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FREE REVIEW COPIES FOR YOUR MEMBERS:
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Old Bag of Nails at the Grandview location has decided to sponsor Columbus Perl Mongers.

The gave us 4 x $25 gift certificates, and 4 XL logo'd t-shirts, that will be used for speaker swag.

If you happen to be there, tell the management "thanks".

Calling all Perl Hackers. We are trying to revitalize the Ann Arbor Perl Mongers. We will be having our first meeting on March 1st in Ann Arbor Michigan. Tim Bunce, the author of DBI will be presenting and we will be providing food and beverage. I would like to extend an invitation to everyone. Please visit our Meet Up page (http://www.meetup.com/Ann-Arbor-Perl-Mongers/) for more information.

Location
At 2checkout.com again. (Thanks 2checkout!)
Google Map (parking and entrance)

Time
7:00 PM
Pizza will be provided by TekSystems. Thanks Nick Kanoza, Aaron Davis, and Amanda Spires at Tek.

Agenda

pm business
YAPC, columbus.pm website, plan march meeting, what do we want to do next?

Speaker
Rob Kinyon - Modern Perl

Perl 5 is Alive!

There are several ways to talk about YAPC. You can try out the IRC chat room at irc.perl.org #yapc or by signing up for the official yapc mailing list.

So pick your personal favorite and find out whats going on.

We are looking for a senior level Perl Application Engineer to hit the ground running and assist with the development of object oriented, n-tier web applications. We would prefer a bachelor¿s degree in Computer Science, and 2-3 years of practical experience building web applications using Perl, SQL, XSLT, XML, and versioning systems (CVS, Subversion). The ideal candidate should be well versed in OO methodologies and familiar with the full software development life cycle (analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation).

Perl Web Developer
Perm full time position
On-site Columbus, OH

If you are looking to maximize your Perl software development skills or know someone who wants to expand their scope, We have a positions available immediately. Based on your background and experience, I am hoping you can help me identify interested professionals.

The position is for Mid to Senior level developer or Software Engineer with a dynamic, rapidly growing Central Ohio organization.

If you have an idea for a talk, please, mention it here. It'd be nice to have a backlog of talks that we could schedule for future meetings.

It'd be great to hear from everyone in the group at some time or another, and to have a different speaker from the previous month.