Unfortunately, Strata has no room for us :( Paypal sounds like a great option.
Jayesh, sounds like you're driving? :) On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 12:04 PM, siddharth anand <[email protected]> wrote: > Russell, > Let us know what you learn about Strata. > > Even if Strata offers up rooms to communities for free (based on > information such as community size, etc...), I'm doubtful they would cover > food and drinks. That cost would need to be carried by a sponsor -- i.e. > you'd need to find a sponsor for it. We considered something similar for > QCon -- however, our venue costs were fairly high so the catering cost for > most budding communities and their sponsors were a turn-off. Given that > Strata is a large conference hosted at a largish (i.e. expensive) hotel, > I'd expect some of the same cost issues, unless Strata co-sponsored it. > > I'm all for something at Strata, but just wanted to share my $0.02. Since > this topic came up on Jayesh's thread, I'd like to time-bound it. If you > don't hear back by say Friday with specifics from Strata, I'd say that > Jayesh's wins by first-mover privilege. > > Jayesh, > If we don't hear from Strata by Friday, I'd say we continue with your idea. > I've already promoted your user to Event Organizer on > https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Apache-Airflow-Incubating-Meetup/ > > You'd need to follow the steps below: > > - Get approval from Paypal to host it > - Ping this list for 2 more speakers - I'd imagine someone from PayPal > will also speak about PayPal's use of Airflow. > - Create the meet-up event (ideally once you have all 3 speakers) > - Update this list with a link to this event (and ping me if I don't see > it) -- I'll then promote it on our twitter channel, etc... > > -s > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Jayesh Senjaliya <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I am actually up for both, Paypal can host after Strata. > > > > waiting for community to comment as well. > > > > Thanks > > Jayesh > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Russell Jurney < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I reached out and am awaiting to hear if they have space. They did say > > that > > > attendees of meetups in the evening do NOT need to have a Strata pass. > > > > > > I'm new here, so I don't want to hijack your meetup. If you guys want > > > Paypal, lets have Paypal host. I'm sure it will be great either way. > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Russell Jurney < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I think if we hold it in the evening, there is no requirement to buy > a > > > > ticket to come to the meetup. Let me verify. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Jayesh Senjaliya < > > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi Russell, > > > >> > > > >> Sure, Strata will have its own flavor of visitors, but the tickets > are > > > >> kind of expensive too for everybody to join. > > > >> > > > >> I agree on turnouts though, so we can try for Strata first and > > fallback > > > to > > > >> regular > > > >> meetup in March end or even April if we dont get space in Strata. > > > >> > > > >> or we can just do both since there will be different group of people > > at > > > >> both places. > > > >> > > > >> - Jayesh > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Russell Jurney < > > > >> [email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > As I mentioned in the other thread, I am available to speak on > > > >> Predictive > > > >> > Analytics with Airflow and PySpark. > > > >> > > > > >> > Mid march has been suggested. What about the evening of Tuesday, > > 3/14 > > > - > > > >> the > > > >> > first day of sessions at Strata? We could promote the meetup with > > the > > > >> > conference, get it listed as an evening event. Alternative day > could > > > be > > > >> > Wednesday 3/15, 2nd day of Strata sessions. > > > >> > > > > >> > This brings up the question... should we maybe have the meetup at > > > >> Strata? > > > >> > Just a thought, we might get better turnout if we get a room from > > > >> Strata. > > > >> > I'm sure they would agree. I'm new here; just an idea. > > > >> > > > > >> > Russ > > > >> > > > > >> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Jacky <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > > Hello Airflow community ! > > > >> > > > > > >> > > I am Jayesh from Paypal, and at last meetup we briefly talked > > about > > > >> > > hosting next one and I offered to host at Paypal office in San > > Jose. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > If we can come up with some dates, I can talk to facilities to > > > reserve > > > >> > > space accordingly. so that it dont become short notice for the > > > >> community. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Any thoughts/comments? > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Thanks > > > >> > > Jayesh > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > -- > > > >> > Russell Jurney twitter.com/rjurney [email protected] > > relato.io > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Russell Jurney twitter.com/rjurney [email protected] > relato.io > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Russell Jurney twitter.com/rjurney [email protected] relato.io > > > > > > -- Russell Jurney twitter.com/rjurney [email protected] relato.io
