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

John B. Holmblad jholmblad at aol.com
Sat Jan 19 07:09:00 EST 2008


Shawn,

thanks for the followup/heads up and for you efforts to make this 
happen.  I for one hope you can pull it off with the Redhat management 
team's support.

A topic that I would be interested in would be a FUDfree deep-dive 
comparison of the security architecture of linux, Windows server, and Unix.


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Shawn Wells wrote:
> FYI, just want to make sure nobody shows up.
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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: 
> <011820081131.702.47908E22000B8B37000002BE2215578674020E0304040A9F0E0C0B at comcast.net> 
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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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