Hi Emily,
I think at this point we should call it cancelled with the nine cases in South Korea. Can
we begin negotiations with the hotel for this situation?
--
Mike Perez
He/Him
Ceph Community Manager
M: +1-951-572-2633
494C 5D25 2968 D361 65FB 3829 94BC D781 ADA8 8AEA
@Thingee Thingee
On Feb 3, 2020, 2:57 PM -0500, Sage Weil <sweil(a)redhat.com>om>, wrote:
Hi Emily,
Can we connect this afternoon?
sage
On Fri, 31 Jan 2020, Emily Ruf wrote:
> Thank you for passing this along. Certainly makes things more interesting.
>
> We’ll connect on Monday.
>
>
>
> > On Jan 31, 2020, at 3:35 PM, Sage Weil <sweil(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Red Hat just issued an advisory for its employees. Notably, "all travel
> > to, from or within the APAC region is postponed absent critical business
> > need approved by next level management,".
> >
> > Let's sync up Monday afternoon and see where things stand?
> >
> > sage
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Jan 2020, Emily Ruf wrote:
> >
> > > First, so we’re all on the same page, Ceph has the final call on how we
proceed and we’re here to help and provide as much information we can to make the right
decision.
> > >
> > > The entire LF Senior Leadership Team has a F2F meeting on Monday and this
is a significant topic. They will have feedback from the membership and other
communities.
> > >
> > > For now, a few questions to ask…most of which I’m sure you’ve already
considered.
> > > What are the pros/cons of canceling, postponing, moving forward as-is. How
many people make this event successful? Are they the right people?
> > > We expect the Coronovirus scare will impact registration and sponsorship
> > > How many people do we expect to cancel or not register for this particular
concern
> > > Assuming we do not have attendance from China, how does this impact the
event?
> > > If we move forward AND someone gets sick at our event or after our event,
how does that reflect on Ceph?
> > > Do we anticipate further travel restrictions into Seoul?
> > >
> > > Also for your consideration, following are the cancellation fees. We have
not yet talked to the hotel though are not confident we are in a Force Majeure situation
yet. There are no travel limitations coming into Seoul.
> > >
> > > Sleeping Rooms
> > > 75% up to Feb 15 ( $29,965)
> > > 100% on or after Feb 16 ($39,953)
> > >
> > > Meeting Space/F&B
> > > 50% up to Feb 2 ($61,908)
> > > 75% up to Feb 23 ($92,862)
> > > 100% on or after Feb 24 ($123,826)
> > >
> > > Next Steps? I suggest we wait until I have feedback from the LF leadership
team. Also, since this scare has been changing on a daily basis, a lot could change
between now and then. We can connect via email on Monday and follow up conversation during
our regular call on Tuesday.
> > >
> > > Any initial thoughts?
> > >
> > > Emily
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Jan 30, 2020, at 8:28 AM, Emily Ruf
<eruf(a)linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Morning all - We have a meeting with LF leadership this morning to
discuss the concerns and options. I’ll come back to the group with the information for
further consideration.
> > > >
> > > > We had two emails from sponsors and one speaker yesterday and provide
the following response: At this time, we are planning to move forward with Cephalocon in
Seoul. However, attendee safety is important to us and we are monitoring this closely. If
the situation changes and it impacts the event, we will notify all registered attendees,
speakers, sponsors, etc.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Jan 30, 2020, at 4:32 AM, Mike Perez
<miperez(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm also concerned about my safety for this event. Moving
the date of the event is not going to make a difference as we don't know how long this
outbreak will last. We should wait and see how registration numbers go until mid next week
and discuss how we want to move forward. I'm doing my best with local Ceph Seoul
groups and other promoting.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 1:10 AM Lars Marowsky-Bree
<lmb(a)suse.com> wrote:
> > > > > On 2020-01-28T07:00:43, Matthew Johns
<matthew.johns(a)suse.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Matthew,
> > > > >
> > > > > I hear you. I think we should inquire at the hotel behind the
scenes,
> > > > > but I also think it's too early to message our attendees
without knowing
> > > > > how South Korea will be affected.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, obviously safety is utmost priority, but it seems difficult
to
> > > > > assess how such a force majeure event is going to play out. So
far,
> > > > > South Korea has only seen 4 incidents, all linked to Wuhan
province.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think even a travel ban for all of China is unlikely. Wuhan
province,
> > > > > yes, but I'd suspect other regions will be allowed to
travel.
> > > > >
> > > > > At least that's what I'm hoping!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Lars
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, MD: Felix Imendörffer, HRB
36809 (AG Nürnberg)
> > > > > "Architects should open possibilities and not determine
everything." (Ueli Zbinden)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Mike Perez
> > > > > He/Him
> > > > > Ceph Community Manager
> > > > >
> > > > > M: +1-951-572-2633
> > > > > 494C 5D25 2968 D361 65FB 3829 94BC D781 ADA8 8AEA
> > > > > @Thingee Thingee
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
>