[Inpycon] Free pass for two youngest engineer

[vijay kumar]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:03 PM, sankarshan <foss.mailinglists at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Arvi Krishnaswamy
> <arvi at alumni.iastate.edu> wrote:
> > +1 as well, we should do this.
>
> I am not sure if the "this" is the pass. If it is, it is a good idea.
> However, I'd shy away from doing messaging around "youngest *". They
> are receiving a free pass because the committee respects their work
> and desires that it be shared with an audience.
>



>
> > BTW who is Mr Patil (who has submitted the entry in the funnel
> >
> http://in.pycon.org/funnel/2014/120-expeyes-python-powered-open-source-portable-science-lab
> )?
> > Is that their teacher?  If so, what is their contribution to this versus
> > what the teacher has taught them and will be getting them to present?
> Will
> > this be setting a precedent now that Python is getting popular at
> schools?
> > How will be develop guidance on this for the future?
>
> A policy around this should probably be around the quantity/quality of
> work. Do Python Conferences have any specific T&C around individuals
> who are not yet 'adults' (as per the local criteria)? Asking this
> because it is better to sort that out now than later.
>
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Noufal Ibrahim KV <
> noufal at nibrahim.net.in>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 11 2014, konark modi wrote:
> >>
> >> > Lighting talks are more appropriate for them.
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> I don't know if such young presenters can present something cogent in
> >> front of an audience in 5 minutes. An open space would, in my opinion,
> >> be more relaxed and less demanding.
>
> We don't know what we don't know. At the worst case, it would be 10
> minutes worth of the conference 'wasted'. At the best case, it could
> be inspirational. How do we decide without much data? :)
>
> >> as said we will speak to this kids in person in 26th Sept to make sure
they understand thing correctly .
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