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It's that time again! Welcome to another Yet Another Perl Conference, North America Call for Venue. Do you want to bring hundreds of Perl geeks to your city? If so, then please consider submitting your bid for YAPC::NA 2010. Similar to last year, the deadline for submissions is June 10 and the winning bid will be announced at "this year's conference in Pittsburgh":http://yapc10.org/. How do you get started? Please review ... read more |
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The Perl Foundation is happy to announce the returning of the Yet Another Perl Conference to it's origin for 2009. The Perl Foundation Conferences Committee has chosen Pittsburgh as the venue for the next North American YAPC. As has been a trend for the past few years, the votes were very close. We had two great bids from Pittsburgh and Columbus. As many know, 2009 marks 10 years of YAPC ... read more |
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As you may remember, this year we changed the YAPC::NA bidding process up a bit. We "moved everything up a few months":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2008/03/yapcna_2009_call_for_venue.html and will make an announcement during the closing ceremonies at this year's YAPC::NA in Chicago as to where the 2009 YAPC::NA will be held. If you'd like to offer any feedback or thoughts on the new process, please feel free to contact me fluhmann at perlfoundation dot org ... read more |
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Here is Pittsburgh.pm's bid for hosting YAPC::NA 2009 YAPC 2009 Proposal Pittsburgh Perl Mongers In 1999, the first ever Yet Another Perl Conference was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and hosted by Perl Monger Kevin Lenzo. In the past ten years, YAPC has flourished into a world-wide craze. But little did everybody realize that back when Kevin started it all, he implanted a very small homing beacon in the conference. Now, ... read more |
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Here is Columbus.pm's bid for hosting YAPC::NA 2009 NAME YAPC::NA::2009 Columbus.pm Bid DESCRIPTION Overview In 2006 Columbus was ranked as the United States 15th largest city, with 733,203 residents, and is the country's 32nd largest metropolitan area. Located with Columbus is the world renowned Ohio State University. OSU is currently the largest university in the nation and is ranked within the top 60 best universities in the country. All around ... read more |
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The Call For Venue is closed and we received 2 bids for hosting YAPC::NA 2009. A rebid from Columbus.pm to try and bring it to their town in 2009, and a bid from Pittsburgh.pm to try for an anniversary back where it all started. I'll be posting the bids shortly. The Conferences Committee is in the process of reviewing and voting on the bids. ... read more |