COSUG was started in August 2011 and holds meetups in Shanghai, Beijing, and other Chinese cities to discuss OpenStack. It currently has over 858 subscribers to its Google Group, over 1,500 registered users on its website, and over 1,000 users in its QQ chat group. COSUG plans to expand its OpenStack training program and community involvement. It focuses on users for deployment and operations, while COSCL jointly develops OpenStack projects with support from companies like Intel and Sina.

2. A introduction to
China OpenStack User Group
(COSUG)
Cheng, Hui
freedomhui@gmail.com
8/10/2012

3. Traffic on docs.openstack.org

4. A Brief History
COSUG was started at August , 2011
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OpenStack Shanghai Summit 9/6/2011
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OpenStack Developer Conference 8/1/2011
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at Shanghai and Beijing
OpenStack Technique meetup in CAS
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‣OpenStack APEC Conference at Beijing &
Shanghai

5. Current Status of CUSUG
Google Group Mail List: 858 subscribers
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‣ china-openstack-user-group@googlegroups.com
OpenStack.org.cn: 1577 registered users
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QQ Group(IRC): over 1000 users
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IDC User Group ID: 11315737
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Developer Group ID: 202265873
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6. COSUG Plan
OpenStack training program
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Improve Community quality and contents.
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‣Open more meetup in Chendu, Wuhan,
Guanzhou, Xi‘An, etc, besides Beijing and
Shanghai
‣More Cooperated with OpenStack foundation
and Asia communities

7. COSUG and COSCL
COSCL: China OpenSource Cloud League
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Intel, Sina, Jiaotong University and CS2C
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‣COSUG: Focus on users(deployment and
operations)
‣COSCL: official supported by companies, and
focuses on jointly development in the
OpenStack official projects

8. Many Thanks to
‣Mark Collier, Jim Curry, Stefano Maffulli and
the OpenStack foundation
‣Community volunteers and managers of
COSUG
OpenStack enthusiast
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