Hi listers. For those of you who have been wondering about the future of PAF will be interested in an email message that was issued today by the LDS Church's Family History Department. I have taken the liberty to edit the message to remove some of the verbiage that is intended to limit the openings to LDS church members only. A couple of years ago when I reviewed the project they are designing, I was astonished by the immense scope of the project. It looks like they have finally funded the project and are putting together the team who will make it happen. This is exciting. Richard Rands Dear BYU Alum, You are receiving this letter from the BYU Alumni placement office as a courtesy to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Department. The Church has recently embarked upon a multi-year effort to revamp nearly every aspect of the Church's family history software and processes. This effort will simplify family history research and temple work for individual Church members. To accomplish this task we are seeking highly qualified and experienced individuals... You are receiving this letter as an alumni of BYU to make you aware of and solicit your possible interest in participating in this exciting project within the Family and Church History Department. We are looking for talented and exceptional software engineers, QA engineers, development managers, project managers, and human factors specialists to join us. We anticipate that this assignment will last for a period of 3-5 years, after which time the individuals will return to private industry as they develop their careers. Because the individuals we seek are in high market demand, we expect that many of them are currently employed but would be willing to consider a period of employment with the Church to participate in this special effort. If you are interested, please let us know. "Abbreviated job descriptions and requirements are attached. The work is technically and spiritually challenging and rewarding. The team of individuals thus far engaged in the effort includes some of the area's best talent. Should you join us, you will have the satisfaction of working on a significant and meaningful project that will be of profound importance to millions of people... We have open positions in Salt Lake City and American Fork, Utah. If you are interested in any of the attached positions or know of someone else who is interested and meets our qualifications, please send resumes to <mailto:FCH-Recruiter@ldschurch.org>FCH-Recruiter@ldschurch.org.