[CentOS-promo] CentOS Dojo + OpenNebula

Fri Sep 5 11:10:57 UTC 2014
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

On 09/04/2014 04:41 PM, Adrian Bora wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> @Karanbir - Did you manage to setup an Eventbrite page for the Timisoara
> CentOS Dojo + OpenNebula Techdays?

no, but lets do it today. I am not sure if we ever decided on the cost
for entry. Do we still want a 10 EUR cover charge, and cycle that into
beer for the evening ?

> I saw that the Timisoara2014 Dojo is listed on the CentOS Wiki. Can we
> also upload the session titles and descriptions we have so far.

I can likely do that as well,

> 
> Thanks,
> Have a nice day!
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Adrian Bora
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:50 PM
> *To:* Events, gatherings and meetings
> *Subject:* RE: [CentOS-promo] CentOS Dojo + OpenNebula
> 
> Hello,
> 
> First of all here are the session titles + abstracts for the sessions we
> have so far for the Timisoara Dojo:
> 
> *Jaime Melis* (speaker might change, session will remain the same):
> OpenNebula on CentOS - A zero to hero session on running your own cloud
> on CentOS Linux with OpenNebula, KVM and GlusterFS. We will finish off
> with a conversation around some of the pitfalls of modern day on premise
> clouds.
> 
> *Alessandro Pilotti:*
> Automating OpenStack CI testing on CentOS with Tempest and RDO - A large
> open source project like OpenStack with almost 1000 active developers
> contributing code requires strong policies to gate proposed
> patches. This becomes particularly tricky in a cloud enviroment
> consisting of several decoupled projects, with a non trivial amount of
> external components as well. After a solid year of experience running
> the Nova and Neutron Hyper-V CI, during this session we'll present the
> tips and tricks that we developed to successfully run a multi-layered
> cloud whose management layer is based on CentOS and RDO.
> 
> *Nicolae Critu & Catalin Costea*:
> Platform in a box - Deployment from virtual box to enterprise cloud
> - Our presentation will be about why and how we deploy our platform to a
> CentOS VirtualBox VM as well as to AWS or OpenStack + Ceph provider. Why
> and which AWS services we use. As going to the cloud is turmoil for most
> IT companies I think sharing our experience is valid learning.
> 
> *Valentin Bud*:
> OpenNebula in Production - I will talk about the design process for a
> Cloud in production built with OpenNebula emphasising on the lessons
> learned from running this Cloud for the past year.
> 
> *@Karanbir or @Ralph / @Tim* - What would be your session proposal?
> 
> I'd say the expected audience would be DevOps focused.
> 
> The expected costs for the CentOS Dojo + OpenNebula TechDays are:
> 300 euro - Venue (http://www.business-centre.ro
> <http://www.business-centre.ro/>)
> 500 euro - Catering (for the 2nd day) + Coffee Breaks (both days)
> 
> If we split them among the 2 events, i'd say that about 66% will go
> towards the Dojo (being a full-day event), and about 34% towards the
> OpenNebula TechDays (being a 4-hour event, in the first day).
> 
> The costs are covered by Cloudbase Solutions and Unified Post equally.
> Can there be a mention of this on the Dojo wiki?
> 
> For the 6th speaker and possible tutorial sessions i will send an update
> as soon as i get a confirmation.
> 
> We can organise something to record the sessions, but if you have
> professional cameras and it's not a hassle to bring them, please do so.
> 
> Karanbir, can you put in place an Eventbrite page for registrations?
> Even if the event will be free, it makes sense to have a platform to
> keep track on the people who have registered.
> 
> Thanks,
> Have a nice day!
> ________________________________________
> From: centos-promo-bounces at centos.org [centos-promo-bounces at centos.org]
> on behalf of Karanbir Singh [mail-lists at karan.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 1:57 PM
> To: centos-promo at centos.org
> Subject: Re: [CentOS-promo] CentOS Dojo + OpenNebula
> 
> Hi
> 
> On 08/08/2014 01:05 PM, Adrian Bora wrote:
>> I want to let you know about 2-day CentOS Dojo + OpenNebula Techdays
>> event we are planning to do in Timisoara on September 26/27.
>>
>> We had a discussion with Karanbir and Jaime Melis from the OpenNebula
>> team and the details are starting to take shape, so i wanted to announce
>> it on the CentOS promo mailing list.
> 
> please keep all conversatoin about the dojo to this list...
> 
>> Here are the details:
>>
>> The first day will be a 4 hour workshop / tutorial held by the
>> OpenNebula core team. In the second day, we will have a full-day CentOS
>> Dojo event with 6 speaker sessions. We might have even more, if there
>> are more people interested in speaking and sharing from their experience
>> in using CentOS. If so, we will split the room at some point to
>> accommodate multiple session at the same time.
> 
> from what I remember, the expected audience is more developer focused
> rather than operations focused - is that still the case ? If so, we
> should plan to cater to that audience.
> 
>> Every day will be followed by networking + going out for some beers.
>>
>> *Date*: September 26/27
>> *Location*: Timisoara, Romania
>> *Venue*: City Business Centre <http://www.business-centre.ro/>
>> *Event Sponsors*: Cloudbase Solutions, Unified Post
>> *Speakers*: Karanbir Singh <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/karanbirsingh>,
>> Alessandro Pilotti
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alessandro-pilotti/3/a21/210>, Valentin
>> Bud, <https://ro.linkedin.com/in/valentinbud> Jaime Melis
>> <http://es.linkedin.com/pub/jaime-melis/19/8b1/5>
> 
> Can we get everyone to submit their speaker proposals with an abstract
> on the talk ? the focus needs to be on CentOS and user stories, or
> technology onramp if possible.
> 
>> We have another 2 potential speakers who have yet to confirm. In the
>> next period I will focus on working on the session titles and topics.
>> Once we have everything set, i will post it on this thread.
>>
>> If there are any members of this mailing list who are based in Timisoara
>> or any neighbouring city, and would like to speak during the CentOS
>> Dojo, please get in touch.
> 
> if we have the time space, it might make sense to get a tutorial session
> going as well.
> 
>> I am expecting about 60-80 people from Timisoara and other neighbouring
>> cities to attend this joint event.
>>
>> @Karanbir, @Jim - If there is anything in terms of details that you need
>> me to clarify please write me.
> 
> Can you post the list of who is sponsoring what and what the overall
> admin requirements are, and who is taking care of those.
> 
> Will there be some video kit available locally, or do we need to
> organise something ?
> 
> - KB
> 
> 
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