Speak
Twenty minutes on something you actually did. A migration, an outage, an automation that saved you a weekend, a product that did not do what the datasheet said.
First-time speakers get help shaping the talk and a friendly room. This is a genuinely low-stakes place to start.
Pitch a session →Sponsor
Sponsorship covers the venue, the food and the vBeers. In return you get named plainly, a technical slot if you want one, and a room full of the people who run the estates you sell into.
No leads list, no badge scanning, no keynote.
Talk sponsorship →Help run it
Registration desk, AV, finding venues, chasing speakers, keeping the channels alive. Small jobs, real difference, and a fast way to know everyone.
VMUG leadership is also a recognised path if you want it on your CV.
Offer a hand →For speakers
What makes a good VMUG session
- Show the config. Screenshots, CLI, topology diagrams. The room can read.
- Include what broke. The failure is usually more useful than the success, and always more memorable.
- Skip the company intro slide. Nobody needs the founding date and the office map.
- Leave time for questions. Aim for 20 minutes of content and 10 of Q&A rather than 35 and a rush.
- Assume a mixed room. Some people run three hosts, some run three thousand. Say which you are pitching at.
Not sure it is worth a session? Send the idea anyway. Talks get shaped in the conversation more often than they arrive fully formed.
Happy to be recorded, or would rather not be? Either is fine — tell us when you pitch, and see the media page for how recordings are handled.
Wider VMUG opportunities
Beyond Sydney there is a global call for content, virtual events, webcasts and the leadership programme, all run centrally.
Sponsors
What sponsorship actually buys.
A community that trusts the content, and access to it on honest terms. Global partner programmes are handled by VMUG centrally; for a Sydney meet-up, email us directly and we will send the current options.