I have the same understanding, Monty, and plans are being developed as we speak to implement the new model for 2017. As noted in the email there is a session to discuss the particulars next week in Austin:

On Apr 20, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Monty Taylor <mordred@inaugust.com> wrote:

On 04/20/2016 10:54 AM, Tim Bell wrote:

Looking at the agenda at https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/6PuSKyUOHk for
the TC/UC/Board meeting, there is no item for the potential split of the
summit/design summit.

When do we need to make the decision by in order to plan future locations ?

My understanding (which is likely wrong) from the last meeting was that there was no requested decision from the board and that it was being handled by the foundation staff as part of their operational duties.

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