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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I am in, I am available for a meetup on weekends :)<BR>
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Mayank<BR>
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From: delhi-pm-bounces+ms=ockham.be@pm.org on behalf of Chankey Pathak<BR>
Sent: Fri 3/23/2012 1:33 PM<BR>
To: Pradeep Pant<BR>
Cc: delhi-pm@pm.org<BR>
Subject: Re: [Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up<BR>
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Yes there is no need of sponsors for normal meetup.<BR>
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How many Perl guys we have at the moment who can join the meetup?<BR>
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On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Pradeep Pant <pp@ockham.be> wrote:<BR>
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> No problem Chankey. Thanks for trying. I think we don't need big amount<BR>
> money for initial meet-up we need guys to come-up and show some interest. I<BR>
> can get some sponsorship from my company too so I think we should be able<BR>
> to manage. The main focus now should be organizing a meet-up. May be small<BR>
> chunk of guys but better if we meet once.****<BR>
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> ** **<BR>
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> Wake up guys.****<BR>
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> Happy weekend! J****<BR>
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> ** **<BR>
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> Regards****<BR>
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> Pradeep****<BR>
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> ** **<BR>
> ------------------------------<BR>
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> *From:* Chankey Pathak [<A HREF="mailto:chankey007@gmail.com">mailto:chankey007@gmail.com</A>]<BR>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 23, 2012 3:33 PM<BR>
> *To:* pp@ockham.be<BR>
> *Cc:* delhi-pm@pm.org<BR>
><BR>
> *Subject:* Re: [Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up<BR>
> ****<BR>
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> I talked with Mark and he said that The Perl Foundation will not sponsor a<BR>
> normal meetup.****<BR>
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> They sponsor only YAPC and Workshop.****<BR>
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> ** **<BR>
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> Below is what he said to me:****<BR>
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> "AFAIK there is virtually no chance of them sponsoring a monger meeting.<BR>
> They might be able to sponsor towards a YAPC or Workshop as long as there<BR>
> are recognised businesses organising them. The tpf has to maintain a strong<BR>
> focus on YAPCs and Workshops as normal monger meetings, although supported<BR>
> through promotion and sometimes marketing materials, are too small and<BR>
> frequent to sponsor. There are just too many groups and events. You would<BR>
> be better looking for a company that uses Perl to sponsor, which is what<BR>
> most of the other PM groups do."<BR>
> ****<BR>
><BR>
> ** **<BR>
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> " You're welcome. If you do manage to start working on a Workshop/YAPC<BR>
> let me know and I will try and help as much as I can. "****<BR>
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> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Pradeep Pant <pp@ockham.be> wrote:****<BR>
><BR>
> Chankey have you got any response from these guys I mean Perl foundation<BR>
> etc? ****<BR>
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> Guys what's the plan then shall we wait for some more time for first<BR>
> meeting as response in mailing list is also poor. What do you suggest? **<BR>
> **<BR>
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> ****<BR>
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> Regards****<BR>
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> Pradeep****<BR>
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> *From:* delhi-pm-bounces+pp=ockham.be@pm.org [<A HREF="mailto:delhi-pm-bounces+pp=">mailto:delhi-pm-bounces+pp=</A><BR>
> ockham.be@pm.org] *On Behalf Of *Pradeep Pant<BR>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 12, 2012 9:17 AM<BR>
> *To:* abhishek jain; Chankey Pathak; delhi-pm@pm.org<BR>
> *Subject:* Re: [Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up****<BR>
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> ****<BR>
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> Great job Chankey!<BR>
><BR>
> Thanks<BR>
> Pradeep<BR>
> -----Original Message-----<BR>
> From: delhi-pm-bounces+pp=ockham.be@pm.org on behalf of abhishek jain<BR>
> Sent: Sat 3/3/2012 8:38 PM<BR>
> To: 'Chankey Pathak'; delhi-pm@pm.org<BR>
> Subject: Re: [Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up<BR>
><BR>
> Hi,<BR>
><BR>
> Nice work.<BR>
><BR>
> I already know a company ready to sponsor. But the more the better J<BR>
><BR>
> But still , i think the opinion may differ person to person, lets keep this<BR>
> a part of agenda on meet this march.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Thanks,<BR>
><BR>
> abhi<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> From: delhi-pm-bounces+abhishek.netjain=gmail.com@pm.org<BR>
> [<A HREF="mailto:delhi-pm-bounces+abhishek.netjain=gmail.com@pm.org">mailto:delhi-pm-bounces+abhishek.netjain=gmail.com@pm.org</A><delhi-pm-bounces+abhishek.netjain=gmail.com@pm.org>]<BR>
> On Behalf Of<BR>
> Chankey Pathak<BR>
> Sent: 03 March 2012 19:46<BR>
> To: delhi-pm@pm.org<BR>
> Subject: [Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Talking with Mark Keating for the sponsorship of "The Perl Foundation" and<BR>
> asked him to send some stuffs (Tee-shirts, banners etc.)<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Also sent an email to Gabriel Weinberg (owner of DuckDuckGo) for the same<BR>
> (used reference of Toresten to convince him).<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
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> I hope they will accept it.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Should we search for more companies to sponsor this meet-up?****<BR>
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> --<BR>
> Regards,****<BR>
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> Chankey Pathak <<A HREF="http://www.linuxstall.com">http://www.linuxstall.com</A>>****<BR>
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