Mike,
My take on the council meetings is a little different than yours. While the target audience may be senior executive management, the reality is that they welcome the technical folks just as enthusiastically. I have attended the council meeting in my area since its inception. I do download the presentations and circulate them around the shop to interested parties. My local Linux on System z folks have encouraged me to do so. My council meeting (Atlanta) is tomorrow and, unfortunately, Mr. Teles of Hoplon is not on our agenda. Not to worry, I have and will continue to download new presentations from any of the nine other councils as I notice them. :-) Bob Richards VP, Enterprise Technologist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - Enterprise Technology Infrastructure - - Mainframe Services & Capacity Performance Mgmt - - Office: 404-575-2798 Mobile: 610-246-2943 - - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:40 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM and Linux in the news.... <sigh> OK, I'll try to take good notes and post them here afterward if IBM has no problems with that at the meeting. No promises on whether that actually gets done (lots of other things happening in my life right now) nor how good the notes might be. However, the handouts are generally posted at: https://extranet.lotus.com/zlinuxcouncil But your IBM'er has to sign you up for that web site, and invite you to the Council meetings. The target audience for the "Linux on System z Executive Advisory Council" is senior management. If I understood correctly they were targeting CEOs and CIOs, but have been letting technical managers such as myself show up. The sessions don't get down to the bits and bytes levels (for that, go to SHARE), but stay at a higher level; again targeted to their desired audience. I'll ask if I can post the session handouts somewhere that everyone can access. IBM might be wise to do that anyway, so that sysprogs can print them off to hand to their own management - particularly for customer sites where the invitees cannot or will not attend. Often, "insurrections" start from the bottom anyway. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. SunTrust and Seeing beyond money are federally registered service marks of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL]
