<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><span>If you're interested in some good, foundational Puppet training, please consider signing up for SFS' one-day Puppet class here:<br><br>http://www.sofree.us/?page_id=1462<br><br>If 6 or more students are registered by this Saturday night, I'll run the class as scheduled. If not, I'll push it to February 1st.<br><br><span name="x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span name="x"></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div id="DWT1698" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000">Dear all,<br><br>I'm sad that we only have 2 students registered for what is actually quite a good class. (I confess to some bias.) Please help me fill the other 10 seats? Here are some ideas: Come to the class. Invite your 3 favorite geek friends. Announce the class on Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, Diaspora, CLUE, BLUG, and/or somewhere else.<br><br>And discounts:<br><br><ul><li>You get a $25 discount on this class if you wear a Linux Camp T-shirt. Larry!<br></li><li>You get a $25 discount for every student you bring with you.<br></li><li>And finally, if you register by COB tomorrow, you get a $10 discount.</li></ul><span>The minimum price of the class is 0, PWYW is always an option, and I am continually grateful for your contributions of time, talent, and treasure.<br><br><span></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Motion 1</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span id="DWT1697" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">After considerable and lengthy consultation with myself, I’ve decided a discount of $25 should be awarded to those in the group who arrive wearing their Official SFS Linux Camp Tie-dyed T-Shirts (Which <b>must</b> remain on for the entirety of the class),… <snipped for brevity and decency><br></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Best regards,<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Larry Sawyer</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">IT Consultant</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">SCSDenver.com LLC</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">office: (303) 751-8000</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">web:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.scsdenver.com/" target="_blank">www.SCSDenver.com</a></span></p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> sfs-admin@thegeek.nu [mailto:sfs-admin@thegeek.nu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David L. Willson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 02, 2013 4:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> sfs@thegeek.nu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [SFS] A gentle hands-on introduction to Puppet</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">The next run of <b>AGHI2 Puppet</b> has been set into the time-space continuum.<br><br>When:<br><b> Saturday, December 21st, 9AM to 5PM</b><br>Where:<br><b> The Concoctory</b><br>RSVP here:<br> <a href="http://www.sofree.us/?page_id=1462" target="_blank">http://www.sofree.us/?page_id=1462</a><br><br>The class is <b>PWYW</b> (pay what you want) with 100 USD or 0.1 BTC suggested.<br><br>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.</span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:black"><hr id="zwchr" size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">'jromero' asked a question in IRC and then left before I could answer it. :-)<br><br>So, here's the answer:<br><br>Puppet is a programming language to define and assign policies like this:<br> "This package should be installed."<br> "This user should be present and have this UID."<br> "This file should be present, with this ownership, and this content."<br> "This service should be running and enabled to start on boot."<br><br>Puppet compares to Chef, Ansible, Salt, and "group policy objects" on Windows.<br><br>Puppet is fun to work with, but without proper training (retraining, restraining) of dev-ops engineers, it can quickly grow into an wholly un-manage-able (un-holy) mess. Come to my workshop and learn how to NOT f* it up.<br><br>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.</span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:black"><hr id="zwchr" size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">David</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I am good with both days, would like to attend.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Viji</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On Sunday, November 24, 2013 8:47 PM, David L. Willson <<a href="mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" target="_blank">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div><div id="yiv5996778087"><div><div><h1 style="background:white"><span style="color:black">A gentle, hands-on introduction to ... Puppet</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">It seems there's enough interest to offer this class again.<br><br>How about December 21st or January 4th, give what you like, with a suggestion of $100?<br><br>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.</span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span></p></div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span></p></div></div></blockquote><br></div></blockquote><br></div></body></html>