Is anyone from here planning to attend the PyCon in the US this year? This would be a nice forum to get some visibility and attention.
Mike Müller <[email protected]> writes: > Hi PyCon India organizers, > > I submitted a proposal for a panel discussion at PyCon US 2012 in March 2012 > in Santa Clara, CA (http://us.pycon.org/2012/). The topic is "Building an > International Python Community". This proposal was well received by the > reviewers. The only and very legitimate critic is the missing list of names > of panelists. > > Ideally, we would have representatives of the Python community from all > continents (maybe excluding Antarctica ;)) on the stage discussing and > expressing their opinions about the international Python community, what > works, what needs to be improved and other related things that they would > like to bring up. > > Now, I ask you if one of you would like to join as a panelist. So, if you > plan to attend PyCon US 2012 and feel like it is a good idea to discuss > this topic in public, please let me know. Also, please indicate if you > don't know yet if you are going to PyCon US 2012 but would like to be on > the panel and let me know about your final decision as soon as possible. > > Also, if you know other people who would make good panelist, please let me > know. The goal is to have a diverse panel in terms origin (or chosen location) > of the people. I am looking for people that care and work for the Python > community such as Python conference organizers, user group runners or people > who drive other community activities. > > I am open for ideas how to make this panel as useful as possible for our > community. > > Please answer by November 15, 2011. Your short "Yes", "No", or "Maybe" is > highly appreciated. > > Thanks a lot. > > Cheers, > Mike > > PS: The proposal text follows. > > > Building an International Python Community > ========================================== > > Audience level: Novice > Type: Panel > > Description > ----------- > > The Python community is growing internationally. There are Python conferences > in many countries. This panel discussion brings together representatives of > the Python community from all continents. They give their perspectives on the > development of their Python community. Objective is to get a diverse view on > the international Python community and how it can be further developed. > > > Abstract > -------- > > The Python community is very diverse. Python is used for a wide range of > purposes and all over the world. Besides its technical merits, Python is so > strong because of its very active community. The increase of the number of > Python conferences all over the world is a good indicator for this > development. In this panel discussion representatives of Python communities > from different parts of the world give their perspectives on how it developed, > what is good, what needs to be improved and where we should go. > > Traditionally, the largest Python community is in the US. While this might > still hold true, other regions such as South America, Europe and especially > Asia are growing fast in Python users and hence community. What does this mean > for the development of the international Python community? Do we need to do > things differently in the future from we do now to account for this change? > How do we cope with growth in general? Do we, the community, scale? How do we > need to change? > > The view on these questions from different perspectives might help to improve > our community. > > -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in "I always avoid prophesying beforehand because it is much better to prophesy after the event has already taken place. " - Winston Churchill _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
