From jkeen at verizon.net Sat Mar 1 06:13:59 2014 From: jkeen at verizon.net (James E Keenan) Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 09:13:59 -0500 Subject: YAPC::NA::2014 early bird registration extended to March 7 Message-ID: <5311EB27.1080203@verizon.net> From a posting at: http://blog.yapcna.org/ "We are extending the $150 Early Bird Registration price by a week. The Early Bird Registration will close after March 7th 2014." Register here: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2014/register YAPC will be held in Orlando June 23?25, 2014. From uri at stemsystems.com Wed Mar 5 11:38:07 2014 From: uri at stemsystems.com (Uri Guttman) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:38:07 -0500 Subject: job talk/symposium Message-ID: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com> hi, is there going to be a perl job talk or symposium again this year? i would like to be on the panel if there is one. if not i will do my perl jobs bof again (may do it anyway) as it was very popular in austin and madison. i am not sure who organized it last year or who is doing it this year. i do think i have the credentials to be on the panel. thanx, uri -- Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers http://PerlHunter.com From sterling at hanenkamp.com Wed Mar 5 14:05:14 2014 From: sterling at hanenkamp.com (Sterling Hanenkamp) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:05:14 -0600 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com> References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com> Message-ID: Last year we did a telecommuting panel, which I thought went off pretty well aside from the technical problems with the microphones at the start. I am not intending to host that again this year as I'm giving a technical talk instead. But I think a work-related symposium of some kind is a great idea. Telecommuting is my own personal passion, but I would be interested in attending one on other work-related topics. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: > hi, > > is there going to be a perl job talk or symposium again this year? i would > like to be on the panel if there is one. if not i will do my perl jobs bof > again (may do it anyway) as it was very popular in austin and madison. i am > not sure who organized it last year or who is doing it this year. i do > think i have the credentials to be on the panel. > > thanx, > > uri > > -- > Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter > The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers > http://PerlHunter.com > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > -- Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp sterling at hanenkamp.com 785.370.4454 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From genehack at genehack.org Wed Mar 5 14:20:26 2014 From: genehack at genehack.org (John SJ Anderson) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:20:26 -0800 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com> Message-ID: FYI: At this point, the talk schedule is full. (There are a handful of additional talks that are going to be formally accepted just as soon as I triple-check the schedule allows for them, and then this will be officially announced as the last round of acceptances.) So this activity would need be done as a BOF or something like that. chrs, john, YAPC::NA speaker coordinator On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Sterling Hanenkamp wrote: > Last year we did a telecommuting panel, which I thought went off pretty well > aside from the technical problems with the microphones at the start. I am > not intending to host that again this year as I'm giving a technical talk > instead. > > But I think a work-related symposium of some kind is a great idea. > Telecommuting is my own personal passion, but I would be interested in > attending one on other work-related topics. > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: >> >> hi, >> >> is there going to be a perl job talk or symposium again this year? i would >> like to be on the panel if there is one. if not i will do my perl jobs bof >> again (may do it anyway) as it was very popular in austin and madison. i am >> not sure who organized it last year or who is doing it this year. i do think >> i have the credentials to be on the panel. >> >> thanx, >> >> uri >> >> -- >> Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter >> The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers >> http://PerlHunter.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yapc mailing list >> yapc at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > > > > -- > Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp > sterling at hanenkamp.com > 785.370.4454 > > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc From yaakov at perlfoundation.org Wed Mar 5 14:22:47 2014 From: yaakov at perlfoundation.org (Ya'akov Sloman) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:22:47 -0500 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com>

