[kw-pm] Toronto.pm's YAPC::NA 2005 conference bid

Richard Dice rdice at pobox.com
Sun Aug 29 15:35:29 CDT 2004


Hello everyone...

I'm Richard, and I'm currently a very busy guy working on the bid to 
bring YAPC::NA 2005 -- http://yapc.org/ -- to Toronto, as a production 
of the Toronto Perl Mongers with the support of other local Monger groups.

The 2005 bid is a near-copy of the 2004 bid (with a few special extras 
that can be announced when the bid goes out -- it's good stuff :-) ), 
which includes a Conference Team page.  Last year a few KW-PMers 
volunteered to put themselves on this list, and I've come around again 
to ask if there might be some who could help out with this again.  The 
Conference Team page is meant to give The Perl Foundation (the body that 
grants the YAPC conference) an idea of the amount of local support the 
conference is going to receive, as YAPC is an all-volunteer effort.  By 
signing up for this list you don't automatically commit yourself to an 
infinite amount of work.  Work is apportioned on an ah-hoc task by task 
basis.  (I.e if you can't/don't want to do something, just keep your 
head down.)  Some work items can appear in the months leading up to 
YAPC, which will be held next June.  Helpers are also very handy to have 
for the conference itself, which is 3 days long, either a Mon-Wed or 
Wed-Fri some time in the last 1/2 of June 2005.

Here's what I have right now:

http://to.pm.org/BidSite2005/ConferenceTeam.html

For anyone who would like to get in touch with me about this to have 
themselves added to the list please get in touch with me with a text 
blurb description of yourself.  If you are there as an artifact of 
copying the 2004 bid and don't want to be anymore, let me know and I'll 
remove you.  If you're there and want a text blurb added for yourself, 
let me know and I can do this too.  The bid has to be handed in on 
Tuesday so I would need to hear from you no later than Tuesday morning 
with your info.

Thanks & cheers,
  - Richard


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