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  • Registration for The Perl and Raku Conference 2024 is open! Fri, 15-Mar-2024 by Todd Rinaldo

    The Perl and Raku Conference is coming June 24-28. Get tickets to the conference at https://tprc.us/tickets Sign up for a talk at https://tprc.us/talks Take advantage of our special room rate: https://tprc.us/hotel

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  • Invitation to YAPC::Hiroshima 2024 in Japan Mon, 20-Nov-2023 by Makoto Nozaki

    Get ready for an unforgettable experience at one of the biggest Perl events in the world YAPC::Hiroshima, organized by the Japan Perl Association. Event details Date: February 9-11, 2024 Venue: International Conference Center Hiroshima Website: https://yapcjapan.org/2024hiroshima/ Why attend YAPC::HIroshima 2024? Knowledge Exchange: Immerse yourself in Perl and non-Perl topics through three informative tracks of talks. They are expecting 300-400 attendees Networking Opportunities: Connect with fellow Perl enthusiasts and developers Keynotes

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  • Now Accepting: TPRC Proposals for 2024 Wed, 22-Mar-2023 by Amber Krawczyk

    It’s time to plan TPRC 2024. If you are interested in organizing the event in your city, please submit a proposal by April 28th. Please view the information, along with a sample RFP you can send to possible vendors here. When ready to submit your proposal, please use the same form. If you have any questions, please contact us at hello@perlfoundation.org

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  • TPRC 2023 March Newsletter Wed, 01-Mar-2023 by Todd Rinaldo

    The Perl and Raku Conference 2023 in Toronto, Canada July 11-13, 2023 is open! Sign up for talks. Book your ticket and hotel.

    The Perl Foundation is delighted to announce that the annual North American Perl and Raku Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada on July 11 to 13, 2023. The venue will be the DoubleTree (a Hilton Hotels property), located at 108 Chestnut St in downtown Toronto. That's directly North from Toronto's city hall, close to public transit and one of the country's biggest malls, the Toronto Eaton Centre.

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  • TPRC 2022 SOC Report Mon, 11-Jul-2022 by Todd Rinaldo

    As with past conferences, the TPRC 2022 conference had a Standards of Conduct document all attendees were required to agree to. We believe that it’s important to share the outcome of these policies so that people in our community know that we are enforcing them and what outcomes to expect from violations. This is an anonymized summary of the incidents reported to the SoC Committee and the committee’s response: A

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  • TPRC June Newsletter Thu, 02-Jun-2022 by Todd Rinaldo
    • Plan your Stay
    • Stay Connected
    • Setup your Schedule
    • Call for Volunteers
    • Standards of Conduct
    • Sponsor
    • Lighting Talks
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  • Unmissable keynote talk: 20 years of making a living with a ‘dead’ language Mon, 23-May-2022 by Todd Rinaldo

    Perl stalwart, Ruth Holloway, is giving this year’s keynote talk. She’s written perl for 21 years and is enjoying a solid career out of it, even though the person who taught her said the language was dead! Really? Yes! The language isn’t doing too bad, and as she says “Perl’s an awfully lively zombie!” Travel along with Ruth through two decades of the joys and sorrows, the best and the

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  • TPRC Newsletter #2022-03 Mon, 09-May-2022 by Todd Rinaldo
    • The schedule is live.
    • Plan your stay
    • Attend Master Classes
    • Sign up for a lightning talk
    • Sponsor
    • Find out more about us
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  • TPRCHouston - Newsletter #2 Thu, 10-Mar-2022 by Todd Rinaldo

    Plan your stay, Attend Master Classes, Talks Posted, Call for Papers Extended, Organize, Sponsor, Find out more about us

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  • TPRCHouston - Newsletter #1 Wed, 22-Dec-2021 by Todd Rinaldo

    About The Perl and Raku Conference in Houston. Call for Presenters and Master Class. Talk ideas? Volunteers wanted! Call for Sponsors. How to reach us.

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  • Volunteers needed for Perl dev room at FOSDEM (online) Thu, 11-Nov-2021 by Nic Evans

    FOSDEM will run online on 5-6 February 2022 and is calling for participation. The Marketing Committee would like to run a Perl dev room but need volunteers and speakers to assist. Talks need to be prerecorded and uploaded prior to the conference, which are then streamed to participants with Q&A after each. Before we request the room from FOSDEM and call for speakers, we need volunteers to assist with both

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  • TPRC Newsletter - May 2021 Fri, 14-May-2021 by Todd Rinaldo

    Read the latest news from TPRCIC 2021: Speakers announced, submit a lightning talk, set up a BOF, register for tickets and help us make the event a success.

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  • TPRCIC 2021 - Call for papers Sat, 03-Apr-2021 by Nic Evans

    The Perl and Raku Conference in the Cloud 2021 celebrates all things Perl and Raku from 8-10 June with group meetings on the Monday and Friday each side of the main event. We want to hear from you! We know that there are hundreds of people in our community with great things to share about Perl and Raku, database integration, drones, puppies, and any other topics that may be of

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  • FOSDEM 2021 - guidance for speakers Wed, 13-Jan-2021 by Stuart J Mackintosh

    Speaking at FOSDEM? Here’s what you need to know Thank you to all speakers who have put themselves forward to speak at this year’s FOSDEM. As it’s a virtual event, all talks need to be pre-recorded by the speakers. This is the first time FOSDEM has operated in this way so please be aware that there may be some bumps along the way everyone is working this out as they

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  • FOSDEM 2021: Call for papers open Fri, 04-Dec-2020 by Stuart J Mackintosh

