As we close YAPC::NA in Salt Lake City, we want to thank everyone who attended, organized, and sponsored this year's conference. Without our community coming together in support, we wouldn't have such a great event! This year, YAPC sold-out at 340 attendees with a reported attendance of over 350. Specifically, The Perl Foundation would like to thank our local organizing team for all of their hard work. David Oswald and

Earlier this month The Perl Foundation's Board Treasurer Dan Wright announced that ZipRecruiter has joined to support TPF and YAPC::NA as a Silver Sponsor. Not only will their sponsorship assist with YAPC::NA::2015 in Salt Lake City, but they will be supporting the efforts of The Perl Foundation year-round. "ZipRecruiter has used perl from our company's inception, and we've benefitted greatly from the language, CPAN and the perl community," said Will

The Perl Foundation is excited to announce three hackathons that will be running sequentially with YAPC ::NA 2015 in Salt Lake City this June. These events include a Perl 6 hackathon with Perl creator Larry Wall to be held on June 11th. The cost to attend these three hackathons is included in all YAPC ::NA 2015 passes, but we do encourage you to RSVP online so we know how many

As you prepare for this year's YAPC::NA be sure to take advantage of the early bird rates being offered by Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City! Reserve your room prior to March 1st 2015 and receive a nightly discount. After March 1st, rates will go up $20/room/night. So be sure to book today. The reservation link can be found at "yapcna.org/yn2015/location.html":http://yapcna.org/yn2015/location.html. CALLING ALL SPEAKERS! Don't forget that submissions for

Upon hearing the community's voice, we have re-worked our YAPC timeline, and found a way to extend the call for papers deadline to March 1st. We want to thank those individuals who have already submitted their talk proposals, they will be considered in the first round of rotating acceptances. And we'd also like to thank those in the Perl community who spoke up. This is your YAPC, and we want

Walnut, CA The Perl Foundation, along with the Salt Lake Perl Mongers is pleased to announce that the official venue for YAPC::NA 2015 will be the Little America Hotel, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Little America, a four-diamond hotel located on South Main Street has been working with this year's organizer team to meet all of the needs necessary to host a YAPC. The facility, which boasts 14 meeting rooms

Walnut, CA With the planning stages of YAPC::NA 2015 underway, The Perl Foundation has made an increased commitment to marketing and public relations: by teaming up with Pittsburgh based firm ALTRIS Incorporated. ALTRIS Incorporated, a full-service printing, marketing, and web design firm, specializes in non-profit marketing, fundraising, branding, and event management. "We originally brought in the team at ALTRIS to help with our 2012 and 2013 end-of-the-year reports and sponsorship

We need people excited about Perl and want YAPC to come to their City. Forget the Mississippi rule lets go all across America! Please have a prepared bid with location and simple budget emailed to me by May 15th, 2013! So get your ideas and plans together and lets get YAPC::NA::2014 planned. #yapc #yapcna #yapc-2014

The Perl Foundation is proud to announce that the craigslist Charitable Fund is supporting the Perl community with a generous donation of $100,000 toward Perl5 maintenance and for general use by the Perl Foundation. According to craigslist CEO and former Perl Hacker Jim Buckmaster, "craigslist has gloried in and relied upon Perl for most of its software development for more than a decade. craigslist Charitable Fund is honored to recognize

In August of 2011 Gabor Szabo started an ambitious project intended to bring a snapshot of the Perl World to the wider community. That project was called "Perl Weekly":http://perlweekly.com/. Gabor had seen an issue in the community, in order to follow the latest news, learn about the latest events or keep up-to-date with important elements of the community you were required to sift through a large number of blogs, news