Agreed. "How do I join the club?" looks like the question at hand. Perl culture is strong and obvious. The best or most trustworthy "how to's" and "where's?" are not however always obvious.

There is so much available that knowing where to start can seem to be intimidating. Maybe include a number of interesting uses of Perl and other success stories for the rah-rah section.

Saint VSarkiss looks to have hit it on the head. In fact, there's probably some kind of publication/book/site idea in this idea somewhere...

Maybe you could give them all pre-created login/pw's to the monastery and other useful sites as their "free gift" for attending. :)

Orienting and reassuring novitiates is an honorable and needed step.

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