Announcing Merit 2008-2009 Professional Learning calendar

[Andy Rosenzweig]

On behalf of Merit Network I'm very pleased to send you the attached 
calendar of our Professional Learning events for the coming months.

Merit's Professional Learning program comprises a wide range of 
meetings, seminars, training events, and community gatherings aimed at 
benefiting Merit's membership. Using networking as a starting point, we 
provide opportunities for learning and sharing knowledge about the 
world of technology for education, research, healthcare and other 
fields. Some events are free of charge and open to Merit Members only; 
others have a registration fee, always at a reduced price for Merit 
Member organizations.

Let me point out two sample items on the upcoming calendar:

 * "Hands-on Network Security: Practical Tools and Methods"
   is a two-day, hands-on course taught by Charles Antonelli
   of the University of Michigan. The course is an adaptation of
   security training provided to over 100 computer administrators
   at U-M over the past three years; we're pleased to help make
   this practical course available to other organizations.
   The class will be offered twice: Nov. 10-11 of this year
   and May 7-8, 2009.

 * The Internet2 IPv4 Multicast Workshop, offered Nov. 5-7,
   is a chance for a very reasonably priced, hands-on learning
   experience in this vital networking technology. Particularly
   as video grows on the network, a practical grounding in
   multicast is important for network technologists.

You'll note many other events on the attached calendar, including fall 
and spring MJTS meetings, meetings of the MITE Forum for IT executives, 
courses on networking technologies, and the annual Merit Member 
Conference. We are adding new events continually and will send out 
revised calendars periodically throughout the year.

Professional Learning is a key benefit of your organization's 
membership in Merit. I hope you will attend the events that will help 
with your work and make this information available to others in your 
organization.

Andy Rosenzweig
Manager, Professional Learning
Merit Network

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Upcoming Merit Professional Learning events:

Juniper Operating System Workshop
  September 18-19, Ann Arbor
  http://www.merit.edu/learning/juniper

E-Rate Funding: A Strategic Asset for Institutional Goals
  September 23, Ann Arbor
  http://www.merit.edu/learning/erate

MITE Forum Meeting
  September 24, Ann Arbor
  http://www.merit.edu/resources/mite

Fall MJTS meeting
  October 7, MSU Union, East Lansing
  http://www.merit.edu/learning/mjts

NANOG44
  October 12-15, Los Angeles, CA
  http://www.nanog.org/

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