[Global_conference_committee] [owasp-summit-2013] Moving forward with the Cruise as a Summit Venue

[Sarah Baso]

Yes to all those things.... have you been tuned in to any of the summit
conversations yet? ;-)

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Eoin <eoin.keary at owasp.org> wrote:

> Prime questions:
> Does the ship have and support
>
> Internet access??
> Av equipment
> Phone coverage
> Meeting rooms?
> And....
> Life jackets!!
>
> But connectivity to the web and phone coverage is important. Can we be
> guaranteed we have such when out on the sea??
>
>
>
>
>
> On 14 Mar 2012, at 19:59, Sarah Baso <sarah.baso at owasp.org> wrote:
>
> All -
> The Conference Committee discussed the Summit vote results and all
> committee members on the call were in agreement (5 of 6 committee members)
> to move forward with the Cruise as the next summit venue. They also
> discussed that the biggest challenge facing the summit planning team at
> this point is the perception that the cruise will be all fun and no work
> getting done. So, we will need to do a lot of initial work to overcome this
> hurdle.
>
>        The final record for the survey monkey votes (after a last minute
> vote):
>          12-Cruise
>           11-RHUL
>           2-Hawaii
>           3- abstain
>
> The next step is that Mark and I will be going to look at the ship this
> weekend to see all of the facilities/layout and take pictures - since the
> ship is in port then. This is important before any contracts get signed
> locking us in.
>
> Additionally, we need a list of individuals who are committed to working
> on the team for this venue. There will be an operations team as well as
> those who will be working more strategically on generating buzz in the
> various industries and topic areas that will make up the working groups.
>
> If you are interested in either facet of this, please speak up. I have
> already started a wiki page for the event, which needs to be updated (I
> hope to get to that in the next day or two) -
> https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Summit_2013
>
> We can start growing/generating ideas for the "substance" of the event
> there.
>
> Regards,
> Sarah Baso
>
>
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> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Sarah Baso <sarah.baso at owasp.org> wrote:
>
>> The voting record is
>> 11 - RHUL
>> 11- Cruise
>> 2 - Hawaii
>> 3 - abstain
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Seba <seba at owasp.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I am ok with that.
>>> For the record: what was the voting result?
>>>
>>> --Seba
>>> sent from 'smartphone', typo's are mine.
>>> On Mar 14, 2012 4:21 PM, "Sarah Baso" <sarah.baso at owasp.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All -
>>>> Based on the threads concerning options/availability/preferences... can
>>>> we move forward with the cruise option?  There are reservations (dinis,
>>>> noted), but we have really passionate supporters of this venue and a game
>>>> plan for moving forward.  With all due respect, many people were skeptic's
>>>> of Dinis's summit vision in 2010/2011 and it ended up being an amazing
>>>> event. Mark has articulated his vision and put the pieces together and is
>>>> ready to lead this initiative.  There are definitely many pieces to iron
>>>> out, but the sooner we get started with this the better off we will be for
>>>> working on the other items.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you are ready to be part of the core team for this
>>>> venue.  Jim - thanks for your support.
>>>>
>>>> Sarah
>>>>
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