[XCSSA] January 21st Meeting At Rackspace Managed Hosting, Downtown!

tweeks tweeks_at!rackspace.c0m
Mon, 07 Jan 2002 14:34:18 -0600


When sending me your RSVP, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LIST... 

REPLY TO: tweeksjunk@theweeks.org

Ok?

Tweeks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xcssa-admin@xcssa.org [mailto:xcssa-admin@xcssa.org]On Behalf Of
> tweeks
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 12:11 AM
> To: xcssa@xcssa.org
> Subject: [XCSSA] January 21st Meeting At Rackspace Managed Hosting,
> Downtown!
> 
> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio
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> MEETING LOCATION CHANGE THIS MONTH!
> DO NOT SHOW UP AT THE REGULAR LOCATION/TIME!
> 
> Hell all!
> 
> Quite a few of you expressed an interest in seeing Rackspace and getting
> a tour of the data center facilities that house the largest Linux data
> center in the world.  With over 4,500 servers on line, it IS quite a
> site to see!
> 
> Thanks to the generous people of Rackspace (who also house our web
> server) and their Open Source Public Relations Office--the XCSSA and
> SATLUG user groups have been officially invited for pizza and a tour of
> the Rackspace data center, offices, and people--right here in downtown
> San Antonio!
> 
> Where?
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> On Monday night, January 21st, XCSSA and SATLUG are both invited to meet
> at Rackspace headquarters at 6:30pm, at 112 E. Pecan on the S.E. corner
> of the intersection of E.Pecan and Solidad (across of the Adam's Mark
> Hotel).  See the map on our web site located here:
>         http://xcssa.org/#RACK-MAP
> 
> Parking will be across the street in the west parking lot marked "P" on
> the map above.
> 
> There should be small paper signs marking the way across the street to
> the main building lobby in the Weston Center:
>         http://www.westoncentre.com
>         http://www.westoncentre.com/directions.html
> (the large marble building that also houses the Bank of America)
> 
> The security guards in the Weston Center will let you into the front of
> the main lobby on E.Pecan.  There should be someone there to greet you,
> but if not, just have a seat on one of the comfortable couches until we
> get our act together. ;)
> 
> What Will Happen?
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> The rough schedule of events will be:
> 
> 6:30-6:45 - Arrive in Weston Center main lobby
> 6:45      - Escorted to 5th Floor Conference Room
> 6:45-7    - Pizza and drinks until everyone arrives
> 7pm       - Introduction of Rackspace hosts and User Group officers
> 7-7:30    - Short talk about who Rackspace is, how we got started, what
> we do, Q&A
> 7:30-8:30 - Tour of Data Center, offices/facilities, ongoing Q&A
> 8:30-9ish - Final Q&A, networking, any requests for sales consulting
> 
> 
> WE NEED A HEAD COUNT:
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> If you plan on coming under the XCSSA group, please email Tom Weeks
> BEFORE Friday the 11th.  If you plan on coming with SATLUG, please talk
> to the group leaders either directly at their January meeting on
> Wednesday night (the 9th), or by their design.
> 
> Again, DO NOT show up at the normal XCSSA meeting facilities in Balcones
> Heights as there will be no one there.
> 
> XCSSA Logo Contest:
> -------------------
> Time is running out for the XCSSA logo contest!  A couple of people have
> spoken to me about entering, but NO ONE has sent me an actual entry
> yet!  So get your entry in NOW, before January the 14th and you could be
> the defacto winner! :)  The group will choose the winner at the
> Rackspace meeting, and the winner will walk away with a very special
> gift.  See the web site for details:
>         http://xcssa.org/#LOGO
> 
> Get your entries to Tom ASAP!
> 
> Hope to see you at Rackspace on the 21st!
> 
>                                 Tom Weeks
>                     Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio
> 
>                             http://xcssa.org/
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