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Hello Track Chairs!

Thank you so much for volunteering to help program the agenda for this Summit! 

I'm just checking in to see that you've been able to log into the Track Chair tool and collaborate with your team to pick sessions within your track. Remember that any changes made within the Team Selections tab will override the previous selections that your colleages have previously made. Therefore, before making your final session selections inside the Team Selections tab - we recommend that you and your fellow track chairs use a collaborative etherpad or Google doc to line out your preferred track selections. 

We need your final selections made in the Team Selections tab no later than Sunday, March 16 at 23:00 UTC. 

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns and contact Todd if you have any login issues.

Cheers,
Shari

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Shari Mahrdt
OpenStack Marketing
shari at openstack.org


Links for reference: 
Track Chair tool: https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/
Tutorial video to use Track Chair tool: https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/Tutorial
Reset password: https://www.openstack.org/Security/lostpassword
Track Chair overview & details: https://etherpad.openstack.org/summit-track-chairs 
Track Chair email alias: openstack-track-chairs at lists.openstack.org

On 5 Mar 2014, at 19:24, Claire Massey <claire at openstack.org> wrote:

> Hello Track Chairs,
> 
> Thank you very much for volunteering to help program the agenda for the May 2014 OpenStack Summit in Atlanta!  This email is lengthy - but please carefully read it start to finish.
> 
> Between now and Sunday, March 16 at 23:00 UTC you will need to collaborate with your team to pick the very best sessions in your track. Below you will see the list of your fellow track chairs, the quantity of talks submitted for each track and the alloted slots that you may fill for each track.
> 
> To make your final selections please use our Track Chair tool : https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/.  Log in with your email address and the password that you've set for the OpenStack website. If you need to reset your password, you can do that here: https://www.openstack.org/Security/lostpassword. If you have any login issues please contact Todd at openstack.org.
> 
> After logging in please watch the quick tutorial video before proceeding to do anything else: https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/Tutorial
> 
> Once you've logged into the tool, you'll see:
> 1. All the presentations available for your Track
> 2. Your team's collective selections (once you make them)
> 3. A directory of all OpenStack Summit Track Chairs (you may also view the list at the bottom of this email and in the etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/summit-track-chairs)
> 
> Each presentation shows you how many total votes were cast, how many total points resulted the average vote score. Remember the choices displayed during voting? Here's how those options translated into points:
> Would Love To See This! (3 Points)
> Would Try To See (2 Points)
> Might See This (1 Point)
> Would Not See (-1 Point)
> No Opinion (O Points)
> 
> You and your colleagues can select as many presentations as you'd like. (Click on the presentation and press the blue "Select" button in the presentation details window.) Once your alloted spots are filled, additional presentations will be considered alternates. Under the Team Selections tab, you can drag and drop the presentations into your order of preference. Keep in mind that not all of the slots that you fill for your track are guaranteed to make it into the final agenda - the quantity of session slots for your track will depend on space allocation in the venue and other scheduling variables.  This is why it is very important that you stack rank your sessions in decending order. We'll consider the presentations at the top of the list to be the most important to include in the final Summit agenda.
> 
> Please note that when working inside the Team Selections tab any changes that you make will override the previous selections / order choices that you or your colleages have previously made in this tab.  Therefore, before making your final session selections inside the Team Selections tab - we recommend that you and your fellow track chairs use a collaborative etherpad or Google doc to line out your prefered track selections. This may make it easier to track decisions made as a team while you work to come to a consensus on the sessions that you ultimately select. Once you have finalized your selections as a team then add them into the Team Selections tab.
> 
> You may want to combine sessions into panels or other formats, especially if there are multiple submissions about the same topic. However we request that you try to limit the number of new panels to no more than 40% of the total selected sessions in your track.  You may also find a session that is more fitting for a different track. In this case please contact the chairs of the other track to notify them. 
> 
