On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7 June 2017 at 09:31, Stephen Gallagher
<sgallagh(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> On 06/07/2017 09:12 AM, Matthew Miller wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 09:00:53AM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>>> CFP closes in a week and we have 21 proposals.
>>> I'm thinking we'll need to extend the CFP. How much should we extend
it by?
>>
>> I agree. Three weeks? That gives until July 12. I think we can make
>> decisions on talks pretty quickly after it closes.
>>
>
>
> Well, isn't part of the issue that people need sufficient time to do the VISA
> and flight-booking dance? Waiting another three weeks might make that a bit
> tight. I'd suggest only two weeks, but of course that puts us right up against
> US Independence Day...
According to the radio last week, VISA applications are supposedly
taking 2-3 weeks longer than in years past so I am not sure how much
buffer people outside of the US have.
ESTA is still pretty much instantaneous which some groups (I think
most of Europe, Australia etc) will be all they require.
Peter