[Inpycon] Fwd: [PyCon-Organizers] PyCon 2010 Theme Part II - It's about the community

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On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 06:23, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at au-kbc.org> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 14 Oct 2009 7:03:05 pm vid wrote:
ouch...wrong attribution. The following is :
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From: Trevor Toenjes
>> But now I wonder if that approach is slightly misaligned - because
>> PyCon is about "connecting the community."  Should we really be
>> promoting Python?  I suspect not, because everyone who attends PyCon
>> already knows Python and has their own reasons for using it.
>
> that is in America - in India, this does not apply. I can testify to the fact
> that when I started the beginner's tutorial I insisted that anyone who knew
> anything of python should leave. The hall was still full. I asked: how many of
> you do not know anything about python? All hands went up.

darn, didnt nobody say its a snake :) Seriously speaking, its not
surprising to hear that when I consider the fact that Floss is not a
part of the curriculum and worse "community work" or "volunteering"
credits is not an inherent part of our educational system. That needs
to change.

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