[Inpycon] PythonExpress Partnership

[vijay kumar]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Hanut <hanutsingh at gmail.com> wrote:

> How much funding are we looking to raise?
>
I think 2-3 Lakh will be good for us till mid next year so we can support
all tutor to travel to remote location.


> Just out of curiosity have we looked at Skill India and CSR funding for
> supporting us?
>
No . If any one can help to connect with them it would be awesome.


>
> Cheers
> Hanut Singh
>
> On 20 October 2016 at 18:26, vijay kumar <vnbang2003 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On , Anand Chitipothu wrote:
>>> [..]
>>>
>>>> We are good at doing Python, not fund raising. Raising funds is not an
>>>> easy task. Wikipedia will have a team of people working only fund
>>>> raising. I think it is easier for PSSI to seek sponsorships instead of
>>>> fund raising.
>>>>
>>>
>>> +1. A friend recently got a project of his funded on indiegogo. The
>>> amount of trouble
>>> he took to get the thing done was enormous. It's very *very* hard to get
>>> crowdfunding.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is something that might work. Apply for PSF grant for running 100
>>>> workshops to start with.
>>>>
>>>> Assuming there'll be 50 participants in each workshop, that would be
>>>> covering 5000 people. If we pay honorarium of Rs. 2000/- to every
>>>> workshop instructor and let them manage their travel expenses, that
>>>> would cost about Rs. 2 lakh, about $3000.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure PSF would be more than happy to sponsor $3000 for teaching
>>>> Python to 5000 people, at a cost of 60 cents per person (their limit
>>>> is $25).
>>>>
>>>
>>> The numbers look good here but I don't know the details of getting the
>>> money from the PSF. On a related note, does the PSSI not have enough
>>> leftover from the conference and memberships to atleast partially fund
>>> PythonExpress?
>>>
>>
>> I think PSSI should have leftover amount to support this project.
>> Two years back it was agreed by PSSI members to allocate 1 Lakh per year
>> for this project. I assume it's still same.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> That would take care of the expenses for the short run. We can ask the
>>>> colleges benefiting from these workshops to donate to PSSI to continue
>>>> run Python Express. I'm sure at least some of them will come back.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Good point we can think of it but audit /account hassle is what we need
>> to check with PSSI account team.
>>
>>>
>>> The next thing that would might be helpful is to try getting some
>>>> government to sponsor. I know it is hard, but we can check with out
>>>> friends at FOSSEE and see if something can be worked out.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> +1. I was even thinking on the same line. We can reach out to FOSSEE and
>> other similar organization. But we need to discuss about mutual benefits
>> between PythonExpress and Organizations.
>>
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>> Vijay
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Vijay
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