Maybe what we need is a match.com of sorts for the Perl community. Who has time/skills/resources and who in the Perl community/TPF knows that something needs done.
I'll pick on Jess (castaway) as an example ......... "1 hour a week proof reading." That would get snapped up every week. And the reason i picked on Jess is i know she can do that way better than most people in the community, just as i know it isn't my strong point (and I didn't capitalise the 'I' earlier in this paragraph). G. On 26 Jan 2013, at 15:08, Leo Lapworth wrote: > Hi Duncan, > > Sorry that was not meant to be patronising - so many people say > "TPF should do X,Y,Z" - but miss that the TPF/Perl community needs > people to get on and do it. As Wendy has mentioned this has > come up many times. > > I did not mean to criticise you personally, just pointing out that if you or > anyone wants something to happy you/they need to do it or get a group > of people together who can do it (I think this is how Wendy, Gabor > and several others first got going with Perl attending Fosdem again > a few years ago, and they didn't need any help from TPF). > > Personally I have just got on and done things for the Perl community > that I wanted to see happen, there are many generous people and > companies (like you and your company) who can be approached without > the need for a structure like the TPF. The TPF and other > organisations come into their own when legal and financial assistance > is required, but more often than not donations can be sort directly > (e.g. metacpan hosting) without financial transactions having to take > place. > > I applaud anyone who does anything for the community, and encourage > anyone who wants more things to happen to ask the question of this > list or the TPF or the EPO, etc (or all of them) "Who do I need to speak > to or what do I need to do to help get X done?". > > Best wishes > > Leo > > > > On 26 January 2013 14:05, Duncan Garland <duncan.garl...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> Hi Leo, >> >> I ran a workshop at this year's LPW. >> >> I got the company I work for to sponsor LPW. >> >> All the sponsorship money went to LPW, I paid my own expenses. >> >> I'll know next week whether I've succeeded in getting some sponsorship for >> the QA Hackathon. >> >> I've been to 6 of the 9 LPWs. The last 5 plus one a couple of years before >> that. >> >> I'm active in both London PM and Southampton PM. >> >> Don't patronise me. >> >> Duncan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: london.pm-boun...@london.pm.org >> [mailto:london.pm-boun...@london.pm.org] On Behalf Of Leo Lapworth >> Sent: 26 January 2013 12:06 >> To: London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers >> Subject: Re: We get a dev-room at Fosdem after all. Emergency Call for >> Papers! >> >> Hi Duncan, >> >> Please contact the TPF and let them know how many hours a week you are able >> to commit to helping co-ordinate this sort of thing. >> >> Leo >> >> >> >> On 26 Jan 2013, at 11:25, Duncan Garland <duncan.garl...@ntlworld.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Isn't this something TPF should get behind? >>> >>> The Perl Community organises good conferences but they tend to be for >>> quite small audiences. I've been told that YAPC Tokyo is the biggest >>> with roughly >>> 800 attendees and the next biggest ones are grouped around the 300 mark. >>> >>> Fosdem claims to attract 5000. >>> >>> We always talk about breaking out of the echo chamber, but never seem >>> sure about how to do it. Isn't this an important opportunity? >>> >>> Shouldn't TPF commit to sponsoring this today and then launch a drive >>> to find a commercial sponsor to reimburse TPF? >>> >>> (Perl still isn't listed on https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/ as >>> having a developer room.) >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Duncan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: london.pm-boun...@london.pm.org >>> [mailto:london.pm-boun...@london.pm.org] On Behalf Of Wendy G.A. van >>> Dijk >>> Sent: 25 January 2013 20:41 >>> To: london.pm@london.pm.org >>> Subject: We get a dev-room at Fosdem after all. Emergency Call for Papers! >>> >>> Hello all, >>> We know it is late, but we still have to try to make this work. >>> Maybe to save the honour and pride of Perl! :-) Would you like to >>> give a presentation in Brussels, please send me and/or Claudio a proposal. >>> Today or tomorrow please. >>> Thanks! >>> Kind regards, >>> Wendy van Dijk >>> >>> ======== >>> >>> Dear Perl Mongers, >>> >>> I have to make this short and simple. >>> Therefore most of this email is copied from last year's Call for Speakers. >>> >>> What? Fosdem, Brussels, 2 & 3 february 2013 https://fosdem.org/2013/ >>> >>> Where? Free University Brussels, Campus Solbosh: >>> https://fosdem.org/2013/practical/transportation/ >>> >>> Why so late? >>> Because our dev-room request was denied at first. >>> They gave it to another programming language community. >>> Now another community could not fill their dev-room. >>> We are Perl, so we jumped in and we asked for this. >>> We got it. Now we have to fill it. >>> >>> So be quick and send in your presentation proposal. >>> >>> To: >>> Claudio Ramirez (nxadm, email: padre.claudio at apt-get.be) and Wendy >>> van Dijk (email: nl.pm at wendy.org). >>> >>> Thank you. Hope to meet you all in Brussels. >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> >>> Copied and adapted from last year's Call for Speakers: >>> >>> >>> Please forward to your Perl contacts. >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is >>> the biggest free and non-commercial European event organized by and >>> for the community. Its goal is to provide Free and Open Source >>> developers a place to meet (see http://fosdem.org/2013/). >>> >>> Over the last years the Perl community had an increasing presence at >> FOSDEM. >>> Over the last two years we managed to have both a booth and a >>> dev-room. We collected an impressive positive return and wish to renew the >> experience. >>> >>> Our dev-room request for this upcoming edition (2013) was at first >>> rejected, in favor of another programming language community. >>> So we would only have a booth. But another open source community >>> could not fill their dev-room and we hastily requested it for the >> Perl-community. >>> Yesterday we got approval. >>> >>> The stand request is approved some time ago. The stand will be open >>> throughout the weekend. The dev-room event will take place Saturday, >>> February 2nd 2013 , between 11:00 and 19:00, in room AW.126. >>> The room itself has 75 seats, WIFI and a VGA projector. >>> >>> This environment, being a university classroom with raised seats, >>> lends itself perfectly for talks. This is a wonderful opportunity to >>> present your Perl project -big and small- or talk about subjects you >>> care about. We are looking for a variety of subjects on all levels: >>> starter and advanced, generic and specialized, core internals and >>> CPAN. We have 8 hours time, so we have the flexibility of using >>> different time >>> formats: e.g. talks of 20 minutes, more classic talks of 40 minutes or >>> longer (although we learned from experience that longer talks should >>> be split into slices of 20 or 40 minutes). >>> >>> Please don't doubt to send a proposal (information about yourself, >>> subject, short description and time needed). If you have several >>> subjects you are enthusiastic to talk about please send alternative >>> proposals. In the case more than one talk is not selected, your >>> proposal will help us when putting the schedule together and even have >> backup talks in case someone cancels. >>> Also mention your time constraints (if any). >>> >>> Please send your talk proposal by e-mail to the address below as soon >>> as you read this. You will receive an answer within 2 days. >>> We will submit a definitive schedule on Sunday 2013-01-27 to the >>> FOSDEM organizers. >>> >>> Please forward / distribute this call as wide as possible (certainly >>> to your local mongers). >>> >>> Claudio Ramirez (nxadm, email: padre.claudio at apt-get.be) and Wendy >>> van Dijk (email: nl.pm at wendy.org). >>> >>> NB1: This is a community event without sponsoring. We don't have the >>> means to pay for your trip and time. If you want to sponsor part of >>> the event, please feel free to contact us. >>> >>> NB2: We'll also appreciate volunteers, booth and dev-room. Please tell >>> us your availabilities so we can also prepare a planning for this. >>> >>> >>> >>