From baiju.m.mail at gmail.com  Wed Aug 13 16:05:30 2014
From: baiju.m.mail at gmail.com (Baiju Muthukadan)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:05:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Ncr-Python.in] PyCon India 2014: The Conference Schedule is Up!
Message-ID: <53eb70aa.c166440a.50b8.6424@mx.google.com>

Hi All,

With just one more month to go for PyCon India 2014, we have shifted
gears and switched to hyperdrive.  The first-cut of the conference
schedule is up! After the long list of proposals being submitted, the
community voting and the review process plus confirmation, finally we
have everything sorted out and ready to go.

Checkout the conference schedule here:
http://in.pycon.org/2014/schedule.html

With 3 Keynotes, 22 Talks, 9 Workshops along with open spaces,
lightning talks and panel discussions, this year's PyCon India will be
filled with three days of fun, geeking out with your fellow
Pythonistas, brainstorming on ideas, and altogether having a great
time!

So no more procrastination.  For those of you who were waiting to see
the conference schedule to plan your trip, this is it. For the rest of
you who are still thinking about attending the conference, you might
want to grab your tickets soon lest they should get sold out.

Book your tickets ( http://pyconindia2014.doattend.com ), book your
accommodation and plan your trip right now! The last weekend of
September is going to be epic.

--
Baiju M

From tyagishobha at gmail.com  Fri Aug 15 18:06:09 2014
From: tyagishobha at gmail.com (Shobha Tyagi)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 21:36:09 +0530
Subject: [Ncr-Python.in] [Needs Help] Fwd: Call for GNOME.Asia Summit 2015
	Host Proposals
Message-ID: <CADzZBdXuKTUZ2D9p+z1nAYSRCDYLFmsRUHt2PRcnKkWNfHgV4w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi! All,

I have an invitation to write proposal to host GNOME.Asia Summit 2015 an
International open source conference in  my college i.e. Manav Rachna
International University, Faridabad.

I am really excited and wish it happen in NCR. I hope It will be a great
exposure for all the Open Source Enthusiasts.

To accomplish this task successfully I need to fetch few local (Indian)
open source sponsors for which I am worried as I have no clue where and
whom to contact.

Please help.
suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Shobha Tyagi

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Emily Chen <emilychen522 at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:38 PM
Subject: Fwd: Call for GNOME.Asia Summit 2015 Host Proposals
To: Shobha Tyagi <tyagishobha at gmail.com>
Cc: "committee gnome.asia" <gnome-asia-committee-list at gnome.org>


Hi Shobha?

It was nice to meeting you in GUADEC and thanks for your interests to host
GNOME.Asia in your university.

GNOME.Asia Summit 2015 is calling for host now, looking forward to see your
proposal. Feel free to ask us questions in mail list or IRC.

Thanks,
Emily


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Emily Chen <emilychen522 at gmail.com>
Date: 2014-08-07 23:33 GMT+08:00
Subject: Call for GNOME.Asia Summit 2015 Host Proposals
To: foundation-list <foundation-list at gnome.org>


Call for GNOME.Asia Summit 2015 Host Proposals

The GNOME.Asia Committee is inviting interested parties to submit proposals
for hosting the GNOME.Asia during the 2nd quarter of 2015.

The GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME Conference in Asia. The
event focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, but also covers applications
and the development platform tools. It brings together the GNOME community
in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders,
governments and businesses to discuss both the present technology and
future developments.

GNOME.Asia Summits have been held in Beijing, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Taipei,
Bangalore, Hong Kong Seoul and Beijing respectively over the last seven
years. The Summit?s preference is to find a new location each year in order
to we spread GNOME throughout Asia and we are looking for local organizers
to rise to the challenge of organizing an excellent GNOME event. The
GNOME.Asia committee will assist in the process, but there is a definitive
need for individuals to be actively involved and committed to the planning
and execution of the event.

