Operator Framework SIG: Ansible Operators October 2019 Update

During this month's Operator Framework SIG Meeting, I presented an update on the latest happenings in the Ansible Operator universe.

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1. Chris Short
   Principal Technical Marketing
   Manager, Cloud Platforms
   Ansible Operator Update
   Operator Framework SIG
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2. CONFIDENTIAL Designator
   Ansible Operators are being demonstrated
   as a way to bring existing automation into
   Kubernetes
   Operator Framework, K8s, and Ansible are a match made in heaven (all the YAML)
   Taking hard won, existing automation for complex workloads into K8s opens eyes
   In general, more people I’ve polled have familiarity with Ansible than Go (~4:1)
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3. CONFIDENTIAL Designator
   AnsibleFest: Building Kubernetes Operators
   with Ansible Hands On Workshop
   100 registrations sold (sold out)
   138 seats were available; the room was packed
   Content here: http://workshop.coreostrain.me
   Huge thank you to Michael Hrivnak, Shawn Hurley, Fabian von Feilitzsch, Melvin
   Hillsman, Jeff Geerling, Tim Appnel, and Matt Dorn
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4. CONFIDENTIAL Designator
   Mcrouter Operator powered by Ansible
   Operator
   Tim Appnel found a good use case to demonstrate a complex operation simply
   Matt Dorn, Jeff Geerling, and Melvin Hillsman got it working for AnsibleFest
   Now available for everyone to kick the tires on:
   https://learn.openshift.com/ansibleop/ansible-mcrouter-operator/
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5. CONFIDENTIAL Designator
   Where to next?
   We need more use case ideas that can be demonstrated in less than an hour (from
   nothing but familiarity to managing Ansible Operators with the SDK on K8s)
   Brand new project board: https://github.com/orgs/operator-framework/projects/1
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