Well, i do not attend conferences or meetups, but you may want to check with bangpypers(Bangalore Python User Group). They must have some experience on this subject as they conduct PyCon India.
Honestly, if you are a bunch of hackers working on 'getting-things-done' arena than 'lets-talk-and talk' arena, then all these would only suck up your time, though doing the latter may get you ample amount of 'fame' :) -V On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > After this last Bangalore Open DataCamp, THej and I have started to > discuss the idea of forming a Trust for DataMeet, this will allow getting > support for these events easier in the future. And will allow the group to > do more diverse events, like skill building workshops. > > Given that we are a volunteer group, getting support for these events is > really difficult and involves a lot of work for the people organizing them. > The plus side of forming a Trust is that we have an entity that can take > money and save some juggling from the organizers. > > This is a major step for us as a group. So it's important to know what > everyone is thinking. It will also be something that will be discussed at > Bangalore's DataMeet this week. > > Do you think it is a good idea for us to become more formal? > Do you think a Trust is best? > What other things can we do as an official entity besides throw events? > > As we try to figure out the nuts and bolts of filling out paperwork and > getting it worked out. Do any of you have any particular experience with > forming a Trust? Any advice to give regarding how to proceed. That would be > really helpful. > > Thanks everyone! > > Nisha > > > > -- > Nisha Thompson > Mobile: 962-061-2245 > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
