At a meeting of the Perl Foundation at the recent Open Source Convention, Dave Cross agreed to take on the role of Perl Mongers User Group Co-ordinator. Dave will be acting as liason between the Perl Foundation and the 500 local Perl Mongers groups. Dave said "the local Perl Mongers groups can be a great resource for grassroots advocacy and I'd like to see the Perl Foundation do all that it can to empower them." Leon Brocard will be helping Dave by working on the www.pm.org web site.