On Feb 26, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> wrote:
> Mark - missed this thread last week (vacation), sorry to post so late > > I agree with the 2 x events. I see Chips point, but those airfares across the > Atlantic add up for folks and I think 2 will give us a greater number of > people & community value overall. I think a good % of people will come to > both and we shouldn't be scared of overlapping content > > > I'm happy to lend as much time/effort as needed to help get the Europe event > rolling and I'm sure the other ShapeBlue guys will. I'll also discuss at our > next European User group meetup (many of whom aren't on these lists) > > I don't know how last years Collab was organised, but could this be something > that the eurpoeans (i.e. myself, Seb, Donal, Hugo, Wido, etc ) can have a > more direct input on ? Giles, I am sure we can have a local organizing committee. The more companies and folks help plan/sponsor this the better. -sebastien > > Kind Regards > Giles > > D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Hinkle [mailto:mark.hin...@citrix.com] > Sent: 26 February 2013 18:28 > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss] CloudStack Collab Summit 2013 > > On 2/25/13 9:02 AM, "Mohammad Nour El-Din" <nour.moham...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Sebastien Goasguen >> <run...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I will be happy to help plan the one in Europe with my dutch buddies. >>> >>> We just need to agree on dates soon, so that we are not left in a >>> time crunch planning a 600 people event in one month. >>> >> >> I am also living in The NL and I want to help >> >> >>> >>> -sebastien >>> >>> >>> On Feb 21, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Donal Lafferty >>> <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> APAC trends better than Europe (see >>> http://www.google.co.uk/trends/explore#q=cloudstack) Not sure if >>> this means we need to create more awareness in Europe, or focus on >>> interested parties in APAC. >>>> >>>> WRT to the Valley, where do integrators congregate? Our plugin >>>> model >>> seems to open up a lot of opportunity for writing support for new >>> resources. >>>> >>>> OSCON piggyback? Had a lot of OpenStack presentations last year. >>>> >>>> >>>> DL >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] >>>>> Sent: 21 February 2013 16:56 >>>>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >>>>> Subject: Re: [Discuss] CloudStack Collab Summit 2013 >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013, at 09:43 AM, Chip Childers wrote: >>>>>> 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? >>>>> >>>>> I think it's better, we can reach a lot of people who want to use >>> CloudStack >>>>> that might not be able to make a trip from Europe to the U.S. >>>>> for a conference. I think it's at least worth doing this year to >>>>> see >>> the level of >>>>> interest. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> jzb >>>>> -- >>>>> Joe Brockmeier >>>>> j...@zonker.net >>>>> Twitter: @jzb >>>>> http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks >> - Mohammad Nour >> ---- >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" >> - Albert Einstein > > > So to summarize the threadŠ > > I think the collective opinion is that we should do a CloudStack Collab > Summit in EMEA this spring and since Hugo's got the resources to help plan > in Amersterdam I think we should let him take the lead for that and > Sebastien, Mohammed, Wido and the others that stepped up can help him. > I'll volunteer to find the funding once he has a proposed venue and some > costs and the PPMC and ConCom sign-off on the event. > > Also unless we get objections we'll plan for a second summit in North > America in the fall and want to try to get that venue reserved it is very > hard to find a place on short timeframes. I'll work to get the funding in > place for that one too. > > To Chip's question on is two summits too many, I see a huge appetite for > people to come talk about CloudStack.I > think since all decisions are made on list it's not like you miss out by > not going to both or either it's just nice to put faces to IRC nicks/email > addies. > > Anything else? > > Mark > > > > > ShapeBlue provides a range of strategic and technical consulting and > implementation services to help IT Service Providers and Enterprises to build > a true IaaS compute cloud. ShapeBlue’s expertise, combined with CloudStack > technology, allows IT Service Providers and Enterprises to deliver true, > utility based, IaaS to the customer or end-user. > > ________________________________ > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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