Yes, I have not been as active in the community as I once was. I am happy to support the CloudStack Collab website as I have in the past, but I am also willing to get someone else setup to take over if someone is interested.
I will try to stay on top of the CCC communications so I am not a bottleneck for progress. :) Cheers, Will On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:43 AM Giles Sirett <[email protected]> wrote: > Ivet – I think that is a GREAT idea. I’d love to see it happen > > > > Obviously, you have experience in organising virtual events, so I wont try > to offer any advice on that, but here’s a couple of things you would need > to think about > > > > 1. Permission to use the trademark. > Officially there’s nothing to stop you (or anybody) organising an > event at any time. The only official thing you need to do is ask the PMC > for permission to use the ACS trademark. I’ll happily ask on your behalf > if you like – let me know > 2. CFP > The way we have done this previously is ask for a small panel of > volunteers to act as a “talk selection committee” > Obviously , we then need some way of people actually submitting > proposals. Previously, we’ve used the Apachecon CFP tool – obviously that > wont be available for an event such as this > > 3. We have a website for Cloudstack Collab conferences : > http://cloudstackcollab.org/ > That’s managed by Will Stevens/ the cloud-ops guys (although they’re > not so active in the community these days, so maybe somebody else could > take it over ? ) > > > > Happy to help / support this where I can > > > > > > Kind regards > > Giles > > > > > > > > > *From:* Ivet Petrova <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 21 May 2021 11:22 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* CloudStack Collaboration Conference > > > > Hi all, > > > > We have just a few days to the first CloudStack Virtual event! If still > have registered, now is the time to do is: > > > > https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3216172602723/WN_-zsXhTq_Ttu1Ktz82my06Q > > > > (this is technically a meeting of the European User Group, but as its > virtual anybody can join!) > > > > I am writing to share also something more: > > > > I’ve been thinking about trying to organise a virtual CloudStack > Collaboration Conference in the Autumn. There is a Virtual Apachecon in the > autumn but I think we have missed our chance with that because the CFP is > long closed. > > > > Organising this upcoming event has shown me that it is possible to get > something virtual off the ground, and we’ve had a lot of interest from > people wanting to speak. > > So, my proposal is that we run a Virtual Cloudstack Collab in the Autumn. > I am happy to coordinate this in the community. > > > > Тhe target of such event would be to share ideas, collaborate, bring more > awareness for the technology and to attract new audience - new possible > contributors and new potential users. > > In terms of format, I was thinking was 2-days event/ 4 hours per day with > sessions into streams - one focused on tech and one focused on user stories > and the business side. > > We’d need to run a CFP process – I may need some help with that. > > > > What do people think? > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > > >
