Thanks to Steven Lembark for the suggestion of "Cooperative", a word with
nice legal ramifications that does not invoke the Borg, Communism, or
Orwell's 1984.
Since the Perl-jobs list is not yet on line, and this is probably not (yet)
and advocacy topic (Nat?Offtopic?)... I would appreciate if anyone with an
interest in the possibility of discussing (with an eye to forming) such a
cooperative network please contact me offlist and we can continue the
discussion.
As I said, I've been giving some thought to posing this sort of discussion at
a meeting of the San Francisco and Silicon Valley Perl Users groups.
I'd love to flesh it out a little among like-minded folks.
It's not a user-group and I really don't _think_ it belongs under Perl Mongers
I don't know how much energy I can personally spare - aside from my personal
job search (leave salaried position, find contract, begin new gig) we have
recently (after a very difficult 6-month battle with cancer) lost a very
close and much beloved member of our immediate household. My interest is high
but my energy levels are lower than they have been in 6 years and I make no
guarantees about my stability at this time :(.
Nevertheless, I think I can handle email...
At 22:04 -0700 8/26/00, Vicki Brown wrote:
>At 16:09 -0700 8/25/00, Daniel Chetlin wrote:
>>I don't have a particularly good answer right now. I think if I had a little
>>more equity in the community, I'd try to put together some sort of
>>not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping Perl people find jobs. Not
>>a
>>consulting firm, not a recruiting agency, just a ... collective of hackers.
>>The PJA/PJW list on steroids. But I don't think I could pull it off; no one
>>knows who I am, and name value will be very important for something like
>>this.
>>It will have to be sold to companies and to programmers.
>
>Hmmm... this fits in with an idea I've been muttering about - something a
>friend of mine was muttering about a while back at a San Francisco Perl Users
>group meeting. A collective (needs a new term. Collective brings to mind the
>Borg and from there Micro$oft. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Resistance may be futile but
>I resist).
>At 23:53 -0400 8/25/00, Uri Guttman wrote:
>>>>>>> "DC" == Daniel Chetlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> DC> [Note: this is probably more on-topic for perl-jobs-discuss, but
>> DC> that list seems to be pretty much vacant at 1 subscriber,
>> DC> according to ezmlm]
>>
>>well, it is not active yet as i have not officially opened/announced
>>it. i don't even know who the subscriber is. when the new perl jobs list
>>is ready with info pages, a submitting form, etc., it will be activated
>>as will the discuss list.
>>
>>and i agree that would be a good list to have this discussion on. it is
>>one of the goals of its charter (to be written).
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