Anita, I am interested in attending this event. I have already talked to my manager and he is open to fund my trip. I need to put together a budget, though, in order to get final approval. What is the estimated daily rate for the chosen hotel / venue?
Looking forward to see you in Montreal Cheers Miguel On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Anita Kuno <ante...@anteaya.info> wrote: > Neutron Tempest code sprint > > In the second week of January in Montreal, Quebec, Canadathere will be a > Neutron Tempest code sprint to improve the status of Neutron tests in > Tempest and to add new tests. > It will be a 3 day event. Right now there are 14 peoplewho came forward > when it was announced on the Friday at the summit. We need to know how many > additional people are interested in attending. > > This is an impromptu event based on my assessment of the need for this to > happen, so don't feel left out if you didn't know about it in advance. > > We picked Montreal for two main reasons: > 1. All 4 people whose attendance is critical (markmclain, salv-orlando, > sdague and mtrenish) can get there. It was New York or Montreal. > 2. I can't think in New York, love it, can't compose a thought, so > Montreal it is. > > It turns out this location choice has some resultant effects: > 1. People who wouldn't have time to get a visa to attend an event in the > States have an easier time entering Canada. > US requires visa applications filed 2 months in advance of travel and > we are inside that timeframe. > 2. Montreal is cheaper than NYC. > 3. Being Canadian it is going to be easier for me to produce this event in > Canada since I am in Canada. > 4. It will be cold. We had few choices on the timing and this event can't > wait on good weather. > > There is no location that will make everyone happy, so people will be > disappointed by this choice and I accept that. It is my hope that this > event is a success and we can create a schedule of some sort so that people > who have a high possibility of attending can vote on the location. So that > is the future vision. > > I have a tenative hold on a venue and am working on getting a rate on a > block of rooms at a hotel. > > I am preparing a budget to submit to the Foundation in the hopes they will > sponsor the event. Since this was planned with no warning, the Foundation > has no budget for it. Mark is supportive of the event happening and if I > can come up with some reasonable numbers, I hope that the money can come > from the Foundation. > > The event will be vendor neutral. We will talk to each other based on who > we are and our interests, not based on who signs our paycheque. If folks > arrive with logoed shirts (I don't know which logos are work logos and > which aren't, so I will request no logos please) I will issue you a white > T-shirt to wear. We need to work collaboratively to effectlvely make > progress during the code sprint. > > Someone at the summit choose not to wear footwear at the event. If you > want to come to the code sprint please plan on wearing appropriate footwear > in the public areas at the code sprint. For two reasons: > 1. It will be cold. > 2. The event is meant to facilitate mutual respect between us to increase > communication, both at the event and afterwards. I feel wearing appropriate > footwear supports this goal. > > Please indicate your interest by sending an email to ante...@anteaya.info, > subject "Neutron Tempest code sprint". Don't worry about the body of the > email, I just need addresses. We will send out subsequent emails to this > group to gather specific details like shirt size, dietary requirements. If > you came forward at the summit, no need to email again. > > If you want to come, but don't feel your employer will fund the trip, > please include that information in the email. It will depend on what we can > do for accomodation and travel but hopefully we will have a little bit for > a few folks. Of course please talk to your manager now to work on getting > approval to attend, and hopefully your employeer will fund your travel and > accomodation. > > Additional questions? Hit me up on irc in #openstack-neutron nick anteaya. > I read the neutron logs: http://eavesdrop.openstack. > org/irclogs/%23openstack-neutron/So I will get back to you if I am not > around when you ask. > > Also rossella_s has come forward to help, thank you rossella_s! > > Thanks, > Anita. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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