Preparations for Pycon India 2011
Hi, It is about a month and a week since Pycon India 2010. We have had the rest and the feedback. I guess it is time to kick start the plans of action for Pycon India 2011. I see that there is already some discussions on the venue. Here are my suggestions, not in any particular order of importance. 1. We need a spearhead for Pycon India 2011 in the same role as Noufal, but based in Chennai, who can actually do the co-ordination on the ground. The chennai folks need to do this ASAP. If Noufal himself can take this up initially, great, but I guess when things actually start to take shape on hand, we do need someone locally. 2. A show of hands of folks, who would be running the show from Chennai. It is useful to know who are the people involved IMHO. 3. Draw up a plan of action with approximate deadlines to each, put this up in a wiki page and the "co-ordinator-in-chief" needs to follow this up. I am not going into details now. 4. Feedback from Pycon India 2010 formalized and put up on a wiki page - I will be doing this in a week. 5. Get the branding right. We need to decide on a single "logo" and theme early on - these discussions need to happen in parallel with the actual conference grounds-stuff discussions. 6. I suggest a separate mailing list purely for conference organizers apart from this one which anyone interested in the conference can listen in. I will get this done in a week, if there is consensus. This will require permission to join and won't be open. Please speak up and be part of the discussions and let me know what everyone thinks about these suggestions. Thanks, -- --Anand
On Mon, Nov 01 2010, Anand Balachandran Pillai wrote:
Hi,
It is about a month and a week since Pycon India 2010. We have had the rest and the feedback.
I guess it is time to kick start the plans of action for Pycon India 2011. I see that there is already some discussions on the venue. Here are my suggestions, not in any particular order of importance.
1. We need a spearhead for Pycon India 2011 in the same role as Noufal, but based in Chennai, who can actually do the co-ordination on the ground. The chennai folks need to do this ASAP. If Noufal himself can take this up initially, great, but I guess when things actually start to take shape on hand, we do need someone locally.
I don't think I'll be able to "lead" it. However, I will handle any one "area" (e.g. sponsorships).
2. A show of hands of folks, who would be running the show from Chennai. It is useful to know who are the people involved IMHO.
3. Draw up a plan of action with approximate deadlines to each, put this up in a wiki page and the "co-ordinator-in-chief" needs to follow this up. I am not going into details now.
This would be best done by the chap who'll be leading this.
4. Feedback from Pycon India 2010 formalized and put up on a wiki page - I will be doing this in a week.
5. Get the branding right. We need to decide on a single "logo" and theme early on - these discussions need to happen in parallel with the actual conference grounds-stuff discussions.
+1. Very important!
6. I suggest a separate mailing list purely for conference organizers apart from this one which anyone interested in the conference can listen in. I will get this done in a week, if there is consensus. This will require permission to join and won't be open.
Do we need a separate one? If there are private emails, we can always just send individually CCed emails. [...] -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 01 2010, Anand Balachandran Pillai wrote:
Hi,
It is about a month and a week since Pycon India 2010. We have had the rest and the feedback.
I guess it is time to kick start the plans of action for Pycon India 2011. I see that there is already some discussions on the venue. Here are my suggestions, not in any particular order of importance.
1. We need a spearhead for Pycon India 2011 in the same role as Noufal, but based in Chennai, who can actually do the co-ordination on the ground. The chennai folks need to do this ASAP. If Noufal himself can take this up initially, great, but I guess when things actually start to take shape on hand, we do need someone locally.
I don't think I'll be able to "lead" it. However, I will handle any one "area" (e.g. sponsorships).
2. A show of hands of folks, who would be running the show from Chennai. It is useful to know who are the people involved IMHO.
3. Draw up a plan of action with approximate deadlines to each, put this up in a wiki page and the "co-ordinator-in-chief" needs to follow this up. I am not going into details now.
This would be best done by the chap who'll be leading this.
4. Feedback from Pycon India 2010 formalized and put up on a wiki page - I will be doing this in a week.
5. Get the branding right. We need to decide on a single "logo" and theme early on - these discussions need to happen in parallel with the actual conference grounds-stuff discussions.
+1. Very important!
6. I suggest a separate mailing list purely for conference organizers apart from this one which anyone interested in the conference can listen in. I will get this done in a week, if there is consensus. This will require permission to join and won't be open.
Do we need a separate one? If there are private emails, we can always just send individually CCed emails.
Let it continue here. There are lots of guys here whose experience matters for the new organizers, closer to the event if needed we can have a separate list. Someone need to stand up, and take a call
[...]
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Last month there was some discussions regarding the conference in Chennaipy mailing list. The venue selection debate is in progress . I think we have to speed it up -- ********************************** JAGANADH G http://jaganadhg.freeflux.net/blog
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On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai < abpillai@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
It is about a month and a week since Pycon India 2010. We have had the rest and the feedback.
