From peter at dragonstaff.co.uk Wed Jun 1 02:48:44 2011 From: peter at dragonstaff.co.uk (Peter Edwards) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:48:44 +0100 Subject: FW: Recruitment Campaign Plan: Perl Software Engineers (Various Levels) (595564) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If anyone fancies a job doing Perl at the BBC in Programmes On Demand (basically the bit that munges up programme data from various feed sources and generates XML playlists for iPlayer and the like) see job ad details below. Cheers, Peter http://perl.dragonstaff.co.uk ------------------------------ *From:* Iain Tatch [mailto:iain.tatch at bbc.co.uk] *Sent:* 01 June 2011 09:22 *Subject:* Fwd: FW: Recruitment Campaign Plan: Perl Software Engineers (Various Levels) (595564) Hi ex-Vision software engineers :) Publishing Services are looking for Perl engineers, there are I think positions open for: * 1 x Principal Software Engineer * 2 x Senior Software Engineer * 1 x Software Engineer Job ad links are below, feel free to forward. If you know anyone who's interested they're more than welcome to contact me for any additional info. Cheers. Iain -------- Original Message -------- Subject: FW: Recruitment Campaign Plan: Perl Software Engineers (Various Levels) (595564) Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:24:04 +0100 From: Steve Foster To: Future Media POD Publishing Services CC: Piers Cawley Hi, If anyone knows any good Perl developers, please forward the links! External http://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jj&id=38901&aid=15716 Internal http://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc02.asp?newms=jj&id=38901&aid=10298 Cheers, Steve. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oliver at cpan.org Sat Jun 4 04:14:49 2011 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:14:49 +0100 Subject: Leadership Handover In-Reply-To: <20110525103611.GZ23425@eborcom.com> References: <20110525103611.GZ23425@eborcom.com> Message-ID: <4DEA13A9.4080201@cpan.org> On 25/05/2011 11:36, Tom Hukins wrote: > Finally, thank you all for your help in making the group lots of fun and > for helping me learn more about Perl. I'm sorry to see you leave MK Tom, but hopefully to pastures exciting and new. Let me take this opportunity to thank you deeply for all the work you put into miltonkeynes.pm - the social meetings, technical meetings, and web site, and flying the flag at numerous conferences. I remember being first introduced to Tom at YAPC::EU in Birmingham in 2006 (by the late Ivor Williams) and being told that this chap was involved in a very friendly Perl Mongers' group I should join. Ivor wasn't wrong, of course. All the best for the future Tom; we'll see you around, no doubt... cheers, oliver. From phil at creativespaces.co.uk Sat Jun 4 12:09:56 2011 From: phil at creativespaces.co.uk (Phil Ironside) Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 20:09:56 +0100 Subject: Leadership Handover In-Reply-To: <4DEA13A9.4080201@cpan.org> References: <20110525103611.GZ23425@eborcom.com> <4DEA13A9.4080201@cpan.org> Message-ID: <20110604200956.fcf64602.phil@creativespaces.co.uk> Yo Just shows how out of touch I am - what tomboh leaving, where what how, with who, don't worry I'll get the Cheroke on to it. Have a good one -- Cheers Phil (redspike) From phil at creativespaces.co.uk Sat Jun 4 12:10:38 2011 From: phil at creativespaces.co.uk (Phil Ironside) Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 20:10:38 +0100 Subject: Leadership Handover In-Reply-To: <4DEA8216.3010102@cpan.org> References: <20110525103611.GZ23425@eborcom.com> <4DEA13A9.4080201@cpan.org> <20110604194617.4c39dc94.phil@creativespaces.co.uk> <4DEA8216.3010102@cpan.org> Message-ID: <20110604201038.aaab2dea.phil@creativespaces.co.uk> Fickly, that's what I call it. > Yes he's found someone more attractive than a dozen perl hackers and > beer :) Shocking! -- Cheers Phil Ironside Creative Spaces 01684-561495 http://creativespaces.co.uk http://malvern.lug.org.uk http://birmingham.pm.org From tom at eborcom.com Thu Jun 9 03:36:33 2011 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:36:33 +0100 Subject: [m.keating@shadowcat.co.uk: [ANNOUNCE] Date of the London Perl Workshop (UKPW)] Message-ID: <20110609103632.GE6118@eborcom.com> Here's a date for your diary: ----- Forwarded message from Mark Keating ----- From: Mark Keating Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:22:15 +0100 To: London Announce Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Date of the London Perl Workshop (UKPW) List-Id: "London.pm Perl M\[ou\]ngers" List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , It is my great