[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

[Indradhanush Gupta]

This is an awesome idea. Maybe some mini hackathon?
Bug squashing sprint sounds awesome!
On Jun 20, 2014 5:03 PM, "Shrayas rajagopal" <shrayasr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some points till now:
>
> * A getting started session discussion on open source contributions sound
> good, where starters can pour in their doubts, and the experienced ones can
> help. (RAJ)
>         - If the response comes out good, we can even try organizing
> sprints, where people get to have a hands-on on bug squashing and stuff
> (even documentation too).
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:26 PM, RAJ Rohit Jalem <rajrohit at iitj.ac.in>
> wrote:
>
>> Vinay,
>>
>> Really great that you'd be available for help.  So, can you please add up
>> to our ideas or suggest some new, cool ideas for making open spaces more
>> interesting, and also get people motivated for participation?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Awesome :)
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on how to motivate people to participate in open spaces
>>> more? Conferences are a means to meet more like minded people. This could
>>> be a nice opportunity to bring them together.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Vinay Dahiya <vinay.not.nice at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Idea is very cool. I am also willing to volunteer for this. I am from
>>>> Delhi but i am coming to Bangalore in the previous week. So will be
>>>> glad if can help.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi Raj,
>>>> >
>>>> > Will surely contact you if anything comes up from my side.
>>>> >
>>>> > Do you have any points on how to make open spaces more interesting?
>>>> >
>>>> > I see that you're a Mozillian.. Can we do something with that? Have
>>>> some
>>>> > kind of an activity where people can contribute to Mozilla during the
>>>> > conference? Thoughts?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 3:17 PM, RAJ Rohit Jalem <rajrohit at iitj.ac.in
>>>> >
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Shrayas,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I would love to volunteer.  But, as I stay at Jodhpur, I think I
>>>> can't be
>>>> >> of any physical help.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> So, please let me know, if I could be of any help.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <
>>>> shrayasr at gmail.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Hi Anand,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I Agree. I think that people should be self motivated. Let us have a
>>>> >>> discussion, based on that I would be able to commit.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> /Shrayas
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Anand Chitipothu <
>>>> anandology at gmail.com>
>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Hi Shrayas,
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> It would be awesome to make open spaces more attractive. But
>>>> problem is
>>>> >>>> we are always short of people to take lead and make things happen.
>>>> Would you
>>>> >>>> like to volunteer to make openspaces more exciting this time?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Anand
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <
>>>> shrayasr at gmail.com>
>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Hi All,
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> I was watching talks from 2014 Pycon and there is a lightning
>>>> talk[1]
>>>> >>>>> where Greg of the aosabook fame talks about how they want people
>>>> to come
>>>> >>>>> together in an open space and work on something. I feel that we
>>>> should make
>>>> >>>>> way from great discussions like those.
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Last year, I do remember that we had open spaces but they were
>>>> tucked
>>>> >>>>> away in some corner of the place and it didn't attract too much
>>>> attention
>>>> >>>>> (correct me if I am wrong)
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> What I feel is this time, we should bring more (way more) focus
>>>> to Open
>>>> >>>>> spaces and Lighting Talks. It is a great way for people to
>>>> connect, do
>>>> >>>>> things together and learn SO much more.
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> What do y'all feel ?
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> /Shrayas
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> [1]
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSLvERZQSok&list=PLLj6w0Thbv02lEXIDVO46kotA_tv_8_us#t=1311
>>>> >>>>>
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>>>> >>>> http://anandology.com/
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>>>> >> --
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>>>> >> Jalem Raj Rohit (http://dawny33.github.io/).
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