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UNIGROUP GENERAL MEETING
MEETING INTRODUCTION
Happy New Year! Unigroup's January 2014 meeting will be on Linux Cloud Computing. Our speakers are from SuSE Linux and our meeting topic is: SuSE Linux Cloud.
Unigroup Elections: Unigroup holds Board of Director Elections every January. If you are a Unigroup Member and would like to run for the Unigroup Board, please contact us on or before our January 2014 meeting. Board members are expected to regularly attend Unigroup General and Board Meetings, and basically help the rest of the board run Unigroup. If you would like to help out Unigroup, but not join the board officially, please let us know. Unigroup needs your help! Unigroup is a not-for-profit volunteer organization, and has been serving the Greater NYC Metro Unix Users Community for over 30 years!
Also, a representative of NYCBUG (The NYC BSD Users Group) will be stopping by our meeting to announce NYCBSDCon - The NYC BSD Unix Conference, happening in NYC in February 2014. Discounted paid registrations for NYCBSDCon will be accepted at this Unigroup meeting.
New for 2013: Regarding credit card payment methods, Unigroup now has the ability to accept all major credit cards: AMEX, MasterCard, Visa, Discover.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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Please RSVP as soon as possible, preferably at least 2-3 days
prior to the meeting date, so we can plan the food order.
RSVP deadline is usually the night before the meeting day.
Note: RSVP is requested for this location to make sure the guard
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properly plan the meeting (food, drinks, handouts,
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If you forget to RSVP prior to the meeting day, you may
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we cannot guarantee what building security will do if
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DIRECTIONS
Location:
The Cooper Union (http://www.cooper.edu)
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th Street, between 6th & 7th Streets)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City, 10003
Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room May Change Month-to-Month)
Located on the East side of Cooper Square. Look for the
new building with the non-traditional appearance.
Entrance is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 7th Street.
Building lobby sign-in is required at the guard's desk.
Enter the building, check in with the guard at the lobby for
directions to the Unigroup Meeting Room.
Nearest mass transit stations are:
'6' to Astor Place (stops right at The Cooper Union),
then walk 1 block East and 1 block South.
'R' to 8th Street, then walk about 2 blocks East
then 1 block South.
'4/5/6/R/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South and East.
'B/D/F/V' to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East.
Or take the new connection to the uptown '6'!
Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm.
There are also parking lots on Broadway, at (or just south of)
Astor Place (8th Street).
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Topic: SuSE Linux Cloud
Introduction & Description of Talk:
This meeting will be on SuSE Enterprise Linux and Linux Cloud Computing.
We expect to review the latest updates to SLES - SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, discuss running SuSE on the latest hardware such as UltraBooks/Tablets, as well as explore SuSE's implementation of Linux Cloud using OpenStack.
SuSE is bringing a variety of marketing materials for giveaways and prizes:
SuSE will be also discussing several of the coming Marketing events that will be held in NYC this March.
References & Web Resources:
SuSE Linux:
http://www.suse.com
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Bill Pasquarella - Territory Sales Manager for NYC, NJ, and PA
Started with SUSE in 2013. Seasoned account manager with extensive background in handling national and international corporate accounts. Proven leadership, negotiation, and relationship management skills. Been selling IT solutions into the Tri State area for over 20 years.
Anthony Tortola - Technical Sales Specialist
Started with Novell/SUSE in 2006 in Novell Technical Services as a Dedicated Support Engineer for a trading firm on Wall St. supporting their very large (8000+) Linux server Infrastructure. Transitioned to Technical Sales Specialist in 2011.
Alejandro Bonilla - Technical Sales Specialist
Joined SUSE Linux in 2008 in Prague, CZ for Novell Technical Services, moved to Spain as a Premium Support Engineer and back to America as a Technical Sales Specialist in late 2013. Early career started from Intel, Cisco and HP.
COMPANY BIOGRAPHY
SUSE, a pioneer in open source software, provides reliable, interoperable Linux and cloud infrastructure solutions that give enterprises greater control and flexibility. More than 20 years of engineering excellence, exceptional service and an unrivaled partner ecosystem power the products and support that help our customers manage complexity, reduce cost, and confidently deliver mission-critical services. The lasting relationships we build allow us to adapt and deliver the smarter innovation they need to succeed today and tomorrow.
GIVEAWAYS
Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR, and O'Reilly have been kind enough to provide us with review copies of some of their books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways at our meetings. The publishers always ask that the persons receiving the books provide a review and/or feedback about their books.
Unigroup would like to thank both companies for the support provided by their User Group programs.
As always, all of the books will be available for review at the start of the meeting.
Also, SuSE has also provided us with SuSE Linux SLES and SLED Install Media. We gave out SuSE Linux Media at our last meeting and have more DVDs for upcoming meetings.
FEE SCHEDULE
Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and User Group, and its members pay a yearly membership fee. For Unigroup members, there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting fees) during their membership year. Non-members who wish to attend Unigroup meetings are usually required to pay a "Single Meeting Fee".
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
Student Yearly Membership (with current! ID): $ 25.00
Non-Member Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with! ID): $ 5.00
* Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
MasterCard, VISA, Discover (new for 2013).
! Students: We are looking for proof that you are
currently enrolled in classes (rather than working
full-time), and as such, your Student ID should show
a CURRENT date. We have been presented Student IDs
containing NO dates whatsoever, and in the
current environment, perpetual/non-expiring access
to university facilities just does not feel right.
If your ID contains no date, please bring
additional proof of current enrollment. Thanks.
NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does NOT indicate membership in Unigroup.
Members: Remember to bring your membership card with you to the meeting, to confirm your yearly renewal date!
FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS
Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes "wraps" such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled vegetables as well as assorted salads (potato, tossed, pasta, etc), cookies, brownies, bottled water and assorted beverages.
Our thanks go to SuSE Linux for sponsoring the food service for this meeting!
Please join us for this meeting, you won't want to miss it!
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