On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 17:14, James E Keenan <[email protected]> wrote: > (iii) For reasons I don't understand, the Parrot leadership apparently > decided not to schedule a Parrot workshop at the time of YAPC::NA::2011 in > Columbus next month. But then it appears that Patrick Michaud contacted the > conference organizers and got one side room set aside for Parrot and Perl 6 > for all three days of the conference! (This is space/time distinct from > conference presentations by Patrick, Jonathan Leto and others.) So we have > the time and space and, together with Rakudo and other Perl 6 folks, we need > to figure out how to fill it. I propose that we set aside some time in that > room for a structured discussion of our VCS options. Now, since only some > of our committers can or will be present in Columbus, we can't authorize the > participants in such a discussion to make final decisions for the whole > project. But a face-to-face discussion of these issues will be invaluable, > particularly if we have position papers posted in advance of YAPC. > i spoke to the yapc::na 2010 columbus organizers about a perl 6 workshop around the time of the conference. we discussed various scheduling options (weekend before, during, after) and the related costs, benefits, and risks, and determined that the most feasible solution was to have a room in the conference venue during the entire week-long conference set aside for parrot foundation and perl 6 activities. i consulted patrick, and though we both feel this is not ideal for a perl 6 workshop, we can work with what we have.
i expect to have an unconference-style calendar, with folks proposing topics to discuss, as well as a general place folks can hang out, try to learn perl 6, and ask questions of the implementors and other users. i'm working on more of that bit of organization now, and welcome input of everyone on this mailing list. to that end, i'm just starting a wiki page at http://trac.parrot.org/parrot/wiki/Parrot_Virtual_Machine_Workshop_2010 to go over those details. ~jerry _______________________________________________ http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-dev
