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On 6/30/15, 11:46 AM, "Matt Fischer" <matt at mattfischer.com> wrote:

>My votes line up with Dave's and Joe's pretty much.
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>I think that vendor booth's are a bad idea as well.
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>As for registration, I think having a fee that covers the meals/coffee is
>fair. This is not a typical walk in off the street meeting. I don't think
>many companies would balk at an extra $100-$200 fee for registration.
>Especially if you're already paying
> for travel like 99% of us will be doing. I'm also +1 canceling the
>evening event to cut costs, it was overcrowded last time and with 300
>people will be unmanageable.

Have to agree with pretty much all of this.

Perhaps we can even have a scholarship process setup for people/companies
who really should be there but for whom the 100-200$ registration fee is a
total show stopper?

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>Tom, What is the actual per-head price range for meals?
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>On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Joe Topjian
><joe at topjian.net> wrote:
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>-1 on paid registration, I think we need to be mindful of the smaller
>openstack deployers, their voice is an important one, and their access to
>the larger operations teams is invaluable to them.  I like the idea of
>local teams showing up because it's in
> the neighborhood and they don't need to hassle their budgeting managers
>too much for travel approval / expenses.  This is more accessible
>currently than the summits for many operators.  Let's keep it that way.
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>I understand your point.
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>IMO, the Ops mid-cycle meetup is a little different than a normal local
>meetup you'll find at
>meetup.com <http://meetup.com>. It's a multi-day event that includes
>meals and an evening event. Being able to attend for free, while a great
>goal, may not be practical. I would not imagine that the fee would be as
>much as a Summit
> ticket, nor even broken down to the daily cost of a Summit ticket. I see
>it as something that would go toward the cost of food and such.
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>The OpenStack foundation does a lot to ensure that people who are unable
>to pay registration fees are still able to attend summits. The same
>courtesy could be extended here as well. As an example, David M has
>mentioned that TWC may help (I understand that
> may not be official, just used as an example of how others may be
>willing to help with that area).
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>Joe
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