<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hi everyone, </span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Session voting is now open for the May 2018 OpenStack Summit in Vancouver!</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2018/vote-for-speakers" class=""><b class="">VOTE HERE</b></a></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hurry, voting closes <b class="">Sunday, February 25 at 11:59pm Pacific Time (Monday, February 26 at 7:59 UTC). </b></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline;">The </span><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Programming Committees will ultimately determine the final schedule. Community votes are meant to help inform the decision, but are not considered to be the deciding factor. The Programming Committee members exercise judgment in their area of expertise and help ensure diversity. View full details of the session selection process </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2018/call-for-presentations/selection-process" class="">here</a><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continue to visit </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2018" class="">https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2018</a><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> for all Summit-related information.</span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">REGISTER</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Register <a href="https://openstacksummit2018vancouver.eventbrite.com/" class="">HERE</a> before prices increase in early April!</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VISA APPLICATION PROCESS</span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="line-height: 16px;">More information about the visa process can be found </span><span class="" style="line-height: 16px;"><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2018/visa-and-travel-support/" class="">HERE</a>.</span></div></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TRAVEL SUPPORT PROGRAM</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">March 22</span><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the last day to submit applications. Please submit your applications <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2018/visa-and-travel-support/" class="">HERE</a> </span><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by 11:59pm Pacific Time (March 23 at 6:59am UTC). </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">If you have any questions, please email <a href="mailto:summit@openstack.org" class="">summit@openstack.org</a>.</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Cheers,</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Kendall</div><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div>Kendall Waters</div><div>OpenStack Marketing</div><div><a href="mailto:kendall@openstack.org" class="">kendall@openstack.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>