On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 9:18 PM, E Manivannan <elangovan.manivannan@gmail. com> wrote:
Hi All, Hyderabad Python group(HydPy) is organising "Pycon Hyderabad" in the 1st weekend of October, 2018.
We have a team of volunteers who are working on upcoming conference relentlessly & we have got in-principle agreement from 2 international speakers to be the keynote speakers as well. Having said that, I wanted to see a lot more enthusiasm, commitment & free spirit from rest of the community in organising Pycon India. However I'm disappointed with the direction it has taken so far. I was very sad when Pycon Pune got cancelled and now Pycon India event also seems to be in jeopardy, which is completely not acceptable to me & rest of the community.
So here is my proposal, HydPy is willing to host "Pycon India" event in Hyderabad instead of "Pycon Hyderabad" this year. Current HydPy volunteers will work with rest of the volunteers across India to make this event happen in October, 2018. We would need some level of automnomy in running the event - venue, food, ticket volunteer etc.
If the community agrees, Hydpy will host Pycon India 2018 otherwise you are all welcome to join us in "Pycon Hyderabad 2018".
Thanks Mani for pitching in on behalf of HydPy , we are in crunch time and need to take decisions now , Let me reiterate No matter where it happens in Bengaluru or Hyderabad we from PyDelhi will coordinate and help in making the event a Success. What we have We have the website in place , sponsorship doc done we still some work with the slots and pricing. Folks who are ready to volunteer from across India. What we need 1. A person who can be Chair 2. Workgroups and a Core local group 3. A venue with main hall for around 1500-2000 Seating capacity in one hall and separate halls around 6 in number with a capacity of 200-300 people seating 4. Internet facility for the participants ( i see ACT as a potential sponsor they are both in Bengaluru and Hyderabad) 5. We need a call to freeze the timelines then communicate it to the mailing list let me know if i missed something. I am expecting a reply to this mail with data by Monday 19th March :-) cheers, -Satya Satyaakam.net <http://satyaakam.net/> | fossevents.in | ** For all official purposes use my name as Satyakam Goswami **