Dear Everyone, 

This is Jaesuk Ahn. We are all also saddened by the cancellation of Cephalocon in Seoul, and hope everyone in Ceph community stays safe and healthy. 

Since all community members in Korea were really excited about getting Cephalocon in our country, it is a real shame to see the opportunity getting away. 

Having said that, I would like to offer some options to have Ceph presence in Seoul. It does not to be Cephalocon, however, it would be great we can have community presence (some of speakers, participants) here in Seoul. 

Option 1. I am working with OpenStack Ops Meetup community to host OpsMeetup (this is a global event happening twice a year) in Seoul in early September. If we have "Ceph Community Meetup" along with OpsMeetup, that would be a good addition

Option 2. OpenStack, Ceph, OCP, Kubernetes User Groups in Korea are planning "Open Infra Community Day" this year, probably sometime in July. This is the biggest annual community event we are doing as an extended version of original "Open Infrastructure Days Korea".  https://openinfradays.kr/

This is just an idea at this level. I would like to hear your opinion on these options. If you are interested in pursuing one of the above ideas, I would be happy to follow up, with support from community members in Korea. 

FYI, we can possibly discuss combining Option 1 and Option 2, but it requires more discussion involving several stakeholders.:) I will try. 

Thanks