Message-ID: <93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> We will have a symposium slot available, I am sure. I will work out the basics very soon. Ya'akov On Mar 5, 2014, at 5:20 PM, John SJ Anderson wrote: > FYI: At this point, the talk schedule is full. (There are a handful of > additional talks that are going to be formally accepted just as soon > as I triple-check the schedule allows for them, and then this will be > officially announced as the last round of acceptances.) > > So this activity would need be done as a BOF or something like that. > > chrs, > john, > YAPC::NA speaker coordinator > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Sterling Hanenkamp > wrote: >> Last year we did a telecommuting panel, which I thought went off pretty well >> aside from the technical problems with the microphones at the start. I am >> not intending to host that again this year as I'm giving a technical talk >> instead. >> >> But I think a work-related symposium of some kind is a great idea. >> Telecommuting is my own personal passion, but I would be interested in >> attending one on other work-related topics. >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: >>> >>> hi, >>> >>> is there going to be a perl job talk or symposium again this year? i would >>> like to be on the panel if there is one. if not i will do my perl jobs bof >>> again (may do it anyway) as it was very popular in austin and madison. i am >>> not sure who organized it last year or who is doing it this year. i do think >>> i have the credentials to be on the panel. >>> >>> thanx, >>> >>> uri >>> >>> -- >>> Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter >>> The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers >>> http://PerlHunter.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yapc mailing list >>> yapc at pm.org >>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp >> sterling at hanenkamp.com >> 785.370.4454 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yapc mailing list >> yapc at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 495 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: From david at fetter.org Wed Mar 5 15:08:44 2014 From: david at fetter.org (David Fetter) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:08:44 -0800 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: <93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com>

<93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> Message-ID: <20140305230844.GA2215@fetter.org> Just once, I would love to see an old-fashioned symposium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium Of course the down side is that a symposium violates, or should violate, the code of conduct at any professional conference. Cheers, David. On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 05:22:47PM -0500, Ya'akov Sloman wrote: > We will have a symposium slot available, I am sure. > > I will work out the basics very soon. > > Ya'akov > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 5:20 PM, John SJ Anderson wrote: > > > FYI: At this point, the talk schedule is full. (There are a handful of > > additional talks that are going to be formally accepted just as soon > > as I triple-check the schedule allows for them, and then this will be > > officially announced as the last round of acceptances.) > > > > So this activity would need be done as a BOF or something like that. > > > > chrs, > > john, > > YAPC::NA speaker coordinator > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Sterling Hanenkamp > > wrote: > >> Last year we did a telecommuting panel, which I thought went off pretty well > >> aside from the technical problems with the microphones at the start. I am > >> not intending to host that again this year as I'm giving a technical talk > >> instead. > >> > >> But I think a work-related symposium of some kind is a great idea. > >> Telecommuting is my own personal passion, but I would be interested in > >> attending one on other work-related topics. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: > >>> > >>> hi, > >>> > >>> is there going to be a perl job talk or symposium again this year? i would > >>> like to be on the panel if there is one. if not i will do my perl jobs bof > >>> again (may do it anyway) as it was very popular in austin and madison. i am > >>> not sure who organized it last year or who is doing it this year. i do think > >>> i have the credentials to be on the panel. > >>> > >>> thanx, > >>> > >>> uri > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter > >>> The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers > >>> http://PerlHunter.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> yapc mailing list > >>> yapc at pm.org > >>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp > >> sterling at hanenkamp.com > >> 785.370.4454 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> yapc mailing list > >> yapc at pm.org > >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > > > _______________________________________________ > > yapc mailing list > > yapc at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter at gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate From uri at stemsystems.com Wed Mar 5 17:38:28 2014 From: uri at stemsystems.com (Uri Guttman) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:38:28 -0500 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: <93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com>

<93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> Message-ID: <5317D194.5050800@stemsystems.com> On 03/05/2014 05:22 PM, Ya'akov Sloman wrote: > We will have a symposium slot available, I am sure. > > I will work out the basics very soon. > hi ya'akov, 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. thanx, uri -- Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers http://PerlHunter.com From perl at csjewell.fastmail.us Wed Mar 5 20:29:31 2014 From: perl at csjewell.fastmail.us (Curtis Jewell) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:29:31 -0700 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: <20140305230844.GA2215@fetter.org> References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com>

<93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> <20140305230844.GA2215@fetter.org> Message-ID: <1394080171.18085.91169153.64EDF01C@webmail.messagingengine.com> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014, at 16:08, David Fetter wrote: > Just once, I would love to see an old-fashioned symposium. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium > > Of course the down side is that a symposium violates, or should > violate, the code of conduct at any professional conference. Not to mention that most of the people coming from my work, among others [and that INCLUDES me] couldn't participate very well. > Cheers, > David. -- Curtis Jewell csjewell at cpan.org http://csjewell.dreamwidth.org/ perl at csjewell.fastmail.us http://csjewell.comyr.org/perl/ "Your random numbers are not that random" -- perl-5.10.1.tar.gz/util.c Strawberry Perl for Windows betas: http://strawberryperl.com/beta/ From yaakov at perlfoundation.org Thu Mar 6 05:46:03 2014 From: yaakov at perlfoundation.org (Yaakov Sloman) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 08:46:03 -0500 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: <5317D194.5050800@stemsystems.com> References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com>

