[Inpycon] PyCon India 2017 dates & venue suggestion

[Kracekumar Ramaraj]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 3:30 PM, qua non <akshayaurora at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> So just going through the list pos public holidays in India http://www.
> officeholidays.com/countries/india/
>
> The only viable time to hold the conf seems to be september 22, 23, 24,
> otherwise we will get stuck in the Id/Dushera/Diwali season.
>

I would like to rephrase. How many many months will it require for the
current team to put the show?

It's ok to push the conf a month or two away to co-ordinate the good show.
Last Bangalore edition took 8-9 months of effort.


>
> Let me know of what you feel of these dates for the conference.
>
> Regards
> Akkshay
>
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Rajat Goyal <404rajat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just to follow up, have the dates for PyCon India 2017 been finalised?
>> Rajat Goyal
>> Software Programmer
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 9:02 PM, praveen patil
>> <praveenkumar103 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > On 28 Feb 2017 13:32, "qua non" <akshayaurora at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Anand B Pillai
>> >> <anandpillai at letterboxes.org> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tuesday 28 February 2017 12:03 AM, qua non wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >     Since Diwali is on 19th October, am not sure if these dates
>> will be
>> >>> >     convenient for people to take leaves for consecutive weeks.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > The weekend just before Diwali should be fine then.
>> >>> > 13th 14th 15th Oct
>> >>>
>> > Science Hack Day India is happening on 13-15 October 2017 at Belgaum.
>> > http://sciencehackday.in
>> >
>> > Please consider this request while finalising the dates for PyCon India.
>> >
>> > It would be awesome if you all pythonistas and science lovers join us.
>> :)
>> > Also we don't want to miss PyCon India.
>> >
>> >>> October is a festival season in India - meaning different things for
>> >>> different people.
>> >>>
>> >>> Having the conference in late October is not advisable. These dates
>> fall
>> >>> in mid October so it may be okay.
>> >>>
>> >>> The only time we had PyCon in October before was in 2015 but it was
>> the
>> >>> first week-end of October.
>> >>>
>> >>> Is there anything preventing us from hosting the conference in the
>> venue
>> >>> during September ? Suggest to discuss it before finalizing the dates.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The Delhi heat, is the only reason to think of having the conf in oct,
>> >> there is no reason
>> >> other than that.
>> >>
>> >> The venue is Air conditioned, late September should be fine too.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Thanks and Regards
>> > Praveen
>> >
>> >
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