You can learn more about GNOME.Asia Summit at our website:
http://www.gnome.asia

Interested parties are hereby invited to submit a formal proposal to the
gnome-asia-committee-list<at>gnome<dot> org . The deadline for the
proposals is September 1, 2014. Please email your proposal to
gnome-asia-committee-list<at>gnome<dot> org. We might invite you to present
your proposal in more details over our regular IRC meetings or send you
additional questions and requests. Results will be announced by the third
week of September, 2014.

The conference will require availability of facilities for 3-5 days,
including a weekend, during the 2nd quarter of 2015 (between March and
June). Final event dates should avoid other key free software conferences
or other events that may have conflict and will be confirmed together with
other GNOME teams which might get involved. Key points which each proposals
should consider and which will be taken into account when deciding among
candidates, are:

   - Local community support for hosting the conference.
   - Venue details. Information about infrastructure and facilities to hold
   the conference should be provided.
   -

   Preliminary schedule with main program & different activities.
   -

   Information about how Internet connectivity will be managed.
   - Lodging choices ranging from affordable housing to nicer hotels, and
   information about distances between the venue and lodging options.
   - The availability of restaurants or the organization of catering
   on-site, cost of food/soft drinks/beer.
   - The availability and cost of travel from major Asian and European
   cities.
   - Local industries, universities and government support.
   - Please provide a reasonably detailed budget (sponsorships, expenses,
   etc).
   - Provide plans for local sponsorship?s

Please refer to the official web site of GNOME.Asia [1]. Please also check
the GNOME.Asia Summit check list [2], howtos [3] and the winning proposal
for 2012 [4] when putting together a proposal.

You are welcome to contact gnome-asia-committee-list<at>gnome<dot> org if
you have any questions.

Please help to spread the word and we are looking forward to hearing from
you soon!

GNOME.Asia Committee

[1] http://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia

[2] http://2011.gnome.asia/about/gnomeasia/event-organization-checklist

[3] http://2011.gnome.asia/about/gnomeasia/summit-planning-howto

[4]
http://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2012Summit/Bids?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Proposal_of_HongKong_GNOME_Asia_Hackfest_2012_20120124.pdf
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ncr-python.in/attachments/20140815/e3158adb/attachment.html>

From baiju.m.mail at gmail.com  Sat Aug 16 07:19:27 2014
From: baiju.m.mail at gmail.com (Baiju Muthukadan)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:19:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Ncr-Python.in] PyCon India 2014: Nominations for the Kenneth
	Gonsalves 2014 Award
Message-ID: <53eee9df.a288440a.2530.ffff9f60@mx.google.com>

Hi All,

We had made the first announcement regarding the Kenneth Gonsalves
2014 award about a month ago.  It stirred up interesting discussions
within the Python community and had everyone looking out to find
worthy candidates for the award.

Special people are rare, but we're sure there are plenty of them
around with India being such a huge country! So if you have not
already put in your nomination, this is a nudge to get you to look
around and find a deserving candidate.  Well, maybe you need not look
around but just look at yourself.  If you feel you have done your
share in growing and nurturing the Indian Python Community, please do
not hesitate to nominate yourself.

Here is the nomination form:
( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SEy0k4GxMIEJEY4vCXDCqxOSUQJZ7uIUeA0nf-EleMw/viewform?edit_requested=true )

Here is the blog post that we published regarding the announcement:
http://in.pycon.org/2014/blog/nominations-open-for-the-kenneth-gonsalves-2014-award/

Please note that the last date for submission is September 1st
midnight.  Do make sure you let us know your thoughts soon!

--
Baiju M

From modi.konark at gmail.com  Sun Aug 24 16:31:13 2014
From: modi.konark at gmail.com (konark modi)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:01:13 +0530
Subject: [Ncr-Python.in] PythonMonth @ NCR-Delhi !
Message-ID: <CAPhs5j8L3rgkoEDozmxgHjuHL5NtT0ksZpikajrVV-53MN98FA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

The PythonMonth has been announced and we are already seeing lot of
traction on the fresh new website : http://www.pythonexpress.in/ .

