<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hey everyone,</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please take time to put ideas for sessions at the forum in the TC and/or UC catch-all etherpads or any of the others that are appropriate:</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum/Vancouver2018">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum/Vancouver2018</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We really want to get as many session ideas as possible so that the committee has too many to choose from :)</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Here is an idea of the types of sessions to think about proposing:</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><h4 style="margin:10px 0px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-mw-headline" id="gmail-Project-specific_sessions" style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><u>Project-specific sessions</u></font></span></h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Where developers can ask users specific questions about their experience, users can provide feedback from the last release and cross-community collaboration on the priorities and 'blue sky' ideas for the next release can occur.</font></p><h4 style="margin:10px 0px;font-weight:bold;line-height:20px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-mw-headline" id="gmail-Strategic.2C_whole-of-community_discussions"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Strategic, whole-of-community discussions</u></font></span></h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To think about the big picture, including beyond just one release cycle and new technologies</font></p><h4 style="margin:10px 0px;font-weight:bold;line-height:20px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-mw-headline" id="gmail-Cross-project_sessions"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Cross-project sessions</u></font></span></h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In a similar vein to what has happened at past design summits, but with increased emphasis on issues that are of relevant to all areas of the community</font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you have organized any events in the past year you probably have heard of or been in some sessions that are perfect for the Forum.</font></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Kind regards,<br><br>Melvin Hillsman</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:mrhillsman@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">mrhillsman@gmail.com</a><br>mobile: (832) 264-2646<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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