    The Perl Foundation is calling for papers for our virtual devroom taking place at FOSDEM on Saturday 6th February 2021. A brief outline of your talk must be submitted by 23 December. The finished talk is not required until January Talk subjects The main topic of the room will be "Perl&Raku in a world in flux", and the open call for papers will include the following topics: data science infrastructure

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  • Record attendance for TPF conference Wed, 08-Jul-2020 by Nic Evans

    COVID-19 may have put a stop to The Perl Foundation’s physical conference, but it didn’t prevent almost 500 people coming together across the three-day Conference in the Cloud via Zoom. A total of 467 tickets of 500 were sold raising funds for The Perl Foundation. At its busiest single point in time, 263 people were live on Zoom with 157 watching on YouTube. Delegates from around the world, many of

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  • Newsletter 6 - TPRCiC 2020 Mon, 22-Jun-2020 by Dawn Wallis
    • Check your time zone for the schedule
    • How to attend - Hint! Check your email for a password to attend the Zoom session
    • Thank you Sponsors
    • Submit a Lightning Talk
    • Get your tickets
    • Order your conference gear
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  • Newsletter 5 - TPRCiC 2020 Tue, 19-May-2020 by Todd Rinaldo

    The schedule is available. Submit a Lightning Talk. Volunteers needed. Do you want to host a virtual BoF? Introduction to Go virtual master class. Order your conference shirt.

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  • Newsletter 4 - TPRCiC 2020 Tue, 28-Apr-2020 by Todd Rinaldo

    In this issue: Final Call Round 2 CFP Ends UTC May 02, 2020 00:01 Get your tickets registration is open About the Conference in the Cloud Volunteers needed How to Reach Us Last Call Call For Talks Our second and final round of talk submissions is ending on May 2 at 00:01 UTC. Check to see what that means in your timezone, for example, that’s May 1 at 8:01pm EDT.

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  • Newsletter - TPRCiC 2020 Fri, 17-Apr-2020 by Todd Rinaldo

    In this issue: Round 2 Call for Talks is open now! Due May 02, 2020 00:01 UTC About the Conference in the Cloud Cost, Timing, Platform Be part of it all Organizer spots open! Volunteers needed How to Reach Us Call for Talks DUE May 02, 2020 00:01 UTC Our second and final round of talk submissions ends May 2 at 00:01 UTC. Submit your new talk topics

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  • Perl and Raku at FOSDEM 2020 Tue, 21-Jan-2020 by Stuart J Mackintosh

    We're excited to announce the Perl and Raku stand at FOSDEM 2020 conference in Brussels on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February. This is a great opportunity to share Perl and Raku with one of the largest meeting of developers and technologists. It also brings us together as a community and helps us engage with thousands of others, sharing the values of Perl and Raku. We are one of just

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  • TPCiH 2020 - Newsletter #3 Fri, 17-Jan-2020 by IrishPebbles

    In this issue: Conference registration is live! http://bit.ly/tpcihtickets Venue information http://bit.ly/tpcihhotel Call for presentations! https://www.papercall.io/tpcihcfp Call for master-class/tutorial teachers open! admin@perlconference.us Volunteer-Organizer positions open Call for sponsors! treasurer@perlfoundation.org Contact us admin@perlconference.us Registration is live! Get your tickets! TPCiH will be hosted at the Hilton Houston North on Greenspoint Drive and registration is open. Tickets are on sale now at $275.00 each. Early-bird pricing ends Friday, May 1. http://bit.ly/tpcihtickets Venue Information

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  • The Perl and Raku Conference Registration is LIVE! Mon, 06-Jan-2020 by IrishPebbles

    Registration is live! Get your tickets! #TPCiH will be hosted at the Hilton Houston North on Greenspoint Drive June 23rd to 27th. Tickets are now on sale for $275.00 each. Early-bird pricing through Apr 30th http://bit.ly/tpcihtickets #TPRCiH #perlcon #perl #rakulang

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  • TPCiH 2020 - Newsletter #2 Thu, 12-Dec-2019 by IrishPebbles

    In this issue: Call for presentations open soon! https://www.papercall.io/tpcihcfp Call for master-class/tutorial teachers open! Venue announced Volunteer-Organizer positions open Call for sponsors! Contact us Call for Presenters The call for presentations is open now! Submit your ideas early. The deadline is Monday, Jan 26 11:59 pm EST 1/27/20 4:59 am GMT. https://www.papercall.io/tpcihcfp Whether this is your first time submitting a talk proposal or one of many you’ve proposed and presented,

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  • #TPCiH to be @ Hilton Houston North Jun 23-27, 2020 Sun, 24-Nov-2019 by IrishPebbles

    The Hilton Houston North has been selected as the #TPCiH venue! #savethdates June 23-27, 2020. The 3-day tech conference goes from Wednesday, June 24 through Friday, June 26. Master-class tutorial sessions will be offered Tuesday, June 23 and Saturday, June 27 #perlcon #rakulang

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  • TPCiH 2020 - Newsletter #1 Tue, 22-Oct-2019 by IrishPebbles

    In this issue: About The Perl Conference in Houston Volunteer-Organizer positions open Call for sponsors Call for talk ideas Contact us About #TPCiH In 2020 we’ll be in Houston, Texas. The Perl Conference in Houston will use hashtag #TPCiH, which follows with previous years taking the first letter of the name or letters for cities with more than one word in their names So if you see #TPCiH around on

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  • Board update to SoC incident Thu, 25-Jul-2019 by Dan Wright

    Dear Perl Community Last week, in a blog post, The Perl Foundation Board of Directors announced that it would be providing further analysis of a recent Standards of Conduct decision with the hopes of providing an update this week. After reaching out to various parties and receiving additional information, it is clear that this issue will not be resolved in a week. The Board will continue to work on this

