[Inpycon] Python Express - Moving Forward

[Anand Chitipothu]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 1:28 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju <me at kracekumar.com>
wrote:

>
> [...]
>>> May I suggest parking this thread for a while ? There are valid points
>>> on both sides and as lurker, I feel this is starting to balloon off
>>> and take focus away from core PyCon efforts.
>>>
>>> I suggest to revisit this after a while.
>>>
>>
>> This is already my second attempt to discuss this issue. I don't see a
>> point in delaying it further.
>>
>> The project is almost dead and I'm ready to take the lead in running the
>> project without PSSI (reasons already explained). I don't understand why
>> there is so much resistance.
>>
>>
> Various people have raised concerns. The project was started in 2010 and
> then became Python Month in 2013, Python Express in 2014. PyCon India/PSSI
> has supported from its inception.
>

I don't think we ever did python workshops as part of PyCon India before
2013.


> Trying to move the project out of PSSI sends a wrong signal to everyone.
> Then PyCon India/PSSI looks like a test bed for ideas and later channelize.
> Tomorrow set of volunteers can come up and argue same thing for PyCon
> India. Since it is started as PSSI project, it should remain as it is.
>

Thats not a valid argument. PSSI started out of PyCon India, not the other
way around.

I was part of various workshops in 2013/2014 and also helped others to do
> the same. I never found any "organizational overhead", nobody interfered in
> any of the way. Others can add their experience.
>

For example, we couldn't even buy Python stickers for distributing in the
workshops.

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/inpycon/2014-August/008578.html

Anand
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