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<div>I like that. Right now we’re relying on manual flagging of submissions being moved from one track to another.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Jimmy McArthur <<a href="mailto:jimmy@openstack.org">jimmy@openstack.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, February 5, 2016 at 1:12 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Mike Dorman <<a href="mailto:mdorman@godaddy.com">mdorman@godaddy.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] Part One: Austin Session Selection Process<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">This is a great suggestion. I'll create a ticket for this. Thanks, Mike!<br>
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<div>One other suggestion I would add for improvements next time: for presentations that are moved to another track, have the tool record something in the comments showing what track it came from. That gives you a little more insight into the intention of
the submitter. Just an idea.</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Kendall Waters <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:kendall@openstack.org">kendall@openstack.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 11:29 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a>" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Openstack-track-chairs] Part One: Austin Session Selection Process<br>
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<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>
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<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.
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<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>
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<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>
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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.
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</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.
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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="">!
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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="">
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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:
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.
If you have any login issues please contact <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class="">
speakersupport@openstack.org</a>.</span></div>
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<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.
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Cheers,</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Kendall</span></div>
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<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>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">February 2: Deadline for speaking submissions via the Call for Speakers platform</span></div>
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<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
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">February 9-17: Session voting open to the community</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">February 22-29: Track chairs review session proposals and discuss choices
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<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>
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<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="">
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