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Posted to marketing@cloudstack.apache.org by "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net> on 2013/02/21 19:13:15 UTC
CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size, going from 19 to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as we can use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from other tech meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture (i.e. CloudStack and Chef)
I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the NYC user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be - open to revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on - and if possible, record the sessions..
MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event
CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30 minutes
Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes
Add VmWare and KVM Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes
Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
Questions and Answers
MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour
CloudStack Corporate Use Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands on demo
Creat Linux CloudStack OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef integration (involve Chef NYC user group)
How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD setup
Questions and Answers
MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like cloud with EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
CloudStack and EC2 API integration
CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting Company Setup or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
Questions and Answers
MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and IronFoundry PaaS - a joint venture
As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
Regards
ilya
RE: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by Animesh Chaturvedi <an...@citrix.com>.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 12:04 PM
> To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: RE: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
>
> Animesh
>
> Great feedback, I'd love to recycle the existing content. I also agree that we
> need to sprinkle or have dev sessions on CS to get developer support.
>
> We should create a page for each meetup group on cloudstack wiki and
> mention what was discussed along with the slides/video used and any feedback
> that you feel was valuable. Something like a summary of the event would be
> nice.
>
[Animesh>] Certainly let me do that for the meetup yesterday. Actually John already blogged about it http://stratosec.co/blog/2013/recap-first-san-francisco-bay-area-cloudstack-meetup
> SF area is in a better shape than NYC since you have CS team as well as other
> users locally. In NYC we are only getting started, but it would definitely help if
> there is some sort of response.
>
> Just a curious thought, why don't we do remote sessions on development of CS
> via GotoMeeting - if Citrix can donate resources? That definitely beats local
> events and would certainly help developers across the globe.
>
> Thanks
> ilya
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:animesh.chaturvedi@citrix.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 2:38 PM
> To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: RE: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
>
> Musayev
>
> Thanks for taking the initiative on NYC User Group. The turnout at first SF Bay
> Area Meetup was really encouraging and loved the engagement and interest
> in CloudStack. We should collaborate on meetup content, I actually received
> some good tips from India meetup organizers, happy to share those with the
> community. Sebastien, David, Joe have posted good slides from previous events
> on slideshare and makes it much easier to prepare the slides. John Kinsella and
> I were discussing yesterday on having meetups with focus on users for one
> month followed by focus on developers next month and then repeating.
> Another option is to sprinkle theme based meetups in between.
>
> Thanks
> Animesh
>
> >
> > On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Outlook spacing went bad - fixed, please see revised below..
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:13 PM
> > > To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
> > > Subject: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
> > >
> > > So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size,
> > > going from 19
> > to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
> > >
> > > The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as
> > > we can
> > use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
> > >
> > > I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from
> > > other tech
> > meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture (i.e.
> > CloudStack and Chef)
> > >
> > > I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the
> > > NYC
> > user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
> > >
> > > Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be -
> > > open to
> > revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on - and if
> > possible, record the sessions..
> > >
> > > MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event
> > > * CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30 minutes
> > > * Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes
> > > * Add VmWare and KVM Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes
> > > * Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
> > > * Questions and Answers
> > >
> > > MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour event
> > > * CloudStack Corporate Use Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands
> > > on
> > demo
> > > * Creat Linux CloudStack OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef
> > > integration
> > (involve Chef NYC user group)
> > > * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD Dev setup
> > > * Questions and Answers
> > >
> > > MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like
> > > cloud with
> > EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
> > > * CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
> > > * CloudStack and EC2 API integration
> > > * CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
> > > * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting Company
> > > Setup
> > or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
> > > * Questions and Answers
> > >
> > > MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and
> > > IronFoundry
> > PaaS - a joint venture with group X
> > > * Open
> > >
> > > As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > ilya
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Stratosec - Secure Infrastructure as a Service
> > o: 415.315.9385
> > @johnlkinsella
>
>
RE: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>.
Animesh
Great feedback, I'd love to recycle the existing content. I also agree that we need to sprinkle or have dev sessions on CS to get developer support.
We should create a page for each meetup group on cloudstack wiki and mention what was discussed along with the slides/video used and any feedback that you feel was valuable. Something like a summary of the event would be nice.
SF area is in a better shape than NYC since you have CS team as well as other users locally. In NYC we are only getting started, but it would definitely help if there is some sort of response.
Just a curious thought, why don't we do remote sessions on development of CS via GotoMeeting - if Citrix can donate resources? That definitely beats local events and would certainly help developers across the globe.
