<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-714a29aa-0a9b-c770-d66a-c670958d81a2" 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 you to select the talks that will be included on the final Summit schedule. You have between now and next </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Monday, February 29 at 11:59pm PST </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">(March 1 at 7:59 UTC) to make your Team Selections.</span></div><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="">FIRST - WATCH TUTORIAL VIDEO</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">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); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">watch the Part Two tutorial video HERE</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="">The video explains how to review and add talks to your personal list and team list. Under the Team Selections tab, you can drag and drop the presentations into your order of preference. </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We'll consider the presentations at the top of the list to be the most important to include in the final Summit agenda. </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="">Please note that everyone on your team shares the Team Selections column. Any changes that you make will override the selections / order choices that your colleagues may have made in this column. Therefore, before making your final session selections inside the Team Selections tab - we recommend that you and your fellow track chairs schedule time together via WebEx, Google Hangout or another platform to discuss the final team selections. Once you have finalized your selections as a team, add them into the Team Selections tab. The Team Selections tab must be complete no later than Monday, February 29 at 11:59pm PST (March 1 at 7:59 UTC).</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="">Please do NOT set expectations with any speakers ranked in your category. The Foundation staff will send the speaker notifications the week of March 7.</span></div><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="">COMBINING SESSIONS OR CREATING NEW PANELS</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/#tutorial" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Watch the tutorial video</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> HERE</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">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 selected sessions in your track. If you are creating a new panel then we strongly advise you to include at least one woman speaker on the panel. In order to combine talks or create new panels </span><a href="https://youtu.be/NGexUBtOGJg" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">please follow the instructions</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> and email the requested information to </span><a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</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="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR FELLOW TRACK CHAIRS</span></div><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 the ability to contact your fellow track chairs directly via their contact information </span><a href="http://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/#directory" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">within the tool</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> (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.</span></div><br class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Reminder - please make all final selections in the tool no later than </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> February 29 at 11:59pm PST (March 1 at 7:59 UTC). </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">If you have any queries or issues along the way please notify us at </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-714a29aa-0a9c-9099-4138-eb62c6e54461" class=""><a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</span></a></span><div class=""><span class=""><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="">Cheers, </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Kendall</span></div><div class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></span><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
Kendall Waters<br class="">OpenStack Marketing<br class=""><a href="mailto:kendall@openstack.org" class="">kendall@openstack.org</a><br class=""><br class="">
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