On Wednesday 30 Dec 2009 14:37:55 Gabor Szabo wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Roey Almog (Infoneto Ltd) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gabor Hi, > > sorry for taking such a long time to answer but only now I have > something to say. > > > I found it hard to explain why Perl - > > > > The truth - we do not use PR in Israel (In the world I see that things > > started to change) > > > > We do not create buzz > > > > What we need is much more then booking.com > > I have been trying to get some reaction from the people on the list but > I don't seem to be able to generate much enthusiasm. > What do you suggest? >
I don't know, many people here have become inactive. > > Have a look at perl.org.il - "On Sunday, 27 July 2008 (at 18:30), > > there will be a meeting of OSDClub Tel Aviv." - 2008 ????? wow no one > > use Perl ins Israel last meeting was in 2008 > > After a long period of time that I was afraid of the move today I finally > took a deep breath and moved the perl.org.il website to the new server > uniting again > the location of the web server and the SVN server. This means we can > start to update > the site again. Excellent! Many thanks. <hug /> I'll tend to some stuff too. (I still have the svn commit bit, right?) > The DNS update might take a few hours - but once it > is done if you > visit http://perl.org.il/ you will already see a new entry on the main > page. I can see it now. > > We will need to clean up the cruft on the website. Your suggestions > and help would be > much appreciated. We need to put information on how to contribute there. Regards, Shlomi Fish > > > I think that I and anyone else here is to blame - we do not spend time > > doing what is needed to sell Perl to the Israeli market we let .NET to > > rule supreme (and for many cases for the wrong reasons, sometimes let > > admit it it is better suited). > > > > Maybe we need to create something like the Israel Perl Foundation find > > some sponsors and start > > updating things on regular basis - > > > > > > 1. Perl.org.il - new updated design and content > > 2. Free workshops for beginners to show the potential - I did in my > > company for new programmers used to Java & C# and the where left with > > mouth opened when they so that Perl is so easy. > > 3. PR - lot of PR - CTO's IT managers, R&D ,managers must see we exists > > Which company would you sponsor such activity and why? > > > Now all this cannot be done by volunteers - we need funding > > Why do you think so and how much funding do you think we need? > What things would you like to do that costs money? > > > I wrote this as I think without thinking to much ( :- ) ) so feel > > free changing and adding but something should be done ! > > No problem, I hope you had some time to think about this since then > and have further ideas. > > Gabor > _______________________________________________ > Perl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ The Case for File Swapping - http://shlom.in/file-swap Bzr is slower than Subversion in combination with Sourceforge. ( By: http://dazjorz.com/ ) _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
