Withdrawing from the QA-Hackathon

Ovid

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Mar 19, 2013, 4:20:38 AM3/19/13

to Mark Keating, Perl QA

Hi Mark,

I'm sorry, but I probably can't make the hackathon. I've unregistered via the site.

Unfortunately, the French government is being very French about my visa paperwork and it's unclear to me if I'll get my new visa in time for the conference. I can't leave you hanging on whether or not to sponsor me or reserve rooms.

This really frustrates me because I've attended every QA-hackathon to date and we applied for my visa renewal in November :(

Cheers,
Ovid
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Mark Keating

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Mar 21, 2013, 2:23:14 PM3/21/13

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On 19/03/2013 08:20, Ovid wrote:
> Hi Mark,
Hi Ovid,

>
> I'm sorry, but I probably can't make the hackathon. I've unregistered via the site.

That's really sad :(

>
> Unfortunately, the French government is being very French about my visa paperwork and it's unclear to me if I'll get my new visa in time for the conference. I can't leave you hanging on whether or not to sponsor me or reserve rooms.

Thanks for letting us know, and poo to le French Government.

>
> This really frustrates me because I've attended every QA-hackathon to date and we applied for my visa renewal in November :(

That is massively frustrating and we have already booked a room in your
name, i think we will get Schwern into that room and just pretend he is
called Ovid - I doubt the hotel will check.

Kind regards

Mark

>
> Cheers,
> Ovid
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Michael G. Schwern

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Mar 21, 2013, 6:35:13 PM3/21/13

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On 3/21/13 11:23 AM, Mark Keating wrote:
> On 19/03/2013 08:20, Ovid wrote:
>> This really frustrates me because I've attended every QA-hackathon to
>> date and we applied for my visa renewal in November :(
>
> That is massively frustrating and we have already booked a room in your
> name, i think we will get Schwern into that room and just pretend he is
> called Ovid - I doubt the hotel will check.

Sorry you can't make it Curtis. It won't be the same without you. :-/

Come to think of it, it might be a whole lot quieter if we're not
fighting like a married couple. ;)

Adrian Howard

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Mar 21, 2013, 6:39:47 PM3/21/13

to Michael G. Schwern, per...@perl.org

On 21 March 2013 22:35, Michael G. Schwern <sch...@pobox.com> wrote:
> Sorry you can't make it Curtis. It won't be the same without you. :-/
>
> Come to think of it, it might be a whole lot quieter if we're not
> fighting like a married couple. ;)

We need the antithesis of rubber-duck debugging. Some kind of stuffed
toy that just continually disagrees with you ;-)

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Michael G. Schwern

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Mar 21, 2013, 6:44:07 PM3/21/13

to Adrian Howard, per...@perl.org, Noirin Plunkett, Curtis Poe

On 3/21/13 3:39 PM, Adrian Howard wrote:
> On 21 March 2013 22:35, Michael G. Schwern <sch...@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > Sorry you can't make it Curtis. It won't be the same without you. :-/
>> >
>> > Come to think of it, it might be a whole lot quieter if we're not
>> > fighting like a married couple. ;)
>
> We need the antithesis of rubber-duck debugging. Some kind of stuffed
> toy that just continually disagrees with you ;-)

N�ir�n has a reprogrammable Ken doll, and if Curtis wanted to volunteer
a few audio recordings we could make this happen.

Ovid

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Mar 22, 2013, 5:00:49 AM3/22/13

to Michael G. Schwern, per...@perl.org

Heh :) I'll miss you guys. Damn it :(

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> From: Michael G. Schwern <sch...@pobox.com>
>To: per...@perl.org
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