For us NZ (and maybe Aus) folk to attend, getting to Europe is (literally) twice the distance of US, but Asia is about the same (language aside). I find the Summit really valuable in that a large and diverse group get together and the discussion is live, and in the same time zone - I'd be sad to lose that focus if we split the mid cycle, but if it was regional I'd be more likely to justify the cost of getting there. A set of air fares and accommodation for the Summit every 6 months is hard enough to fund, doubling it isn't easy.
Maybe it would be good to re-state the purpose/goal of the mid cycle and see which option matches that better? On 17 November 2015 at 06:37, Matt Fischer <m...@mattfischer.com> wrote: > I think that sticking with a singular official one is the plan. It's > difficult enough for the foundation to line up sponsors/hosts etc for a > single meet-up. I also think that there are some US/Asia folks that will > attend a midcycle in Europe and by also hosting a competing one locally you > may reduce the attendance at the main one which defeats the purpose. Those > midcycles work best when we have lots of different voices providing input. > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Jonathan Proulx <j...@csail.mit.edu> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 04:55:33PM +0000, Kruithof, Piet wrote: >> :Sorry, late to the conversation and maybe missing a bit of context. >> : >> :How may regional meetings are we thinking? 2-3? Or more? >> >> My basic question was One or Many. >> >> If Many then that's a further question, but probably 3 (north america, >> asia, europe) or possibly 4 (+ south america) >> >> : >> :Piet >> : >> : >> : >> : >> :Piet Kruithof >> :Sr UX Architect, HP Helion Cloud >> :PTL, OpenStack UX project >> : >> :"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and >> wrong.” >> : >> :H L Menken >> : >> : >> :From: Matt Jarvis <matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk<mailto: >> matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk>> >> :Date: Monday, November 16, 2015 at 9:23 AM >> :To: Jonathan Proulx <j...@csail.mit.edu<mailto:j...@csail.mit.edu>> >> :Cc: "openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto: >> openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org>" < >> openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto: >> openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org>> >> :Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] OPs Midcycle location discussion. >> : >> :+1 from me, although I am admittedly biased ;) Personally I think the >> wider participation in the ops feedback loop can only be a positive thing, >> and there are definitely different perspectives and concerns to be had from >> European operators given the different commercial landscape. I'm sure the >> same is also true for Asia. >> : >> :On 16 November 2015 at 15:50, Jonathan Proulx <j...@csail.mit.edu<mailto: >> j...@csail.mit.edu>> wrote: >> :Hi All, >> : >> :1st User Committee IRC meeting will be today at 19:00UTC on >> :#openstack-meeting, we haven't exactly settled on an agenda yet but I >> :hope to raise this issue the... >> : >> :It has been suggested that we make the February 15-16 European Ops >> :Meetup in Manchester UK [1] the 'official' OPs Midcycle. Previously >> :all mid cycles have been US based. >> : >> :Personally I like the idea of broadening or geographic reach rather >> :than staying concentrated in North America. I particularly like it >> :being 'opposite' the summit location. >> : >> :This would likely trade off some depth of participation as fewer >> :of the same people would be able to travel to all midcycles in person. >> : >> :Discuss...(also come by #openstack-meeting at 19:00 UTC if you think >> :this needs real time discussion) >> : >> :-Jon >> : >> : >> :-- >> : >> :1. >> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/european-openstack-operators-meetup-tickets-19405855436?aff=es2 >> : >> :_______________________________________________ >> :OpenStack-operators mailing list >> :OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto: >> OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org> >> :http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators >> : >> : >> : >> :-- >> :Matt Jarvis >> :Head of Cloud Computing >> :DataCentred >> :Office: (+44)0161 8703985 >> :Mobile: (+44)07983 725372 >> :Email: matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk<mailto: >> matt.jar...@datacentred.co.uk> >> :Website: http://www.datacentred.co.uk >> : >> :DataCentred Limited registered in England and Wales no. 05611763 >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-operators mailing list >> OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators >> > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > >
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