[JaxPM] yapc next year?

[j proctor]

On the jacksonville-pm-list; Jax.PM'er j proctor <jproctor at oit.umass.edu> wrote -


> I don't know about UNF, but I am interested in getting one of the YAPC here;
> at least in the Florida area.

One of the ideas mentioned briefly was to try to do one in winter, for
which the south would be ideal.  That is, provided we can find someplace
that makes all the students move out of the dorms over the break, since
we'd need to be able to provide cheap lodging.


> Maybe we could get it co-hosted by the various Florida PM groups?
> 
> ... how about creating a southern-ish (not Southern
> charm, however) conference targeting the Jacksonville, Alatanta, or Orlando
> areas (all three have major airports for people arriving from all over.)

More so Atlanta and Orlando than Jax.  I only suggested Jax 'cos this is
the only PM in Florida I'm a member of, and I know UNF has the conference
facilities (though I don't know what their dorm policies are anymore).

A jointly-hosted conference is a good idea in Florida, since there are
several major cities relatively close together and probably not enough
Perl density in any one of them to really be considered a focal point.
Orlando is likely the best choice for air travel, ground transportation
once people get there, and being as close to "central" as possible within
Florida.

If there's anyone on this list who's also in Orlando.PM, I'll leave it up
to you to think about passing the idea on to the rest of that group.  I
don't want to volunteer someone else to host, and I'm certainly in no
official position to even ask whether they'd like to.  I'm simply opening
up the discussion that if we want one in Florida, it's going to take
someone in Florida to volunteer to host.


j


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