[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

Shrayas rajagopal shrayasr at gmail.com
Tue Sep 9 08:53:07 CEST 2014


I've updated the blog post[1] with the changes. Please review.

[1]: https://github.com/iambibhas/inpycon14/pull/13

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
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>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > Went through the thread again, had some chat on #pyconindia at freenode.
>> > Here is the summary and things that need to be done. Should make this
>> > into a blog so that attendees know what it is all about and will make
>> > good use of things.
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>> ​I've already got a half written blog here[1]. Was waiting for more input
>> to finish it up. Will do that soon​.
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>> [1]: https://github.com/iambibhas/inpycon14/pull/13
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>> > * What are open spaces and what do we want out of it?
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>> >    An open area where people can collaborate/learn things in groups
>> >    and have small flash talks. A smaller group generally leads to a
>> >    lot more discussions, encourages the audience ask more questions
>> >    and keep things lively.
>> >
>> > * Things to do at an open space.
>> >
>> >     + Flash talks (10m max)
>> >     + Code reading. Pick up a FOSS and start. An experienced hacker
>> >       can take a group along for a quick intro.
>> >     + A mini hackathon? - Indradhanush Gupta
>> >     + Bug squashing sprint sounds awesome! - Indradhanush Gupta
>> >     + Round table hacking
>> >     + *Rejected talk proposals* - Krace
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>> ​We are going to include these things as possibilities right? Are we
>> planning to organize anything per se?​
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> I think we will have to decide stuff on the spot, but a good blog with
> guidelines will be nice.
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>> > * Things for us volunteers to do.
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>> >     + Need a simple way for people to know what is going on. Details
>> >       below.
>> >
>> >     + Krace said,
>> >       1. Publicize in web site, schedule and mailing list.
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>> >       2. Announce in social media and send open session notes to all
>> >          participants and rejected talk proposers.
>> >       3. Make announcement about open sessions during breaks and
>> >          have sign board for open session.
>> >
>> >     + Shrayas was ready to announce etc.
>> >
>> > * Available venues
>> >
>> >   + First floor - we need to arrange a lot of tables there.
>> >   + Audi 3 (Capacity ~80 I think)
>> >
>> > * Communication/ Scheduling
>> >
>> >   _How do we let people know what is happening and where?_
>> >
>> >   + How about using something like trello for this? We could have
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>> >     lists for every open space spot, and anyone who likes to give a
>> >     talk simply puts a card in there with the required details (topic,
>> >     a small description). The interested people could reply on the
>> >     card itself and could get something arranged. - Shrayas on mailing
>> >     list
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>> ​Arvi was not too ok with this because everyone would have to have a
>> Trello account then.​
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> I agree.
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>> >   + The same idea, but offline with stickies. Picture shared by Bibhas.
>> >
>> http://www.globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/barcamp-grid-1.jpg
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>> ​Looks v.good but we need to prepare this. ​In an agreeable format.
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> Its not a big deal right? We just need sometime in front of a wall with
> loads of stickies ;) We are engineers! :D
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>> >   + Come to think of it, it really isn't necessary to have designated
>> >     places for these sessions, we really only need a way to *connect*
>> >     the interested speaker to the people who want to listen to
>> >     him/her - Shrayas
>> >
>> >   + Google calender. We could do this along with trello
>>>> Yes, Maybe both together makes more sense.​
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>> >
>> >   + IRC. That will happen anyway.
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>> ​IRC or scrollback?​
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> I thought scrollback streamed from the IRC channel. Is it a separate thing
> or something that works along with IRC?
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>> >
>> >   + Twitter.
>> >
>> > * Volunteers
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>> >    - I <Jaseem jaseemabid at gmail.com> can take lead. Would love to get
>> >      more volunteers :)
>> >    - Jalem Raj Rohit (http://dawny33.github.io/) on the mailing list
>> >    - Shrayas?
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>> ​My presence at the event is questionable :( I might not actually be able
>> to make it. Some family issues.​
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> :(
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>> >    - Vipin <swvist at gmail.com>
>> >
>> > * Food for thought
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>> >    + How can we make it more attractive? - Anand
>> >
>> >    + Most of the group interactions happen either on the stairs or the
>> >      first floor. I couldn't go to audi 3 last year, so not sure what
>> >      happened there - <bibhas>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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