[Inpycon] Tutorials

[Noufal Ibrahim]

Bibhas Ch Debnath <me at bibhas.in> writes:

> If the target audience of the tutorials are students, *I think*
> 1.5k/2k for a session would be too much, and will overall discourage
> them to attend any.
>
> Also, per session charging would mean tickets for sessions, and
> checking tickets while entering any session. I hope we'll have enough
> volunteers free for that.

[...]

We need to clarify this. 

The price is indicative of the quality of the tutorial. Experienced
speaker, time spent on materials and a deep tutorial. It's not
necessarily meant for students. If someone good had a tutorial on
writing interpreters using the PyPy toolchain for example, I'd pay to
attend. It's also a good idea for it to be a bit high so that people
don't simply saunter in but make an active decision, possibly involving
a little bit of sacrifice to attend the tutorial. This will keep the
audience size limited in size and high in quality. If the instructor is
similarly good, it'll be a success. 

I don't want to give the idea that when we say "tutorial", it means a
talk intended for absolute beginners (usually students) about a topic. I
want to convey that it'll be an in depth presentation possibly along
with practical sessions to "teach" a topic to an audience.

Finally, if someone genuinely has a cash crunch problem, we can do
something about it as a special case rather than lower the fee so that
"everyone" can attend. 


-- 
Cordially,
Noufal
http://nibrahim.net.in