[announce] NYC*BUG Upcoming

[NYC*BUG Announcements]

A few announcements about upcoming NYCBUG events and more.

*  Wednesday, February 1st meeting on BSD Networking Topics

*  Other Upcoming Meetings

*  BSDCan in May and CFP closing in two days

*  LOPSA PICC Conference

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February 01, 2012
BSD Networking Topics

6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant backroom
111 Broadway in Manhattan

Several times a year, we open the floor for more NYC*BUG attendees to 
speak in brief about a networking related topic of general interest to 
an array of people.

Topics this time will include:

* keeping FreeBSD ports updated
* ucspi-tcp
* CARP
* lagg(4)

There's always room for more, so come prepared. Remember, these are 
brief overviews of topics related to BSD networking on a day-to-day 
basic, not full-blown presentations. There is no need to prepare 
anything broad and comprehensive.

These meetings are also an excellent opportunity for those who are new 
to speaking at technical events, so we encourage new speakers to prepare.

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March meeting will be Marc Spitzer on Tcl, and in April Jan Schaumann 
will speak on the Useless Use of *.

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BSDCan's CFP is closing soon.  Get your submissions in!

BSDCan 2012 will be held 11-12 May, 2012 in Ottawa at the University of
Ottawa. It will be preceded by two days of tutorials on 9-10 May.

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East coast regional Professional IT Community Conference: May
11-12, 2012 (yes, the same weekend as BSDCan...)

http://www.picconf.org

Obtain top-notch IT training from world-renowned instructors and
investigate relevant cutting-edge technology with industry leaders and 
your peers in the IT field!  This year’s theme "Scaling, Security, and 
Cost Savings," focuses on doing less with more.  Learn how to 
effectively scale your IT infrastructure while making every penny count 
in today’s difficult economy.

* Who will be there: System and network administrators, SRE/DevOps, 
network engineers, DBAs, and other IT professionals from industry, R&D, 
academia, and government.

* What’s offered: Two days of technical immersion, including speakers,
panels, training, and professional networking and problem solving.

* When: Fri/Sat May 11-12, 2012

* Where: The Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, NJ.

Keep informed about conference information and registration discounts:

  * Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/picconf
  * Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/fb-picc
  * Email: http://lists.picconf.org/mailman/listinfo/picc12-announce

We hope to see you there!
  -- John Boris PICC 2012 Program Chair

PICC is a vendor-neutral, non-profit conference sponsored by the New 
Jersey chapter of the League of Professional System Administrators.