Re: [wot-ig/wg] minutes - 27 November 2019

Comments below re: Mozilla office locations and next WoT Open Day +
Workshop...

On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 6:44 AM Kazuyuki Ashimura <ashimura@w3.org> wrote:

> available at:
>   https://www.w3.org/2019/11/27-wot-minutes.html
>
> Agenda
>
> Future F2F Planning
>
>    Sebastian: still looking for good places.
>
>    McCool: March 21 - 27 is IETF in Vacouver - would like to avoid
>    that.
>    ... any other week in March is OK.
>
>    McCool: Vancouver might be a better option of coordination.
>    ... it would be really good if Mozilla could host this kickoff
>    meeting (March).
>

Mozilla has an office in Vancouver, although I've not been there. We also
have two offices in the Bay Area -- San Francisco and Mountain View -- easy
flight from Vancouver. I'm normally based in Mountain View.


>    Sebastian: so we have two European offers in a row. So we
>    should consider Vancouver, or maybe Asia.
>

Mozilla also has an office in Taipei, in a nice location of the city (near
Taipei 101 tower). I was just there a couple weeks ago. Great place to
attract ODM partners and encourage them to adopt a Web of Things framework
(especially for W-Fi based devices such as outlets/plugs, bulbs,
IP-cameras, smart speakers, ...)


>
>    McCool: need to research India visa requirements.
>    ... more in favor of India in 2021. The launch should be near a
>    big airport.
>    ... we also considered Spain (Madrid).
>    ... WRT to Asia, we've been to Japan a couple of times. Fujitsu
>    is in California, so that could also be an option.
>
>    Sebastian: Fujitsu is already hosting an event for us in CA.
>    ... so it seems that Helsinki for June seems likely? Still need
>    an option for March.
>    ... Mozilla in San Francisco could be a great option.
>

Is there already a date in mind? I'm unavailable the weekend of March 13-15.


>    <ege> [12]https://www2020.thewebconf.org/
>
>      [12] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/
>
>    Ege: Web Conference in April, 2020 in Taipei (April 20-24)?
>

As noted, Mozilla has an office in Taipei. All of our office locations
would be cozy, but worth considering.


>    McCool: if we do the April meeting, late June for Helsinki
>    would be better. (July people are on vacation.)
>
>    Sebastian: let us know if your company can host - rooms are
>    most expensive. Coffee and Lunch we can organize on our own.
>    Rooms are the important thing.
>
>    McCool: a room with desks, a projector, and internet.
>
>
As far as EU is concerned, we have offices in London, Paris, and Berlin.
But I think that the common/conference areas in each of those offices is
not that large. I'll do some research on the maximum head count we can host
for an event in each office. Do we have an estimated/target head count?

kathy