{"id":7556,"date":"2015-12-22T13:56:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T19:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2015-12-22T13:57:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T19:57:37","slug":"openstack-community-newsletter-dec-12-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-newsletter-dec-12-22\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Community Newsletter (Dec. 12-22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/eN9Iv\">Running an OpenStack cloud? Come to the first European Mid-Cycle Operators meetup<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"lead\">The meetup, held February 15 &#8211; 16, 2016 in Manchester, is a chance for operators to share best practices and give feedback.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/qAxMN\">The keys to OpenStack startup success: Platform9 Systems<\/a><\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\" style=\"text-align: left\">Platform9 Systems opens its startup playbook, highlighting ecosystem challenges and tips for fellow startups including how they differentiate their product from competitors with simplicity, choice and interoperability.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/aNBDb\">OpenStack operators connecting together<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">To make meetups more productive and useful, Edgar Magana at Workday proposes smaller, operator-focused gatherings.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\">The Road to Austin<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>The\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/aNCPT\">Call for Speakers<\/a><\/b><\/span><b>\u00a0is now OPEN for the April OpenStack Summit in Austin<\/b>!<b>\u00a0<\/b>Hurry &#8211; the deadline to submit a talk is<b>\u00a0February 1 at 11:59pm PST.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>NEW: Speakers are limited to a maximum of\u00a0<\/i><b><i>THREE<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0submissions.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Other Summit items now available:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/hOpA4\">Attendee Registration<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> &#8211; Price increase in early March<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/austin-2016\/sponsors\/#how-to-sponsor\"><span class=\"s4\">Call for Sponsors<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s5\"> &#8211; March 8 deadline<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/austin-2016\/austin-and-travel\/#hotels\"><span class=\"s4\">Hotel Discount Room Blocks<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n*The Design Summit will be held at the Hilton Austin. Workshops and the Certified OpenStack Administrator exams will be held at the JW Marriott.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/austin-2016\/austin-and-travel\/#visa\"><span class=\"s4\">Visa Invitation Request<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/austin-2016\/austin-and-travel\/#travel-support\"><span class=\"s4\">Travel Support Program Application<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s7\"> &#8211; February 9 deadline<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"s1\">Community feedback<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"s1\">OpenStack is always interested in feedback and community contributions, if you would like to see a new section in the\u00a0OpenStack Weekly Community Newsletter\u00a0or have ideas on how to present content please get in touch:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:community@openstack.org\"><span class=\"s2\">community@openstack.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"s1\">CFP Deadlines<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Call for papers:<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/tAsxL\">PyCon 2016<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0deadline<b>:\u00a0<\/b>Jan 3, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/eN4lf\">USENIX Annual Technical Conference 2016<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\">\u00a0deadline: February 1, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/openstack-developer-mailing-list-digest-20151218\/\">OpenStack Developer Mailing List Digest December\u00a012-18<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"s1\">Tips \u2018n Tricks\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul1\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li class=\"li4\">By Alena Holanova:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/iOoIh\">Swift deployment with OpenStack Keystone authentication<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">By Nicole Martinelli:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/cN9Hz\">How to take your OpenStack contributions to the next level<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">By Lana Brindley, Brian Moss, Darren Chan, Joseph Robinson: <a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/jOp9i\">Getting started with OpenStack Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"s1\">Upcoming Events<\/span><span class=\"s12\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/iOpZg\">Dec 26, 2015 OSS OpenStack Upstream Training VN Ha Noi, VN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/cNAUE\">Dec 27, 2015 Riding a Baby Unicorn | MIT Forum Event (No RSVP) Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/qAyfQ\">Dec 31, 2015 Project Kuryr &#8211; Bringing Container Networking to Neutron Tel Aviv, IL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"s1\">Other News<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/hOnr9\">China\u2019s First OpenStack-based Cloud Provider UnitedStack Announced the Completion of Series C Round of Financing<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/gOoTd\">Mirantis and Palo Alto Networks Integrate Production-Grade OpenStack with Next-Generation<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/news\/view\/158\/china%E2%80%99s-first-openstack-based-cloud-provider-unitedstack-announced-the-completion-of-series-c-round-of-financing\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awe.sm\/iOpZc\">Bright Computing Provides Van Andel Institute with Integrated Management Solution for HPC and OpenStack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running an OpenStack cloud? Come to the first European Mid-Cycle Operators meetup The meetup, held February 15 &#8211; 16, 2016 in Manchester, is a chance for operators to share best practices and give feedback. The keys to OpenStack startup success: Platform9 Systems Platform9 Systems opens its startup playbook, highlighting ecosystem challenges and tips for fellow&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-newsletter-dec-12-22\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read OpenStack Community Newsletter (Dec. 12-22)\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7556"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7574,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7556\/revisions\/7574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}