{"id":8240,"date":"2017-12-20T07:51:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T13:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2017-12-20T07:57:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T13:57:57","slug":"user-group-newsletter-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/user-group-newsletter-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"User Group Newsletter December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><b>Summit recap <\/b><\/p>\n<p>With 2300+ attendees and 54 countries represented, it was a fantastic week in Sydney. Thank you to all who attended!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can catch all the action from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oCIRhleXztU\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keynotes here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The Summit talk videos are live, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/videos\/summits\/sydney-2017\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">find them here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Superuser also covered the Summit with an awesome article covering <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.openstack.org\/articles\/openstack-sydney-summit-recap-50-things-need-know\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">50 things you need to know. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Next Summit<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our next Summit destination is in Vancouver. Registration and Hotel booking are now available. Last time we went to Canada, these sold out quick. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2018\/travel\/#hotels\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t miss out and secure yours today. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Congratulations to SuperUser award winners!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the final day of the Sydney Summit, the Community Contributor Awards gave a special tip of the hat to those who might not know how much they are valued. Read more about the ceremony <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.openstack.org\/articles\/openstack-community-contributor-awards-recognize-unsung-heroes-sydney\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Superuser and OpenStack\u2019s social channels for when nominations open for Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p><b>2018 CFP dates<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxfoundation.smapply.io\/prog\/kubecon_cloudnativecon_europe_2018_\/\">Cloud Native Con\/KubeCon Europe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing date: January 12, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxfoundation.smapply.io\/prog\/open_networking_summit_north_america_2018_\/\">ONS 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing date: January 14, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxfoundation.smapply.io\/prog\/lst\/\">LF Open Source Leadership<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing date: January 21, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.oreilly.com\/oscon\/oscon-or\/public\/cfp\/615?imm_mid=0f9a04&amp;cmp=em-prog-confpro-na-osor18_em1_cfp_open#topics\">OSCON 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing Date: January 30, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxfoundation.smapply.io\/prog\/linuxcon_containercon_cloudopen_china_lc3\/\">LinuxCon ContainerCon | CloudOpen China<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing Date: March 4, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxfoundation.smapply.io\/prog\/open_networking_summit_europe_2018\/\">ONS Europe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing Date: June 24, 2018<\/p>\n<p><b>Superuser articles of interest<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some fantastic Superuser articles have been published in recent weeks. They include tutorials, information about a new working group and project updates. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.openstack.org\/articles\/sig-first-contact-openstack\/\">Making your first contact with OpenStack<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.openstack.org\/articles\/sydney-openstack-project-updates\/\">Check out these OpenStack project updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.openstack.org\/articles\/working-together-openstack-kubernetes\/\">Working together: OpenStack and Kubernetes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.openstack.org\/articles\/travel-support-program-sydney-summit\/\">Travel grants support global community to attend OpenStack Summit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.openstack.org\/articles\/use-openstack-glance-image-import\/\">How to use OpenStack Glance Image Import<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Launch of Kata Containers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Foundation is excited to announce Kata Containers. This project unites the security advantages of virtual machines with the speed and manageability of containers for running container management tools directly on bare metal without sacrificing workload isolation. Kata Containers delivers increased performance, faster boot time and cost efficiencies. Kata Containers will have its own governance, community and communication channels.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To find out more and get involved:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sign up for Kata Containers updates at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katacontainers.io\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">katacontainers.io<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get involved on the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.katacontainers.io\/cgi-bin\/mailman\/listinfo\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kata Containers Mailing List<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/katacontainers.slack.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Slack<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">* and IRC* (#kata-dev)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow Kata Containers on Twitter:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/katacontainers\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@katacontainers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>HPC book update<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Scientific Working Group has updated the Crossroads of Cloud and HPC: OpenStack for Scientific Research. Version 2 of the popular book details multiple enhancements made to OpenStack for HPC workloads over the past year and added several new in-depth case studies on how OpenStack supports radio astronomy, bioinformatics, cancer and genome research and more. Read or order the book at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/science\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/science\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to find out exactly how OpenStack allows researchers to spend less time managing infrastructure and more time on research that matters. To learn more or get involved in the Scientific Working Group, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/wiki\/Scientific_SIG\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/wiki\/Scientific_SIG<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>THANK YOU!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It has been a fantastic 2017!!! Thank you to all community members for your industrious efforts and contributions! Wish you all a Happy Holiday break and a great New Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summit recap With 2300+ attendees and 54 countries represented, it was a fantastic week in Sydney. Thank you to all who attended! You can catch all the action from the Keynotes here. The Summit talk videos are live, find them here. 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