[Inpycon] Feedback for Future PyCon Conferences

[Shanki Singh Gandhi]

Hi,

The feedback process should be open and transparent, so that community as
whole can know about expectations. I have attended conference (Sat & Sun)
and have some feedback  to share below:

-  Venue and arrangement was quiet good. And appreciate effort by
organising team and volunteers.
-  But the most import part of the conference, the quality/level of talks
has gone down. Really don't know what was the basic of the talk selection.
Felt like the talks were mostly directed towards students and fresher.
-  Very few advance level talk. At least 30-40 percent must be reserved for
advance level of talks.
-  No/less gaps between talks.

It's been 10 years of Pycon India, as a community we have not been able set
bar for talks.

Thanks
-Shanki




On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 1:10 PM Sanchit Balchandani <
balchandani.sanchit at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tanvi,
>
> We are already working on this and we'd be sharing a feedback form with
> every PyCon India 2018 attendee soon.
>
> Thanks,
> Sanchit
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:21 AM Tanvi Bhakta <tanvibhakta at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey PyCon India!
>>
>>
>> I would like to echo the sentiments of everyone else in saying that there
>> was definitely a monumental effort involved with organizing this conference
>> and that every single organiser/volunteer's hard work has definitely paid
>> off.
>>
>> I am also looking forward to having an anonymised feedback form where I
>> can present feedback that I believe is important for the community to go
>> through.
>>
>> Best,
>> Tanvi Bhakta
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 5:44 PM Ramanathan Ramakrishnamoorthy <
>> ramanathanhari at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Kaustubh - It is great to know that you enjoyed PyCon India, 2018.
>>>
>>> Also, many thanks for letting us know your constructive feedback. We
>>> will keep these in consideration when planning for the future PyCons. As
>>> you mentioned, hoping that you will be part of the guiding/organizing team.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to meeting you in the next PyCon India.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Ram.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 at 4:08 PM, Kaustubh Waghmare <
>>> kaustubh.waghmare at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> Let me start by echoing the sentiments of others by saying a big thank
>>>> you to all the organizers and volunteers who helped make PyCon India 2018 a
>>>> grand success. It was my first time ever and I really enjoyed it.
>>>>
>>>> The purpose of my mail is to present some observations which I hope can
>>>> be used for making future versions of the conference even better and
>>>> grander. Please do not take this in the wrong way, my purpose is purely to
>>>> give those who will guide future conferences (which could include me too) a
>>>> few things to take into account to make the events even better.
>>>>
>>>> 1) During Armin's keynote, there were 3 times that I recollect he was
>>>> disturbed / distracted. Once by sound engineers shouting, once by a cell
>>>> phone ringing in the backstage and another by workers shouting behind the
>>>> stage. It might be worthwhile to sensitize workers / volunteers about the
>>>> importance of this before the event begins, if possible.
>>>>
>>>> 2) The proximity of the stalls to the auditorium meant that any
>>>> excitement in the stalls (participants wining a quiz?) resulted in
>>>> disturbance during the talks. Perhaps we could aim for better separation
>>>> between the stalls and the auditorium, if the venue permits.
>>>>
>>>> 3) Developer sprints occupied 2 whole days which means that people had
>>>> to make travel plans to actually participate in this. For some reason, it
>>>> was chosen to keep announcements of the tickets a last minute thing. As a
>>>> result, there were some people who took 2 extra leaves / hotel bookings but
>>>> were unlucky to not be able to book the sprint tickets. It would have been
>>>> nice if people knew in advance if they needed to plan for these 2 days well
>>>> in advance.
>>>>
>>>> 4) All people participating in a given workshop could be made part of a
>>>> temporary mailing list whose unique e-mail address could be handed to the
>>>> organizers of the workshop so that they could send out all communication
>>>> directly. I agree that Slack is a wonderful tool but in many cases it so
>>>> happened that by the time people had their Slack set up, they missed out on
>>>> important instructions for preparing the laptops.
>>>>
>>>> 5) Open Spaces can be more streamlined. I remember going to a specific
>>>> open space only to find something else going on there eventually realizing
>>>> that I missed both the talk and the chance to be a part of the open space.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure there are others with more concerns and ideas to make things
>>>> better. But for me specifically, these five were most striking.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Kaustubh
>>>>
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