[UPDATE: We’ve gotten an outpouring of responses - I’m literally a bit teary-eyed right now - so I’ll work with the existing set of volunteers and post again should everyone realize what we’re asking and go running for the hills!] We’re looking for a volunteer to take over regular maintenance of the PowerShell.org website. We may even have a small budget to make this a paid-contractor gig. Trick being, it’s gotta be done _regularly. _ The specifics:
The PowerShell Summit is the number one conference where PowerShell enthusiasts gather and learn from each other in fast-paced, knowledge packed presentations. PowerShell experts from all over the world including MVP’s, Guru’s, community leaders and PowerShell team members, will once again join together for a few days in Stockholm, Sweden to discuss and learn about maximizing PowerShell in the workplace. If you want to share your PowerShell expertise or story, then this is your official call to submit presentations for selection! PowerShell Summit Europe 2015 will be held 14-16 September 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden.
All of the recordings from the recent PowerShell Summit in Amsterdam are now available through the PowerShell.org channel on youtube. The playlist for the Summit is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfeA8kIs7Coehjg9cB6foPjBojLHYQGb_ Thank you again to the speakers, and attendees, who made for a wonderful first Summit in Europe and more thanks to the people who donated to our appeal to raise funds for the recording equipment.
The videos from day 1 of the Powershell Summit Europe 2014 are now available on the PowerShell.org youtube channel. The European Summit playlist can be found at
Uploading of day 2 is in progress and I’ll supply notification when complete Enjoy.
All of the slides and demo code the speakers wanted to share are available for your enjoyment at http://1drv.ms/1vMWmtm I’m currently uploading the videos which is a slow process. I’ll post when hat activity is completed.
I would like to express a huge thank you to the speakers and attendees at our recent Summit. The speakers delivered an excellent set of sessions that dived into PowerShell features new and old. The attendees asked lots of questions, both during and after sessions, which is what we want. This is a Summit not a conference where a speaker rushes in, delivers a talk and rushes out. We wanted a healthy level of discussion and that’s what we got. The feed back we’ve had has been very positive from both the attendees and speakers. We managed to record practically all of the sessions and those videos as well as the slides and code will be available for download soon. This year’s event in Amsterdam has laid a very solid foundation for the future of the European Summit and our plans are to run a European Summit in 2015. Exact location and dates haven’t been decided yet but we will communicate them as soon as we know.
As we move into the middle of PowerShell Summit Europe 2014, we have a lot of folks asking, “when will you hold a Summit in ____” (insert the name of your favorite country). Right now, PowerShell.org is committed to organizing both North American and European events, one per year, while there is audience demand for them. Both events will shift locations from year to year, and the location choice is driven by a number of criteria - mainly financial ones. But we’re all volunteers here. Each event requires upwards of 240 man-hours to put together, and an up-front financial commitment of up to $25,000. We’re getting to the point where the organization can front that money, but it’s been on personal credit cards to this point, paid back only once the event is complete. So… it’s a big deal. Strictly from a time perspective, we just don’t have enough to organize more events elsewhere in the world. However, we continue to encourage folks to organize their own events. We’ve even come up with a brand name to get you started: PowerShell Forum. The idea is for those to be smaller 2-3 day, regional-level events that we help promote. We’ll provide all the advice we can to help get you going, too. We’ll put you in touch with the right folks so that if product team participation is an option, you can find out. We hope that a PowerShell Forum “grows up” to one day host a PowerShell Summit - because the organizers and volunteers are in place to let us hold a full Summit without taking on the entire time commitment ourselves. In any community, if you want something good to come your way, the best way is to do it yourself - rather than asking someone else to bring the good to you. We feel that’s particularly true with live events, because you know the local market, the venues, the audience, the customs, the laws, and so on. So, “when will there be a PowerShell Summit in _____?” The answer is, “when you make it happen.” We’d love to help - but you’ll have to take the first step.
The final agenda for the PowerShell Summit is available at http://eventmgr.azurewebsites.net/event/home/PSEU14 Circumstances beyond the control of PowerShell.org have meant we’ve had to make a few changes to the agenda from that previously published. Look forward to seeing you all in Amsterdam.
This is the last call for attendee registration for the European PowerShell Summit 2014. The Summit is in Amsterdam - 29 September to 1 October 2014. Details from the events page https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/. Due to a change in circumstances beyond our control we have to close public registration on 10 September 2014. If you contact us by 10 September and ask to be able to perform a funds transfer rather than paying on line you have until 15 September 2014 to complete that transaction. No monies or registrations will be accepted after 15 September. We will not accept any new request for paying by money transfer after 10 September. Apologies for the change in dates (the web site states registration is open until 15 September) but our hands have been forced on this. There are still a number of places available so please register quickly if you want to attend. The more attendees we have the better chance we have of staging a European PowerShell Summit in 2015.
There are just over two weeks left for you to register for the European PowerShell Summit. At the moment we are still short of the number that would enable us to repeat a European Summit in 2015. We had a lot of comments from people stating they wanted a Summit in Europe. Now is the time to step up and support that idea. Hope to see you there
