<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Because we had the conversation on this mailing list, I wanted to provide a quick update about soliciting attendee feedback on speaking sessions. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I mentioned before that we are building out a survey tool in our new scheduling platform and mobile app, which will be available for the Austin Summit, but didn’t have a good solution for the Tokyo Summit….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now we've come up with a decent hack for Tokyo! We worked with the Sched team to integrate a “feedback” link in the mobile app that uses simple Wufoo forms on the backend. It’s not the most beautiful solution, but we’re happy to start gathering information :) We’ll encourage attendees to give us feedback on the sessions they attend, and will of course encourage speakers to promote it for their sessions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just wanted to share the update so you are all aware and can help spread the word…hopefully it will give track chairs for the Austin Summit more information to make decisions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Lauren</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 18, 2015, at 2:08 PM, Lauren Sell <<a href="mailto:lauren@openstack.org" class="">lauren@openstack.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Oh sorry, we want to roll out the tools for Austin, but the hope is to have them ready for testing the end of this year or early next. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m hoping to recruit some folks from the community to help with that testing in Tokyo :)</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 18, 2015, at 11:04 AM, Barrett, Carol L <<a href="mailto:carol.l.barrett@intel.com" class="">carol.l.barrett@intel.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Lauren – Understand the short path to Tokyo. It sounded like a Beta was planned for Austin (I might’ve read that wrong) and I was wondering if it’s possible to get past beta for Austin.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Thanks<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Carol<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a name="_MailEndCompose" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></a></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lauren Sell [<a href="mailto:lauren@openstack.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:lauren@openstack.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, August 18, 2015 9:23 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Barrett, Carol L; John Griffith<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [Openstack-track-chairs] the meaning of the 'How to contribute' track<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">No, it's not possible to have the new summit tools ready for Tokyo (we would already need to be using the scheduling tool), but I'm happy to pursue other ways to gather feedback in Tokyo like we're discussing.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">On August 18, 2015 9:18:00 AM "Barrett, Carol L" <<a href="mailto:carol.l.barrett@intel.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">carol.l.barrett@intel.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: gray; border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 5pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I think any mechanism for feedback would be v valuable. Is there any way to accelerate the plans for Austin (it’s a year out!) to get this in place for all keynotes/sessions?</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Thanks</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Carol</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>John Griffith [<a href="mailto:john.griffith@solidfire.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:john.griffith@solidfire.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, August 18, 2015 8:48 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lauren Sell<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] the meaning of the 'How to contribute' track</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Lauren Sell <<a href="mailto:lauren@openstack.org" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">lauren@openstack.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">On Aug 18, 2015, at 7:55 AM, John Griffith <<a href="mailto:john.griffith@solidfire.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">john.griffith@solidfire.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math', serif;" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Awesome!! Thanks Claire, I'll save my views on "votes" for the survey :)</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Also, rumor has it that we may actually be able to try and institute a feedback mechanism for the attendees this time around? In my opinion that could be an extremely valuable tool.</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Anyway... thanks!</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">John</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math', serif;" class=""></span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Hi John,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Unfortunately, we won’t have a new tool to collect session feedback for the Tokyo Summit, but we are developing a new Summit scheduling tool and mobile app that we’re hoping to roll out in Austin, which would allow attendees to provide session feedback via the mobile app. We’re planning to host a feedback session in Tokyo to review the new tools and recruit some beta testers. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">In the meantime, one option for Tokyo could be to require each speaker to post a slide with a unique URL to a survey at the end of their presentation. It would require quite a bit of manual work to set up and collect the results, but it’s possible if we think it’s worth doing. We’re open to ideas.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Thanks!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" class="">Lauren</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math', serif;" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Hi Lauren,</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Bummer.... but Austin isn't far away!! I kinda like the idea of setting something up manually this time around, as a speaker I certainly think it would be worth doing even just for my own personal growth and improvement. I don't know if others feel strongly enough about making it part of the required work for presenting or not, but I'd certainly be willing to put forth the effort.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math', serif;" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Keep me posted, and if volunteers are needed to head up the effort I'd be happy to participate.</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Thanks,</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">John</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Openstack-track-chairs mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org" class="">Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br class="">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>