I pretty much echo Andre's feelings here. I prefer 2-3 day stand-alone events, but it is harder to justify the travel. Also, I agree that co-locating with other events is hard since you typically get a day at most unless you overlap with the other event.
My order of preference would be: 1.) 2 full days when co-located with another 2-day event 2.) 2 full days when co-located with another 3-4 day event (using a weekend day if need be) 3.) 3 full days as a stand-alone event 4.) 2 full days as a stand-alone event Cheers, --Colin On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Andre Fredette <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I prefer a 2 (or 3) day focused DDF. I realize that I'm only > travelling from the East coast to the West coast in the US, and that it is > more difficult for people travelling further. > > Co-locating it with a major conference is challenging because they tend to > run 4 days, which doesn't leave much time for a DDF in the given week. If > we run the DDF concurrently with the other conference, it makes it > difficult to get everyone you need in a room due to competing priorities. > An option is to use the previous or following week-end or week, thought > that makes for a long trip. > > Could we consolidate 2 or 3 related DDF-type events into a single week? > Some options that come to mind are OPNFV, fd.io and OVS. > > In any case, it could be an option to hold the DDF outside the US > sometimes to share the burden. > > Having the DDF at the beginning of a release cycle is ideal, but I'm > willing to be flexible. > > Thanks, > Andre > > > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:02 AM, Phil Robb <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello ODL Developers: >> >> As you know we target a Developer Design Forum (DDF) shortly after every >> release so that we can get together and plan what we'll do for the >> following release as well as introduce any significant new activities or >> projects we may want to consider. >> >> Our Next DDF is scheduled for May 31st/June1 in Santa Clara approximately >> 3 weeks after the planned release of Carbon. >> >> There was discussion about some folks having a difficult time getting to >> the DDF as a 2 day event and we wanted to start a discussion on what to do >> about future DDFs beyond the one already planned in May. To repeat, this >> discussion is not about moving the DDF planned for May 31st/June 1st. The >> DDF will go on as planned. This conversation is for future DDFs. >> >> That said, I can say that the LF is trying to work across all of the LF >> Networking projects to hold a consolidated "LF Networking Project >> Summit"... although I'm positive that's *not* what it will be called. This >> event will be in the fall, counter to ONS being in the Spring and the goal >> is to have all LF Networking projects combine their "summit"-type events to >> this single fall event. Holding a DDF coincident with that event or >> overlapping before/after would make good sense. Other than that (for our >> non-Autumn timeframe), we can always search for a related event near the >> time when we would like to have our DDF and try to plan it around that >> other event to help justify the travel. >> >> That is the real question in this thread. When the timing of our release >> has us planning a DDF as a lone, 2 day event, should we always be flexible >> in the date we have the DDF so that we can co-locate with another event, in >> order to get more international participants able and willing to travel for >> the combination of events and not just the DDF alone. >> >> Please chime in here with your preference. If we are willing to be a bit >> more flexible on when, in relation to an ODL release, we can have the DDF, >> then we'll plan on trying to colocate with another relevant event. If the >> timing of the DDF is critical (in relation to the end of one release and >> the beginning of the next), then being able to find another event to >> colocate with will likely be an issue. >> >> Thanks in advance for your feedback. >> >> Best, >> >> Phil. >> -- >> Phil Robb >> Executive Director, OpenDaylight Project >> VP Operations - Networking & Orchestration, The Linux Foundation >> (O) 970-229-5949 <(970)%20229-5949> >> (M) 970-420-4292 <(970)%20420-4292> >> Skype: Phil.Robb >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.opendaylight.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > TSC mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.opendaylight.org/mailman/listinfo/tsc > >
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