I guess it is time to kick start the plans of action for Pycon India 2011. I see that there is already some discussions on the venue. Here are my suggestions, not in any particular order of importance.
1. We need a spearhead for Pycon India 2011 in the same role as Noufal, but based in Chennai, who can actually do the co-ordination on the ground. The chennai folks need to do this ASAP. If Noufal himself can take this up initially, great, but I guess when things actually start to take shape on hand, we do need someone locally.
2. A show of hands of folks, who would be running the show
from Chennai. It is useful to know who are the people involved IMHO.
I shall be taking over all coordination in the ground along with rajeshwari. we have around 20 people in the ground ready and willing to run in the ground to get things done and we hope to pull it in style.
3. Draw up a plan of action with approximate deadlines to each,
put this up in a wiki page and the "co-ordinator-in-chief" needs to follow this up. I am not going into details now.
We have a tentative deadline as of now to get the venue settled. most of the colleges around are having their end semester examinations now and dont want to be bothered for the next 2 weeks. i shall be taking to them as soon as these exams get over and start making arrangements. meanwhile a couple of us will also be going about photographing the venue and putting it on this list for all the volunteers to have a look. i shall ciculate an alpha draft of schedule by the end of tomorrow (wednesday nov 3, 2010) following which we can grill it overhere and get it ratified by the community.
5. Get the branding right. We need to decide on a single "logo" and theme early on - these discussions need to happen in parallel with the actual conference grounds-stuff discussions.
we have two options. A)we shall indulge in the community generated logo exercise again. and get the logo finalized by the end of january. B) use existing branding material from the previous years conference. we need to decide on that.
6. I suggest a separate mailing list purely for conference organizers apart from this one which anyone interested in the conference can listen in. I will get this done in a week, if there is consensus. This will require permission to join and won't be open.
can we put this in cold storage for now ? we will have some discussions happening here and if people complain of a high noise to signal ratio, then we shall take this up again. kausik -- Kausikram Krishnasayee Company: http://silverstripesoftware.com | Webpage: kausikram.in | Blog: blog.kausikram.in | Twitter: http://twitter.com/kausikram | Email: kausikram@gmail.com | Mobile: +91 9884246490
Hi, Happy New Year... Do we have any updates on the discussions in chennaipy mailing list ? Hope there will be some updates happening this month. Next poster, please start a separate thread for the discussions. Regards --Anand On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:43 AM, kausikram krishnasayee <kausikram@gmail.com
wrote:
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai < abpillai@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
It is about a month and a week since Pycon India 2010. We have had the rest and the feedback.
I guess it is time to kick start the plans of action for Pycon India 2011. I see that there is already some discussions on the venue. Here are my suggestions, not in any particular order of importance.
1. We need a spearhead for Pycon India 2011 in the same role as Noufal, but based in Chennai, who can actually do the co-ordination on the ground. The chennai folks need to do this ASAP. If Noufal himself can take this up initially, great, but I guess when things actually start to take shape on hand, we do need someone locally.
2. A show of hands of folks, who would be running the show
from Chennai. It is useful to know who are the people involved IMHO.
I shall be taking over all coordination in the ground along with rajeshwari. we have around 20 people in the ground ready and willing to run in the ground to get things done and we hope to pull it in style.
3. Draw up a plan of action with approximate deadlines to each,
put this up in a wiki page and the "co-ordinator-in-chief" needs to follow this up. I am not going into details now.
We have a tentative deadline as of now to get the venue settled. most of the colleges around are having their end semester examinations now and dont want to be bothered for the next 2 weeks. i shall be taking to them as soon as these exams get over and start making arrangements. meanwhile a couple of us will also be going about photographing the venue and putting it on this list for all the volunteers to have a look. i shall ciculate an alpha draft of schedule by the end of tomorrow (wednesday nov 3, 2010) following which we can grill it overhere and get it ratified by the community.
5. Get the branding right. We need to decide on a single "logo" and theme early on - these discussions need to happen in parallel with the actual conference grounds-stuff discussions.
we have two options. A)we shall indulge in the community generated logo exercise again. and get the logo finalized by the end of january. B) use existing branding material from the previous years conference.
we need to decide on that.
6. I suggest a separate mailing list purely for conference organizers apart from this one which anyone interested in the conference can listen in. I will get this done in a week, if there is consensus. This will require permission to join and won't be open.
can we put this in cold storage for now ? we will have some discussions happening here and if people complain of a high noise to signal ratio, then we shall take this up again.
kausik
-- Kausikram Krishnasayee Company: http://silverstripesoftware.com | Webpage: kausikram.in | Blog: blog.kausikram.in | Twitter: http://twitter.com/kausikram | Email: kausikram@gmail.com | Mobile: +91 9884246490
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Anand Balachandran Pillai -
JAGANADH G -
kausikram krishnasayee -
Noufal Ibrahim -
Ramdas S -
Shrinivasan T