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  • Clarification on 2019 Perl Conference SoC Incident Fri, 12-Jul-2019 by Jim Brandt

    There has been much discussion about the Perl Conference's Standards of Conduct Committee's decision to delist a video from the 2019 Perl Conference videos. We would like to provide some additional context to help explain this decision. This incident has been new to us from the beginning because it happened after the Perl Conference concluded. Most of our focus on SoC policy has been on handling incidents that might happen

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  • European Perl Conference 2019 Tue, 11-Jun-2019 by Makoto Nozaki

    This year's European Perl Conference takes place in Riga, Latvia, between the 7th and 9th August 2019. This is the 20th edition of the conference previously known as YAPC::Europe, then TPCiA and TPCiG, and now it is renamed to PerlCon. Despite the name and location, our attendees come from all around the world. The top five countries with the most attendees are the UK, Germany, USA, Russia and the Netherlands.

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  • Request for Comments: Dave Rolsky's class at TPC 2019 Mon, 11-Feb-2019 by Makoto Nozaki

    Dave Rolsky taught classes at YAPC/TPC for a number of years and he was compensated for it. As Dave is a new member of the TPF Board and TPF organizes TPC, there is a potential conflict of interest. Dave wishes to continue his class. The typical rate paid by students is in the range of $150-$175 TPC takes a portion of it to cover expense such as venue and the

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  • 2019 DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop CFP Thu, 03-Jan-2019 by Jim Brandt

    The 2019 DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop will be in Silver Spring, MD, on April 6th, 2019. The call for talks is now open and this year's themes are Perl and related technologies. Proposals can be submitted through the workshop website until Jan 31, 2019. Registration is also open and attendance is free for speakers, students, and people currently between jobs. We hope to see you there!

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  • TPF Notes from OSCON 2018 Mon, 08-Oct-2018 by Jim Brandt

    As a somewhat delayed follow-up, TPF once again had a booth this year at OSCON, back in Portland, Oregon, this year. Josh McAdams was once again our organizer and staffed the booth for the event. O'Reilly provided The Perl Foundation with an excellent space in their Expo Hall. Situated conveniently near the lunch service, snacks, and an amazing swing, the booth received a constant stream of visitors. The visitors ranged

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  • The Perl Conference Newsletter: 6/15/18 Fri, 15-Jun-2018 by IrishPebbles

    In This Issue: Volunteers needed! Sign-up: http://bit.ly/tpcVolunteer Arrival information Get the App and review the schedule: http://bit.ly/TPCschedule Register for the conference http://bit.ly/TPCiSLC Extra hotel rooms available for transfer Lightning Talks registration available http://bit.ly/TPCLightningTalks BoFs schedule http://bit.ly/TPCBoF Sponsor Spotlights: Assurant and Bluehost Upcoming event The Perl Conference in Europe Become a sponsor Stay in touch Volunteers Needed The Perl Conference is 100% volunteer powered! We need your help during the main

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  • The Perl Conference Newsletter: 6/11/18 Mon, 11-Jun-2018 by IrishPebbles

    In This Issue: Volunteers Needed! Sign-up: http://bit.ly/tpcVolunteer Lightning Talks registration available http://bit.ly/TPCLightningTalks Conference schedule: http://bit.ly/TPCschedule BoFs published http://bit.ly/TPCBoF Conference tickets http://bit.ly/TPCiSLC and hotel https://goo.gl/EvZG3a Need a room? There are a few reserved that can be transferred Sponsor Spotlight: craigslist Become a sponsor Stay in touch Volunteers needed The Perl Conference is 100% volunteer powered! We need your help! If you’re able to donate even a few hours, it goes a

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  • The Perl Conference Newsletter: May 13, 2018 Sun, 13-May-2018 by IrishPebbles

    In This Issue: Discount pricing ends May 18th! Buy Tickets: http://bit.ly/TPCiSLC Book your lodging: http://bit.ly/roomsTPC Volunteer sign-ups live http://bit.ly/tpcVolunteer Conference schedule posted http://bit.ly/TPCschedule Tutorial schedule posted http://bit.ly/TPCtutorials Sponsor Spotlight: cPanel Stay in touch Conference Tickets and Lodging Did you know May 18th is the last day to register for the conference at the regular admission cost and the last day hotel rooms are guaranteed for TPC? After May 18th, event

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  • The Perl Conference Newsletter: 04/26/2018 Thu, 26-Apr-2018 by IrishPebbles

    In This Issue: Accepted conference sessions posted http://bit.ly/2p6Ui1X Tutorial schedule posted https://goo.gl/nyQvaP BoF meeting space available http://bit.ly/2GB1Fqy Register today! https://goo.gl/tgUQRt You can still book your conference lodging https://goo.gl/RNBqb3 Sponsor Spotlight: Booking.com Stay in touch Conference sessions posted The list, complete with descriptions, of TPC’s accepted talks are published. Head on over to see the topics and speakers: http://bit.ly/2p6Ui1X Stay tuned, the main event day schedule is coming soon! Tutorial schedule

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  • The Perl Conference Newsletter: 3/25/18 Sun, 25-Mar-2018 by IrishPebbles

    In This Issue: Keynote speaker: VM Brasseur: https:// bit.ly/2ujDlar BoF registration open: http://bit.ly/2GB1Fqy Register to attend TPC! https://goo.gl/tgUQRt Book your conference lodging https://goo.gl/RNBqb3 Speaker invitations sent March 21st Stay in touch Keynote Speaker: VM Brasseur VM spent most of her 20 years in the tech industry leading software development departments and teams, and providing technical management and leadership consulting for small and medium businesses. Now she leverages nearly 30 years

