Open Stack

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 7:10 PM Tony Breeds <tony at bakeyournoodle.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 06:51:49PM -0500, Erik McCormick wrote:
>
> > In future, we would love to know cutoff dates as soon as you know what
> > they are. We don't have a lot of control over exact dates of the
> > meetup as it's based primarily on the availability of the host
> > organization. However, if it comes soon enough we can try to influence
> > the date and plan for it as best we can.
>
> Given it's the same format every time they're known now?
> See: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum for the format.
>
> So we know the post Denver summit is in Shnaghai:
>
> [tony at thor ~]$ python3
> Python 3.7.2 (default, Jan 16 2019, 19:49:22)
> [GCC 8.2.1 20181215 (Red Hat 8.2.1-6)] on linux
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import datetime
> >>> T=datetime.date(2019,11,4)
> >>> print('Etherpads %s' % (T - datetime.timedelta(weeks=11)))
> Etherpads 2019-08-19
> >>> print('Deadline %s' % (T - datetime.timedelta(weeks=7)))
> Deadline 2019-09-16
> >>>
>
Deadline for Berlin was 44 days before the summit. Deadline for this
one was 51 days (now 49). The extra week I asked for would bring it in
line exactly, so +1 to your code and I get the extra week.

> > I would also be curious to hear from anyone who is basing their travel

> > choices on the approval status of a Forum session. I believe that this
> > number is 0, but I'm ready to be proven wrong.
>
> There are companies that only fund 'speakers' for travel and there are
> some developer types (like myself) that will be moderating forum
> sessions (hopefully) but not talking at the summit.
>
> So there certainly *are* people in this situation.
>
As per my previous comments, I submit to penance for underestimating
the varied travel situations attendees face. My apologies

> Tony.