One question I have is should we time the event to announce graduation at one of the collabs? Or is it too much coordination?
--Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastien Goasguen [mailto:run...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:37 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss] CloudStack Collab Summit 2013 > > > 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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