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    <p>I think a session is a great idea, but the fall summits are more
      difficult for a large percentage of the target audience to get to,
      especially if they DON'T have a talk, which means they're pretty
      likely to want to attend this session.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Unless people can participate remotely...</p>
    <p>----  Nick<br>
    </p>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/26/2016 9:12 AM,
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com">Arkady_Kanevsky@DELL.com</a> wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Great
            idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
            name="_____replyseparator"></a><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Yih
            Leong, Sun. [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:yihleong@gmail.com">mailto:yihleong@gmail.com</a>]
            <br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2016 5:16 PM<br>
            <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 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>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Do we need a Working Group session at
            Barcelona for this "Track Chair" discussion on how to
            improve the future selection process?<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Nick
              Chase <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:nchase@mirantis.com" target="_blank">nchase@mirantis.com</a>>
              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">On 8/25/2016 4:28 PM, Matt
                    Fischer wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">I hope that the track chairs
                      were not only selected on the basis of technical
                      knowledge but on their integrity and of putting
                      the summit & community ahead of company goals.
                      I also think that the foundation has done a good
                      job ensuring that different communities and
                      companies are chosen, which hopefully avoids the
                      ability of one company to push their talks over
                      others. For me, I will never push a team talk
                      unless the other track chairs have it under
                      consideration, and if they do I'm happy to provide
                      honest feedback on it. I hope fellow track chairs
                      will concur with that.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                  Exactly!!<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Opening up a requirement
                          that track chairs have to justify why they
                          chose one talk over another will only foster
                          further argument, it won't resolve anything.
                          It's also untenable when rejecting 200 talks
                          to justify the ranking of each one. And
                          regardless of what you do and whether you
                          justify your reasons or not, many good talks
                          were not picked, and some feelings were
                          probably hurt.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                  I'm not suggesting that we explain why talks were
                  rejected, just why they were SELECTED.<br>
                  <br>
                  Feelings are always going to be hurt.  I've already
                  gotten 3 phone calls from dejected colleagues who got
                  their "sorry, no thanks" letter and I've had to tell
                  them, "Look, you're in good company."  Hell, I didn't
                  get in either. :)<br>
                  <br>
                  But while we've definitely been improving in the
                  "transparency" department, I think it wouldn't be a
                  bad thing to go further.<span style="color:#888888"><br>
                    <br>
                    <span class="hoenzb">----  Nick</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <br>
                      <br>
                      <o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Aug 25,
                                  2016 at 4:13 PM, Nick Chase <<a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="mailto:nchase@mirantis.com"
                                    target="_blank">nchase@mirantis.com</a>>
                                  wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                    <p>Well, when we were working on our
                                      track (both this time and for
                                      Austin) what we did was break it
                                      down into sections (for example,
                                      we might have 3 talks on "DevOps")
                                      and then try to choose a talk from
                                      each section.  In some cases, we
                                      had to choose between similar
                                      talks, and discuss what our
                                      rationale was; it wouldn't be a
                                      bad thing to provide a place for
                                      track chairs to explain their
                                      choices.  It would even provide a
                                      way for submitters to improve
                                      their submissions for next time.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                    <p>----  Nick<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal">On
                                            8/25/2016 3:50 PM, Shilla
                                            Saebi wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">I think
                                              we should come up with a
                                              way for track chairs who
                                              have to make selections on
                                              talks that were submitted
                                              by members of their own
                                              company or team to be
                                              fair. I noticed a few
                                              talks go through where the
                                              track chairs worked for
                                              the same company as the
                                              talks that were selected,
                                              and other talks with more
                                              complete abstracts (in my
                                              opinion) and a more
                                              diverse set of speakers,
                                              was not selected. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
                                            <div>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">On
                                                Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at
                                                2:18 PM, Nathan C
                                                Ziemann <<a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ziemann@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">ziemann@us.ibm.com</a>>
                                                wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal">+1
                                                      on export. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal">We
                                                      wrapped up our
                                                      final selections
                                                      using a
                                                      spreadsheet which
                                                      makes it easy to
                                                      evaluate multiple
                                                      criteria and chair
                                                      votes/comments in
                                                      one view. <br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      Nate Ziemann <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                      <p
                                                        class="MsoNormal">Sent
                                                        from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          On Aug 25,
                                                          2016, at 9:54
                                                          AM, Nick Chase
                                                          <<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nchase@mirantis.com" target="_blank">nchase@mirantis.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal">Actually
                                                          the last two
                                                          summits tracks
                                                          I've worked
                                                          with have
                                                          finished up in
                                                          spreadsheets,
                                                          where we've
                                                          organized
                                                          submissions by
                                                          topic and
                                                          marked off who
                                                          voted for
                                                          each.  It
                                                          really made
                                                          the final
                                                          processing
                                                          easier. 