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  • The Perl Conference Newsletter: 3/11/18 Sun, 11-Mar-2018 by IrishPebbles

    In This Issue: Speakers announced! http://bit.ly/2p6Ui1X Last call to submit a talk! https://goo.gl/prFcXk Register today! https://goo.gl/tgUQRt Book your conference lodging https://goo.gl/RNBqb3 Stay in touch! Round 1 and Round 2 Speakers Announced! Speakers/Sessions: http://bit.ly/2p6Ui1X Head on over to see if your favorite speaker is returning this year. If they aren’t listed, encourage them to submit! Last Call to Submit a Talk! Yes! Submit your proposal before March 18th to have your

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  • The Perl Conference Newsletter: 2/28/18 Wed, 28-Feb-2018 by IrishPebbles

    In This Issue: Last Call for Tutorial Sessions https://goo.gl/1GV14L Last Round for Speaker Submissions open https://goo.gl/forms/PkYHWD3B4vUKZLrW2 Event Registration http://bit.ly/2CO9jum Room Reservation http://bit.ly/2oEtzK0 Want to Sponsor The Perl Conference? treasurer@perlfoundation.org Last Call for Tutorial Sessions Are you an experienced instructor or speaker who would like to offer a course at The Perl Conference this year in Salt Lake City? We hereby invite you to participate by submitting a Tutorial Session! We

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  • TPC February Newsletter Mon, 19-Feb-2018 by IrishPebbles

    In This Issue: We Have a Location! TPC 2018 Returning to Salt Lake City, Utah Sponsors Welcome! Register today! Event Registration Now Open Book Your Rooms! Room Reservation Now Open Hotel room types Why are some rooms cheaper than others? We Have a Website! More information there We’re Still Accepting Talk Submissions! Check Your Email! First Round Notifications sent 2/6 2/7

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  • Call for Organizers - TPCNA::2018 Mon, 23-Oct-2017 by IrishPebbles

    Have you ever felt like you'd love to do more for the Perl community? Have you ever been at a YAPC or TPC and thought "I know JUST the way to improve this aspect of the conference!"? Have you been wanting to donate hours and hours of your time and just not been able to find the perfect place to do so? If you answered "Yes!" to any

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  • The Perl Conference 2017 (formerly known as YAPC::NA) is rapidly approaching, and we believe it will be great. Fri, 26-May-2017 by David Oswald

    The Perl Conference, 2017 will be held this year in Washington DC, at the US Patent and Trademark Office, from June 18 through June 23rd. This is the conference that many of us have affectionately known as YAPC::NA::17. If you haven't registered yet, please do so as soon as possible. We want to make sure we're providing the best possible experience for our participants, and to that end, accurate registration

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  • Perl 5 Core Hackathon (p5hack) Report Tue, 21-Feb-2017 by Todd Rinaldo

    Thanks to The Perl Foundation and our beloved sponsors, a large portion of the critical contributors to the Perl 5 Porters the core group of Perl 5 developers, were able to get together on November 11th, 2016 at the Booking.com headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for our very first Perl 5 Core hackathon, nicknamed Perl 5 Hack. This is our report. It was a four-day event, composed of discussions on

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  • Maintaining the Perl 5 Core: Report for Month 32 Sat, 18-Jun-2016 by Karen Pauley

    Dave Mitchell writes: I spent last month mainly getting Scope::Upper working on 5.24.0. It broke heavily after the context stack reworking that came with 5.23.8, due to its heavy reliance on the internal details of perl's context stack and scope exit behaviours. I don't intend in general spending so much time again on fixing up such CPAN modules; it's just that once I had started, I wanted to see it

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  • The Perl Conference update Sat, 11-Jun-2016 by Dan Wright

    In this issue Register today! Passes still available Q A with Larry Wall Sunday Arrival Dinner Tuesday night Social: Desserts and Drinks Tutorials Wednesday Night Pull Request Challenge Call for Speakers: Lightning Talks Call for Volunteers 2017 Venue Proposals Open! Registration The Early Registration deadline has passed, but it’s not too late! Conference passes are still available! The conference pass is now $350 for general admission. Certain discounts can still

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  • YAPC::NA::2016 Call for Speakers Tue, 09-Feb-2016 by Dan Wright

    The YAPC::NA::2016 call for speakers is now open! The Yet Another Perl Conference is a high-quality, inexpensive technical conference that celebrates the Perl programming language. The conference is accessible to everyone, regardless of experience, yet it remains valuable to the most skilled programmers. Each year the conference attracts hundreds of programmers from around the world, including luminaries such as Larry Wall, Ricardo Signes, and Damian Conway. We hope you will

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  • Community Heroes: Liz and Wendy Fri, 18-Sep-2015 by mdk

    Raising Hopes, Raising Joy and Raising Money When you travel to Perl conferences, or talk on Perl channels, you will at some point hear about Liz and Wendy. Many of you reading this will already be familiar with the both of them and perhaps, like me, you will already have a deep respect for them as well. Liz and Wendy have been cornerstones of the Netherlands Perl community and the

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  • YAPC::NA::2015 Closes Sold-Out Conference Fri, 26-Jun-2015 by TPF Conferences Staff

    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

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  • ZipRecruiter Supports The Perl Foundation and YAPC::NA as a Silver Sponsor Wed, 29-Apr-2015 by TPF Conferences Staff

    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

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  • The Perl Foundation Announces DreamHost YAPC::NA Sponsorship Sat, 25-Apr-2015 by TPF Conferences Staff

