[Inpycon] Ideas for Pycon India 2023

[Sanchit Balchandani]

Hi Adarsh,

First of all thanks for your email and for sharing your experience. I'd
like to attempt to answer some of your questions. Others, feel free to
pitch in.

I am inspired by the way Pycascades was organized and the strength of
> regional communities in the Americas. Would love to volunteer and see them
> replicated in India also.
>

Sure, we'll be opening the "Call for Volunteers" form very soon for PyCon
India. Please feel free to register.

>
>    -  It would be great if we can plan some keynotes/sessions from
>    Steering council members.
>
> AFAIK, we have had keynote speakers in past from Steering Council members,
but I'd let others also confirm.
Feel free to explore the previous year's PyCon India website
https://inpycon.org/<year> to see details

It would be great if we can arrange an online platform for
> keynotes/sessions and Q&A with them if they are willing to speak.
>

This year, we plan to do an in-person conference so chances are less likely
for doing online Keynotes, but we'll surely explore the option.

>
>    - Sprints
>
> We have had DevSpsints in most of the earlier versions of PyCon India and
we'd be doing Sprints this year as well


> Sessions from Indian core-devs
>

We've had sessions/keynotes for Indian Core Devs in the past AFAIK, and
this year as well we'll encourage Indian Core Devs to submit proposals

>
>    - CFP Call and Review process
>
> The CFP process is executed using an open-source tool called Junction(
https://github.com/pythonindia/junction),
we'll have a team of volunteers and experts in the CFP review group who
takes care of shortlisting & selection.
Once the call for volunteers is out, please feel free to submit your
interest as a volunteer.


> 1. Can we accept online-session submissions also (Speakers looking to give
> the talk remotely)?
>

Since this year, we are doing an in-person conference post-COVID so we
don't have plans of doing remote talks.

>
>    - Can we plan an online community of Python developers all over India?
>
> This is a question for a larger forum, so I'd let the other senior members
of the community comment on this.

Hope this helps.

Best
Sanchit
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