[cfe-dev] 2017 US LLVM Developers' Meeting - Registration Opening!

[C Bergström via cfe-dev]

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Philip Reames via cfe-dev <
cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Joining in a bit late, but given the conversation which happened down
> thread I want to make a point of saying this.
>
> Tanya, thank you for all of the work you put into LLVM dev each year.  I
> have greatly enjoyed the conference year after year and get a lot out of
> attending.  It is currently the only tech conference which I attend as a
> routine matter of course.  For an event of it's size, the conference
> usually goes exceedingly smoothly.
>
> I want to explicitly call out the work which has gone in to keeping the
> conference accessible to all.  A $300 price is well within budget for most
> of attendees, and the foundation has made sure to offer reduced student and
> need based rates.  The focus on doing that later bit says good things about
> the organization and the folks involved in running it.  I know for that for
> me, the benefits I receive by attending far outweigh the cost.
>
> It is unfortunate that attendance has to be capped.  It seems like demand
> has increased a lot the last couple of years.  However, I do want to call
> out the efforts which have gone into making most of the content of the
> technical tracks available to a much wider audience.  All of the effort to
> post recording of talks is subsidized by the local attendees and the
> organizers have ensured the content is available not too long after the
> conference.  That is itself a huge investment in making the event
> accessible to those who can't attend in person.
>
> Tanya, one thing which might help prevent concerns like those raised would
> be to have an open discussion of where the funds are going.  Is there a
> publicly available budget document for last years conference you can point
> to?
>

I say this with a soft tone..

I think it's very anti-open source to have foundations behind projects them
with no or little transparency making decisions which seem more corporate
focused. (It isn't to say it's wrong or not the right approach, but there's
some philosophical "feelings" tied to it)

transparency isn't only about where the money is spent.. It's about how
decisions are made, how the secret board conducts things.. the meeting
minutes. etc.. There's a time and place for discretion, but everything
secret by default doesn't seem like the Right Way (tm)...
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