    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

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  • YAPC::NA::2015 Hackathons Announced Thu, 26-Feb-2015 by TPF Conferences Staff

    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

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  • Call for Master Classes Mon, 09-Feb-2015 by TPF Conferences Staff

    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

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  • Deadlines Approaching! Thu, 29-Jan-2015 by TPF Conferences Staff

    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

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  • YAPC::NA::2015 Call for Papers - New Deadline! Tue, 23-Dec-2014 by TPF Conferences Staff

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2015 to be hosted at Little America Mon, 17-Nov-2014 by TPF Conferences Staff

    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

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  • YAPC::NA::2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah Thu, 31-Jul-2014 by Heath Bair

    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

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  • YAPC::NA::2014 Call for Location Mon, 11-Feb-2013 by Heath Bair

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2013 Call For Papers Tue, 09-Oct-2012 by Heath Bair

    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"

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  • New TPF Conferences Chair Thu, 23-Aug-2012 by Jim Brandt

    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!

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  • TPF Now Accepting Nominations for Conferences Committee Chair Tue, 31-Jul-2012 by Jim Brandt

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2013 Will be in Austin Mon, 23-Jul-2012 by Jim Brandt

    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!

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  • Austin YAPC::NA 2013 Bid Mon, 23-Jul-2012 by Jim Brandt

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

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  • Orlando YAPC::NA 2013 Bid Mon, 23-Jul-2012 by Jim Brandt

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

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  • Live Stream URLs for YAPC::NA 2012 Wed, 13-Jun-2012 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • Reminder: YAPC::NA 2013 Call For Venue Tue, 29-May-2012 by Josh McAdams

    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.

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  • YAPC::NA 2013 Call For Venue Mon, 30-Apr-2012 by Josh McAdams

    "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

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  • YAPC::NA Is Quickly Approaching Tue, 17-Apr-2012 by Josh McAdams

    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!

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  • YAPC::NA 2012 - Wisconsin or Texas? Fri, 27-May-2011 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • YAPC::EU 2011 Call For Speakers Open Through July 17th Sun, 20-Mar-2011 by Josh McAdams

    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.

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  • YAPC::NA 2011 Call For Speakers Ends March 24th Sat, 19-Mar-2011 by Josh McAdams

    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.

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  • YAPC::NA 2012 Call For Venue Tue, 01-Mar-2011 by Josh McAdams

    "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

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  • TPF Programs in 2010 Sat, 01-Jan-2011 by Dan Wright

    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

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  • Perl Oasis Call for Papers Mon, 06-Dec-2010 by Josh McAdams

    "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.

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  • YAPC::NA 2011 - Asheville, North Carolina Thu, 15-Jul-2010 by Josh McAdams

    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!

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  • Perl Booth at LinuxTag, Berlin Tue, 27-Apr-2010 by Karen Pauley

    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

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  • YAPC::EU 2011 Call For Venue Tue, 20-Apr-2010 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2010: Perl Conference at OSU, June 21-23rd 2010 Sat, 17-Apr-2010 by Karen Pauley

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2011 Call For Venue Thu, 25-Mar-2010 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • YAPC::NA Call For Papers Ends March 31st Wed, 24-Mar-2010 by Josh McAdams

    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!

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  • YAPC::NA 2010 Request For Sponsorship Thu, 04-Mar-2010 by Josh McAdams

    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."

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  • YAPC::NA 2010 Call For Papers Wed, 10-Feb-2010 by Josh McAdams

    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.

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  • YAPC::NA 2010 Update Tue, 09-Feb-2010 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2010 Dates Announced! Wed, 13-Jan-2010 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • TPF Booth at CeBIT Thu, 07-Jan-2010 by Karen Pauley

    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.

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  • Frozen Perl Call for Speakers Sat, 07-Nov-2009 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • YAPC::EU 2009 Starts Next Week! Fri, 31-Jul-2009 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2010 Call for Venue Wed, 13-May-2009 by Jeremy Fluhmann

    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

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  • Nordic Perl Workshop Wed, 08-Apr-2009 by Karen Pauley

    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

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  • YAPC|10 Mon, 16-Mar-2009 by Josh McAdams

    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

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  • Conference Season Thu, 05-Mar-2009 by Karen Pauley

    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

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  • Frozen Perl 2009 is Coming Fri, 31-Oct-2008 by Dave Rolsky

    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

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  • 2008Q4 Call for Grants Proposals Wed, 01-Oct-2008 by Alberto Simões

    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

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  • It's Pittsburgh for YAPC::NA 2009 Sat, 28-Jun-2008 by Jeremy Fluhmann

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2009 winning bid to be announced in Chicago Thu, 05-Jun-2008 by Jeremy Fluhmann

    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

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  • YAPC::NA::2009 Pittsburgh.pm Bid Thu, 05-Jun-2008 by Jeremy Fluhmann

    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,

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  • YAPC::NA::2009 Columbus.pm Bid Thu, 05-Jun-2008 by Jeremy Fluhmann

    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

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  • Bids for YAPC::NA 2009 Thu, 05-Jun-2008 by Jeremy Fluhmann

    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.

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  • YAPC::NA 2009 Call for Venue Mon, 24-Mar-2008 by Jim Brandt

    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

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  • YAPC::NA::2008 Call for Participation Extended Mon, 17-Mar-2008 by Jim Brandt

    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.

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  • yapc.org Domain Re-registered Thu, 13-Mar-2008 by Jim Brandt

    The yapc.org site is now re-registered and available again. Actually, it was back up yesterday but with DNS caching it was hard to get to the real site if you'd already tried earlier Sorry for any inconvenience.

