For those of you who aren't able to attend YAPC::NA in person, this year's organizers set up live streams of the conference. You can use the "conference schedule":http://act.yapcna.org/2012/schedule to find which talks you want to see and then stream the room you are interested in. The rooms are: "Lowell Dining Room":http://ics.webcast.uwex.edu/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=1de9c319-010c-4585-8617-210873935dfa "Pyle 325":http://ics.webcast.uwex.edu/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=90b5b79a-ceb6-4084-8cca-8977ff1aa729 "Pyle 313":http://ics.webcast.uwex.edu/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=1c56eaf7-1178-4cb9-bf47-53e717ea74c2 "Pyle Vandenburg Auditorium":http://ics.webcast.uwex.edu/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=5b80d7ae-5fc7-46c4-98ba-5f770a8be940 You'll need Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Flash, or Apple Quicktime to be able

The deadline for submitting proposals for hosting YAPC::NA 2013 is June 1st, which is only a few days away. The "original post":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2012/04/yapcna-2013-call-for-venue.html has more details.

"YAPC::NA 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin":http://yapcna.org/ is just six weeks away. With this years conference upon us, it is time to plan for 2013. The call for venue is officially open! The TPF Conference Committee will be accepting bids today through June 1st 2012. What is YAPC::NA? YAPC::NA is an annual Perl-focused conference held at various locations throughout North America. The conference is a grassroots symposia on the Perl programming language

The North American "Yet Another Perl Conference" starts June 13th. "Registration":http://act.yapcna.org/2012/purchase is open. All of the workshops have already sold out, but there are still tickets available for the general conference and the spouses program. Also, if you want to a "reserve a hotel":http://blog.yapcna.org/post/16909963700/conference-hotel-registration-open room at the "YAPC::NA 2012":http://www.yapcna.org/ conference facilities then you need to do so now. Reservations close on May 1. See you at YAPC::NA!

The Perl Foundation is excited to announce that we have two bids in for Perl Mongers groups to host YAPC::NA 2012. This year's bidders are the "MadMongers at Madison.pm":http://madmongers.org/ and the combined "Houston.pm":http://houston.pm.org/ and Austin.pm groups. The conference committee will be busy reviewing these bids over the next few weeks and the winner will be announced at "YAPC::NA 2011 in Asheville, NC":http://www.yapc2011.us/yn2011/. You can check out the bids to get

The organizers of "YAPC::EU 2011":http://yapceurope.lv/ye2011/ recently announced that they are "accepting proposals for talks":http://yapceurope.lv/ye2011/news/686 at YAPC::EU 2011. They are also looking for teachers and sponsors. "Click through":http://yapceurope.lv/ye2011/news/686 to read all of the details.

The "YAPC::NA 2011 Call For Speakers":http://www.yapc2011.us/yn2011/call_for_speakers.html will come to a close at 23:59 EST on March 24th 2011. Some talks have already been accepted if you want to "take a look":http://www.yapc2011.us/yn2011/schedule.

"YAPC::NA 2011 in Asheville, NC":http://www.yapc2011.us/yn2011/ is still four months away, but that doesn't mean that we can't start planning for 2012. The call for venue is officially open! The TPF Conference Committee will be accepting bids today through May 15th 2011. What is YAPC::NA? YAPC::NA is an annual Perl-focused conference held at various locations throughout North America. The conference is a grassroots symposia on the Perl programming language promoted by

The "call for talks":http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2011/newtalk for "Frozen Perl":http://www.frozen-perl.org/ is just wrapping up but there is still a little time to get a late submission in if you hurry. "Frozen Perl":http://www.frozen-perl.org/ is a three day event held at the University of Minnesota's McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN. The main event is a one-day, two-track workshop on Saturday, February 5th. There will be two Perl classes on Friday, February 4th. "Effective Perl

"Perl Oasis":http://www.perloasis.info, the annual Perl workshop in sunny Orlando, Florida has announced its call for papers. Submissions are due by December 17th. Visit "http://www.perloasis.info":http://www.perloasis.info for more information.

If you weren't at "YAPC::NA 2010":http://yapc2010.com/yn2010/, then you probably missed the announcement that the location and dates for YAPC::NA 2011 have been decided. Chris Prather and "Dahut.pm":http://dahut.pm.org/ have won the bid to host YAPC::NA 2011 in "Asheville, North Carolina":http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=asheville,+nc&sll=35.56798,-82.529297&sspn=0.718269,0.918732&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Asheville,+Buncombe,+North+Carolina&z=11. Mark your calendars because the conference dates have already been decided and will be June 27 July 1 2011. Congratulations to Dahut.pm on hosting the next YAPC::NA!

Just a reminder about the Yet Another Perl Conference, North America Call For Venue... Entries can be submitted now through June 1st 2010 to the TPF conferences group: tpf-conferences perl org. We hope to announce the winners at "this year's YAPC::NA in Columbus, Ohio":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/. Are you ready to get started? First off, you will want to "review the bidding details at yapc.org":http://yapc.org/yapcna.html. While there, you'll also find links to the

Philippe Bruhat wrote: "While YAPC::Europe 2010 preparations are well underway in Pisa, it is time for the YAPC::Europe Foundation to look for suitable sites for the 2011 conference. Any dedicated group interested in hosting YAPC::Europe 2011 should send a brief statement of intent to venue at yapceurope.org. This should be followed by a complete application. The deadline for applications is June 30, 2010. For details on how to prepare your

Today is the last day to "submit a talk proposal for YAPC::NA 2010":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/newtalk in Columbus, Ohio.

