<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><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 CFP review! 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="">Wednesday, January 30 at 11:59pm PT</b> (Thursday, January 31 at 7:59 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/denver-2019/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* Programming Committee members 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 do not have an account, please create one by going to <a href="http://openstack.org/join" class="">openstack.org/join</a>. 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: January 25 - 30<br class="">Reviewing/moving session submissions before voting opens (2-4 hours)<br class=""><br class="">Part Two: February 5 - 13<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=""><div 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 February 5 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</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">
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