This Calls for Essex-y Party!

OpenStack Essex (http://openstack.org/projects/essex/press-release/) just graduated to final release today! This calls for a celebration.

…But not just any celebration. This calls for Essex-y party!

So put on your captain’s hat and join us for the second OpenStack LA Meetup. We’re going to continue the momentum from what was arguably the best inaugural user group event – ever.

The first speaker, Sean Roberts (http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertssean), who is behind the Infrastructure Strategy at Yahoo! (http://info.yahoo.com/center/us/yahoo/), is set to present on the state of OpenStack. He’ll touch on what’s new in Essex, the future of Folsom, and more!

Carl Perry (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/carl-perry/a/380/9a0), is the Cloud Architect at DreamHost (http://dreamhost.com/) and he has put together a presentation on the real-world deployment of OpenStack. He’ll share with you tips, secrets and pitfalls associated with building a public cloud.

This is an exciting date because several of the attendees will have just participated the OpenStack Design Summit the week before. If there’s interest, I think it would be really cool to have a lightning round with a few of them to get their thoughts and takeaways on the design process and feature decisions for Folsom.

A dinner menu from Ocho Grill can be found below. You can count on beer, soda, coffee and tea.

Agenda:

7:00PM – Food, drink, chatting

7:30 – Welcome

7:35 – Sean Roberts, Infrastructure Strategy, Yahoo!
• State of OpenStack

8:00 – Intermission

8:15 – Carl Perry, Cloud Architect, DreamHost
• Building a Public Cloud with OpenStack

8:45 – Design Summit Lightning Rouuund! Bring it!

9:00 – Sessions are complete - more mingling

IMPORTANT: Free underground parking will be available at Paragon Parking (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Paragon+parking&hl=en&ll=34.049633,-118.256316&spn=0.002056,0.003192&hq=Paragon+parking&hnear=Los+Angeles,+California&t=m&z=19) (557 S. Hope St.); bring the parking ticket with you and we’ll stamp it for validation. Please take the entrance ramp off of Hope St. and park below ground level (not the street-level lot). The after-hours entrance (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=34.048881,-118.257077&spn=0.002056,0.003192&t=m&layer=c&cbll=34.048881,-118.257077&cbp=12,0,,0,0&photoid=po-65406739&z=19) into the AON building is on Wilshire Blvd. and Hope St. If the doors are locked, please use the intercom on the right-hand side, and mention the Meetup in DreamHost’s office. DreamHost is located about two blocks from the 7th Street/ Metro Center (service via Blue, Red, Purple, and Silver lines).
AON Main Lobby: 213.614.4997

Dinner Menu:

• Tacos (chicken or beef)
• Burritos (chicken or beef)
• Veggie tacos and burritos
• Quesadillas (chicken or cheese only)
• Salad, chips & salsa, brown rice, black beans
• Guacamole

Beer Menu:

• Pacifico
• Negra Modelo
• Dos Equis (lager)
• Corona

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