YAPC::NA::2016 is fast approaching! There are many questions being asked, and I would like to take the time to address a few of them here. Where is the website? It did take us a bit longer to get off the ground than expected, but I’m happy to announce that the YAPC::NA::2016 website is up and running! You can find much of the content you’re looking for at http://www.yapcna.org/yn2016/ Where is

Are you an experienced Perl instructor who would like to offer a course at YAPC:NA this year in Orlando? 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 19th, Thursday 23rd, or Friday 24th of June. To submit your proposal please send

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

I am pleased to be able to bring you the news we have all been waiting for! We know the wait hasn't been easy, and so the YAPC::NA 2016 organizing committee would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your patience. It's been a long road getting to this point, but thankfully we have finally secured a location that best fits all of our needs. Throughout our search

We know that many of you are concerned about the status of YAPC::NA::2016. Let us assure you, we are working hard towards next year's event. Planning began approximately a month before YAPC::NA::2015 was over, however we've hit a number of roadblocks along the way. We haven't really been able to say much, until now, and that's been frustrating for us as well as for you. Thank you all for your

Calling for all talks! The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop has already received some great talks and we're looking for a few more! Having already confirmed that Larry Wall will be attending this year's workshop to discuss the release of Perl 6 the organizers are looking to include two tracks of great talks! Talk submissions will continue to be accepted through Friday, August 28th. Visit pghpw.org/ppw2015 for more details and to submit

It hasn't always been the case that The Perl Foundation has much of a budget to speak of. There were many early years that we flew by the seat of our pants. "Is it in the budget" was more or less the same as asking "what's left in the bank account?" But, as the foundation has grown up, so have our business and accounting practices. First, it is helpful to

The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop Organizers are happy to announce our 7th annual event this November 7th through 9th in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Our web site is now live and accepting registrations. We are also accepting talk submissions through September 26th: "http://pghpw.org":http://pghpw.org Thanks to Mark Jason Dominus and Tom Christiansen for volunteering talks for PPW already. And thanks to Infinity Interactive for covering the costs for John Anderson to come

The organizers of The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop have announced the tentative dates of November 8 and 9, 2014 for this year's PPW. The event is conditional on having 30 signups by September 1st. They have established a Tilt campaign to determine if there is sufficient community interest to host the event.

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