On 6/30/15, 11:46 AM, "Matt Fischer" <m...@mattfischer.com> wrote:
>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-$200 fee for registration. >Especially if you're already paying > for travel like 99% of us will be doing. I'm also +1 canceling the >evening event to cut costs, it was overcrowded last time and with 300 >people will be unmanageable. Have to agree with pretty much all of this. Perhaps we can even have a scholarship process setup for people/companies who really should be there but for whom the 100-200$ registration fee is a total show stopper? > > >Tom, What is the actual per-head price range for meals? > > >On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Joe Topjian ><j...@topjian.net> 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 <http://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 >OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org >http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > > > > > > _______________________________________________ OpenStack-operators mailing list OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators
