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The 2014 VM Workshop, June 26-28 2014 will be conducted at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro NC A "Guaranteed Registration" deadline is hard-coded as 11:59 PM Friday May 30, 2014 due to NC A&T requirements for dorm room setup and, manufacturer Polo Shirt and T-Shirt production deadlines. All paid registrations before that deadline are guaranteed to receive: - one no-charge embroidered 2014 VM Polo Shirt (for regular attendees, plus any added purchases), - one no-charge 2014 VM Workshop T-shirt (for students, plus any added purchases), - a reserved dorm room (for those who paid for dorm 'nights' - single rooms are sold out: you'll be paired up with a roommate of the same gender), - an "Aggie" debit card pre-loaded with $65 for convenient FOOD purchases in the campus cafeteria, - all that above will be available at the VM Workshop registration table beginning Thursday morning. Registrations will still be accepted after 11:59 PM Friday May 30, but after that time no dorm reservations can be accepted, and shirts and Aggie debit cards will be available on a best-effort basis after "Guaranteed Registrations" have been processed. WHO: z/VM, and Linux on System z Friends WHAT: Location, travel, lodging from dorm rooms ($50/night/bed) up to nearby hotels, travel hints, sponsor information, and registration details for the 2013 VM Workshop have all been posted to: http://www.vmworkshop.org/2014 Session agenda information will be available on the web site in early June, following the close of Session Submissions at 11:59 PM on May 30. WHERE: North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro NC WHEN: SESSION DATES: From Thursday morning JUNE 26 until about 3PM (or so) Saturday JUNE 28. Choose from multiple concurrent presentations packed full of up-to-the-minute technical sessions for all expertise levels of z/VM, and Linux on System z, and from Hands-On Labs including: - z/VM 6.3.0 Installation or Migration (your choice), -'Linux on System z' Installation (SLES or Redhat, your choice), - z/VM BFS and SFS Administration (Byte File System and Shared File System), and - more hands-on labs as they are submitted. Wednesday June 25 is reserved for VM Workshop Volunteer Committee site preparation and lab setup, if you are interested in joining just send me an e-mail asking to join. WHY: Previous VM Workshops have been referred to by the small-minded as: 'a large number of system programmers with some limited adult supervision' (do you really want to miss this!??). Expect another wonderful "up close and personal" workshop with great content and terrific camaraderie. Come to meet VM old-timers... and *future* z/VM old-timers while learning the latest technical z/VM and 'Linux on System z' details. Don't know where to start with Linux on System z? This is a great place to start! PRICE: STILL UNCHANGED from the previous three years, ** ONLY $100 per attendee**, optional dorm rooms with full linens are available for $50/night/bed. This is the best bargain out there for z/VM and 'Linux on System z' education, and is quite reasonable for anyone paying their own way. Parking is available on-site for $6 per day. Regular attendees and sponsor attendees: The $100 registration fee for regular attendees includes: access to all sessions and hands-on labs, a snazzy 2014 VM Workshop polo shirt (not just a cheap T-shirt like those high-priced conferences), a Gala Dinner Reception on Thursday evening, and... attendees will be provided with an NC A&T "Aggie" debit card loaded with $65 to purchase other meals and snacks on campus. Full-time Students: A $10 registration fee includes: access to all sessions and hands-on labs, a 2014 VM Workshop T-shirt (sure to become a campus "must have"), and optional ($15) attendance at the Gala Dinner Reception on Thursday evening. Spouse attendees: A $0 registration fee provides: an optional means of purchasing a dorm room bed ($50/night/bed), and/or attendance at the Gala Dinner Reception on Thursday evening ($20). HOW: Registration is now LIVE, please check it out soon! (Live servers are standing by to take your registration!) Advice: onsite registration is not likely, and will involve additional fees to the university and thus... to you, so register now! PARTICIPATE: Compete in the historical (occasionally hysterical) VM Workshop "Ugly Hawaiian Shirt" contest for a chance to win a treasured, but ugly prize! (B.Y.O.U.H.S.) The VM Workshop began as a way for VM systems programmers to share what they do at their sites, what tools they had written, and what they had learned... let's stay on that track of mostly USER-PRESENTED sessions. Don't have enough to fill an hour? No problem... submit the idea (or multiple ones!) at http://www.vmworkshop.org/2014/sessionproposal and the committee will merge multiple shorter presentations in to full hour sessions. Don't be shy, we're all your z/VM and Linux on System z **friends** - no 'flaming' is tolerated. Place this event on your calendars and please join us at North Carolina A&T State University. Don't miss this incredibly inexpensive, educational, and fun event! ________________________________ The VM Workshop is sponsoring a 12 question survey to help us all better understand the current state of our platform within the organizations we support. The results will help us highlight successes and focus our conversations and collective resources to address the major challenges the community faces. This is a survey of the community, for the community. Those who respond will receive a summary of the results via email. The more responses, the better the data! Please take a few minutes to respond at: https://www.research.net/s/vmcommunity ________________________________ This e-mail was sent on behalf of the 2014 VM Workshop Volunteer Committee. Mike Walter Mike <dot> Walter (at) Aon {dot} com Work: 847.883.7822 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
