Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-03 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
2009/5/1 Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com Taking charge, I'm perfectly willing although I see the conference as something which comes about because the community wants it rather than an individuals ego trip. The only real need for a leader is to put his foot down at times when things are

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-03 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 04:39:03PM +0530, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: Taking charge, I'm perfectly willing although I see the conference as something which comes about because the community wants it rather than an individuals ego trip. The only real need for a leader is to put his foot

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Friday 01 May 2009 17:24:47 Noufal Ibrahim wrote: Taking charge, I'm perfectly willing cool - you get my vote although I see the conference as something which comes about because the community wants it rather than an individuals ego trip. The only real need for a leader is to put his foot

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Monday 04 May 2009 05:53:50 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: The advantage of tying up with an institution - ideally an engineering college - is that if the college management is involved, most of the infrastructure stuff just happens, which is a huge load of your mind. In this respect, we could

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-02 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
CIS has confirmed venue availability for May 9. I'll post an announcement when I'm back in Bangalore. On 5/1/09, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.com wrote: Another date again? :) Well, there are 5 people signed up for for May 3 meeting. So we are going forward with it.. We can meet up on May

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.comwrote: I created a wiki page for the meeting. http://wiki.python.org/moin/BangPypers/Meeting03May2009 Please confirm your participation by adding your name. Anybody interested to give a talk? I plan to attend this and

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Ramdas S
I remember reading somewhere that ICH is moved out. Let's have it at Thoughtworks. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.comwrote: My experience with open environments is that they dilute the discussions. It is difficult to keep the eye away from all the

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Anand Chitipothu
I remember reading somewhere that ICH is moved out. Let's have it at Thoughtworks. Thoughtworks is too far. How about Barista at church street? ___ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.comwrote: I remember reading somewhere that ICH is moved out. Let's have it at Thoughtworks. Thoughtworks is too far. How about Barista at church street? You seem to have a subversive agenda on MG Road that day. Perhaps a

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Anand Chitipothu
 You seem to have a subversive agenda on MG Road that day.  Perhaps a date ;) ? It takes me about 1 and half to 2 hours to reach ThoughtWorks and it just takes less than an hour to reach M G Road. Totally it saves 2 hours of my time.  I am OK with meeting on MG Road or church street. Thanks.

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
2009/5/1 Ramdas S ram...@developeriq.com I will make it on 3rd Sunday! Let's get talking. Thoughtworks is fine I'm out of town for the long weekend, as I suspect several others on this list are. This discussion has turned into a design by committee orgy. The only way this will work is if

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Anand Chitipothu
This discussion has turned into a design by committee orgy. The only way this will work is if someone takes charge, makes decisions, and asks the list for approval and publicity, not suggestions. You're better off correcting for bad decisions than expecting a crowd to make them in the first

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
2009/5/1 Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org I volunteer to run the event. I am willing to take the blame if it flops. And share the fame if it succeeds. The only request I have is that in all decisions, which will be after a free discussion, I have the final word. If this is acceptable, I

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Ramdas S
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.comwrote: I remember reading somewhere that ICH is moved out. Let's have it at Thoughtworks. Thoughtworks is too far. How about Barista

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 03:21:07PM +0530, Anand Chitipothu wrote:  You seem to have a subversive agenda on MG Road that day.  Perhaps a date ;) ? It takes me about 1 and half to 2 hours to reach ThoughtWorks and it just takes less than an hour to reach M G Road. Totally it saves 2 hours

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Anand Chitipothu
Another date again? :) Well, there are 5 people signed up for for May 3 meeting. So we are going forward with it.. We can meet up on May 8th, if majority folks feel the need. Saturday is May 9th, not May 8th. +1 for May 9th. ___ BangPypers mailing

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.com wrote: Another date again? :) Well, there are 5 people signed up for for May 3 meeting. So we are going forward with it.. We can meet up on May 8th, if majority folks feel the need. Saturday is May 9th, not May 8th. May

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-05-01 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 10:05:01PM +0500, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: Excellent. I'll take the lead as soon as I'm back (12/May). For this meeting, if one you guys (Senthil or Ramdas) could cover all the major items we have to handle to get a conference going and put it up on the wiki, we'd have

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 30 April 2009 11:11:26 Ramdas S wrote: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt I know that - what part of what Noufal said is FUD? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ BangPypers mailing list

