[kw-pm] YAPC 2003 call for participation, and YAPC::NA::Canada

[lloyd carr]

The kw.pm roadshow, sign me up :-)

-Lloyd

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Daniel R. Allen wrote:

> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:24:04 -0500 (EST)
> From: Daniel R. Allen <da at coder.com>
> To: kw-pm at mail.pm.org
> Subject: [kw-pm] YAPC 2003 call for participation, and YAPC::NA::Canada
>
> YAPC (Yet Another Perl Conference) this year will be in Boca Raton,
> Florida.  June 16-18 or so.  The first call for participation has gone
> out:
>
> http://www.yapc.org/America/
>
> A few months ago, I announced that YAPC would be in Ottawa.  Due to some
> scheduling problems, that was not possible...  However, there is an
> alternative.  Jay Lawrence of Ottawa.pm is planning for a smaller (50-100
> person) YAPC::NA::Canada, to be held in Ottawa in the middle of May.
>
> Unlike YAPC, which is three full days, it will be a 1 1/2 day conference.
> It will also have 2-3 simultaneous talks, rather than the four tracks at
> YAPC.
>
> Like YAPC, costs will be kept low; housing will be available in Carleton
> dorms (for something like $15/night).
>
> His plan is to use it as a logistical "dry run" for next year's YAPC bid,
> so things will run more smoothly then.  Every YAPC for the last three has
> caused the organizers to be completely burned out by the end.  He wants to
> do one of these, the right way... and write down what to do, so people can
> replicate the success in the future.
>
> I'm helping the planning, because, hey- I've never planned a conference
> before and therefore am to dumb to know when to run the other way.
>
> Maybe if there's time at the end of our meeting we can chat about YAPC and
> whether people are interested in a road-trip (or perhaps train-trip?) to
> Ottawa in May...
>
> -Daniel
>
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