From kausikram at gmail.com Wed Jan 4 08:31:55 2012 From: kausikram at gmail.com (kausikram krishnasayee) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:01:55 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] Site Down: throws a 502 Message-ID: just visited the PyCon India site and ended up in a 502 Bad Gateway. can the admins have a look at it please :) cheers, /kausik -- Kausikram Krishnasayee Company: http://silverstripesoftware.com | Webpage: kausikram.in | Blog: blog.kausikram.in | Twitter: http://twitter.com/kausikram | Email: kausikram at gmail.com | Mobile: +91 9884246490 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anandology at gmail.com Wed Jan 4 08:49:19 2012 From: anandology at gmail.com (Anand Chitipothu) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:19:19 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] Site Down: throws a 502 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 2012/1/4 kausikram krishnasayee > just visited the PyCon India site and ended up in a 502 Bad Gateway. can > the admins have a look at it please :) Fixed. 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The following is with mid-September as the tentative date for PyCon - Discuss and take decisions on any major changes to any aspect of PyCon: End Jan - Tentative decisions on date + venue - Mid Feb - Finalize Venue and Date - End Feb - Get website ready - Mid March - CFP - End March - Open Online Registrations - End March (why not!) - Create Budget v1 - End March - Decisions and collateral needed for sponsorships - End March - Decide foreign delegate - End March - Start talking to potential wi-fi & internet bandwidth sponsors and/or vendors - End April - Start talking to potential video shooting and/or vendors - End April - Proposal Submission Deadline: End June - Proposal Acceptance Date: Mid July - Early bird registration ends: one week after Proposal Acceptance Date - Online "regular price" registration ends: one week before date of event. Let me know if this seems OK. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From navin.kabra at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 13:05:28 2012 From: navin.kabra at gmail.com (Navin Kabra) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:35:28 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Sponsorships Guidelines Message-ID: Hi All, Do we want to make any changes to the way we do sponsorships for PyCon? I believe Dhananjay and Noufal have already indicated that they have a bunch of suggested changes in mind - can you please (re-)post your thoughts and that can serve as the starting point for the discussion. Others please jump in your thoughts. navin. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From navin.kabra at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 13:55:26 2012 From: navin.kabra at gmail.com (Navin Kabra) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:25:26 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? Message-ID: Hi All, Any strong feelings about the venue for PyCon 2012. Basically, should we repeat the same venue or try for another one? The Pros and Cons for last year's venue (Symbiosis Vishwabhavan + Symbiosis Law College) are: Cons: - Infrastructure is a little old and inadequate - especially the power points - 2nd and 3rd hall are smaller than what we would ideally like (especially for tutorial days) Pros: - Free - Centrally Located - With Prof. Harshad Gune part of the PyCon organizing team, it becomes very easy to get things done in this venue. (This advantage is shared by a few other Symbiosis venues in Pune, but not all) - We know this venue - what works, what doesn't. Minimal energy will be spent on most venue related matters, and we can focus on things like speaker/talk quality, getting good wi-fi, sponsorships etc. For any other venue, there will be a new learning curve involved. Please respond to this thread with your thoughts. My personal feeling is that we should use the same venue - its the devil we know... navin. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abdulmuneer at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 14:19:13 2012 From: abdulmuneer at gmail.com (Abdul Muneer) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:49:13 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The biggest drawback is the old school presentation as you mentioned. This is not on par with the presentations we see on US pycon etc. I guess being free may not be a big advantage given the sponsors we have (those who worked on the sponsorship are more qualified to say abt it than me). The location is fine, but the facility should be better. On Jan 9, 2012 6:26 PM, "Navin Kabra" wrote: > Hi All, > > Any strong feelings about the venue for PyCon 2012. Basically, should we > repeat the same venue or try for another one? > > The Pros and Cons for last year's venue (Symbiosis Vishwabhavan + > Symbiosis Law College) are: > > Cons: > - Infrastructure is a little old and inadequate - especially the power > points > - 2nd and 3rd hall are smaller than what we would ideally like (especially > for tutorial days) > > Pros: > - Free > - Centrally Located > - With Prof. Harshad Gune part of the PyCon organizing team, it becomes > very easy to get things done in this venue. (This advantage is shared by a > few other Symbiosis venues in Pune, but not all) > - We know this venue - what works, what doesn't. Minimal energy will be > spent on most venue related matters, and we can focus on things like > speaker/talk quality, getting good wi-fi, sponsorships etc. For any other > venue, there will be a new learning curve involved. > > Please respond to this thread with your thoughts. My personal