==== Conferences ====
- Perl / YAPC
- Frozen Perl (Mineapolis)
- Non-profit dev conference that Dave recommends
- they request preferred pronouns at the beginning of talks!
- Twisted Tryst
==== Larger meetups ====
- Github drinkup https://github.com/blog/1150-github-drinkup-in-chicago
- http://reddit.com/r/chicagobeer/