On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 5:34 PM Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Based on the responses it is clear that Vienna is the winner here. > > However nice Montreal is, it is simply not an option for several key > developers. > > I contacted the Linux Foundation to see if we can get a meeting room > co-located with the Open Source Summit Europe/ELC. I am aiming for > 16 or 17 September. > > When I know more I will post an announcement with more info and a request > for topics. > > Thank you all for your quick replies! Sorry for the late reply. I'm replying on behalf of the ChromeOS V4L2 video team, whom I had been supporting previously. They'd prefer Montreal, though they will try to send one person to attend regardless of the location. ChenYu > Regards, > > Hans > > On 04/04/2024 09:29, Hans Verkuil wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Normally we like to have a one day Media Summit meeting co-located with > > the Embedded Linux Conference Europe, however there isn't one this year. > > Instead of organizing an ELC both in North America and in Europe each > > year, the Linux Foundation switched to alternating between NA and Europe, > > and this year it is in North America. > > > > The problem is that most media subsystem developers are based in Europe > > for some strange reason. > > > > So we have to make a choice this year: we can co-locate with the gStreamer > > and XDC conference in Montreal, Canada on October 7 or 8, or we can > > organize a meeting somewhere in Europe ourselves. One possibility is > > to try and co-locate with the Open Source Summit Europe/LPC conferences > > in Vienna, Austria in the week of September 16-20. Another is just to > > organize something ourselves somewhere in Europe. But that's a last resort, > > co-locating with a conference is generally more appealing for people. > > > > The advantage of picking Montreal is that the gStreamer conference is > > more applicable to the work we do, and we can get a meeting room there > > free of charge. Besides, I've never been to Montreal :-) > > > > But can we get enough of the core media maintainers there? There is no > > point otherwise. I suspect that the same company travel constraints that > > were present last year are still in force this year. > > > > If we pick Vienna instead (assuming we can get a meeting room for a decent > > price), would that work better? > > > > So if you are a core media maintainer, or an active media developer interested > > in joining a Media Summit, please let me know if: > > > > 1) Montreal, October 7 or 8, works for me! > > 2) Vienna, one day in the period September 16-20, works for me! > > > > Please respond asap, I'd like to get a clear picture soon, ideally by the end > > of next week. > > > > Regards, > > > > Hans > > > >
