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  • About
    • News
    • The Board
    • Advisory Board
    • Committees
    • Get Involved
  • Donate
    • Our Donors
    • Payments
    • How Do Sponsors Benefit?
  • Grants
    • Running Grants
    • Grants Committee
    • Grant Benefits
    • Grant Ideas
    • How to Write a Proposal
    • Perl Core Development Fund
    • Raku Development Fund
  • Legal
    • Articles
    • Trademarks
    • License FAQ
    • Artistic License 2.0
    • Artistic Notes 2.0
    • Artistic License 1.0
    • CPAN Licensing Guidelines
    • Contributor License Agreement
    • Conflict of Interest Policy
    • IRS Filings
  • Charters
    • Marketing Committee
    • Grants Committee
    • Community Advocacy Committee
    • Bylaws
    • The Board
  • The Perl and Raku Conference
  • Project Support
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Get Involved

Want to Help?

The Perl & Raku Foundation exists to promote and support community efforts around the Perl and Raku programming languages. We encourage you to contribute by:
  • Joining your local Perl Mongers group
  • Visit PerlMonks
  • Attend a YAPC in your region of the world
  • There are many other ways you can contribute to Perl and Raku including:
    • Contribute and maintain a module on the CPAN
    • Participate in the development, maintenance and documentation of Perl 5 and Raku.
    • ​Another important way you can contribute to Perl, both as a language and as a community, is to make a tax-deductible donation to the Perl Foundation.

Board candidacy

This is the path to joining the Foundation Board:

1. Nomination

A new member is nominated by one or more Board members, and must be seconded.

If you would like to propose yourself or someone else for nomination, contact a member of the board or email [email protected] with the following information:

-    Bio
-    If you purport to represent a community, that community should validate your application
-    Your reasons for wishing to become a member of the Board?
-    What goals you would like to see the Foundation pursue over the next 12-24 months?

This information will be posted publicly.

2. Eligibility

The nominee must be an active volunteer in the communities for 180 days or more or who have previously played a significant role in the community or Foundation even if no longer active.

3. Public hearing

A public post will be made to ask for input from the community. The post will have the nominee's bio and reasons for nomination, as detailed above.

4. Election

Election will be made by the Board Members after feedback is gathered from the communities.

Evaluation criteria

Potential Board members ideally will:

    have experience on other FOSS boards
    have not for profit experience
    have management experience
    have start-up experience

Any questions and further information
If you have any questions please get in touch with [email protected]

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