From perl at atechs.com.br  Fri Mar 14 19:28:05 2008
From: perl at atechs.com.br (Vinicius Alves)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:28:05 -0300
Subject: [Van-pm] [Off-topic] From Brazil to Vancouver
Message-ID: <00aa01c88644$338e6fd0$0200a8c0@alpha>

Hello all,

I think this is my first post in this list, although I?ve been listening in for a few years now... but it?s not at all Perl related (hence the Off-topic in the Subject line :) ) Please bare with me.

I?m planning to spend a week or so in Canada this coming May and Vancouver is in my itinerary. Is there a kind soul out there who could give me some tourist tips? Maybe I?ll get lucky and catch a Social up there. 

Feel free to email me in pvt:
vini at atechs.com.br

Kind regards,
Vinny Alves
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From simmons.chris at gmail.com  Tue Mar 18 11:29:32 2008
From: simmons.chris at gmail.com (Chris Simmons)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:29:32 -0700
Subject: [Van-pm] Call for student proposals for Google's Summer of Code
Message-ID: <625b0a180803181129i4d3072caie3c9a37f862cd852@mail.gmail.com>

The Perl Foundation is participating in Google's 2008 Summer of Code(tm)
and we have a lot of capable, willing mentors looking forward to working
with some talented, driven students.  So, we would like you to help
find those students (and quickly -- the students must apply before
March 31st.)

This is a rare opportunity for students to get a chance to get a paid
summer of hacking on exciting projects like Parrot, Perl 6, Moose,
Jifty, SVK, Catalyst, or their very own Perl modules or applications.
It also brings new talent into the community and gives the student a
hefty "real world" experience with a knowledgable mentor.  Further,
employers love to see this sort of demonstration of teamwork, handling
deadlines, communication skills, resourcefulness and etc.

We're looking for promising students who are interested in open source
(or maybe you know someone who *should* be interested in open source.)
Knowledge of Perl is optional if the project is Parrot-related.  The
student doesn't need to be an expert in the problem domain (after all,
learning is part of the process), but should bring a big pile of
creativity, problem-solving skills, and determination.

Students should review the page of suggested projects, but are
encouraged to bring their own proposals (those are often the best.)
The most important first step is getting in touch with the community
and discussing their project idea with potential mentors.

 http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects

Additional information and links can be found here.

 http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008

Google has posted some flyers if you happen to have a university
bulletin board or hallway handy:

 http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers

Additional info:

 http://code.google.com/soc/2008/
 http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html

(Note that google has particular requirements to do with the fact that
they are paying the students.  The student must be able to show their
eligibility regarding enrollment and employability.)

Remember, the Perl community draws talent from many fields, so if you
came to Perl from a non-computer-science major and still have contacts
in that department from your university, it is probably worth
mentioning to them.

From simmons.chris at gmail.com  Tue Mar 18 13:48:07 2008
From: simmons.chris at gmail.com (Chris Simmons)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:48:07 -0700
Subject: [Van-pm] Catalyst based job listing
Message-ID: <625b0a180803181348h4158f007p6fed776adeac8a83@mail.gmail.com>

Forwarding on behalf of Casimir.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Casimir Loeber <casimir at base-10.net>
Subject: Catalyst based job listing
Hello,

 My name is Casimir Loeber and I am one of the founders of Base-10 Design
 & Development Inc. a Vancouver based design and development company. I
 have lurked on this list for a while now and am finally making my first
 post.

 The job details are at http://jobs.perl.org/job/8212 . I will just say
 that you must live in vancouver for this job.

 Feel free to e-mail me directly.

 Have a great day
 --
 Casimir Loeber <casimir at base-10.net>
 Base-10 Design & Development <http://www.base-10.net>