9559919195 Pranjal MIttal (Technical Volunteer) 8009592133 Latitude: *25.2623357* Longitude: *82.9892903* Pranjal Mittal Srijan Mishra Bharadwaj Machiraju Abhinav Jangda 150 Any other details that I could provide? Thank you, Sincerely, - Pranjal -- Best Regards, Pranjal Mittal B.Tech. 2014 Indian Institute of Technology,BHU Varanasi, U.P, India Github <http://github.com/pramttl> | LinkedIn<http://in.linkedin.com/pub/pranjal-mittal/26/660/318/>| Blog <http://pranjalmittal.in>

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