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+1 for Europe. Germany in October sounds nice.


On 3/29/11 10:52 AM, Stephen Spector wrote:
> Developers:
>
> I have started early planning on the next OpenStack Design Summit in 
> early October 2011 this year and would like to get some feedback on 
> location options. The current thinking is to just host a Design Summit 
> event for 3 days without the associated Conference portion that we are 
> doing next month in Santa Clara. It is my intention to take this idea 
> to the broader community in the coming weeks but I need to gather some 
> data from the developers before I can put together a final proposal to 
> the community,
>
> Location -- My goal is to host the 3-day event in a gateway city so 
> attendees from Asia, Europe, and the US can easily fly directly to 
> this destination. This leads me to look at cities like New York, 
> Chicago, London, Paris, Seoul, etc except these locations tend to be 
> expensive for hotels and facilities. Other global cities such as 
> Houston, Amsterdam, Frankfort, Seattle, Atlanta, Dallas are cheaper 
> locations for the event. Thus, I am looking to see what locations are 
> of interest to the developers; also remember weather in October as a 
> factor.
>
> Host -- Having an event at a hotel is more expensive then finding a 
> corporate facility, university setting, or even co-locate with a 
> conference. I am open to any ideas you have about interesting 
> facilities or events to co-locate with as I want to ensure that we not 
> only accomplish our goal of setting the project's direction for the 
> future releases but also provide an excellent environment with top 
> notch facilities.
>
> Feel free to provide your thoughts directly to myself via email or 
> respond to this email should you wish a broader conversation. Thanks.
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