Train to Gain With just three weeks to go until the start of YAPC::NA it is time to start considering attending the training sessions and events that will accompany this year’s conference. If you are new to Perl, but still familiar with basic Perl, and want to know all about CPAN the greatest resource in [...]
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YAPC::NA – A little more on rooms
One of the most difficult tasks that any organiser will face is the choosing of not just an appropriate venue, but an appropriate hotel to either host it, or close enough nearby to act as the conference hotel. Aside from the difficulties of room size, choice, quality and availability there is the negotiation for time [...]
YAPC::NA, BOFs, Hacks, Training and Rooms
It is now just over a month until the start of YAPC::NA::2011, http://www.yapc2011.us/yn2011/, in Ashville North Carolina, 27-29th June 2011, and the organisation of the conference has entered its final stages. Accommodation For those of you wishing to take advantage of the block booking of the hotel you should note that you only have 10 [...]
We Need Quality Conferences Without High Cost
There is a tradition in conferences, that is prevalent to all manner of business or event, and that tradition is that the larger the event with more sponsors, and potentially more speakers, the higher the cost to the attendee. It has always stunned me that the cost of some of these events, which don’t seem [...]
