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<p class="MsoNormal">Forwarding this as requested by John<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">John Studarus <john.studarus@openstacksandiego.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 5:52 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Matt Van Winkle <mvanwink@rackspace.com>, MelvinHillsman <melvin.hillsman@huawei.com>, amy <amy@demarco.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Fwd: OpenStack NA User Group Scorecard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Adding Matt. Feel free to forward to the rest of the user committee.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">John<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">John Studarus - OpenStack Ambassador - John@OpenStackSanDiego.org<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">============ Forwarded message ============<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">From : John Studarus <john.studarus@openstacksandiego.org><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To : "melvinhillsman"<melvin.hillsman@huawei.com>, "amy"<amy@demarco.com><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Date : Thu, 10 May 2018 15:15:33 -0700<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Subject : Fwd: OpenStack NA User Group Scorecard<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">============ Forwarded message ============<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I put this report card together last December showing the current state of affairs across the US OpenStack
meetup groups (basically that the majority of groups are defunct and things are only getting worse). At the time, I sent it to the foundation staff but I really think the members of the user committee should be aware of the status. Chicago going defunct last
year was the start. Since then, NY and DC went silent and last month, the LA organizer stepped down with no replacement in sight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I've been keeping several groups alive (life support) by running a road show across San Diego, New York,
Chicago, and NoVA. Unfortunately, this is a unfunded initiative that isn't feasible in the long term.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In general, the groups have been disappearing since it is tough for organizers to promote the groups,
find space/funding to run the group and find speakers/content to present. Then, once a group is up and running, the organizers changes careers (i.e. a sales engineer switching out of cloud sales) and the group gets dropped. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In general, the user groups/meetup groups need help in the following to address these issues:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* Lack of a central working User Group Website - The OpenStack "Groups" website doesn't have a critical
mass of users, is not a draw of new users and has a number of technical issues with a lack of technical support available (the website developer has since moved on). Organizers instead pay for Meetup groups out their pocket fragmenting the user base. And once
an organizer leaves, the group disappears. The CNCF provides organizers with paid meetup accounts that are under the greater CNCF meetup umbrella account. We'd like to see a similar model. This would solve the problem of groups disappearing when the organizer
changes careers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* Speaker Bureau Searching - We'd like to see the Speaker Bureau have some sort of search by city/state/zip
code area so that meetups can find speakers. Right now, the smallest granularity is by country which doesn't help a someone in SoCal find a local speaker.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* Funding - We'd like to see funding for the groups that is commensurate with the number of group events
and members. Currently, each group receives $500 for a yearly birthday party regardless of the size of the group or the number of events. This could include covering expenses for space.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* Content - Well put together content (other than marketing slides) - perhaps hands on workshops - put
together by the Foundation or through Foundation outreach, that local organizers can present. This is what I've been doing for the four groups I've been running. I put together the content once and then present it across the four groups.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Let me know your thoughts! I've of discussions with the Foundation staff through the year and longer but
these core issues remain. I'm hoping you might have some thoughts on how we can push this along.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">John Studarus - OpenStack Ambassador -
</span></span><a href="mailto:John@OpenStackSanDiego.org" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">John@OpenStackSanDiego.org</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">============ Forwarded message ============<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">From : John Studarus <</span></span><a href="mailto:john.studarus@openstacksandiego.org" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">john.studarus@openstacksandiego.org</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To : "Sonia Ramza"<</span></span><a href="mailto:sonia@openstack.org" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">sonia@openstack.org</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">>,
"lnamphy"<</span></span><a href="mailto:lnamphy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">lnamphy@gmail.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">>,
"Shilla Saebi"<</span></span><a href="mailto:shilla.saebi@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">shilla.saebi@gmail.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Subject : OpenStack NA User Group Scorecard<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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tell us a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Chicago being abandoned is the tip of the iceberg. After gathering the statistics, it is apparent that
NY, Seattle, and North Carolina will be next.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Since it is unclear if the Foundation is willing to step in and support the groups, we need to figure
out an alternate funding strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Majority of Groups are Inactive<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There are quite a few user groups (62%) that aren't active (>= 3 meetups in 2017). 43% didn't meet at
all in 2017. Sample size is 37 groups in total.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There are a few (3) that no longer exist at all but OpenStack.org lists as existing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The minority of the groups (14 or 38%) are active having at least 3 meetups in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">It is easy to see these inactive groups being abandoned in the next 12 months as organizers pass on pay
the meetup fees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Large Groups are in Peril<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There are a number (4) of very large groups (> 900 members) that had zero or one meetup in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This extends to ten user groups with > 300 members that had zero or one meetup in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">These groups are in peril of being abandoned unless action is taken to step in and rescue these groups.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">These groups are in major geographies (NY, Seattle, DC, NoVA, Research Triangle/North Carolina).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NY and Seattle, the top two groups in peril of being abandoned, are the 2nd and 3rd largest OpenStack
groups (second only to SF/Bay Area).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Name<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="67" style="width:50.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Official<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td width="96" style="width:1.0in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Ambassador<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="140" style="width:105.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="151" style="width:113.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">2017 Meetups Count<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">New York<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">2229<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Seattle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">No<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">1565<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">North Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">No<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">None<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">1047<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">DC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">979<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Northern Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Shilla<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">648<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Philadelphia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">487<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height:14.25pt">
<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">No<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Sean Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">463<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height:14.25pt">
<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Portland (PDX)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">No<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">421<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">No<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">None<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">369<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="94" style="width:70.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Baltimore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">No<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">307<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Here are my suggestions:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Actively step in for the largest of the "in peril" groups and take over the membership fees and leadership
before the group defaults<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Start recruiting new leadership for these inactive groups<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Reach out and provide content to the remaining smaller and delist them if they go insolvent<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Raise awareness at the Foundation on the need to support meetup groups (paying fees/Meetup Pro); OR<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Gather up funding from outside parties to cover meetup fees through group sponsorships<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Push the Foundation to provider a speaker list by US zipcode/state to better provide regional content;
OR<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Start building a North America speaker bureau broken out by zipcode/state<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Rework the Foundation's cloud trial program for longer durations than 30 days to better support the
user groups; OR<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Contact North American public OpenStack providers (Rackspace, OVH, Packet) to see about direct support
for the user groups<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Purge the dead groups from OpenStack.org<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Remove ex-Ambassadors from the listing. Most have moved on from OpenStack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Get the Foundation to fix the functionality in groups.openstack.org. Seems that various workflows
are broken (web errors) including the ability to request/approve new groups.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Get the Foundation to provide access to the email/contact info of the listed organizers<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Revisit the definition of "Official" user-group and the process of how and why a group should become
Official. What's the value? Stickers?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Push "Squatters" (organizers sitting on OpenStack groups but not using them) to release the group
to organizers willing to host events<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I'm sure everyone is busy through the end of the year but the numbers are interesting. We can pickup in
the new year and discuss how to proceed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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