Mailman 3 July 2015 - Inpycon

Pycon India 2015 android and iOS apps
by Rishi Mukherjee Sept. 29, 2015

Sept. 29, 2015

Hi, Arindam and I had a meeting with Krace about the development of iOS and Android apps. Here are some of the important points: (Quoting Krace's email after the meeting) MoM: ------ - Arindam will lead Android development and Rishi will lead ios development. - For Android we will use Java, swift for ios. - Create GitHub repos and grant access (done) [1], [2]. - We will have features for schedule, feedback in v1. - v2 will have options to favourite talks, reminders, edit feedback. - App has to work in complete offline mode. - App doesn't require authentication. - We will use push notifications for indicating change in schedule. - Come up with dummy static api for schedules. [done] - Build required apis for devices registration, verification, schedule, feedback. - We will use gitter similar to https://gitter.im/pythonindia/junction - Once we have base setup with build, Arindam or Rishi will drop email to ML. - Come up with api structure and share Important Timelines ------------ - Repo creation - 27 Jun - Dummy Schedule - 28 Jun - Basic Schedule Display - 11 July [iOS done] - Backend Feedback API - 11 July - Feedback integration - 25 July - Testing - Fix bugs - Iteration v2 If required we will organise dev sprint and close things. Please add if I have missed any points. Our backend code is here [3]. You can use that as base for decision taking like license, readme, guidelines to contribute. Feel free to suggest :-) [1]: https://github.com/pythonindia/PyConIndiaAndroid [2]: https://github.com/pythonindia/PyConIndiaIOS [3]: https://github.com/pythonindia/junction The design of the schedule was given by Tanay Kumar Bera. Please check the iOS repo to test it on your device. Thanks, Rishi

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KG memorial award
by Noufal Ibrahim KV Sept. 28, 2015

Sept. 28, 2015

Shouldn't we solicit nominees for the award this year? The earlier, the better. No? -- Cordially, Noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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Sponsorship update
by Kracekumar Ramaraju Sept. 2, 2015

Sept. 2, 2015

Hi We're happy to announce our new platinum sponsor ZeOmega [1] and gold sponsor Goibibo [2]. Help me welcome them. Thanks for supporting PyCon India. [1]: http://www.zeomega.com/ [2]: http://www.goibibo.com/ -- Regards Kracekumar Ramaraju http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521

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Python Express - Moving Forward
by Anand Chitipothu Aug. 15, 2015

Aug. 15, 2015

Hello everyone, I'm writing this email to see what people think of reviving the Python Express project. http://pythonexpress.in/ For those who are new here, let me start with an introduction to Python Express. WHAT IS PYTHON EXPRESS? Python Express is platform to make it easier to coordinate and conduct Python workshops in educational institutions across India. It connects colleges and Python exports for conducting Python trainings. It is a community project and completely managed by volunteers. HISTORY It started as Python Month[1] as part of PyCon India 2013. In 2014, it evolved into Python Express with the idea of running the workshops through out the year[2]. Unfortunately, the project got of paused due to misunderstanding and miscommunication between various people. I think it is time to keep all the differences aside and start planning what to do next. [1]: https://in.pycon.org/2013/python-month/ [2]: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/inpycon/2014-July/008235.html THE POTENTIAL We've conducted around 200 Python workshops in about 2 months as part of Python Month in 2013. Can we do 1000 workshops in an year? Why not 10,000? If we build the right support structures and improve the process, I'm sure we'll be able to reach there. It is not yet clear what is required to reach there. Probably we need volunteers to coordinate each college, each city etc. Just conducting Python workshops is not enough. We need to make sure it is good quality. We may have to provide resources and/or trainings to the first time trainers. If we conduct one Python workshop, some of the participants gets excited, but that excitement will die off soon. We need to engage them for longer term for any real impact. We need more discussion about this. OTHER NEWS People at Python Ireland got very interested about Python Express and they have forked the repo and planning to use it for conducting workshops there. Thanks to Haris Ibrahim for introducing it to them. WHAT NEXT? How do we take this forward? Option 1 - Let Python Express run as a PSSI project That means that the important decisions about the project will be discussed and decided by the PSSI board. Option 2 - Let Python Express evolve as independent community project This means Python Express can make decisions freely, move fast and have the luxury of making mistakes once in a while. Also much easier to manage if we need to spend some money. I'm very much in favour of #2 because that gives lot more freedom for the project to evolve. What do you think? Anand

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Volunteer meet
by Kracekumar Ramaraju Aug. 7, 2015

Aug. 7, 2015

Hi We're having PyCon India volunteers meetup on 8th Aug, 2015 in Hacker Earth office, Koramangala [1] from 10.00 AM to 12.30 PM. Agenda: ----------- - Poster session discussion - Dev Sprint work - Planning for next 2 month work Contact: ----------- - Sayan: 9686992532 Everyone is welcome to join. [1]: https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/HackerEarth/@12.9336518,77.6144962 -- Regards Kracekumar Ramaraju http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521

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Keynote speakers update
by vijay kumar July 24, 2015

July 24, 2015

Hi All, Bad news to start , we have reached to Audrey Roy Greenfeld,Hilary Mason and Jessica McKellar . All of them are not available during PyCon India . We have approached Lynn Root but haven't heard back from her yet. We will wait till Wednesday to hear back from her before we approach next members in our list. 1) Armin Ronacher 2) Alex Gaynor. If any other suggestion you want to add let us know .

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Re: [Inpycon] Inpycon Digest, Vol 73, Issue 14
by karkee u July 20, 2015

July 20, 2015

Its a good idea. I am also support option-2. We conducted a seminar on last year (7.9.14) using python express at villupuram (Tamil Nadu). Regards, Karkee.u On 20 Jul 2015 10:40, <inpycon-request(a)python.org> wrote: > Send Inpycon mailing list submissions to > inpycon(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > inpycon-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > inpycon-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Inpycon digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Python Express - Moving Forward (Anand Chitipothu) > 2. Re: Python Express - Moving Forward (Kushal Das) > 3. Re: Python Express - Moving Forward (Saideep) > 4. Re: Python Express - Moving Forward (raghu) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 23:58:59 +0530 > From: Anand Chitipothu <anandology(a)gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for the PyCon India conference <inpycon(a)python.org> > Subject: [Inpycon] Python Express - Moving Forward > Message-ID: > < > CAC7wXFydD+aOTZnRU5b4qtZziGu7fRRpO1LeCBecXibrXCnksw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello everyone, > > I'm writing this email to see what people think of reviving the Python > Express project. > > http://pythonexpress.in/ > > For those who are new here, let me start with an introduction to Python > Express. > > WHAT IS PYTHON EXPRESS? > > Python Express is platform to make it easier to coordinate and conduct > Python workshops in educational institutions across India. It connects > colleges and Python exports for conducting Python trainings. > > It is a community project and completely managed by volunteers. > > HISTORY > > It started as Python Month[1] as part of PyCon India 2013. In 2014, it > evolved into Python Express with the idea of running the workshops through > out the year[2]. > > Unfortunately, the project got of paused due to misunderstanding and > miscommunication between various people. > > I think it is time to keep all the differences aside and start planning > what to do next. > > [1]: https://in.pycon.org/2013/python-month/ > [2]: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/inpycon/2014-July/008235.html > > THE POTENTIAL > > We've conducted around 200 Python workshops in about 2 months as part of > Python Month in 2013. > > Can we do 1000 workshops in an year? Why not 10,000? > > If we build the right support structures and improve the process, I'm sure > we'll be able to reach there. > > It is not yet clear what is required to reach there. Probably we need > volunteers to coordinate each college, each city etc. > > Just conducting Python workshops is not enough. We need to make sure it is > good quality. We may have to provide resources and/or trainings to the > first time trainers. > > If we conduct one Python workshop, some of the participants gets excited, > but that excitement will die off soon. We need to engage them for longer > term for any real impact. We need more discussion about this. > > OTHER NEWS > > People at Python Ireland got very interested about Python Express and they > have forked the repo and planning to use it for conducting workshops there. > Thanks to Haris Ibrahim for introducing it to them. > > WHAT NEXT? > > How do we take this forward? > > Option 1 - Let Python Express run as a PSSI project > > That means that the important decisions about the project will be discussed > and decided by the PSSI board. > > Option 2 - Let Python Express evolve as independent community project > > This means Python Express can make decisions freely, move fast and have the > luxury of making mistakes once in a while. Also much easier to manage if we > need to spend some money. > > I'm very much in favour of #2 because that gives lot more freedom for the > project to evolve. > > What do you think? > > Anand >

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Mailing List Guidelines/Etiquette
by Kushal Das July 20, 2015

July 20, 2015

Hi, Please go through [1] to learn more about mailing list etiquette, and do not top post to the replies in the list. [1] http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/presentations/mailing-list-etiquet… Kushal -- Fedora Cloud Engineer CPython Core Developer http://kushaldas.in

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Poster session
by Kracekumar Ramaraju July 16, 2015

July 16, 2015

Hi In our IRC meeting last week we had discussion on poster session. Everyone was interested to have it in conference. We decided to start the conversation in ML to get more suggestions - We will collect & filter poster session proposals similar to CFP. We need to come up with guide lines for it. Can people speak about closed source stuff or about company culture ? - Logistics for the poster session (white board, print outs) ? - Timing for poster session ? How many per day ? - Location for poster session ? Space between Audi 2 and Audi 3 ? Please add any points if I have missed and share your thoughts. Useful links: -------------- - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poster_session - https://us.pycon.org/2014/posters/faq/ -- Regards Kracekumar Ramaraju http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521

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IRC Meeting
by Kracekumar Ramaraju July 13, 2015

July 13, 2015

Hi We would like to have IRC PyCon India volunteers meeting. Agenda: - Discuss about work required to push Dev Sprint. - Brain storming/Feasibility discussion of having poster session. - Open Space planning. - Sponsorship reach out. Date: 10 July, 2015 Time: 7.00 PM - 8.00 PM Server: Freenode Irc channel: #pyconindia Everyone is welcome to join. -- Regards Kracekumar Ramaraju http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521

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