[Inpycon] Announcing PyCon Pune 2017 & Call for Volunteers

[Kushal Das]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Thin Rhino <thinrhino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3 November 2016 at 09:05, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in> wrote:
>>
>> A little historical note here. I used to advocate using the mailing list
>> for all discussions no matter how messy and chaotic it became. It worked
>> well for me and while some people found it overwhelming, lack of
>> transparency wasn't a big problem (atleast I think not). When the whole
>> affair grew, this bazaar style of doing things didn't really cut it for many
>> people and various other more focussed channels for discussing things came
>> up (e.g. junction for talk selections and reviews, a contact at in.pycon.org
>> mail alias etc.). This made things more efficient but at the cost of less
>> transparency.
>>
>> I'm not sure what the way ahead is.
>
>
> I completely understand that the bazaar way of things don't work.
>
> For all practical purposes a small core group will do the work and not every
> planning detail is expected to be shared on the group. But, first basic
> intimation of thought of conducting a conference, inviting interested people
> to join the core group, a few pointers on the progress and such information
> HAS be posted on the group.

We have sent out the mail for joining in to help the conference. How much more
core do you want to be than being a volunteer, and an organizer?

>
> That is the level of transparency is required.
>
> Currently, Kushal Das and Chandan Kumar are running this show as if it is
> their private conference. I really wonder why Kushal is not holding this
> conference under his DGPLUG banner and wants to use the PythonPune banner to
> conduct this conference? Historically, I am aware that Chandan wanted to
> conduct PyCon 2016 in Pune, but PyDelhi team was much stronger for him to
> compete. I believe now Kushal is just enabling Chandan to prove that Pune
> can conduct PyPune 2017 or 18. But sadly, using all the wrong methods to do
> so.
>
> Anyways, I know that we Indians (99%) have no regard for morals, so even if
> something is morally wrong we will still endorse it, in public and will
> still attend the conference. We all will eat at an illegal stall and
> complain, why the govt. cannot remove these illegal stalls.

What is immoral in attending a conference about Python? or organizing
a Python conference.

Kushal
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