"G. Wade Johnson" wrote: > A couple of days ago, I received email from the leader of the bazosvalley.pm > group asking if we would be interested in partnering on a big project. Jeremy > suggested that we put in a proposal for bringing YAPC::NA (Yet Another Perl > Conference: North America) to Houston in 2007. > > This year YAPC::NA is in Chicago. There is quite a bit of information about > the bid process and Chicago's proposal on-line. If the group is interested, > I'll post links and information on our website where everyone has access. > > This would be an opportunity to get some of the big names in Perl here where > we can see them. It would also be an opportunity to go to one of these > conferences without travel (for those who don't like to travel). It's also a > way to try to increase interest in Perl around our city. > > All that being said, I don't think it is reasonable for one or two people to > jump on this and try to make it happen. This should be a group effort. I'd > hate to get YAPC::NA to come here and have the Perl community come to the > conclusion that Houston doesn't have any people interested in the language. > > So the question for the group is: > > Are we ready and willing to take up the challenge? > > If so, we can ask for volunteers to handle different parts of the research. I > know someone who has offered her writing skills to help us with a polished > proposal (she can write, unlike many of us and has over a decade of experience > with conferences). She's willing to provide anything from completely writing > the proposal to editing a proposal that we author. > > What do you say, Houston.pm? Do we want to do this?
I think it is a great idea. I can't say I'm going to help with the effort much, but I hope it happens. Wouldn't we need to amass some funds to accomplish this? Where is that going to come from? Mike _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
