[kw-pm] Final reminder -- MJD speaking for Toronto Perl Mongers (and friends) tomorow (Saturday 13 May) 1-5pm

Richard Dice rdice at pobox.com
Fri May 12 09:42:30 PDT 2006


Hello...

Here is a last reminder of the details for the Mark-Jason Dominus talk.  I picked him up at the airport earlier today and he's looking forward to seeing everyone.

Cheers,
Richard

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As I've emailed a few times before, Mark-Jason Dominus (a.k.a. MJD),
noted Perl author, speaker, technologist and community member, will be
giving a public talk in Toronto on Saturday 13 May 2006.  Here are the fine-grained details:

Talk Times:
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Date:         Sat 13 May 2006
Talks begin:  1pm  (arrive approx. 20 minutes early to allow for time to
find parking and to get seated)
Talks end:    5pm


Schedule of talks:
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 * "Perl Program Repair Shop and Red Flags", approx. 2 hours, see
http://perl.plover.com/flagbook/
 * "Perl Contains the Lambda Calculus (How to write a 163 line program
to compute 1+1)", approx. 90 minutes, see http://perl.plover.com/yak/lambda/
 * random grab-bag of fun stuff for 1/2 hour


Location & Public Transit info:
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Room 1208, Stephen E. Quinlan Building (Seneca at York)
On the York University Keele Campus
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=York+University,+Toronto&cid=43723057,-79392486,3945108577140412544&li=lmd&ll=43.774565,-79.494152&spn=0.075734,0.128059&om=1

York University Campus Map:
http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/map/KeeleMap2005.pdf
The Stephen Quinlan Building is numbered "40".  Note there is a parkade
next door to it.  Parking could be approx. C$10.

Some information on public transit to the York U. Keele campus:
http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/keele_directions_transit.html
Make sure you figure out which applies best to you considering where you
are coming from.  Also, remember that this is a Saturday, so various TTC
(and other transit system) services will be running on a different (and
reduced) schedule, especially to a location like a university. 
Toronto Transit Commission:  http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/
(Links to the York Region, etc. transit systems are left as an exercise
to the reader.)


Donations to support the talks:
-------------------------------
Once again the Toronto Perl Mongers have exhibited their great
generosity by making donations to support this trip.  (Thank your fellow
Mongers!) 

A final statement on our fund-raising situation (i.e. if we're under- or
over-budget for the event) will be made at the Saturday talks.  By
arrangements with MJD, any money we go over-budget will be made as a
donation to The Perl Foundation, http://www.perlfoundation.org/  As it
stands right now, I think we're looking pretty good.


Post-talks socialization
------------------------
There will likely be some.  Unfortunately, the York U. Keele campus area
isn't the best for this.  We may find something in that neighbourhood,
or we might relocate back downtown and meet up at a pub / bar /
restaurant / what-have-you somewhere down there afterwards.  An
announcement will be made regarding this during the talks on Saturday
afternoon.

If you are interested in post-talks socialization I would suggest
keeping your evening free and your transportation arrangements flexible,
or at least keep a flexible frame of mind about you.  :-) 


Last Minute Updates on these plans:
-----------------------------------
Should anything come up that impacts these plans I will do my best to
email these lists as soon as the new information comes in.  Also, I will
do what I can to make sure that the Toronto Perl Mongers home page,
http://to.pm.org/ , is kept up to date.  I recommend reading your list
email and checking this web page before making your way to the Stephen
E. Quinlan building on Saturday to make sure that all things are still
operating according to the details I mention here.


A note to the Toronto Perl Mongers:
-----------------------------------
This event takes the place of our regularly-scheduled May meeting.  I.e.
don't go to our regular Yonge/Bloor meeting location the last Thursday
of this month, at least not for a TPM meeting.  We also will not have a
regular meeting in June as that time would more-or-less overlap with
YAPC::NA in Chicago.


Questions?
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Just email me.  You know where to find me.


Cheers,
Richard




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