[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

Sat Jun 21 21:38:45 CEST 2014

 As of now coming up with lead person for open sessions and small team for
organising will help for progress. Any other thoughts ?

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:55 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thats the best part of open spaces, It is completely open. We cant "have"
> anything there. It is purely based off peoples interests.
>
> However, we can put it in our blog posts and our announcements.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:50 PM, Nischal HP <nischal.hp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Guys,
>>
>> @Shrayas - its an extremely cool idea and the idea that is running in my
>> head right now is people come to Pycon cause of 2 things .
>>
>> 1) They love python
>> 2) People want to figure out why python is cool.
>>
>> I think we should have things in the open space that will make people get
>> the idea of power of python.
>>
>> For example, using Flask you can get a webapp up in 5 mintues.
>>
>> Things like that will be really really cool.
>>
>> I can pitch in and volunteer too.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> @Krace:
>>>
>>> Yes I agree it wasn't publicised well. We really need to do that this
>>> time. A blog post about it would be great! I'll try to write something this
>>> weekend. We can add on as necessary.
>>>
>>> I really like the idea about "rejected talk proposers". That makes a lot
>>> of sense. Some people might have been looking forward to listening but they
>>> just don't get that opportunity since the talk wasn't selected.
>>>
>>> I can take up announcing during the breaks and all.
>>>
>>> Actually speaking, the place really doesn't matter. If we have a room
>>> that is cool else I think that the first floor makes sense. We could just
>>> get some tables and then people can discuss around them. Personally I feel
>>> that if we get the idea across and people bite, they will FIND a way to get
>>> stuff done.
>>>
>>> Here is a different take on hackathons/bug smashes: Think about it this
>>> way: I as the maintainer of an Open source solution will announce saying
>>> i'm doing a bug bust from so and so time on so and so date and I will do
>>> it. The others can join if they want to. The idea is still the same from my
>>> last point, if they want to do something, they will find a way to do it.
>>>
>>> @RAJ:
>>>
>>> I like the idea of addressing questions like "How do i get started with
>>> open source" and "How do I document/test". I think for people just getting
>>> started with python, these things would be really helpful. If we have
>>> enough people doing their own open source projects, they can share their
>>> learnings.
>>>
>>> @All:
>>>
>>> How shall we proceed with this? Are there any other ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 8:15 PM, RAJ Rohit Jalem <rajrohit at iitj.ac.in>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, totally agree with you sir.
>>>>
>>>> A good, healthy discussion on getting started on open source, and some
>>>> good projects (or even open source organizations) to discuss or glance upon
>>>> wouldn't need much logistics.
>>>>
>>>> But yeah, if we are into organizing a hackathon, or a hands-on on bug
>>>> squashing, then we need a good amount of logistics to take care. So, this
>>>> has to be an on-the sot decision (whether to have one, or not), depending
>>>> upon the rooms availability and some more criterion.
>>>>
>>>> But, I guess a good discussion can be possible, with experienced people
>>>> giving out their views and opinions on some FAQs like:
>>>>
>>>> "How do I get started at open source?"
>>>> "How to identify bugs? and what pre-requisite should I possess for
>>>> bug-squashing".,  et cetera.
>>>>
>>>> I guess there is a proposal in the full about "Document your code",
>>>> which'd be very helpful in this aspect.
>>>>
>>>> SO, we need people who can actually publicize well on social media, and
>>>> yeah, if we decide quickly on this, somebody can as well send a PR to the
>>>> website, too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 7:21 PM, me kracekumar <me at kracekumar.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>  Last year I managed open sessions for one day. It was quite well
>>>>> received. We had good decisions but we didn't publicise well. Following are
>>>>> my thoughts to improve open sessions
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Publicise in web site, schedule and mailing list.
>>>>> 2. Announce in social media and send open session notes to all
>>>>> participants and rejected talk proposers.
>>>>> 3. Make announcement about open sessions during breaks and have sign
>>>>> board for open session.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last year we decided to have two tracks. This year it is not clear
>>>>> about number of tracks, it will depend on selected talks. If it is dual
>>>>> track I think we will get that last room else we may end up in first floor.
>>>>> Talks for open session & flash talks should be decided on that day
>>>>> only. If we decide early in mailing list, people who are not in mailing
>>>>> list don't get enough chance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Conducting Hackathon or Bug smash during event days leads to lot of
>>>>> logistics work and needs lot of volunteer. Having sprints,  hackathon et
>>>>> all should be on different day from main conference.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am all up for helping new people to getting started with open
>>>>> source, have diverse talks given there are enough volunteers and logistics
>>>>> are planned ahead.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 3:48 PM, RAJ Rohit Jalem <rajrohit at iitj.ac.in>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Shrayas,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, we can surely help people get started at Open source and bug
>>>>>> squashing, with help from other Mozilla contributors and other experienced
>>>>>> people.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These kind of getting-started sessions would be really helpful for
>>>>>> people who have some programming experience, and want to gear up for the
>>>>>> open source experience.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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