Hi. Larry Wall!!!1239 Where does the line stand between a YAPC and a workshop? You already have a day and half, and 150 participates...
Btw, nice thing that was in YAPC::Tokyo: give people the option to be "individual sponsor". Add X nis to the ticket fee, and your name will be added to the page. Shmuel. On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:54 PM, sawyer x <[email protected]> wrote: > *Israel Perl Workshop (ILPW) 2013.* > > Dates: *Purim, February 24th - 25h, 2013*. > > Last year (2012), we held a Perl workshop to promote Perl and FOSS (Free > and Open Source Software) which included talks on various and guests from > around the world. It was deemed very successful and we decided to organize > another one: a bigger one! > > This year's workshop will have a few changes, the highlights being: > > - It will be *two days long*. > - A very special gust: *Larry Wall*!!112 > - Low attendance fee. > - Wider crowd / more attendees > > *Two days?* > Yes! Well, not exactly. A day and a half. > > We've been satisfied with the amount of talks in the previous workshop, > but the scheduled was rather tight, and we had to forgo some plans we had, > such as tutorials and a hackathon. We attempt to rectify that in the next > workshop. > > We have yet to finalize the schedule, but we hope to use the additional > half a day to incorporate hacking sessions and longer talks like tutorials. > > *Special guest: Larry Wall* > In Perl-land, the mark of a highly-successful event is one that includes > the very man in charge of creating this language we enjoy immensely: Larry > Wall. Larry visits many events, provides a fun and casual atmosphere along > with deep knowledge, understanding, and a handful of humor. While Gloria > Wall will be visiting us, she will drag Larry along with her. > > We are excited and delighted to have Gloria and Larry join us for this > event. > > *(Low) attendance fee:* > Our previous event was free of charge, which sounds good in theory but in > practice created many problems for us. Our main problem was having an > accurate measure of attendance, which proved difficult once it was a simple > click to approve attendance without having any requirement to actually show > up. > > While the event was very well received and enjoyed a large number of > participants, it was difficult for us to gage our requirements and > expenses. Also, for a larger event our current funding budget is still > somewhat lacking. Having a low attendance fee will allow us to know better > the number of attending persons and will give us another financial kick to > have a smooth event. > > The attendance fee will have the usual options of Personal, Corporate and > the Early Bird Special. > > *Wider crowd:* > ILPW2012 had eighty (80) attendees which is a rather fine number. This > time, however, we intend to reach out to 120-150 people. One of the ways we > intend to do so is to make the event more facilitating to other > technologies that intersect with Perl, such as Web, Databases, System > Administration (and DevOps), Gaming, and more. > > We hope to host talks on various subjects and reach out to other > communities to participate in the event and enrich us in subjects not > necessarily strictly Perl. > > *Sponsoring:* > > So far we've secured kickstart funding from HaMakor organization, which is > much appreciated. This will help us get in gear. We thank HaMakor for > sponsoring and helping promote such events. > > *We need your help!* > > We could *really* use your help. While we have big plans, we are > short-handed and will greatly appreciate any help you may be able to > provide. If you want this event to be everything you're hoping for, you can > make that a reality by pitching in and lending your hand. > > *Sponsorship:* We're still looking for more sponsors. You can help > contact companies, inquiring about sponsorship opportunities. > > *Talks:* We're low on talks. If you've never spoken at an event, you're > suitable! If you've done something cool/interesting/useful, you're > suitable! If you do Perl and have some wisdom to share, you're suitable! If > you would like to showcase modules (yours or not), you're suitable! Please > contact us to submit a talk. We've flexible on subjects. > > *Publicity:* In order to reach a wider audience, we will need to take > this on the road. And by “on the road”, we actually mean “on the internet”. > This means contacting other groups, contacting websites and related news > outlets, writing press releases and so on. A great event isn't great if > nobody knows about it. > > Please contact either Gabor Szabo (gabor AT szabgab DOT com) or Sawyer X > (xsawyer AT cpan DOT org) to coordinate any and all efforts. We will also > see you at the upcoming Tel Aviv Perl Mongers meetings, where we could > exchange ideas in person. And lastly, the official > Israel.pm<http://www.perl.org.il> mailing > list <http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl/> is also a suitable > place to discuss ideas. > > _______________________________________________ > Perl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl >
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