User Group Newsletter – January 2018



  • Welcome to 2018!

    Important Vancouver Summit Updates

    The countdown is on until the next Summit in May. Below are some important updates regarding CFP, Travel and Summit Passes

    • CFP is now open!

    Call for presentations are now open for the Vancouver Summit. The deadline to submit your proposal is February 8th.

    There are some new changes to the structure of the CFP, such as track organisation. Read more here.

    • Summit Passes and Hotels

    These sold quick in 2015 when we last went to Vancouver, don’t miss out and secure yours today. You can do so here.

    • Visas

    For information regarding Visa applications and invitation letters, read about it here.

    As a general planning guideline, if a visa is needed, a foreign traveler should apply for his or her visa as soon as possible, preferably no later than 60 days before the travel date.

    • Travel Support Program

    The Travel Support Program (TSP) aims to facilitate participation of key contributors to the OpenStack Summit by covering the costs for their travel and accommodations. The grants will cover a combination of flights, accommodation, and access pass to the Summit. More details here.

    All contributors to OpenStack (developers, documentation writers, organizers of user groups around the world, Ask moderators, speakers, translators, etc) are invited to submit a request. You can apply by filling out this form.

    • More Questions?

    Got any other questions about the Summit? There is an excellent FAQ here.

    Ops Meetup Tokyo

    The next OpenStack Ops Meetup is happening March 6-7 in Tokyo.

    Register here.

    Information from Wiki

    Project Teams Gathering (PTG)

    The Project Teams Gathering (PTG) in Dublin February 26 – March 2. It’s an event for anyone who self-identifies as a member in a specific given project team as well as operators who are specialists on a given project and willing to spend their time giving feedback on their use case and contributing their usage experience to the project team.

    Upcoming Industry Events

    FODSEM

    The Foundation will be present at FODSEM in Brussels, February 3-4 2018.

    OpenStack booth will be in building K, level 1

    https://fosdem.org/2018

    OpenStack delivers a keynote at Chaosscon

    Feb 2, 2018 in Brussels

    http://grimoirelab.github.io/con/

    Upcoming CFP

    LF Open Source Leadership

    Closing date: January 21, 2018

    OSCON 2018

    Closing Date: January 30, 2018

    LinuxCon ContainerCon | CloudOpen China

    Closing Date: March 4, 2018

    ONS Europe

    Closing Date: June 24, 2018

    OpenStack Technical Committee E-office Hours

    The TC has e-office hours each week to field any questions you may have.

    Find out more details here:
    https://governance.openstack.org/tc/

    https://www.openstack.org/blog/2018/01/user-group-newsletter-january-2018/



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