feeling is > that we should use the same venue - its the devil we know... > > navin. > > > _______________________________________________ > Inpycon mailing list > Inpycon at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sree at mahiti.org Mon Jan 9 14:25:53 2012 From: sree at mahiti.org (Sreekanth S Rameshaiah) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:55:53 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 9 January 2012 18:49, Abdul Muneer wrote: > The biggest drawback is the old school presentation as you mentioned. This > is not on par with the presentations we see on US pycon etc. > > I guess being free may not be a big advantage given the sponsors we have > (those who worked on the sponsorship are more qualified to say abt it than > me). > The location is fine, but the facility should be better. > I would still vouch for free/ subsidised venue. Lets explore other facilities in central Pune. Regards, - sree On Jan 9, 2012 6:26 PM, "Navin Kabra" wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Any strong feelings about the venue for PyCon 2012. Basically, should we >> repeat the same venue or try for another one? >> >> The Pros and Cons for last year's venue (Symbiosis Vishwabhavan + >> Symbiosis Law College) are: >> >> Cons: >> - Infrastructure is a little old and inadequate - especially the power >> points >> - 2nd and 3rd hall are smaller than what we would ideally like >> (especially for tutorial days) >> >> Pros: >> - Free >> - Centrally Located >> - With Prof. Harshad Gune part of the PyCon organizing team, it becomes >> very easy to get things done in this venue. (This advantage is shared by a >> few other Symbiosis venues in Pune, but not all) >> - We know this venue - what works, what doesn't. Minimal energy will be >> spent on most venue related matters, and we can focus on things like >> speaker/talk quality, getting good wi-fi, sponsorships etc. For any other >> venue, there will be a new learning curve involved. >> >> Please respond to this thread with your thoughts. My personal feeling is >> that we should use the same venue - its the devil we know... >> >> navin. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Inpycon mailing list >> Inpycon at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Inpycon mailing list > Inpycon at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon > > -- Sreekanth S Rameshaiah Executive Director Mahiti Infotech Pvt. Ltd. "OpenSpace", #583, Vyalikaval HBCS Layout, Nagawara, Veerannapalya, Bangalore, India - 560043 Phone: +91 80 3094 9393 Mobile: +91 98455 12611 www.mahiti.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From noufal at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 14:25:27 2012 From: noufal at gmail.com (Noufal Ibrahim) Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:55:27 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: (Navin Kabra's message of "Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:25:26 +0530") References: Message-ID: <874nw5m2ig.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> Navin Kabra writes: > Hi All, > > Any strong feelings about the venue for PyCon 2012. Basically, should we > repeat the same venue or try for another one? - We'll need dedicated sponsor space. There were complaints which we need to address this time. - We need bigger halls for the second and third tracks. We overstuffed this time and the heat was oppressive. Apart from that, I think we're good. Is there some way we can work around these two issues? If so, we can reuse the venue. They're not deal breakers but close to being so. [...] -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in Everyone writes on the walls except me. -Said to be graffiti seen in Pompeii From sree at mahiti.org Mon Jan 9 17:47:38 2012 From: sree at mahiti.org (Sreekanth S Rameshaiah) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:17:38 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: <874nw5m2ig.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> References: <874nw5m2ig.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> Message-ID: On 9 January 2012 18:55, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: > Navin Kabra writes: > > > Hi All, > > > > Any strong feelings about the venue for PyCon 2012. Basically, should we > > repeat the same venue or try for another one? > > - We'll need dedicated sponsor space. There were complaints which we need > to address this time. > > - We need bigger halls for the second and third tracks. We overstuffed > this time and the heat was oppressive. > > Apart from that, I think we're good. Is there some way we can work > around these two issues? If so, we can reuse the venue. They're not deal > breakers but close to being so. > Quite a few sponsors found very little difference between gold and platinum except for 3x diff in cost. We should address that in this years sponsorship document. Regards, - sree > > [...] > > > -- > ~noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > > Everyone writes on the walls except me. -Said to be graffiti seen in > Pompeii > _______________________________________________ > Inpycon mailing list > Inpycon at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon > -- Sreekanth S Rameshaiah Executive Director Mahiti Infotech Pvt. Ltd. "OpenSpace", #583, Vyalikaval HBCS Layout, Nagawara, Veerannapalya, Bangalore, India - 560043 Phone: +91 80 3094 9393 Mobile: +91 98455 12611 www.mahiti.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From noufal at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 17:54:15 2012 From: noufal at gmail.com (Noufal Ibrahim) Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:24:15 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: (Sreekanth S. Rameshaiah's message of "Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:17:38 +0530") References: <874nw5m2ig.