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On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:10:00AM -0700, David Medberry wrote:
:Jon,
:
:I think the Foundation staff were very very wary of extending the PTG or
:doing dual sites simultaneously due to not saving a thing logistically.
:Yes, it would conceivably save travel for folks that need to go to two
:separate events (as would the other colo options on the table) but not
:saving a thing logistically over two separate events as we have now. A six
:or seven day sprint/thing/ptg would also mean encroaching on one or both
:weekends (above and beyond travel dates) and that may really limit venue
:choices as private parties (weddings, etc) tend to book those locales on
:weekends.

Yes, that was my main concern as well.  Though I'd not extended it to
the fact the two events wouldn't fit in a single working week.  So
sounds like the logistics are just illogistical.

-Jon

:On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Jonathan Proulx <jon at csail.mit.edu> wrote:
:
:> :On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Chris Morgan <mihalis68 at gmail.com>
:> wrote:
:>
:> :> The big topic of debate, however, was whether subsequent meetups should
:> be
:> :> co-located with OpenStack PTG. This is a question for the wider
:> OpenStack
:> :> operators community.
:>
:> For people who attend both I thnik this would be a big win, if they
:> were in the same location (city anyway) but held in series.  One
:> (longer) trip but no scheduling conflict.
:>
:> Downside I see is that makes scheduling constraints pretty tight
:> either for having two sponsorslocation available in a coordinated time
:> and place or making a much bigger ask of a single location.
:>
:> Those are my thoughts, not sure if the amount to an opinion.
:>
:> -Jon
:>
:>
:>

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