[roch-pm] Perl.com: Helping the Disabled Using Perl (fwd)

[Eric John Kloiber]

Dear Mr. Mathis;

I would like to attend my first Perl Mongers meeting next month.  I would
like to have done so this month, but as a soccer referee, I have to set
aside early-evening dates well in advance so I don't get a game assigned to
me.  Is there a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 17?  Thanks.

Eric Kloiber
Manchester, N.Y.

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