Do we have an ETA for LF to communicate final plan and price for ONS? I guess we need that prior to booking trips.
BR/Luis > On Jan 23, 2018, at 7:00 AM, 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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uUWABdPR0Je9Du_15FCkw> > > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 7:35 AM, Daniel Farrell <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 1:05 AM, Daniel Farrell <[email protected] > <mailto:[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 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.opendaylight.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > <https://lists.opendaylight.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss>
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