<div dir="ltr">Hi Container Infrastructure Track Chairs<div><br></div><div>A friendly reminder we're getting close to deadlines - I have completed my selections but it looks like the rest of the team still need to complete theirs. I will keep an eye on the tool over the next couple of days, feel free to reach out for discussion !</div><div><br></div><div>Matt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 20:42, Ashlee Ferguson <<a href="mailto:ashlee@openstack.org">ashlee@openstack.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_-5921966096198819239docs-internal-guid-97e2e779-7fff-f69e-a8b2-f83e840519b1"><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi everyone,</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for all of your time and hard work the past couple of weeks! It’s time for you to select the talks that will be included on the final Summit schedule. You have between now and </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, August 28 at 11:59pm PT </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(August 29 at 6:59 UTC)</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to make your Team Selections.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FIRST - WATCH THE TUTORIAL VIDEO</span></div><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Before you do anything else,</span><a href="https://www.screencast.com/t/xjzPDsEIi" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">watch the Part Two tutorial video</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The video explains how to review and add talks to your personal list and team list. Under the Team Selections tab, you can drag and drop the presentations into your order of preference. </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We'll consider the presentations at the top of the list to be the most important to include in the final Summit agenda.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Each Track has a predetermined amount of sessions and once this quantity has been fulfilled, these sessions will be included in the final agenda.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Each Track will also have a set number of alternates. If a presentation is selected as an alternate, they will have the opportunity to present their session, but we want to consider quality over having an alternate for the sake of filling time. So, we’ll offer them the opportunity to record their talk later and we’ll post it on our YouTube channel. However, if a full breakout session speaker cannot present, alternates will be selected based on the order in the Team List within the Track Chair tool. This is in an effort to ensure that alternate presentations are recorded and speakers are available in the event they are needed.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please note that everyone on your team shares the Team Selections column. Any changes that you make will override the selections/order choices that your colleagues may have made in this column. Therefore, before making your final session selections inside the Team Selections tab––we recommend that you and your fellow Programming Committee members schedule time together via Zoom, Google Hangout, IRC, or your platform of choice to discuss the final team selections. Once you have finalized your selections as a team, add them into the Team Selections tab. The Team Selections tab must be completed no later than </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, August 28 at 11:59pm PT </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(August 29 at 6:59 UTC).</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As you make your Team Selections, please work to include a diverse set of sessions, companies and speakers.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Please do NOT set expectations with any speakers ranked in your category. The Foundation staff will send the speaker notifications the week of September 7.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COMBINING SESSIONS OR CREATING NEW PANELS</span></div><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You may want to combine sessions into panels or other formats, especially if there are multiple submissions about the same topic. However we request that you try to limit the number of new panels to no more than 40% of the selected sessions in your Track. If you are creating a new panel, please try to include a diverse set of speakers for the presentation. In order to combine talks or create new panels</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQKu9AXwOU" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">please follow these instructions</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and email the requested information to </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" target="_blank">speakersupport@openstack.org</a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR FELLOW PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE MEMBERS</span></div><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You have the ability to contact your fellow Programming Committee members directly via their contact information</span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/directory" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">within the tool</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (by clicking on their name to send an email), but we also encourage you to make use of this mailing list to initiate or continue the discussion with all programming committees.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reminder––please make all final selections in the tool no later than </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, August 28 at 11:59pm PT </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(August 29 at 6:59 UTC). </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Should you have any queries or issues along the way, please notify us at </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" target="_blank">speakersupport@openstack.org</a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New for virtual Summit: </span></div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please note the number below is the maximum number of presentations you can select for your Track. We want to prioritize quality over quantity, so you are not required to fill all of those slots. On the other hand, if your Track has more qualified talks than the maximum amount allowed, you can designate some sessions as alternates and they will still have the opportunity to record a session.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To fit the new virtual format, sessions will be pre-recorded, and speakers should be prepared to be present on the event platform during their presentation for potential live chat Q&A.</span></div></li></ul><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Also, if you’re working outside the tool, the counts per track are the following. These counts are flexible, so if there are too many amazing presentations, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate:</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><u></u><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" dir="ltr" border="1" style="table-layout:fixed;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;width:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><colgroup><col width="165"><col width="100"><col width="100"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;font-weight:bold">Max Slots</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;font-weight:bold">Alternates</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">5G, NFV & Edge</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">15</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">3</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">AI, Machine Learning, HPC</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">8</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">CI/CD</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">6</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Container Infrastructure</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">15</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">3</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Getting Started</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">8</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Hands-on Workshops</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">5</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Open Development</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">6</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Private & Hybrid Cloud</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:middle;text-align:right">22</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">4</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Public Cloud</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:middle;text-align:right">6</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Security</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:middle;text-align:right">6</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2</td></tr></tbody></table><u></u><div><br></div></div><br><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></div><div style="line-height:1.728;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ashlee & Jimmy</span></div></span></div><br><br><div>
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