Thanks
ilya
-----Original Message-----
From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:animesh.chaturvedi@citrix.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 2:38 PM
To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
Subject: RE: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Musayev
Thanks for taking the initiative on NYC User Group. The turnout at first SF Bay Area Meetup was really encouraging and loved the engagement and interest in CloudStack. We should collaborate on meetup content, I actually received some good tips from India meetup organizers, happy to share those with the community. Sebastien, David, Joe have posted good slides from previous events on slideshare and makes it much easier to prepare the slides. John Kinsella and I were discussing yesterday on having meetups with focus on users for one month followed by focus on developers next month and then repeating. Another option is to sprinkle theme based meetups in between.
Thanks
Animesh
>
> On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Outlook spacing went bad - fixed, please see revised below..
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:13 PM
> > To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
> > Subject: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
> >
> > So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size,
> > going from 19
> to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
> >
> > The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as
> > we can
> use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
> >
> > I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from
> > other tech
> meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture (i.e.
> CloudStack and Chef)
> >
> > I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the
> > NYC
> user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
> >
> > Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be -
> > open to
> revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on - and if
> possible, record the sessions..
> >
> > MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event
> > * CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30 minutes
> > * Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes
> > * Add VmWare and KVM Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes
> > * Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
> > * Questions and Answers
> >
> > MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour event
> > * CloudStack Corporate Use Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands
> > on
> demo
> > * Creat Linux CloudStack OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef
> > integration
> (involve Chef NYC user group)
> > * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD Dev setup
> > * Questions and Answers
> >
> > MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like
> > cloud with
> EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
> > * CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
> > * CloudStack and EC2 API integration
> > * CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
> > * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting Company
> > Setup
> or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
> > * Questions and Answers
> >
> > MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and
> > IronFoundry
> PaaS - a joint venture with group X
> > * Open
> >
> > As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
> >
> > Regards
> > ilya
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Stratosec - Secure Infrastructure as a Service
> o: 415.315.9385
> @johnlkinsella
RE: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by Animesh Chaturvedi <an...@citrix.com>.
Musayev
Thanks for taking the initiative on NYC User Group. The turnout at first SF Bay Area Meetup was really encouraging and loved the engagement and interest in CloudStack. We should collaborate on meetup content, I actually received some good tips from India meetup organizers, happy to share those with the community. Sebastien, David, Joe have posted good slides from previous events on slideshare and makes it much easier to prepare the slides. John Kinsella and I were discussing yesterday on having meetups with focus on users for one month followed by focus on developers next month and then repeating. Another option is to sprinkle theme based meetups in between.
Thanks
Animesh
>
> On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Outlook spacing went bad - fixed, please see revised below..
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:13 PM
> > To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
> > Subject: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
> >
> > So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size, going from 19
> to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
> >
> > The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as we can
> use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
> >
> > I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from other tech
> meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture (i.e. CloudStack
> and Chef)
> >
> > I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the NYC
> user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
> >
> > Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be - open to
> revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on - and if possible,
> record the sessions..
> >
> > MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event
> > * CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30 minutes
> > * Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes
> > * Add VmWare and KVM Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes
> > * Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
> > * Questions and Answers
> >
> > MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour event
> > * CloudStack Corporate Use Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands on
> demo
> > * Creat Linux CloudStack OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef integration
> (involve Chef NYC user group)
> > * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD Dev setup
> > * Questions and Answers
> >
> > MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like cloud with
> EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
> > * CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
> > * CloudStack and EC2 API integration
> > * CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
> > * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting Company Setup
> or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
> > * Questions and Answers
> >
> > MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and IronFoundry
> PaaS - a joint venture with group X
> > * Open
> >
> > As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
> >
> > Regards
> > ilya
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Stratosec - Secure Infrastructure as a Service
> o: 415.315.9385
> @johnlkinsella
Re: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by Kelly Hair <ke...@citrix.com>.
Excellent idea. A web page with searchable tags would make sense. Either
a Wiki format or a Drupal/Wordpress site.
On 2/21/13 1:29 PM, "John Kinsella" <jl...@stratosec.co> wrote:
>Nice growth. :) There's definitely an interest in the meetups. I think
>the SF one last night was a little long at 3 hrs from start to finish,
>but people happily stayed until we were kicked out by Brocade around 9:15.
>
>One thing I'd like to do is keep up with other meetups - what topics
>they're covering, when, what we can re-use or improve upon, etc. Not sure
>if it's best to do that on the wiki or on this list? I don't like
>planning things in public until they're really solidified, but would be
>good to know what others are up to...
>
>John
>
>On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Outlook spacing went bad - fixed, please see revised below..
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:13 PM
>> To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
>>
>> So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size, going
>>from 19 to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
>>
>> The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as we
>>can use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
>>
>> I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from
>>other tech meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture
>>(i.e. CloudStack and Chef)
>>
>> I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the
>>NYC user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
>>
>> Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be -
>>open to revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on -
>>and if possible, record the sessions..
