is the original editor and publisher of the Perl Journal. A
long-time Perl user, Jon has had a significant impact on the Perl
community. Among other things, he ushered in the Perl 6 announcement
with the now-famous "coffee mug heard round the world" at The Perl
Conference in 2000.
brian d foy
founded the Perl Mongers groups at the
first Perl conference in 1997, and started the White Camel awards in
1999. He is the publisher of The Perl Review, which just celebrated
its first issue in print. He recently returned from year in the desert
maintaining Perl modules without electricity or internet access.
Dave Cross
is a longstanding member of the Perl community. He started
the first non-North American Perl Mongers group, London.pm. He's the
current leader of the Perl Mongers groups worldwide, and revived the
Perl Mongers group leaders list.