<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div id="gmail-:53g" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt gmail-adP gmail-adO" style="font-size:12.8px"><div id="gmail-:53h" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15acceb9de4f9726"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_58509894253409412m_-4603069495774938531m_-5075113742791233155gmail-docs-internal-guid-5ac720aa-cb37-4abc-e051-5d1bd1f53de3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear OpenStack Days East Sponsors and Supporters,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for considering sponsoring this year’s</span><a href="http://openstackdayseast.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OpenStack Days East</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> conference which is planned to be in the city of Washington, DC, in mid to late August. The event will have focus on the Government sector, as well as containerizations, Kubernetes, DevOps practices, provisioning, orchestration, and offer OpenStack training.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are currently favoring the </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Marriott+Marquis+dc&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUq9ynmdXSAhVrsVQKHcU-Bu8Q_AUICCgD&biw=1319&bih=736" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marriott Marquis</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, a state of the art hotel, ideally situated in the heart of cosmopolitan Washington, DC, where museums, the White House, and the US Capitol are only minutes away.  In order to successfully execute this event, we will need sponsors to assist financially with securing both the event planner, which we have <a href="http://www.rgievents.com/" target="_blank">selected</a>, as well as the venue, in order to successfully execute this event. We will need financial support from sponsors by March 27th. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Unfortunately, if we don’t receive funding by that date the conference will have to be delayed significantly or cancelled entirely.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The proposed</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B28O7k5mIZSiV3k3U2RNVEpVYVk" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sponsorship levels</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that we developed can be found </span><a href="https://goo.gl/Ip5usD" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Also, the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sponsorship agreement</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> can be found </span><a href="https://goo.gl/7GNTTQ" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for your review and consideration. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will follow up with you to discuss how your organization can be part of this exciting conference, and answer any questions you may have! Ms. </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sg2recruiting" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Suzie Grieco</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> will be contacting you; however, if you have any questions before that, feel free to contact her at <a href="tel:(703)%20675-6286" value="+17036756286" target="_blank">+1-703-675-6286</a>.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you very much in advance, and we look forward to working with you. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best Regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>OpenStack Days East Planning Committee</i></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:Haisam.Ido@openstackdayseast.com" target="_blank">Haisam.Ido@openstackdayseast.c<wbr>om</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Organizer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:Hong.Kim@openstackdayseast.com" target="_blank">Hong.Kim@openstackdayseast.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><wbr>, Organizer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:Shilla.Saebi@openstackdayseast.com" target="_blank">Shilla.Saebi@openstackdayseast<wbr>.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Organizer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:James.Genus@openstackdayseast.com" target="_blank">James.Genus@openstackdayseast.<wbr>com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Organizer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:Trevor.Lowing@openstackdayseast.com" target="_blank">Trevor.Lowing@openstackdayseas<wbr>t.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Organizer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">kirk.kalvar@kal.technology</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Organizer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:Suzie.Grieco@openstackdayseast.com" target="_blank">Suzie.Grieco@openstackdayseast<wbr>.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Organizer</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div></span></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hq gmail-gt gmail-a10" id="gmail-:541" style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div></div>