Adding a blog about ATO

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+title: "AlmaLinux at ATO - 2024!"
+type: blog
+author: 
+ name: "benny Vasquez"
+ bio: "Chair, board of directors"
+ image: /users/benny.jpeg
+date: '2024-10-24'
+images:
+  - /blog-images/2024/ato2024blog.png
+post:
+    title: "AlmaLinux at ATO - 2024!"
+    image: /blog-images/2024/ato2024blog.png
+---
+
+We are returning to ATO, one of our favorite events, next week! And on day 2 if you wear an AlmaLinux shirt, hoodie, or hat then you are eligible to win a prize (details below)!
+
+# We love ATO
+
+All Things Open is one of our favorite events, and always feels like home for us. It was the first event we attended after getting our feet under us in 2021, and the community continues to welcome us every year.
+
+## T-shirt giveaway (and a raffle!)
+
+This year, we're doing something we've never done before (thanks to an increase in sponsorship this year!) and giving away t-shirts at our booth!
+
+We've also decided to have a little fun with it, and on day 2 (Tuesday) of ATO at 12:30pm at the AlmaLinux booth (#88, right outside Ballroom A) we'll be doing a raffle! To be eligible to win you must:
+
+-   Be present (sorry, no holds!)
+-   Be wearing an AlmaLinux shirt, hoodie, or hat
+-   Have the winning raffle ticket
+
+If you don't have a shirt, that's okay! Remember: we're giving them away this year! We're only bringing about 800 shirts, which is less than half the people ATO expects to attend, so stop by early!
+
+To accommodate the raffle, we will pause giving away shirts from 12pm - 1pm, or after the raffle concludes, to keep the madness down. :D
+
+## Raffle prizes, you say?
+
+We've got something for almost everyone....
+
+_{{< figure src="/blog-images/2024/ATOprizes.jpg" width="65%" title="Raffle prizes at ATO" >}}_
+
+-   Thanks to our Platinum and Founding sponsor at [Tuxcare](https://tuxcare.com/)
+	-   A [PLEGBLE PL-511 Foldable Drone](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8VFZL98?ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image&th=1)
+-   Thanks to our other incredible sponsors, we have a five other awesome prizes:
+	-   A retired and no-longer-available [LEGO® NASA Apollo Saturn V](https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-nasa-apollo-saturn-v-92176)
+	-   A [Pi 5 starter kit](https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Starter-Kit-PRO/dp/B0CRSNCJ6Y?th=1), including case and SD card
+	-   (2) retired [LEGO Christmas Penguin](https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/christmas-penguin-40498) kits
+	-   A [27000mAh charging block](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRH5HTNS) for all your on-the-go charging needs
+
+## Events left this year!
+
+We're nearly done with this year, but we're already starting to plan for next year! Here are a few events that you will be able to say hi at yet this year. If you're interested in helping us plan or staff events for 2025, join the next Marketing SIG meeting! <https://wiki.almalinux.org/sigs/Marketing.html>
+
+-   [All things open](http://allthingsopen.org/), October 27-29 in Raleigh, North Carolina, US
+-   [SFSCon](https://www.sfscon.it/), November 8-9 in Bolzano, Italy
+-   [Seagl](https://seagl.org/), November 8-9 in Seattle, Washington, US
+-   [OLF Conference](http://olfconference.org/), November 15-16, Columbus, OH
+-   [SC (formerly Supercompute)](http://supercomputing.org/), November 17-22 in Atlanta, Georgia, US
+
+## Keep in touch, and get involved!
+
+If you want to stay up-to-date, here's where to stay tuned on [our forum](https://almalinux.discourse.group/), [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AlmaLinux/), [X](https://twitter.com/AlmaLinux), [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@almalinux/), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/80320905/), and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9lpkqUPp1FUEi9uqVlPQA). We also launched a newsletter this year, which you can [subscribe to on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/almalinux-news-7123058222835376128/) or via email on [our mailing list](https://lists.almalinux.org/postorius/lists/newsletters.lists.almalinux.org/).