The Philadelphia.pm bid follows: YAPC::Philadelphia 2007 Overview Why Philadelphia? Because Philadelphia is less than an 8 hour drive for one third of the nation's population. Because it is home of the cheesesteak. And most importantly because we are hosting YAPC just before Independence Day, a day the city participated in creating. Each year Philadelphia celebrates with more than a week of activities at the Sunoco Welcome America festival complete with

The Houston.pm bid follows: Overview Proposed Dates Facilities Location Rice University University of Houston Downtown University of Houston Internet Access Cost/Affordability Low Cost Experience Attendee Cost Conference Budget Audio/Visual and Equipment Other Fees and Services Accommodations Food Service/Catering Dining Catering Internet Access Alternative Accommodations Transportation Getting to Houston

After a flurry of last minute activity and a submission at 11:58 PM EST last night, the bidding period for hosting YAPC::NA::2007 is now closed. I'm happy to report that we have three bids, two of them from confederations of multiple PM groups. First, let me clarify that I did extend the bid deadline by one day because of some confusion with one of the groups regarding the due date.

I think the title says it all. August 1 is the deadline, so get your hosting bids polished up and submitted. As discussed here previously, once the call for venue is officially closed

As spelled out in my original Call for Venue August 1st is the closing date. At this year's YAPC::NA, the YAPC BOF drew some interested parties from Texas who were considering a bid. I also believe Boston.pm were going to re-submit, but I haven't heard anything from them recently. Did you attend this year and have a blast? Can you keep YAPC::NA going? We need you to make it happen

In the interest of providing more examples of bids from the past to help future bidders, I'm posting the Buffalo bid here. Read on for details. Note that we had a wiki up with details, pictures, etc., but the wiki has since gone away. Proposed dates: To keep with past years, it seems June 16-18, 2004 would be best. However, we can be flexible with other dates in June. Facilities.

Jeremy Fluhmann responded to my Call for Venue post saying he'd be interested to see the other bids when they get posted. This brings up a good point: when should the bids be made public? My thought was that they would be made public after the Conferences Committee has selected the host group. This allows people to see what we voted on and it's a good reference for next year.

Can't figure out how you're going to get to Chicago for YAPC::NA this year and wish it was in your city? Want to meet Perl luminaries, but aren't sure how? Want to contribute to Perl without writing a new MVC framework? If you answer yes to at least two of these questions, you might be just the person we want to host YAPC next year. But you can't host if

As TPF Conferences Chair, I try to help eager, excited organizers put together a YAPC. Ever since I ran YAPC in Buffalo in 2004 I've wanted to put together something called Conference::Toolkit that would solve all of the YAPC web-site needs. Well, given my TPF duties, I honestly don't have the time to do this right. And I want it done right. I want to put together the best conference

I've been remiss in noting that YAPC::Asia::2006 is right around the corner. But if you're in Tokyo and want to go, it appears you're a bit too late. They've sold out! They have a great line-up of talks and speakers If you're already registered, have fun!