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FOSDEM 2025 is just around the corner, and you know what that means—great talks, amazing people, and of course… fantastic food! 🥂

The Perl and Raku Foundation (TPRF) is once again bringing the community together for a special dinner during the FOSDEM weekend. If you’re an active member of the Perl and Raku ecosystem, this is your chance to relax, connect, and celebrate with fellow developers, contributors, and enthusiasts.

📅 When? Saturday Evening, during FOSDEM weekend
📍 Where? A great venue in Brussels (details will be shared with registered attendees)
💬 Who? Active community members, contributors, and Perl/Raku enthusiasts

Why You Should Join 🍻

• Meet fellow Perl and Raku hackers in a relaxed, social atmosphere.
• Celebrate our open-source wins with great conversations and laughter.
• Enjoy a delicious meal, because good food makes great coding even better!
• Forge new collaborations and chat about everything from regex wizardry to the future of Perl and Raku.

Secure Your Spot! 📝

To streamline the dinner planning and ensure we have the perfect setup, we kindly ask everyone to pre-register by filling out this form:

👉 Register for the TPRF Community Dinner

🔔 Important: Spaces are limited, so register ASAP to guarantee your seat!

Let’s make this dinner an unforgettable gathering for our amazing Perl & Raku community. We can’t wait to see you there—good food, great company, and Perl-powered conversations await! 🦪🍷🐪🦋

See you in Brussels! 🚀

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Get ready for a night of code, community, and culinary delights at the TPRF Sponsored Dinner during FOSDEM! 🍽️✨ Join us on Saturday, February 3rd, for a three-course feast and vibrant conversations.

📅 When: Saturday February 3rd, evening

📍 Where: Bruxelles

🎉 What's Cooking: An unforgettable evening filled with tech talks, networking, and delicious bites!

🤩 How to Join:
RSVP now by filling in this form below and secure your spot! Let's make this dinner a celebration of code and camaraderie.

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The Perl and Raku Foundation is thrilled to announce that the FOSDEM organising team has accepted our proposal to set up a DevRoom on Saturday, February 3rd 2024. It has been quite a few years since the last Perl DevRoom at FOSDEM. Historically, they have always been well attended and packed.

Time for an Update

Since last time, a lot has happened, and TPRF is excited to help create this venue for sharing news with developers from Europe and across the globe. Many FOSDEM visitors have a background using Perl, but may have missed out on recent developments. Larry Wall himself was a guest speaker at FOSDEM in 2015 to announce Perl 6, which was later renamed to Raku. Much has happened since then, and there is lots to share!

Participation

TPRF would like to offer contributors to Perl, Raku, their ecosystems and modules, or any other FOSS projects the opportunity to participate at this exciting annual event in Brussels. The TPRF-FOSDEM organisers are specifically looking for anyone with a compelling story to share about their Open Source project that has a strong background in Raku or Perl.

Do you have something fascinating or new to share with the Perl and Raku communities?

Then do not hesitate to submit your presentation proposal. Visit the FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx website and fill in the form. There is a limited availability for speakers to give a 20 minute engaging presentation.

Deadline for submissions is December 1st, 2023.

About FOSDEM

FOSDEM is a two day, free event for software developers to meet, share ideas, and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at this annual event in Brussels.

FOSDEM 2024 will take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2024. It will be an in-person event at the ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.

FOSDEM 2024 website

About The Perl and Raku Foundation

TPRF is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl and Raku programming languages, through open discussions, collaboration, design, and code. The Perl and Raku Foundation's desire is to build a strong, healthy and sustainable language ecosystem and community. The TPRF grant programs help fund development of open source projects to benefit Perl, Raku and the broader community. The foundation helps to sponsor many events, worldwide, each year. Open source development depends on events like FOSDEM, which allow developers to come together in person and share ideas, code, and have fun.

The Perl and Raku Foundation website