[Inpycon] Registering society (Was: Re: FOSS PyCon)

[kausikram krishnasayee]

General Suggestion Based on what we had done for proto.in:
Formation of a Society that looks at the larger interest of the python
Community in India. The immediate mandate of such a society would be to run
PyCon India, however at a later stage it should be in a position to take up
any kind of evangelising activity related to python on India.

The proposed society should be inclusive and have diverse representation.
Office beareres shall be elected into place and shall hold on to a post for
a term of two years.

Office bearers shall not be allowed to contest for consecutive terms.

the society shall have the power to float semi autonomous teams that will be
responsible for pycon india and any other initiatives that shall be
undertaken.

Finances for all initiatives shall be handled centrally and shall be
revealed to the core team (board members) atleast once a month and to the
members annually.

The society should ideally be a pan indian one as kenneth put it. Though a
karnataka based society will not harm, a pan indian one will reflect to be
more inclusive. it will also ensure that there will not be a case where in a
separate NCRIndiaPyCon or a Chennai IndiaPycon society be formed. Society
mandates that there be a board meeting every once in a while, this might get
tricky if the board is distributed across cities, but i am sure the
pythonista community can manage. Also if PSF did roll out a way for us to
become its sister concern / chapter the transition would be much easier if
its a single pan india society than a whole clutter of python non profits
across the nation.

Finally getting a tax exempt is a big pain. we better start working right
now to atleast get it by next pycon. also chances are we might never get an
exempt, in which case we better keep track of every penny we spend and file
taxes properly. the other alternate which we learnt was to never make a
profit in an event. when you raise money give everything off. :D that
technically translates to T shirts, backpacks and caps all saying that we
are not reappy wizards.

cheers,
kausik
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