[Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons

[Kurt Yoder]

This looks cool. Depending on the exact date, I'd probably be  
interested. I'd love to see someone get a virtual machine running,  
and figure out how to run 5 instances of various distributions  
running on one host. That would be really cool.

On Jan 7, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Shawn Wells wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
>    After a week of asking (s/asking/pestering) my management, I  
> have approval to invite y'all over for some tech sessions here at  
> the Red Hat office in Tysons Corner.  Jay Hart called me and asked  
> about a potential "group buy" of Red Hat training -- I'm checking  
> into that now.  Initial reactions seem promising for those that may  
> be interested in getting a RHCT or RHCE.  I'll start a separate  
> thread on this.
>
>    Roughly 15-20 people have EMailed me, on and off list, about  
> attending a tech session.  Requests ranged from entry-level  
> meetings to deep dives, with a good amount (at least 20-25%) of  
> people offering to teach.  Specific topic requests ranged from  
> having a linux install fest to time spent on how to configure GFS  
> in a trans-national disaster recovery setup.  As time moves on I'd  
> like to see those topics, and everything in between, covered.
>
>    Red Hat has 2 training rooms and a large conference room.  The  
> training rooms hold roughly 20, and the conference room holds about  
> 30.  Depending on the nature of the meeting we can use either room,  
> or perhaps both.  This would allow us to run two sessions at once.
>
>    My initial goals:
> 1)  Keep the Red Hat sales guys away.
> 2)  Have members of NoVA LUG come out, have Red Hat get involved  
> with the Community.
> 3)  Tech sessions **do not** have to be RHEL/Fedora focused.  But I  
> won't complain if they are ;)
> 4)  Red Hat pays for food.
>
>    So, some action items:
> 1)  Send in topic ideas -- stuff you want to learn, stuff you're  
> willing to share, stuff you want to do.  I'm personally interested  
> in "Installing MySQL Redhat's Way and Your Way" from Jeff Stoner.   
> I also want to play more with AppArmor and see how it compares  
> against SELinux.
> 2)  Decide on a date.  Saturdays work best for me, and we should  
> start before noon -- otherwise I have to play doorman and manually  
> let everyone in ;)
>
>    A couple of the other Architects have expressed interest in  
> talking with the community.  Technically this would be a "Red Hat  
> sponsored event," so getting some of Red Hat's top-shelf guys  
> should be fairly easy.  Karl MacMillans' desk is next to mine, for  
> example.  I also sit next to a former lead of the FBI Forensics  
> Lab, and he'd love to come in and talk.
>
>    So -- send in ideas, lets settle on a date, and lets make this  
> happen.  Remember that the original cause of this was an all-day  
> install fest/best practices setup, but I'd like to spend the day  
> doing whatever the LUG wants more.
>
>
> -Shawn
>
> -- 
> Shawn D. Wells
> Solutions Architect, Federal Team
> swells at redhat.com
> Cell: 443-534-0130
> Office: 703-748-2250
>
>
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