Outreach and newcomer activities at many organizations simply fall down the list of priorities -- it may have something to do with human nature. I was at a conference last week where I was totally confused about what the first day's schedule was or where the activities were taking place. After talking to someone who was familiar I realized that I was suffering from newbie-itis...those familiar with the program simply 'knew' where everything was.<div>
<br></div><div>Let me be the first (as far as I can tell) to welcome you. You are correct, the website is a bit out of date, but as far as mailing lists go this one is fairly active. If you are stuck on something and need immediate help you might try <a href="http://perlmonks.org">perlmonks.org</a> or <a href="http://www.irc.perl.org/channels.html">http://www.irc.perl.org/channels.html</a>, sign in, and ask away. You would be surprised at how quickly you will get a response, but don't forget to do a bit of homework before you post (read the pod, try something out) or else you might get flamed.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm certain other members here have good advice as well. Good luck and happy learning. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Anthony Simonelli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asimonelli01@gmail.com">asimonelli01@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hey there! New to Perl. It's used a great deal at my work for reporting and text processing so I'm trying to get proficient in it. Reading "Learning Perl" (the Llama book) and am enjoying it so far (especially all of the comments). Thought it would be good to join the local PM group in Chicago, but the website seems to be out of date. The mailing list seems to be working but the website should really be updated because it gives the impression that the group isn't really active anymore.<br>
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Is this mailing list for discussions, networking (in the people sense), technical help or all three? Out of personal interest, one thing I wanted to ask is if anyone has any experience with using Perl and Qt4. I'm looking to create a GUI application and am wondering if Qt or wxWidgets is the way to go with Perl. I know that there isn't a lot of support for Perl and Qt4 right now, but some are working on it: <a href="http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/Perl+Qt4?content=69748" target="_blank">http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/Perl+Qt4?content=69748</a> I know that wxWidgets works pretty well as a cross platform GUI. Any advice or resources would hep a great deal.<br>
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