It was pointed out last night that london.pm tech meets are becoming too popular. What I mean is too many people have too many cool things that they want to tell us about. We have too many speakers :)
HARRHH! Why nawt be cuttin' their throats 'afore ye throws 'em to the fyshes! There be too meny Perl codARRHHs about these watrs...
A few of us had a discussion about solutions to this "problem" and my suggestion was that we could perhaps handle the overflow by holding semi-regular (maybe every six months or so) Perl workshops which would effectively be all-day tech meets. This would mean that instead of scheduling 2-3 hours of talks we could have 6-7 hours of talks in a day.
I said I'd canvas opinions from the list. So that's what I'm doing. I'd appreciate it if you could give me answers to the following questions.
1/ Would you be interested in coming to an all-day Perl workshop?
Yeah.
2/ Would the workshop need to be on the weekend?
No.
3/ Would you consider paying for the workshop?
Yeah.
4/ If you would consider paying, how much would you pay?
10-40 quid, depending on the line-up and venue.
5/ Do you have any ideas about appropriate venues?
Not really..
But I'd start by looking at lecture halls, and local perly-kinda businesses with rather large function rooms. And if you want to cut costs, let people fend for their own food. (I've head catering can be quite expensive...)
Thanks,
Arh.
Dave...
-Steve
