Re: [nfsv4] Potential schedules for BakeAThons in 2011

> 2) honestly, even with the IETF meeting being in the US, more people
attend a BAT than an IETF meeting. I.e., I don't think the savings would
be that huge per company.

Honestly, that cannot be a factor against that proposal.

That may be tue today. Because, folks like me that don't have an active proposal to present/discuss think that it's not a good use of their time to attend IETF, especially if I have to be conscious of my day-to-day job. If you align bakeathon with it, then they might come or vice-versa.

I think we are swayed too much by the urge to hold it in europe. No one seems to have any data on how many additional folks would attend bakeathon, if that is held outside US. If there was some, please do share. Also, weigh it against how many US regulars would not be able to make it to the event.

Just to reiterate, my comment is not about "DONT ever hold it in europe".

On the face of it, on the personal front, I certainly would not be able to attend, if it is held in europe. If I have to combine the trip with something like IETF, then I could consider.

- Pranoop

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From: Haynes, Tom
Sent: Mon 10/11/2010 9:58 AM
To: david.noveck@emc.com
Cc: nfsv4@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [nfsv4] Potential schedules for BakeAThons in 2011

On Oct 11, 2010, at 11:44 AM, <david.noveck@emc.com> wrote:

>> I suggest amortizing travel costs to align with an IETF
>> meeting (most of much are no longer in the USA).
>
>> http://www.ietf.org/meeting/upcoming.html does not show
>> Paris as future venue, though there are several European
>> meetings planned with TBD as the venue.
>
> I think Mike makes a good point about amortizing travel costs.
>
> I believe that having the events in the exact same city is not required
> to provide that amortization.  Paris and Prague are 550 miles apart.  I
> haven't got into the details of flight costs but I'd expect we are not
> talking major bucks here.
>

The main problems with that proposal are that

1) ConnectAThon is traditionally in that time frame and,

2) honestly, even with the IETF meeting being in the US, more people
attend a BAT than an IETF meeting. I.e., I don't think the savings would
be that huge per company.

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