From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF455C10F00 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 19:15:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A53A320656 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 19:15:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=hansenpartnership.com header.i=@hansenpartnership.com header.b="PU0dR+Er"; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=hansenpartnership.com header.i=@hansenpartnership.com header.b="JUf4tVJE" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726300AbgCFTPz (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2020 14:15:55 -0500 Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com ([66.63.167.143]:57856 "EHLO bedivere.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726167AbgCFTPy (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2020 14:15:54 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bedivere.hansenpartnership.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC3F78EE11D; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 11:15:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=hansenpartnership.com; s=20151216; t=1583522154; bh=/OfiD8pxTy0cgbbgHjCoeXz2owVNFIiY43G+wjReSfw=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=PU0dR+Erm3kVlerDUdH+FYaWPWMZ7wSzQCCUznWsyQOXnbUkE/KThxQq1+fsIspA2 mflun5XkW5/9ir3+HIlZEkfXk3cnNsg/eH/NFq/HDbNpcw1vhxlqfYqDGq1jPb9Fkd kXh2jZeQEXAU1D9DT/CLYDD3rgTS6pEvuFqfagXU= Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bedivere.hansenpartnership.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AO-2jUBauNPH; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 11:15:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from [153.66.254.194] (unknown [50.35.76.230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bedivere.hansenpartnership.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 230C78EE0F8; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 11:15:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=hansenpartnership.com; s=20151216; t=1583522153; bh=/OfiD8pxTy0cgbbgHjCoeXz2owVNFIiY43G+wjReSfw=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=JUf4tVJEbGPD8RouHJs2vAI2XwHhjBh563uBWSUYP64GyuQGyA2LvfCuzUJ7JAEsT PCpGO1WVEjODSm5A03Vjrr6Y04jZl7c8HaE49oUbdWTID+1VVJfqiz1ARiOcpittO0 bwsOY7KVaOiyDyOGHzrPzyZX4KJKswK9B5NaS20w= Message-ID: <1583522151.3653.81.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Subject: Re: [LSFMMBPF TOPIC] Killing LSFMMBPF From: James Bottomley To: "Martin K. Petersen" , Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Josef Bacik , lsf-pc , Linux FS Devel , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, Btrfs BTRFS , bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:15:51 -0800 In-Reply-To: References: <20200306160548.GB25710@bombadil.infradead.org> <1583516279.3653.71.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20200306180618.GN31668@ziepe.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.26.6 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 14:07 -0500, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > Jason, > > > Yes, I can confirm this from another smaller hotel-style conference > > I've been involved organizing on occasion. $600-$800 is required to > > break even without major sponsorship $$ for the ~100 people mark, > > and that is without the usual food and venue perks we see at > > plumbers/lsfmm. > > Yep. Our actual per-person cost for LSF/MM/BPF is in excess of $1K. > That limits who we can invite. Personally I absolutely hate the > invitation aspect and process. But we are very constrained wrt. how > many we can actually accommodate by the amount of funding we get. > Things appear to be better this year, but sponsor mergers and > acquisitions have been a major concern the past few years. To be a bit mercenary (hey, it's my job, I'm Plumbers treasurer this year) our sponsors are mostly the same companies. If we combine LSF/MM and Plumbers, I can't see too many of them stepping up to sponsor us twice, so we'll have a net loss of sponsor funding for the combined event as well. This is likely another argument for doing two separately sponsored events. James