> You have the ability to contact your fellow track chairs directly via their contact information or within the tool (by clicking on their name to send an email), but you may also make use of this mailing list to initiate or continue the discussion with all track chairs. 
> 
> Please refer back to the etherpad for the timeline and important reminders, namely that (1) your ranking and alternates are important because some presenters may not be able to attend (2) the deadline to rank presentations is Sunday, March 16 at 23:00 UTC and (3) please do not set expectations with any speakers ranked in your category until the official notification by the Summit speaker manager, which will happen the March 19-21.
> 
> Links for reference: 
> Track Chair tool: https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/
> Track Chair overview & details: https://etherpad.openstack.org/summit-track-chairs 
> Track Chair email alias: openstack-track-chairs at lists.openstack.org
> 
> Please let us know if you have any questions.
> 
> Thank you for your help!
> 
> Cheers,
> Claire
> 
> 
> Atlanta Tracks & Track Chairs:
> Operations (123 submitted / 30 slots to fill)
> Technical discussions, presentations and use cases for deploying and operating an OpenStack cloud.
> Jesse Proudman <jproudman at bluebox.net>,
> Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org>, 
> Yuriy Brodskiy <ybrodskiy at gmail.com >,
> Shilla Saebi <shilla.saebi at gmail.com> 
> Matt VanWinkle <mvanwink at rackspace.com>,
> 
> Getting Started (28 submitted / 12 slots to fill)
> Overview of OpenStack, how it's being used and how you can get started building an OpenStack cloud.
> Rich Bowen <rbowen at redhat.com>,
> Egle Sigler <ushnishtha at hotmail.com>
> 
> Hands-On Workshops (42 submitted / 18 slots to fill)
> Hands-on OpenStack training for operators and application developers, which are typically 90-minute sessions.
> David Fishman <dfishman at mirantis.com>,
> Sean Roberts <seanrob at yahoo-inc.com>,
> Matt Ray <matt at opscode.com>, 
> Ken Hui <ken.hui at rackspace.com>, 
> 
> Related OSS Projects (39 submitted / 12 slots to fill)
> Opportunity to present and discuss related open source projects, and how they are relevant for OpenStack users.
> Chris Hoge <chris.hoge at puppetlabs.com>
> Lyz Krumbach Joseph <lyz at princessleia.com>
> Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com>
> 
> Apps on OpenStack (45 submitted / 18 slots to fill)
> Sessions relevant to developers and companies who are building applications to run on OpenStack clouds.
> Jesse Noller <jesse.noller at RACKSPACE.COM>
> Everett Toews <everett.toews at RACKSPACE.COM>
> Nati Shalom <natis at gigaspaces.com>
> 
> Cloud Strategy & Business Value (52 submitted / 18 slots to fill)
> Discussions  for organizations planning their cloud strategy, including cultural issues, building a business case and cloud transformation.
> Ken Pepple <ken at solinea.com>
> Randy Bias <randyb at cloudscaling.com>
> Beth Cohen <bfcohen at luthcomputer.com>
> 
> Public & hybrid clouds (28 submitted / 12 slots to fill)
> Presentations and panels relevant to service providers/telcos and enterprises using public or hybrid cloud.
> Toby Ford <TF4242 at att.com>
> Marc Padovani <padovani at hp.com>
> Radha Ratnaparkhi <radha at us.ibm.com>
> Guillaume Aubuchon <guillaume at digitalfilmtree.com>
> 
> Ecosystem, Products & Services (40 submitted / 12 slots to fill)
> Presentations on the latest products and services from the OpenStack ecosystem, as well as topics relevant to companies working in the OpenStack ecosystem.
> Heidi Bretz <heidi at openstack.org>
> Yoram Heller <yheller at morphlabs.com>
> Akihiro Hasegawa <hasegawa at bit-isle.co.jp>
> 
> Compute (28 submitted / 12 slots to fill)
> Technical presentations, use cases, design and implementation discussions relevant to OpenStack compute.
> Joe Gordon <joe.gordon0 at gmail.com>
> Florian Haas <florian.haas at hastexo.com>
> Russell Bryant <rbryant at redhat.com>
> 
> Storage (51 submitted / 18 slots to fill)
> Technical presentations, use cases, design and implementation discussions relevant to OpenStack object or block storage.
> John Dickinson <me at not.mn>
> John Griffith  <john.griffith at solidfire.com>
> Alejandro Comisario <alejandro.comisario at mercadolibre.com>
> Maximiliano Venesio <maximiliano.venesio at mercadolibre.com>
> 
> Networking (87 submitted / 25 slots to fill)
> Technical presentations, use cases, design and implementation discussions relevant to OpenStack networking.
> Mark McClain <mmcclain at yahoo-inc.com>
> Mats Karlsson <mats.a.karlsson at ericsson.com>
> Salvatore Orlando <sorlando at nicira.com>
> Tsugikazu Sihbata <tshibata at ab.jp.nec.com>
> Kyle Mestery <mestery at mestery.com>
> 
> Security (32 submitted / 12 slots to fill)
> Technical presentations and strategic discussions relevant to cloud security and OpenStack.
> Robert Graham Clark <robert.clark at hp.com>
> Jeremy Stanley <jeremy at openstack.org>
> Malini Bhandaru <malini.k.bhandaru at intel.com>
> 
> Community Building (34 submitted / 12 slots to fill)
> Discussion around best practices, ideas and trends for growing the global OpenStack community.
> Stefano Maffulli <stefano at openstack.org>
> Colin McNamara <Colin.McNamara at NexusIS.com>
> Kavit Munshi <kavit at aptira.com>
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