[Fwd: Re: [Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons] (--None on 19-JAN--)

[Shawn Wells]

FYI, just want to make sure nobody shows up.



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Subject: 	Re: [Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons
Date: 	Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:35:52 -0500
From: 	Shawn Wells <swells at redhat.com>
Reply-To: 	swells at redhat.com
Organization: 	Red Hat
To: 	dcapellman at comcast.net
References: 
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Hi Doug,

    Nobody volunteered to present, so I would have to say there won't be 
a session today (Sat 19-JAN)

    The first commit I have is for 2-FEB, where Jared Smith will present 
VoIP/Asterisk (He wrote the O'Reilly book on Asterisk!).

Shawn

-- 
Shawn D. Wells
Solutions Architect, Federal Team
swells at redhat.com
Cell: 443-534-0130
Office: 703-748-2250



dcapellman at comcast.net wrote:
> Shawn,
>
> I tried to follow the discussion about the Tech Sessions but I must have missed a message or two.  Did we all agree on what was going to be presented/discussed tomorrow?  In the last note I received from NOVALUG, I thought our first meeting would start at 9:00 AM.  When you get a chance, please send me a quick note.  Thanks.
>
> Doug   
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Shawn Wells <swells at redhat.com>
>   
>> 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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> Subject:
> [Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons
> From:
> Shawn Wells <swells at redhat.com>
> Date:
> Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:41:54 +0000
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Shawn D. Wells
Solutions Architect, Federal Team
swells at redhat.com
Cell: 443-534-0130
Office: 703-748-2250

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