Agree with you, the perl community is great. If you don't yet, I recommend you subscribe to the perl weekly: http://perlweekly.com http://perlweekly.com it's a

Agree with you, the perl community is great. If you don't yet, I recommend you subscribe to the perl weekly: http://perlweekly.com http://perlweekly.com it's a great, concise overview of what's happening in perl (5 and 6). A very simple, low effort way to give back financially would be to sponsor the newsletter via GratisPay http://szabgab.com/gratipay.html http://szabgab.com/gratipay.html Obviously there are also many other ways, financial and non-financial, to contribute to the community.