[Inpycon] Development Sprints

[Haris Ibrahim K. V.]

On 16 Oct 2014 07:12, "Rejy M Cyriac" <rcyriac at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/15/2014 11:13 PM, Noufal Ibrahim KV wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 15 2014, Haris Ibrahim K. V. wrote:
> >
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> I would say this is a wrong attitude to have. Experienced speakers
> >> don't sprout on trees. It takes a long time for someone to get good at
> >> it.
> >
> > Of course. I'm just saying that an annual conference shouldn't be the
> > place for them to start or, even worse, practice their speaking
> > skills. User group meetings, smaller conferences etc. are all fine.
> >
> > Besides, we've been running in the current way for quite a few years and
> > still have complaints about talk quality. I think a different approach
> > is justified, even if only as an experiment.
> >
> >> Also, having expert knowledge about a certain topic does not mean the
> >> person would have presentation skills as well.
> >
> > That's fine. It's way better than someone with excellent presentation
> > skills talking about something they don't know in depth.
> >
> -1
>
> Engaging the audience is vital for a talk to be well accepted.
>
>
> > Also, a talk by an experienced speaker will open the way to an
> > interesting Q/A or even a good open space.
> >
> >> Almost all the Pycons around the world welcome first time speakers,
> >> including Pycon US.
> >
> > Fair enough. I'm saying we should try it for a year or two in a
> > different way and see if it's better. My gut feel is that this kind of
> > approach will make it a smaller but higher quality conference.
> >
> >> There should be an avenue for first timers to present and grow. At
> >> some point in time, the old will have to make way for the new. :)
> >
> > User group meetings, smaller one day conferences, attending workshops,
> > teaching workshops. All of these are there. I don't understand the
> > reasoning behind allowing first timers to speak at the premium
> > conference which is held just once a year.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >
> How would we go about verifying this ? Ask for participation
> certificates from the local user group ? Ensuring the speaker selection
> process is based on merit of the topic, quality of content, and
> presentation skills of the presenter should be enough, rather than put
> up hard filters to keep out folks.

Exactly. +1.

>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Rejy M Cyriac (rmc)
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