[Inpycon] Free conference pass for student

[Rejy M Cyriac]

On 07/23/2014 11:50 AM, Aditya Sengupta wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com
> <mailto:anandology at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Sorry for being blunt, but making the conference free attracts lot
>     of people who otherwise won't be interested in the conference. I
>     don't think the issue here is about money. I think PyCon India can
>     easily support, but the point it is what kind of support will
>     benefit the right kind of people.
> 
>     My +1 for providing accommodation/travel support for outstation
>     participants. How about providing a travel grant up to Rs. 1500/-
>     for outstation students attending PyCon India?
> 
> 
> ​+1 on this.
> 
> A couple of years ago, there was an Open Data Camp in Bangalore
> (http://odc.datameet.org/odcblr2012) that offered financial support for
> outstation participants by pairing them up with sponsors. I'm not 100%
> sure how they went about the mechanics of it, but here's how I imagine
> they did it (or alternatively- an approach for Pycon):
> 
> Ask outstation students to apply for travel/accommodation ​support to
> the conference. In this application, they provide a brief profile on
> themselves. Have a deadline. After the deadline, pass the list of
> applicants to the sponsors- send it to the top sponsor first, let them
> choose who they want to support, remove those names from the list, pass
> the new list to the next sponsor, let them choose and so on till all the
> sponsors are covered (of course- the conf organizers let participants
> know that this is going to happen). This is a win-win situation for
> everyone involved. The conference organizers don't have to get involved
> in choosing whom to select, the participants who want financial aid get
> avenues to access financial aid, the sponsors get to reach out to bright
> participants. The aid is settled between the sponsor and the
> participants they choose- so the conference organizers don't have the
> accounting and other overheads. This method may also entice additional
> sponsors to get on board.
> 

The sponsors could be individuals interested in this as well. For
example, a group of people, or a community group could get together and
sponsor a few students.

- rejy (rmc)

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