[Inpycon] Prizes/mentors for newbie track

[Anand Balachandran Pillai]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <
abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Anand Balachandran Pillai <abpillai at gmail.com> writes:
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>> >  Should we have 3 or 2 ? If we say "Top 3" won't they expect all
>> > prizes to be the same ? I suggest keeping it "Top 3" if we get enough
>> > submissions (>=15 ?) and just one prize if we get less (<=10 ?).
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>> While that's a good idea (deferred decisions), we won't be able to
>> publicise it effectively. We need to decide upfront whether we'll have
>> one or three and then pitch it. "SUBMIT YOUR TALK FOR A CHANCE TO WIN AN
>> HP NETBOOK! w00t!".
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>> If we *are* going with 3, I think "1st, 2nd, 3rd" is better than "Top 3"
>> which, like Anand suggested, carries with it the air of 3 same
>> prizes. Also, Top 3, at least to me, suggests that we're trying to not
>> hurt feelings etc. Sort of weak.
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>> However, I'm not sure if we need to keep 3 prizes at all. The whole
>> scheme is to bribe otherwise shy people into delivering talks and so one
>> should be enough. Also, if we can pool our resources into a single
>> prize, we can make it a good one - Remember, our budget is limited.
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>  Yes - I kind of favor a single prize now to think of it. A single
> prize can be marketed more effectively and more competitively
> than a set of three.
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>  Like Noufal said, "Enter a talk for a chance to win an HP Pavilion
> netbook" is definitely more appealing/inspiring than " Enter a talk for a
> chance to win an Acer netbook or IPod Touch or a gift voucher".
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> Yes-  we definitely need certificates also. Plaques - I don't think so.
> They are more difficult to get right and don't have too much
> of additional value.
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It would be nice to finalize it this week i.e by Friday and start
announcing and marketing in colleges. Noufal - time to put
up another poll ? ;-)

The "official" deadline for talks close in another 11 days and I would
like to get this out much before that. We can extend the deadline,
but better to get the message out before doing it.


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Thanks,

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--Anand
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