[Inpycon] Registrations open

[JAGANADH G]

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:14 PM, स्वक्ष <vid at svaksha.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 16:22, Anand Balachandran Pillai
> <abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A few issues with the form - sorry if I am coming late on this one.
> >
> > 1. Name => Should be "Full Name"
> > 2. Country => Should be a selection option from a list of countries
> >  with INDIA as default. This shouldn't be a text input field.
>
> [............]
>
> >>  It is not used for T sizes, just for statistics.
> >>
> >>  I dont know why this is a problem. I think most of us belong
> >>  to one or the other, so it should be an easy option to fill.
> >>
> >>  If we want to be very politically correct, provide a  "None of these"
> >>  option also, but hey there are other important things to worry
> >>  about...
>
> I get the fact that organizers want statistics -- I do have thoughts**
> on this but lets leave that discussion for another day.  Rather, more
> than being PC, its a question of individual choice that is not present
> when you enforce irrelevant requirements like "Gender" or "Full Name".
>
> Can someone enlighten me how these are even relevant to me wanting to
> just pay for (and hence attend) the pycon-india conference? Sponsors
> rarely have use for an attendees "full name, gender, city, etc...".
> Most times its just the email id which they are after.
>
> To give you an example, if a user enters gibberish in the fields for
> "organisation, job title and city" the system will still accept the
> registration. Sorry if that sounds antagonistic to what you are trying
> to achieve but I wanted to point out the lacunae therein.  If the data
> collection is to improve the inpycon marketing then a question like
> "Where did you hear about Pycon India?" -- at school/university,
> mailing list, blog/twitter...etc.... seems more relevant.  Anyway, I
> dont see this discussion going anywhere. *sigh*
>
>
> ** Folks are free to think its irrelevant to allow the attendee to
> choose. Why? because there is now a need to show numbers? That I've
> suddenly been reduced to a number to demonstrate an increase in
> diversity (or whatever else you want to call it) is the scary bit. The
> latter starts with listening, for which I'm seeing few takers.
>
> </thinking out loud>
>
<humble comment on the discussion>
Rather than the *Gender Number Person or Statistics* we have many other
tasks to be finished related to the conference.
Lets try to do the best for attaining those goal.
</humble comment on the discussion>
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JAGANADH G
http://jaganadhg.freeflux.net/blog
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