[clue-tech] speaker for March meeting

[David L. Willson]

I can't speak for anyone else, but let me say this on my own behalf:  I really, really want to see OpenNMS / Nagios compared and contrasted.  I would be willing to sacrifice some depth, in order to see the two solutions side-by-side.

In addition to whatever speaker guidelines Dennis will give, I have these:

 - It takes longer to get that projector going than you think it will.
 - You can show up as early as 6:30pm.
 - Zach Giezen is grateful if you will give the same talk at CLUE-North.  Zach, chime in with details.

Still speaking for myself:
 - A boring slide-show is better than nothing, but not much
 - A demo of what I might do with the product is more fun to watch than a slide-show
 - Actually doing it is the most fun, but that doesn't work for the CLUE room...  :-(

On slide shows:
 - is a good outline
 - is full of good references to websites and other resources
 - reminds the presenter of what to cover
 - records (briefly) the most important pieces of information (command lines are Good)
 - posted to the CLUE website before the show, so attendees can use it to take notes on.

I'll buy you a beer after your presentation, which reminds me, Ryan McDowell, did anyone buy you a beer after yours?  If not, I will buy you a late one.

David L. Willson
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
MCT, MCSE, Linux+
tel://720.333.LANS
Freeing people from the tyranny (or whatevery) of Microsofty-ness, one at a time.

----- "chris fedde" <chris at fedde.us> wrote:

> Happy to step in. I think that I'd rather focus on Nagios alone to
> begin with. Maybe also touching on a few useful network command line
> tools along the way. We can leave OpenNMS and other network monitoring
> tools for a future talk.
> 
> Are there general guidelines for speakers?
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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:53 AM, < dennisjperkins at comcast.net >
> wrote:
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> I see Dave has already responded. :) I'm looking forward to your talk.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "chris fedde" < chris at fedde.us >
> To: "CLUE technical discussion" < clue-tech at cluedenver.org >
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> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:53:50 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] speaker for March meeting
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> Maybe I should actually read my email before responding. When is the
> next meeting? I can have something ready by then.
> 
> chris
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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:43 AM, < dennisjperkins at comcast.net >
> wrote:
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> I'd like to hear about it. So would Dave. When can you give a talk on
> them?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "chris fedde" < chris at fedde.us >
> To: "CLUE technical discussion" < clue-tech at cluedenver.org >
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> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:51:37 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] speaker for March meeting
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> April?
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> What topics are interesting enough? I could talk about OpenNMS or
> Nagios if anyone cares.
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> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM, < dennisjperkins at comcast.net >
> wrote:
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> We need a speaker for March. Any volunteers?
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