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> Message-ID: <87zkdwlsug.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> Sreekanth S Rameshaiah writes: [...] > Quite a few sponsors found very little difference between gold and > platinum except for 3x diff in cost. We should address that in this > years sponsorship document. [...] Yes. Very much a problem. I'm reworking the prospectus. I'll send out a draft this week. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in An Irishman is never at peace except when he's fighting. From saager.mhatre at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 18:06:15 2012 From: saager.mhatre at gmail.com (Saager Mhatre) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:36:15 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: <874nw5m2ig.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> References: <874nw5m2ig.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: > > - We'll need dedicated sponsor space. There were complaints which we need > to address this time. > Just curious, have we got the specific complaints listed out somewhere? You can just point me to a thread where these have been discussed, if any. - d -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jace at pobox.com Mon Jan 9 18:07:09 2012 From: jace at pobox.com (Kiran Jonnalagadda) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:37:09 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: References: <874nw5m2ig.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> Message-ID: On Jan 9, 2012 10:18 PM, "Sreekanth S Rameshaiah" wrote: > Quite a few sponsors found very little difference between gold and platinum except for 3x diff in cost. > We should address that in this years sponsorship document. At HasGeek we experimented with modular sponsorships and found it works particularly well. We offer a menu of options with prices. Banners, stalls, lanyards all have prices and availability counts (only one unit of lanyard is available, but there are four stalls and unlimited Bring Your Own Banners, etc). If the combined billing goes over a threshold, they get the additional benefits of that category. (Community gets four passes and Silver gets eight plus a larger logo on the website, etc.) This lets sponsors pick the options that work for them. If the first tier has a low entry price, it also encourages startups to sponsor. For us, the Bring Your Own Banner option allows startup sponsors to express themselves while being logistically easy to handle. Entry level sponsorships sell themselves and typically bring in as much revenue as the higher brackets. Kiran -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From noufal at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 18:08:35 2012 From: noufal at gmail.com (Noufal Ibrahim) Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:38:35 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: (Saager Mhatre's message of "Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:36:15 +0530") References: <874nw5m2ig.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> Message-ID: <87vcokls6k.fsf@sanitarium.localdomain> Saager Mhatre writes: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: > >> >> - We'll need dedicated sponsor space. There were complaints which we need >> to address this time. >> > > Just curious, have we got the specific complaints listed out somewhere? You > can just point me to a thread where these have been discussed, if any. [...] Dhananjay got a few emails which he personally forwarded me about these problems. They contain some sensitive stuff and were not posted here directly IIRC. I'll sanitise them and repost. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in "Triumph without Victory, The Unreported History of the Persian Gulf War", -Headline published in the U.S. News & World Report, 1992. From dhananjay.nene at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 18:13:03 2012 From: dhananjay.nene at gmail.com (Dhananjay Nene) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:43:03 +0530 Subject: [Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Sreekanth S Rameshaiah wrote: > > > On 9 January 2012 18:49, Abdul Muneer wrote: > >> The biggest drawback is the old school presentation as you mentioned. >> This is not on par with the presentations we see on US pycon etc. >> >> I guess being free may not be a big advantage given the sponsors we have >> (those who worked on the sponsorship are more qualified to say abt it than >> me). >> The location is fine, but the facility should be better. >> > > I would still vouch for free/ subsidised venue. Lets explore other > facilities in central Pune. > Regards, > Here's the issue. At least amongst the facilities we reviewed last year, this was perhaps the best last year. Others were larger but older or newer but smaller. There were nicer and larger facilities but they were really waaaay out of town (we would need to hire buses to take people to and fro). Not meaning to suggest that we should not explore a few more facilities this year, but I wouldn't hold my breath much. I think it will boil down to within central pune or way far out if one wants "newer" facilities. There just aren't too many "new" places which can seat 700 in an auditorium, and have more capacity for 1-2 additional tracks and classrooms etc. I think it will be important to understand our apetite for out of town venues. Dhananjay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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