[Nottingham] Basford Datacentre Visit

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Mon Oct 10 13:38:45 UTC 2016 

Barry,

Good note on the deadline - YIKES! Folks, that's *this Friday* ...



( Website... website... mumble... mumble ;-) And a few other bits... )

Cheers,
Martin




On 10/10/16 14:10, Barry Fox via Nottingham wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just a gentle reminder that if you do wish to attend the visit to our
> DC on the 20th October please do let me know directly by the 14th
> October so that I can arrange access for you.
> 
> Thanks to all of you that have already provided your details.
> 
> Barry Fox Business Development Executive
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Nottingham
> [mailto:nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Martin
> via Nottingham Sent: 26 September 2016 12:29 To:
> nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Basford
> Datacentre Visit
> 
> Barry,
> 
> Thanks for that, and highly apt for preceding our Parallella talk
> :-)
> 
> 
> So, you have me for one name.
> 
> Paul, Jason, John... Now to organise for this one?... ;-)
> 
> 
> Cheers All, Martin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 26/09/16 09:47, Barry Fox via Nottingham wrote:
>> 
>> Good morning all,
>> 
>> Further to the below,
>> 
>> Those that wish to attend on the 20th October, please provide the
>> information requested below, so that I may begin to request access
>> to the site for you all.
>> 
>> Visit date/time - 20th October 2016 / 15:00 Visitor name(s) -
>> Company name - Vehicle registration(s) if parking required) -
>> Reason for visit - Introductory visit Approximate visit duration -
>> 1 Hour Site - SDC/RD
>> 
>> I also again need to express that you do need to bring some form of
>> photographic ID with you on the day, e.g Passport of Driving
>> Licence.  We do need to take a copy of this so that we can hold it
>> on record so that we can satisfy our ISO27001 accreditation.  If
>> further visits are wanted or requested we would not need to take
>> this again.
>> 
>> I hope this makes sense but let me know otherwise.
>> 
>> Barry
>> 
>> ________________________________________ From: Nottingham
>> <nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk> on behalf of Barry Fox via
>> Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> Sent: 22 September 2016
>> 15:14 To: Martin; Notts GNU/Linux Users Group Subject: Re:
>> [Nottingham] Basford Datacentre Visit
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Thats perfect Martin, thank you.
>> 
>> With that in mind I would propose the 20th October for the visit
>> from lets say 3pm onwards.  I don't need to know exact numbers
>> immediately but I would say if you could let me know by the 13th
>> October so I can try and get some refreshments sorted for you.
>> 
>> I need to point out we would need to take a copy of individuals
>> photo ID that we would keep on record here so that we can give
>> evidence of who entered the facility for ISO27001 purposes, if you
>> ever wanted / needed to come back in again we would not need to
>> take another copy.
>> 
>> I would also need to take car registrations for those who will be
>> driving to the site.
>> 
>> Again,  for those of you that are interested in attending please do
>> confirm with me on my direct email, which again is
>> barry.fox at spacedatacentres.co.uk.
>> 
>> Speak to you all soon
>> 
>> Barry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________ From: Nottingham
>> <nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk> on behalf of Martin via
>> Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> Sent: 22 September 2016
>> 14:48 To: nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Nottingham]
>> Basford Datacentre Visit
>> 
>> Barry,
>> 
>> We usually meet every 1st, 3rd, and 5th (if there is one) Thursday
>>  each month.
>> 
>> We also include a few extras around Beeston to fill in any gaps...
>> 
>> And then there are occasional impromptu celebrations as is the case
>>  for tonight. :-)
>> 
>> 
>> Take a look on:
>> 
>> http://nottingham.lug.org.uk/events/list?tribe_event_display=past
>> 
>> for what we've recently done.
>> 
>> 
>> And we're usually quite spontaneous such that we'll be doing
>> 'something' 'interesting' even if the website doesn't get updated
>> until on the day!
>> 
>> (Best is to watch the maillist.)
>> 
>> 
>> A Thursday would make good sense, including for the ready
>> availability of late transport.
>> 
>> At the moment, a good assumption is that you'll have Paul, Jason,
>> John and myself interested. We run quite a few machines between
>> us...
>> 
>> 
>> Others? Please list your interest.
>> 
>> (Normally, people do not get to walk into the cloud... Or the
>> Matrix... :-) )
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers, Martin
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 22/09/16 09:20, Barry Fox via Nottingham wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Do you meet every Thursdsay? or is it every fortnight etc?
>>> Thursdays are probably the better day for us.
>>> 
