Hey guys, I don't belong on this list anymore, but nobody had the good sense to delete me, so here I am emulating a Travis. As some of you are likely aware, we're planning to host an ArchCon in Toronto in July. I'm estimating a two day conference, maybe three, but we need people to make it interesting. Dan's already considering doing about fifty talks, 42 of which should be pretty awesome. If the rest of you could all do another fifty, it'd be real nice, y'know? Well.... no, but seriously, if anyone thinks they can make it and can do a talk or two on packaging or developing, or namcap or cat herding, or whatever, it'd make things much cooler. I know it's a long way for Europeans and Aussies to come, but a few North American developers presenting would be nice. Toronto is relatively central to the continent, so it shouldn't be too bad a trip for a lot of people. I'd love to offer some financial assistance as incentive to come, but I don't think we can afford it. There will be a reduction in registration fees, but those aren't going to amount to much compared to hotel, driving, or flight expenses. (Your primary benefit for doing this will be the chance to meet me. I'll let the people who have had that displeasure describe how you don't want to miss out on that experience.) On that topic (money, not meeting me), does anyone here object to donating a few hundred dollars of donation money to supporting the conference? Or Schwag money (which is kind of the same thing eventually, I dump it in donations to Aaron if I don't spend it on more schwag, conferences, or maybe a new system for myself...)? Also on that topic, if you know a company that may be interested in having their name plastered all over the archcon site, the walls at the conference, and any schwag shipped with the conference in exchange for more monetary support, let me know. I'm only looking for a few hundred dollars each from a few different sponsors, it shouldn't break anyone's bank, and I don't expect anyone huge like google or oracle to be interested. Dusty