+9 for the DC area (there are 9 of us ISI-ers in the DC area working on OpenStack-related stuff).
For an example venue: this year's IEEE Cloud conference is being held at the Washington Marriott in downtown DC: http://www.thecloudcomputing.org/2011/hotel.html Lorin -- Lorin Hochstein, Computer Scientist USC Information Sciences Institute 703.812.3710 http://www.east.isi.edu/~lorin On May 4, 2011, at 6:39 PM, Brian Schott wrote: > We should also consider the DC area. There are advantages for folks that > depend on federal funding. Plus, there are also strategic advantages for > OpenStack to try to better engage U.S. federal agencies to promote this > standard as the open cloud standard. I'd be happy to help with leg work. > > Brian > > Brian Schott, CTO > Nimbis Services, Inc. > brian.sch...@nimbisservices.com > > > > > > On May 4, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Stephen Spector wrote: > >>>> Andrew: >>>> >>>> How will the final decision be made? >> >> Right now, I am working with the Rackspace events team to look for event >> facilities that can meet our requirements in terms of physical space, number >> of rooms, budget, availability on dates we need, etc. I am focusing on the >> East Coast of the US including Canada with an emphasis on Boston but we are >> also considering NYC, Montreal, Atlanta, etc. Don't worry – Orlando will not >> be considered; I have done enough events there while at Citrix to last a >> lifetime. >> >> Once I get a few options that meet our needs I will present the information >> to the community for feedback and then a final recommendation will be made >> by myself to ?. I believe that ? at this time is Jim Curry and the Project >> Policy Board although I am not sure the PBB should be the final decision >> maker; however this is an open area for the community to discuss. Of course, >> as of today, Rackspace is still funding more than 70% of the total costs for >> these events thus the importance of getting Rackspace's thoughts on the >> location. >> >> As usual, I am open to other ideas and processes. My goal is to be >> completely open with the planning of this event as I was last time so >> everyone can see costs, schedules, etc. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Stephen Spector >> Community Manager, OpenStack >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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