[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] Location of next Xen Project Developer Summit / User Summit (please respond by end of September)
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:30 AM, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am CCâing all the subprojects (and project leads of sub projects who are > not yet fully operational in terms of infrastructure) to get feedback on next > years events. I know we all agreed that we would alternate between Europe and > the US, but this may be challenging next year, because there may not be > enough space. So I wanted to get your feed and will need to make a decision > before the next Advisory Board meeting in October. Ideally well before. > > Let me lay out what I know. > * LinuxCon US will be in Seattle Aug 17-19 > * Linux Plumbers will be in Seattle Aug 19, with mini summits Aug 20 & 21st > * There will also be a new Container Con Aug 20 & 21st > * KVM Forum is thinking but have not decided to be in Seattle also sometimes > between Aug 19 - 21st > * There is just enough space for a Xen Project Summit from Aug 19 - 21st > * LinuxCon EU is most likely in Brussels end of September, but it is likely > that there is not enough space > > I also want to move back to a model where we donât have a separate user and > developer summit. It is to expensive and too hard to organise. What we would > do is have these semi-separate (e.g. User Summit before the Dev Summit) and > we allow users to stay on and attend the Dev Summit using some discounted > tickets if they want. The main rationale is to save cost and get maximum > impact from sponsorships to subsidise the event(s). > > But we need to make a decision pretty soon. My thinking was the following: > * Developer Summit on 20 & 21st > * Developer Meeting, Board Meetings, Hackspace and Working Group would be > held on the 19th. > * We could also have a User Focussed Day on the 19th - the limitation is that > on the 19th we cannot get rooms holding more than 60 people > * Try to do something together with KVM Forum (E.g. a joint social event or > something - assuming they buy into it and decide for Seattle, or a joint > Hackathon) > * The problem is that this would be a very intensive week and that some > people may have to juggle schedules as they may have to attend several events. > > On the other hand, there is likely not enough space to co-locate with > LinuxCon EU. And we always also have a very big presence at FOSDEM in > Brussels. So co-locating seems not quite right, as we are almost competing > with ourselves in the same location that year. > > Please let me know what your preferences are. I can then get back to the > Advisory Board and get this closed. And I need to know before the end of the > month as otherwise we will run out of options. Your reasoning here sounds sensible to me. -George _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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