From autarch at urth.org  Mon Jan  5 20:05:42 2009
From: autarch at urth.org (Dave Rolsky)
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:05:42 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Frozen Perl 2009 early bird deadline ends January 12!
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.0.9999.0901052205200.29884@urth.org>

Frozen Perl is a three day event held at the University of Minnesota's McNamara 
Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN. The main event is a one-day, two-track 
workshop on Saturday, February 7.

There will also be a Perl class taught by brian d foy of Stonehenge Consulting 
on Friday, February 6, and a hackathon on Sunday, February 8. This class is 
being offered at a very low rate of $100 per person, and there are 4 student 
seats available at $25 each.

The early bird price for the conference is $20 at the student/low-income rate, 
and $40 for everyone else. These prices will double on January 12, 2009. We 
also have an individual sponsorship rate of $120 if you'd like to give a little 
extra to support the workshop.

You can register for the conference at http://www.frozen-perl.org/

Thank you for your time and support!
The Frozen Perl 2009 Organizers

From matt at omega.org  Tue Jan 13 17:46:21 2009
From: matt at omega.org (Matthew Johnson)
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:46:21 -0600
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Perl Mongers is tomorrow at 7pm - Jan 14th.
In-Reply-To: <D129E20F-0528-41D4-89C2-71B99D1EC897@omega.org>
References: <D129E20F-0528-41D4-89C2-71B99D1EC897@omega.org>
Message-ID: <57BF9A3B-6CE8-4557-B8E9-58B943E5F0C8@omega.org>

Perl Mongers is tomorrow, Wednesday, at 7pm.  We won't be returning to  
DINKYtown. Too busy and parking is a pain when that busy.


Who:     You, and another with an interest in programming perl

What:    The Perl Mongers 2nd Wednesday of the month meeting.

When:    Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2009 7:00pm

Where:   Espresso Royale Caffe, 1229 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

Why:     Because geeks have to gather too :)

How:    Espresso Royale is located in downtown Minneapolis at 13th St  
and Hennepin Ave.
         It is one block north (on Hennepin Ave) of the Minneapolis  
Community & Technical
         College.  There is street parking and parking in the back of  
the building after
         6 pm.
map: <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1229+hennepin+ave,+minneapolis,+mn&btnG=Search 
 >

Other venue suggestions welcome.


Topics:  Frozen perl, perl on a stick, deep fried perl.






From matt at omega.org  Tue Jan 27 12:02:25 2009
From: matt at omega.org (Matthew Johnson)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:02:25 -0600
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Fwd: Frozen Perl 2009
Message-ID: <1233086545.25609.1297057107@webmail.messagingengine.com>

see below
----- Original message -----
From: "Leonard" <leonard at umn.edu>
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:47:03 -0600
Subject: Frozen Perl 2009

Here in the cold tundra of Minneapolis where we measure temperature in 
whether or not your car will start, snow in feet not inches, and ice in 
inches not number of cubes, it is time once again to get fired-up for 
Frozen Perl 2009!

Registration begins on Saturday February 7th at 8:15 a.m. Come early to 
beat the lines and enjoy a continental breakfast and enter a raffle to 
win a set of books. The keynote by Andy Lester begins at 9 a.m. See our 
Web site (http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2009/) for more details about 
talks and times.

The Raffles will be for two different bookshelves, one from Apress, and 
the other from O'Reilly. The tickets will be $5 for each raffle, so be 
sure to bring cash to enter into the two raffles.

Lunch will be provided by D'amico & Sons at 11:45 a.m. If you have any 
special dietary needs or requests, please e-mail me (Leonard at umn.edu) so 
that we may accommodate you.

After the workshop, you are welcome to join the organizers at Buca di 
Beppo at 7 p.m.

Directions: http://www.bucadibeppo.com/locations/location.aspx
1204 Harmon Place
Minneapolis, MN
Please RSVP at: 
http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2009/wiki?node=SaturdayNightDinner

Sincerely, 

Leonard Miller


From Lorie at upnorthconsulting.com  Wed Jan 28 12:29:53 2009
From: Lorie at upnorthconsulting.com (Lorie Schroeder)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:29:53 -0600
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Perl opportunities
Message-ID: <76B69DC7CE5E6F4AB8ECC22313FFDD282544C09A20@EXMBX01.vcollaborate.com>

Can this be distributed to the members?



I have a client in the Twin Cities area looking for some Sr. Software Engineers (they are also looking for some Jr level people also).  The detail is below, this is a contract opportunity for 12+ months, start date can be immediate.  Let me know if you are interested in this opportunity.


Sr Software Engineer
The qualified individual will be part of a team developing fixed income information and analytics products.  The team is responsible for enabling the core infrastructure for fixed income reference data, used by internal and external content clients worldwide.  Successful applicant will be responsible for the design, implementation, QA, documentation, production release, and ongoing support and maintenance of systems consisting of web applications, automated processes and databases.
Department takes data feeds into Sybase (Data Sculpt Select). The department helps determine whether trading partners are allowed to trade with due to new terrorist acts. The associate would be responsible for new feeds, enhancements and support (maintenance). The environment is UNIX, autosys and programming language is Perl. Manager prefers at least 2+ years experience overall. Skill sets ranked: 1)Perl 2)SQL 3) UNIX. XML is VERY nice to have. Autosys is nice to have as well but can be learned on the job. Other technical skills that are very useful: Web and application server experience.



*       Demonstrated experience in all phases from design to release of production systems
*       Strong analytic thinking skills.
*       Familiarity with agile development techniques beneficial
*       Related degrees: Bachelors degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
*       Required languages: 7+ years programming in C, C++ or Perl; SQL (any variant)
*       Required products: 7+ years experience with UNIX or Linux variant
*       Optional languages: XML(BIG plus!), HTML, Java, Python, Ruby
*       Optional products: Sybase SQL Server(big plus), Apache, modperl, Mason, CGI, Autosys(good plus but is trainable), Bugzilla, Wiki, CVS
**A Senior candidate would have a majority of the optional skills listed above versus a Junior might have 2/3.


Lorie Schroeder
lorie at upnorthconsulting.com<mailto:lorie at upnorthconsulting.com>
OFFICE:  952-224-8656 x204
FAX:        952-224-8659




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