<s>
part	O
of	O
The	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
Foundation	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
organization	O
in	O
1998	O
by	O
brian	O
d	O
foy	O
and	O
others	O
,	O
who	O
formed	O
the	O
first	O
group	O
,	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Perl	B-Language
Mongers	I-Language
(	O
NY.pm	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
August	O
1997	O
at	O
the	O
First	O
O'Reilly	O
Perl	B-Language
Conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
joined	O
the	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
Foundation	I-Language
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Member	O
groups	O
are	O
conventionally	O
referred	O
to	O
with	O
a	O
short-form	O
name	O
of	O
their	O
location	O
followed	O
by	O
"	O
.pm	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
conventional	O
filename	O
extension	O
for	O
a	O
Perl	B-Language
module	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Perl	B-Language
Mongers	I-Language
"	O
is	O
a	O
backronym	O
for	O
that	O
in	O
which	O
"	O
mongers	O
"	O
refers	O
to	O
ironmongers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
foy	O
's	O
original	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
group	O
was	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
/New	O
York	O
Perl	B-Language
M( ( o|u	O
)	O
ngers|aniacs	O
)	O
*	O
/	O
,,	O
but	O
"	O
Perl	B-Language
Mongers	I-Language
"	O
overtook	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Second	O
O'Reilly	O
Perl	B-Language
Conference	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
foy	O
and	O
others	O
helped	O
to	O
create	O
many	O
new	O
user	O
groups	O
by	O
providing	O
a	O
means	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
connect	O
with	O
others	O
in	O
their	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perl	B-Language
Mongers	I-Language
provided	O
services	O
including	O
web	O
hosting	O
,	O
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
user	O
group	O
leader	O
discussions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
there	O
are	O
233	O
Perl	B-Language
Mongers	I-Language
groups	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
