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<div>One possibility could be to have a special marker for first time presenters and ensure/encourage Track Chairs to choose a certain number of these presentations in each track. </div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>"<a href="mailto:Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com">Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com">Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 12:25 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:Ulas.Kozat@huawei.com">Ulas.Kozat@huawei.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:Ulas.Kozat@huawei.com">Ulas.Kozat@huawei.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:yihleong@gmail.com">yihleong@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:yihleong@gmail.com">yihleong@gmail.com</a>>,
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<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] Track Chair Feedback<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I fully understand the concern. Quality of presentations and depth of material is much better for project info for PTL and core members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Unfortunately it creates a much higher bar for new members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">It discourage participation of new companies and new individual members and impact diversity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Any ideas how to balance various concerns?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">To be fair to the original thread, it is NOT tool specific.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Arkady<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_____replyseparator"></a><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Ulas Kozat [<a href="mailto:Ulas.Kozat@huawei.com">mailto:Ulas.Kozat@huawei.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2016 11:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kanevsky, Arkady <<a href="mailto:Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com">Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:yihleong@gmail.com">yihleong@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:jimmy@openstack.org">
jimmy@openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Openstack-track-chairs] Track Chair Feedback<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If this was an academic full paper submission, I would say +1 (although many negative side effects will be still there). But in this type of submissions,
it is not hard to generate a great abstract without actual deliverance. So, I would vote -2 for blind or double blind review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com">Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com</a> [<a href="mailto:Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com">mailto:Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2016 6:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:yihleong@gmail.com">yihleong@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:jimmy@openstack.org">
jimmy@openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] Track Chair Feedback<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">For reviews and acceptance it would be better to have blind review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">No authors names, not affiliation. Just on the merit of submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Then when submission is accepted then post names and affiliation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Yih Leong, Sun. [<a href="mailto:yihleong@gmail.com">mailto:yihleong@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2016 7:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jimmy McArthur <<a href="mailto:jimmy@openstack.org">jimmy@openstack.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] Track Chair Feedback<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Very nice tool and 'evolving' over the past few summits.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would be great if i can see a summary of affiliated companies of the proposals that I/we have selected at the Selection/Team list.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">e.g. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Track A: A total of 20 companies are selected<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Company X: 6 sessions are selected in Track A<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Company Y: 6 sessions are selected in Track A<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Company Z: 8 sessions are selected in Track A<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Jimmy McArthur <<a href="mailto:jimmy@openstack.org" target="_blank">jimmy@openstack.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Thanks again for your hard (and quick!) work on the OpenStack Barcelona Summit Track selections. You all did an amazing job and we're really grateful to each of you.<br>
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I took notes of feedback, but please feel free to add to the list if you feel I've missed something:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Better ability for Track Chairs to merge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Option to email all speakers from one or more presentations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Ability for Speakers to submit/propose a new Title / Abstract as an attachment or within the thread<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Track Chairs ability to deactivate merged talks, and save one with new abstract (or merge into a new record so we don't taint the originals)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Email issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Track conversations with users within the Track Chair tool i/o just via email. Could also consider using ZenDesk API for this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">There was a problem with Sendgrid API this go round, so there were just generally problems. They were:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">No CC of other track chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Reply address was
<a href="mailto:noreply@openstack.org" target="_blank">noreply@openstack.org</a> i/o the ZenDesk ticket<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Adding name of Presentation and other details automatically within the email "Track chair XYZ has a question about your presentation: ABCD"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Email all speakers i/o just one<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Need the option back of being able to compare everyone's list side by side<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The new method of using the dropdown makes it difficult for the team to compare selected talks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A way to auto-select common talks for placement in the team section would be cool, or at least a way to quickly view that list, along with the # of team members that
selected each talk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">An option for a Track to "Close" their selections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Send an email to track chairs list<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Mark Track as "Closed" for non-admins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Another suggestion for the Boston CFP process might be to consider separate user and developer sub-tracks. For example. What might be considered a How To/Best Practice
for developers might be completely irrelevant to users. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We at Dev Tools track found out that there are a lot of drafts related to the CI/CD and Testing processes. Seems reasonable to add such a track (Deployment and Testing)
as an option for the next summit. What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you again!<span style="color:#888888"><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Jimmy</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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