<p>I'll help :-)</p>
<p>I'm in Columbus, OH, and helped with 2010. I would love another excuse to spend more time in Seattle.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 18, 2010 1:19 AM, "Michael R. Wolf" <<a href="mailto:MichaelRWolf@att.net">MichaelRWolf@att.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> While staffing the booth for The Perl Foundation at OSCON this year, I got to chatting with Chris Prather. He's hosted a few Perl Oasis conferences and is heading up YAPC::NA 2011 (in Asheville, NC). He knows a *LOT* about what it takes to propose a YAPC and make it happen.<br>
> <br>> And I started thinking that since Seattle is such a great place, that we could share some SPUGliness with the rest of the wider Perl community.<br>> <br>> My scheming went something like this. Instead of us making a bid with no expertise (completely cold), perhaps we could create a "sister city" arrangement where we could assist the Asheville team as "interns" so that we'd warm up and know what we needed to know when it comes to Seattle.<br>
> <br>> My modeling is akin to the joke about how surgeons get qualified to do an operation<br>> 1. Watch one<br>> 2. Assist one<br>> 3. Do one<br>> <br>> There are plenty of folks in SPUG who have achieved step 1.<br>
> <br>> And there are even folks who have achieved step 2. (And even a newcomer to the area with significant experience. Welcome new SPUGer.)<br>> <br>> Are we ready for step 3?<br>> <br>> We've got a deep Perl culture here, and a great destination city. And it'll happen in 2012!<br>
> <br>> Augustina said she'd welcome the opportunity to couple another talk with hers. I'll volunteer to lead a discussion at the meeting, sharing what I learned about how to pitch, manage, finance, and run a YAPC. Please come with some ideas. No commitments necessary now. Just looking for a read on the pulse.<br>
> <br>> Michael<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Michael R. Wolf<br>> All mammals learn by playing!<br>> <a href="mailto:MichaelRWolf@att.net">MichaelRWolf@att.net</a><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _____________________________________________________________<br>
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