<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>+9 for the DC area (there are 9 of us ISI-ers in the DC area working on OpenStack-related stuff). </div><div><br></div><div>For an example venue: this year's IEEE Cloud conference is being held at the Washington Marriott in downtown DC: <a href="http://www.thecloudcomputing.org/2011/hotel.html">http://www.thecloudcomputing.org/2011/hotel.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Lorin</div><div>
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<br><div><div>On May 4, 2011, at 6:39 PM, Brian Schott wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>We should also consider the DC area. There are advantages for folks that depend on federal funding. Plus, there are also strategic advantages for OpenStack to try to better engage U.S. federal agencies to promote this standard as the open cloud standard. I'd be happy to help with leg work.<br><br>Brian<br><br>Brian Schott, CTO<br>Nimbis Services, Inc.<br><a href="mailto:brian.schott@nimbisservices.com">brian.schott@nimbisservices.com</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>On May 4, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Stephen Spector wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Andrew:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">How will the final decision be made?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Right now, I am working with the Rackspace events team to look for event facilities that can meet our requirements in terms of physical space, number of rooms, budget, availability on dates we need, etc. I am focusing on the East Coast of the US including Canada with an emphasis on Boston but we are also considering NYC, Montreal, Atlanta, etc. Don't worry – Orlando will not be considered; I have done enough events there while at Citrix to last a lifetime. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Once I get a few options that meet our needs I will present the information to the community for feedback and then a final recommendation will be made by myself to ?. I believe that ? at this time is Jim Curry and the Project Policy Board although I am not sure the PBB should be the final decision maker; however this is an open area for the community to discuss. Of course, as of today, Rackspace is still funding more than 70% of the total costs for these events thus the importance of getting Rackspace's thoughts on the location. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">As usual, I am open to other ideas and processes. My goal is to be completely open with the planning of this event as I was last time so everyone can see costs, schedules, etc. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thanks,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Stephen Spector<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Community Manager, OpenStack<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp<br></blockquote><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack<br>Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net<br>Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack<br>More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>