On 11/15/2013 06:08 AM, Rossella Sblendido wrote:
Hi Anita,
thanks a lot for taking care of this, I realize it's hard to organize
this kind of event.
I think I am going to have to go with attendees are on their own
for rooms. Less than an ideal situation in one sense, but much
more doable from an organization point of view for me - I just
have to focus on the meeting room and daily food, much easier to
come to a reasonable budget in my mind.
I'd prefer that we are all in the same hotel. I can offer my help to
contact some hotel and see what prices they propose. Would that help?
Or do you think it would be more expensive anyway?
I think that would be great. Please do.
The address of the meeting room I have tentatively booked is:
3625 Avenue du Parc
Montréal, QC H2X, Canada ?
Let me know what else you need to support this direction.
Thanks so much Rossella,
Anita.
cheers,
Rossella
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Anita Kuno <ante...@anteaya.info
<mailto:ante...@anteaya.info>> wrote:
On 11/14/2013 06:45 PM, Miguel Lavalle wrote:
Anita,
I am interested in attending this event. I have already talked to
my manager and he is open to fund my trip.
Wonderful. This is great news, Miguel. I look forward to meeting you.
I need to put together a budget, though, in order to get final
approval.
That makes sense.
What is the estimated daily rate for the chosen hotel / venue?
I have looked at selecting a designated hotel and I don't think I
am going to go that route. I will explain why.
If I go with a block of rooms at one location, and meeting rooms
plus daily food, I can't get comfortable with what they want to
charge me on a per person basis.
If I go with a location by itself (which I have a tentative hold
on) and food by itself (awaiting a menu from a caterer) then I am
feeling the numbers will come in to a reasonable amount. This
option would mean that attendees are on their own for hotel
bookings. Taking a quick look at kayak.com <http://kayak.com> and
filtering for 10 km to the intended location, the prices for some
rooms will match or beat any prices I have gotten back from the
hotel I have contacted.
http://www.ca.kayak.com/hotels/Montreal,QC,Canada-c6966/2014-01-14/2014-01-18
I think I am going to have to go with attendees are on their own
for rooms. Less than an ideal situation in one sense, but much
more doable from an organization point of view for me - I just
have to focus on the meeting room and daily food, much easier to
come to a reasonable budget in my mind. This would cover
breakfast, tea/coffee and lunch. I still don't know what to do
about dinner. I would like us to have the option to congregate as
a group - I don't think a sit down dinner is reasonable, something
more conducive to mingling. But I haven't gotten there yet,
suggestions welcome.
Having attendees organize their own accommodations worked fine for
the Infra Boot Camp in New York City in June, so I hope it will
work as well here.
I hope this frees you up to make your own choices, Miguel, and
submit your budget for approval.
Let me know your thoughts and if you need more from me.
Thanks,
Anita.
Looking forward to see you in Montreal
Cheers
Miguel
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Anita Kuno
<ante...@anteaya.info <mailto:ante...@anteaya.info>> wrote:
Neutron Tempest code sprint
In the second week of January in Montreal, Quebec,
Canadathere will be a Neutron Tempest code sprint to improve
the status of Neutron tests in Tempest and to add new tests.
It will be a 3 day event. Right now there are 14 peoplewho
came forward when it was announced on the Friday at the
summit. We need to know how many additional people are
interested in attending.
This is an impromptu event based on my assessment of the need
for this to happen, so don't feel left out if you didn't know
about it in advance.
We picked Montreal for two main reasons:
1. All 4 people whose attendance is critical (markmclain,
salv-orlando, sdague and mtrenish) can get there. It was New
York or Montreal.
2. I can't think in New York, love it, can't compose a
thought, so Montreal it is.
It turns out this location choice has some resultant effects:
1. People who wouldn't have time to get a visa to attend an
event in the States have an easier time entering Canada.
US requires visa applications filed 2 months in advance
of travel and we are inside that timeframe.
2. Montreal is cheaper than NYC.
3. Being Canadian it is going to be easier for me to produce
this event in Canada since I am in Canada.
4. It will be cold. We had few choices on the timing and this
event can't wait on good weather.
There is no location that will make everyone happy, so people
will be disappointed by this choice and I accept that. It is
my hope that this event is a success and we can create a
schedule of some sort so that people who have a high
possibility of attending can vote on the location. So that is
the future vision.
I have a tenative hold on a venue and am working on getting a
rate on a block of rooms at a hotel.
I am preparing a budget to submit to the Foundation in the
hopes they will sponsor the event. Since this was planned
with no warning, the Foundation has no budget for it. Mark is
supportive of the event happening and if I can come up with
some reasonable numbers, I hope that the money can come from
the Foundation.
The event will be vendor neutral. We will talk to each other
based on who we are and our interests, not based on who signs
our paycheque. If folks arrive with logoed shirts (I don't
know which logos are work logos and which aren't, so I will
request no logos please) I will issue you a white T-shirt to
wear. We need to work collaboratively to effectlvely make
progress during the code sprint.
Someone at the summit choose not to wear footwear at the
event. If you want to come to the code sprint please plan on
wearing appropriate footwear in the public areas at the code
sprint. For two reasons:
1. It will be cold.
2. The event is meant to facilitate mutual respect between us
to increase communication, both at the event and afterwards.
I feel wearing appropriate footwear supports this goal.
Please indicate your interest by sending an email to
ante...@anteaya.info <mailto:ante...@anteaya.info>, subject
"Neutron Tempest code sprint". Don't worry about the body of
the email, I just need addresses. We will send out subsequent
emails to this group to gather specific details like shirt
size, dietary requirements. If you came forward at the
summit, no need to email again.
If you want to come, but don't feel your employer will fund
the trip, please include that information in the email. It
will depend on what we can do for accomodation and travel but
hopefully we will have a little bit for a few folks. Of
course please talk to your manager now to work on getting
approval to attend, and hopefully your employeer will fund
your travel and accomodation.
Additional questions? Hit me up on irc in #openstack-neutron
nick anteaya. I read the neutron logs:
http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%23openstack-neutron/So I
will get back to you if I am not around when you ask.
Also rossella_s has come forward to help, thank you rossella_s!
Thanks,
Anita.
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