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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/15/2013 06:08 AM, Rossella
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            <div>Hi Anita,<br>
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            thanks a lot for taking care of this, I realize it's hard to
            organize this kind of event.<br>
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          I think I am going to have to go with attendees are on their
          own for rooms. Less than an ideal situation in one sense, but
          much more doable from an organization point of view for me - I
          just have to focus on the meeting room and daily food, much
          easier to come to a reasonable budget in my mind.</blockquote>
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        <div class="gmail_extra">I'd prefer that we are all in the same
          hotel. I can offer my help to contact some hotel and see what
          prices they propose. Would that help? Or do you think it would
          be more expensive anyway?<br>
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    I think that would be great. Please do.<br>
    <br>
    The address of the meeting room I have tentatively booked is:<br>
    <div class="name lname" id="link_A_1"> <span class="pp-place-title"><span>3625
          Avenue du Parc</span></span> </div>
    <span class="pp-headline-item pp-headline-address"> <span>Montréal,
        QC H2X, Canada</span> ‎ <br>
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      Let me know what else you need to support this direction.<br>
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      Thanks so much Rossella,<br>
      Anita.<br>
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        <div class="gmail_extra">cheers,<br>
          <br>
          Rossella<br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:33 AM,
            Anita Kuno <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:anteaya@anteaya.info" target="_blank">anteaya@anteaya.info</a>></span>
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                  <div>On 11/14/2013 06:45 PM, Miguel Lavalle wrote:<br>
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                        <div>Anita,<br>
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                        I am interested in attending this event. I have
                        already talked to my manager and he is open to
                        fund my trip.</div>
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                Wonderful. This is great news, Miguel. I look forward to
                meeting you.
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                      <div> I need to put together a budget, though, in
                        order to get final approval.</div>
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                That makes sense.
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                      <div> What is the estimated daily rate for the
                        chosen hotel / venue?<br>
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                I have looked at selecting a designated hotel and I
                don't think I am going to go that route. I will explain
                why.<br>
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                If I go with a block of rooms at one location, and
                meeting rooms plus daily food, I can't get comfortable
                with what they want to charge me on a per person basis.<br>
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                If I go with a location by itself (which I have a
                tentative hold on) and food by itself (awaiting a menu
                from a caterer) then I am feeling the numbers will come
                in to a reasonable amount. This option would mean that
                attendees are on their own for hotel bookings. Taking a
                quick look at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://kayak.com" target="_blank">kayak.com</a>
                and filtering for 10 km to the intended location, the
                prices for some rooms will match or beat any prices I
                have gotten back from the hotel I have contacted.<br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ca.kayak.com/hotels/Montreal,QC,Canada-c6966/2014-01-14/2014-01-18"
                  target="_blank">http://www.ca.kayak.com/hotels/Montreal,QC,Canada-c6966/2014-01-14/2014-01-18</a><br>
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                I think I am going to have to go with attendees are on
                their own for rooms. Less than an ideal situation in one
                sense, but much more doable from an organization point
                of view for me - I just have to focus on the meeting
                room and daily food, much easier to come to a reasonable
                budget in my mind. This would cover breakfast,
                tea/coffee and lunch. I still don't know what to do
                about dinner. I would like us to have the option to
                congregate as a group - I don't think a sit down dinner
                is reasonable, something more conducive to mingling. But
                I haven't gotten there yet, suggestions welcome.<br>
                <br>
                Having attendees organize their own accommodations
                worked fine for the Infra Boot Camp in New York City in
                June, so I hope it will work as well here.<br>
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                I hope this frees you up to make your own choices,
                Miguel, and submit your budget for approval.<br>
                <br>
                Let me know your thoughts and if you need more from me.<br>
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                Thanks,<br>
                Anita.
