Training Reminder (USA) and OpenNMS in Europe

Gang:

Most of this was posted on the blog, but I thought I'd send it to the  
list in general as it could also serve as the final reminder for  
OpenNMS training in March.

Yes, that's right, the registration deadline is rapidly approaching to  
sign up for training at our offices in Pittsboro, NC (Vacation-land  
USA). It's going to be a pretty cool class and we still have a couple  
of spaces available.

http://www.opennms.com/site/opennms-training.html

If you think you might want to come but won't know by tomorrow, drop  
me a note and we can work something out.

Also, we are planning some training in Europe.

As I have mentioned a number of times before, the commercial side of  
OpenNMS has yet to accept any outside funding, so we survive by being  
profitable. Basically, this means "spend less than you earn". We also  
try to get the best value for our money when we do have to spend it.

David and I need to be in Europe in May, and in order to get the most  
value for the somewhat expensive airfare we decided it would be cool  
to visit some of our European customers and partners, and perhaps  
along the way we could hold a few day-long seminars on OpenNMS. Intra- 
European travel is actually pretty inexpensive (trains, Easyjet, etc.)

The seminar is called "A Day in the Life - An OpenNMS Use Case". We  
have created the following scenario:

A company is getting ready to release a new web-based application. It  
will rely on a number of servers (web, database, etc.) as well as  
networking equipment. This seminar will cover how to monitor that  
application using OpenNMS, from install, through discovery to  
configuration and troubleshooting.

In order to cover our costs, we will be charging €250/student for the  
day long course.

We are looking for places to hold this training. We'd need a room big  
enough for, say, 10 people, a projector for slides, and (optional) an  
internet connection for demos. If you have such a place and would like  
to host this seminar, you can send two people for free.

We arrive in the UK the weekend of the 10th, so we are hoping to hold  
a seminar in London on that date if we can find a sponsor. We are also  
trying to line up sponsors elsewhere. The tentative schedule is as  
follows:

11 May: London
13 May: Frankfurt
13 May: Italy (Rome/Milan/Naples)
15 May: Holland
19 May: Geneva [Confirmed]
23 May: France (Paris/Nice)

The Geneva date and location is the only thing that is confirmed at  
the moment. I'll update this blog post:

http://blogs.opennms.org/?p=176

when we know more. The two places we are in real need of a sponsor  
would be London and France, as we are in talks with people at the  
other locations. There may also be a trip to Norway in the works  
toward the end of that visit.

I am hoping that we can use this opportunity to provide some training  
to folks who can't make it to the US, as well as to meet (and in some  
cases meet again) OpenNMS users in Europe.

Please drop me an e-mail if you would be interested in sponsoring one  
of these seminars or if you would like to attend.

-T

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