<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Dear <span class="">Scientific</span> <span class="">Linux</span> Community, [Cc'd OpenStack User Listserv / mailing list]</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">A quick shout-out to the Scientific Linux community from the OpenStack community [waves].  There have been ongoing discussions on our list about the growing Scientific community who are using OpenStack.  Naturally we are looking to empower the conversation cross community.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">As to, we are aspiring to follow in your footsteps to provide greater compatibility between research institutions through a new working group via the OpenStack foundation.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Naturally, in the spirit of open we would welcome any guidance, critique and/or comments via this etherpad where we are scoping the WG:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/scientific-wg" target="_blank">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/<span class="">scientific</span>-wg</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">There are plans to discuss the direction this group should take at the upcoming OpenStack summit in Austin, framework for this proposed discussion proposed at the following document:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10d7XDC1yw3thjxMMC1EXJlfmMAcjkfj2wnhH2MJgh9k/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/10d7XDC1yw3thjxMMC1EXJlfmMAcjkfj2wnhH2MJgh9k/edit</a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-size:12.8px">Greatly appreciated for your guidance and wisdom as the open cloud community continues to grow.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Kind Regards, </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Flanders</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div>