I agree with all of these items especially with not having Vendor booths. The only thing I would want to mention is that it would be great to have something centrally located within the US, if we are going to choose the US for a session. That way it is only a 3-4 hour flight instead of a 7-9 hour event like going from West Coast to the East Coast.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Kevin Carter <kevin.car...@rackspace.com> wrote: > I'm very much in favor of scaling up the Ops meetup and doing so with no > vendor booths, modest registration fees, dropping the evening event (if > needed), and creating an alternating North American / other local. I > don't know what I can do specifically to help out here but if I can help, > in any way, to make some of this go put me down as available. > > -- > > Kevin Carter > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mike Dorman <mdor...@godaddy.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:10 PM > *To:* Jesse Keating; Matt Fischer > > *Cc:* OpenStack Operators > *Subject:* Re: [Openstack-operators] Scaling the Ops Meetup > > I pretty much agree with everyone so far. No vendor booths, > distributed “underwriters”, modest registration fee, and sans evening > event. Not sure separate regional meetings are a good idea, but would be > in favor of alternating North America vs. other region, like the summits. > > I’ve been looking for approximate meal sponsorship costs, too. We may > have funds available for some sort of underwriting as well, but the first > question I get when going to ask for that is “how much $?” So it’s > difficult to get sponsorship commitments without those details. Could you > let us know some ballpark figures based on past events, so we have some > more data points? > > Thanks!! > Mike > > > From: Jesse Keating > Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 1:06 PM > To: Matt Fischer > Cc: OpenStack Operators > Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] Scaling the Ops Meetup > > RE Evening event: I agree it was pretty crowded. Perhaps just a list of > area venues for various activities and a sign up board somewhere. Let it > happen organically, and everybody is on their own for paying for whatever > they do. That way those that may not be into the bar scene don't feel left > out because everybody else went and got drink/food. Lets eliminate the > social pressure to put everybody into the same social event. > > > - jlk > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:46 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. >> >> 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. 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > >
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