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  • yapc.org Temporarily Unavailable Tue, 11-Mar-2008 by Jim Brandt

    If you've recently surfed over to yapc.org, you'll notice you're not getting the home page you expect. The domain inadvertently expired and we're currently working on renewing it. It turns out the reminders were going to an inactive email account. We're "not the first":http://www.whoisfinder.com/news/200402/washpost-renewal-failure.html to miss a renewal, but it's an inconvenience nonetheless. In the meantime, many of the upcoming Perl events are hosted via Act!, and they keep links

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  • Reminder: TPF Nomination Period Ends Tomorrow Mon, 10-Mar-2008 by Jim Brandt

    This is a reminder that we plan on closing the open self-nomination period for the TPF Steering Committee Chair, Conference Committee Chair, and PR positions tomorrow. If you're on the fence, it's time to decide. Again, to participate, send me email at cbrandt at perlfoundation dot org and I'll send you an invite to the elections wiki we have set up.

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  • TPF Needs You: Nominations Open for Several TPF Roles Mon, 03-Mar-2008 by Jim Brandt

    Have you ever wanted to get involved in The Perl Foundation, but didn't know how? Well, now's your chance. I'm pleased to announce open self-nominations for the following TPF roles: "Steering Committee Chair":http://www.perlfoundation.org/steering_committee_chair "Conferences Committee Chair":http://www.perlfoundation.org/conferences_committee_roles "Public Relations":http://www.perlfoundation.org/public_relations You can follow the links above to read descriptions of each of the positions. If you think you're a good fit for one or more of them, send me an email at

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  • Copenhagen, Denmark to host YAPC::Europe 2008 Fri, 14-Sep-2007 by Jim Brandt

    In case you missed it, here's the official press release from YEF regarding YAPC::Europe next year. Given the numbers at YAPC::Europe this year, it looks like they'll need a good-sized venue. From: YEF Venue Committee Subject: Copenhagen, Denmark to host YAPC::Europe 2008 The YAPC::Europe Foundation is pleased to announce that Copenhagen, Denmark has been chosen as the site for YAPC::Europe 2008, the ninth European YAPC. Copenhagen faced stiff competition from

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  • Frozen Perl 2008 Call for Speakers Thu, 06-Sep-2007 by Dave Rolsky

    Frozen Perl 2008 will be a one-day workshop in sunny Minneapolis on Saturday, February 16, 2008. We've officially opened up our Call for Speakers and we're looking forward to your submissions. Our workshop theme is "Perl in Practice", so practical submissions are encouraged. Andy mentioned in an earlier post that registration isn't open and would "definitely be under $100". Registration is still not open, but I wanted to add that

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  • Frozen Perl 2008 announced for February 16th, 2008 Sun, 02-Sep-2007 by Andy Lester

    The Minneapolis Perl Mongers have announced the date of their one-day Perl workshop. Mark your calendars now for Frozen Perl 2008 February 16th, 2008. Frozen Perl will be an all-day workshop held at the University of Minnesota. Pricing has not yet been announced, but I'm sure it will be under $100. If, like me, you found it to be a bit too far to get to the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop

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  • YAPC::NA in Chicago...again! Fri, 24-Aug-2007 by Jim Brandt

    Chicago.pm has stepped up to be first group in recent years to bid for a repeat YAPC, and in close voting they nudged out Columbus for the opportunity to do it. Jonathan Rockway will be the head organizer, with support from previous Chicago organizers Josh McAdams and Pete Krawczyk. Both groups submitted strong bids and it was a tough choice. Watch for more announcements with final dates and other details.

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  • YAPC::NA::2008 Chicago.pm Bid Thu, 02-Aug-2007 by Jim Brandt

    Read on for the Chicago.pm bid. The formatting suffered a bit on this one too. Overview YAPC::NA 2006 fared so well for Chicago.pm that we decided to throw our hats in the ring again and try for YAPC::NA 2008. The 2006 conference was great for the group; it re-energized our membership, introduced many of us to the greater Perl community, and taught us many lessons on how to manage a

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  • YAPC::NA::2008 Columbus.pm Bid Thu, 02-Aug-2007 by Jim Brandt

    Read on for the full Columbus bid. Note that the version we received was nicely formatted, especially the tables. When I copied from the PDF, I lost the formatting. 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

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  • Call for Venue Closed Thu, 02-Aug-2007 by Jim Brandt

    The call for venue for YAPC::NA::2008 is closed. We received two bids, a rebid from Chicago and a first-time bid from Columbus.pm. I'll be posting the bid details shortly. The Conferences Committee will then begin the review and voting.

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  • The Perl Foundation is at OSCON Wed, 25-Jul-2007 by Jim Brandt

    Got a question about The Perl Foundation Want to volunteer some time for The Perl Foundation? Come see us on the floor in the Expo Hall at OSCON We're right next to the massage booth!

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  • Reminder: Call for Venue--YAPC::NA::2008 deadline Wed, 11-Jul-2007 by Jim Brandt

    The deadline for submitting your venue bids for this year is approaching. I know there are some folks out there working on bids, so don't count on us going into overtime. The due date is August 1. You can find more details in this year's call and the previous call

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  • Help Wanted: Some Hacking on a Google Calendar Script Fri, 29-Jun-2007 by Jim Brandt

    This is an easy one. I need a script to grab conference event data from the Perl community Google calendar. I've got it started, but it needs some polishing. If you're interested, email me and I'll send you what I've got so far

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  • Pittsburgh Perl Workshop 2007 announced Mon, 25-Jun-2007 by Andy Lester

    The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop is a low-cost technical conference held at the University Center on Carnegie Mellon University's Oakland Campus The workshop will be held on October 13–14 2007 You can sign up for the announcement mailing list at Google Groups 06/22/07 Announcing PPW 2007 October 13,14 2007 The Pittsburgh Perl Mongers are pleased to announce The PITTSBURGH PERL WORKSHOP 2007, a two-day, low-cost

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  • Call for Venue--YAPC::NA::2008 Thu, 10-May-2007 by Jim Brandt

    It's that time of year again--we need your bids in to host YAPC::NA in your town next summer. Most of the details for a bid are in my post from last year To re-iterate a few points: If you plan on bidding, folks from your group should really attend YAPC::NA this year to see how things work and maybe even help out. Get your bid ready early and we'll give

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  • Perl Events, Great and Small Tue, 10-Apr-2007 by Jim Brandt

    There are so many Perl events around the world now that I thought I'd take a shot at categorizing how they all relate to one another. I thought this might help people thinking about attending something for the first time, people thinking about presenting something and also people thinking about organizing an event. For people thinking about becoming more involved in the Perl community, this presents a sort of ladder

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  • Planet YAPC Fri, 06-Apr-2007 by Jim Brandt

    With so many Perl events going on around the world, I often wish I could take a quick peek to see what's going on at each one. I watch the conference sites and wikis when I can and I watch use.perl, but not everyone posts info there. I think what I really want is a planet yapc aggregator like planet perl that could pull in blogs tagged with pre-arranged tags.

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  • YAPC::Europe::2008 Call for Venue Thu, 05-Apr-2007 by Jim Brandt

    Just announced Note that based on our schedule, the call for venue for YAPC::NA will be coming soon as well. With preparations for YAPC::Europe::2007 well underway in Vienna, it is time for the YAPC::Europe Venue Committee to consider suitable hosts for the 2008 conference. Any dedicated group interested in hosting YAPC::Europe::2008 should send a brief statement of intent to venue@yapceurope.org A full and complete application should then be sent to

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  • YAPC::NA Registration Open with Act Mon, 02-Apr-2007 by Jim Brandt

    In case you haven't seen it elsewhere registration for YAPC::NA is now open One really cool part about this is that it takes the Act! -hosted conference site to the next point of integration, which is accepting payments through the Perl Foundation's payment site This fulfills a large part of my call last year for a conference system I mentioned that Act was a start, but it wasn't open-source and

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  • Time to prepare your presentations Mon, 29-Jan-2007 by Jim Brandt

    It's the time of year to gather up all the cool stuff you've been working on and get it ready to show everyone else. The calls are out there for several conferences right now: YAPC::Asia Nordic Perl Workshop YAPC::NA YAPC::EU OSCON Wow, that's a lot of Perl to talk about.

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  • A Conference Toolkit (ACT) Goes Open Source Fri, 26-Jan-2007 by Jim Brandt

    A while ago I blogged that I really wanted a Perl-based conference toolkit that YAPCs and other conferences could use so they didn't spend time hacking on the website when they should be organizing the conference. Well, the folks who work on ACT have been working to fulfill some of the items I presented and earlier today they officially announced that it is open source with a dual GPL/Artistic license.

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  • Nat Torkington interviewed Sun, 05-Nov-2006 by Andy Lester

    Perl Foundation board member, conference organizer and Perl oldbie Nat Torkington is interviewed in this article from Linux Format

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  • Moving toward a conferences toolkit (ACT) Fri, 06-Oct-2006 by Jim Brandt

    Long-time readers might remember my plea for a conference module to allow YAPC organizers to organize rather than hack the website. Well, I'm very pleased to announce that I was able to get in touch with the YAPC Europe folks and the ACT folks and they have agreed to work on making ACT the default YAPC web site framework. One of the main issues with ACT was that it hadn't

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  • Houston and Vienna for YAPCs Next Year Fri, 01-Sep-2006 by Jim Brandt

    The Perl Foundation in conjunction with the YAPC::Europe Foundation are happy to announce Houston and Vienna as the venues for next year's North American and European YAPCs. The votes were close again this year for YAPC::NA and we had three excellent bids from Boston, Houston, and Philadelphia. With the evaluations complete, the Perl Foundation's Conferences Committee has selected Houston, Texas, as the venue for YAPC::NA::2007. The proposal was a joint

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  • Announcing the Chicago Hackathon 2006, Nov 10-12 Mon, 28-Aug-2006 by Andy Lester

    The Chicago Perl Mongers and The Perl Foundation are proud to announce the Fall 2006 Chicago Hackathon, the weekend of November 10-12, 2006 in suburban Crystal Lake, IL. It will be a round-the-clock weekend of programming on Perl-related projects with your colleagues in the open source community. Dozens of programmers from the open source community in the midwest, as well as others from around the US, will be getting together

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  • Bids Posted Fri, 04-Aug-2006 by Jim Brandt

    I have posted all the bids. If you seen any horrible errors in my cut-and-paste, let me know perlfoundation.org or post a comment.

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  • YAPC::NA::2007 Boston Bid Fri, 04-Aug-2006 by Jim Brandt

    The Boston.pm bid follows: Update: Applied some formatting updates from Bob Clancy to address cut-off columns on some tables. NAME SYNOPSIS CRITERIA Estimated Costs Site 1: Northeastern University Introduction Meeting Room Costs Banquet Costs Possible University Staff Costs A/V costs Speaker Costs Other Costs Site 2: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Readily Accessible Location Public Transportation

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  • YAPC::NA::2007 Philadelphia Bid Fri, 04-Aug-2006 by Jim Brandt

    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

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  • YAPC::NA::2007 Houston Bid Fri, 04-Aug-2006 by Jim Brandt

    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

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  • YAPC::NA call for venue deadline tomorrow Mon, 31-Jul-2006 by Jim Brandt

    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

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  • Reminder: YAPC::NA Call for Venue Closing Soon Mon, 17-Jul-2006 by Jim Brandt

    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

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  • When to make bids public Tue, 09-May-2006 by Jim Brandt

    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.

