[Inpycon] Prizes/mentors for newbie track

[Santhosh Divakar]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anand Balachandran Pillai <abpillai at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > That got me thinking about - will there by any kind of repercussion
> > i.e frustration among regular talk folks ("seniors" so to speak) of
> > not being considered for a similar prize ? Kind of like "being a
> > newbie is an advantage, no point in talking in this conf in the
> > future" feeling ?
>
> That kind of thing is a little immature isn't it? There are many
> speakers who I don't know personally but the ones I do know wouldn't
> consider it like this. Most of them give talks because it's PyCon and
> because they can share their ideas with a larger like minded crowd.
>
>
Anand, I believe, has raised a valid point. Yes there is for and against
this point. But we might not want to hear comments like """next time I am
going to present in the newbie section and win a prize rather""".  I am not
talking about speakers of stature of David , but ... .

Perhaps would not it be good to honour the speakers themselves with
something across the board?. Like waiving off their registration fee or
something?. There is no contesty(sic) thing here, but just as a token of
appreciation?.

-Santhosh
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