<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;}</style></head><body><div><a class="anchor" id="user-content-personal-notes" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#personal-notes" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#personal-notes"></a>Personal Notes<p dir="auto">Hello Libre Lovers!</p><p dir="auto">Aaron Brown gave an excellent Continuous Integration class last Saturday in the Comfy Room.<br> I wasn't in attendance but provided a spread of GF lemon crumb cake (yowza!) with lemon curd, banana bread with homemade honey spiced butter (because yum!), veggie tray with homemade dill dip, coffee, iced tea, and lots of love!</p><p dir="auto">We have our monthly board meeting this weekend to finalize DevOps Camp and continue working on our 2018 strategic goals.</p><p dir="auto">Would your company like to have SFS teach classes for you and your co-workers? We are fully capable of teaching an all day training, at a corporate location. Reach out to me to put together a proposal! hlwillson@sofree.us or 303-229-3633</p><h1 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-upcoming-events" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#upcoming-events" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#upcoming-events"></a>Upcoming Events</h1><p dir="auto">Rather view in your browser? Try it like <a href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md">this</a>!</p><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-highlights" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#highlights" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#highlights"></a>Highlights</h2><p dir="auto">SFS will be at BLUG this Thursday (3/8 at 6:45PM)! David will be doing a 1 hour talk on CI</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Boulder-Linux-Users-Group-BLUG/events/nmpnhlyxfblb/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/Boulder-Linux-Users-Group-BLUG/events/nmpnhlyxfblb/">BLUG Meetup</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><p dir="auto">David is going to do a free sample session of the Bash Programming class next Wednesday (3/18) at 7PM. Details to come - posting will be on Meetup and an email will be sent to the SFS list.</p><p dir="auto">DevOps Camp has dates (8/25 - 8/28), a Meetup landing page, a student, two teachers, a world-class chef, a rough list of objectives, and almost has a flier! (It's so exciting!)</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/248266974/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/248266974/">SFS Meetup</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><p dir="auto">SFS is partnering with Women Who Code! Silvia Briscoe and Anthony Sayre will be speaking at their events in April and May.</p><p dir="auto">Read on, freedom-loving, software-using, lifelong learner!</p><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-ansible-tower" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#ansible-tower" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#ansible-tower"></a>Ansible Tower</h2><p dir="auto">auto-configure and integrate legacy and cloud resources</p><p dir="auto">5:30PM Tuesday, March 13th at ASG</p><p dir="auto">by ASG and Red Hat Software</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/it-ntl/events/247874131/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/it-ntl/events/247874131/">IT-NTL Meetup</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-pi-day-ansible-road-trip" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#pi-day-ansible-road-trip" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#pi-day-ansible-road-trip"></a>Pi Day Ansible Road Trip</h2><p dir="auto">If you want to do the Pi Day road trip:</p><ol dir="auto"><li><a href="https://ansibleworkshop.com/workshops/CO_Springs?sc_cid=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://ansibleworkshop.com/workshops/CO_Springs?sc_cid=1">Register</a> yourself for the event.</li><li>Add it to your calendar.</li><li>Let David know to expect you. DLWillson@SoFree.us</li><li>Get to SFS HQ (The Comfy Room) between 06:30AM and 06:45AM on Pi Day.</li><li>The event runs through 5:30PM.</li><li>The hippie van will roll out @ 6:45AM!</li></ol><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-women-who-code-what-is-devops-and-why-does-it-matter" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#women-who-code-what-is-devops-and-why-does-it-matter" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#women-who-code-what-is-devops-and-why-does-it-matter"></a>Women Who Code: What is DevOps and Why Does it Matter?</h2><p dir="auto">Silvia Briscoe and Anthony Sayre will be speaking at Women Who Code Downtown Denver on April 4 @ 6PM</p><p dir="auto">Come hear them talk about Linux, DevOps, a brief history of IT, and how it led to DevOps</p><p dir="auto">philosophy/concepts/tools, and how you can get involved in this exploding industry.</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Boulder-Denver/events/247350207/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Boulder-Denver/events/247350207/">Women Who Code Meetup</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-ansible" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#ansible" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#ansible"></a>Ansible</h2><p dir="auto">Automate the crap out of everything!</p><p dir="auto">9AM Saturday, April 7th</p><p dir="auto">at SFS HQ (The Comfy Room)</p><p dir="auto">by Mike Shoup</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/247774593/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/247774593/">SFS Meetup</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-bash-programming" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#bash-programming" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#bash-programming"></a>Bash Programming</h2><p dir="auto">Why do 20 minutes of boring work, when you could spend 3 hours writing a script?</p><p dir="auto">Evening class, starting 7PM Wednesday, April 18th online</p><p dir="auto">by David L. Willson</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a title="Plan Bash Programming 101" class="gfm gfm-issue has-tooltip" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/issues/257" data-project="276192" data-original="SFS Planning" data-link="true" data-issue="9426391" data-reference-type="issue" data-placement="bottom" data-container="body" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/issues/257">SFS Planning</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-piper-computer-kit" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#piper-computer-kit" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#piper-computer-kit"></a>Piper Computer Kit</h2><p dir="auto">Let's build. No admission without a kid. Being childish is not enough.</p><p dir="auto">9AM Saturday, May 5th</p><p dir="auto">at SFS HQ (The Comfy Room)</p><p dir="auto">by David L. Willson</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/247992528/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/247992528/">SFS Meetup</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-women-who-code-ansible-workshop" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#women-who-code-ansible-workshop" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#women-who-code-ansible-workshop"></a>Women Who Code: Ansible Workshop</h2><p dir="auto">Join Silvia Briscoe and Anthony Sayre for an Ansible workshop that will explore the basics of how it works, and then create and modify a webserver in AWS environment.</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Boulder-Denver/events/247532464/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Boulder-Denver/events/247532464/">Women Who Code Meetup</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-devops-camp" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#devops-camp" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#devops-camp"></a>DevOps Camp</h2><p dir="auto">You could be a Dev Ops Hero (with stars in your eyes)</p><p dir="auto">9AM Saturday, August 25th - 6PM Tuesday, August 28th</p><p dir="auto">at Snow Mountain Ranch</p><p dir="auto">by Aaron Brown and David L. Willson</p><ul dir="auto"><li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/248266974" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/248266974">SFS Meetup</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><h2 dir="auto"><a class="anchor" id="user-content-reminders" aria-hidden="true" href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#reminders" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming_events.md#reminders"></a>Reminders</h2><ul dir="auto"><li>We are lifelong learners. Please share learning opportunities, even if they're not produced by SFS.</li><li>We are friends. You can post just about anything, but if it doesn't have to do with learning free-libre software, stick an "OT:" in front of it.</li><li>We are professionals (when we must be). Please post your help wanted and job wanted here.</li><li>We hang out in <a href="https://mattermost.sofree.us/signup_user_complete/?id=yxm5sbjra7gsmkaj19ut3w6qgr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" data-mce-href="https://mattermost.sofree.us/signup_user_complete/?id=yxm5sbjra7gsmkaj19ut3w6qgr">Mattermost</a>.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Heather L. Willson<br>Software Freedom School<br>hlwillson@sofree.us<br>303.229.3633<br></div><div><br></div></body></html>