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--- Newsletter06 v1 +++ Newsletter06 v2 @@ -1,229 +0,0 @@ -Name - YAPC::EU::2010 Newsletter #06 2010/07/13 - *Don't panic!* - - Welcome to the sixth YAPC::EU::2010 newsletter! - - Less than one month to YAPC::EU! - -Summary - In this issue: - - * Sad announcement - - * Talks Schedule Available - - * Attendees Dinner - - * Internet Connection - - * Send-A-Newbie program - - * Trip to Florence - - * New Sponsors - - * Stats - - * Training courses status update - - * Friends & Family Program: status update - -Sad announcement - We regret to announce that Damian Conway will not be able to attend - YAPC::Europe 2010 due to a death in his family. The Organizers would - like to express our deepest condolences to him. - - This also means that his keynote, talks and training courses are - canceled. We're contacting everyone who was already subscribed to his - courses to settle their refunds, and the set of accepted talks will - certainly be changed. - - Our thoughts are with Damian in these sorrowful moments. - -Talks Schedule Available - The title says it all. :-) - - You can see the complete schedule here - <http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/schedule>. - -Attendees Dinner - Do you want to bring friends and relatives to the YAPC Attendees Dinner? - We're glad to announce that now you can! Just go to the purchase page - (<http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/purchase>) and buy additional - tickets for the dinner. - - Please notice that a dinner ticket is already included in your - conference ticket; therefore you don't need to buy one for yourself, - only for other people you want to bring. Moreover, (non-lightning talk) - speakers already have their conference ticket fee waived. - - The dinner is scheduled on August, 4th 2010. Yes, it's at the end of the - very first day of YAPC::Europe. We believe that placing social events as - early as possible will help people "break the ice" with other attendees, - thus allowing them to enjoy the subsequent days even more. - - We'll publish more news about the dinner soon. In the meanwhile, we have - to ask you a little favour: since Act doesn't manage your dietary - habits, could you please fill in this simple survey - <http://tinyurl.com/yapceu2010-dinner-survey> ? This will greatly help - us in organizing the dinner. - - Thank you very much! - -Internet Connection - A good, fast and reliable Internet connection is a must at every IT - conference. We've just signed the contract with our technical partner, - which will provide a solid 30Mbit/s downlink/uplink (15Mbps/s MCR) Wi-Fi - connection during YAPC::Europe! We think it's enough to allow everyone - to surf the web, check email, tweet, ssh and so on. - - As every good tale, this one has some drawbacks as well. The main issue - we have as of now is that we require you to have a working mobile phone, - at least capable of receiving SMS from Italy. - - This is the plan: - - * in your attendee bag you'll find a scratchcard with a secret code; - - * you submit both the code and your mobile number through our Captive - Portal; - - * you receive an SMS with a username/password pair; - - * you submit these data through our Captive Portal. Done! - - If you won't have a working mobile phone, mail us - <mailto:yapc-info@perl.it> and we'll arrange a plan B. Of course we're - going to put all these information in every Attendee's Guide ;-) - -Send-A-Newbie program - Every year the Send-a-Newbie program - <http://www.send-a-newbie.enlightenedperl.org/> helps people to attend - YAPCs. The program is aimed to those who have never been to a YAPC - before, are unable to do so by their own means and are somehow involved - in the Perl community. - - We're glad to announce that even this year some people are going to - benefit from the Send-a-Newbie program. :-) - - We'll announce their names soon; in the meanwhile, please consider - donating to the Send-a-Newbie program - <http://www.send-a-newbie.enlightenedperl.org/donations.html>, thus - encouraging new participation at conferences! - -Trip to Florence - As we promised you, we're arranging an one-day trip to Florence on - Saturday, August 7th (just after the conference). - - We've written down some information in the conference wiki - <http://www.yapceurope.org/2010/wiki?node=FlorenceOnSaturday>. The main - attraction for many people will be the Uffizi gallery - <http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/english/musei/uffizi/>, scheduled for the - early afternoon (starting around 15:00-15:30). - - For those of you who are brave enough to wake up early in the morning, - we've also put some info about other tourist attractions. We'll then go - to lunch in a typical restaurant, and after that visit the Uffizi. - - An important advice: we recommend to buy your tickets for the Uffizi - gallery well in advance (the sooner the better). We're actually thinking - about buying some (15?) in advance, allocating for people who want to - come, but we're unsure about how many of you will join us to Florence. - If you're really interested, can you please send us an email - <mailto:yapc-info@perl.it> or tweet @yapceu2010 - <http://twitter.com/yapceu2010> within 24h? Of course, you can always - buy tickets on your own :-) - -New Sponsors - After Booking.com, YAPC::Europe::2009, cPanel, Shadowcat Systems Ltd., - 123people, YAPC::Europe Foundation, Smart Open Software, pair Networks, - Github, Italpro, Geoesse, $foo Perl Magazin, Lokku, Apress, No Starch - Press, O'Reilly Media and NET-A-PORTER.COM, please welcome our new - Silver Sponsors: - - * MySQL <http://www.mysql.com/> is the world's most popular open - source database software, with over 100 million copies of its - software downloaded or distributed throughout it's history. - - Many of the world's largest and fastest-growing organizations use - MySQL to save time and money powering their high-volume Web sites, - critical business systems, and packaged software — including - industry leaders such as Yahoo!, Alcatel-Lucent, Google, Nokia, - YouTube, Wikipedia, and Booking.com. - - The flagship MySQL offering is MySQL Enterprise, a comprehensive set - of production-tested software, proactive monitoring tools, and - premium support services available in an affordable annual - subscription. - - MySQL is a key part of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl / - Python), the fast-growing open source enterprise software stack. - More and more companies are using LAMP as an alternative to - expensive proprietary software stacks because of its lower cost and - freedom from platform lock-in. - - * Dada (dada.dada.net), listed on the MTA market in the STAR (DA.MI) - segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international leader in - Digital Music, Entertainment and on-line Gaming services via web and - mobile, as well as in Domain, Hosting and advanced online - Advertising solutions. More than 600 highly skilled professional - currently work in Dada among its offices in Florence, Milan, - Bergamo, New York, Barcelona, Paris, London, Worcester, Rio Janeiro. - -Stats - * 22 days till YAPC::Europe 2010 - - * 255 registered people - - * 151 committed users - - * 71 accepted talks - - * 16 lightning talks - - * 59 (non lightning) speakers - - * 53 as in FIFTY-THREE hours of talks - -Training courses status update - Some updates on our training courses attendance: - - * Introducing Modern Perl, by Dave Cross: 6 attendees - - * Introduction to Moose, by Dave Rolsky: 7 attendees - - * Catalyst 5.80 Master Class, by Matt S. Trout (Shadowcat Systems - Ltd.): 1 attendee (2 more are coming...) - - * WxPerl in Details, by Herbert Breunung: 2 attendees - - * Effective Perl Programming, by brian d foy: 3 attendees - - * Perl 6 for Programmers, by Gabor Szabo: 1 attendee - - As you can see, we still have lots of room for any course. :-) - - You can purchase your ticket here: - <http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/purchase>. - -Friends & Family Program: status update - Some updates on our Friends & Family Program: - - * Pisa - August 4th: 2 participants - - * Siena and San Gimignano - August 5th: 6 participants - - * Pasta factory - August 6th: 1 participant - - Places are still available for all the activities. You can book your - tickets on the ticket purchase page - <http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/purchase>. - -Contacts - YAPC::Europe 2010 - - <mailto:yapc-info@perl.it> - - <http://www.yapceurope.org/2010/> - - Twitter: <http://twitter.com/yapceu2010>
