On 12/18/2013 04:17 PM, Anita Kuno wrote: > Okay time for a recap. > > What: Neutron Tempest code sprint > Where: Montreal, QC, Canada > When: January 15, 16, 17 2014 > Location: I am about to sign the contract for Salle du Parc at 3625 Parc > avenue, a room in a residence of McGill University. > Time: 9am - 5am Time: 9am - 5pm > > I am expecting to see the following people in Montreal in January: > Mark McClain > Salvatore Orlando > Sean Dague > Matt Trenish > Jay Pipes > Sukhdev Kapur > Miguel Lavelle > Oleg Bondarev > Rossella Sblendido > Emilien Macchi > Sylvain Afchain > Nicolas Planel > Kyle Mestery > Dane Leblanc > Sumit Naiksatam > Henry Gessau > Don Kehn > Carl Baldwin > Justin Hammond > Anita Kuno > > If you are on the above list and can't attend, please email me so I have > an up-to-date list. If you are planning on attending and I don't have > your name listed, please email me without delay so that I can add you > and you get done what you need to get done to attend. > > I have the contract for the room and will be signing it and sending it > in with the room deposit tomorrow. Monty has about 6 more hours to get > back to me on this, then I just have to go ahead and do it. > > Caterer is booked and I will be doing menu selection over the holidays. > I can post the intended, _the intended_ menu once I have decided. Soup, > salad, sandwich - not glamourous but hopefully filling. If the menu on > the day isn't the same as what I post, please forgive me. Unforeseen > circumstances may crop up and I will do my best to get you fed. One > person has identified they have a specific food request, if there are > any more out there, please email me now. This covers breakfast, lunch > and tea/coffee all day. Menu: Breakfast: 8am - 10am Fruit, Yogurt, Baked Items: ie. Muffins, Scones, Juice, Coffee, Tea
Lunch: Noon - 2pm Sandwiches: Roast Beef with Stone Ground Mustard, Smoked Turkey Breast with Cranberry Sauce, Chicken Salad with Apples and Celery, Flavoured Tortilla with Spinach and Sun-dried Tomatoes, Smoked Meat, Egg Salad, Tuna with fresh Dill, Black Forest Ham with aged Cheddar on a variety of breads Soup: Wednesday: Potato and Leek Cream Soup Thursday: Sweet Potato and Red Pepper Bisque Friday: Wild Rice and Smoked Turkey Soup Salad: Green Garden Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette and Wednesday: Greek Salad Thursday: Tortellini Pesto Salad Friday: Potato Aglio e Olio Salad Tea and Coffee all day This is to convey a sense of what to expect, items may change with no notice. > > Henry Gessau will be social convener for dinners. If you have some > restaurant suggestions, please contact Henry. Organization of dinners > will take place once we congregate in our meeting room. > > T-shirts: we decided that the code quality of Neutron was a higher > priority than t-shirts. > > One person required a letter of invitation for visa purposes and > received it. I hope the visa has been granted. > > Individuals arrangements for hotels seem to be going well from what I > have been hearing. A few people will be staying at Le Nouvel Hotel, > thanks for finding that one, Rosella. > > Weather: well you got me on this one. This winter is colder than we have > had in some time and more snow too. So it will be beautiful but bring or > buy warm clothes. A few suggestions: > * layer your clothes (t-shirt, turtleneck, sweatshirt) > * boots with removable liners (this is my boot of choice: > http://amzn.to/19ddJve) remove the liners at the end of each day to dry them > * warm coat > * toque (wool unless you are allergic) I'm seeing them for $35, don't > pay that much, you should be able to get something warm for $15 or less > * warm socks (cotton socks and wool over top)- keep your feet dry > * mitts (mitts keep my fingers warmer than gloves) > * scarf > If the weather is making you panic, talk to me and I will see about > bringing some of my extra accessories with me. The style might not be > you but you will be warm. We are experiencing waves of warm and cold. The best I can offer is keep your eye on the forecast: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/14-day-weather-trend/canada/quebec/montreal when you pack, which is what I will be doing. Thanks, Anita. > > Remember, don't lick the flagpole. It doesn't matter what your friends > tell you. > > That's all I can think of, if I missed something, email me. > > Oh, and best to consider me offline from Jan.2 until the code sprint. > Make sure you have all the information you need prior to that time. > > See you in Montreal, > Anita. > > > On 11/19/2013 11:31 AM, Rossella Sblendido wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> sorry if this is a bit OT now. >> I contacted some hotels to see if we could get a special price if we book >> many rooms. According to my research the difference in price is not much. >> Also, as Anita was saying, booking for everybody is more complicated. >> So I decided to booked a room for myself. >> I share the name of the hotel, in case you want to stay in the same place >> http://www.lenouvelhotel.com/<http://www.booking.com/hotel/ca/le-nouvel-spa.html?aid=318615&label=postbooking_confemail&pbsource=conf_email_hotel_name&et=UmFuZG9tSVYkc2RlIyh9YQkLIKuQhwqabGHP/3dl6rJzqy0AqLilEWRB9q2h3N7LbLpnopp78jpk3Zrw8QEON8/7uGk2Z4XEVgx0jMidsc7G6J6/mpIjb0/tpL+TyUzh/SougdT7JVfQN96wrY/Uz9Cu068o86et5KaL1N1ikBA2yvj25PBlFEF+/iBPj8Nq>. >> It's close to the meeting room and the price is one of the best I have >> found. >> >> cheers, >> >> Rossella >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Anita Kuno <ante...@anteaya.info> wrote: >> >>> On 11/16/2013 01:14 PM, Anita Kuno wrote: >>> >>> On 11/16/2013 12:37 PM, Sean Dague wrote: >>> >>> On 11/15/2013 10:36 AM, Russell Bryant wrote: >>> >>> On 11/13/2013 11:10 AM, Anita Kuno 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. >>> >>> First off, I think anything regarding putting more effort into this is >>> great. However, I *beg* the Neutron team not to wait until this week to >>> make significant progress. >>> >>> To be clear, IMO, this is already painfully late. It's one of the >>> largest items blocking deprecation of nova-network and moving forward >>> with Neutron. This spring is just a couple weeks before icehouse-2. >>> Come i2, mid-cycle, we're going to have make a call on whether or not >>> nova-network deprecation seems likely. If not, we really can't wait >>> around and I will probably propose un-freezing nova-network. >>> >>> 100% agreed. Realistically this has to be a capping session, not when >>> the real work starts. If the agent rewrite isn't done, and the parallel >>> gate basically working before then, it won't work. >>> >>> Honestly, I think we're going to need to checkpoint before Christmas to >>> figure out if the preconditions are met, because if they aren't, then >>> it's not clear the 3 days of code sprint are really going to generate >>> the results we need. >>> >>> I'm encouraged by the level of activity in the neutron channel, so I >>> think right now planning for success is good. But again, we need some >>> aggressive check points, and people need to realize this is not the >>> beginning of this work, it is the closing session. >>> >>> -Sean >>> >>> Great. What kind of check points in a mutual location would we like to >>> see? >>> >>> Etherpad? >>> >>> Meeting logs? >>> >>> Other suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks Sean, >>> Anita. >>> >>> Actually I am going to answer my own question with a proposal. >>> >>> I would like to see a special sub-committee of the TC convened comprised >>> of (5?) TC members and/or appointees for the express purpose of being >>> available to help meet this goal, be available in the -neutron irc channel >>> for questions and support and also to guide the process so the goal is >>> achieved. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> >>> Anita. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenStack-dev mailing >>> listOpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.orghttp://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenStack-dev mailing list >>> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-dev mailing list >> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> > _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev