Great feedback Anita - thank you :) On 1 June 2016 at 20:42, Anita Kuno <ante...@anteaya.info> wrote:
> On 06/01/2016 03:29 PM, David Medberry wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:12 AM, Matt Jarvis < > matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> The general consensus in the discussions we've had, and from the Austin > >> summit sessions and the Manchester feedback session, is that between > >> 150-200 attendees should be the maximum size. > >> > > > > Two comments, points > > > > 1) The last day of the Austin summit, ops had their own room. It was very > > poorly organized and had about 40ish seats and another 10-20 people on > the > > floor. Even with just 40ish before it got SROd, it was difficult (again, > > primarily because of the layout) to keep to one conversation and have > > everyone interested participate. That said, I think the layouts we've had > > for the Mid-Cycles I've been to are more amenable to discussion with kind > > of podium and audience layout. > > > > 2) I think with that podium/audience layout 200 is doable 300 is probably > > max. We'll still need quite a few 2ary rooms of at least 20 people size > to > > make progress in breakouts. > > > > So, I'm 300ish max. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenStack-operators mailing list > > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > > > > I've attended the Palo Alto and Manchester Operators meetups. > > In Palo Alto (I don't have the size statistics) I talked with a handful > of people, most of whom I knew already. I didn't have the energy to meet > new people as I had concerns of being mobbed rather than considered as > one participant in an active discussion. > > In Manchester (I don't know the size but I think it was more around 100) > I met a lot of new people over the two days. I was much more comfortable > having group chats with folks I didn't know (I had no visions of some > group targeting me for interrupting) so I could relax and get to know > some new folks, which was nice since for me this is my goal. In sessions > we kept seeing the same faces so I learned some people's names and by > the end was able to ensure folks were included (I chaired the feedback > session) since I could acknowledge them by name and I hope they felt > more participant than audience by the end. > > This is my own biased opinion, take it for what value you find in it. > > Thank you for asking the question, Matt, > Anita. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > -- DataCentred Limited registered in England and Wales no. 05611763
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