Mailman 3 April 2019 - Inpycon

Volunteer Registration Form
by Vijay Kumar April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Hi Everyone, We have a unified volunteer registration form to participate in various workgroups: https://forms.gle/axacJB9f1wxfmRnXA If you are willing to participate in any of the workgroups, please sign-up here. Regards, Vijay

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by Sharmila Gopirajan April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

Hi all, We are having the Support Diversity for PyCon India 2019 meetup tentatively on Tuesday, April 30 at 8:00pm. We shall take a call on Tuesday for a more permanent timeslot. If you want to work towards a more inclusive environment or are just interested, please do to join in. To join, send me your Skype id so I can add you to the call. For a gist of progress till now please check https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/labels/cat%3A%20diversity Regards, Sharmi

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PyCon India 2019 Progress
by Vijay Kumar April 21, 2019

April 21, 2019

Hi Everyone, This is a consolidate progress update for what has been happening, since work was started in Feb, for PyCon India 2019. Most work that can be publicly worked on, has been moved to GitHub. Most of the action is happening in the following repos: * https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks * https://github.com/pythonindia/junction * https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019 You can "Watch" these GitHub repos, to keep a tab on the progress being made for PyCon India 2019. = Venue & Logistics == Completed * The Chennai Trade Centre and IITMRP venues were finalized, after listing out possibilities and alternatives. * CTC venue has been booked. * GST registration for AFROST in Chennai has been completed. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/11 == Inprogress * IITMRP venue needs to be booked. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/13 * Partitioning of the venue to provide a 3 track event https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/15 * Identify vendors for catering, AV, stalls, print, T-Shirts, etc. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/16 https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/17 = Keynote Speakers == Completed * Suggestions for keynote speakers was requested from the community. * Three keynote speakers have been confirmed - David Beazely, Ines Montani and Victor Stinner. == Inprogress * Book travel and accommodation for the keynote speakers. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/36 * Send invites to Indian keynote speaker. = Design == Completed * A workgroup has been created for helping with design, and people have been inducted into the workgroup. * Logo variants were provided by Webchirpy and the top voted logo was further improvised. * Got approval for the logo from the PSF trademarks committee. Issues pointed out by the committee has been fixed. The final versions of the logo is available from: - https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/tree/master/art/logo-1.svg - https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/tree/master/art/logo-2.svg * Temporary placeholder website has been put in place, till we receive the final logo. * Design elements from the logo has been made available at https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/tree/master/art for use in other art work. * Presentation slides and backgrounds for use with posters has been created and made available at https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/tree/master/art/presentati… == Inprogress * Final website design is being worked on, by Webchirpy, we will be integrating it into the website shortly. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/39 * Once the website design is available the blog will be integrated into the website as well. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/52 = CFP == Completed * A volunteer team has been created for working on Junction and to help with improving proposals. * CFP for talks was opened on Apr 5. == Inprogress * Security issues and other improvements are being actively being made to junction. https://github.com/pythonindia/junction/issues * Open CFP for workshops. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/43 * Open CFP for posters. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/38 = Promotion == Completed * The new promotion team has taken charge of the social media handles. * A volunteer team has been created to help with promotion in various regions: https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/wiki/Promotion * Added a form on the website for people who would like to get news and updates about PyCon India 2019. * A separate mailing list has been created for PyCon India announcements: https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/inpycon-announce.python.org/ * People who have registered on the website for announcements are being added to this mailing lists. So far 1300 people have registered to receive announcements. == Inprogress * Identifying people to help us reach out to more Pythonistas, who are currently not reachable. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/44 = Sponsorship == Completed * A workgroup has been created for helping with sponsorship, and people have been inducted into the workgroup. * Sponsorship prospectus has been created describing the sponsorship slots and benefits. * We have received 3 confirmations for Silver sponsors. We are in talks with a few more sponsors. We are awaiting the prospectus in PDF format, for contacting other potential sponsors. * Prospectus in PDF format has been made available. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/12 = Diversity == Inprogress * A workgroup will be formed shortly to help with identifying various ways to improve diversity of the conference, and work towards its implementation. https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/labels/cat%3A%20diversity = Social Responsibility We are yet to start work on this. Regards, Vijay

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Volunteering
by 310816 ktr.it.17 April 21, 2019

April 21, 2019

Hi, I had been a bit inactive. Sorry for that. Can I still volunteer for PyCon 2019? I live in Chennai itself. Thanks, Swastik

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Sponsorship Prospectus PyCon India 2019 (PDF)
by Senthil Kumaran S April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019

Hi all, I am happy to announce the availability of PyCon India 2019 Sponsorship Prospectus in PDF format. You can circulate this prospectus among your contacts in different companies and institutions whom you see as a potential sponsor for PyCon India 2019. Please find the sponsorship prospectus in PDF format here - https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/blob/master/sponsorship-pr… The sponsorship prospectus went on different reviews as seen in https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/12 Thank You. -- Senthil Kumaran S http://www.stylesen.org/ http://www.sasenthilkumaran.com/

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Indian Keynote Speaker
by Vijay Kumar April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019

Hi Everyone, We wanted to get the International keynote speakers finalized first, because more advanced planning and logistics is involved. With the international keynote speakers in place, we are planning to make contacts with Indian keynote speakers starting from Tuesday, next week. So far we have received 4 suggestions for Indian keynote speakers. We would like check if there any further suggestions for Indian keynote speakers, before making contacts with the speakers. If there are further suggestions, please send in your suggestions before Tuesday. Regards, Vijay

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Website Mockup
by Vijay Kumar April 15, 2019

April 15, 2019

Hi Everyone, We have a website mockup from Webchirpy: https://marvelapp.com/686h7c1/screen/55730870 Please send in your feedback and suggestions. This activity is being tracked at https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/issues/39 Regards, Vijay

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Update on Keynote Speakers
by Vijay Kumar April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019

Hi Everyone, We have some good news! Based on the suggestions on the mailing list, and inputs from the keynote speaker selection panel, we sent out invites to the following speakers: Wes McKinney, David Beazley, Jake Vanderplas, Brett Cannon, Ines Montani and Victor Stinner. And the following have accepted our invite: * David Beazley * Ines Montani * Victor Stinner With this, we have a nice mix of keynote speakers from various areas related to Python. * David Beazley for frameworks in general and Async IO in particular. * Ines Montani for NLP & AI, business and women-in-tech. Incidentally, Matthew Honnibal is also accompanying Ines to to PyCon India. * Victor Stinner for core Python and community building. Victor Stinner is especially pumped-up and hopes to see to that his presence would result in more contribution to Core Python from India. And eventually result in more Core Python developers from the Indian community. We have asked the keynote speakers for their photos and short-bios. Once we get them, we will start making announcements and will update the website next week. I would like to thank Ramanathan (from HydPy) and Kushal Das, for helping us in getting touch with the keynote speakers, and for following-up with them. Regards, Vijay PS: For whatever reason my previous mail did not make it to the mailing list, so had to resend it.

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Keynote Speaker Suggestions
by Vijay Kumar April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019

Hi Everyone, While we wait for the confirmation of the dates, we can start the keynote speaker selection process. For people new to the conference, the keynotes at PyCon India, are inspiring talks from speakers, that leave a lasting impact on the conference attendees. The keynote speakers also help to tip the scales, for people having second thoughts about attending the conference. This increases participation in the conference and enriches the overall experience of the conference. As indicated in the proposal we will be having 4 keynote speakers. Please send in your keynote speaker suggestion, to the mailing list. Please send in one keynote speaker suggestion per mail, containing a brief description about the speaker. If you like a suggestion, use +1 style voting to indicate preference for a particular keynote speaker. Once the dates are confirmed, we will ping the keynote speakers in the order of preference. Regards, Vijay

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CFP Promotion
by Vijay Kumar April 9, 2019

April 9, 2019

Hi Everyone, The CFP process is a key aspect of PyCon India. The quality of the conference depends to a great extent on the proposal submission and the selection process. We hope with the community's support we can reach out to speakers from diverse backgrounds. We have template variants for promoting the CFP at https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon2019-tasks/wiki/CFP-Promotion Please use them to promote the CFP through meetup groups and to Pythonistas near you. While writing mails to people, is the best way to reach out to potential speakers, you can also help us by re-tweeting / sharing our posts on Twitter and Facebook: * https://twitter.com/pyconindia/status/1114016468155297792 * https://www.facebook.com/PyConIndia/posts/2359549274067101 Regards, Vijay

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