<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>You can be the organizer. I will explain more later. But, symposia are community organized and you can choose the format. You will need to get people to help, promote it, and that sort of thing. </div><div><br><div>--</div><div><b>Ya'akov Sloman</b></div><div><i>Community Advocate</i></div><div>The Perl Foundation</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:yaakov@perlfoundation.org">yaakov@perlfoundation.org</a></div><div>+1 (412) 407-7375</div><div><div><br></div><div><i>This email is <b>not</b> digitally signed because it was sent from my phone.</i></div><div><i>If in doubt about its authenticity, reply and I will send a signed version from the desktop.</i></div></div></div><div><br>On Mar 5, 2014, at 20:38, Uri Guttman <<a href="mailto:uri@stemsystems.com">uri@stemsystems.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On 03/05/2014 05:22 PM, Ya'akov Sloman wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>We will have a symposium slot available, I am sure.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I will work out the basics very soon.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span>hi ya'akov,</span><br><span></span><br><span>will that be for perl jobs? just fyi, last year we had a very long lunch period on the day i held the bof and we filled 90 minutes easily. it was a lot of q&a, story telling from all parties, notes from me on resumes and interviews and more. it was somewhat organized but loose too. a symposium would want a stronger outline and would have less back and forth. but a Q&A is a good idea. also we would want some other panelists with experience in hiring and looking for perl jobs. if we do that, i may not do the bof. i may do it anyway if the agendas aren't that overlapping.</span><br><span></span><br><span>thanx,</span><br><span></span><br><span>uri</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter</span><br><span>The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers</span><br><span><a href="http://PerlHunter.com">http://PerlHunter.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>yapc mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:yapc@pm.org">yapc@pm.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc">http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>