The Perl Foundation is pleased to announce DreamHost as one of the newest sponsors of YAPC::NA::2015. DreamHost uses Perl in their custom-built control panel, for managing a big part of their server infrastructure, and for distributing calculations between machines. They also use Perl for their hosting platform, as well as a web application platform. "DreamHost is honored to be sponsoring YAPC::NA! DreamHost was built upon a solid foundation of Perl

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

Are you an experienced Perl instructor who would like to offer a course at YAPC:NA this year in Salt Lake City? We want to offer the Perl community a selection of courses and tutorials before and after the conference. Master Classes can be a half day full day or 2 days in length and will run on Sunday 7th, Thursday 11th, and Friday 12th of June. To submit your proposal

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

The Salt Lake Perl Mongers User Group has been selected to host the YAPC::NA::2015. The conference will be held June 8-10th, 2015. The Salt Lake Perl Mongers and the local Provo Linux Users Group will combine to host this national event. Salt Lake City is well known as a technology hub for both start-ups and large corporations. Companies such as Adobe, Intel, Bluehost, Overstock.com, Boeing, and ATK call Salt Lake

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 call for papers for YAPC::NA 2013 has been officially announced. Please email your papers to admin@yapcna.org On 11/8/2013 I was finally given the go ahead to release the dates for YAPC::NA 2013 "I just spoke with Will from Austin PM. We approve of you publishing the date Erica"

I'm happy to announce that Heath Bair is our new Conferences Committee Chair. Heath was the organizer for YAPC::NA in Columbus in 2010 and he has remained passionate about YAPCs ever since. I'm looking forward to him bringing that passion to one of the most active committees in TPF. Please join me in congratulating Heath on his new role!

Josh McAdams is stepping down as conferences chair, so TPF is now accepting self-nominations for this role. This is a great opportunity to help the Perl community and is one of the key roles that can have a huge impact without writing code. You can take a look at the expectations for the role on the "conference roles page":http://www.perlfoundation.org/conferences_committee_roles. If you're interested, answer the questions at the bottom of the

I'm happy to announce that YAPC::NA in 2013 will be in Austin. We had two great locations to choose from, especially from the perspective of other interesting things to do outside the conference. Details and dates will be coming shortly. Congratulations to the Austin group!

Posting the bid submitted by Erica Baum for Austin to host YAPC::NA::2013. Austin YAPC Proposal.pdf

Posting the bid submitted by Mark Prather for Orlando to host YAPC::NA::2013. yapc2013 proposal.pdf

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

Below is an overview of the programs that were financially supported by The Perl Foundation in 2010. Programs are roughly broken up into 3 categories: Events, Marketing, and Development. Perl events The Perl Foundation supported four conferences in 2010. Those conferences were: The North American Yet Another Perl Conference Frozen Perl, The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop, and The Perl Oasis. Each event is expected to be self-sustaining through program fees and

"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!

TPF is helping to sponsor a Perl Booth at "LinuxTag":http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/, Berlin, which takes place from the 9th 12th June. "Gabor":http://szabgab.com/blog/2010/04/1271829580.html and the events team are looking for more volunteers. If you are available to help out please add your details to the "event co-ordination":http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?events_2010_linuxtag_berlin page on the Perl Foundation wiki. #events

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

Heath Bair writes: "YAPC::NA 2010":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/ is almost here! June 21st 23rd 2010 is quickly approaching and "Columbus.pm":http://columbus.pm.org/ is getting very excited. Hotel reservation information is available, dorm reservation details are up and ready, and the conference is quickly approaching. For everyone still looking for "YAPC::NA 2010":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/ details here is what we have planned. The "conference":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2010/wiki?node=ConferenceSummary will be held in the brand new beautiful The Ohio State Union. The main "dorm

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

I am pleased to announce that TPF will be represented for the first time this year at "CeBIT":http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e. The conference is taking place between the 2nd and 6th of March in Hannover, Germany. The events team is still looking for more volunteers to staff the booth. If you want to help out you'll find information on the "events mailing list":http://www.mail-archive.com/events@lists.perlfoundation.org/ and the "events wiki":http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?events.

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

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

The "Nordic Perl Workshop":http://www.perlworkshop.no/npw2009/ will be taking place this week on Thursday and Friday in Oslo, Norway. The theme for this year's conference is "Your Future with Perl". The focus will be on Perl 6, Rakudo, Parrot, and modern ways of using Perl 5. A three day Perl 6 and Enlightened Perl "Hackathon":http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6/index.cgi?oslo_perl_6_hackaton_2009 will follow the workshop. If you are interested in finding out more about this, take a look

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

I used to think that there was a conference season and that it took place in the summer. Now in the Perl world we have so many grass-root events taking place that the whole year is our conference season. So far this year we have already had "Perl Oasis":http://perloasis.org/opw2009/ in Orlando, "Frozen Perl":http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2009/ in Minneapolis, the "Bulgarian Perl Workshop":http://event.perlbulgaria.org/sofia2009/, the "German Perl Workshop":http://www.perl-workshop.de/en/2009/index.html, and the "Belgian Perl Workshop":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/bpw2009/. Today the

The Minneapolis Perl Mongers are organizing Frozen Perl 2009, a one-day Perl workshop in Minneapolis on Saturday, February 07, 2009. We will have a hackathon on the Sunday after, and brian d foy of Stonehenge Consulting will be teaching a Perl class on the Friday before. You can learn more about all of these events at "the Frozen Perl website":http://www.frozen-perl.org. Registration for the workshop is now open, and the early

The Perl Foundation is looking at giving some grants ranging from $500 to $3000 in November 2008. In the past, we've supported Adam Kennedy's PPI and Strawberry Perl, Nicholas Clark's work on Perl internals, Jouke Visser's pVoice, Chris Dolan on Perl::Critic and many others http://www.perlfoundation.org/grants for more references>. You don't have to have a large, complex, or lengthy project. You don't even have to be a Perl master or

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

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

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,

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

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.

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

As reported on the "YAPC::NA site":http://yapc.org/America, the call for participation has been extended. The original closing date was March 15, but some people asked for an extension and seemed only fair to share the extension with everyone. The new deadline is March 31, 2008.