Highlights of the week Save the Date – OpenStack Summit Spring 2013 <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/01/save-the-date-openstack-summit-spring-2013/> *It’s official – the Spring 2013 OpenStack Summit <https://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/> will be held in Portland, April 15-18, at the Oregon Convention Center. * We’re expecting 2000 OpenStack users, prospective users, ecosystem members and developers to attend the Spring Summit. As usual, we’ll have a variety of content and tracks, ranging from compelling user stories and technical deep dives to the business case for OpenStack and hands-on workshops. If you’d like to submit a presentation, panel or workshop, the *call for speakers <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/call-for-speakers>is now open* and will close February 15. The call for sponsorships will open January 14*. *Event registration and discount hotel rates will be available the week of January 14, so stay tuned and check back for updates <https://www.openstack.org/summit/>. OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 3 with Randy Bias, Co-Founder & CTO at Cloudscaling <http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/39582996936> Rafael Knuth chats with Randy Bias about Cloudscaling, OpenStack, cloud technology, API compatibility, enterprise adoption of cloud technologies, Dell and more. Tips and tricks * By Hui Cheng <http://freedomhui.com/>: How To Build A Small Hadoop Cluser In Openstack Using Hadoop1.0 Image <http://freedomhui.com/2012/12/how-to-build-a-small-hadoop-cluser-in-openstack-using-hadoop1-0-image/> * By Thierry Carrez: development environment for Ubuntu-based release of OpenStack <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-January/004205.html> Upcoming Events * Minnesota OpenStack: Part 2 <http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup/events/94227732/> Jan 07, 2013 – Minneapolis, MN Details <http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup/events/94227732/> * OpenStack DACH Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/96141772/> Jan 09, 2013 – Cologne (Köln), Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/96141772/> * OpenStack Denver Meetup <http://blog.scottlowe.org/2013/01/03/inaugural-openstack-denver-meetup/> Jan 09, 2013 – Denver, CO Details <http://blog.scottlowe.org/2013/01/03/inaugural-openstack-denver-meetup/> * OpenStack Users January 2013 meetup <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/93144352/> Jan 19, 2013 – Bangalore, India Details <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/93144352/> * Openstack Developers Meetup <http://wiki.openstack.org/DeveloperMeetupRaanana> Jan 20, 2013 – Jerusalem, Israel Details <http://wiki.openstack.org/DeveloperMeetupRaanana> * FOSDEM’13 <https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/cloud/> Feb 02 – 03, 2013 – Bruxelles, Belgium Cloud track <https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/cloud/> * Second Swiss OpenStack User Group Meeting <http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/> Feb 19, 2013 – Zurich, Switzerland Details <http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/> Other news * Details about OpenStack at linux.conf.au 2013 <http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/000011.html> * Grizzly-2 just around the corner <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-January/004206.html> * OpenStack Project Meeting didn’t happen this week Welcome new contributors Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by: * Janis Gengeris /The weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn about all the various activities occurring on a weekly basis. If you would like to add content to a weekly update or have an idea about this newsletter, please leave a comment./