Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-cloudstack-marketing-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-cloudstack-marketing-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F323510455 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:03:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23085 invoked by uid 500); 25 Nov 2013 20:03:36 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cloudstack-marketing-archive@cloudstack.apache.org Received: (qmail 23067 invoked by uid 500); 25 Nov 2013 20:03:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact marketing-help@cloudstack.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list marketing@cloudstack.apache.org Received: (qmail 23059 invoked by uid 99); 25 Nov 2013 20:03:36 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:03:36 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of vahric@doruk.net.tr designates 212.58.6.33 as permitted sender) Received: from [212.58.6.33] (HELO gluttony.doruk.net.tr) (212.58.6.33) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:03:30 +0000 Received: from [212.58.5.6] (helo=doruk.net.tr) by gluttony.doruk.net.tr with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vl2N3-0001Cb-Cv for marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:03:01 +0200 Received: from [85.109.133.123] (account vahric@doruk.net.tr HELO [192.168.1.172]) by doruk.net.tr (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.5) with ESMTPA id 50770453 for marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:00:55 +0200 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.2.5.121010 Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:03:05 +0200 Subject: Re: Establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey From: Vahric Muhtaryan To: Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="EUC-KR" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Thanks Giles=20 Very helpful=20 Right now we are warming up , until next week we will create twitter , meet up , web site and forum Then start to reach people our friends , colleagues and people are friends of our friends=20 We do not want to waste your , Sebastien time ! In Turkey people very closer to Microsoft and vmware. Open source is used mostly more small companies but we have a some plans. Here we can reach some people and tak face to face and create a strong interest first, this is our first goal and it will take some time and before this also we want to contact Netapp , Juniper, F5 to create more more interest.=20 Ceph and basho other mostly interested points of us . Really thanks for broad informations you shared us and hope before next cloudstack conf on holland we can meet in istanbul and next meet in holland as a CloudStackTR User Group with all. Nice to meet you all Regards VM On 25/11/13 19:53, "Giles Sirett" wrote: >Hi Vahric > >Sorry, I should have responded to you earlier.....things have been a >little crazy with the build up to CCCEU13 > >I've been running the CloudStack European User Group for nearly 2 years >now. We've got 280 members and have meetings every 3 months > >We run a group on linkedin >http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Cloudstack-European-User-Group-4294158?trk=3D >my_groups-b-grp-v > >and also a meetup group. >http://www.meetup.com/CloudStack-European-User-Group/ > >I'd happily give you access to either of these to help you with your >organisation of your community > >I also help Sebastien, Harm & Hugo with the BuildACloudDays . Also, I am >happy to come over to Istanbul with Sebastien,et al to speak at your >first event > > >Our meetings were 2 hours - but we've recently moved to half days > > >A key thing when organising meetings is to acknowledge *who* your >audience are going to be. Are you going to try to build a developer >focussed group or a user/operator focused group? My advice is to keep it >generic to start with and then you can go in the direction that the >members take the group > >The content template we usually use is: > >1. Roundup of Cloudstack news since last meeting >2. 1 x technical deep dive talk (i.e. on subject like networking, a >certain piece of integration, etc) >3. a talk from an "eco system" vendor doing something interesting >4. a talk from a cloudstack user (i.e. a company using the tech) on what >they've been doing > >This format has worked well. > >My suggestion would be to start with a bang: try to organise (jointly >with Sebastien? ) as full day "Build a Cloud" style day with as many >guest speakers as possible. >Sebastien and I did one recently and we did: > >1. intro >2.cloudstack 101 for beginners >3. Cloudstack business use-cases >4. talk on ceph >5. talk on basho >6. intro to Cloudstack networking > >I usually allow 8-10 weeks to promote a meeting > >Hope this helps, please do ask if you need any further advice > > > > > >Kind Regards >Giles > >D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 >Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vahric Muhtaryan [mailto:vahric@doruk.net.tr] >Sent: 25 November 2013 10:23 >To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org >Subject: Re: Establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey > >Thanks for all helps , we need a time , i will inform you step by step >what we accomplish We are very happy to see you in istanbul Thanks for >support VM > >On 25/11/13 12:11, "Sebastien Goasguen" wrote: > >> >>On Nov 22, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Vahric Muhtaryan >>wrote: >> >>> I got all thanks >>> Now we have to prepare for such meetings , we have a plans and first >>>we will start via friends, colleagues , twitter and linkedin find and >>>invite the people In two months we will fill the Turkish web site >>>with apache cloudstack articles