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Vivek Khurana
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.orgwrote: On Thursday 30 April 2009 11:11:26 Ramdas S wrote: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt I know that - what part of what Noufal said is FUD? The portion that says If we actually spend time and energy *organising* a mini pycon,

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
While these inputs are valuable, they are OT. Let's stick to the discussion of the PyCon-lite. -- ~noufal ___ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Ramdas S ram...@developeriq.com wrote: Let me explain. Starting a society even not for profit has its own little legal tangles and will also cost some monies (less than 10 K). But most importantly you'll need to keep accounts, ensure that returns are filed,

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com wrote: [..] While we are talking away to glory, has anyone tried to measure the pulse of the prospective sponsors to see whether we could get the kind of money and support required for having a 3 day PyCon India in

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Unless we get a little more concrete about the PyCon-lite idea that Ramakrishnan suggested, I think we should move forward with the September idea. Otherwise, this will degenerate into total talking away to glory. Some timelines and expense estimates would be a good start. -- ~noufal

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Ramdas S
Always for anything its smart to start with a budget. We know we can do a single day event for about 1 L plus, and yes, I know sponsorship can be raised for the same. We had written commitments for around the same kind of figure last time we planned a Python conference. A Pycon branding should

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Ramdas S
I will make it on 3rd Sunday! Let's get talking. Thoughtworks is fine On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Sriram Narayanan sriram...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: So, is May 3 fine with everyone? Can we get a venue?

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-30 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:24:39AM +0530, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: Suppose we have a mini meeting in June, what would our timeline be like after that in order to get something going in September? Sorry, for pitching in late. I am behind my mails by a huge margin. :) I did get the gist of the

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-29 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
If we actually spend time and energy *organising* a mini pycon, that will be the end of the real conference I think. I'm -1 for that. However, putting an extra session during a user group meeting to discuss the PyCon will be fruitful and will move us towards a conference. I'm +1 for this. What

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-29 Thread Vivek Khurana
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: If we actually spend time and energy *organising* a mini pycon, that will be the end of the real conference I think. I'm -1 for that. However, putting an extra session during a user group meeting to discuss the PyCon

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 30 April 2009 04:47:04 Vivek Khurana wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: If we actually spend time and energy *organising* a mini pycon, that will be the end of the real conference I think. I'm -1 for that. However, putting an extra

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-29 Thread Ramdas S
Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.orgwrote: On Thursday 30 April 2009 04:47:04 Vivek Khurana wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: If we actually spend time and energy *organising* a mini

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-28 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Ramakrishna Reddy ramkr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody. Since most of the folks here expressed an interest to hold  a face to face meeting for planing pycon. I would like to propose a Python Day. Sometime in late June/July, It might give people from

[BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-28 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
Hello everybody. Since most of the folks here expressed an interest to hold a face to face meeting for planing pycon. I would like to propose a Python Day. Sometime in late June/July, It might give people from outside Bengaluru enough time to plan a travel for a weekend. So many people from

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-28 Thread Anand Chitipothu
This is a very good idea. We have been talking of a Pycon but this gives a forum for people to come together to discuss the topics for a shorter time period. Certainly this would lead to ideas which can be used for a larger Pycon India. +1 -1 Meeting in june/july will be too late to plan

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-28 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Let me chime in here. A couple of us in B'lore (Anand C, Senthil and myself) met last weekend on the bug day (25/April) to talk about Python in general and the topic of the conference came up. A couple of ideas got thrown around and I've just finished distilling them into something a little more

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-28 Thread Ramdas S
nice idea. This can give us an idea how many guys will turn iup for actual event Ramdas On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.comwrote: This is a very good idea. We have

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-28 Thread Vivek Khurana
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Ramakrishna Reddy ramkr...@gmail.comwrote: Hello everybody. Since most of the folks here expressed an interest to hold a face to face meeting for planing pycon. I would like to propose a Python Day. Sometime in late June/July, It might give people from

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-28 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Suppose we have a mini meeting in June, what would our timeline be like after that in order to get something going in September? -- ~noufal ___ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers

Re: [BangPypers] Python Day India

2009-04-28 Thread Anand Chitipothu
nice idea. This can give us an idea how many guys will turn iup for actual event No, it only dilutes the spirit of PyCon. some people may decide to attend only one of these two. ___ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org