[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

[Jaseem Abid]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Went through the thread again, had some chat on #pyconindia at freenode.
> > Here is the summary and things that need to be done. Should make this
> > into a blog so that attendees know what it is all about and will make
> > good use of things.
>
> ​I've already got a half written blog here[1]. Was waiting for more input
> to finish it up. Will do that soon​.
>
> [1]: https://github.com/iambibhas/inpycon14/pull/13
>
> >
> > * What are open spaces and what do we want out of it?
> >
> >    An open area where people can collaborate/learn things in groups
> >    and have small flash talks. A smaller group generally leads to a
> >    lot more discussions, encourages the audience ask more questions
> >    and keep things lively.
> >
> > * Things to do at an open space.
> >
> >     + Flash talks (10m max)
> >     + Code reading. Pick up a FOSS and start. An experienced hacker
> >       can take a group along for a quick intro.
> >     + A mini hackathon? - Indradhanush Gupta
> >     + Bug squashing sprint sounds awesome! - Indradhanush Gupta
> >     + Round table hacking
> >     + *Rejected talk proposals* - Krace
>
> ​We are going to include these things as possibilities right? Are we
> planning to organize anything per se?​
>

I think we will have to decide stuff on the spot, but a good blog with
guidelines will be nice.



> >
> > * Things for us volunteers to do.
> >
> >     + Need a simple way for people to know what is going on. Details
> >       below.
> >
> >     + Krace said,
> >       1. Publicize 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.
> >
> >     + Shrayas was ready to announce etc.
> >
> > * Available venues
> >
> >   + First floor - we need to arrange a lot of tables there.
> >   + Audi 3 (Capacity ~80 I think)
> >
> > * Communication/ Scheduling
> >
> >   _How do we let people know what is happening and where?_
> >
> >   + How about using something like trello for this? We could have
> >
> >     lists for every open space spot, and anyone who likes to give a
> >     talk simply puts a card in there with the required details (topic,
> >     a small description). The interested people could reply on the
> >     card itself and could get something arranged. - Shrayas on mailing
> >     list
>
> ​Arvi was not too ok with this because everyone would have to have a
> Trello account then.​
>

I agree.


>
> >
> >   + The same idea, but offline with stickies. Picture shared by Bibhas.
> >
> http://www.globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/barcamp-grid-1.jpg
>
> ​Looks v.good but we need to prepare this. ​In an agreeable format.
>

Its not a big deal right? We just need sometime in front of a wall with
loads of stickies ;) We are engineers! :D


>
> >
> >   + Come to think of it, it really isn't necessary to have designated
> >     places for these sessions, we really only need a way to *connect*
> >     the interested speaker to the people who want to listen to
> >     him/her - Shrayas
> >
> >   + Google calender. We could do this along with trello
> ​
> Yes, Maybe both together makes more sense.​
>
> >
> >   + IRC. That will happen anyway.
>
> ​IRC or scrollback?​
>

I thought scrollback streamed from the IRC channel. Is it a separate thing
or something that works along with IRC?


>
> >
> >   + Twitter.
> >
> > * Volunteers
> >
> >    - I <Jaseem jaseemabid at gmail.com> can take lead. Would love to get
> >      more volunteers :)
> >    - Jalem Raj Rohit (http://dawny33.github.io/) on the mailing list
> >    - Shrayas?
>
> ​My presence at the event is questionable :( I might not actually be able
> to make it. Some family issues.​
>

:(


>
> >    - Vipin <swvist at gmail.com>
> >
> > * Food for thought
> >
> >    + How can we make it more attractive? - Anand
> >
> >    + Most of the group interactions happen either on the stairs or the
> >      first floor. I couldn't go to audi 3 last year, so not sure what
> >      happened there - <bibhas>
> >
> >
> >
>
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Regards,

Jaseem Abid
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