pleasure to announce the date of this year's London Perl Workshop (the United Kingdom's Perl Workshop), which will be held on: Saturday 12th November 2011 University of Westminster Cavendish Square Campus There will be further announcements detailing the launch of the website, call for papers etc. Due to the tense financial situation we have this year been required to fund the conference rooms and lecture theatres as well as the other activities normally associated with the workshop, we are still being hosted by the Department of Electronic, Communication and Software Engineering who have secured us a generous discount on the normal university room rates. We have several sponsors who have joined us at this time: AntiBody MX Partial contributor towards the evening event (as always :) ). AntibodyMX provides a hosted antispam and antivirus email filtering service based entirely on a proven open source platform. Perl being one very important component. Users of the platform see a near-instant, near-total reduction in the amount of spam, phishing and malware content arriving at the mail server. AntibodyMX also provides onsite mail filtering, white-label filtering solutions to ISPs and will soon be launching CellMX, a filtering service for remote and mobile workers. BYTEMARK Sponsored 1 Lecture Theatre & Marketing Sponsor Bytemark are currently promoting their new service: http://bigv.io/, there words are, sign up now and if you have any dream features for a Perl product then we are open to discussion. This product is in the Beta stage of development. At Bytemark we are the UK's geek hosting outfit of choice, managing tens of thousands of domains, and thousands of servers, both dedicated and virtual. Since 2000 we've offered root access from fifteen pounds per month so that experts like you write their own code and have it run well, on a well-maintained network, without paying for more than you need. We can help you with sorting virtualisation, IPv6, migrating from virtual to dedicated and plenty of other difficult topics. SureVOIP partial sponsorship of a room -- If you wish to sponsor the event we have several basic packages (others may be tailored), please forward this to all sponsors or persons you feel would be willing to help sponsor this event: All Sponsors (minimum sponsorship ?250) will receive: A page on the wiki; Their logo on the website and in all related marketing; A write-up by Mark in all advertising and related promotion; A page in the Conference Booklet (A5); Their logo in the back of the conference booklet; Their logo on the Conference banner; Room Sponsors (Sponsorship cost: ?500 each room, Minimum: 3 rooms) will receive all the above and: The ability to brand the room with posters/banners advertising them; A fifteen minute introductory spot in their room on any subject they wish; Lecture Hall Sponsors (Sponsorship cost: ?1000 each room, Minimum: 2 lecture theatres (1 taken by Bytemark)) will receive all the above: Their logo given prime position on the Conference banner (Larger and near the top) Brand the lecture theatre with their promotional material; A 20 minute slot at the conference (in a lecture theatre) on any subject they wish; Coffe Break Sponsor (Sponsorship cost: ?500) Ability to brand the coffee area with posters/banners (needs to be negotiated for what will be allowed) Evening Sponsors (Sponsorship cost: ?1,000, Minimum: 1 event needed) as 'All Sponsors' plus: Ability to brand the pub with posters/banners (needs to be negotiated for what will be allowed) A 10 minute slot to address the crowd (they will be drinking your beer and food so expect cheering/noise) Marketing Sponsor (Sponsorship cost: ?1,000, Minimum: 1 event Needed) as 'All Sponsors' plus: Their Logo given prime position on the Conference banner (Larger and near the top) Their logo on the front page of the conference booklet - as sponsor of the booklet As always if more than one company wish to join together and have a room together 2*?250 minimum, they will both be allowed to brand the room with posters and the time slot will be shared. We are also open to discussing other ways to integrate your promotion and ideas into the conference. We would be delighted if you wish to attend or promote your company further, run job advertising/recruitment. If you wish to sponsor less than the "minimum" sponsorship we can discuss an appropriate package to suit your sponsorship. My intention is to begin promoting the event as soon as possible to maximise the exposure of the conference and of our sponsors. Contact Mark at m.keating(at)shadowcat.co.uk -mdk -- Mark Keating BA (Hons): Writer, Photographer, Cat-Herder More about me type - mdk.me - into your address bar ----- End forwarded message ----- From andyfrommk at gmail.com Fri Jun 17 14:42:13 2011 From: andyfrommk at gmail.com (Andy Selby) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:42:13 +0100 Subject: Meeting: Tuesday 21st Of June Message-ID: The Perl Mongers meeting is less than a week away As ever, it will be held at the Wetherspoons pub, near the railway station (not the one in the snow dome), next door to Chiquitos: http://osm.org/go/eu4qJDHoE-- Starting from 7pm, and going on till the last people stumble off home. We usually inhabit one of the two large tables infront of the curved benches in front of the bar. Feel free to bring your $perl_running_device along if you want a hand/to show off. From andyfrommk at gmail.com Tue Jun 21 07:47:34 2011 From: andyfrommk at gmail.com (Andy Selby) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:47:34 +0100 Subject: Meeting: Tuesday 21st Of June In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just to remind everyone, this is tonight! On Friday, 17 June 2011, Andy Selby wrote: > The Perl Mongers meeting is less than a week away > > As ever, it will be held at the Wetherspoons pub, near the railway > station (not the one in the snow dome), next door to Chiquitos: > > http://osm.org/go/eu4qJDHoE-- > > Starting from 7pm, and going on till the last people stumble off home. > We usually inhabit one of the two large tables infront of the curved > benches in front of the bar. > Feel free to bring your $perl_running_device along if you want a hand/to > show off. > From tom at eborcom.com Wed Jun 29 02:29:31 2011 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:29:31 +0100 Subject: Perl 5 maint funding drive Message-ID: <20110629092930.GH6118@eborcom.com> Those of us who have financially benefitted from Perl 5 might like to read the message below. Please pass the news on to anyone who you think might want to donate. Tom ----- Forwarded message from Nicholas Clark ----- Mailing-List: contact perl5-porters-help at perl.org; run by ezmlm X-List-Archive: Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:59:04 +0100 From: Nicholas Clark To: perl5-porters at perl.org Subject: Perl 5 maint funding drive As everyone is aware, Dave Mitchell has been paid for the past year or so to work on fixing hard and long standing bugs in the Perl 5 core, thanks to a generous grant of $50,000 booking.com made to TPF. That money is almost exhausted. Dave would be happy to continue, and I'm now in a position where I'd be able and willing to be paid to work on maintaining and bettering the Perl 5 core. Hence The Perl Foundation has launched a "Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund", and a funding drive to raise an initial $25,000, to cover 3 months work. Better still, Vienna Perl Mongers will match the first $10,000 of donations, dollar for dollar, putting the surplus from YAPC::Europe 2007 to very good use. http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl_5_core_maintenance_fund http://vienna.pm.org/10_000_dollar_for_the_perl5_core_maintaince_fund.html https://secure.donor.com/pf012/give <-- donate here <-- TPF are looking for both for individual and corporate donations. I'd hope that it particularly appeals to companies wishing to give something back to Perl, or wanting to raise their visibility in the Perl world, and to Perl developers. Much that I'd love to, I can't actually promise that donating will get you a better class of candidate when recruiting, but TPF is able to offer the following * donating $1000 or more gets your logo used, and a mention in the weekly report(s) you paid for * donate $10000 or more and TPF will issue a joint press release thanking you profusely and of course, while match funds last (so get in quick) * "Buy Dave, get me free". Or something like that :-) Nicholas Clark ----- End forwarded message ----- From cjbradford at gmail.com Wed Jun 29 05:51:59 2011 From: cjbradford at gmail.com (Colin Bradford) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:51:59 +0100 Subject: Next MKPM tech meet: 6th September Message-ID: Hi, We were discussing in the pub that it's been a while since the last Milton Keynes Perl Mongers tech meet, and I volunteered to organise one. To avoid holidays and suchlike, I've picked a tentative date of Tuesday 6th September. So, if you'd like to talk, or suggest an alternative date, please let me know! This date is a couple of months before the London Perl Workshop, so you can try a talk out at MK before unleashing it to a larger audience at LPW. Please feel free to forward this email to any others who may be interested, but aren't subscribed to this list. Thanks, Colin.