[pm-h] YAPC -- Houston?

[Mike Flannigan]

"G. Wade Johnson" wrote:

> I've been doing a little research and talking to a few people and it looks
> like we could actually pull this off.
>
> If we want to pursue attempting to bring YAPC::NA to Houston, we need some
> research and ideas in the next few weeks to a month and some time spent
> writing a proposal.

Well, much to my surprise I've seen this thing take off with
people I didn't even know were on the list.  I've seen
some of that research done, so I'm guessing somebody
has already started writing the proposal.


>
> We would need to evaluate venues for the conference itself and track down
> some potential sponsors.
>
> It sounds like this could be handled by a handful of people in the early
> stages. If YAPC did come here we would probably need more volunteers to help
> at the conference with various facilitation and people directing roles.
>
> We also probably want to choose a person to take the lead on the proposal and
> organization. Anyone interested?

Has this been done yet?


>
> For those that are interested, should we try to coordinate this stuff on this
> list or work through other channels (maybe a separate mailing list)?
>
> For those who are not interested in the workings of the conference, would you
> be too bothered if conference business happened on the list and at the regular
> meetings?
>
> G. Wade

I think Houston is a fine place for the Perl conference.  From
the little bit of research I did, they seem to hold these things
in June every year.  Always on weekdays.  It cost about
$85 to attend for 3 days.  I wish they had come to Houston
2-3 years ago when I was off work.


Mike