[Inpycon] [PSF-Members] [x-post] Register 'Pycon-India' or 'Python-India'?

[Ramdas S]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <
abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:

>
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> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:58 PM, vid <vid at svaksha.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 19:47, Paul Prescod <paul at prescod.net> wrote:
>> > What negative consequences are you concerned about, in the case where
>> you
>> > take on the broader mandate?
>>
>> As yet, we have not discussed the negative consequences in detail,
>> rather a thought that we need the PSF's blessings[0] as its the parent
>> legal entity.
>>
>> [0] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/inpycon/2009-October/001242.html
>>
>> In my limited knowledge, registering it as Python-India would allow
>> the NPO to undertake more Pythonic activities (the exact nature of
>> activities needs to be discussed) listed in the MoA. OTOH, registering
>> it as Pycon-India will restrict the organisation to events/conferences
>> only.  This is a very simplistic outline as there may be other
>> legalese nuances which we will know after Kunal and Noufal meet up
>> with the lawyer on Friday.  We hope to get more details over the
>> weekend.
>>
>
>  It is important not to get euphoric and loose focus here. You have had a
>  good conference, and the immediate requirements are for an organization
>  as a formal entity to manage running and managing of future Indian
>  PyCons, nothing more.
>
>  It is of course good to plan ahead for a larger mandate, but it would
> better
>  to take it step by step than to jump headlong into it. Currently the
> efforts
>  should be directed towards forming an organization which can streamline
>  PyCon India efforts.
>
>  The name is not the issue here - if you think that calling it "PyCon
> India"
>  would restrict its mandate to only conferences, call it "Python India"
>  or "Python India Software Foundation", anything.
>
>  Anyway, I don't believe that legal entities are required to popularize
>  and spread Python language in India. Don't forget that the whole thread
>  of a PyCon India sprang from the BangPypers group which has been
>  active and helping in Python awareness in Bangalore and India since 2005,
>  without any facade of a formal society. The idea took shape and became
>  concrete due to the efforts of a few key people, but it is important not
>  to forget where it started.
>
>
>> On those lines, it would be nice to know how the PSF views local
>> chapters, rules (if any), etc...  Any other advice/comments !
>>
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Also one of the key goals of BangPypers if I reminisce was the idea of doing
some joint hacking on some projects, and learning from each other. Apart
from a few attempts a few years back, we seemed to have forgotten this.

Btw, we have a meeting this weekend, do we have plans?


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