<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=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-d4b91168-a863-68ac-9191-060a137c58ef" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Hi everyone,</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">It’s time for Part One of the track chair process. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">You have between </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">now and this Sunday, February 7 at 11:59pm PST / Feb 8 at 7:59am UTC</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> to complete this part. See the timeline below for reference. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">During this time we ask you to:</span></div><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Review the submissions within your specific track and identify any that need to be moved into another track category by clicking the “Suggest Category Change” button.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Flag any talks that are obvious test submissions and need to be removed. Note this by making a comment. </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Include comments on any sessions that you want to flag for more discussion later during the selection process. *ONLY* track chairs will be able to view your comments. Speakers and submitters cannot see your comments. </span></div></li></ol><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Now, before you do anything else </span><a href="http://www.openstack.org/track-chairs#tutorial" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">watch this tutorial video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">! </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">After you’ve watched the video you may access the Track Chair tool: </span><a href="http://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">www.openstack.org/track-chairs/</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">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 </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/Security/lostpassword" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">here</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. If you have any login issues please contact <a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</a>.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We’ll be in touch later next week with another tutorial video and detailed steps on part two when you will use the track chair administrative tool to make your individual and team selections. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Cheers,</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Kendall</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Track Chair Timeline:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">February 2: Deadline for speaking submissions via the Call for Speakers platform</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">February 3-7: Track Chairs review submissions and potentially move sessions to other tracks if they are a better fit </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">February 9-17: Session voting open to the community</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">February 22-29: Track chairs review session proposals and discuss choices </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">February 29: Track chairs submit final session selections via administrative tool - we will provide you with a video tutorial for how to use the tool</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5999999999999999; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">March 7: Foundation staff notifies all submitters whether or not their session was accepted into the final Summit agenda</span></div><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">March 7: Breakout session agenda published</span></span><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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