[Inpycon] PyCon 2012 Possible Dates

[Anand Balachandran Pillai]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Navin Kabra <navin at smriti.com> wrote:

>
> PyCon dates:
>
> I agree with Dhananjay that any date after 19th Sept will not work in
> Pune. This includes dates in October because by that time colleges have
> exams, and it gets close to Diwali breaks etc.
>
> The possible dates are:
>
> Aug-31,Sept-1-2: Possible, but a little early (esp. since we are late)
> Sept-7-8-9: Possible, but clashes with DjangoCon
> Sept-14-15-16: Possible - no known clashes. (Pune local team had studied
>               this date, and there are no local clashes that we are
>               aware of).
>
> Can anyone think of a reason why 14-16 Sept are inappropriate?
>
> Regarding venue: We've had various discussions and looked at various
> alternatives but in the end, none of the alternatives have panned out,
> so I suggest that we repeat the same venue, except that we will have a
> better idea of the short-comings this time, and hence we should be able
> to do a slightly better job - especially of lining up an appropriate 3rd
> room.
>
> > With the potential danger of opening a can of worms, are we still settled
> > on Pune ?
>
> Here is a quick assessment of the situation:
>
> 1. I dropped the ball on this one. I took on the responsibility of Pycon
> and then had some personal issues because of which I could not drive
> this for a last couple of months. However, I am back, starting today,
> and will be able to give the time required from now on, until the
> conference.
> 2. Availability of others in Pune who can take on responsibilities:
> Dhananjay was also busy for the last couple of months. He has indicated
> that he will have less time this year to devote to Pycon organizational
> duties, but he will be available. Harshad Gune, who took care of
> co-ordination with all the people who matter at Symbiosis (from official
> permissions, to the caterer, to the staff who actually do the work) will
> be able to replay his role this year too. He normally isn't visible on
> mailing list discussions but gets the job done when it counts. Harshad
> Oak, who did a lot of the local logistics including signage, flex
> boards, volunteer co-ordination will also be available. (He is currently
> busy organizing his own conference in Delhi, but should be free when
> needed around Pycon time). With Ramki also returning as a general
> organizer, I think we have most of the original team returning; In
> addition we have a couple of new organizers also this time.
>
> In short: this past couple of months nothing happened, and I blame
> myself for that; but the team is more or less there, and if we are OK
> with repeating the venue, we can do this easily. On Sept 14-15-16.
>


So can we with reasonable confidence fix on Symbiosis Vishwabhavan
on Sep 14-16 ? It would be useful to update this on the site, prepare the
CFP and open it out to the world ASAP.



-- 
Regards,

--Anand
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