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                        <div>Looking forward to see you in Montreal<br>
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                        <div>Cheers<br>
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                        <div>Miguel<br>
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                        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at
                          10:10 AM, Anita Kuno <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                            rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Neutron
                            Tempest code sprint<br>
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                            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.<br>
                            It will be a 3 day event. Right now there
                            are 14 peoplewho came forward when it was
                            announced on the Friday at the summit. We
                            need to know how many additional people are
                            interested in attending.<br>
                            <br>
                            This is an impromptu event based on my
                            assessment of the need for this to happen,
                            so don't feel left out if you didn't know
                            about it in advance.<br>
                            <br>
                            We picked Montreal for two main reasons:<br>
                            1. All 4 people whose attendance is critical
                            (markmclain, salv-orlando, sdague and
                            mtrenish) can get there. It was New York or
                            Montreal.<br>
                            2. I can't think in New York, love it, can't
                            compose a thought, so Montreal it is.<br>
                            <br>
                            It turns out this location choice has some
                            resultant effects:<br>
                            1. People who wouldn't have time to get a
                            visa to attend an event in the States have
                            an easier time entering Canada.<br>
                                US requires visa applications filed 2
                            months in advance of travel and we are
                            inside that timeframe.<br>
                            2. Montreal is cheaper than NYC.<br>
                            3. Being Canadian it is going to be easier
                            for me to produce this event in Canada since
                            I am in Canada.<br>
                            4. It will be cold. We had few choices on
                            the timing and this event can't wait on good
                            weather.<br>
                            <br>
                            There is no location that will make everyone
                            happy, so people will be disappointed by
                            this choice and I accept that. It is my hope
                            that this event is a success and we can
                            create a schedule of some sort so that
                            people who have a high possibility of
                            attending can vote on the location. So that
                            is the future vision.<br>
                            <br>
                            I have a tenative hold on a venue and am
                            working on getting a rate on a block of
                            rooms at a hotel.<br>
                            <br>
                            I am preparing a budget to submit to the
                            Foundation in the hopes they will sponsor
                            the event. Since this was planned with no
                            warning, the Foundation has no budget for
                            it. Mark is supportive of the event
                            happening and if I can come up with some
                            reasonable numbers, I hope that the money
                            can come from the Foundation.<br>
                            <br>
                            The event will be vendor neutral. We will
                            talk to each other based on who we are and
                            our interests, not based on who signs our
                            paycheque. If folks arrive with logoed
                            shirts (I don't know which logos are work
                            logos and which aren't, so I will request no
                            logos please) I will issue you a white
                            T-shirt to wear. We need to work
                            collaboratively to effectlvely make progress
                            during the code sprint.<br>
                            <br>
                            Someone at the summit choose not to wear
                            footwear at the event. If you want to come
                            to the code sprint please plan on wearing
                            appropriate footwear in the public areas at
                            the code sprint. For two reasons:<br>
                            1. It will be cold.<br>
                            2. The event is meant to facilitate mutual
                            respect between us to increase
                            communication, both at the event and
                            afterwards. I feel wearing appropriate
                            footwear supports this goal.<br>
                            <br>
                            Please indicate your interest by sending an
                            email to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:anteaya@anteaya.info"
                              target="_blank">anteaya@anteaya.info</a>,
                            subject "Neutron Tempest code sprint". Don't
                            worry about the body of the email, I just
                            need addresses. We will send out subsequent
                            emails to this group to gather specific
                            details like shirt size, dietary
                            requirements. If you came forward at the
                            summit, no need to email again.<br>
                            <br>
                            If you want to come, but don't feel your
                            employer will fund the trip, please include
                            that information in the email. It will
                            depend on what we can do for accomodation
                            and travel but hopefully we will have a
                            little bit for a few folks. Of course please
                            talk to your manager now to work on getting
                            approval to attend, and hopefully your
                            employeer will fund your travel and
                            accomodation.<br>
                            <br>
                            Additional questions? Hit me up on irc in
                            #openstack-neutron nick anteaya. I read the
                            neutron logs: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%23openstack-neutron/So"
                              target="_blank">http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%23openstack-neutron/So</a>
                            I will get back to you if I am not around
                            when you ask.<br>
                            <br>
                            Also rossella_s has come forward to help,
                            thank you rossella_s!<br>
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                            Thanks,<br>
                            Anita.<br>
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