Watcher mitaka mid-cycle meetup agenda

Watcher Mitaka Mid-Cycle Meetup
Date: February 2-4, 2016

Where: Austin, TX (IBM campus)

Address: IBM Austin - 11501 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758

Registration page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/watcher-mitaka-mid-cycle-developer-meetup-tickets-19885187130

'Etherpad: 'https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/mitaka-watcher-midcycle

Attendees

 * Joe Cropper (jwcroppe at us dot ibm dot com) -- IBM


 * Taylor Peoples (tpeoples at us dot ibm dot com) -- IBM


 * Antoine Cabot (antoine dot cabot at b-com dot com) -- b<>com


 * Jean Emile Dartois (jean-emile dot dartois at b-com dot com) -- b<>com
 * Susanne Balle (Susanne.Balle@intelcom, irc:sballe) -- Intel (Feb 3rd and 4th)
 * Ed Leafe (ed at openstack.org, irc: edleafe) -- IBM (Feb 3)

Day 1 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

 * 9.30 a.m. - 11 a.m. : Watcher status for Mitaka-2 (blueprints, reviews, bugs stats)
 * 11 a.m. - 12 a.m. : Review key use cases
 * 12 a.m. - 1 p.m. : open discussions
 * 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. : review priorities for Mitaka
 * 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. : Ceilometer & Ceilosca integration
 * 4 p.m. - 5 p.m : Watcher state machines

Day 2 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

 * 9 a.m. - 12 a.m. : Watcher data model and extensibility
 * 12 a.m. - 1 p.m. : Watcher dashboard
 * 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. : How to deal with Nova scheduler ? (SLA, constraints,...)
 * 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. : Online optimization triggers

Day 3 (9 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

 * 9.30 a.m. - 11 a.m. : Profiling & data processing with Watcher
 * 11 a.m. - 12 a.m. : Sync with other projects (Cloudwave, TAP...)
 * 12 a.m. - 1 p.m. : Hands on Lab for Austin summit
 * 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. : sum-up and action reviews

Travel

 * Austin, TX has an airport (AUS) that folks can fly into that has close proximity to the meetup location
 * Several rental car options available at airport (e.g., Hertz)
 * Uber and Lyft are readily available throughout Austin if you prefer to not get a rental car
 * It is about a 30-minute car ride from the AUS airport to the IBM campus; here are directions
 * Depart ABIA crossing under TX-71 [Bastrop Hwy].
 * Turning LEFT (West) onto TX-71 W [Bastrop Hwy] approx. 2 miles.
 * Take RIGHT fork (North) onto US-183 [Research Blvd.].
 * Continue (North) on US-183 approx. 13 miles exiting at Burnet Rd.
 * Turn RIGHT onto Burnet Rd. and continue approx. 2 miles.
 * Turn RIGHT into the entrance marked Executive Briefing Center on Palm Dr. The entrance to the building is located in front of the fountain, Bldg. 904.
 * Once at the IBM Austin 900 building complex
 * Every day, enter Bldg. 904 and see the receptionist/security desk and let them know you're here for the Watcher mid-cycle meetup
 * You will be checked in and escorted to the mid-cycle meeting location (in Bldg. 901 on the 7th floor in room 7B006)

Accommodations

 * There are no special hotel discount rates for the meetup
 * There are a number of hotels within close proximity to the IBM Austin campus; anything in the "Arboretum" is a very close drive and anything in the "Domain" is walk-able to IBM
 * Some folks are staying at the Hilton Garden Inn NW / Arboretum (11617 Research Boulevard)

IBM Specifics

 * Organizer: Joe Cropper (jwcroppe on IRC; jwcroppe at us dot ibm dot com)