[Inpycon] Tutorials

[Anand Chitipothu]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:

> Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > We need to roll out CFP soon. Before that we need to finalize how we are
> > planning to have tutorials.
> >
> > Tutorials didn't work out very well last year. We had newbies submitting
> > tutorials. One tutorial speaker didn't turn up and many were not up to
> the
> > mark.
> >
> > One of the ideas to improve it is to have only experienced trainers give
> > these trainings and we pay these trainers for their efforts.
>
> Yes. Tutorials have to be specially screened. No first time tutorials
> and only people who do training. Not a first timer. They'll also need to
> submit all their material and slides upfront. This will be possible only
> if it's already ready.
>
> We can use our discretion for specific cases if we deem it fit but the
> general rule stands.
>
> A small number of good tutorials (or talks for that matter) is better
> than a large number of average/bad ones.
>
> Meta Refresh this time had a single track I think and from the vibes, it
> will well received.
>
> > Instead of keeping one flat fee for attending tutorials, we can have
> > fee for each tutorial and people will have to pay for each tutorial
> > that they want to attend. This helps in keep the number of attendees
> > in each training in control and we can plan the logistics better.
> >
> > I suggest keep Rs. 1500 for each training, limit each training to 30
> > people and pay about half of that amount to trainer.
>
> 30 is kind of high for a tutorial. I suggest dropping it to 20.
>

I'm fine with 20, but I was trying to see if we can meet the costs.

We've booked Nimhans even for the tutorials day. All it has is auditorium
with 800, 500, 300 capacity and couple of small rooms and open space.
Unfortunately we'll have use the same auditoriums for the training as well.
We can use these smaller rooms and convert the open spaces into a tutorial
space.

Having 20 people sitting in a auditorium of 800 capacity looks a bit weird.
But since we've already booked it, we'll have to live with it.

Assuming that we have 10 tutorials sessions (5 in the morning and 5 in the
after noon) and 20 people for session we'll get 10*20*1500 = 3L. Out of
which we are planning to pay half of it to the trainers. So it doesn't even
meet the cost of the venue. That was one of the reasons why I though 30
might be a compromise. I agree to your view that we should focus improving
the quality than reducing the costs. We can always raise more sponsorships
to meet the costs.

So, shall we finalize on 20 seats per training session? Is Rs. 1500/- good
amount for tutorial fee?

Anand
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