[Openstack] OpenStack Design Summit - Fall 2011 Location Request

Ilya Alekseyev ilyaalekseyev at acm.org
Tue Mar 29 17:33:49 UTC 2011


+1 for Europe :-)

2011/3/29 Luis Gervaso <luis at woorea.es>

> +1 for Europe :P
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Stephen Spector <
> stephen.spector at openstack.org> 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.
>> - - -
>> Stephen Spector, Rackspace
>> OpenStack Community Manager
>> stephen.spector at openstack.org
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