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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Vendors usually have their private track(s) or sessions based on their sponsorship level -
<a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/boston-2017/sponsors/">https://www.openstack.org/summit/boston-2017/sponsors/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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"> Ferry, Courtney (Contractor) [mailto:Courtney_Ferry@comcast.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 13, 2017 11:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Collier <mark@openstack.org>; Ruben D. Orduz <rubenoz@gmail.com>; SaintRossy, James <James_SaintRossy@comcast.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> openstack-track-chairs@lists.openstack.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] Guidance on Vendor Specific Presentations?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Agreed on sales pitches passed off as presentations being a bad thing – I’ve walked out on a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have attended presentations from vendors that were good, however, when the sales pitch was kept to the last 5 minutes of the talk. The ones that worked for me were given
by vendors that provided a supported version of an OpenStack project and gave a talk or lab on that project. If they keep the bulk of the presentation to the open source technology, then give their product a plug at the end, I think it’s cool.
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Mark Collier <<a href="mailto:mark@openstack.org">mark@openstack.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, February 13, 2017 at 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Ruben D. Orduz" <<a href="mailto:rubenoz@gmail.com">rubenoz@gmail.com</a>>, "SaintRossy, James" <<a href="mailto:James_SaintRossy@cable.comcast.com">James_SaintRossy@cable.comcast.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<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>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] Guidance on Vendor Specific Presentations?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I'm my opinion, straight up sales pitches are bad. <o:p>
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<span style="color:black">That said, if a particular technology is widely adopted as part of Openstack clouds out in the world (like a plug in), I could see how an expert on the technology could provide value for attendees by talking about it at the summit,
even if that technology is closed source. People who'd never consider a closed source plug in would simply not attend that session.
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<span style="color:black">So I guess I'd say it's not black and white, more about whether there's a significant audience for the topic and if the speaker has the expertise to convey it.
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<span style="color:black">My 2 cents <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On February 13, 2017 10:48:21 AM "Ruben D. Orduz" <<a href="mailto:rubenoz@gmail.com">rubenoz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">Yes, it absolutely should have bearing. I vaguely remember in the initial guidance email it specifies that we should not select proposals that are perceived as sales pitches or vendor specific.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:29 AM, SaintRossy, James <<a href="mailto:James_SaintRossy@comcast.com" target="_blank">James_SaintRossy@comcast.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I’m a 1st time track chair so pardon my ignorance if this question seems obvious. In my initial review for the storage track I see several
presentations that are vendor specific and possibly closed source. Should that have any bearing on our evaluations?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks, James.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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