YAPC::NA 2007

June 25-27, Houston, TX

YAPC::NA 2007

Welcome to the ACT hosted YAPC::NA 2007 web site. YAPC::NA 2007 will be held June 25th through 27th, at the University of Houston's University Center.

News

UH Dorm Housing Occupants

Fri, 22 Jun 2007
I’ve posted what I have in my records for people staying in the dorms during YAPC::NA 2007. This does not include Cullen Oaks. Please check the listing and make sure your information is correct. The listing has been posted at http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/housing.html [ more ]

On campus housing deadline

Tue, 12 Jun 2007
The deadline is approaching for securing a spot in on-campus housing! University of Houston housing wants a final headcount by June 15th. I will reserve a few extra rooms, but they will likely only be for Sun night, Mon night, and Tue night. Don’t wait, register and reserve your room now! The only [...] [ more ]

Hackathon after YAPC

Tue, 12 Jun 2007
Hackathon information has been added to the site. If you’ll be around after the conference and would like to work on some projects, be sure to add your name to the Hackathon wiki page. Hackathon participants should feel free to add any information they would like to the wiki page, such as their [...] [ more ]

Job Fair update

Thu, 07 Jun 2007
Information on this year’s job fair has been updated and added to the YAPC::NA site. You can either follow the link in the left menu of the site, or go directly to the Job Fair page. [ more ]

Master Class update

Wed, 06 Jun 2007
We’ve finalized the Master Class offerings following this year’s YAPC::NA. brian d foy will be covering his 2-day Intermediate Perl class while Randal Schwartz will be giving 1 day of Perl Best Practices, followed by a day of Persistent Perl Data. Each 2-day session is only $200! For more information, please visit [...] [ more ]

Get in touch with other YAPC attendees

Tue, 05 Jun 2007
A couple of resources for getting in touch with other yapc attendees and asking questions are the yapc irc channel (#yapc on irc.perl.org) and the yapc mailing list (http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc) Veteran attendees are on this list and irc and can likely answer any question you have about yapc in general. Organizers are also on both of [...] [ more ]

Lightning Talk submissions open

Tue, 05 Jun 2007
R Geoffrey Avery is now taking submissions for lightning talks! See his posting on the YAPC::NA wiki. Deadline for submissions is June 18, 2007. For details, go to the lightning talks page. [ more ]

Parking on campus

Sat, 02 Jun 2007
I received word back from Parking at UH. There are two parking options. One is the Welcome Center and Parking Garage which is located across University Drive from the University Center. The cost there is $8.00 per day but groups purchasing bulk permits get a $5.00 per day rate. [...] [ more ]

Cullen Oaks deadline approaching

Mon, 28 May 2007
The deadline for reserving a room at Cullen Oaks is fast approaching. If you plan on staying there, please let me know by sending a message to fluhmann at gmail dot com no later than May 30, 2007. You need not have registered or payed yet, I just need to know those that [...] [ more ]

ACT hosted site

This year's YAPC::NA is pleased to announce that we are hosted and powered by A Conference Toolkit (ACT)!

Please see Jim Brandt's announcement on The Perl Foundation News Blog.