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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Hello Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">                I’m excited to hear that this group is being created and look forward to actively participating in it. I’m building a developer outreach program
 on OpenStack to address many of the reasons mentioned below (with the end-user/developer) and would love to contribute and take advantage of the work this group is setting up to tackle. I’ve registered also online for this kick off meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Suhail Syed</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">Enterprise OpenStack
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray">Marketing Manager, Intel SSG – OTC</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> | 408.765.3640</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Chris C. Kemp [<a href="mailto:chris.c.kemp@nebula.com">mailto:chris.c.kemp@nebula.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 12, 2014 9:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:user-committee@lists.openstack.org">user-committee@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [User-committee] OpenStack End User Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As more OpenStack-powered clouds become available, there are a growing number of "end users" of OpenStack clouds that have no direct visibility into the implementation of the
 OpenStack services that they are using.  These “end users” are often employees of organizations that have OpenStack clouds or application developers that are using public clouds powered by OpenStack.   Tim Bell and I have been discussing the best way to give
 a voice to this growing community of stakeholders within the broader OpenStack community, and have agreed to form a working group to work with the Foundation, User Committee, and OpenStack Board, to coordinate activities that give this small but growing community
 a larger voice within the overall OpenStack ecosystem.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We have set up a meetingburner event for Thursday at 5 pm PT at <a href="http://openstack.enterthemeeting.com/m/BY7MH7X4" id="NoLP">http://openstack.enterthemeeting.com/m/BY7MH7X4</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#666666">Following the July board meeting, we'll bring together parties interested in kicking off an end user working group under the OpenStack user committee. High
 level agenda: 1. Discuss “end user” vs “ app developer” 2. Discuss current activities Foundation is planning including app developer input session 3. Discuss how to communicate this and engage the larger community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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​Agenda:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Chris Kemp: Overview of working group, including how key stakeholders, including “OpenStack developers,” “OpenStack operators,” “OpenStack end users,” and “OpenStack app developers” relate to this working group,
 the User Committee, and the overall OpenStack community. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Lauren Sell: Discuss current activities Foundation is planning including app developer input session.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Tom Ford: Discuss how to communicate this to the larger OpenStack community<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Community. Collect feedback, ideas and volunteers interested in helping out from the members of the User Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Please sign up if you are interested in learning more about (or participating in!) this working group. ​ </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Co-founder, OpenStack, Nebula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:chris@kemp.com">chris@kemp.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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