Sending a reminder to the community that we're still accepting proposals for talks at PuppetConf this year.
If you've already submitted, this is absolutely not me saying those weren't great, but we are looking for a wide range of proposals, and particularly want to make sure that we're getting good representation from a diverse range of community members. My offer about chatting with anyone who is interested or wants to know more still stands, as we're very keen to ensure that topics are coming from the community. It's going to be a great conference, and I'm looking forward to having as many of you as possible visit and enjoy a great conference in a great city. On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Nigel Kersten <ni...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > TL;DR: go to http://puppetconf.com to find out details about PuppetConf > and submit a talk proposal, as submissions are now open. > > > This year PuppetConf is coming back to Portland, Oregon, and I'm really > excited to have the conference come back to the home of Puppet Labs HQ. > > It's on Oct 5-9 this year, and I wanted to make sure the community knew > that the Call For Proposals is open, and we're really keen to get at least > as many great talks submitted as we had last year. > > > I'd specifically like to also call out that we're offering a limited > number of travel scholarships for accepted PuppetConf speakers who come > from underrepresented backgrounds and where financial support is a barrier > to their participation. > > *** If you'd like to find out more about this program, even if you're > unsure whether or not you're going to submit a paper, please reach out to > me, as I'm more than happy to chat about it. *** > > That goes for any other topic around PuppetConf submissions too. > > > You can find all the details here: > https://puppet.wufoo.com/forms/mqsfhz81fk6gaz/ but here's a repost from > that page of the kinds of topics we're interested in: > > - Introductory topics for getting started with Puppet, modules, and other > Puppet-related technologies (think OpenStack, AWS, VMware, DSC... and > whatever else you have Puppet working with). > - Using Puppet to solve problems around release management, continuous > delivery, application release automation, change control and more. > - Advanced tips and tricks for using Puppet, PuppetDB, Razor, Facter, etc. > - DevOps best practices around automation, culture, measurement and > sharing. > - Cloud topics, including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and hybrid deployments. > - Details of your learning journey, with a focus on what’s next for your > infrastructure. For example, what new automation technologies have you > experimented with, and what have you learned about using them in your > environment? > - Cool tools. Present on the tools you think the community should know > more about. > - Business topics like vendor selection hacks, managed service provider > (MSP) considerations, budgeting, etc. > - People-related topics around recruiting, management, team building, > career development and collaboration. > - Lessons learned from agents of change: how to overcome organizational > inertia, getting buy-in, the results of automation, what you have planned > next and what it will take to get there. > > > Submissions are due by midnight PDT on Sunday, May 17, 2015, and as > mentioned, I'm more than happy to chat about any questions you might have. > > > > -- > Nigel > -- Nigel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAGUqgV_vb9BStKr7ddckw%2B7nDLUEekm%2BYN9nRAoT7G4wJFmA0A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
