Trying to coordinate it around the eclipse seems neat on the surface, but practically it's probably not a great idea as most major cities along the eclipse line have largely sold out their hotel rooms for that event.
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:13 PM Carlos Rolo <r...@pythian.com> wrote: > I might try to get some internal support for sponsorship if needed. > > Would love for a NGCC event to happen. > > Regards, > > Carlos Juzarte Rolo > Cassandra Consultant / Datastax Certified Architect / Cassandra MVP > > Pythian - Love your data > > rolo@pythian | Twitter: @cjrolo | Skype: cjr2k3 | Linkedin: > *linkedin.com/in/carlosjuzarterolo > <http://linkedin.com/in/carlosjuzarterolo>* > Mobile: +351 918 918 100 <+351%20918%20918%20100> > www.pythian.com > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Ben Bromhead <b...@instaclustr.com> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 at 13:17 Eric Evans <john.eric.ev...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Ben Bromhead <b...@instaclustr.com> > > wrote: > > > > We are more than happy to donate some resources (both people and > > > materials) > > > > to putting on NGCC. > > > > > > > > I would suggest some sort of committee of folks who are willing to do > > the > > > > groundwork and who act as the executive so it gets done :) > > > > > > Gary Dusbabek and myself are both willing to shoulder the grunt work > > > of organizing this. > > > > > > Since we're both in San Antonio, that's the location that would be > > > most practical for us. It's also easy to get to, centrally located, > > > and the weather should be fantastic that time of year. > > > > > > We were thinking we'd put together some options for venue, and propose > > > some dates, and circle back to the list in search of consensus. > > > > > > If this seems reasonable for now, then we'll get back to everyone with > > > more info in a weeks time. > > > > > > -- > > > Eric Evans > > > john.eric.ev...@gmail.com > > > > > -- > > Ben Bromhead > > CTO | Instaclustr <https://www.instaclustr.com/> > > +1 650 284 9692 <(650)%20284-9692> > > Managed Cassandra / Spark on AWS, Azure and Softlayer > > > > -- > > > -- > > > >
