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</head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Hi All -<br>
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A quick edit to the dates. They should read <span style="font-weight:
bold;">SUNDAY</span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">, August 21 at 11:59pm PDT </span><span class=""
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(August 22nd at 6:59
UTC)</span>. Not Monday. After midnight Pacific on Sunday, all Track
Chair decisions should be made. Apologies for the error.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Jimmy<br>
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<span>Erin Disney wrote:</span><br>
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<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
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pre-wrap;">Hi everyone,</span></div>
<br class="">
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
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pre-wrap;">It’s time for you to select the talks that will be included
on the final OpenStack Summit Barcelona schedule. You have between now
and </span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;
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pre-wrap;">Monday, August 21 at 11:59pm PDT </span><span class=""
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(August 22nd at 6:59
UTC) </span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">to make your Team Selections.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">FIRST - WATCH THE TUTORIAL VIDEO</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">Before you do anything else, </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWdQKiR2Bjg&feature=youtu.be"
class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class=""
style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">watch the Part Two
tutorial video HERE</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">. </span></div>
<br class="">
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">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
class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;
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pre-wrap;">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 class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">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 </span><span class=""
style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, August 21 at
11:59pm PDT </span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">(August 22nd at 6:59 UTC).</span><span class=""
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
<br class="">
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">Please do NOT set expectations with any speakers ranked in
your category. The Foundation staff will send the speaker notifications
later in the week of August 21st. </span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">CONTACTING SPEAKERS</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">You have the ability to email speakers by clicking the “Email
the Speakers” button at the bottom of each presentation. When emailed,
your conversation will occur outside of the Track Chairs tool. Please
report any resolutions that result in changes to speakers or major
formatting changes to </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class=""
style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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<br class="">
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">COMBINING SESSIONS OR CREATING NEW PANELS</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">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. </span><span
class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;
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pre-wrap;">If you are creating a new panel then we strongly advise you
to include at least one woman speaker on the panel. </span></div>
<br class="">
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">In order to combine talks or create new panels please include
the following information to </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class=""
style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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pre-wrap;">speakersupport@openstack.org</span></a><span class=""
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></div>
<ul class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<li dir="ltr" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial;
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class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span
class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position:
normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;
font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">Copy the URL from the address bar for each presentation you’d
like to combine</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" class=""
style="list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial;
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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;
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class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span
class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position:
normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;
font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">Note the speakers that you would like to have in the combined
presentation, keeping in mind the rules (max 3 speakers in a
Presentation, max 4 speakers and 1 moderator in a panel)</span></div></li><li
dir="ltr" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal;
font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;
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class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span
class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position:
normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;
font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">After discussing with the speakers, please provide an updated
Title, Abstract, What Attendees will learn.</span></div></li>
</ul>
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<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR FELLOW TRACK CHAIRS</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">You have the ability to contact your fellow track chairs
directly via their contact information </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/directory" class=""
style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;
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text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">within the tool</span></a><span class="" style="font-family:
Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal;
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font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space:
pre-wrap;"> (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="">
<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;">Reminder - please make all final selections in the tool no
later than </span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial; color:
rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, August 21 at
11:59pm PDT </span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial; color:
rgb(255, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position:
normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;
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pre-wrap;">(August 22nd at 6:59 UTC)</span><span class=""
style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span
class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have any
queries or issues along the way please notify us at </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org"
class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class=""
style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal;
font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;
font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline;
vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">speakersupport@openstack.org</span></a><span
class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
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pre-wrap;">Cheers, </span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;
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pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span class=""
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Erin</span></div>
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