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[sstone at ksofttech.com]

Hi...throwing in my 10 cents worth(inflation you know)...

I was new to the area when I joined this list, along with several 
others. A former NT administrator, I began learning Unix/Linux 
about a year ago. Working with other Unix administrators they 
talked very highly about PERL, so when I got out here I figured if I 
joined a list I could find some sources to help me out when I very 
quickly got in over my head, or confused, which in fact is usually 
the same thing. 

Unfortunately, I have not had very much time to learn PERL, as 
learning Linux and all of its intricacies has been more than enough 
to keep me busy. So, I haven't spoken up much in this list 
because, well, I don't know much.

As for what I would like to get out of this list, and the user group in 
general:

1) How about some ideas on where a total newbie can go to learn 
PERL. I've got some of my own resources(O'rielly, For Dummies 
and such) but what has everyone else learned from and found 
informative?

2) It has been my experience that unless a group is already familiar 
with/comfortable with the people involved, no one is going to just 
suggest "hey guys, lets go climb Pikes Peak this weekend",  or 
even "Hey, who wants to get together for Pizza". So I think that it 
would be a very good idea to try and schedule meetings. One of 
the problems with doing this is keeping it on a night everyone can 
meet on (I work part time with a non-profit organization teaching 
native american kids computers, so many of my nights are 
booked). If we were to schedule monthly meetings, may I propose 
that we schedule them on tue/wed on alternating months?

3) As a total newbie who has no knowledge of PERL, I would 
reeeeally like a portion of the meetings to include tutorials. But 
hanging out is a big plus on my book. Don't know to many people 
out here, so I don't hang out nearly as much as I used to. 

4) Is there a webpage out there that we post this information to? 

like I said, just my 10 cents...although some might say my 10 
cents are highly overpriced...

:-)

Shawn Stone
Network Specialist
Kabotie Software Technologies
www.ksofttech.com
Shawn Stone
Network Specialist
Kabotie Software Technologies
www.ksofttech.com