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The creation of SPB - Sociedade Perl do Brasil (Perl Society of Brazil) wich took place during the International Perl Developers Meeting (YAPC::Brasil::2005) hosted at Porto Alegre couldn't happen in a better moment.

SPB arrives to support the use and development of the language in brazilian territory and create strategic partnerships with companys and entities at Brazil and off-shore.

"We already have a strong contact with Perl Foundation, initiated when we decided to bring YAPC to Brazil. Now it's time to intensify this relationship.", states Flavio S. Glock (fglock), SPB's President.

The enitity has Marco Lima (mago) as it's Vice-President and Er Galvao Abbott (DaWolf) as CTO, aside from having Randal L. Schwartz (merlyn), author of many well known Perl books, as it's first honorary member.

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A criação da SPB – Sociedade Perl do Brasil, que aconteceu durante o Encontro Internacional de Desenvolvedores Perl (YAPC::Brasil::2005) realizado em Porto Alegre, não poderia ter ocorrido em momento mais propício.

A SPB chega para apoiar o uso e o desenvolvimento da linguagem em território nacional, além de alavancar parcerias estratégicas com empresas e entidades no Brasil e no exterior.

"Já temos um forte contato com a Perl Foundation, iniciado quando decidimos trazer o YAPC para território brasileiro, agora é hora de aprofundarmos este relacionamento", afirma Flávio S. Glock (fglock), presidente da SPB.

A entidade conta ainda, com Marco Lima (mago) na vice-presidência e Er Galvão Abbott (DaWolf) na diretoria técnica, além de ter como seu primeiro membro honorário Randal L. Schwartz (merlyn), autor de diversos livros sobre a linguagem.

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Er Galvão Abbott
www.galvao.eti.br
Porto Alegre Perl Mongers

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