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  • Call for Venue--YAPC::NA::2007 Wed, 03-May-2006 by Jim Brandt

    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

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  • YAPC::NA 2006 schedule published Wed, 26-Apr-2006 by Andy Lester

    Josh McAdams and Pete Krawczyk have just released the YAPC::NA 2006 schedule on the conference website. This year there will be four rooms of talks going on for the three days of the conference. We are lucky enough to have both Larry Wall and Damian Conway giving keynote addresses. Of course, there will be a lot of Perl 6, Pugs, and Parrot talks, was well as the usual barrage of

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  • Announcing the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop, September 23, 2006 Thu, 06-Apr-2006 by Andy Lester

    The Pittsburgh Perl Mongers are pleased to announce The PITTSBURGH PERL WORKSHOP a one-day, low-cost conference on Saturday, September 23, 2006. This year's theme is "Perl at Work." The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop is modeled after the highly successful Perl workshops held in Europe over the last several years. The day is designed to provide you with a comfortable, exciting, and enjoyable learning experience. The Workshop

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  • I need a perl-based conference system Fri, 31-Mar-2006 by Jim Brandt

    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

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  • YAPC::Asia::2006 coming soon in Tokyo Fri, 24-Mar-2006 by Jim Brandt

    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!

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  • YAPC::Brasil::2006 Coming in April Wed, 08-Mar-2006 by Jim Brandt

    This year YAPC::Brasil will be held April 19-22, 2006 in Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil in conjunction with the 7th International Free Software Forum From what I've heard, FISL

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  • OSDC Israel and pre-event Perl 6 work Wed, 22-Feb-2006 by Jim Brandt

    In Toronto last year, there was a pre-YAPC hack-a-thon that brought together many of the Perl 6 coders in person, which can be very productive. TPF provided $600 US to cover costs, and as you can tell by the amount, the group worked as low-budget as possible. Right now, the week before OSDC Israel they are

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  • Conferences Really Do Work Fri, 13-Jan-2006 by Jim Brandt

    Sometimes people might question the tangible value of going to a conference. You're out of the office for a few days, so you lose that work time. You attend a ton of sessions and you're drinking from a fire hose, so after about half a day you feel totally overwhelmed. Does any of it stick? I can tell you for sure that it does. The other day someone in my

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  • YAPC::NA 2005 download stats Wed, 04-Jan-2006 by Jim Brandt

    This year the Toronto folks managed to record audio and video for the YAPC::NA conference sessions, as reported on use.perl.org After a few months of availability, Fulko Hew has shared his stats with me: 7 mail-orders 111 CD downloads 953 DVD downloads private duplications 4 Terabytes Given that the DVD was 4.23 Gig, that's a lot of bits, both for the sender and receiver. I don't think that

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  • Round Table Sessions Thu, 22-Dec-2005 by Jim Brandt

    As I mentioned previously, I recently attended the Gartner Open Source Summit. While there I participated in a new type of session Gartner has started moderating called a round table session, and I think it's a really cool idea. When you attend a Gartner conference, you are eligible to sign up for one-on-one sessions with the Gartner analysts. This is a nice perk, since you usually have to pay for

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  • Gartner Open Source Summit Mon, 12-Dec-2005 by Jim Brandt

    Last week I attended the first annual Gartner Open Source Summit Gartner is a major IT market researcher and consultant, specifically for large businesses. The fact that this conference exists speaks volumes for the penetration of open source in all sorts of IT shops. OSS hung under the radar for quite a while because it doesn't show up in any of the traditional data that analysts use to measure market

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  • Vancouver 2006 YAPC Bid Tue, 06-Dec-2005 by Jim Brandt

    Below is the bid submitted by the Vancouver group. Location: Vancouver, Canada. Located on the west coast of Canada, Vancouver is a novel choice for YAPC. Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia and the third largest city in Canada. It's surrounded by water on three sides and is nestled alongside the Coast Mountain Range. Vancouver is home to spectacular natural scenery and a bustling metropolitan

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  • Chicago 2006 YAPC Bid Tue, 06-Dec-2005 by Jim Brandt

    Below is the bid submitted by the Chicago group. Chicago was selected to host YAPC::NA::2006. Overview Who we are Why Chicago? Dates and Location Facilities Facility Location Facility Layout and Capacity A/V and Internet arrangements Cost Summary Individual Costs: $245 Travel Conference Fees Per Person: $55 Conference: Possible! Accommodations Low-Cost Arrangements Hotels Transportation

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  • Boston 2006 YAPC Bid Tue, 06-Dec-2005 by Jim Brandt

    Below is the bid submitted by the Boston group. NAME SYNOPSIS CRITERIA Estimated Costs Site 1: University of Massachusetts: Boston Campus Site 2: Simmons College Site 3: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Readily Accessible Location Public Transportation Facilities UMass Boston Simmons MIT Internet Access from Conference Location Internet Access from Accomodations New Location Affordable

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  • YAPC::NA Voting Details Fri, 02-Dec-2005 by Jim Brandt

    I was previously posting TPF conferences-related information to my personal blog on use.perl.org. Now we have this excellent TPF blog for TPF info, so I'll be posting here. As I said in a previous post all of the bids this year were quite good. To give a little more transparency into the voting process, you can see the anonymous vote breakdowns below: Boston Chicago Vancouver 2840 2980 2690

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