[Inpycon] Initiative for mini conferences across India

[Milap Bhojak]

Hey Vijay,

It's awesome. Python User Group - Gujarat is ready for it. It would be mini
PyCon India right ?
Just tell us when we should go for it and it will create huge awareness. :)




On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:23 PM, vijay kumar <vnbang2003 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>  I was thinking from long time on the concerns we are facing in PyCon
> India. I think we should concentrate to solve these issues as it might be
> hindrance to our growth in upcoming years.
>
> We don’t have enough Volunteer base for PyCon India in cities other than
> Bangalore and we are restricted to conduct conference in Bangalore. Though
> there are potential people who can take this forward they don’t have enough
> experience in organizing an event like PyCon India and it requires
> contribution from lot more people and we need good volunteer base.
>
> To maintain the quality of talks in PyCon India we have previous
> experience as one of our selection criteria. But there may be speakers who
> are technically solid but he would not have experience presenting it to a
> good number of audience becuase of which his talk might not get selected.
>
> I think it would be a better idea to conduct one day mini conference in
> different cities across India to provide solution to the concerns.
>
> Please find my inputs below on the same.
>
>    - We can look for a chair person in each city who are willing to take
>    responsibility to organize a conference which in turn will help them
>    understand what it takes to organize an event like PyCon India.
>    - These conferences will provide platform to new speakers and also
>    others to showcase their talent so they can prepare themselves well for
>    PyCon India.
>    - To start with, we can have a day event in a college so that we don’t
>    need to bare the venue expense and we would get an opportunity to create
>    awareness about Python and create volunteer base.
>    - The registration fee and the sponsorship amount may be considerably
>    less just to manage the food expense.
>    - If in a city they are not able to get considerable number of
>    sponsors ,PSSI can share considerable amount to help organize the event.
>    - If we don’t have enough speakers in a local user group, PSSI can
>    help them get a speaker from other cities and provide their travel
>    expense if required.
>
>
> Overall it helps PyCon India to create awareness and build strong
> volunteer base across India.
>
> Let me know your thoughts on the same.
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay
>
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