Sorry, I've twice said Thursday/Friday for the main ONS event when it's actually Wednesday/Thursday. Friday is a holiday.
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 4:00 PM Daniel Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I remember #agreeing that, but I think it was because Casey had > basically told us It Must Be So. I meant to point out that since everything > seems so up-in-the-air, and the community seems to prefer other options, we > may want to keep them on the table. In particular I'm concerned about low > attendance if we have a Sunday DDF and must to pay for the Monday/Tuesday > event. For folks traveling internationally, it's a hard sell. Something > like Thursday/Friday DDF + weekend in LA + free Sunday XCI + free Mon/Tues > cross-community + costly/optional ONS Thurs/Fri seems much more appealing. > > Daniel > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 3:43 PM Brady Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dan, >> >> I was under the impression that we agreed on Sunday in the last TSC call. >> The following was posted in the meeting minutes: >> >> AGREED: ODL DDF will be on Sunday March 25, 2018 (abhijitkumbhare, >> 19:04:10) >> >> >> And later summarized as follows by Abhijit in his email about the meeting >> minutes: >> >> The Fluorine DDF will be on March 25, 2018 - which is unfortunately on a >> Sunday but that is the best choice in the current circumstances. It will be >> at the same venue as the ONS. There will be possibilities to have smaller >> breakout sessions on Monday and Tuesday during the LFN developer event. >> >> >> I agree that the ONS event is *ridiculously* expensive, and consequently >> I wont be attending it. Im making the trip just to attend the DDF, which I >> feel is worth it. I was able to reserve at the event hotel for the nights >> of Saturday and Sunday (March 24, 25) for the same rate of $259/night. >> >> I hope we can also have breakout sessions on Monday without having to pay >> to get into the ONS for the day. I hope Phil and Casey will work this out >> for us. If ONS insists on being so expensive and charging for ridiculous >> things like an ODL breakout session, then they should be worried about >> facing the same fate as the SDN world congress, who tried to do the same >> thing and nobody attends that anymore. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> *Brady Johnson* >> [email protected] >> >> <https://twitter.com/inocybetech> <http://www.inocybe.com/> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/2661537?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A2661537%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1441300264767%2Ctas%3Ainocybe> >> [image: >> Screenshot 2017-02-14 at 10.43.55 AM.png] >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uUWABdPR0Je9Du_15FCkw> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 7:35 AM, Daniel Farrell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Bumping this thread to summarize where we're at and what we need to know. >>> >>> Mentally running a raked-preference algorithm on the votes we saw, it >>> looks like the community prefers 3 (Thurs/Fri), then 1 (Mon/Tues), then a >>> distant 2 (Sunday). However, Casey's follow-up makes it seem like we don't >>> have much of an option, must do 2/Sunday. >>> >>> Regarding costs, there seems to be ongoing confusion. Casey mentioned >>> above and on the TSC that the Monday/Tuesday cross-community event would be >>> free for DDF participants, but told a few of us on yesterday's TWS that >>> he's now hearing it will not be free. I've also heard quite a bit of >>> off-list concern that the DDF is at risk of not being well-attended since >>> it's a single weekend day and ONS is so expensive ($1195 early bird). A >>> number of us also sent talks to ONS that now seem like they should be part >>> of the cross-community event (track details sent after CFP closed), so >>> we're not sure if we will get speaker passes. >>> >>> We've also asked for the hotel discount to start on Saturday since the >>> DDF will be Sunday but haven't heard back. >>> >>> We really need to get some clarity here ASAP as folks are trying to >>> figure out budgets and flights will start going up in price soon. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Daniel >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 7:11 AM Anil Belur <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 1:05 AM, Daniel Farrell <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Bumping this thread because we really need to get to a resolution >>>>> ASAP, folks need to book travel. >>>>> >>>>> The options I've seen: >>>>> >>>>> 1. DDF on Thursday/Friday before ONS. Very long trip, but no conflicts. >>>>> 2. DDF on Sunday before ONS. Conflicts with XCI event, working on the >>>>> weekend sucks. >>>>> 3. DDF during Mon/Tue of ONS. Conflicts with cross-community >>>>> collaboration event. Unclear if cross-community event has two full days of >>>>> relevant content. Maybe possible to time-slice in a way that minimizes >>>>> conflict (DDF in the morning, cross-community events involving ODL in the >>>>> afternoon). >>>>> 4. Have a virtual DDF. Likely not as productive, little support voiced >>>>> so far. >>>>> >>>>> I prefer 1 or 3, since the XCI event is critical for me. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> +1 for 1 or 3 >>>> >>> >>
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