[Inpycon] Python Express - Moving Forward

[sankarshan]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 10:48 AM, sankarshan <foss.mailinglists at gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> At that scale, the requirements are not just a multiplier of 200
>> workshops in 2 months. But you already know that. The question is,
>> what happens once the 10K workshops are done for one year and how to
>> fund at that scale?
>
>
>  That is a good problem to worry about. But with the small scale of about
> 50-100 workshops/month we can start with no money involved model that we
> have used for Python Month and slowly evolve into paying some small
> honorarium to workshop trainers to cover travel and other minor expenses.
> There are multiple options for funding. We can approach PSSI or PSF for
> funding. Sponsorships could be other option, but too early to worry about.

If you do feel that the progress forward on this topic would be via an
independent community project which draws upon multiple available
sources for funding, then I would think it would be prudent to move
ahead without much by way of discussion. For what it is worth, "as
part of PSSI" or, "under the PSSI umbrella" aren't absolute mandates
to pull this off. Although they may provide a structured manner to
handle and disburse funds (and this I am purely speculating from the
perspective of 'existing organizations have standard flows for inbound
and outbound requests').

>> > Option 2 - Let Python Express evolve as independent community project
>> >
>> > This means Python Express can make decisions freely, move fast and have
>> > the
>> > luxury of making mistakes once in a while. Also much easier to manage if
>> > we
>> > need to spend some money.
>> >
>> > I'm very much in favour of #2 because that gives lot more freedom for
>> > the
>> > project to evolve.
>>
>> What is the charter of the "independent community project"?
>
>
> It would very unstructured I guess. People discuss in a mailing list and
> make decisions.

*This* is the part which is slightly puzzling. If you are planning
big, you shouldn't bet against that growth. In other words, if the
goal is audacious, then you should do absolutely everything necessary
to ensure that the extraneous parts of the goal (organization
structure, fund flows, trainer selection) are watertight and well
grounded. I comprehend the thought process behind the unstructured
aspect of the project, my take is that it would be an impediment in
the long term.

All said, thank you for taking time to respond and participate in the
conversation. I appreciate it. It was incredibly surprising to note
the Python Ireland news.

-- 
sankarshan mukhopadhyay
<https://twitter.com/#!/sankarshan>