Hello all! I am grateful and excited that I found this list...I have been trying to figure out how to connect with the Linux community on some level locally. Being new to learning Linux myself, I had no idea this list existed...thank you to those who make this happen, stay involved and keep it going!!! I have made the plunge personally into learning Linux and after being six months (hands on) into it, I have found a new passion (and challenge)! I look forward to connecting with the community locally and am willing to help anyone out, with the limited knowledge I have in Linux, or any other way I can! I started my current company a year and a half ago and am looking to get a few Linux guys, and/or gals, involved, both on a project basis and possibly moving into a longer term scenario... I need those willing to learn, as well as a couple of seasoned vets (also willing to learn and adapt)! If you or anyone you know is looking to connect with a good, growing, young (but established) company, please get a hold of me...that goes for ANYONE who reads this!!! I am willing to open up the opportunity to the right guys, and/or gals, that are learning as well...(as I am one of those guys!), however am in need of a few who have a solid grounding in a few areas with needs now. These would be some of the areas we need and would be a plus, but not limited there: Coding (pretty much any current language is useful), scripting, database, networking (Nagios?), hardware, help desk/client support, open source Software installs and integration, virtual environments, Sharepoint, SugarCRM and/or SIP knowledge is a plus...Loving Linux and ability to learn and adapt are musts :) Not a corporate setting! But we play in the corporate world! Depending on the role, would be mostly from home, aside from trips to the colo (15 servers currently...and growing) in DT Mpls (soon to be a second in Plymouth) or a client's office here and there, and a few face to face team meetings...hours flexible as long as productive. I hope to hear from some of you, and look forward to interaction regardless! Thanks! Chase Remmen Managing Director Tonka Teltec, LLC chase at tonkateltec dot com