Hi everyone, We started some time ago discussing the possibility of theming the operator midcycle to increase interest and participation by region. An example would be for Mexico City we heard that HPC is important there locally and ideally we would either create a HPC track, use the main room of the venue for HPC talks, or some other way of highlighting the theme via content, promotions, etc. Currently we are proposing[0] a midcycle in APAC with Tokyo being the current front-runner and knowing that the foundation is going on an "Asia Tour" in July, we would like to ask that the foundation looks for or allows us time after the tour, to understand the needs of the APAC region in hopes of pulling out a workable theme for the midcycle. [0] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ops-meetup-venue-discuss-1st-2018 -- Kind regards, Melvin Hillsman mrhillsman@gmail.com mobile: (832) 264-2646 Learner | Ideation | Belief | Responsibility | Command