[sf-perl] Fwd: [oak perl] BALUG Tu 2013-10-15: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: Code Review for Systems Administrators; & other BALUG News

Thu Oct 10 10:15:39 PDT 2013

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On 10/10/2013 10:10 , Fred Moyer wrote:
> Might be of interest to people here.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Michael Paoli* <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
> <mailto:Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>>
> Date: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:04 AM
> Subject: [oak perl] BALUG Tu 2013-10-15: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: Code
> Review for Systems Administrators; & other BALUG News
> To: Oakland Perl Mongers <oakland at pm.org <mailto:oakland at pm.org>>
>
>
> BALUG Tu 2013-10-15: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: Code Review for Systems
> Administrators; & other BALUG News
>
> ------------------------------
>
> items, details further below:
> 2013-10-15: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: Code Review for Systems
> Administrators
> giveaways (CDs/DVDs, book(s), ...)
> volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
> Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG___org
> <https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> For our 2013-10-15 BALUG meeting, we're proud to present:
>
> Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph[1] on Code Review for Systems Administrators
>
> The OpenStack project uses a public code review system
> and automated series of unit and integration tests before merging to
> confirm that code submitted is adhering to project standards and
> doesn't cause problems for other software in the stack.
>
> The OpenStack Infrastructure team not only manages this system using
> all open source tools, like Gerrit and Jenkins for review and testing,
> but also uses the system themselves for reviewing and testing changes
> being made to systems running the infrastructure itself. Puppet
> configuration files, Python scripts and more are subjected to
> automated syntax tests and then collaboratively reviewed in public by
> community and core team members alike before approval.
>
> This talk will give you a walk through of the actual software used to
> accomplish this and how this process has allowed the team to have a
> considerably open, collaborative approach to systems administration
> for the project infrastructure.
>
> Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph is an Automation and Tools Engineer at
> HP[2] working on the OpenStack Infrastructure[3] team.  She is also a
> member of the Ubuntu Community Council[4] and on the Board of
> Directors for Partimus[5], a non-profit in the San Francisco Bay Area
> providing Linux-based computers to schools in need.
>
> 1. http://www.princessleia.com/
> 2. http://www.hp.com/
> 3. http://ci.openstack.org/
> 4. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/__CommunityCouncil
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil>
> 5. http://partimus.org/
>
> So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
>
> rsvp at balug.org <mailto:rsvp at balug.org>
>
> **Why RSVP??**
>
> Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
> BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
> sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
> upstairs in the private banquet room.
>
> Meeting Details...
>
>                         6:30pm
>                         Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 2013-10-15
>
>                         Four Seas Restaurant
> http://www.fourseasr.com/
>                         731 Grant Ave.
>                         San Francisco, CA 94108
>                         Easy PARKING:
>                           Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
> http://www.sfpsg.com/
>
> Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
>            cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
>            family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
>            also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
>
> ------------------------------
>
> We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.  We'll
> likely have at least the below plus additional items.
>
> CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
> http://www.wiki.balug.org/__wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds___and_images_etc
> <http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc>
> We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
> etc.  Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
> also appreciated.  See the above URL for details (and the inventory
> (qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
> also frequently change).
>
> Book(s)!:
> Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration
> Thanks to Pearson's User Group program for providing these review
> copies.  For details see:
> http://lists.balug.org/__pipermail/balug-talk-balug.__org/2013-July/005034.html
> <http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2013-July/005034.html>
> Pearson User Group member page (member discounts: 35% off print,
> 45% off eBook):
> http://www.informit.com/__usergroupwelcome
> <http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
>
> Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
> but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
> could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
>
> There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG.  Come talk to us
> at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
> balug-contact at balug.org <mailto:balug-contact at balug.org>
> These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
> o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
> o assist on publicity
> o chief/assistant cat herder
> o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
>    quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
> o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
> o archivist/history/retrieval/__etc.
> o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
>    would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
> https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG___org <https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
> should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
> things we should do differently): publicity-feedback at balug.org
> <mailto:publicity-feedback at balug.org>
>
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>
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