Apply Now: 2024 Community and Conference Grant for MacAdmins at Penn State

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In response to the success and popularity of 2023’s Community and Conference Grant program, The Mac Admins Foundation is pleased to continue the program with our second grant of 2024, supporting attendance of the MacAdmins Conference at Penn State University.

The Community and Conference Grant intends to broaden the experience of deserving individuals with the intent to foster their development as a new generation of technical professionals. 

The 2024 MacAdmins Conference grant will provide recipients with:

  • Registration for the MacAdmins Conference at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel in State College, PA, scheduled for July 9-12th, 2024

  • $2500 (USD) to cover applicable expenses

The Mac Admins Foundation desires that the grant be awarded to those individuals who have financial need, or may otherwise lack the means or opportunity to attend an event of this type. Therefore, grant program applicants should self identify with one or more of the following criteria:

  • You are early in, or starting, your career in technology

  • You have not previously been able to attend an event or conference of this type

  • You are currently unable to self-fund, or secure institutional funding for event attendance

The Community and Conference Grant does not require formal submission of work or financial credentials. As with our previous 2024 grant, the Foundation designed the program to support individuals who are passionate about advancing their technical skills and knowledge, and who would benefit from the opportunity to connect with experts and leaders in the field. 

To apply, interested candidates must submit an application that includes responses to several questions related to their experience and goals in the technical field.

Applications will be reviewed by the grant committee, who will evaluate each response based on factors such as relevance, depth, clarity, specificity, and originality.

We encourage all interested individuals to apply for this scholarship and to share this opportunity with others who may be interested. The deadline for applications is 5pm PST on Friday, May 10th 2024, and successful applicants will be notified on or about Monday, May 13th, 2024.

Please contact the Mac Admins Foundation at scholarships@macadmins.org or #macadminsfoundation with any questions.


Mac Admins Open Source announces Jamf Pro SDK for Python

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The macOS Client Engineering team at Amazon has released a new Python package in partnership with Mac Admins Open Source. The "Jamf Pro SDK for Python" is a library for writing scripts and developing integrations with Jamf Pro’s APIs and webhooks.

This is an alpha release of the project. After a period of community feedback, and any required changes to the SDK’s internals and interfaces, it will enter into beta and then finally a 1.0 release.

If you are attending the Jamf Nation User Conference you can learn more during the session “Now You Too Have an SDK for Jamf Pro!” If you want to dive into to exploring the SDK now follow the links below for the source code, documentation, and the listing on PyPI.

Learn more:

Resources from Mac Admins Foundation sessions at the 2023 MacAdmins Conference

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It was wonderful to see everyone at this year’s MacAdmins Conference at Penn State University. Our sincerest thank you to the conference organizers for including the Mac Admins Foundation as a sponsor and inviting us to present.

Attending members of the Board of Directors participated in two panels this year. One was an update from the Mac Admins Foundation and its first year. The second was a panel conversation with the board of the Mac Admins Open Source project. Slides from both sessions are available online now at the links below.

The Mac Admins Foundation – Rich Trouton; Chris Dawe; Jennifer Unger; Tom Bridge; Dr. Emily Kausalik (Slides | Video)

Mac Admins Open Source Panel – Rich Trouton; Nate Walck; Greg Neagle; Elliot Jordan; Dr. Emily Kausalik (+ guest Chris Dawe) (Slides | Video)

This page will be updated with links to the recordings of each session as they are made available by the conference organizers.

As a reminder, we had a giveaway for custom camp flags at the Mac Admins Foundation table this year at the MacAdmins Conference. (To review our drawing winners, please see this post on the Mac Admins Slack.) If your name was selected in the drawing but you didn’t pick up your flag at the MAF table in the vendor hall please Contact Us so we can get that to you.

Mac SysAdmin & Developer Conference ticket giveaway

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The Mac Admins Foundation is excited to announce a giveaway of two (2) tickets to the 2023 Mac SysAdmin & Developer Conference. This year’s conference will be in Brighton, UK with an expo on May 22nd followed by the conference on the 23rd and 24th.

This giveaway is only open to individuals located in the UK.

Two (2) names will be selected from submissions received by 5pm PST Tuesday April 18th using a random number generator. Winners will be contacted on or about Friday April 21st.

We kindly request that you consider your personal availability to attend the conference before entering the giveaway. The ticket is for entrance to the conference only. There are no funds or grants of any kind included in this giveaway.  This includes, but is not limited to, transportation, lodging, and food. 

Please refer to the Mac SysAdmin & Developer Conference website for additional details on ticket benefits and inclusions.

To enter your name in our random drawing, please submit your information here. Only one response per person will be accepted.

You can contact the Mac Admins Foundation at giveaways@macadmins.org with any questions.