Hello All Is it too late to register for the Workshop ? On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Mike Walter < [email protected]> wrote:
> The 2016 VM Workshop attendee and sponsor registration is still > open. Don’t miss the z/VSE content! > > The 2016 VM Workshop will be held Thursday-Saturday June 23-25, 2016 at > Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center. 604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway > Township, NJ 08854. This year’s VM Workshop is the sixth since being > reanimated at Ohio State University in 2011. The registration fee is still > only $100 per attendee (including sponsor attendees). > > Important Registration Deadlines… TONIGHT…TUESDAY, May 31: > •• Polo Shirt Order: May 31, midnight EDT (0400 UTC) > •• Dorm Reservation: May 31, midnight EDT (0400 UTC) > •• Reception/Dinner: May 31, midnight EDT (0400 UTC) > > However, online registration will remain open after May 31, and on-site > Walk-in Registration and payment will be accepted; but after the deadlines > above no registrations for dorm room housing will be processed, nor > guarantee of entry into the included Thursday Evening Gala > Reception/Banquet Dinner, nor will be there any guarantee of a nifty Polo > shirt. (Lead time is required for the university to prepare the dorm > housing, dinner quantities, and for the polo shirt manufacturer to adorn > the polo shirt left sleeves with the 2016 VM Workshop logo.) > > All completed, paid registrations submitted before the deadlines above are > guaranteed to receive (plus any addition purchases by that date): > • Regular and Sponsor attendees: > o A high quality Polo shirt in Rutgers University scarlet school colors, > with a VM Workshop 2016 logo on the left sleeve, Shirts will be available > for pickup at the VM Workshop registration table beginning Thursday morning. > o Attendance at the Thursday evening gala Banquet Reception and Dinner, > • A reserved dorm room (for those pre-paying for dorm ‘nights’). > > WHO: > All z/VM, Linux on z Systems, and z/VSE friends > > WHAT: > Choose from multiple concurrent presentations packed full of > up-to-the-minute technical sessions for all expertise levels of z/VM, Linux > on z Systems, z/VSE; and from Hands-On Labs including: > •• z/VM 6.3 SSI Installation -or- Migration -or-Upgrade Hands-On > Lab, (You choose which path to follow) > •• Linux for z Systems Installation Hands-On Lab, > •• Intro to Rexx Hands-On Lab, > •• Unlock your z/VSE data and applications for the Mobile World > Hands-On Lab. > > A preliminary session list of submitted session ideas (subject to final > selection) including many z/VSE sessions and speakers from IBM Germany is > posted at: Preliminary Session List. This list is suitable for sharing with > managers, and includes Connor Krukosky’s very popular session: “There’s a > z890 in My Basement”! > > WHERE: > •• Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center. 604 Bartholomew Rd, > Piscataway Township, NJ 08854. See: 2016 VM Workshop Site Map. > > Location, dorm room lodging details ($65/night/bed single bedroom, or > $55/night/bed double bedroom – each with bathrooms shared by suite-mates), > sponsor information, and registration details for the 2016 VM Workshop, and > much more have been posted to: > 2016 VM Workshop Links > > WHEN: > Sessions are presented beginning Thursday morning JUNE 23 until about 1 PM > EDT (or so) Saturday JUNE 25. Wednesday June 22 is reserved for VM > Workshop Volunteer Committee site preparation and lab setup; if you are > interested in helping, just show up and we’ll put you to cheerful, > fulfilling work! ☺ > > 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, terrific camaraderie, and > professional networking. Come to meet VM old-timers... and *future* z/VM > old-timers while learning the latest technical z/VM, ‘Linux on z Systems’, > and z/VSE details. Don't know where to start with Linux on z Systems? > About VM Workshop Is a great place to start! > > PRICE: > STILL UNCHANGED from the previous six years, **ONLY $100 per attendee**. > Optional dorm room housing with full linens are available as listed above. > This is the best bargain out there for z/VM and ‘Linux on z Systems’ > education, and is quite reasonable for anyone paying their own way. > •• Regular attendees and sponsor attendees: The $100 registration fee > for regular and sponsor attendees includes: > o access to all sessions and hands-on labs; > o if registered before the deadline above, a snazzy 2016 VM Workshop > polo shirt > (not just a cheap T-shirt like those high-priced conferences); > o if registered before the deadline above, attendance Thursday > evening at the Gala Dinner Reception and Dinner, > o and almost all other meals (Friday night is left free to explore > the host site area on your own). > •• Full-time Students: A $10 registration fee includes access to all > sessions and hands-on labs. > •• Spouse attendees: A $0 registration fee provides: an optional means > of purchasing a dorm room bed (deadline and pricing as described above), > and/or optional attendance at the Thursday evening Gala Reception Banquet > and Dinner. > > > HOW: > Registration is now available online, please check it out soon at: Click > Here to go directly to the Registration page > (that page has links for pretty much everything you’ll need). ‘Live’ > z/VM-hosted webservers are standing by to take your registration! Paypal > is used for all payments so that we never store, or even see, any credit > card payment information. > > On-site registration will be available (cash or credit), but dorm rooms > and polo shirts and complimentary entry to the Thursday evening dinner must > be ordered by the deadlines listed above. > > PARTICIPATE (yourself!): > > •• 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 did at their site, > • tools they had written, and > • what they had learned. > > Please do your part to help us return to that pattern of mostly > USER-PRESENTED sessions. Don't have enough to fill an hour? No problem... > read more about presenting, or submit the idea (or multiple ones!) at: > Submit a Session Idea. The Volunteer Committee will merge multiple shorter > presentations into full hour sessions. Don't be shy, we're all your z/VM, > Linux on z Systems, and z/VSE friends. No ‘flaming’ is tolerated, you > won’t find a more intimate, more friendly group before which to try out > public speaking. > > Place this event on your calendars, and please join us at Rutgers > University, Piscataway, NJ. > Don't miss this incredibly inexpensive, educational, and fun event! > > > Posted on behalf of the 2016 VM Workshop Volunteer Committee, and > Phil Tully > 2016 VM Workshop Chairman > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
