[Inpycon] Development Sprints

[Bibhas]

On 10/15/2014 12:55 PM, Noufal Ibrahim KV wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15 2014, Bibhas wrote:
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>> I think a development sprint is a great way to get people started
>> programming and contributing and networking. Like it's done in most
>> PyCons, after the conf is over, they take 2-5 days and organize dev
>> sprints that's open for everybody. I know we might not have budget for
>> that many extra days, but we have a whole floor(if we go for NIMHANS
>> again) lying unused for 3 whole days. We can throw in some tables,
>> chairs, mattresses and it could make a great dev sprint spot. This
>> will make the conference more engaging for the participants. It'd have
>> been perfect if we could get an extra day and experiment for a
>> year. But _if_ that's not possible, can we do it within the conf days?
> [...]
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> Would it make sense to conduct a one day "dev sprint" kind of program
> distinct from PyCon at a smaller venue in say, a few months?

Doing it sometime other than after PyCon might make it tough for asking 
people from across the country to attend and ask them to pay 
registration fee for the venue, food etc. We could do it if we target a 
single city and the venue cost is sponsored somehow.