[Inpycon] Reckoning time

[Anand Chitipothu]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 6:41 PM, qua non <akshayaurora at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Noufal Ibrahim KV <noufal at nibrahim.net.in
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>       I think it's past time we made a decision about what to do. There
>> have been a few emails about a lack of response and other such matters
>> and things need to be sorted out.
>>
>>       Unless there are atleast 2 or 3 people willing to take the lead,
>> the conference is not going to happen. Volunteers for the ground work
>> and other such details are present and can be mobilised but there's no
>> one at the helm. This needs to be fixed. If some of the people here
>> who've worked on the conference have the time and inclination to get
>> into the drivers seat, please chime in. Then, we can get the whole show
>> back on the road.
>>
>
>
> The Python community from all around India has voiced on this mailing
> list, that they would still like to see PyCon India happen this year.
>
> Satyakaam, Rajat Saini, Sanyam Khurana, Jaidev Deshpande, Shahank Kumar,
> Piyush Aggarwal, Akash Misra(to name just a few) from last years organizing
> team have all personally voiced to me that they would like to help out as
> much as possible remotely in this regard. Not to mention the numerous of
> volunteers who already voiced here on the mailing list that they would like
> to help out. I along with the rest of them would like to raise our hands
> and offer our assistance.
>
> One of the basic understandings that we worked with last time was that
> even though there is one person who is named as chair,
> it's mostly the organizing committee that makes the decision by consensus
> among them based on inputs from the community and feasibility.
>
>
> *From the suggestions I got from personally talking to people it was
> suggested we start from scratch re discussing the following questions with
> input from community. *
>
> 1) Guidelines that make sure a enforceable code and conduct for::
>       - Communication e-mail or otherwise
>       - On code/issues on github
>       - Every-one to be treated equally, noobs or veterans
>
>  2) Make sure we have a strong local community that is ready and willing
> to do the ground work.
>
>  3) Revise the Conference scale, venue and sponsorship details based on
> time and budget allocation.
>
>  3) Discuss on roles and a start up with a reverse timeline for the
> conference along with responsibilities.
>
>  4) Conference structure: Some one suggested to look at euro python as a
> structure, maybe we could look at other conferences and incorporate some
> good feasible parts into this years PyCon.
>
>  5) Communication medium, irc or Telegram or mailing list or Matrix....
>
>  I think we should start individual threads to discuss all this, get these
> threads sorted asap and start with the organising efforts for PyCon India.
>
>  P.S. PyCon India is a community driven event, it is for and by the
> community. The community spans all across "India". This would involve
> collaboration from Python Communities all around India. Even from python
> communities across the world.
>

Folks, it is almost 2 weeks since you said you wanted to take the lead and
there is no further action. Is there anything that you are waiting for?

Anand
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