<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 style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Hi track chairs,</span><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">This is a friendly reminder that part one of the track chair process <b class="">ends today, <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">Monday, July 24 at 11:59pm Pacific Time</a> (<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">July 25 at 6:59am UTC</a>). </b></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">During part one, we asked you to:</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;"><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br class=""></span></div><ol class=""><li class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Review the submissions within your specific track and identify any that need to be moved into another track category by clicking the “Request Category Change” button.<br class=""><br class=""></span></li><li class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Flag any talks that are obvious test submissions and need to be removed. Note this by making a comment and sending an email to <a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" data-type="email" class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none medium !important;">speakersupport@openstack.org</a> with a link to the presentation.<br class=""><br class=""></span></li><li class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Include comments on any sessions that you want to flag for more discussion later during the selection process. *ONLY* track chairs will be able to view your comments. Speakers and submitters cannot see your comments.</span></li></ol></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">We have enabled the ability for Track Chairs to approve their own change requests. We still think it's a great idea to circulate these on the mailing list for visibility, but we understand that some tracks have an overwhelming number of changes. Please be sure to review all change requests that are meant for your track and approve or deny them. If you deny them, there will be an opportunity to provide notes as to why, that will be sent back to the chairs of the originating track. <b class="">All track changes need to be accepted/denied by <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">11:59pm Pacific Time</a> on July 24 (<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">July 25 at 6:59am UTC</a>).</b></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Cheers,</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Kendall</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><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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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 18, 2017, at 5:46 PM, Kendall Waters <<a href="mailto:kendall@openstack.org" class="">kendall@openstack.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">Hello Track Chairs,<br class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;" class=""><br style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">It’s time for Part One of the track chair process!</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;" class=""><br style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">You have between now and July 24 at 11:59pm Pacific Time (July 25 at 6:59 UTC) to complete this part. </span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;" class=""><br style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">During this time we ask you to:</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;"><br class=""></span></div><ol style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">Review the submissions within your specific track and identify any that need to be moved into another track category by clicking the “Request Category Change” button.<br class=""><br class=""></span></li><li class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">Flag any talks that are obvious test submissions and need to be removed. Note this by making a comment and sending an email to <a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" data-type="email" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(28, 100, 140); outline: none medium !important;" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</a> with a link to the presentation.<br class=""><br class=""></span></li><li class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">Include comments on any sessions that you want to flag for more discussion later during the selection process. *ONLY* track chairs will be able to view your comments. Speakers and submitters cannot see your comments.</span></li></ol><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; color: rgb(67, 71, 85); widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;" class=""><br style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">If you were unable to attend the webinar, here is the <a href="https://zoom.us/recording/play/G-Tl7ahDSdc9DtjSj7hckgRqIvJUctd1R4gr890MGZWzpoSRL2XBIb7ifNIcdAmG" class="">video recording</a> for your reference as well as notes below. This includes a walk thru of how to use the Track Chair tool.</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;" class=""><br style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">After you’ve watched the video you may access the Track Chair tool: <a href="http://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/" class="">www.openstack.org/track-chairs/</a>. </span>If you can’t login, please email <a href="mailto:jimmy@openstack.org" class="">jimmy@openstack.org</a>.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><u class="">Notes from Onboarding Webinar:</u></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">Round 1 is only about suggesting Track Changes; can’t begin your personal or team list until after community voting</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">Round 2 is for selecting tracks. </div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class=""><b class="">General Features</b></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Track Chair List</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">- There is a track chair directory in the track chair tool so you have your fellow track chair email addresses. <a href="https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/directory" style="line-height: 15.5px; widows: 1;" class="">https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/directory</a></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** How to Change Tracks</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">- Click on the proposal, then click “request category change”</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">- Once you have made all your track changes, email track chair list for review</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">- We will use feedback from track chair list to approve/reject track changes</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">**Email the speakers</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">- You can email the speakers if you have questions about their session</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Intro to Ranking</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Intro to Team Ranking</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class=""><b class="">New features</b></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Alerts if Team List updated</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Star ratings of users</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">- You can rank sessions by clicking Yes, Interested, or No thanks. This way you can filter the sessions</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Team Leaders</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">- We recommend having a team lead for your track who helps facilitate communication and keeps track of the team list </div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Communicate via email :)</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class=""><b class="">Lightning Talks</b></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Ideally all alternates will give lightning talks</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">- This will help us have alternates onsite in case of emergencies </div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** Possible b/c of volume we will have a few additional alternate onlys, but the idea is to give all lightning</div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class=""><b class="">Rules</b></div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">** CONFIDENTIAL INFO - Please do not notify speakers that they have been accepted ahead of the public announcement. </div><div style="line-height: normal; widows: auto; margin: 0px;" class="">**Be as neutral as possible. </div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;" class=""><br style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class="">If you have any questions about the track chair tool, please email the track chair mailing list or <a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</a>!</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;"></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">Cheers,</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;">Kendall</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; outline: none 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; widows: 1; line-height: 15.5px;" class=""><span class="e2ma-style" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none;"><br class=""></span></div><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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