This is to the PerlMonks gods in case they do want to give such a status update, and everyone else who wants to listen to these. There is an unofficial low-traffic perlmonks irc channel on slashnet named #perlmonks. Also, you may give a status update in the topic of the #cbstream channel on the freenode network (just please leave the FAQ url in there; ask me for an access flag so you can update the topic, or, if your religion forbids irc, mail me the information about the update and I may put it up within some time).