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". 


+1. 
Just to be clear, want to understand the level of autonomy you are looking for. 
Since PyCon India is a national level event and Python communities from all over India contributes to make the event happen, its better to have all major discussions and decisions in the mailing list. And also, volunteers from all over India should be given equal opportunities and credits without any discrimination.

Working with PSSI could be hectic sometimes as things might not be processed on time. It would be best to work out the involvement of PSSI with PyCon India well before as there are lots of confusion around that (just an accounting body in year 2017 which was changed in 2018 when we started with PyCon India initially).

Just to remind one more thing here, the five year term of PSSI board members ends by this June and would be better to clarify the next steps before proceeding with PyCon India 2018 to avoid any confusion later.

Thanks,
Vijay