                                                          <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal">I'd
                                                          love to see a
                                                          simple
                                                          "export"
                                                          function so we
                                                          don't wind up
                                                          doing it by
                                                          hand.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal">----
                                                          Nick<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          On Thursday,
                                                          August 25,
                                                          2016, Amrith
                                                          Kumar <<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:amrith@tesora.com" target="_blank">amrith@tesora.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">On
                                                          the whole, I
                                                          think the
                                                          process and
                                                          the tool were
                                                          fine, there
                                                          were some
                                                          hiccups that
                                                          you have
                                                          already
                                                          identified.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">I
                                                          found the user
                                                          interface
                                                          (specifically
                                                          the two pane
                                                          format and the
                                                          sizing
                                                          requirement)
                                                          to be a little
                                                          troublesome.
                                                          Eventually I
                                                          just grabbed
                                                          the json off
                                                          the interface
                                                          and populated
                                                          a spreadsheet
                                                          and that
                                                          worked out
                                                          much easier.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">Why
                                                          was that?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">I
                                                          wanted to tag
                                                          each of the 93
                                                          talks with a
                                                          bunch of tags
                                                          that I found
                                                          to be useful,
                                                          things like
                                                          the names of
                                                          the projects
                                                          covered,
                                                          sales-pitch,
                                                          customer-story,
                                                          performance, …
                                                          and so on, and
                                                          later filter
                                                          talks based on
                                                          those tags.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">So,
                                                          if the next
                                                          iteration of
                                                          the tool had a
                                                          way in which
                                                          each chair
                                                          could tag
                                                          talks using an
                                                          arbitrary
                                                          (private) set
                                                          of tags, that
                                                          would be
                                                          nifty.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">-amrith
                                                          </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
                                                          Kunzmann,
                                                          Gerald [<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:kunzmann@docomolab-euro.com">mailto:kunzmann@docomolab-euro.com</a>]
                                                          <br>
                                                          <b>Sent:</b>
                                                          Thursday,
                                                          August 25,
                                                          2016 3:22 AM<br>
                                                          <b>To:</b> <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Times
                                                          New
                                                          ",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">+1
                                                          nice tool.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Would
                                                          be great to
                                                          have a sort
                                                          function e.g.
                                                          by “community
                                                          vote”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Gerald</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
                                                          Travis McPeak
                                                          [<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:travis.mcpeak@gmail.com">mailto:travis.mcpeak@gmail.com</a>]
                                                          <br>
                                                          <b>Sent:</b>
                                                          Donnerstag,
                                                          25. August
                                                          2016 02:02<br>
                                                          <b>To:</b>
                                                          Christopher
                                                          Aedo <<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:doc@aedo.net">doc@aedo.net</a>>; <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Times
                                                          New
                                                          ",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Times
                                                          New
                                                          ",serif">+1
                                                          great tool and
                                                          easy process
                                                          overall.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Times
                                                          ",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Times
                                                          ",serif">On
                                                          Wed, Aug 24,
                                                          2016, 4:47 PM
                                                          Christopher
                                                          Aedo <<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:doc@aedo.net">doc@aedo.net</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <blockquote
                                                          style="border:none;border-left:solid
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Times
                                                          ",serif">Thank
                                                          you for all
                                                          the hard work
                                                          you've put
                                                          into this tool
                                                          (and all the<br>
                                                          other
                                                          OpenStack bits
                                                          you're always
                                                          improving.) 
                                                          This was my
                                                          second<br>
                                                          time around
                                                          and I thought
                                                          the tool
                                                          worked great -
                                                          looking
                                                          forward to<br>
                                                          seeing even
                                                          more
                                                          improvements
                                                          for Boston!<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Thank you
                                                          Jimmy!<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          -Christopher<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          On Wed, Aug
                                                          24, 2016 at
                                                          3:20 PM, Jimmy
                                                          McArthur <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jimmy@openstack.org">jimmy@openstack.org</a>>
                                                          wrote:<br>
                                                          > All -<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Thanks
                                                          again for your
                                                          hard (and
                                                          quick!) work
                                                          on the
                                                          OpenStack
                                                          Barcelona<br>
                                                          > Summit
                                                          Track
                                                          selections.
                                                          You all did an
                                                          amazing job
                                                          and we're
                                                          really<br>
                                                          > grateful
                                                          to each of
                                                          you.<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > I took
                                                          notes of
                                                          feedback, but
                                                          please feel
                                                          free to add to
                                                          the list if
                                                          you<br>
                                                          > feel I've
                                                          missed
                                                          something:<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Better
                                                          ability for
                                                          Track Chairs
                                                          to merge<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Option to
                                                          email all
                                                          speakers from
                                                          one or more
                                                          presentations<br>
                                                          > Ability
                                                          for Speakers
                                                          to
                                                          submit/propose
                                                          a new Title /
                                                          Abstract as an<br>
                                                          >
                                                          attachment or
                                                          within the
                                                          thread<br>
                                                          > Track
                                                          Chairs ability
                                                          to deactivate
                                                          merged talks,
                                                          and save one
                                                          with new<br>
                                                          > abstract
                                                          (or merge into
                                                          a new record
                                                          so we don't
                                                          taint the
                                                          originals)<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Email
                                                          issues<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Track
                                                          conversations
                                                          with users
                                                          within the
                                                          Track Chair
                                                          tool i/o just
                                                          via<br>
                                                          > email.
