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On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Brad Topol <btopol at us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Angus,
>
> This may sound crazy but  what if in addition to having the online meetup
> you denoted two different locations as an optional physical meetup?

  That way you would get some of the benefits of having folks meet together
> in person while not forcing everyone to have to travel across the globe. So
> for example, if you had one location in Raleigh and one wherever else folks
> are co-located  you could still get the benefits of having some group of
> folks collaborating face to face.
>

Hi Brad

Yeah, that might help.
I'll leave it to people in these locations to chip in (I am in Brisbane, AU
and there are not too many close-by Heat hackers).

-Angus


>
> Just a thought.
>
> --Brad
>
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>
> From:        Angus Salkeld <asalkeld at mirantis.com>
> To:        "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)"
> <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>,
> Date:        11/19/2014 06:56 PM
> Subject:        [openstack-dev] [Heat] Online midcycle meetup
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> As agreed from our weekly meeting we are going to try an online meetup.
>
> Why?
>
> We did a poll (*https://doodle.com/b9m4bf8hvm3mna97#table*
> <https://doodle.com/b9m4bf8hvm3mna97#table>) and it is
> split quite evenly by location. The story I am getting from the community
> is:
>
> "We want a midcycle meetup if it is nearby, but are having trouble getting
> finance
> to travel far."
>
> Given that the Heat community is evenly spread across the globe this
> becomes
> impossible to hold without excluding a significant group.
>
> So let's try and figure out how to do an online meetup!
> (but let's not spend 99% of the time arguing about the software to use
> please)
>
> I think more interesting is:
>
> 1) How do we minimize the time zone pain?
> 2) Can we make each session really focused so we are productive.
> 3) If we do this right it does not have to be "midcycle" but when ever we
> want.
>
> I'd be interested in feedback from others that have tried this too.
>
> -Angus
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