On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 04:20:44PM -0500, Mark Hinkle wrote: > Given that we are part of the way into 2013 I thought I would bring up the > topic of the CloudStack Collab Summit(s) for this year. I am willing to put > up the sponsorship to secure a venue and get the ball rolling. I also hear > rumblings of folks willing to help do a CloudStack Collaboration Summit in > Amsterdam as well. > > For CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2012 we were at capacity at 300 > attendees and we had a waiting list. I am thinking that we will want to have > space for at least 600 for the next event. > > I would like to propose a CloudStack Collab Summit in Silicon Valley this > spring (May?) and one in the fall in Europe in Amsterdam(November?). If we > don't get any significant objections I'll be glad to work on a proposal > similar to last time and get the blessing of the PPMC and the Apache Events > Committee. Comments, feedback,flames? > > Regards, > > Mark R. Hinkle > Senior Director, Cloud Computing Community > Citrix Systems > e: mark.hin...@citrix.com > twitter: @mrhinkle >
I'm slightly concerned about the idea of doing this twice a year. I'm certainly no event management expert, but does that dilute the interest? Or is it better, due to being able to hold it in different geographies? -chip
