Re: webmasterworld - conference
Greg McCarroll wrote: this is an interesting idea if we did it for perl, a one day perl conference in a pub. just one track, and a fairly social atmosphere - this might be a good medium for the people who have in the past suggested mini-YAPC's And if we charge 200 people 45 quid a pop, that's 9 grand in our pocket, er I mean expense account. OK, so we'll lose a grand providing some food, a projector, etc., but that's still a tidy old profit. Er, I mean not-for-profit. Sounds like not-for-profit means not-for-YOUR-profit. Does make you think, doesn't it. There's money in them there mini-conferences. We should start First Thursday (or Day After First Wednesday which isn't quite as catchy) and invite lots of dumb business folk with large expense accounts to come and mingle with the people who keep the IT parts of their businesses running. We print some glossy literature which talks about knowledge leverage, maximising the return on information investment, riding the future wave of the information revolution, etc., get the money up front (#459 quid sounds like a reasonable amount for an evening session), and we're laughing. Enough to buy a camel and a round of beers. A
Re: webmasterworld - conference
* Andy Wardley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll wrote: this is an interesting idea if we did it for perl, a one day perl conference in a pub. just one track, and a fairly social atmosphere - this might be a good medium for the people who have in the past suggested mini-YAPC's And if we charge 200 people 45 quid a pop, that's 9 grand in our pocket, er I mean expense account. OK, so we'll lose a grand providing some food, a projector, etc., but that's still a tidy old profit. Er, I mean not-for-profit. Of course in our version, i expected it to cost 10 quid and include a meal. Greg -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.org.uk/~gem/ jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] msn:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
webmasterworld - conference
Hi, This guy wondered if I would be interested in going to this Conference in the CoY!! - They borrowed our directions (they were kind enough to actually ask!) and have put a link back to us. I said I'd forward this on as I won't be able to make it but an afternoon or two in a pub talking web tech (though it sounds sort of general) might take some people's fancy. It's £45, they say that's just covering costs so I don't know what it entails. Anyway, Laters Leo On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:09:28AM -0500, Brett Tabke wrote: PubConference 2 Internet Webmaster and Marketing Conference. Hosted by members of WebmasterWorld. Saturday Oct 12, 2002, 1pm to whenever. Cittie of Yorke Pub in downtown London England. Open bar. Round tables on various webmaster topics (mostly marketing and search engine promotion). We expect 200+ total from all over the world. About a dozen medium to hardcore Perl pros will be there (come and recruit). 45 pounds to cover our expenses (it's a not-for-profit thing). Guests: Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineWatch, Per Koch of Pandia Post. Sponsors: 6 of the major search engines will be there with reps and tech folk. http://www.webmasterworld.com/conference/
Re: webmasterworld - conference
* Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: PubConference this is an interesting idea if we did it for perl, a one day perl conference in a pub. just one track, and a fairly social atmosphere - this might be a good medium for the people who have in the past suggested mini-YAPC's We expect 200+ total from all over the world. About a dozen medium to hardcore Perl pros will be there (come and recruit). 45 pounds to cover our expenses (it's a not-for-profit thing). *mutter* you should be having wine and salmon for that price, *mutter* -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.org.uk/~gem/ jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] msn:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
