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Unless you’re going to be spending ALL your time at the RAX office, I’d definitely recommend staying downtown and renting a car/cabbing. The downtown area is very walkable with a lot of options for food and drink and gathering in the evening, and it’s a pretty short drive from downtown straight up I-35 to the office. The area around the RAX office not nearly as much so. Same for the airport area.

I really enjoyed the last ops mid-cycle meeting up in San Jose, but unfortunately am going to miss this one. Otherwise I would be happy to volunteer as tour guide and car pool coordinator.

Jonathan


On Jul 14, 2014, at 9:17 PM, Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org> wrote:

> Talking with a former racker:
> 
> If you want to stay walking distance to RAX, the Drury Inn & Suites (make sure you select the right one!) has been used before.
> 
> Another riverside option I've heard is the Valencia.
> 
> I didn't realise that Aloft offered shuttles to rax ... that does make it quite convenient.
> 
> Having never been to SAT either, I'm keen to stay where people are :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Tom
> 
> On 15/07/14 07:48, Michael Still wrote:
>> I wouldn't describe the journey from downtown to the Rackspace office
>> as "pedestrian friendly". Downtown San Antonio is ok, but Rackspace
>> isn't downtown.
>> 
>> Several hotels in the area (the Marriott San Antonio airport and the
>> Aloft San Antonio airport) do offer shuttles to Rackspace. Other
>> hotels might as well, but you'd have to ask them to confirm.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Michael
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:55 AM, Nathanael Burton
>> <nathanael.i.burton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> If you've never been to San Antonio, staying downtown by the Riverwalk is
>>> pretty nice. It would require a rental car to get to Rack space though.
>>> 
>>> http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com
>>> 
>>> On Jul 14, 2014 10:52 AM, "Joe Topjian" <joe at topjian.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'd be interested if someone could vouch for the hotels near the venue or
>>>> if San Antonio is more pedestrian friendly than Google Maps makes it out to
>>>> be.
>>>> 
>>>> My current plan is to stay downtown, though I'd probably end up renting a
>>>> car as it's a 15min drive vs a 1hr bus ride.
>>>> 
>>>> But this is me planning blindly, so it'd be awesome if someone who knows
>>>> the area better could give some tips. :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 7:16 AM, Dan Radez <dradez at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I noticed the reference to where to stay is gone,
>>>>> is there any group hotel or should we just find somewhere close to the
>>>>> address of the meetup?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dan
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 07/13/2014 11:35 PM, Tom Fifield wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I want to finalise the agenda and start advertising it very soon. If
>>>>>> you're interested in running a session for the ops event, please
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1) register
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-ops-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-12149171499
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2) edit https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/SAT-ops-meetup and add your
>>>>>> name under volunteers
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 08/07/14 16:06, Tom Fifield wrote:
>>>>>>> If you run an OpenStack cloud, please consider to join us on August 25
>>>>>>> &
>>>>>>> 26 in San Antonio for the next Ops Meetup!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Registration is now open. Please pass the link to other OpenStack ops
>>>>>>> folk you know:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-ops-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-12149171499
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ***Please register by July 29th***
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The OpenStack Ops Mid-Cycle Meetup will provide a chance to continue
>>>>>>> conversations and dive into working groups initiatied at the first Ops
>>>>>>> Meetup in March 2014, and followed by the Ops Meetup tracks during the
>>>>>>> Atlanta Summit May 2014. It is intended to be a forum for people who
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> currently running OpenStack clouds to congregate, swap best practices,
>>>>>>> share ideas and give feedback. The format will primarily consist of
>>>>>>> round table / working groups / discussion sessions, with only a small
>>>>>>> number of presentations. The event has the following goals:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>      Gather feedback on the issues that come up in running OpenStack
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> work to communicate this throughout the community
>>>>>>>      Create a forum in which to share best practices and architectures
>>>>>>> between interested parties
>>>>>>>      Increase constructive, proactive involvement from those running
>>>>>>> clouds
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> More details to come on the agenda, but you can see initial input and
>>>>>>> notes at: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/SAT-ops-meetup
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The event is free to attend, but please RSVP by July 29th, so we can
>>>>>>> plan for food and space.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thank you to Rackspace for hosting this event!!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ***Note***: This event assumes OpenStack ops knowledge and is _not_
>>>>>>> appropriate for beginners, or a place to learn about OpenStack. The
>>>>>>> event contains relatively few 'presentations' and is mostly a
>>>>>>> discussion-style event. To find other OpenStack events in your area,
>>>>>>> please visit www.openstack.org/events.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 07/07/14 23:04, Dan Radez wrote:
>>>>>>>> TShirt Signup at the bottom of the etherpad:
>>>>>>>> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/SAT-ops-meetup
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> RDO is ordering trystack t-shirts
>>>>>>>> I put a signup on the etherpad.
>>>>>>>> Put you name down by end of the week (2014-07-11) and we should be
>>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>> to bring a shirt to San Antonio for everyone who puts their name
>>>>>>>> down.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Dan Radez
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 06/26/2014 03:49 AM, Tom Fifield wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks to those of you who have put some thoughts down on the
>>>>>>>>> etherpad.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> There's still a small amount of time for those who haven't - please
>>>>>>>>> check it out at:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/SAT-ops-meetup
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I'm also going to start looking for moderators soon. If you are
>>>>>>>>> interesting in moderating a session, let me know which ones :)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 19/06/14 11:02, Tom Fifield wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> We've come a long way since our first small meeting in San Jose:
>>>>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>>>>> looked at the survey feedback around the Ops Meetup at the Atlanta
>>>>>>>>>> summit and it was amazingly successful. That's all thanks to you.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It's now time to organise our next meeting. Details forthcoming,
>>>>>>>>>> but we
>>>>>>>>>> know that it's going to be over two days, August 25th and 26th in
>>>>>>>>>> San
>>>>>>>>>> Antonio, Texas, USA, thanks to Rackspace.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> However, first - we need to work on the content we'd like to see.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> The strongest response to the summit survey was a desire for
>>>>>>>>>> sessions
>>>>>>>>>> that really "connect" the ops/dev feedback loop full-circle, and
>>>>>>>>>> see
>>>>>>>>>> change actually happening. So this time, in addition to
>>>>>>>>>> feedback-gathering sessions, I'm hoping to see at least a few real
>>>>>>>>>> working sessions, much more "development" focused. Perhaps
>>>>>>>>>> "blueprint
>>>>>>>>>> review" might be one of these, or maybe the "enterprise" working
>>>>>>>>>> group
>>>>>>>>>> would like to have a working meeting.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Aside from this, it turns out that people actually liked the topics
>>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>> picked for the summit ops meetup - well done! The more
>>>>>>>>>> presentation-style architecture "show and tell" was also enjoyed,
>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>> people wanted to change up the format a bit. Two back-to-back hours
>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>> too long :)
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Please take a moment to jot down your ideas on how to shape this
>>>>>>>>>> next
>>>>>>>>>> meeting on the following etherpad:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/SAT-ops-meetup
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>>> 
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