On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:37:59AM -0700, Matt Fischer wrote: :I think that sticking with a singular official one is the plan. It's :difficult enough for the foundation to line up sponsors/hosts etc for a :single meet-up.
Thanks for bring that up. I was just wondering howmuch Foundation resources went into making these go and if dividing that were even feasible. Sounds like this is a strong argument for one 'official' midcycle -Jon :I also think that there are some US/Asia folks that will :attend a midcycle in Europe and by also hosting a competing one locally you :may reduce the attendance at the main one which defeats the purpose. Those :midcycles work best when we have lots of different voices providing input. : :On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Jonathan Proulx <j...@csail.mit.edu> wrote: : :> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 04:55:33PM +0000, Kruithof, Piet wrote: :> :Sorry, late to the conversation and maybe missing a bit of context. :> : :> :How may regional meetings are we thinking? 2-3? Or more? :> :> My basic question was One or Many. :> :> If Many then that's a further question, but probably 3 (north america, :> asia, europe) or possibly 4 (+ south america) :> :> : :> :Piet :> : :> : :> : :> : :> :Piet Kruithof :> :Sr UX Architect, HP Helion Cloud :> :PTL, OpenStack UX project :> : :> :"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and :> wrong.” :> : :> :H L Menken :> : :> : :> :From: Matt Jarvis <matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk<mailto: :> matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk>> :> :Date: Monday, November 16, 2015 at 9:23 AM :> :To: Jonathan Proulx <j...@csail.mit.edu<mailto:j...@csail.mit.edu>> :> :Cc: "openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto: :> openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org>" < :> openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto: :> openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org>> :> :Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] OPs Midcycle location discussion. :> : :> :+1 from me, although I am admittedly biased ;) Personally I think the :> wider participation in the ops feedback loop can only be a positive thing, :> and there are definitely different perspectives and concerns to be had from :> European operators given the different commercial landscape. I'm sure the :> same is also true for Asia. :> : :> :On 16 November 2015 at 15:50, Jonathan Proulx <j...@csail.mit.edu<mailto: :> j...@csail.mit.edu>> wrote: :> :Hi All, :> : :> :1st User Committee IRC meeting will be today at 19:00UTC on :> :#openstack-meeting, we haven't exactly settled on an agenda yet but I :> :hope to raise this issue the... :> : :> :It has been suggested that we make the February 15-16 European Ops :> :Meetup in Manchester UK [1] the 'official' OPs Midcycle. Previously :> :all mid cycles have been US based. :> : :> :Personally I like the idea of broadening or geographic reach rather :> :than staying concentrated in North America. I particularly like it :> :being 'opposite' the summit location. :> : :> :This would likely trade off some depth of participation as fewer :> :of the same people would be able to travel to all midcycles in person. :> : :> :Discuss...(also come by #openstack-meeting at 19:00 UTC if you think :> :this needs real time discussion) :> : :> :-Jon :> : :> : :> :-- :> : :> :1. :> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/european-openstack-operators-meetup-tickets-19405855436?aff=es2 :> : :> :_______________________________________________ :> :OpenStack-operators mailing list :> :OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto: :> OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org> :> :http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators :> : :> : :> : :> :-- :> :Matt Jarvis :> :Head of Cloud Computing :> :DataCentred :> :Office: (+44)0161 8703985 :> :Mobile: (+44)07983 725372 :> :Email: matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk<mailto:matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk :> > :> :Website: http://www.datacentred.co.uk :> : :> :DataCentred Limited registered in England and Wales no. 05611763 :> :> -- :> :> _______________________________________________ :> 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
