[Inpycon] Development Sprints

[Abhaya Agarwal]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Arvi Krishnaswamy <arvi at alumni.iastate.edu>
wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Noufal Ibrahim KV <noufal at nibrahim.net.in
> > wrote:
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>> I'm probably in the minority here but I genuinely think we should try to
>> change the event to attract a smaller of number of
>> good/passionate/talented/experienced people rather than a large number
>> of people who simply drop by. The latter might have been a good idea
>> back in the day but now with local user groups and python express, I
>> don't think it's necessary any more.
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> ​This. Word.​
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+1 but we need to be wary of the criteria we employ. Taking an extreme
example, disallowing students would also reduce the number of first timers
and beginners significantly but it is not a good criteria to use (not to
mention impossible to enforce).

The conference has two sets of people - presenters and audience. An
experienced/advanced presenters would want a matching audience that can
provide feedback. But this expectation is not hampered by the presence of
inexperienced audience, only by the absence of experienced ones.

The impression of the conference is formed primarily by the presenters.
Complaint about the Pycon has not been that people didn't meet other
interesting people. Complaint is that the talks were lacking.

So I think we should be raising the bar for the presenters. Which will in
turn lead to self selection of audience as well (with a delay of one year).

Also the correlation between a passionate Python user and the fact that he
can make it to a conference on Friday is tenuous at best. :)

Regards,
Abhaya
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