[Inpycon] Venue decision

[Anand Chitipothu]

2011/2/11 Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com>:
>
> Okay. KG's scepticism has proven itself. The "poll" looks gamed. I think
> most of these things (which depend on good will rather than rules) don't
> really work out so well with the "unwashed masses".
>
> There seems to be sufficient enthusiasm from Chennai and Pune to take
> them seriously and I think they have more of a tech. culture than does
> Coimbatore.
>
> Assuming that both Chennai and Pune are viable locations, is there
> anyone here who's +1 for Coimbatore? Please take a moment to think
> before replying. It's quite hard in general (for me atleast) to divorce
> personal interest and convenience in decisions like this but if the
> conference is to sustain and go anywhere, we need to to this.
> The venue is an important thing as far as sponsors, the crowd and the
> general image of the conference goes. Given these points, I'm -1 as far
> as Coimbatore is concerned especially now that we have Chennai and Pune.
>
> Between Chennai and Pune, I'm mixed. Here's my summary. We can ignore
> smaller things like food, language, weather etc. for a 2 or 3 day event
> I think as long as the city is somewhat cosmopolitan.
>
> Chennai:
> --------
> Pros:
>        Chennai *did* come up with the inital bid. I know Kausik
> personally and he was instrumental in getting the 2009 event
> happening. Rajalakshmi seems to be open to having the event there and it
> looks somewhat set. As a minor point, the sponsorship brochure which I
> mailed mentioned that the event is in Chennai (we can always correct
> this but I'm mentioning it). There's a decent startup culture from what
> I can tell and the ChennaiPy group is quite active.
>
> Cons:
>        Chennai sort of "fell from grace" after the initial emails. A
> resurrection was necessary and this sort of cast a cloud on the bid in
> general. Some of the initial proponents have moved away from the
> city.
>
>
> Pune:
> -----
> Pros:
>        Pune as far as I know is an active hacker friendly place. I see
> a lot of events being conducted there (the PHPCamp, Devcamp
> etc.). There's people on this list who are from there who obviously have
> genuine interest. Dhananjay sent a list of possible venues and people
> who can help so it looks set as well.
>
> Cons:
>        I can't see any. The only thing is that the whole possibility of
> conducting the event in Pune came up only this week and so it hasn't
> sunk in yet and I'm a litle overcautios since it's something "new".
>
> I can't find any concrete data points to base my decision on but my gut
> feel is that we should go for Pune.
>
> Comments?

+1 for Pune.

I have nothing against Chennai, but I don't see anybody other than
Kausik to manage the show there.

It looks like there are enough people to roll the show in Pune and the
enthusiasm of the group seems to be high.

Anand