                                                          Could also
                                                          consider using
                                                          ZenDesk API
                                                          for this?<br>
                                                          > There was
                                                          a problem with
                                                          Sendgrid API
                                                          this go round,
                                                          so there were
                                                          just<br>
                                                          > generally
                                                          problems. They
                                                          were:<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > No CC of
                                                          other track
                                                          chairs<br>
                                                          > Reply
                                                          address was <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:noreply@openstack.org">noreply@openstack.org</a>
                                                          i/o the
                                                          ZenDesk ticket<br>
                                                          > Adding
                                                          name of
                                                          Presentation
                                                          and other
                                                          details
                                                          automatically
                                                          within the
                                                          email<br>
                                                          > "Track
                                                          chair XYZ has
                                                          a question
                                                          about your
                                                          presentation:
                                                          ABCD"<br>
                                                          > Email all
                                                          speakers i/o
                                                          just one<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Need the
                                                          option back of
                                                          being able to
                                                          compare
                                                          everyone's
                                                          list side by
                                                          side<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > The new
                                                          method of
                                                          using the
                                                          dropdown makes
                                                          it difficult
                                                          for the team
                                                          to<br>
                                                          > compare
                                                          selected talks<br>
                                                          > A way to
                                                          auto-select
                                                          common talks
                                                          for placement
                                                          in the team
                                                          section would
                                                          be<br>
                                                          > cool, or
                                                          at least a way
                                                          to quickly
                                                          view that
                                                          list, along
                                                          with the # of
                                                          team<br>
                                                          > members
                                                          that selected
                                                          each talk<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > An option
                                                          for a Track to
                                                          "Close" their
                                                          selections<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Send an
                                                          email to track
                                                          chairs list<br>
                                                          > Mark
                                                          Track as
                                                          "Closed" for
                                                          non-admins<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Another
                                                          suggestion for
                                                          the Boston CFP
                                                          process might
                                                          be to consider
                                                          separate<br>
                                                          > user and
                                                          developer
                                                          sub-tracks.
                                                          For example.
                                                          What might be
                                                          considered a
                                                          How<br>
                                                          > To/Best
                                                          Practice for
                                                          developers
                                                          might be
                                                          completely
                                                          irrelevant to
                                                          users.<br>
                                                          > We at Dev
                                                          Tools track
                                                          found out that
                                                          there are a
                                                          lot of drafts
                                                          related to<br>
                                                          > the CI/CD
                                                          and Testing
                                                          processes.
                                                          Seems
                                                          reasonable to
                                                          add such a
                                                          track<br>
                                                          >
                                                          (Deployment
                                                          and Testing)
                                                          as an option
                                                          for the next
                                                          summit. What
                                                          do you<br>
                                                          > think?<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          > Thank you
                                                          again!<br>
                                                          > Jimmy<br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          >
                                                          _______________________________________________<br>
                                                          >
                                                          Openstack-track-chairs
                                                          mailing list<br>
                                                          > <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
                                                          > <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs"
target="_blank">
http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs</a><br>
                                                          ><br>
                                                          <br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Openstack-track-chairs mailing list<br>
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs"
target="_blank">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </blockquote>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </blockquote>
                                                          </div>
                                                        </div>
                                                      </blockquote>
                                                      <p
                                                        class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
                                                    </div>
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                                                </div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
                                                  Openstack-track-chairs
                                                  mailing list<br>
                                                  <a
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
                                                  <a
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs"
                                                    target="_blank">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                              </blockquote>
                                            </div>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
                                          </div>
                                        </blockquote>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
                                      </div>
                                    </div>
                                    <div>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                          style="color:#888888">-- <br>
                                          Nick Chase, Head of Technical
                                          and Marketing Content,
                                          Mirantis<br>
                                          Editor in Chief,
                                          OpenStack:Unlocked<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                    </div>
                                  </div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
                                    Openstack-track-chairs mailing list<br>
                                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      href="mailto:Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org"
                                      target="_blank">Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
                                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs"
                                      target="_blank">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
                            </div>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>
                        Nick Chase, Head of Technical and Marketing
                        Content, Mirantis<br>
                        Editor in Chief, OpenStack:Unlocked<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
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              </div>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
                _______________________________________________<br>
                Openstack-track-chairs mailing list<br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org">Openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs"
                  target="_blank">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-track-chairs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
            </blockquote>
          </div>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      Nick Chase, Head of Technical and Marketing Content, Mirantis<br>
      Editor in Chief, OpenStack:Unlocked</div>
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