[Inpycon] Tutorials

[Anand Chitipothu]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:

> Bibhas Ch Debnath <me at bibhas.in> writes:
>
> > If the target audience of the tutorials are students, *I think*
> > 1.5k/2k for a session would be too much, and will overall discourage
> > them to attend any.
> >
> > Also, per session charging would mean tickets for sessions, and
> > checking tickets while entering any session. I hope we'll have enough
> > volunteers free for that.
>
> [...]
>
> We need to clarify this.
>
> The price is indicative of the quality of the tutorial. Experienced
> speaker, time spent on materials and a deep tutorial. It's not
> necessarily meant for students. If someone good had a tutorial on
> writing interpreters using the PyPy toolchain for example, I'd pay to
> attend. It's also a good idea for it to be a bit high so that people
> don't simply saunter in but make an active decision, possibly involving
> a little bit of sacrifice to attend the tutorial. This will keep the
> audience size limited in size and high in quality. If the instructor is
> similarly good, it'll be a success.
>
> I don't want to give the idea that when we say "tutorial", it means a
> talk intended for absolute beginners (usually students) about a topic. I
> want to convey that it'll be an in depth presentation possibly along
> with practical sessions to "teach" a topic to an audience.
>
> Finally, if someone genuinely has a cash crunch problem, we can do
> something about it as a special case rather than lower the fee so that
> "everyone" can attend.
>

+1

Anand
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