Until now it has been a long rant with some sprinkled advice in between. Now let’s get to the real action. Here is what I think should be done, in no particular order.
Establish your own Perl beginners site/portal/mailing list/web forum/etc. learn.perl.org is not enough and neither is what I’m going to do. We need more and as many as possible.
Note that if you feel that there isn’t enough traffic or that you should merge with some other site - it’s OK and you can do so. As always reason and experience are your best guidelines as there isn’t a precise rulebook for surviving in real life.