use Perl

Are you ready for this? How many companies, working with a community helper (liason/coordinator/visionary(for this)) can pull this off?

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• 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. ;-)