<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jun 26, 2008, at 9:55 PM, Bob Clancy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div align="LEFT"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000" letterspacing="0" kerning="0">I was thinking about what I thought would attact more corporate money on the train ride home this evening. What kept coming to mind was a split conference/training program with professional teachers. Corporate students would spend each morning in advanced training sessions and the afternoons attending conference sessions. The morning conference sessions can be the more specialized "Perl community" sessions like Parrot/Perl6 or Perl Advocacy topics, and the afternoon conference sessions could be the more practical topics such as testing, perl program garage, etc. I'm not sure whether this idea would work but I want to put the idea on the table for discussion and/or further brainstorming.</font></div><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000" letterspacing="0" kerning="0"><br></font><div align="LEFT"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000" letterspacing="0" kerning="0">--</font></div><div align="LEFT"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000" letterspacing="0" kerning="0">Bob</font></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Thanks I think that is a good thought on this. I did hear some grumbling at YAPC about the early start this year but I think a longer day can be very good if you structure it well. This could fit into a longer day plan as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Robert</div><br></body></html>