[Inpycon] Tutorials

[Anand Chitipothu]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:

> Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
> > 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.
>
> Why can't we use the small rooms for the tutorials? Can't they
> accomodate 20 people?
>

The are only 3 small rooms available at NIMHANS. The one in the ground
floor might be too small for training session.

> 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.
>
> So, 5 tutorial tracks then? One morning session and one afternoon
> session. Is that the plan?
>

Yes, thats the plan. We'll have to visit the venue and plan before
finalizing the final numbers.


> > 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.
>
> I think that's better. Let's not compromise on quality due to budget
> problems. But since we've already booked the venue, is the money factor
> *that* important?
>

I think we are doing well on finances. We don't have to worry much about it.


> > So, shall we finalize on 20 seats per training session? Is Rs. 1500/-
> > good amount for tutorial fee?
>
> Sounds good to me but if we have a cash crunch, I think raising it to
> 2k will work too.
>

I think 1500 should be good enough.

Anand
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