On 06/30/2015 12:33 AM, Tom Fifield wrote: > Hi all, > > Right now, behind-the-scenes, we're working on getting a venue for next > ops mid-cycle. It's taking a little longer than normal, but rest assured > it is happening. > > Why is it so difficult? As you may have noticed, we're reaching the size > of event where both physically and financially, only the largest > organisations can host us. > > We thought we might get away with organising this one old-school with a > single host and sponsor. Then, for the next, start a brainstorming > discussion with you about how we scale these events into the future - > since once we get up and beyond a few hundred people, we're looking at > having to hire a venue as well as make some changes to the format of the > event. > > However, it seems that even this might be too late. We already had a > company that proposed to host the meetup at a west coast US hotel > instead of their place, and wanted to scope out other companies to > sponsor food. > > This would be a change in the model, so let's commence the discussion of > how we want to scale this event :) > > So far I've heard things like: > * "my $CORPORATE_BENEFACTOR would be fine to share sponsorship with others" > * "I really don't want to get to the point where we want booths at the > ops meetup" > > Which are promising! It seems like we have a shared understanding of > what to take this forward with. > > So, as the ops meetup grows - what would it look like for you? > > How do you think we can manage the venue selection and financial side of > things? What about the session layout and the scheduling with the > growing numbers of attendees? > > Current data can be found at > https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Operations/Meetups#Venue_Selection . > > I would also be interested in your thoughts about how these events have > only been in a limited geographical area so far, and how we can address > that issue. > > > Regards, > > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > Hi:
Right now developers are asking for details so they can decide/plan on attending the next event. Are you close to deciding a location and/or perhaps some dates? Thanks, Anita. _______________________________________________ OpenStack-operators mailing list OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators