Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-21 Thread David Mandel
Aleksey, It sounds like Paul Heinlein is taking care of the details of scheduling and getting space; but I want to chime in simply to think you very much for offering to do this. Your offer is very kind and thoughtful. Sincerely, David Mandel Chief Activist (Self Appointed) Portland

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-21 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
You are most welcome! I'm pleased to have received such an enthusiastic response. =) What a great group. Yours fondly, Aleksey On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 12:52 AM, David Mandel dman...@pdxlinux.org wrote:  Aleksey, It sounds like Paul Heinlein is taking care of the details of scheduling

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-20 Thread mneal
Those who are interested in Aleksey's very generous offer of a two-hour Cfengine introduction on June 18, 2011: * Is downtown Portland (6th and Washington) an acceptable location? * Is 9:30 to 11:30 an acceptable timeframe? Yes. Thanks, Mike ___

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-18 Thread Smith, Cathy
to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine? Those who are interested in Aleksey's very generous offer of a two-hour Cfengine introduction on June 18, 2011: * Is downtown Portland (6th and Washington) an acceptable location? * Is 9:30 to 11:30 an acceptable timeframe? If so, I'll try to rearrange

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread Daniel Herrington
I'm interested as well. I'm just starting to get into configuration management. Aaron Burt wrote, On 05/16/2011 09:41 AM: On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 08:20:52PM -0700, Paul Heinlein wrote: On Fri, 13 May 2011, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: The day class is for pay, but if there is any local

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Fri, 13 May 2011, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: I'd most definitely be interested; we use Cfengine 2 extensively and I'd love to get a decent intro to version 3. If your presentation was during the workday, I could

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: I'll have to see about rearranging a rehearsal that's been on my schedule for many months. If that works out (I'd give it a 50/50 chance at the moment), would a 9:00 start time be OK? Fine by me. I'm flexible on

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread Smith, Cathy
Message- From: plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org [mailto:plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Aleksey Tsalolikhin Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 10:47 AM To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic Subject: Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
Absolutely. Both the full day class and the shorter intro talk are geared as beginning classes. Basic UNIX/Linux system administration knowledge is the only prerequisite. Somebody who's had no experience with automating system administration would benefit from attending. Aleksey On Mon, May

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread Paul Heinlein
Those who are interested in Aleksey's very generous offer of a two-hour Cfengine introduction on June 18, 2011: * Is downtown Portland (6th and Washington) an acceptable location? * Is 9:30 to 11:30 an acceptable timeframe? If so, I'll try to rearrange things to make that happen. I should know

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread wes
That is a good date, time, and location for me. I plan to attend if that goes through. -wes On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: Those who are interested in Aleksey's very generous offer of a two-hour Cfengine introduction on June 18, 2011: * Is downtown

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread Michael R
Paul Heinlein wrote: Those who are interested in Aleksey's very generous offer of a two-hour Cfengine introduction on June 18, 2011: * Is downtown Portland (6th and Washington) an acceptable location? * Is 9:30 to 11:30 an acceptable timeframe? Yes to all, this is a great offer. --

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-16 Thread Aaron Burt
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:48:41AM -0700, Smith, Cathy wrote: Would this be appropriate for folks with no experience with Cfengine? If you plan to work as an IT engineer and maintain your sanity, I would consider it far more than merely appropriate. :) It may well be worth the drive from

Re: [PLUG] USENIX coming to Portland; anybody interested in Cfengine?

2011-05-14 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: I'd most definitely be interested; we use Cfengine 2 extensively and I'd love to get a decent intro to version 3. If your presentation was during the workday, I could likely provide a conference room in downtown