<93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> <5317D194.5050800@stemsystems.com> Message-ID: <378B5DC1-13A8-4D54-9CCB-2C80325601F9@perlfoundation.org> 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. -- Ya'akov Sloman Community Advocate The Perl Foundation yaakov at perlfoundation.org +1 (412) 407-7375 This email is not digitally signed because it was sent from my phone. If in doubt about its authenticity, reply and I will send a signed version from the desktop. > On Mar 5, 2014, at 20:38, Uri Guttman wrote: > >> On 03/05/2014 05:22 PM, Ya'akov Sloman wrote: >> We will have a symposium slot available, I am sure. >> >> I will work out the basics very soon. > hi ya'akov, > > 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. > > thanx, > > uri > > > -- > Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter > The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers > http://PerlHunter.com > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From uri at stemsystems.com Thu Mar 6 06:32:43 2014 From: uri at stemsystems.com (Uri Guttman) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 09:32:43 -0500 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: <378B5DC1-13A8-4D54-9CCB-2C80325601F9@perlfoundation.org> References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com>

<93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> <5317D194.5050800@stemsystems.com> <378B5DC1-13A8-4D54-9CCB-2C80325601F9@perlfoundation.org> Message-ID: <5318870B.50806@stemsystems.com> On 03/06/2014 08:46 AM, Yaakov Sloman wrote: > 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. > ok. of course we will need a fairly large room as it may be popular. can you find the people who ran it last year or were on the panel? also the longer the time slot the better (90 minutes if possible). there is so much to cover and plenty of q&A. thanx, uri -- Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers http://PerlHunter.com From uri at stemsystems.com Tue Mar 11 06:26:39 2014 From: uri at stemsystems.com (Uri Guttman) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:26:39 -0400 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: <378B5DC1-13A8-4D54-9CCB-2C80325601F9@perlfoundation.org> References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com>

<93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> <5317D194.5050800@stemsystems.com> <378B5DC1-13A8-4D54-9CCB-2C80325601F9@perlfoundation.org> Message-ID: <531F0F0F.6020701@stemsystems.com> On 03/06/2014 08:46 AM, Yaakov Sloman wrote: > 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. hi ya'akov, so any word on this? you said more info in a few days. also does anyone know who was on the panel last year? or who led/organized it last year? thanx, uri -- Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers http://PerlHunter.com From yaakov at perlfoundation.org Tue Mar 11 06:29:53 2014 From: yaakov at perlfoundation.org (Ya'akov Sloman) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:29:53 -0400 Subject: job talk/symposium In-Reply-To: <531F0F0F.6020701@stemsystems.com> References: <53177D1F.8030205@stemsystems.com>

<93A415CE-9EA3-44DB-8608-4F5BB9EBF8A7@perlfoundation.org> <5317D194.5050800@stemsystems.com> <378B5DC1-13A8-4D54-9CCB-2C80325601F9@perlfoundation.org> <531F0F0F.6020701@stemsystems.com> Message-ID: Unfortunately, I have been dealing with power-outage-related disasters at work. Recovering a critical array and standing up replacement services. Until that's clear volunteer activities are on the back burner. I will get back to it ASAP though. Ya'akov On Mar 11, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Uri Guttman wrote: > On 03/06/2014 08:46 AM, Yaakov Sloman wrote: >> 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. > > hi ya'akov, > > so any word on this? you said more info in a few days. also does anyone know who was on the panel last year? or who led/organized it last year? > > thanx, > > uri > > -- > Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter > The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers > http://PerlHunter.com > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 495 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: From wilcoxon at gmail.com Tue Mar 25 08:35:54 2014 From: wilcoxon at gmail.com (Stephen Wilcoxon) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:35:54 -0500 Subject: YAPC::NA training? Message-ID: When is it expected that the pre and post conference training will be announced (and able to register for it)? Or is it already up and I missed it? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: