Are you ready for this? How many companies, working with a community helper (liason/coordinator/visionary(for this)) can pull this off?
- Tim mentions he'd "like to make a sizeable donation to the Perl Foundation" over dinner.
- I jokingly reply "about 20 or so *cough*thousand*cough* bucks would be good."
- Into my brain is dumped the vision for the perfect event, win win win for everyone.
- Tim accepts the idea and asks me to coordinate.
- Tim makes sure his team is behind it.
- I run across the boat looking for Damian and ask him to make his way to the library.
- Run back and discuss plan with Tim.
- Damian arrives. We tell him the plan and he is extatic. He gives us some suggestions: Larry should recieve check, Neil should make announcement. Damian commits to talking with Larry.
- Tim gets his marketing friend working. Entire DynDNS team begins hammering out Preliminary Press Release.
- I contact Perl Foundation and ask them prepare [uber z3Kr37 stuff here].
- I run all over boat looking for Neil. He's baby sitting, ask to have him meet us in library when finished.
- Tim and I try to find printing companies (such as Kinko's) in Nassua, there is nothing.
- We discuss physical arrangments of persons during presentation and plan for the wine and cheese party the next night.
- Neil arrives and "steps into our office." I explain our plans and Neil is excited and accepts announcement role.
- Sleeping.
- Wake up and get response from gnat, reply and make sure to say Happy Birthday.
- Continue hashing out detail. Plan what we'll do to get big check while at bahamas.
- Breakfast.
- Get unhappy commitment from ship photographer to photograph event.
- Listen to Dominus on "Tricks of the Wizards."
- Get Damian and make sure he talks to Larry.
- Get fake check from Internet.
- Use Gimp to strip it bear, add parts we need, blow it up to 17x11 inches and 300 dpi.
- Transfer image to Tims laptop.
- Set foot on Bahamas. Get epiphany that hotels have business offices.
- Ask tourist office where best hotel on island is.
- Set out for Hilton.
- Wait for Hilton business office to open.
- I realise the sick and twisted way in which we can get a large check and set out.
- Tim prints to 8.5x11 inch paper.
- Hotel lady does copier magic to get check sized right.
- Cut check out.
- Cut backing from fedex box found in corner, with leatherman from random hotel worker.
- Scotch tape paper and cardboard together.
- Three copies made (backups, of course).
- Get back to ship and shower.
- Get real commitment from photographer by letting him know we'd by lots of pictures.
- Tim signs checks with dry erase marker, after quite a bit of practice.
- Wine and Cheese party begins.
- Damian confirms that Larry will accept check on behalf of the Perl Foundation.
- Photographer arrives, I let Neil know he should start.
- Neil makes excelent speech. Tim makes excelent speech.
- Check is presented, pictures taken.
- Neil and I get picture with check presentation.
- Larry and Damian fill in quotes on the DynDNS Press Release minutes before release.
- Press Release Released.
- I make announcments on IRC, use.perl.org and the advocacy list.
- We celebrate and have dinner.
If I may say so, not bad for a bunch of geeks in the middle of the ocean.
Moral of the story: Eat healthy and you can do anything. ;-)
Bravo!
pdcawley on 2002-01-21T09:56:48
Well done those geeks.