The time has come for the Yet Another Perl Conference, North America Call For Venue! Entries can be submitted now through June 1st 2010 to the TPF conferences group: tpf-conferences perl org. We hope to announce the winners at "this year's YAPC::NA in Columbus, Ohio":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/. Are you ready to get started? First off, you will want to "review the bidding details at yapc.org":http://yapc.org/yapcna.html. While there, you'll also find links to

The response to the call for paper for "YAPC::NA 2010":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010 has been excellent so far; however, it is quickly drawing to a close. You have one week left to "submit your talk":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/newtalk for YAPC::NA 2010!

From "the YAPC::NA 2010 website":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/: "YAPC::NA 2010 is actively searching for sponsorship, if you or your company would interested in being a sponsor please take a look at our "Executive Summary":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/images/YAPC%20NA%20Executive%20Summary.pdf or "Sponsorship Prospectus":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/images/YAPC%20NA%20Sponsorship%20Prospectus.pdf."

The call for papers for "YAPC::NA 2010":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010 has been officially announced. This year's theme will be "Modern Perl". With a planned four parallel tracks each day, there are ample open slots for talks, so be sure to "submit yours today":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/newtalk.

The "YAPC::NA 2010":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/ website has been up for a while, but it is now officially integrated with "Act":http://act.mongueurs.net/. Be sure to visit soon, create an account if you don't already have one, and start getting ready for the conference. Remember that the conference is June 21st through 23rd 2010 at Ohio State University. Registration will be $100 which day-passes available. #yapc-2010-conference

The dates for "YAPC::NA 2010":http://yapc2010.com/ were announced recently. The conference will be the week of June 20th 2010 at Knowlton Hall on the Campus of the Ohio State University. The primary conference days will be June 21st, 22nd, 23rd, but if history tells us anything, there will be events, classes, and hackathons spread out for days before and after the official conference. #perl-conference-yapc

The "Frozen Perl 2010":http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2010/ workshop is scheduled for Saturday, February 6th at the University of Minnesota's McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN. The organizers just put out their "call for speakers":http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2010/cfs.html a day or so ago. If you have no fear of freezing temperatures and want to attend or speak at a great Perl workshop, check it out. Also, the are still "looking for sponsors":http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2010/sponsorship.html if you'd like to help

Conference season is in full swing and the next event that you might be interested in is "YAPC::EU 2009":http://yapceurope2009.org/ye2009/. This year's conference is going to be in Lisbon, Portugal and will be loaded with days of Perl programming talks and events. The theme this year is 'Corporate Perl'. Some featured presentations include Larry Wall's opening keynote, "Damian Conway's 'The Missing Link'":http://yapceurope2009.org/ye2009/talk/2088, and José Castro's closing keynote. You can check out

We are excited to announce that "Columbus, Ohio Perl Mongers":http://columbus.pm.org/ will be the hosts of "YAPC::NA 2010":http://yapc2010.com/. They came in a very close second in last year's bidding and came back this year with an excellent proposal that sets the stage for a great YAPC::NA 2010 in Columbus. Congratulations Columbus!

The Perl Foundation will have a booth at OSCON again this year. The booth always serves as a great meeting place for those of us in the Perl community, but beyond that, it tends to be a little confused as to its purpose. We know that we want to show other OSCON attendees that the Perl community is an active community that is on the cutting edge of technology. We

The dates and pricing for the "tenth annual YAPC::NA":http://yapc10.org/yn2009 have been announced. This year's conference will be held at at "Carnegie Mellon University":http://www.cmu.edu/ in Pittsburgh, PA on from June 22nd through June 24th. Registration is open with early bird pricing happening now. Also, "the call for papers":http://yapc10.org/yn2009/cfp.html is open through Friday, 24 April 2009. The Yet Another Perl Conference is a high-quality, inexpensive technical conference with its roots in the

Perl 5's revision history is now "stored in a git repository":http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git accessible to any developer around the world! Since March 1997 Perl 5 development has been done using a "Perforce":http://www.perforce.com revision control system generously hosted by "ActiveState":http://www.activestate.com. This system provided a powerful tool set for core developers, but tended to keep outside contributors at arms length. Now there is "a git repository available to anyone":http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git. The repository is hosted on

We are happy to announce that "Booking.com":http://www.booking.com has donated $50,000 to The Perl Foundation to aid in the further development and maintenance of the Perl programming language in general, and Perl 5.10 in particular. "Booking.com":http://www.booking.com is also donating hardware and sysadmin time to provide the servers for "the new git master for Perl 5":http://use.perl.org/articles/08/12/22/0830205.shtml. Booking.com is Europe's largest and fastest growing online hotel reservation service. It is based in Amsterdam,

For ten years the Perl community has made it a point to recognize the many significant contributions made by the unsung heros of Perl. These volunteers often work behind the scenes, serving the community and contributing to the ongoing success of Perl. The White Camel award is intended to honor those who make noteworthy and ongoing non-technical contributions in benefit of the Perl community. This year we have three White