Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:49916 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753563AbdEJPlN (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 May 2017 11:41:13 -0400 Subject: Re: Venue change for bake-a-thon June 2017 To: Bill Baker , nfsv4@ietf.org Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, tina.hartshorn@oracle.com References: <528bf82e-563d-6223-cde7-9797ee1b7ff4@RedHat.com> <59133238.8000100@oracle.com> From: Steve Dickson Message-ID: <796645a2-1764-f11b-eed7-954a682c3b08@RedHat.com> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 11:41:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <59133238.8000100@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 05/10/2017 11:31 AM, Bill Baker wrote: > Hi, Steve, > > thanks for your feedback, comments at the bottom. > > On 05/10/17 10:02, Steve Dickson wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On 04/20/2017 07:42 AM, Bill Baker wrote: >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> After some discussion with Andy Adamson and others, I've >>> decided to offer the the Agnews auditorium on Oracle's >>> Santa Clara campus for this year's June bake-a-thon. This >>> is the same facility used to host connectathon the last several >>> years. >>> >>> I've reserved the auditorium for the week of June 26th. >>> >>> Much as I like downtown Ann Arbor, the auditorium offers >>> more than ample space in a comfortable facility. We would >>> like to continue the momentum of testing NFSoRDMA and the >>> extra equipment is not very practical at the workantile. >>> >>> The usual suspects will be running the event: >>> >>> Tina.Hartshorn@oracle.com - registration, facilities >>> Chad.Wasinger@oracle.com - network setup >>> >>> If you have concerns with this plan, please voice them >>> here on-list, or to me privately. Last thing I would want >>> to do is discourage participation via this venue change. >>> >>> Feel free to forward this to other interested parties. >> Unfortunately, the people on the Red Hat team is having >> a very hard time finding reasonable airfares to the >> West coast. Instead of $300 or $400 its well over >> $1000 which is causing push back by our management. >> >> I, personally, have been looking for the last a couple >> weeks, hoping the the prices would come down but they >> have not... They have not gone up, but they have >> not come down. >> >> So at this point it looks like the Red Hat team >> will not be attend this BAT, which is disappointing >> because the timing actually worked out well with our >> internal scheduling. >> >> With that said, I had every intention after this BAT >> of announcing the date Fall BAT for the last week >> in Sept (25th to 29th). Hopefully at this point >> airfares will be more reasonable so it will be >> well attended. I will make a more official >> announcement later on... > > > I understand completely. thanks! > > Perhaps it is time to drop back to just 2 events per year, > connectathon and Fall BAT hosted by RedHat. 6 months apart... one on one coast and one one the other... I know that would work for us. I must admit I would miss Ann Arbor... It is a great little city but unfortunately the facilities are little rough... Too bad we can not get back into the University. > > Would anyone be opposed to that? Time to speak up is now. > I'm on the hook for the auditorium. Again, we are all for it. > > Sorry for all the re-planning, we should have discussed this > during connectathon. That would mean we would have our act together and that will never happen!! 8-) steved. >