I think we have the following constraints (based on discussions at the TSC
and another separate chat I had last Wednesday with Ray Paik and Casey):
- We cannot have just following the ONS due to Passover Friday March 30
to Saturday April 7 during which some members cannot attend. Also Friday
March 30 is not available at the venue.
- We cannot have DDF during the Monday-Tuesday of the ONS week - due to
the LFN cross collaboration
- Sunday March 25 is available and LFN would be able to arrange rooms
for the DDF
- Other days like Daniel's suggestion Thursday-Friday March 18-19 in Los
Angeles or somewhere else
- an appropriate venue at appropriate price would need to be found
- Folks traveling from abroad may not have the approval for an over
the weekend stay.
- Also folks coming for ONS as well may find it hard to stay from
Thursday March 18 to Thursday March 29
Given these constraints - do we still want to pursue another option
(Thursday-Friday March 18-19) compared to Sunday March 25?
Please voice your opinions soon. Otherwise the original decision of Sunday
March 25 would stand. As Luis mentioned - we would need to start booking
travel.
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 7:03 AM, Daniel Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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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