>>
>> MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event
>> * CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30 minutes
>> * Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes
>> * Add VmWare and KVM Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes
>> * Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
>> * Questions and Answers
>>
>> MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour event
>> * CloudStack Corporate Use Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands on
>>demo
>> * Creat Linux CloudStack OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef
>>integration (involve Chef NYC user group)
>> * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD Dev setup
>> * Questions and Answers
>>
>> MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like cloud
>>with EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
>> * CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
>> * CloudStack and EC2 API integration
>> * CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
>> * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting Company
>>Setup or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
>> * Questions and Answers
>>
>> MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and
>>IronFoundry PaaS - a joint venture with group X
>> * Open
>>
>> As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
>>
>> Regards
>> ilya
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Stratosec - Secure Infrastructure as a Service
>o: 415.315.9385
>@johnlkinsella
>
Re: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by John Kinsella <jl...@stratosec.co>.
Nice growth. :) There's definitely an interest in the meetups. I think the SF one last night was a little long at 3 hrs from start to finish, but people happily stayed until we were kicked out by Brocade around 9:15.
One thing I'd like to do is keep up with other meetups - what topics they're covering, when, what we can re-use or improve upon, etc. Not sure if it's best to do that on the wiki or on this list? I don't like planning things in public until they're really solidified, but would be good to know what others are up to...
John
On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>
wrote:
> Outlook spacing went bad - fixed, please see revised below..
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:13 PM
> To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
>
> So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size, going from 19 to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
>
> The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as we can use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
>
> I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from other tech meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture (i.e. CloudStack and Chef)
>
> I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the NYC user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
>
> Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be - open to revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on - and if possible, record the sessions..
>
> MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event
> * CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30 minutes
> * Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes
> * Add VmWare and KVM Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes
> * Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
> * Questions and Answers
>
> MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour event
> * CloudStack Corporate Use Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands on demo
> * Creat Linux CloudStack OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef integration (involve Chef NYC user group)
> * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD Dev setup
> * Questions and Answers
>
> MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like cloud with EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
> * CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
> * CloudStack and EC2 API integration
> * CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
> * How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting Company Setup or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
> * Questions and Answers
>
> MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and IronFoundry PaaS - a joint venture with group X
> * Open
>
> As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
>
> Regards
> ilya
>
>
>
>
>
Stratosec - Secure Infrastructure as a Service
o: 415.315.9385
@johnlkinsella
RE: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>.
Outlook spacing went bad - fixed, please see revised below..
-----Original Message-----
From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:13 PM
To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
Subject: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size, going from 19 to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as we can use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from other tech meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture (i.e. CloudStack and Chef)
I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the NYC user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be - open to revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on - and if possible, record the sessions..
MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event
* CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30 minutes
* Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes
* Add VmWare and KVM Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes
* Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
* Questions and Answers
MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour event
* CloudStack Corporate Use Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands on demo
* Creat Linux CloudStack OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef integration (involve Chef NYC user group)
* How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD Dev setup
* Questions and Answers
MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like cloud with EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
* CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
* CloudStack and EC2 API integration
* CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
* How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting Company Setup or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
* Questions and Answers
MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and IronFoundry PaaS - a joint venture with group X
* Open
As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
Regards
ilya
RE: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>.
Kelly
I think we can do without your personal laptop unless you would like to offer it as a sacrifice to thy almighty :)
Unless something happens that is beyond my control, as it stands, we have plenty of lab gear - very beefy servers and we have space to accommodate about 100+ people.
In regards to continued events, I have no objections - but I cant really say what will happen 6 months from now and who will be my employer than - that is why - we need several organizers in each metropolitan area who take turns and help out.
CloudStack is getting very feature rich, so we should probably demo different integration components like NetScaler, F5, DRBD, etc...
This list below is only a draft, we will discuss this when we meet next month in greater details.
Regards
ilya
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Hair [mailto:kelly.hair@citrix.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:33 PM
To: cloudstack-marketing@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Hey Ilya,
Really appreciate your actions & thought process. Regarding having joint ventures, to clarify: do you mean to present in each others Meetup?
Definitely agree on that. Some areas of interest outside of Chef/Configuration Management could be Object Stores, SDNs, DR/BC, Monitoring and Capacity Management. These are all hot areas and different companies are integrating their solutions into CloudStack.
Also, it's really important to have, as you've laid out below, a number of meetups planned. Then, once planned, having the events held on a regular monthly. The worst thing possible is to have a meetup every 2nd..4th.. Or 8th month. I've been in a few of those types of meetups and find myself losing interest quickly.
Regarding hands on - the question that comes up is: what kit? I can check around to see if we have some lab facilities that can be used. I don't
know what options are available at this timeŠ I do have a personal beefy
laptop (i7-3820QM w/ 32GB RAM) with VMware Workstation 9 that could be used as a mobile nested server. Figure I should offer up something if I'm replying :)
Best,
Kelly
On 2/21/13 1:13 PM, "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net> wrote:
>So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size, going
>from 19 to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
>
>The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as we
>can use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
>
>I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from
>other tech meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture (i.e.
>CloudStack and Chef)
>
>I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the
>NYC user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
>
>Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be -
>open to revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on -
>and if possible, record the sessions..
>
>MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30
>minutes Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes Add VmWare and KVM
>Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
>Questions and Answers
>
>MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour CloudStack Corporate Use
>Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands on demo Creat Linux CloudStack
>OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef integration (involve Chef NYC user
>group) How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD setup
>Questions and Answers
>
>MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like cloud
>with EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
> CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
> CloudStack and EC2 API integration
> CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
> How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting
>Company Setup or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
> Questions and Answers
>
>MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and
>IronFoundry PaaS - a joint venture
>
>As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
>
>Regards
>ilya
>
>
>
Re: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by John Kinsella <jl...@stratosec.co>.
On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Kelly Hair <ke...@citrix.com> wrote:
> Also, it's really important to have, as you've laid out below, a number of
> meetups planned. Then, once planned, having the events held on a regular
> monthly. The worst thing possible is to have a meetup every 2nd..4th.. Or
> 8th month. I've been in a few of those types of meetups and find myself
> losing interest quickly.
Hugely agree. Fairly easy to do the first 6 months…what separates the adults from the kids is the ability to do that over time...
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Re: CloudStack NYC User Group - hands on marketing
Posted by Kelly Hair <ke...@citrix.com>.
Hey Ilya,
Really appreciate your actions & thought process. Regarding having joint
ventures, to clarify: do you mean to present in each others Meetup?
Definitely agree on that. Some areas of interest outside of
Chef/Configuration Management could be Object Stores, SDNs, DR/BC,
Monitoring and Capacity Management. These are all hot areas and different
companies are integrating their solutions into CloudStack.
Also, it's really important to have, as you've laid out below, a number of
meetups planned. Then, once planned, having the events held on a regular
monthly. The worst thing possible is to have a meetup every 2nd..4th.. Or
8th month. I've been in a few of those types of meetups and find myself
losing interest quickly.
Regarding hands on - the question that comes up is: what kit? I can check
around to see if we have some lab facilities that can be used. I don't
know what options are available at this timeŠ I do have a personal beefy
laptop (i7-3820QM w/ 32GB RAM) with VMware Workstation 9 that could be
used as a mobile nested server. Figure I should offer up something if I'm
replying :)
Best,
Kelly
On 2/21/13 1:13 PM, "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net> wrote:
>So overnight, it looks like we almost tripled our NYC group size, going
>from 19 to 55 - I expect to hit 60+ today :)
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>The numbers will really go up when we schedule an actual meetup as we can
>use the help of NYLUG and other tech meetups to promote.
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>I've also reached out to several organizers that I met in past from other
>tech meetups in NYC and some of them are open to a joint venture (i.e.
>CloudStack and Chef)
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>I'm creating a set of polls on meetup to better understand where the NYC
>user base stands to better focus and drive the future events.
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>Here is what I propose our first and consequent meet ups should be - open
>to revisions and discussion - I would like to keep them hands on - and if
>possible, record the sessions..
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>MeetUp 1 - CloudStack Intro - 2 hour event
>CloudStack Overview 4.0 - 30 minutes
>Installing CS walk through - 10 minutes
>Add VmWare and KVM Cluster - basic networking - 30 minutes
>Whats new in 4.1 and 4.2
>Questions and Answers
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>MeetUp 2 - CloudStack in Corp Env - 2 hour
>CloudStack Corporate Use Case - Advanced Network Layout - hands on demo
>Creat Linux CloudStack OS Templates, cloud-init and Chef integration
>(involve Chef NYC user group)
>How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case WebMD setup
>Questions and Answers
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>MeetUp 3 - CloudStack in Hosting Env - Create your own AWS like cloud
>with EC2 and S3 - 2 hour event
> CloudStack with Security Groups and Advanced Network
> CloudStack and EC2 API integration
> CloudStack and OpenSwift for S3
> How CloudStack is used in Company X - Show Case Hosting
>Company Setup or WebMD HealthCloud Setup
> Questions and Answers
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>MeetUp 3 - CloudStack IaaS and OpenShift or Cloudify PaaS and IronFoundry
>PaaS - a joint venture
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>As mentioned earlier, open for discussion, your input is welcome.
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>Regards
>ilya
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