Re: [Openstack-operators] Free vs Paid ticket to the Operators Midcycle.

2015-07-07 Thread Tom Fifield
Mark's faster than me as usual - I was going to suggest the same :) There's one other subtly to throw in which is the fact that the paid ticket price need not be static - instead name your price. To me, this is a great way to get some opportunistic income, without affecting the accessibility.

Re: [Openstack-operators] Free vs Paid ticket to the Operators Midcycle.

2015-07-07 Thread Jeremy Stanley
On 2015-07-07 15:15:35 +0800 (+0800), Tom Fifield wrote: [...] There's one other subtly to throw in which is the fact that the paid ticket price need not be static - instead name your price. [...] This is sort of what DebConf does, except they provide some suggested registration fees for

Re: [Openstack-operators] Free vs Paid ticket to the Operators Midcycle.

2015-07-07 Thread Dave Walker
On 7 July 2015 at 15:22, Jeremy Stanley fu...@yuggoth.org wrote: On 2015-07-07 15:15:35 +0800 (+0800), Tom Fifield wrote: [...] There's one other subtly to throw in which is the fact that the paid ticket price need not be static - instead name your price. [...] This is sort of what DebConf

[Openstack-operators] Free vs Paid ticket to the Operators Midcycle.

2015-07-05 Thread Mark Atwood
As a suggestion re free / paid registration: have tiered tickets, like the Community Leadership Summit does. Having a free ticket vs a paid ticket would not grant more or less access or privileges at the event, but gives the opportunity for people who can expense a ticket to do so. -- Mark

Re: [Openstack-operators] Free vs Paid ticket to the Operators Midcycle.

2015-07-05 Thread Dave Walker
I've never worked with an organisation that would willingly pay for a ticket if there were free ones on the table, the ones often included in sponsorship deals are even used first. Just the idea of splitting by those that 'can' expense it seems odd to me. There must surely be some sort of other

Re: [Openstack-operators] Free vs Paid ticket to the Operators Midcycle.

2015-07-05 Thread Baumann, Ulf
The operator summit is about hearing from the operators and allowing them to exchange information (solutions, observations, complaints...) and provide input to the devs. I feel it is best to hear from as many operators as possible. Therefore the size of the summit should not be limited. A venue