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               The A-Z Guide To Becoming a CPAN Author

                              Andy Lester

               Tuesday, October 11th, 2005, 7:00-9:00pm
Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus, Wheaton, IL, Room 103

Abstract
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Andy Lester will present an overview of what it takes to create a
module for distribution on the CPAN, the public repository of code for
the Perl community.  You'll learn how to turn your code into a useful
package that others around the world can use.  If you've ever wanted to
give back to Perl or open source, this talk will guide your way, from
the first inklings of an idea, to ongoing maintenance of your software.

Speaker Bio
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Andy has 25 modules on the CPAN, and is a regular speaker at the O'Reilly
Open Source Conference, Yet Another Perl Conference, and user groups
around the country.  He leads a department of programmers for Follett
Library Resources in McHenry, IL.   "Pro Perl Debugging," which Andy
co-authored, has just been published by Apress.

Getting There
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This meeting of the UniForum Chicago PerlSIG will be from 7:00 pm to
9:00 PM on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at the Illinois Institute of
Technology Rice campus.  The address of the meeting facility is:

        IIT's Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road,
        Wheaton, Illinois 60187

Take I-88 to the Naperville Road exit.  Go North on Naperville Road
to Butterfield/Rt. 56.  Turn right on Butterfield and proceed East to
the next stoplight East (East Loop Road).  Turn north onto East Loop
Road (Grady's/Cozymel's Restaurants and Phillip's 66 Gas Station on
the corners); the campus will be on your right about a block north of
Butterfield Road.  Park in the student parking lot behind the building.
Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.  More detailed
directions and maps are available at:

        http://www.rice.iit.edu/directions.html
        http://www.rice.iit.edu/floorplan.html

All UniForum Chicago Perl SIG meetings are open to the public free of charge.

For additional information contact Deborah Vose at vosedj@yahoo.com or visit
the UniForum Chicago web site at:

        http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/