Prasanna's notes
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- The idea of Puzzle Ramayana was given a bit more solidity, with suggestions that it will also act as the National Puzzle Championship to determine the Indian team.
- There were some concerns about whether participants would be as willing to spend time/money on puzzles. Either way, growth has to start somewhere.
- There were some concerns about it coinciding with the GP and adding constraints on Indians wishing to participate in both events. This can easily be avoided by having a monthly timeline for Ramayana and a monthly timeline for Mahabharat where each round of the total 14 will be 2 weeks apart, allowing for the GP weekends (which are spaced in the same way) to fall in between the 2 weeks.
- There were some concerns about an offline IPC being unfair to participants who cannot travel. An alternative was suggested where 1 winner will be selected simply based on the online rounds' total, whereas two more will be selected from the Ramayana finals (we assume, and urge, whoever gets the wildcard to step back and help in organizing this event and holding their place on the Indian team - I am prepared to do this if I'm the one with the wildcard again).
- If we are going to do SM and PR, the obvious way to organize the finals is to place it during Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend, while providing accommodation options.

Lets go for Puzzle Ramayana with minimal expectations in the first year...