{"id":459,"date":"2013-10-30T00:35:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T22:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ludovicocaldara.net\/dba\/?p=459"},"modified":"2020-08-18T16:55:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T14:55:19","slug":"my-week-in-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludovicocaldara.net\/dba\/my-week-in-the-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"OOW13: How a week in the bay changed the way I think about my job"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous post <\/a>I’ve talked about some news from the Open World. Now it’s time to talk about MY week and why I’ve loved it…<\/p>\n

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It’s all about community involvement <\/strong><\/p>\n

The most exciting thing about the OOW is the possibility to interact with great people, bloggers, speakers, experts, and now I can also say friends<\/em>. In the last decade, I’ve worked hard for customers and dealt with almost all the problems and architectures that an Oracle DBA can face, but I’ve always done few efforts for the community, sometimes because I was having no time, sometimes because I was perceiving it as time-expensive and gainless. I was wrong. It’s time-consuming, yes, but it lets me feel richer.<\/p>\n

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The first good news<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I’ve landed in the USA, the first mail I’ve read was the following:<\/p>\n

Congratulations Bjoern. Bobby, Gokhan and Ludovico on being elected as RAC SIG Office bearers!!!<\/p>\n

Vice President: Bjoern Rost<\/p>\n

US Conference Events Chair: Bobby Curtis<\/p>\n

Website Chair : Gokhan Atil<\/p>\n

Regional Chair\u00a0Europe: Ludovico Cadara<\/p>\n

We look forward for you all\u00a0to take us to the next level. I will include you on our board member email group.<\/p>\n

Congratulations again!!<\/p>\n

K.P.Singh
\nCurrent President, RAC SIG<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’ve made an official announcement on twitter recently:<\/p>\n

Welcome new @RACSIG<\/a> board members! @dbasolved<\/a> @ludovicocaldara<\/a> @gokhanatil<\/a>. New energy! New projects! Community Win!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Oracle RAC SIG (@racsig) October 23, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I’ve attended my first RAC SIG meeting at OOW13 at the OTN lounge.<\/p>\n

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RAC SIG meeting at OOW13<\/p><\/div>\n

Now I’m weekly (or even daily) in contact with the board by e-mail, tomorrow we’ll have a conf-call to put the bases to work on for the next year. Wish us good luck! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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RAC Attack 12c<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I’ve talked about the RAC ATTACK in my previous posts. The event has been a success, we’ve had many attendants, curious people and friends coming to do the lab or get in touch. It has been a great opportunity to collaborate with (and be praised by) several community experts including Oracle ACEs and ACE directors:<\/p>\n

The Ninjas:
\nSeth Miller (@Seth_M_Miller)
\nBjoern Rost (@brost)
\nYury Velikanov (@yvelik)
\nLeighton Nelson (@leight0nn)
\nBertrand Drouvot (@BertrandDrouvot)
\nKamran Agayev (@KamranAgayev)
\nMartin Nash (@mpnsh)
\nMaaz Anjum (@maaz_anjum)
\nHans Forbrich (@HansForbric)
\nTim Hall \u200f (@oraclebase)
\nLudovico Caldara (@ludovicocaldara) \u00a0that’s me! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Other contributors and great people that worked on the project:
\nLaura Ramsey (@OracleDBDev)
\nJeremy Schneider (@jer_s)
\nOsama Mustafa (@OsamaOracle)
\nBobby Curtis (@dbasolved)
\nAlex Gorbachev (@alexgorbachev)<\/p>\n

(If someone is missing please raise the hand!)<\/p>\n

Visit the official facebook page<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Also note that the RAC Attack will be present at the UKOUG Tech 2013<\/a> and RMOUG 2014, so don’t miss it if you plan to attend these conferences.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The Blogger Meetup<\/strong><\/p>\n

This meeting, organized by Pythian and OTN, allows to meet the most famous and active bloggers in the Oracle Community. This GREAT VIDEO from Bj\u00f6rn Rost should give you an idea (I appear at 19”):<\/p>\n

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Here’s another one, always from Bj\u00f6rn:<\/p>\n

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The Swim in the bay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Literally, a meetup of crazy guys willing to freeze themselves in the bay the early morning!
\nChet Justice has organized this and he managed to get sponsorship for swim-caps and T-shirts \ud83d\ude42 I’m the third from the left, you may recognize many famous people here \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

See the facebook page<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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Also for this event there is a video, actually I’m closing the video with a dive \ud83d\ude42
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The Golden Gate Run<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Smith has organized this run Sunday morning, a good way to start the week and my first opportunity to meet many new friends!<\/p>\n

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Once again, see the Facebook pag<\/a>e!<\/p>\n

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Other events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I’ve participated also to the Friends of Pythian Party<\/strong>, the IOUG Party<\/strong>, the Oracle Swiss Partner Lounge<\/strong>, and had many nice evenings.<\/p>\n

No, I haven’t attended the appreciation event: I was possessing the ticket but I’ve decided to skip it in favor of a dinner with many great people.<\/p>\n

Networking and fun<\/strong><\/p>\n

See some pictures I’ve loaded on Flickr:<\/p>\n