Erik,

I definitely understand the timeline is tight.  One of the reasons that we publish the schedule so early is to enable community members to plan their schedule early, especially as there is more overlap with the main Summit Schedule in Denver.  Additionally, travel approval is often predicated upon someone showing they're leading/moderating a session.

Before publishing the schedule, we  print a draft Forum schedule for community feedback and start promotion of the schedule, which we have to put up on the OpenStack website and apps at 5 weeks out. Extending the date beyond the 10th won't give the Forum Selection Committee enough time to complete those tasks. 

I think if the Ops team can come up with some high level discussion topics, we'll be happy to put some holds in the Forum schedule for Ops-specific content.  diablo_rojo has also offered to attend some of the Ops sessions remotely as well, if that would help you all shape some things into actual sessions. 

I wish I could offer a further extension, but extending it another week would push too far into the process.

Cheers,
Jimmy
Erik McCormick
February 27, 2019 at 12:43 PM
Jimmy,

I won't even get home until the 10th much less have time to follow up
with anyone. The formation of those sessions often come from
discussions spawned at the meetup and expanded upon later with folks
who could not attend. Could we at least get until 3/17? I understand
your desire to finalize the schedule, but 6 weeks out should be more
than enough time, no?

Thanks,
Erik
Jimmy McArthur
February 27, 2019 at 12:04 PM
Hi Erik,

We are able to extend the deadline to 11:59PM Pacific, March 10th.  That should give the weekend to get any additional stragglers in and still allow the Forum Programming Committee enough time to manage the rest of the approval and publishing process in time for people's travel needs, etc...

For the Ops Meetup specifically, I'd suggest going a bit broader with the proposals and offering to fill in the blanks later.  For example, if something comes up and everyone agrees it should go to the Forum, just submit before the end of the Ops session.  Kendall or myself would be happy to help you add details a bit later in the process, should clarification be necessary.  We typically have enough spots for the majority of proposed Forum sessions.  That's not a guarantee, but food for thought.

Cheers,
Jimmy


_______________________________________________
Airship-discuss mailing list
Airship-discuss@lists.airshipit.org
http://lists.airshipit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/airship-discuss
Erik McCormick
February 27, 2019 at 11:31 AM
Would it be possible to push the deadline back a couple weeks? I expect there to be a few session proposals that will come out of the Ops Meetup which ends the day before the deadline. It would be helpful to have a little time to organize and submit things afterwards.

Thanks,
Erik

Jimmy McArthur
February 27, 2019 at 10:40 AM
Hi Everyone -

A quick reminder that we are accepting Forum [1] submissions for the 2019 Open Infrastructure Summit in Denver [2].  Please submit your ideas through the Summit CFP tool [3] through March 8th.  Don't forget to put your brainstorming etherpad up on the Denver Forum page [4].  

This is not a classic conference track with speakers and presentations. OSF community members (participants in development teams, operators, working groups, SIGs, and other interested individuals) discuss the topics they want to cover and get alignment on and we welcome your participation.  The Forum is your opportunity to help shape the development of future project releases. More information about the Forum [1].

If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to speakersupport@openstack.org.

Cheers,
Jimmy

[1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum
[2] https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019/
[3] https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019/call-for-presentations
[4] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum/Denver2019
___________________________________________