Mailman 3 December 2014 - Inpycon

Development Sprints
by Bibhas March 12, 2015

March 12, 2015

Hi, As someone pointed out earlier and I also think that we don't have enough activities at PyCon to engage newer developer. It's kind of just people coming to venue, sitting at the audis all day long and going home with some points that they might even forget in couple of days. I think a development sprint is a great way to get people started programming and contributing and networking. Like it's done in most PyCons, after the conf is over, they take 2-5 days and organize dev sprints that's open for everybody. I know we might not have budget for that many extra days, but we have a whole floor(if we go for NIMHANS again) lying unused for 3 whole days. We can throw in some tables, chairs, mattresses and it could make a great dev sprint spot. This will make the conference more engaging for the participants. It'd have been perfect if we could get an extra day and experiment for a year. But _if_ that's not possible, can we do it within the conf days? Thanks, Bibhas

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Stickers for Python Express
by Anand Chitipothu Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

Hi, We distributed python stickers last time at the python workshops done as part of Python Month. We would like to do the same this year. One of the issues last time was sending the stickers to speaker in time. We had couple of volunteers, but that didn't workout very well. I've spoken to Isaac of Sticky Stamp and they charge Rs. 6 per piece for 1000 and more. They are open to reduce the price slightly and ready to take care of drop shipping (sending the stickers to speakers directly). I think this is going to be very helpful as we plan to run Python Express though out the year. My plan is to send 200 stickers to each speaker so that he can use them for about 3 workshops. If we order 5000 stickers, that'll cost slightly less than Rs. 30,000. Please let me know if this look alright. Anand

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Re: [Inpycon] Python Month 2014
by Kiran Gangadharan Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

Hi, If we aren't waiting for Anand to setup Python Express, then I suggest writing a quick blog post and start spreading the word on social media. Cheers, Kiran Gangadharan http://kirang.in On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Bibhas <me(a)bibhas.in> wrote: > > Last year we celebrated the month before PyCon India as Python Month. We > had volunteers who went around the country and organized workshops at > more than 40 colleges! Organizations like CampusHash also helped us out > in promoting Python Month and PyCon India through their workshops. This > year we plan to organize the same. The month before PyCon India is > chosen because that gives us an opportunity to promote PyCon India. > Also, we'd like to keep organizing these workshops even after PyCon this > year. So start planning. > > This is a really big task to handle and we need volunteers from all the > states and cities. If you're reading this, here is how you can help - > > 1. If you're a student or a profession, propose a workshop at your > institute. Talk to the authorities, fix a time and we'll help you find a > speaker > 2. If you're a Python developer and can speak about the basics of > Python, let us know. We'll find you a college around you that has asked > for a speaker. If you don't want to speak, still let us know. We can > find workshops that you can help organize. > > Remember that this is a complete voluntary effort and there is no > payment involved in any stage of these workshops. The Institutes should > communicate with the speaker directly once they are connected and take > care of anything they need, like transportation etc. > > Interested? Please sign in here and we'll get back to you - > http://bit.ly/pythonmonth2014 > > We need a Lot of volunteers to manage these workshops, talk to colleges, > talk to the speakers and schedule the workshops. Ideally we'd like to > have couple of volunteers per city who can look after Python Month > workshops in that city. These volunteers will go through the workshop > requests in that city and find speakers and connect them. If you're > interested in this role, please reply to this mail. > > If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know. > > Thanks, > Bibhas >

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[X-post]:Registration open for PSSI
by vijay kumar Dec. 22, 2014

Dec. 22, 2014

Hi All, I am glad to share that we have got the website up for PSSI(Python Software Society of India) . Membership is open for new members who are interested. Do follow registration instructions on the website. Existing members are requested to create profile so we will approve the membership request without payment as you have already paid membership amount. Website Link : https://pssi.org.in/ Interested people to contribute , github link : https://github.com/pythonindia/pssi.org.in Thanks to volunteers who all are contributing in website development. Please do spread the word. -- Thanks, Vijay

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