after-hours entertainment for YAPC

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> 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
> 

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