[Inpycon] Updates: PyCon India R&D Initiatives

[Bhanu K]

Thanks for the feedback and for sharing the links, Saptak.

We will work on it and make the website better.

Best,
Bhanu


On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 12:38 PM Saptak Sengupta <saptak013 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 12:10, Bhanu K <talk2kish at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm writing to share a few updates on progress on the R&D Initiatives.
>>
>> 1. *Tinkering Space*
>> - We've selected Anitha Raman [1] and Manav Sethi [2] as co-hosts for the
>> experimental track.
>> - This is a limited seating (10 adults + 20 children) where each adult
>> accommodates two children along with them.
>> - Participants will be provided hardware (Raspberry Pi Pico devices) for
>> tinkering throughout the day. Co-hosts are working on drafting the
>> projects, tutorials that participants can use.
>>
>> We'll be announcing the track this week, updating the website and opening
>> up for tickets.
>>
>> 2. *Young Learners Workshop *(YLW)
>> - YLW is a workshop to be hosted on 1st October for 50 students. This is
>> a new track aimed to involve school students in the Indian Python community.
>> - Registrations will be opened up next week.
>> - Harsh Mittal [3] will be taking the workshop for the students.
>> - We've identified Raspberry Pi 4 devices for the workshop and are
>> looking for sponsor assistance.
>>
>> We'll be announcing the track this week, updating the website. This track
>> is offered to students at no cost.
>>
>> 3. *Newcomer orientation*
>> - We're bringing increased focus on Newcomers with a focused session for
>> them (on community, contributions, participation etc.) and support at
>> community booths.
>>
>> 4. *Software Exhibits*
>> - These are Exhibits to showcase a software and/or a hardware-based
>> Python-assisted software.
>> - We are planning to pick a few from CFP submissions that don't need a
>> talk category.
>>
>> 5. *Accessibility*
>> - We've partnered with UserWay [4] for enhancing the reach of our website
>> to more users via their widget. They've offered the widget at free cost
>> to us.
>>
> I am glad the community is thinking about accessibility, but using UserWay
> to enhance accessibility is the opposite of caring about accessibility.
> UserWay is an
> accessibility overlay and it doesn't make the website at all. Please check
> https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html and
> https://overlayfactsheet.com/.
>
> Also, if you really care about accessibility, why not just aim to make the
> website accessible instead of using an accessibility overlay? I am sure
> there are plenty
> of volunteers who would be willing to contribute towards that. Maybe even
> have more talks, devsprints to talk about accessibility so that developers
> can themselves
> create accessible websites rather than using tools with false promises and
> which make the experience worse for users with assistive needs.
>
>> - We are working on making the conference sessions accessible by having
>> live captions for the talks.
>> - We will be encouraging speakers to follow the WCAG standard for the
>> presentations.
>>
>> 6. *Extend support to underserved*
>> - PyCon India is supporting students who expressed interest to
>> participate in the conference but don't have the means.
>>
>> 7. *Know your peers!*
>> - This is a fun physical data art installation planned at the
>> registration desk.
>>
>> 8. *Python Express*
>> - We have a few upcoming workshops planned for students.
>>
>> Apart from the above, we're working on a few ideas including one or two
>> Python in Education sessions, Coffee Unconf (how to brew coffee), physical
>> job boards.
>>
>> Happy to discuss further if anyone has questions.
>>
>> [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitharaman/
>> [2] https://manav.co.in/about-me/
>> [3] https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshmittal2210/
>> [4] https://userway.org/widget/
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bhanu
>>
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