-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
On 06/04/2015 01:42 PM, jdd wrote:
Le 04/06/2015 19:29, Robert Schweikert a écrit :
Thus, in a way the very basic question remains. Do we believe that the charter of oSC, as I proclaimed it to be, is mostly on the right track? If the answer is yes and we do not meet our own expectations, I proclaim that to be the case, should oSC continue past oSC16? Is it worth re-thinking what oSC is all about and create a new charter in the hopes of being more successful in finding people that are willing to organize the event and will not be burned out when they are done? ....a stream of many open questions...
could it not be the main OSC-16 subject?
Not really. First I am not convinced that just because the event is in Nuremberg we are going to get more contributors and members to oSC16 than we have over the last couple of years. Remember, no matter where the conference takes place the basic obstacles remain:
- - Travel is expensive and TSP covers only X% - - It's over the weekend - - It requires taking vacation - - It cuts into family time .....
But lets assume I am being too pessimistic and for some magical reason we are going to end up with a large number of contributors participating in oSC16, but lets exclude those contributors with @suse.com addresses that also happen to work in Nuremberg as these will significantly skew the picture because the have the "its local" advantage. So back to it, a large number of contributors show up at oSC16 and we have a great discussion about the future of oSC in, lets say the Live Project Meeting. Also lets assume we come to an agreement that oSC should continue with the charter it has.
Based on past experience it takes a significant amount of time to find people to take the lead in the organization. It also takes a significant amount of time to get the event organized and unfortunately these two things are sequential. One can not start the organization when the is no organizing team ;)
Starting this process after oSC16 implies that it is highly unlikely that we could pull of a Spring date. As the date approaches June/July travel prices become even more expensive as they already are which makes it more unlikely for people to show up. The conference schedule in the Fall for FOSS events is even more packed than in the Spring and thus it is even more difficult to find a slot. In addition the "conference overload" issue in the Fall will probably contribute to having fewer attendees.
Thus, IMHO, waiting with this discussion until oSC16 is too late if we want to continue. Of course it is fair enough to say "we'll try and figure it out at oSC16 and if there is a year break we are OK with it."
As it stands today, the call for location for oSC17 is probably 4 months away. I think it would also be fair to figure out if that should even happen.
Later, Robert
- -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Public Cloud Architect LINUX rjschwei@suse.com IRC: robjo