Few things I wanted to discuss, based on last year's experience I had
volunteering for Python Month.

1. Make sure all the people who wish to teach do register as a trainer.
2. Select / Mark workshops you'd be interested to take.

Guidelines for trainers:
1. Make sure you have ask the college /school to conduct the workshop in a
lab and ensure per student laptop / desktop.
2. Drop an email on the mailing list for volunteers / training assistants
so that better hand-on can happen.
3. Share your material early, we are working on wiki page for each workshop
on the python express that will help organize all the content. Meanwhile I
will collect info from the mailing list.

You'll be hearing more from me and the team so stay tuned.

Let the express roll.

Regards
Konark Modi
On behalf of PythonMonth & PyCon India
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ncr-python.in/attachments/20140824/e4187276/attachment.html>

From anandology at gmail.com  Mon Aug 25 11:45:35 2014
From: anandology at gmail.com (Anand Chitipothu)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:15:35 +0530
Subject: [Ncr-Python.in] [XPOST] Python Month is back as Python Express
Message-ID: <CAC7wXFwsx+GB-gr6WyhsYr4Ba6r3wiDNZX8pbLzyGYg0YEg4tQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

Last year, along with PyCon India 2013, we have conducted Python workshops
in education institutions across India for one month. It was huge success
and we conducted more than 100 workshops.

This year, Python Month is back in all its glory, but with a new face and a
new plan. Python Month is now Python Express! There were two main
motivations behind this idea.

One is the tremendous response that we got last year both in terms of
trainers willing to teach, as well as colleges and institutions willing to
organize workshops. Both these factors made us think, "Why stop with just
one month?". Hence, Python Express is going to be an ongoing effort.

The second motivation was the lessons learned from organizing such an
initiative without the proper use of technology. A lot of time was spent in
match making and house keeping the records related to all the workshops.
After having understood what would save everyone's time when automated,
we've built this brand new website for Python Express!

Checkout the Python Express website:

http://www.pythonexpress.in/


WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

Sign up as a trainer on the Python Express website and check the list of
colleges that are willing to organize workshops. If you find any of them to
be suitable for you to go and teach at, Express Interest in that particular
college. Once you are accepted, you will be notified and things can be
taken forward from there.

Sign up as a trainer now:

http://www.pythonexpress.in/trainers/signup

If you are interested in organizing a Python workshop, sign up as an
organization/institution on the Python Express website. The trainers who
have already signed up will be able to see your institution. If they are
interested, they will Express Interest in your institution. Once that
happens, you will be able to accept them and take it forward.

Register an organization now:

http://www.pythonexpress.in/orgs/signup

Spread the word and let us spread the love of Python far and wide.

Have any questions? Feel free to get in touch with us at
contact-at-pythonexpress-dot-in.

Sincerely,

The Python Express team
http://www.pythonexpress.in/
https://twitter.com/pythonexpress
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ncr-python.in/attachments/20140825/2a78d007/attachment.html>

From baiju.m.mail at gmail.com  Mon Aug 25 12:13:01 2014
From: baiju.m.mail at gmail.com (Baiju Muthukadan)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 03:13:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Ncr-Python.in] PyCon India 2014: Regular Registration Closing Dates
Message-ID: <53fb0c2d.c531460a.36ba.fffff9d5@mx.google.com>

Us being a very compassionate bunch at PyCon India, we can't bear to
see people coming to us and saying they missed buying tickets and
asking whether there is anything they could do to attend the event.
Unfortunately, the conference venue itself has a limit of ~1000
attendees, we won't be able to fit more people in.

Getting to the point, the ticket sales are nearing its very end.  Both
in terms of time and quantity.  Seriously.  There are only a few left
in both the Regular registration as well as Student registration
category.  First come, first serve.  So, if you really want to come
for PyCon India 2014, which absolutely is something that you don't
want to miss, then buy your tickets now! Right now!

http://pyconindia2014.doattend.com/

Assuming we have tickets left, regular and student registrations will
remain open till 31st August, midnight.  From September 1st onwards
there will only be a single category of ticket priced at Rs. 1500.

