My votes line up with Dave's and Joe's pretty much. I think that vendor booth's are a bad idea as well.
As for registration, I think having a fee that covers the meals/coffee is fair. This is not a typical walk in off the street meeting. I don't think many companies would balk at an extra $100-$200 fee for registration. Especially if you're already paying for travel like 99% of us will be doing. I'm also +1 canceling the evening event to cut costs, it was overcrowded last time and with 300 people will be unmanageable. Tom, What is the actual per-head price range for meals? On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Joe Topjian <[email protected]> wrote: > > -1 on paid registration, I think we need to be mindful of the smaller >> openstack deployers, their voice is an important one, and their access to >> the larger operations teams is invaluable to them. I like the idea of >> local teams showing up because it's in the neighborhood and they don't need >> to hassle their budgeting managers too much for travel approval / >> expenses. This is more accessible currently than the summits for many >> operators. Let's keep it that way. >> > > I understand your point. > > IMO, the Ops mid-cycle meetup is a little different than a normal local > meetup you'll find at meetup.com. It's a multi-day event that includes > meals and an evening event. Being able to attend for free, while a great > goal, may not be practical. I would not imagine that the fee would be as > much as a Summit ticket, nor even broken down to the daily cost of a Summit > ticket. I see it as something that would go toward the cost of food and > such. > > The OpenStack foundation does a lot to ensure that people who are unable > to pay registration fees are still able to attend summits. The same > courtesy could be extended here as well. As an example, David M has > mentioned that TWC may help (I understand that may not be official, just > used as an example of how others may be willing to help with that area). > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > >
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