[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] 2016 Xen Dev Summit Location (input needed before next Thu)
On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 06:31:22PM +0000, Lars Kurth wrote: > Hi all, > > I was just informed that it is not going to be possible to hold the Developer > Summit alongside LinuxCon in Berlin, unless we make some hard choices. I had > originally had booked the space and all looked fine when it was originally > arranged several months ago. Seems that the LinuxCon organisers tripped over > a German holiday and had not accounted for it. I would like to get your input > before the next board meeting in 10 days, such that I have community input > for the meeting and I can make a swift decision at the meeting. > > We have the following options > * Hold it on Monday Oct 3 - to Tue Oct 4 : the problem is that Oct 3 is a > public holiday in Germany, which would affect German participants -1 > * Do a 1 day event only on Oct 4 : I don't think this is practicable -1 > * Hold the event alongside LinuxCon in Toronto in August, but then we'd have > a Dev Summit in the US for 3 years in a row. On the plus side, it will be > Linux' 25th birthday > +1 > Other options, such as holding the event on its own will be too expensive. > Please let me know your opinions. > > Best Regards > Lars > > > From: Angela Brown <angela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Xen Summit 2016 > > Date: 5 November 2015 17:32:11 GMT > > To: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxx> > > > > Hi Lars, > > > > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you as we had to get a few things > > sorted. > > > > First the bad news. It turns out that Monday, October 3, 2016 is German > > Unity Day and we've decided it will not be a good idea to hold LinuxCon on > > this day. So we are moving LinuxCon/ContainerCon to Tuesday, Wednesday, > > Thursday of that week and ELC-E will be Thursday & Friday as scheduled. > > This means that we have absolutely no additional space on Thursday. In > > addition, the space we do have in terms of larger rooms on Tuesday and > > Wednesday is extremely limited. We went through all the space yesterday, > > and we don't have any extra rooms that fit over 50ppl available on Tuesday > > & Wednesday. Thus, holding Xen Summit overlapping in Berlin at the same > > venue isn't going to work. The only real option for larger rooms in Berlin > > would be on Monday (but not on Tuesday, and again this is a holiday). > > > > We can co-locate in Toronto in August but only on the two days after > > LinuxCon/ContainerCon - Thursday and Friday (but we can do your board > > meetings on Wednesday). Please let me know if you want me to go ahead and > > put together a proposal for this or if you have something else in mind. > > > > Thanks and sorry! > > > > Angela > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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