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Okay time for a recap.

What: Neutron Tempest code sprint
Where: Montreal, QC, Canada
When: January 15, 16, 17 2014
Location: I am about to sign the contract for Salle du Parc at 3625 Parc
avenue, a room in a residence of McGill University.
Time: 9am - 5am

I am expecting to see the following people in Montreal in January:
Mark McClain
Salvatore Orlando
Sean Dague
Matt Trenish
Jay Pipes
Sukhdev Kapur
Miguel Lavelle
Oleg Bondarev
Rossella Sblendido
Emilien Macchi
Sylvain Afchain
Nicolas Planel
Kyle Mestery
Dane Leblanc
Sumit Naiksatam
Henry Gessau
Don Kehn
Carl Baldwin
Justin Hammond
Anita Kuno

If you are on the above list and can't attend, please email me so I have
an up-to-date list. If you are planning on attending and I don't have
your name listed, please email me without delay so that I can add you
and you get done what you need to get done to attend.

I have the contract for the room and will be signing it and sending it
in with the room deposit tomorrow. Monty has about 6 more hours to get
back to me on this, then I just have to go ahead and do it.

Caterer is booked and I will be doing menu selection over the holidays.
I can post the intended, _the intended_ menu once I have decided. Soup,
salad, sandwich - not glamourous but hopefully filling. If the menu on
the day isn't the same as what I post, please forgive me. Unforeseen
circumstances may crop up and I will do my best to get you fed. One
person has identified they have a specific food request, if there are
any more out there, please email me now. This covers breakfast, lunch
and tea/coffee all day.

Henry Gessau will be social convener for dinners. If you have some
restaurant suggestions, please contact Henry. Organization of dinners
will take place once we congregate in our meeting room.

T-shirts: we decided that the code quality of Neutron was a higher
priority than t-shirts.

One person required a letter of invitation for visa purposes and
received it. I hope the visa has been granted.

Individuals arrangements for hotels seem to be going well from what I
have been hearing. A few people will be staying at Le Nouvel Hotel,
thanks for finding that one, Rosella.

Weather: well you got me on this one. This winter is colder than we have
had in some time and more snow too. So it will be beautiful but bring or
buy warm clothes. A few suggestions:
* layer your clothes (t-shirt, turtleneck, sweatshirt)
* boots with removable liners (this is my boot of choice:
http://amzn.to/19ddJve) remove the liners at the end of each day to dry them
* warm coat
* toque (wool unless you are allergic) I'm seeing them for $35, don't
pay that much, you should be able to get something warm for $15 or less
* warm socks (cotton socks and wool over top)- keep your feet dry
* mitts (mitts keep my fingers warmer than gloves)
* scarf
If the weather is making you panic, talk to me and I will see about
bringing some of my extra accessories with me. The style might not be
you but you will be warm.

Remember, don't lick the flagpole. It doesn't matter what your friends
tell you.

That's all I can think of, if I missed something, email me.

Oh, and best to consider me offline from Jan.2 until the code sprint.
Make sure you have all the information you need prior to that time.

See you in Montreal,
Anita.


On 11/19/2013 11:31 AM, Rossella Sblendido wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> sorry if this is a bit OT now.
> I contacted some hotels to see if we could get a special price if we book
> many rooms. According to my research the difference in price is not much.
> Also, as Anita was saying, booking for everybody is more complicated.
> So I decided to booked a room for myself.
> I share the name of the hotel, in case you want to stay in the same place
> http://www.lenouvelhotel.com/<http://www.booking.com/hotel/ca/le-nouvel-spa.html?aid=318615&label=postbooking_confemail&pbsource=conf_email_hotel_name&et=UmFuZG9tSVYkc2RlIyh9YQkLIKuQhwqabGHP/3dl6rJzqy0AqLilEWRB9q2h3N7LbLpnopp78jpk3Zrw8QEON8/7uGk2Z4XEVgx0jMidsc7G6J6/mpIjb0/tpL+TyUzh/SougdT7JVfQN96wrY/Uz9Cu068o86et5KaL1N1ikBA2yvj25PBlFEF+/iBPj8Nq>.
> It's close to the meeting room and the price is one of the best I have
> found.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Rossella
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Anita Kuno <anteaya at anteaya.info> wrote:
> 
>>  On 11/16/2013 01:14 PM, Anita Kuno wrote:
>>
>> On 11/16/2013 12:37 PM, Sean Dague wrote:
>>
>> On 11/15/2013 10:36 AM, Russell Bryant wrote:
>>
>>  On 11/13/2013 11:10 AM, Anita Kuno wrote:
>>
>>  Neutron Tempest code sprint
>>
>> In the second week of January in Montreal, Quebec, Canadathere will be a
>> Neutron Tempest code sprint to improve the status of Neutron tests in
>> Tempest and to add new tests.
>>
>>  First off, I think anything regarding putting more effort into this is
>> great.  However, I *beg* the Neutron team not to wait until this week to
>> make significant progress.
>>
>> To be clear, IMO, this is already painfully late.  It's one of the
>> largest items blocking deprecation of nova-network and moving forward
>> with Neutron.  This spring is just a couple weeks before icehouse-2.
>> Come i2, mid-cycle, we're going to have make a call on whether or not
>> nova-network deprecation seems likely.  If not, we really can't wait
>> around and I will probably propose un-freezing nova-network.
>>
>>  100% agreed. Realistically this has to be a capping session, not when
>> the real work starts. If the agent rewrite isn't done, and the parallel
>> gate basically working before then, it won't work.
>>
>> Honestly, I think we're going to need to checkpoint before Christmas to
>> figure out if the preconditions are met, because if they aren't, then
>> it's not clear the 3 days of code sprint are really going to generate
>> the results we need.
>>
>> I'm encouraged by the level of activity in the neutron channel, so I
>> think right now planning for success is good. But again, we need some
>> aggressive check points, and people need to realize this is not the
>> beginning of this work, it is the closing session.
>>
>> 	-Sean
>>
>>  Great. What kind of check points in a mutual location would we like to
>> see?
>>
>> Etherpad?
>>
>> Meeting logs?
>>
>> Other suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks Sean,
>> Anita.
>>
>> Actually I am going to answer my own question with a proposal.
>>
>> I would like to see a special sub-committee of the TC convened comprised
>> of (5?) TC members and/or appointees for the express purpose of being
>> available to help meet this goal, be available in the -neutron irc channel
>> for questions and support and also to guide the process so the goal is
>> achieved.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Anita.
>>
>>
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