<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>In case you didn't see this already -- TPC in Houston 2020 has been moved to 2021 because of COVID-19.</div><div><br></div><div>In other news, I don't have any speakers for this month's Perlmongers meeting, so I'm going to cancel the meeting. Hopefully we'll have some presentations ready in April. For now, I plan to keep these meetings virtual.</div><div><br></div><div>Be well, everyone.</div><div><br></div><div>Alex<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Perl</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:communications@perlconference.us">communications@perlconference.us</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 12:34 PM<br>Subject: Update on TPCiH 2020 and COVID-19<br>To: Alex <<a href="mailto:talexb@gmail.com">talexb@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong id="m_-7245765944065703580docs-internal-guid-dbf18bbc-7fff-c2ca-2dbe-e134022e0ffc">The organizers of the The Perl and Raku Conference in Houston and board members of The Perl Foundation have been closely monitoring the developments around COVID-19. We have agreed that, at this time, it is in the best interest of the community to postpone The Perl and Raku Conference in Houston, scheduled for June 24-26, 2020, and the surrounding Tutorial/Master Classes on June 23rd and 27th. This decision was not made lightly.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong id="m_-7245765944065703580docs-internal-guid-dbf18bbc-7fff-c2ca-2dbe-e134022e0ffc">Thank you so much to those who submitted talks for the 2020 TPCiH event and those who have already purchased tickets to attend the event. Organizers will be issuing refunds beginning early next week. If you have not received notification of your refund by April 6th, please email us at <a href="mailto:admin@perlconference.us" target="_blank">admin@perlconference.us</a>.</strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong id="m_-7245765944065703580docs-internal-guid-dbf18bbc-7fff-c2ca-2dbe-e134022e0ffc">Save the dates of June 22 - June 26, 2021! </strong></p>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Alex Beamish</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Software Developer / <span style="background-color:rgb(246,246,246);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,freesans,"liberation sans",helmet,arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alex-beamish-5111ba3" target="_blank">https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alex-beamish-5111ba3</a></span><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Speaker Wrangler / Toronto Perlmongers / <a href="http://to.pm.org/" target="_blank">http://to.pm.org/</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Baritone, Operations Manager / Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions / <a href="http://www.northernlightschorus.com" target="_blank">www.northernlightschorus.com</a></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>