<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone,<br class=""><br class="">It’s time for Part One of the Programming Committee process! Before you begin, please take the time to watch this <a href="https://www.screencast.com/t/6q9Jx5UXP88" class="">tutorial video</a>.<br class=""><br class="">You have between now and this <b class="">Monday, July 23 at 11:59pm PT</b> (Tuesday, July 24 at 6:59 UTC) to complete this part. See the timeline below for reference.<br class=""><br class="">During this time we ask you to:<br class=""><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">Review the submissions within your specific track and identify any that need to be moved into another track category by clicking the “Suggest Category Change” button. <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/berlin-2018/summit-categories/" class="">View the full list of tracks here</a>.</li><li class="">Flag any talks that are obvious test submissions and need to be removed (in addition to duplicates). Note this by making a comment and sending an email to <a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</a> with a link to the presentation.</li><li class="">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.</li></ul></div><br class="">Please watch this <a href="https://www.screencast.com/t/6q9Jx5UXP88" class="">tutorial video</a> to learn how to use the Track Chair tool.<br class=""><br class="">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> <div class=""><br class="">Log in with your email address and the password that you've set for the OpenStack website. If you need to reset your password, you can do that <a href="https://www.openstack.org/Security/lostpassword" class="">here</a>. If you have any login issues please contact <a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""><b class="">As a reminder, the submission review process has two parts:</b><br class="">Part One: July 18 - 23<br class="">Reviewing/moving session submissions before voting opens (2-4 hours)<br class=""><br class="">Part Two: July 27 - August 7<br class="">Final track sessions decisions (8 hours)<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Contacting your fellow Programming Committee members:</b><br class="">The email addresses and Track names for all Programming Committee members are listed here: <a href="https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/directory" class="">https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/directory</a></div><div class=""><br class=""><b class="">Full Timeline</b><br class="">July 18 - 23: Programming Committees review submissions and potentially move sessions to other tracks if they are a better fit BEFORE community voting begins<div class="">July 24 - 26: Session voting open to the community<br class="">July 27 - August 7: Programming Committees receive and review proposals and discuss choices<br class="">August 7: Programming Committees submit final session selections via administrative tool<br class="">August 13: Foundation staff notifies all submitters whether or not their session was accepted into the final Summit agenda<br class="">August 13: Breakout session agenda published<br class=""><br class="">As a reminder, <b class="">please do not notify speakers</b> that they have been accepted ahead of the public announcement.<br class=""><br class="">We’ll be in touch the week of July 23 with another tutorial video and detailed steps on Part Two when you will use the track chair administrative tool to make your individual and team selections.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class="">Ashlee & Jimmy<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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