<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 2, 2020, at 10:24 AM, Olaf Alders <<a href="mailto:olaf.alders@gmail.com" class="">olaf.alders@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 2, 2020, at 12:55 AM, Adam Prime <<a href="mailto:adam.prime@utoronto.ca" class="">adam.prime@utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">I don't think that YAPC, or TPC as it is once again known, is run anywhere near like is was the last time it was in toronto. I don't think you need to put together nearly as much manpower as Richard did back in 05. I haven't been in years, but my understanding was, last time that I was there, that TPF was doing a lot more to run the events then they used to. Whether that remains the case though, i really don't know.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">I just spend 20 minutes trying to find information on how they choose where to host it from year to year, and failing. I found things that are clearly out dated, with expired SSL certs, but nothing obviously current.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Adam</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Perl Foundation has some Slack channels set up where there is pretty active conversation about organizing events, setting dates for future events, lessons learned from past events, diversity etc. If anyone is interested, get in touch with me and I can see about getting you an invitation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Olaf</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>TPC is entirely planned on slack and has been for 5+ years. So that wheels do not have to be re-invented, we aim for continuity of volunteers who do a small part of the effort rather than one person being a burned out hero every year. We would love to hear from you and discuss the possibilities of Toronto.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Here is a link which is valid for 7 days. It will get you into Slack. Please join #tpcna-general. We would love to talk about getting an RFP out for Toronto so we can evaluate the possibility of 2021 or beyond.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://join.slack.com/t/perlfoundation/shared_invite/enQtOTIxNTg2NzE3NzMwLWQzYWY4N2U3NWZkZDNkZGJjZTY3MjdmOWNhMzBkMmM3ZTgzNDIzODkyNzY1ZTIxN2MwZGFiM2M0YWYyZDUzOGY" class="">https://join.slack.com/t/perlfoundation/shared_invite/enQtOTIxNTg2NzE3NzMwLWQzYWY4N2U3NWZkZDNkZGJjZTY3MjdmOWNhMzBkMmM3ZTgzNDIzODkyNzY1ZTIxN2MwZGFiM2M0YWYyZDUzOGY</a></div><br class=""><div class="">Todd</div></body></html>