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<h2>Highlights of the week</h2>
<h3><a
href="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/01/save-the-date-openstack-summit-spring-2013/">Save
the Date – OpenStack Summit Spring 2013</a></h3>
<p><strong>It’s official – the <a
href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/"
target="_blank">Spring 2013 OpenStack Summit</a> will be held
in Portland, April 15-18, at the Oregon Convention Center. </strong></p>
<p>We’re expecting 2000 OpenStack users, prospective users,
ecosystem members and developers to attend the Spring Summit. As
usual, we’ll have a variety of content and tracks, ranging from
compelling user stories and technical deep dives to the business
case for OpenStack and hands-on workshops.</p>
<p>If you’d like to submit a presentation, panel or workshop, the <strong><a
href="http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/call-for-speakers"
target="_blank">call for speakers </a>is now open</strong>
and will close February 15.</p>
<p>The call for sponsorships will open January 14<strong>. </strong>Event
registration and discount hotel rates will be available the week
of January 14, so <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/"
target="_blank">stay tuned and check back for updates</a>.</p>
<h3><a href="http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/39582996936">OpenStack
Board of Directors Talks: Episode 3 with Randy Bias, Co-Founder
& CTO at Cloudscaling</a></h3>
<p>Rafael Knuth chats with Randy Bias about Cloudscaling, OpenStack,
cloud technology, API compatibility, enterprise adoption of cloud
technologies, Dell and more.</p>
<h2>Tips and tricks</h2>
<ul>
<li>By <a href="http://freedomhui.com/">Hui Cheng</a>: <a
href="http://freedomhui.com/2012/12/how-to-build-a-small-hadoop-cluser-in-openstack-using-hadoop1-0-image/">How
To Build A Small Hadoop Cluser In Openstack Using Hadoop1.0
Image</a></li>
<li>By Thierry Carrez: <a
href="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-January/004205.html">development
environment for Ubuntu-based release of OpenStack</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Upcoming Events</h2>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup/events/94227732/"
target="_blank">Minnesota OpenStack: Part 2</a> Jan 07, 2013 –
Minneapolis, MN <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup/events/94227732/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/96141772/"
target="_blank">OpenStack DACH Meetup</a> Jan 09, 2013 –
Cologne (Köln), Germany <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/96141772/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://blog.scottlowe.org/2013/01/03/inaugural-openstack-denver-meetup/"
target="_blank">OpenStack Denver Meetup</a> Jan 09, 2013 –
Denver, CO <a
href="http://blog.scottlowe.org/2013/01/03/inaugural-openstack-denver-meetup/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/93144352/"
target="_blank">OpenStack Users January 2013 meetup</a> Jan
19, 2013 – Bangalore, India <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/93144352/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.openstack.org/DeveloperMeetupRaanana"
target="_blank">Openstack Developers Meetup</a> Jan 20, 2013 –
Jerusalem, Israel <a
href="http://wiki.openstack.org/DeveloperMeetupRaanana"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/cloud/"
target="_blank">FOSDEM’13</a> Feb 02 – 03, 2013 – Bruxelles,
Belgium <a href="https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/cloud/"
target="_blank">Cloud track</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/"
target="_blank">Second Swiss OpenStack User Group Meeting</a>
Feb 19, 2013 – Zurich, Switzerland <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Other news</h2>
<ul>
<li>Details about <a
href="http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/000011.html">OpenStack
at linux.conf.au 2013</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-January/004206.html">Grizzly-2
just around the corner</a></li>
<li>OpenStack Project Meeting didn’t happen this week</li>
</ul>
<h2>Welcome new contributors</h2>
<p>Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:</p>
<ul>
<li>Janis Gengeris</li>
</ul>
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