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Inviting a Guru to Your Meeting

Many of the Perl personalities travel the country teaching Perl or doing other Important Things. Find out when they are near you and send them a note. The persons listed on this page have expressed an interest in attending local user groups events when they are in town, so don't be afraid to offer them free drinks and dinner! Include the time frame (for instance: "sometime in May or June") and the location of your meeting in your invitation.

From ActiveState Tool Corp.

Dick Hardt DickH@ActiveState.com: Interested in Perl in the Windows environment? Dick is available for 1-2 hour presentations or informal discussions with Perl Mongers groups. His travel schedule is fluid so submit a request and he'll see what can be accommodated. Dick is based on the North American Pacific Northwest coast, in Vancouver so West coast travel will be easier to accommodate.

From O'Reilly and The Perl Journal

Jon Orwant orwant@media.mit.edu: Jon is CTO of O'Reilly & Associates and is Editor of The Perl Journal.

From Stonehenge Consulting

Send mail to Janina Lamb janina@stonehenge.com of Stonehenge Consulting for invitations for the following gurus:

Randal Schwartz: Randal is the co-author of Learning Perl, Programming Perl, and Effective Perl Programming. He has a regular column in WebTechniques. Randal is based in Portland, Oregon.
Tom Phoenix: Perl Guru and USENET poster extraordinaire. Tom is based in Portland, Oregon.

From 5 Sigma Productions

Joseph N. Hall joseph@5sigma.com: Joseph is the author of Effective Perl Programming and the manager of perltraining.com. He is available for short talks (1-2 hours) that coincide with his training schedule and/or that are within an hour's plane ride of Phoenix AZ.

From Plover Systems Co.

Mark-Jason Dominus mjd-perl-pm-iag+@plover.com: Mark is a regular contributor to The Perl Journal, the author of the perlreftut man page, and the managing editor of www.perl.com. He is the author of the Text::Template, Memoize, and Algorithm::Diff modules. A frequent speaker at Perl conferences, Mark is probably best-known for his `Tricks of the Wizards' tutorial from TPC 3.0. He lives in in Philadelphia.

From The Perl Foundation

Dan Sugalski dan@sidhe.org: Dan's the internals designer for Perl 6 -- the guy responsible for making sure it actually runs, and runs well.

How To Get On This List

We have only included names from Gurus that have expressed interest in being invited to user group meetings. We have not solicited this interest and do not plan to, although you can send me a note if you want to be listed. Include the details about how you would like to be contacted.