On 12 March 2018 at 21:18, 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. Good on you take the initiative and drop this mail. :) However, it does seem that some work has started happening on the ground with the recent mails from Satyakaam and Bibhas. So do take inputs from them as well. But I whole heatedly agree this gesture and looking forward to taking this as an excuse to visit Hyderabad as well!

Regards, Mani

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On Mon, Mar 12 2018, E Manivannan wrote: [...]

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.

[...] I'm very much +1 on this. It addresses so many things - Allows the event to take place at another prominent city. - Leverages an already assembled team so that the details are taken care of. - Will allow the event to go on without a break. I'm sure there are details to work out but this is a very welcome step forward given the limbo we were in. It would be nice if any objections and concerns were brought up on this thread so that the team from Hyderabad can address them satisfactorily if possible. -- Cordially, Noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

Hi Manivanna, I'm in. On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:05 AM, JOINAL AHMED <joinalahmed@gmail.com> wrote:

+1

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:44 PM, Noufal Ibrahim KV < noufal@nibrahim.net.in> wrote:

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On Mon, Mar 12 2018, E Manivannan wrote:

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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.

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I'm very much +1 on this. It addresses so many things - Allows the event to take place at another prominent city. - Leverages an already assembled team so that the details are taken care of. - Will allow the event to go on without a break.

I'm sure there are details to work out but this is a very welcome step forward given the limbo we were in. It would be nice if any objections and concerns were brought up on this thread so that the team from Hyderabad can address them satisfactorily if possible.

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The vibes seem to be generally positive. Anyone see any downsides to this? If not, I think it would be wise to discuss how the PSSI can help with sponsorships etc. -- Cordially, Noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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

On Thu, Mar 15 2018, satyakam goswami wrote: [...]

​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 co​ordinate 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.

I think this can be integrated with the document the folks in Hyderabad for their event. I imagine there should be something of that kind already there. [...]

​1. A person who can be Chair

It sounds to me like Manivannan would be that person. The rest of your points need to be resolved here.

​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 :-)

[...] -- Cordially, Noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

Hi On Monday 12 March 2018 09:18 PM, E Manivannan 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". 

Regards, Mani

Awesome news, thanks HydPy for the initiative. I'm all in for this. Regards Shashank Kumar https://blog.shanky.xyz