Then will prepare some small events >>>After we sure that we can touch enough people then we will have a big >>>session with audience Here we will request your help , i guess you >>>can help us to support our meetings like send some guys who have deep >>>knowledge , like to give t-shorts of cloudstack or like that Now its >>>to early to talk but we will try to reach enough people and start the >>>meetings in first quarter of 2014 >>> >> >>Vahric, I will be happy to fly over to Istanbul for one of your meet ups. >>Check http://sebgoa.blogspot.com for interesting content. >> >>-Sebastien >> >>> Regards >>> VM >>> >>> On 22/11/13 23:48, "Karen Vuong" wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Vahric, >>>> >>>> In addition to Radhika's advice of having regular meetups, it also >>>>helps to ask the audience for their feedback on the session and what >>>>they would like to see at future meetups. John Kinsella does a great >>>>job by doing this with our CloudStack Bay Area Users Group. He will >>>>usually ask the audience after the meetup by giving them the >>>>opportunity to raise their hands and give us their feedback. Another >>>>way is to post the question on the discussion board of your meetup >>>>group. >>>> >>>> I also found that sending reminders of an upcoming meetup to your >>>>members is helpful. With the busy schedules of attendees, many of >>>>them can easily forget :) >>>> >>>> We started off with an Intro to CloudStack meetup >>>> >>>>(http://www.meetup.com/CloudStack-SF-Bay-Area-Users-Group/events/1037 >>>>259 >>>>62 >>>> /), then led into storage and a hands-on hacking session (which was >>>>very popular). You'll need at least 3-4 people running around the >>>>room answering their questions and giving advice during this >>>>session. >>>> >>>> We hold regular meetups every 45 days or so and if you have one >>>> scheduled, feel free to email this list with a link to your upcoming >>>> CloudStack meetup so that community members with credentials to the >>>> Apache CloudStack social media channels can promote. >>>> >>>> One other idea is to take pictures of your meetups and post them in >>>> the photos section of your meetup group. I think members love seeing >>>> the action and it creates an inviting feel to new members. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps! There's still a lot for us to learn as well but >>>>it's quite fun and you will start seeing repeat attendees and >>>>getting to know them :) >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Karen >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Kelly Hair >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:44 AM >>>> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Karen Vuong >>>> Subject: Re: Establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey >>>> >>>> Karen - in addition to Radhika=A9=F6s excellent advice, do you have >>>> anything to share? >>>> >>>> Also, for the list, what materials can be shared to help the Turkish >>>> group get off the ground? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/19/13, 12:00 AM, "Radhika Puthiyetath" >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Awesome ! >>>>> >>>>> To start with, go ahead and create a user group, similar to >>>>> meetup.com/CloudStack-Bangalore-Group/ >>>>> >>>>> Invite CloudStack enthusiasts for talks. Have regular Meetups. >>>>>Simple. >>>>> >>>>> You can also track the CloudStack events at >>>>> http://lanyrd.com/search/?q=3Dapache+cloudstack >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Vahric Muhtaryan [mailto:vahric@doruk.net.tr] >>>>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:39 PM >>>>> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org >>>>> Subject: Establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey >>>>> >>>>> Hello Kelly and Harm , >>>>> >>>>> We are looking for establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey. >>>>> Now myself and my colleague Mehmet Mart, working on Apache Cloud >>>>>Stack for how to implement it on our environment. >>>>> We are woking on DorukNET www.doruk.net.tr and its the biggest >>>>>service provider and first cloud implementer in Turkey with Hyper-v >>>>>and first vCloud Powered Certified DC in Turkey. >>>>> Now also we want to open to open world. >>>>> We have an options like openstack but because of Mehmets have >>>>>citrix background and i like the apache project focused on >>>>>cloudstack When we work on we start to think about how we can >>>>>introduce ACS in Turkey, we would like to establish VMUG similar >>>>>user group here. >>>>> Because of we are working on ISP we have a good relations with >>>>>Netapp , Juniper , IBM , F5 and we also want to see all this >>>>>plugins functionality with ACS Also start to write something in my >>>>>blog because when you search something about cloudstack mostly >>>>>cloudstack owen documents appearing and we believe to create more >>>>>articles on our blogs. vmknowledge.wordpress.com >>>>> >>>>> Now we would like to learn can we establish such thing in Turkey ? >>>>>What >>>>> is the requirement and how you can help us to improve it. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Vahric Muhtaryan >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > > > >Kind Regards >Giles > >D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 >Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vahric Muhtaryan [mailto:vahric@doruk.net.tr] >Sent: 25 November 2013 10:23 >To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org >Subject: Re: Establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey > >Thanks for all helps , we need a time , i will inform you step by step >what we accomplish We are very happy to see you in istanbul Thanks for >support VM > >On 25/11/13 12:11, "Sebastien Goasguen" wrote: > >> >>On Nov 22, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Vahric Muhtaryan >>wrote: >> >>> I got all thanks >>> Now we have to prepare for such meetings , we have a plans and first >>>we will start via friends, colleagues , twitter and linkedin find and >>>invite the people In two months we will fill the Turkish web site >>>with apache cloudstack articles Then will prepare some small events >>>After we sure that we can touch enough people then we will have a big >>>session with audience Here we will request your help , i guess you >>>can help us to support our meetings like send some guys who have deep >>>knowledge , like to give t-shorts of cloudstack or like that Now its >>>to early to talk but we will try to reach enough people and start the >>>meetings in first quarter of 2014 >>> >> >>Vahric, I will be happy to fly over to Istanbul for one of your meet ups. >>Check http://sebgoa.blogspot.com for interesting content. >> >>-Sebastien >> >>> Regards >>> VM >>> >>> On 22/11/13 23:48, "Karen Vuong" wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Vahric, >>>> >>>> In addition to Radhika's advice of having regular meetups, it also >>>>helps to ask the audience for their feedback on the session and what >>>>they would like to see at future meetups. John Kinsella does a great >>>>job by doing this with our CloudStack Bay Area Users Group. He will >>>>usually ask the audience after the meetup by giving them the >>>>opportunity to raise their hands and give us their feedback. Another >>>>way is to post the question on the discussion board of your meetup >>>>group. >>>> >>>> I also found that sending reminders of an upcoming meetup to your >>>>members is helpful. With the busy schedules of attendees, many of >>>>them can easily forget :) >>>> >>>> We started off with an Intro to CloudStack meetup >>>> >>>>(http://www.meetup.com/CloudStack-SF-Bay-Area-Users-Group/events/1037 >>>>259 >>>>62 >>>> /), then led into storage and a hands-on hacking session (which was >>>>very popular). You'll need at least 3-4 people running around the >>>>room answering their questions and giving advice during this >>>>session. >>>> >>>> We hold regular meetups every 45 days or so and if you have one >>>> scheduled, feel free to email this list with a link to your upcoming >>>> CloudStack meetup so that community members with credentials to the >>>> Apache CloudStack social media channels can promote. >>>> >>>> One other idea is to take pictures of your meetups and post them in >>>> the photos section of your meetup group. I think members love seeing >>>> the action and it creates an inviting feel to new members. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps! There's still a lot for us to learn as well but >>>>it's quite fun and you will start seeing repeat attendees and >>>>getting to know them :) >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Karen >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Kelly Hair >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:44 AM >>>> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Karen Vuong >>>> Subject: Re: Establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey >>>> >>>> Karen - in addition to Radhika=A9=F6s excellent advice, do you have >>>> anything to share? >>>> >>>> Also, for the list, what materials can be shared to help the Turkish >>>> group get off the ground? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/19/13, 12:00 AM, "Radhika Puthiyetath" >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Awesome ! >>>>> >>>>> To start with, go ahead and create a user group, similar to >>>>> meetup.com/CloudStack-Bangalore-Group/ >>>>> >>>>> Invite CloudStack enthusiasts for talks. Have regular Meetups. >>>>>Simple. >>>>> >>>>> You can also track the CloudStack events at >>>>> http://lanyrd.com/search/?q=3Dapache+cloudstack >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Vahric Muhtaryan [mailto:vahric@doruk.net.tr] >>>>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:39 PM >>>>> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org >>>>> Subject: Establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey >>>>> >>>>> Hello Kelly and Harm , >>>>> >>>>> We are looking for establish Cloudstack User Group in Turkey. >>>>> Now myself and my colleague Mehmet Mart, working on Apache Cloud >>>>>Stack for how to implement it on our environment. >>>>> We are woking on DorukNET www.doruk.net.tr and its the biggest >>>>>service provider and first cloud implementer in Turkey with Hyper-v >>>>>and first vCloud Powered Certified DC in Turkey. >>>>> Now also we want to open to open world. >>>>> We have an options like openstack but because of Mehmets have >>>>>citrix background and i like the apache project focused on >>>>>cloudstack When we work on we start to think about how we can >>>>>introduce ACS in Turkey, we would like to establish VMUG similar >>>>>user group here. >>>>> Because of we are working on ISP we have a good relations with >>>>>Netapp , Juniper , IBM , F5 and we also want to see all this >>>>>plugins functionality with ACS Also start to write something in my >>>>>blog because when you search something about cloudstack mostly >>>>>cloudstack owen documents appearing and we believe to create more >>>>>articles on our blogs. vmknowledge.wordpress.com >>>>> >>>>> Now we would like to learn can we establish such thing in Turkey ? >>>>>What >>>>> is the requirement and how you can help us to improve it. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Vahric Muhtaryan >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > >This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended >solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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