Count me in -F Greg London wrote: > I'd be willing to chip in some money. > > Greg > >> hi all, >> >> when damian conway has come to boston before he has given some amazing >> talks which bring out massive numbers of boston perl mongers. he has >> come here only when he had training gigs and that isn't likely to >> happen. but toronto did a cool thing at least once. they collected funds >> and paid for a talk by damian. he is usually open to such things if he >> can plan his schedule for a side visit. he usually gets an around the >> world plane ticket which gives him flexibilty in the states. i can't >> quote his expenses for a visit here but i would guess it is less than >> $1k total. i will ask both toronto.pm and damian what it would likely >> cost. anyhow, are people here interested in this? if a few perl using >> companies gave even $50 or $100 and we collected the rest, we could pull >> this off easily. ask at your place for a small donation or donate >> something yourself. at this point i want to just gauge overall interest >> and possible corporate help. i will get back with more info as i get it. >> >> thanx, >> >> uri >> >> -- >> Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com >> -- >> ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support >> ------ >> --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com >> --------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Boston-pm mailing list >> Boston-pm@mail.pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm >> > >
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