Yet Another Society is attempting to organize a campaign to support Damian Conway and his family for a the year 2001 to work on just Perl. Modules, speaking engagements, and whatever else he can. Essentially, the Perl community, through YAS, would be "buying out" the good doctor's obligations at Monash University in Australia, along with raising money for travel and expenses.

The estimated cost of all this is USD 55,000. For more information, including email correspondence between Conway and Kevin Lenzo, check out http://www.yetanother.org/damian/.