<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>+1 for Toronto, eventually! </div><div><br></div><div>Wayne</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Andrew Shafer <<a href="mailto:andrew@cloudscaling.com">andrew@cloudscaling.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wed, 4 May 2011 17:58:50 -0400<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Stephen Spector <<a href="mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org">stephen.spector@openstack.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<a href="mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net">openstack@lists.launchpad.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net">openstack@lists.launchpad.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [SPAM] Re: [Openstack] [SPAM] Re: Discussion on October Design Summit Locations<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>That all makes sense.</div><div><br></div><div>Any of those options are going to start to be cold in Oct.</div><div><br></div><div>I reject the idea that Boston is a tech hub like Silicon Valley, but that's because I reject the idea that anywhere is like 'the valley'.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd also like to up vote Toronto.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for keeping us in the loop.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Stephen Spector <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org">stephen.spector@openstack.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><div><div><div>>> Andrew:</div><div class="im"><div>>></div><div>>> How will the final decision be made?</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>
Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Stephen Spector</div><div>Community Manager, OpenStack</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>
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