I like your idea. Can we expand on it? Get some more stuff, "add value" to it (1), and put it in the raffle. Raffles with many prizes seem to go better than single-prize-raffles.

Ideas for prizes.:

• Some more books similarly signed (merlyn, are you interested in signing some books?).
• Some T-shirts from past events, optionally signed by speakers at those events.
• Some ThinkGeek products. "No, I will not fix your computer."

I'm out of ideas. But work has fried my brain today, so that isn't saying much. Can we make this a big event, something that the whole Perl community will hear about and participate in?

(1) - Get someone to sign it, or the like. I told you, work has fried my brain. :)

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