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<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m pleased to report that the board approved the advisory Havana capabilities (<a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/File:DefCore_Capabilities_Scoring.pdf">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/File:DefCore_Capabilities_Scoring.pdf</a> ). 
 Note that I added the TC feedback and set all remaining 0.5 scores to a conservative 0.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m including the committee report we presented at the board meeting.  We spent some time prepping the board for the Designated Sections work and expect it to offered for approval at the September meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’d like to post Doodles to get some meeting times over the next few weeks including potential face to face meetings.  First we need to discuss/review the principles for selection (<a href="http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/06/05/designated-code-sections/">review</a>)
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span><![endif]>Principles, This Week: (Thurs or Friday) <a name="participationLink">
</a><a href="http://doodle.com/75afaha3aypkybia"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066DD;background:white;text-decoration:none">http://doodle.com/75afaha3aypkybia</span></a>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span><![endif]>Draft DS on Low Hanging Fruit, Next Week (have have to slide)
<a href="http://doodle.com/zncaidywetn9qici"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066DD;background:white;text-decoration:none">http://doodle.com/zncaidywetn9qici</span></a>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span><![endif]>Finish DS for review, Face to Face, 8/14 and/or 8/17 <a href="http://doodle.com/giqhyd85mvtbick2">
http://doodle.com/giqhyd85mvtbick2</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Rob Hirschfeld<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Sr. Distinguished Cloud Solution Architect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0085C3">Dell</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444"> | Cloud Edge, Data Center Solutions<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b>blog</b> robhirschfeld.com, <b>twitter</b> @zehicle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Please note, I am based in the CENTRAL (-6) time zone
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