[Inpycon] Final verdict : RV vs. MSRIT

[Ramdas S]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is everyone okay with this?
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Okay. This has been dragging on for long enough. Here's my summary.
> > I've listed the pros and cons from most serious to least serious.
> > Factors that offset the main point are in square brackets next to
> > them.
> >
> > I'm going to be a little blunt with things so I'm apologising in
> > advance if it brushes people the wrong way.
> >
> > RV College:
> >  Pros:
> >   - Great rapport between Baiju and Renuka Prasad.
> >   - They've been enthusiastic for a long time and we almost committed
> > before MSRIT info. came up.
> >   - Renuka Prasad has managed to get 50 volunteers for the event
> > during the days of the conf. which would be an *enormous* help.
> >   - In the poll, 94% or so voted for RV [most of the reasons were
> > like "it's my college" etc.]
> >
> >  Cons:
> >   - Horrible road condition and not very accessible [2 day conf,
> > people are travelling from across the country, can take a hotel
> > nearby]
> >   - Renuka Prasad is enthusiastic about FOSS events and this conf. is
> > not necessarily a FOSS one.
> >   - Some cooling off of the initial enthusiasm since we took a while
> > to decide.
> >
> > MSRIT:
> >  Pros:
> >    - Much more accessible than RV
> >    - Enthusiastic student body [The 50 volunteers which Renuka Prasad
> > has managed to get are there at RV]
> >    - Better facilities (on campus Wifi saves us trouble from hunting for
> more)
> >    - The student FOSS group (who claim to be okay with not-completely
> > FOSS events) can help us on campus.
> >    - It's near the last years venue and so we can reuse the same
> > caterers for food.
> >
> >  Cons:
> >    - There's no one on our side to take the role of Baiju [Sree has
> > volunteered if no one else is there but he might be very busy]
> >
> >
> > Based on this, here's what I think we should do.
> >
> > If we can in one day (ie. before this tomorrow) get a positive
> > commitment from someone on this list to be our liaison with the folks
> > at MSRIT, we'll go for MSRIT. I can't overemphasise the importance of
> > this. A lot of small things will come up and this person has to be
> > proactive about it. Last years venue worked out *only* because Anand
> > C. and Vikas were on top of things till the final day.
> >
> > If we don't get such a commitment from anyone, we'll go with RV.
> > Either way, by noon tomorrow, we'll have fixed the venue.
> >
> >
> > --
> > ~noufal
> > http://nibrahim.net.in
> >
>
>


Give 2 to 3 days time for guys to respond. Anyways Anil who is a student
volunteer and his band of 50 men have agreed to run around for us, and he's
part of the list.

> --
> ~noufal
> http://nibrahim.net.in
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