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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perl was accepted for the GSOC in 2011 but rejected in 2012. I think they plan to apply in 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There has been some talk of “going it alone”. There weren’t any applications for TPF grants in either of the last two quarters, so they have been looking for new ideas. One suggestion was to use the TPF grants to sponsor GSOC-type Perl projects for students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I don’t know how far they got with the idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Duncan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Southampton-pm [mailto:southampton-pm-bounces+duncan.garland=ntlworld.com@pm.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vytautas D<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 March 2013 17:10<br><b>To:</b> southampton-pm@pm.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Southampton-pm] Southampton PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all, sorry I am not coming lately, busy days.. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Anyway, interesting subject you are talking about, I know this is just a community, but you might be interested to mentor students under Perl in GSOC ( Google Summer of Code ). Mentor gets 500$, which is symbolic but a lot of fun, and can push some stuff into life which annoys you in perl or some missing feature... <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-Vytas<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Imran Chaudhry <<a href="mailto:ichaudhry@gmail.com" target="_blank">ichaudhry@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Tim, also welcome to new member Thomas.<br><br>We also discussed group sponsorship. Maybe one other thing it would<br>allow us to do is hire a venue to hold talks/presentations? Such a<br>thing might attract new members.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On 7 March 2013 08:45, Tim Retout <<a href="mailto:tim@retout.co.uk">tim@retout.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> Sorry you couldn't make it, Merlyn.<br>><br>> Still, we had one new member, and a total of 7 in the end.<br>><br>> I don't have a list of the things we talked about, although I do remember:<br>><br>> - modulinos (in the context of unit-testing CGI scripts)<br>> - editor wars (or, is there a good IDE for Perl)<br>> - why is there no Perl certification/qualification?<br>> - DBIx::Class::Schema::Config and DBIx::Class::Schema::Versioned<br>> - unit testing the above with Test::mysqld<br>><br>> --<br>> Tim Retout <<a href="mailto:tim@retout.co.uk">tim@retout.co.uk</a>><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________<br>> Southampton-pm mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Southampton-pm@pm.org">Southampton-pm@pm.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/southampton-pm" target="_blank">http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/southampton-pm</a><br><br><br><br>--<br>GPG Key fingerprint = B323 477E F6AB 4181 9C65 F637 BC5F 7FCC 9CC9 CC7F<br><a href="http://about.me/imranchaudhry" target="_blank">http://about.me/imranchaudhry</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Southampton-pm mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Southampton-pm@pm.org">Southampton-pm@pm.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/southampton-pm" target="_blank">http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/southampton-pm</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>