>>> I just need to check what days we have available here, I would
>>> rather block book the site so that its only you guys here.
>>> 
>>> I am still working on the director by the way in terms of drinks
>>> etc here, he hasn't said no yet!!!
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards
>>> 
>>> Barry Fox Business Development Executive
>>> 
>>> Space Data Centres 0115 975 82 85 www.spacedatacentres.co.uk
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ________________________________________ From: Nottingham
>>> <nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk> on behalf of Martin via
>>> Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> Sent: 21 September
>>> 2016 17:41 To: nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re:
>>> [Nottingham] Basford Datacentre Visit
>>> 
>>> Thanks Barry.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Note to ALL:
>>> 
>>> NO DETAILS ON THIS LIST!
>>> 
>>> This is a very public list open to all including search
>>> engines...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Barry,
>>> 
>>> Can you coordinate please and see if we can group up on a
>>> preferred day.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> For myself, I would nominate a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon
>>> prior to an NLUG meeting.
>>> 
>>> And considering recent events (outages) in various datacentres
>>> across London, we'll be asking about power protection and
>>> resilience and backup amongst the usual questions about
>>> connectivity...
>>> 
>>> ;-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> (OK, so that sounds like you have Paul and myself for starters
>>> :-) )
>>> 
>>> Cheers, Martin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 21/09/16 17:30, Barry Fox via Nottingham wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> Ok so, in order for me to start arranging tours of the
>>>> facilities here I would need to have confirmation of each
>>>> individual that would like to attend a site visit here at Space
>>>> Data Centres as we do have to adhere to certain policies to
>>>> ensure we are following the requirements of ISO 27001.
>>>> 
>>>> The site visits would need to be conducted during core business
>>>>  hours so 9am to 5pm.  We would also require car registrations
>>>> of the vehicles that would be onsite and also all those that
>>>> are attending would need to bring some form of government
>>>> issued identificaton, i.e Passport or Driving Licence.
>>>> 
>>>> The DC itself being quite young is relatively, lets call it
>>>> quiet at the moment, but as time progresses this will fill.
>>>> 
>>>> It would be great if there is a genuine requirement from some
>>>> of the attendees that colo, or even managed servers are a
>>>> necessity but this is also about us getting our name out in the
>>>> Linux community.
>>>> 
>>>> All those that are interested feel free to contact me on 
>>>> barry.fox at spacedatacentres.co.uk and I will gladly discuss
>>>> dates / times suitable for people to visit.
>>>> 
>>>> Have a great evening all..
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ________________________________________ From: Nottingham 
>>>> <nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk> on behalf of Martin via
>>>>  Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> Sent: 21 September
>>>> 2016 17:04 To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group Subject:
>>>> [Nottingham] NotLUG 16th Birthday party time?
>>>> 
>>>> On 21/09/16 14:00, Paul Sladen via Nottingham wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> This month will be NotLUG's 16th birthday.  Which means Robin
>>>>> Tux is legally part-take in various activities.  The
>>>>> following claims to be a write-up of "the first" NotLUG
>>>>> meeting in September 2000, with contributions from Godfrey
>>>>> and Ted:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.paul.sladen.org/notlug/site/2000-september.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps I can make a shameless suggestion in exchange for the
>>>>>  shameless plug that you might want to invite NotLUG for a
>>>>> birthday party, at the new datacentre, of course!
>>>>> 
>>>>> With a month-or-two this would potentially allow sufficient
>>>>> time to advertise it across the Universities, nearby LUGs,
>>>>> OpenStreetMap Hackspace, UKNOF etc.  Plus when the nights get
>>>>> damp and cold people want something exciting to celebrate!
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Paul
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Mmmm...
>>>> 
>>>> Does that make the first meeting something like Tuesday
>>>> 19/09/2000?
>>>> 
>>>> Were there not one or two meetings early on that were a few
>>>> months apart, arranged by Godfrey?...
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> OK... So perhaps it is about time we added a historical
>>>> section. Some of us do seem to have been around that long!
>>>> 
>>>> (OK, any excuse for a party :-) )
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers, Martin




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