See you there!

From karan26.ahuja at gmail.com  Mon Aug 25 12:02:18 2014
From: karan26.ahuja at gmail.com (Karan Ahuja)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:32:18 +0530
Subject: [Ncr-Python.in] [MumPy] [XPOST] Python Month is back as Python
	Express
In-Reply-To: <CAC7wXFwsx+GB-gr6WyhsYr4Ba6r3wiDNZX8pbLzyGYg0YEg4tQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAC7wXFwsx+GB-gr6WyhsYr4Ba6r3wiDNZX8pbLzyGYg0YEg4tQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADEirkTznHM+igvGLb1Q3mRvA-FyO7=Ocm93iA_W79HyJtg9Gg@mail.gmail.com>

great initiative.
if this works - we can expand to go on a level of locations.

attend a workshop near you !!!

tc cheers
karan


On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Last year, along with PyCon India 2013, we have conducted Python workshops
> in education institutions across India for one month. It was huge success
> and we conducted more than 100 workshops.
>
> This year, Python Month is back in all its glory, but with a new face and
> a new plan. Python Month is now Python Express! There were two main
> motivations behind this idea.
>
> One is the tremendous response that we got last year both in terms of
> trainers willing to teach, as well as colleges and institutions willing to
> organize workshops. Both these factors made us think, "Why stop with just
> one month?". Hence, Python Express is going to be an ongoing effort.
>
> The second motivation was the lessons learned from organizing such an
> initiative without the proper use of technology. A lot of time was spent in
> match making and house keeping the records related to all the workshops.
> After having understood what would save everyone's time when automated,
> we've built this brand new website for Python Express!
>
> Checkout the Python Express website:
>
> http://www.pythonexpress.in/
>
>
> WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
>
> Sign up as a trainer on the Python Express website and check the list of
> colleges that are willing to organize workshops. If you find any of them to
> be suitable for you to go and teach at, Express Interest in that particular
> college. Once you are accepted, you will be notified and things can be
> taken forward from there.
>
> Sign up as a trainer now:
>
> http://www.pythonexpress.in/trainers/signup
>
> If you are interested in organizing a Python workshop, sign up as an
> organization/institution on the Python Express website. The trainers who
> have already signed up will be able to see your institution. If they are
> interested, they will Express Interest in your institution. Once that
> happens, you will be able to accept them and take it forward.
>
> Register an organization now:
>
> http://www.pythonexpress.in/orgs/signup
>
> Spread the word and let us spread the love of Python far and wide.
>
> Have any questions? Feel free to get in touch with us at
> contact-at-pythonexpress-dot-in.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Python Express team
> http://www.pythonexpress.in/
> https://twitter.com/pythonexpress
>
> --
> --
> _________________________________________________
> Mumbai Python Users Group - http://www.mumpy.org/
> Mailing Group - http://groups.google.com/group/mumpy/
> Membership Management - http://groups.google.com/group/mumpy/subscribe/
>
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "mumpy" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to mumpy+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ncr-python.in/attachments/20140825/d61ed5c0/attachment.html>

From baiju.m.mail at gmail.com  Sat Aug 30 20:39:31 2014
From: baiju.m.mail at gmail.com (Baiju Muthukadan)
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:39:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Ncr-Python.in] PyCon India 2014: Last day for regular registration!
Message-ID: <54021a63.4af0440a.1fe0.ffff84fc@mx.google.com>

Hi,

This is a gentle reminder about PyCon India 2014 regular registration.
Today is the last day for regular registration!

If you haven't registered yet, hurry now! Less than 24 hours left for
the regular registration closing.  Tomorrow onwards there will only be
a single category of ticket priced at Rs. 1500.

You can register online from here:

http://pyconindia2014.doattend.com

--
Baiju Muthukadan