[Inpycon] About keynote speakers

[me kracekumar]

+1 for Jessica McKellar and Senthil .

Last time I remember we asked PSF to sponsor meetup fee. Not sure what is
the status of it. As of now that is the priority, we can reach out to PSF
for other helps as needed.



On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are late in finalizing the keynote speaker.
>
> The registration is already open, CFP deadline around the corner. We have
> finalized the keynote speakers by then.
>
> Anyway, let me summarized the discussion and move forward.
>
> Options:
>
> * Hilary Mason - can't come
> * Armin - Noufal is taking to him
> * Michel Ford
> * Jessica McKellar
>
> I personally think would be nice to have Jessica McKellar.   She has been
> trying to help the indian python user groups. I've received couple of
> emails from her asking if we need any support from PSF for bangpypers. I
> think having her here in person will be good to the community and improves
> our ties with PSF. Also having a female keynote speaker will be good for
> diversity.
>
> There were suggestion to invite someone from mozilla as guest speaker.
> Abdul Ralf was taking to them.
> Abdul, any updates?
>
> There was a suggestion to invote Senthil Kumaran as a guest speaker. I can
> talk to him if everyone agrees to that.
>
> Apart from these, there were discussion about having an indian keynote
> speaker.  Do you any suggestion for someone who can add a lot of value to
> the Python community? May be someone from government? or FOSS community?
>
> Anand
>
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