Deven Corzine posted: We currently have 171 members in this group, but we also have 287 requests to join, many of whom have literally been waiting YEARS to be admitted to this group. Since I can't vouch for any of these people, I can't approve them. It would be very helpful if EVERYONE could review the list of pending requests in case there's anyone you can vouch for (let me know):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZyfcxMQiS0Icc_Ty1Xb3DilNIbyY1nFVsY_--WGzNfs/edit Remember, if you vouch for someone, it means you believe that person is highly-skilled in Perl -- the sort of person you could help you debug your own Perl programs. Please don't vouch for anyone on the basis of friendship or name recognition, but only on the basis on their Perl skills. If you'd like to vouch for someone who hasn't requested to join, just let me know their name and email address so I can send them an invitation. And brian d foy blogged: http://blogs.perl.org/users/brian_d_foy/2012/07/deven-corzine-is-revitalizing-the.html Deven Corzine is revitalizing the Advanced Perl Users group on LinkedIn, and I've volunteered to help. We're going through all of the join requests to approve everything we can, delete the obvious spam and HR requests, and figure out what to do with the rest. But, besides clearing out the backlog, I want to quadruple the number of members in the group by the end of summer (which is sooner than Christmas). We have 250 members right now. I want that to be 1,000. LinkedIn is essentially a trust network that relies on connections and recommendations for other people to get a quick read on strangers. That's amplified with controlled groups, such as Advanced Perl Users group on LinkedIn, which is set up so "new members will only be approved if an existing member is willing to personally vouch for the new member". Deven's intent is to have a group of serious Perl programmers who we'd want to hire ourselves. _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
