[Mpls-pm] Frozen perl 2009 call for volunteers

[Dave Rolsky]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008, Ian Malpass wrote:

> Dave Rolsky wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008, John Trammell wrote:
>> 
>>> Count me in, please.
>>> 
>>> I humbly submit that since the last Frozen Perl theme was "Perl in
>>> Practice" ("things that solve practical problems"), that the theme of
>>> the 2009 FP conference should be "Perl at Play".  Topics could include
>>> games, other diversions, golf, you name it.  Discuss.
>> 
>> Another option is to not have a theme. I don't remember the theme having a 
>> huge impact on our decision making for talks last year. Personally, I think 
>> for a regional workshop, we should lean more towards intro and practical 
>> talks anyway, just because of who we have as an audience.
>
> I'd tend to agree. Esoteric and "fun" talks are all very well, but a full day 
> of them would be a bit much.
>
> Plus, Perl has a bit of a reputation for being line noise, so having anything 
> much about golfing might be considered bad PR (quite apart from being not a 
> great deal of use to most people).

I'd also point out this is a great thing for lightning talks. While I 
don't want to see 20+ minutes on "making crazy shit with Perl" I do 
appreciate a good 5 minute talk on that subject.


-dave

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