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Forwarded message: > Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 20:41:05 +0800 > From: freeside <mengwong@starnet.gov.sg> > To: purl-lovers@pound.perl.org > Cc: phl@lists.pm.org, pgh@lists.pm.org > Subject: after-hours entertainment for YAPC > > kevin asked me to get the ball rolling, and i will: > > ``so, what are you doing after the conference?'' > > context: > > <freeside> what did people do last year in the evenings? my > impression is that they sort of split up and went > for dinner by themselves and ended up in the > dorms randomly. > <Schwern> freeside: Pretty much. There was just the one > night where we managed to get a good chunk over to > the Squirrel Cage for drinks, then the Beehive for > Matrix and more drinks. > <lenzo> we had dinner the first night (of the two) > <lenzo> the last night ended with jon o giving the post-apocalyptic talk > > it was good that we had a lot going on, but communications > were fragile. not everybody knew about the movie, and not > everybody made it to the squirrel cage. i think we would > all like this year's yapc evening fun to be a little bit > more organized. too many splits. come on --- we can do > better than EFnet! > > i want to ensure that #perl people, at the very least, know > what's going on, and have ways to keep others in the loop. > so let's start planning now. > > i'm crossposting this to phl.pm because a big posse are > coming from philly by car, and pgh.pm because we need local > hosts, but discussion will continue on purl-lovers. if you > want to help organize, please join that list. > > some priorities: > > 1) define and schedule entertainment options for each night, > and for the weekend. > for example, > a) movie at the beehive > b) dinner at a variety of restaurants > c) drinking in bars > d) drinking in the dorms > e) pittsburgh sightseeing > > 2) define seed points for groups to coalesce. i know the > #perl contingent wants to spend some time together, and > individual perl monger groups might want to huddle. i > should have a cell phone by then, and i offer to help > coordinate. i'm counting on stimps to be a hub, too. > who else wants to volunteer to help coordinate? > cellphone, car, and knowing pgh are pluses. i envision > the conference materials including a handout that says, > if you don't have anything to do in the evenings, you can > sign up for X, Y, and Z, or just hang out at one of the > following bars near campus according to an algorithm like > $bar{$your_city} = $address. > > 3) orphaned delegates should be looked after. 450 people > are coming this year: not all belong to #perl or a > perl-monger group. if we announced some sort of > general-interest sightseeing tour, they could tag along > to that. strictly grassroots: we'd need pittsburgh > locals to drive people around, and end the tour at an > agreed bar or back at the dorms or their hotel. if we > group by city, it could be a perl-monger opportunity. > kevin, are you planning to give attendee sublists to each > perl-monger head? > > simon mentioned a grab-a-guru scheme, which we could copy. > i know i'd like to meet some of perl's celebrities outside > perl scope, and talk about beer, careers, the universe, etc. > we could fix reservations at good restaurants in town, and > take them there. > > let's talk about what we'd like to do, and start working out > specifics soon. > > cheers > freeside > **Majordomo list services provided by PANIX <URL:http://www.panix.com>** **To Unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe phl" to majordomo@lists.pm.org**
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