Agreed on the NDA, and I'm not asking anyone to break theirs.
My issue is with access. These events only work for owners who can get to the Bay Area, so someone in DFW or Europe can be picked and still not make it.
Someone in DFW or Europe would likely not be picked, as location was a question and while you could drive up from LA or similar (as others have done in the past) it is unlikely you would do so from further away. You’re right that events like these are geographically limited.
That part is easy to fix. Livestream some of the session. Post a highlight video afterwards. Run a virtual Q&A for owners who can't travel.
That would be an announcement, which is likely material for a public company. Having a few people come by under NDA (hypothetically) is not.
Rotate future events across regions, Europe included.
That’s a lot of work and coordination, and HQ is where the staff is that could use the feedback. I’d love for them to do this, but bigger fish to fry today.
Separate from the events, keep all owners informed as a matter of course: what's coming in UX 3.0, roughly when, and what's still in progress. Right now the only way to learn anything is to read a thread like this one and hope someone is allowed to talk.
Sure, agreed on that, and also agreed it’s separate.
I've been asking for this for a while. It's a reasonable ask, and it would make every owner feel part of the program rather than a selected few.
Making “every owner feel part of the program” is quite literally orthogonal to the point of events like this. It very intentionally
wasn’t for every owner, as that would, again, be an announcement, not a small user group / study / ask for feedback.
What you’re asking for isn’t crazy, and is just better marketing. I agree with your desires.
It’s just wholly separate from this event or events like it, and unrelated, imho.