FAS3/MM2 FAD (was Re: Summary/Minutes from today's Fedora Infrastructure meeting (2014-08-21))

[Pierre-Yves Chibon]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 09:21:35AM -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
>    On 5 September 2014 02:18, Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou at pingoured.fr> wrote:
> 
>      On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 11:27:56AM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
>      > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 09:03:51AM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
>      > > On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:37:29 +0200
>      > > Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou at pingoured.fr> wrote:
>      > >
>      > > > > We may want to pick another place but for the time period I
>      think
>      > > > > this one works best for Matt and I for 2014.
>      > > > >
>      > > > > Other options: (*: question, +: pro, -: con)
>      > > > > a*-o Denver?
>      > > > >A  A * Kevin, do you know of a place we could have access to to
>      work?
>      > >
>      > > I don't off hand. If we are willing to pay a bit I think we could
>      > > reserve space at a hotel or the like. I'm not sure network will be
>      > > great, but most places have meeting rooms you can get and also that
>      > > would be handy for people staying there.
>      > >
>      > > However, if it's just me thats here, it might make sense to try and
>      > > find a location that would be cheaper for everyone to go to and find
>      > > meeting space there?
>      >
>      > Kevin, can you look into coworking spaces?A  There are usually a few
>      of
>      > these in most metro areas.A  They're relatively affordable, often more
>      > so than hotel meeting space, and also usually more comfortable work
>      > environment.A  I found this one:
>      >
>      > http://densitycoworking.com/space/
>      >
>      > > > > a*-o Houston?
>      > > > >A  A + IIRC Matt isn't too far from it
>      > > > >A  A + there are direct flights from AMS to there
>      > > > >A  A - Do we have a local contact?
>      > >
>      > > I think tibbs might be near there... not sure if he has time to help
>      > > out, but we could ask.
>      > >
>      > > > > a*-o Boston?
>      > > > >A  A + RH office
>      > > > >A  A - Flying there in December might make the traveling
>      "interesting"
>      > > > > a*-o Raleigh?
>      > > > >A  A + RH office and facilities there
>      > > > >A  A - No-one that signed up on the wiki is located near so we
>      all
>      > > > > have to travel a*-o ?
>      > >
>      > > What are the cheapest/easiest US cities for the eu folks to fly
>      into?
>      >
>      > If you guys are still looking for space, I could also throw my hat in
>      > the ring to host here in Fredericksburg, VA.
>      >
>      > + Coworking meeting space available for rent, used for previous FAD,
>      >A  A reasonable price
>      > + Driving distance to IAD (Washington-Dulles) airport, relatively
>      >A  A cheaper airfare
>      > + Affordable hotels
>      > + Unlikely to have crazy weather in early December
>      > - Not sure if it's as convenient for Matt
>      > - Everyone travels
> 
>      Ok I spent sometime looking at orbitz.com to see what is the price
>      difference to
>      fly everyone to each location we mentionned.
> 
>      It seems that Denver and Boston are the winners.
> 
>    Well if flying into Washington DC is going to cost that much more.. I
>    won't put in for Albuquerque as I know of a couple of coworking places
>    near motels.

► Albuquerque
  TLS -> ABQ => ~$1280 - Delta
  CDG -> ABQ => ~$730 - US Airways
  AMS -> ABQ => ~$1050 - United
  LAX -> ABQ => ~$280 - American Airlines
  SEA -> ABQ => ~$285 - Alaska Airlines
  ROC -> ABQ => ~$420 - United
  CHI -> ABQ => ~$410 - United
  HOU -> ABQ => ~$520 - American Airlines
                ------
                 $4975

So indeed, not the best candidate :)

Btw, the price I indicate are the ones with the least connection and that seemed
to make sense, so in some case we could find cheaper but they might mean taking
a significant amount of extra time.


Pierre