[Inpycon] Transitioning/Planning of CFP task

[Dhananjay Nene]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <
abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>        Due to work pressure, I won't be able to handle the CFP
> task for Pycon 2011. Already informed this to the stakeholders,
> this is for the list.
>
> As of now the only artifact which exists for this task is the
> wiki page
>
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2011/CFP
>
> This is right now a simple copy of the Pycon India 2010 wiki page,
> nothing more, nothing less.
>
> These are the things to do according to me, in order.
>
> 1. Decide on the dates of CFP, talks acceptance etc.
> 2. Decide on talk lengths, tutorial formats. The former
> seems to have an agreement (all 45 min talks, no 30 min
> ones), but the latter still needs work.
> 3. Create a CFP request form on the pycon india 2011
> site - you can reuse last year's template but since you
> are going to call for tutorial + talks in one CFP, this
> will need some work.
> 4. Once everything is finalized and tested, call for CFP -
> Announce in the site blog, twitter, Pycon blog (me or Senthil
> can do this), any other outlet etc.
>
> I would estimate that 3-4 people need to work on this, two
> working on the CFP format and 1-2 working on the site itself.
> I can help out with any of the small sub-tasks such as reviewing
> the proposal, testing the CFP etc.
>
> My suggestion is to start work on this right now to publish the CFP
> no later than May 1st week. Give the CFP 2 months to end on
> July last week or Aug 1st week, so that reviewers get at least one
> month to do the reviews.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anand,

Thats a helpful summary. I entirely agree we need to meet those dates. Shall
put in some effort over the next 2-3 days to ensure the activities get
kicked off appropriately.

Dhananjay

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