August 2014 - Community - lists.openinfra.dev

[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Aug 22 – 29)
by Stefano Maffulli 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

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[openstack-community] Discounted Summit Registration Ends in Less than 3 Hours!
by Allison Price 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Heads-up! At 5:00pm CDT today, registration prices for the November OpenStack Summit in Paris will officially increase. If you haven’t yet registered for the Summit, now is the time! Hurry - you have less than THREE HOURS left for the discounted rate. REGISTER HERE. Additional Summit details can be found at openstack.org/summit. Cheers, Allison

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[openstack-community] Onboarding interested contributors to Openstack
by Adam Lawson 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

I have an idea and hoping to get some thoughts on whether it's a good or bad idea. Something I've been hearing the last couple summits is folks who have seen the light and want to get involved with the project is that they don't know where to go, where to start since the amount of information covered in the docs and projects they cover can be pretty overwhelming. Especially for the first time. One of the ways I've seen complexity successfully navigated for newcomers is through a sort of guide/mentor program where someone hears what the newcomer determines the interest level, what they want to do, advises them where the greatest need currently is in that area, makes the necessary introductions and basically guides them through the process until they are in a project. Is there plans that accommodate interested people to get onboard with a sort of guided assist or mentor? If not per se, would there be any interest in it? Maybe not as its own program but as a Community sub-program that amounts to a welcoming committee. Is this something that resonates with anyone or is it already being done somewhere? Sort of like a "Start Here" for the new folks. *Adam Lawson* AQORN, Inc. 427 North Tatnall Street Ste. 58461 Wilmington, Delaware 19801-2230 Toll-free: (844) 4-AQORN-NOW ext. 101 International: +1 302-387-4660 Direct: +1 916-246-2072

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[openstack-community] Please Join OpenStack at Connect 2015, April 21-22 in Melbourne, Australia
by Kathy Cacciatore 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

We're considering a good sized sponsorship with an OpenStack Day (for fee program targeting 150-200 attendees) and Ecosystem Pavilion at [ Connect 2015 ]( http://www.con-nect.com.au/index.html ). In our opinion, this is the best enterprise-focused B2B event in the A/NZ region. We have 5-6 members interested in joining so far. Each participating company will be a Silver sponsor, have a session on OpenStack Day, a presence in the well-placed pavilion and more. Please contact me at [ kathyc(a)openstack.org ]( mailto:kathyc@openstak.org ) by September 5 with your pre-commitment interest. Cost will be approximately 8,000 AUD/$7500 USD - less with more ecosystem members. We are required to book it by September 10. Thank you! -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[openstack-community] Official Paris Summit Schedule is Live
by Shari Mahrdt 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

The official OpenStack Summit Schedule is available here. We received an incredible 1,100+ submissions for the Paris Summit, and had to make some tough decisions for the schedule. The final sessions were chosen last week and everyone who submitted a proposal was notified on Friday - August 22, 2014. All accepted and alternate speakers received free codes to register to the Summit. Email notifications were sent from events(a)openstack.org or speakermanager(a)fntech.com. Please let us know if there is anyone who has submitted a session but hasn't received a notification from one of these emails. There is also the opportunity to present a Tech Talk in the #vbrownbag room. The TechTalks offer a forum for community members to give ten minute presentations. They have a small in-person audience and will be video recorded and published to YouTube. To participate, just fill out the submission form here. Please remember that the last day to purchase Summit passes at the Early Bird rate is this Thursday - August 27, 2014. We look forward to seeing you all in Paris! Cheers, Shari Shari Mahrdt OpenStack Marketing shari(a)openstack.org

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Aug 15 – 22)
by Stefano Maffulli 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Aug 8 - 15)
by Stefano Maffulli 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

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[openstack-community] Promotional Item Recommendations for New OpenStack Store
by Kathy Cacciatore 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hi everyone, we are in the process of setting up an OpenStack Store! It will take a couple of months. It will include promotional logo items plus reusable assets you can use for local events (banners, tablecloths, etc.) on a borrow or purchase basis. We request your input on promotional items. So far, popular items we are planning are Apparel (current and past t-shirts, hoodies, men's and women's sizes) The North Face laptop backpacks Pens Universal travel adapters Stickers Please reply ([ kathyc(a)openstack.org ]( mailto:kathyc@openstack.org )) with any additional promotional logo items you'd like to see in the initial store by Monday, August 18. We can add more later as well. Thank you. -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Aug 1 – 8)
by Stefano Maffulli 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

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[openstack-community] Participation in OpenStack Pavilion at Gartner Data Center Conference
by Kathy Cacciatore 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

We are pleased to offer our community companies a pod in the OpenStack Ecosystem Pavilion at the [ Gartner Data Center Conference ]( http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/ ), December 2-5, 2014, in Las Vegas. Eight companies joined us at the 2013 event, and were very happy with the quality of leads and conversations. All expo hall attendees must purchase conference passes so the audience is all high quality enterprise decision makers and influencers. Gartner analysts will also visit our booth during a scheduled time. Please respond by August 15 if you are interested and can commit to participation at $15,000 to $18,000 US each (depending on number of confirmed companies). We hope to be able to add an additional promotional opportunity this year to drive awareness and traffic. Here are quotes from last year's participants: "The lead quality was very high. We had great conversations." "We also had [our own] booth on the expo floor and felt that the additional booth presence was very advantageous to driving traffic. The OpenStack Pavilion met with our expectations on conversations and qualified leads." "I worked that show and it was the BEST quality of traffic we've seen from any event. Of the 20 or so "A" leads we collected, we've had 5 that I know of that have continued conversations. Highly recommended. Definite ROI on this one." Thank you. -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore OpenStack Industry Event Planner 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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