From uri at stemsystems.com Tue Mar 25 10:58:25 2008 From: uri at stemsystems.com (Uri Guttman) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:58:25 -0500 Subject: [yapc] damian at yapc Message-ID: hi all, as most of you know, damian conway couldn't make it to yapc::na in 2007 because of his limited resources. here is an opportunity for you to help damian visit the states more often so he can attend conferences, give free talks to local PM groups and do more training in north america. damian is teaching at the perl college in late april 2008 in boston. the perl college is a merger of a training program and a job fair. it offers a week of free intermediate level perl training to qualified junior perl developers who accepted into the program. it is sponsored by companies looking to hire these new trained developers. damain and i are looking to fill the college to capacity and to also have a enough sponsorship to make it happen. if you are interested in being a student or your company is interested in becoming a hiring sponsor, please contact me at uri AT perlhunter.com. also if you as an individual want to help out damian please let me know. there are a limited number of student seats that can be purchased directly for those who don't qualify for the free tuition. you can get all the info about the perl college at: http://perlhunter.com/college.html uri, dean of the perl college. -- Uri Guttman ------ uri at stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Free Perl Training --- http://perlhunter.com/college.html --------- --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- From damian at conway.org Wed Mar 26 02:52:39 2008 From: damian at conway.org (Damian Conway) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:52:39 +1100 Subject: [yapc] damian at yapc In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <47EA1CE7.20607@conway.org> Uri Guttman wrote: > as most of you know, damian conway couldn't make it to yapc::na in 2007 > because of his limited resources. here is an opportunity for you to > help damian visit the states more often so he can attend conferences, > give free talks to local PM groups and do more training in north > america. I've already spoken privately to Uri about that message. I feel it was inappropriate and misleading, in that it seemed to imply that if people sponsored our Perl College event, then I might be able to come to YAPC this year (or next). As I explained to brian d foy, when he originally invited me to speak at this year's YAPC: >> I deeply appreciate the offer, but it's once again looking like I >> won't make it to YAPC::NA. I'm really disappointed, but the >> scheduling of the various other conferences this year, the plummeting >> value of the US dollar, and my increasing family commitments are all >> conspiring to prevent me coming to Chicago in June. :-( >> >> The biggest problem isn't actually money...it's that I already have >> commitments to four overseas trips this year, and that's twice the >> number my wife and I have agreed is "acceptable". Money is, of course, always an issue when coming all the way from the other side of the planet, especially in light of the increasingly wan US dollar, but brian very kindly offered to arrange some training classes that would allow YAPC to at least be revenue-neutral for me. If anyone could have delivered me to this year's Chicago audience, it was he. A bigger problem is the timing of YAPC::NA. I can no longer just travel for conferences...not even revenue-neutral ones. Because my travel opportunities are nowadays so limited (since I'd like stay married :-) and because I have no other significant sources of income, I have to tack conference appearances onto a trip in which I also make serious income (typically from corporate training events). And that's where the timing of YAPC::NA shoots me in the foot. I can't travel before YAPC::NA because my wedding anniversary is the second week of June (and I'd like to stay married :-), and I can't stay on after YAPC::NA until OSCON because between the two conferences is the Independence Day/Canada Day week, during which it's really difficult to find five days of corporate work in North America. Moreover, if I stayed till OSCON, I'd have to go straight home afterwards, which means I couldn't attend YAPC::EU, three weeks later. Taken together, all those factors meant that, once again, I simply could not my attend YAPC::NA this year. Which is why I was so upset by the implied possibility in Uri's message. I do believe that this Perl College is an excellent idea, and a genuine way for us to help both Perl job seekers and employers with Perl jobs to fill (as well as helping Uri and I earn a living). But I wouldn't want anyone sponsoring the Perl College event because they've been misled to infer it would help bring me to YAPC, which it clearly won't. I'd rather not run the event at all, than run it under such false pretences. Uri and I have now discussed appropriate ways for him to advertise this event, and I am confident there will not be a repeat of this mistake. Damian From fluhmann at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 07:40:45 2008 From: fluhmann at gmail.com (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:40:45 -0500 Subject: [yapc] YAPC-NA 2009 - Call For Venue Message-ID: <7f7c2d5e0803280740h48083c42v2eac2b0d6ad3d4bb@mail.gmail.com> Welcome, once again, to the Yet Another Perl Conference, North America Call For Venue! The 2009 YAPC::NA marks the 10th anniversary for YAPC. Wow, 10 years of YAPC! This year we've decided to try something a little different. After some discussion and feedback, we've decided to take an approach similar to YAPC::EU. We're putting out the request for bids now, with a June 1 deadline. This gives the Conferences Committee time to review the bids and make a decision to be announced at this year's YAPC::NA in Chicago. Some of the main reasons for making the change include: - giving the organizers more time - they can gain some exposure and experience with the current year's group - easier to publicize and start spreading the word with everyone in the same room How do you get started? Please review the bidding detailsat yapc.org. While there, you'll also find links to the venue requirementsand the review criteria . Previous bids and announcements can be found with the 'yapc' tagat The Perl Foundation blog . When making your proposal, in addition to venue information and possible dates, please make sure to include details on airport locations, local public transit (as well as transit to the venue from the airport!), local cultural attractions, and accommodation information. The more information you provide, within reason, the better. Also, please include contact information for the members of your team. With a June 1st deadline, you have 10 weeks to get your bid completed and submitted to the Conferences Committee. It's a good idea to get your bid submitted early so that we can provide some feedback and allow you to make changes if needed. Hosting YAPC is a rewarding experience and provides a great opportunity to give back to the Perl community. Good luck and we look forward to receiving your bid! Send any questions and completed bids to the TPF conferences group: tpf-conferences at perl.org Thanks, Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/yapc/attachments/20080328/9f37e9d3/attachment.html From scott at slowass.net Fri Mar 28 13:32:49 2008 From: scott at slowass.net (Scott Walters) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:32:49 -0700 Subject: [yapc] Poker / Was: Re: YAPC::NA 2007 Lightning Talk Videos? In-Reply-To: <289a62770711021559t55fd397ejd9a74019684b6252@mail.gmail.com> References: <289a62770711021559t55fd397ejd9a74019684b6252@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20080328203249.GP18528@slowass.net> Pip, Get your ass on weehours. http://weehours.net, make a character, then telnet to port 2000 or irc to port 666, /join #mud, use your password as the channel key. -scott On 0, Pip Stuart wrote: > Does anyone happen to have any footage from the Lightning Talks given > in Houston, Texas earlier this year? I'd really like to show some > friends && new co-workers the talk I gave on (Interactive Diagramming > && Game Development with Perl/Tk), if it's at all possible to do so. > Please let me know. Thanks. > > -Pip > > P.S. If anyone enjoyed my talk, you might be interested to know I've > recently been able to get PAR::Packer configured properly with > ActivePerl 5.8.8.822, MinGW, && CPAN's dmake so that I could create a > standalone Win32 executable of my diagramming tool, in case any of you > people stuck in Microsoft hell with me care to check it out (without > having to worry about module dependencies). It's now a link at the > bottom of: HTTP://Pip.LBox.Org/dvl/diag so please feel free to check > it out. =) > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc From scott at slowass.net Fri Mar 28 14:55:56 2008 From: scott at slowass.net (Scott Walters) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:55:56 -0700 Subject: [yapc] Ooops! Was: Poker Was: Re: YAPC::NA 2007 Lightning Talk Videos? In-Reply-To: <289a62770711021559t55fd397ejd9a74019684b6252@mail.gmail.com> References: <289a62770711021559t55fd397ejd9a74019684b6252@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20080328215555.GQ18528@slowass.net> Er... hi everyone. Sorry about that. Hit 'g' a little too thoughtlessly in mutt. Sorry for the spam. -scott On 0, Pip Stuart wrote: > Does anyone happen to have any footage from the Lightning Talks given > in Houston, Texas earlier this year? I'd really like to show some > friends && new co-workers the talk I gave on (Interactive Diagramming > && Game Development with Perl/Tk), if it's at all possible to do so. > Please let me know. Thanks. > > -Pip > > P.S. If anyone enjoyed my talk, you might be interested to know I've > recently been able to get PAR::Packer configured properly with > ActivePerl 5.8.8.822, MinGW, && CPAN's dmake so that I could create a > standalone Win32 executable of my diagramming tool, in case any of you > people stuck in Microsoft hell with me care to check it out (without > having to worry about module dependencies). It's now a link at the > bottom of: HTTP://Pip.LBox.Org/dvl/diag so please feel free to check > it out. =) > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc