The Perl Foundation is now listed as a "cause on Benevity.org":https://causes.benevity.org/causes/840-383536536. This means that employees of Google may now donate to The Perl Foundation through GooglersGive, their workplace giving program. When making contributions through benevity, please search for "Yet Another Society" We appreciate all of the Google employees that nominated us, and we thank everybody for all of your support of The Perl Foundation. Through your support, we are ensuring

The Perl Foundation is please to present its 2013 year end report to the community. The theme of this year's report is "ensuring the future of Perl." With the help of our volunteers and sponsors, TPF is making a real impact on Perl's future. Thank you to everybody that helped to make 2013 a successful year for TPF. 2013 Year-end report.pdf

The call for talks for The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop has officially opened. Interested parties may submit talks or register for the event at: "http://pghpw.org":http://pghpw.org PPW will be held this October 4th, 5th, and 6th at the Pittsburgh Technical Institute, located near Pittsburgh International Airport.

The North American Yet Another Perl Conference is still seeking a few more sponsors to help make YAPC a success this year. "Benefits of being a sponsor":http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/sponsorship.html include increasing your brand awareness, recruitment, and giving back to a language that give you so much. There are many different "levels of sponsorship ":http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/levels-of-sponsorship.html with various perks available. So, please "become a sponsor":http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/become-a-sponsor.html today.

Ricardo Signes' "Perl QA Hackathon":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2013/02/perl-5-grant-application-trave-1.html grant has been successfully completed and closed. Details regarding the grant may be found on "his blog":http://rjbs.manxome.org/rubric/entry/1992. Please consider "making a donation of any amount":https://secure.donor.com/pf012/give to help support projects such as this. Details regarding the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund may be found on "The Perl Foundation's web site":http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl_5_core_maintenance_fund.

To date, the P5CMF has been used to pay out $130,733 in grants for the improvement of Perl 5. We have allocated $35,610 towards additional grant work not yet completed. There remains $116,643 in unallocated grant funds. For full financial details regarding the P5CMF, please visit this "Google Doc":https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AkU6pBm3WGeedGlqV1d0OXFVaG8yVTVDRFI5c0hLOHc&output=html. For information regarding the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund, including how it is administered and how to apply for a grant,

The Perl Foundation is proud to present this report to it's members. 2012 was a spectacular year for Perl and The Perl Foundation. TPF has supported the community via grants programs, conferences, and new outreach efforts. The community has, in turn, supported TPF through their generous donations of time and money. We look forward to continuing our support as we begin Perl's next 25 years. 2012 Year End Report

I am pleased to announce that the books on YAPC::NA 2012 in Madison Wisconsin have now been closed. Thanks to the excellent management by the Madison Perl Mongers, the event was a success and has concluded with a net profit of $3,000. YAPC::NA 2012 details: Event Registration Income: $34,200 Sponsorship Income: $48,400 Less Expenses: -$79,600 Net Income: $3,000 Thanks, in particular, to the following financial contributors for helping to make

In order to satisfy requirements involving the use of the word "Foundation" in our business name, the board of directors have voted to amend the articles of incorporation for The Perl Foundation with an updated set of purposes for the organization. The new purposes for which the corporation is organized are: cultivating a collaborative open source community and an ecosystem of computer language implementations collectively known as "Perl" and complementary

In December of 2008, Booking.com provided a $50,000 grant for the development and maintenance of Perl. In February of 2010, Dave Mitchel submitted a grant proposal to use $25,000 of these funds for Fixing Perl5 Core Bugs. This grant was eventually accepted and then extended twice. The grant has been a massive success and has allowed Dave Mitchell to put in over 1,000 hours fixing bugs in Perl 5. Thanks

The 5th Annual Pittsburgh Perl Workshop will be held at the Carnegie Mellon University's Gates Hillman Complex on October 8 and 9, 2011. The call for presentations is now open and closes on Wednesday, May 18th. Please view The PPW announcement for more information.

Below is an overview of the programs that were financially supported by The Perl Foundation in 2010. Programs are roughly broken up into 3 categories: Events, Marketing, and Development. Perl events The Perl Foundation supported four conferences in 2010. Those conferences were: The North American Yet Another Perl Conference Frozen Perl, The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop, and The Perl Oasis. Each event is expected to be self-sustaining through program fees and

The Perl Foundation has a new mailing address! We are working to get contact information on all of our sites updated. Please update your records: Yet Another Society d/b/a The Perl Foundation 340 S LEMON AVE #6055 WALNUT, CA 91789 UNITED STATES