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<div>Good response, Nithya. Thank you. :-)</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Nithya Ruff <<a href="mailto:Nithya.Ruff@sandisk.com">Nithya.Ruff@sandisk.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, November 2, 2015 at 11:10 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Linda Skrocki <<a href="mailto:lskrocki@cisco.com">lskrocki@cisco.com</a>>, Padma Dakoju <<a href="mailto:padma.dakoju@oracle.com">padma.dakoju@oracle.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>"
<<a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>RE: [Women-of-openstack] Meeting today<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Linda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">When I got the question on twitter, my first response was the same – all contributions are valuable and in fact there are many ways to contribute.
However, 2 developers persisted in asking how many of them were there in the list of contributors. Please see the conversation thread below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank You,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Nithya A. Ruff, Director, SanDisk Open Source Strategy Office
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">WIN Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;">SanDisk Corporation</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">951 SanDisk Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035<br>
T: + (408-801-7068)| M: + (510-378-3159)</span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">Twitter:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><a href="https://twitter.com/nithyaruff"><span style="color:blue">@nithyaruff</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> Linda Skrocki (lskrocki) [<a href="mailto:lskrocki@cisco.com">mailto:lskrocki@cisco.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 02, 2015 10:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Linda Skrocki (lskrocki); Padma Dakoju; <a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">
women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Women-of-openstack] Meeting today<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">On a separate, but related note, the following statement sounds like it might imply that non-code contributors aren't necessarily considered 'role models in
the community' or perhaps there could be a misunderstanding that their contributions aren't as valued as code contributions. Am I interpreting this incorrectly? If not, we should help emphasise the importance of all contribution types.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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are developers contributing code. They want role models in the community."</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">+1 to adding this to the agenda along with stats related to the various contribution types.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Monday, November 2, 2015 at 10:50 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Padma Dakoju <<a href="mailto:padma.dakoju@oracle.com">padma.dakoju@oracle.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Women-of-openstack] Meeting today<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Padma Dakoju <<a href="mailto:padma.dakoju@oracle.com">padma.dakoju@oracle.com</a>><br>
<b>Organization: </b>Oracle Corporation<br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, November 2, 2015 at 10:43 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Women-of-openstack] Meeting today<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">I am not on twitter. Is there a way to see all the pictures from various Women of OpenStack events in Tokyo?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">On 11/2/2015 8:30 AM, Nithya Ruff wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I would like to suggest an agenda item for next week’s meeting . When I retweeted the Women of OpenStack picture, I got a number of questions on
how many of the women in OpenStack are developers contributing code. They want role models in the community.
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> Bitergia is a company that OpenStack foundation uses to create the stats behind “the state of OpenStack”. Why not work with them on getting more
information on women contributing patches to the various projects. I would like to suggest we discuss this next time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Beth, Carol and Jessica – thanks again for your leadership and all the work that the foundation does – Claire and others to make this a thriving community.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank You,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Nithya A. Ruff, Director, SanDisk Open Source Strategy Office
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">WIN Board Member</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;">SanDisk Corporation</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">951 SanDisk Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035<br>
T: + (408-801-7068)| M: + (510-378-3159)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><a href="mailto:Nithya.Ruff@SanDisk.com">Nithya.Ruff@SanDisk.com</a>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">Twitter:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><a href="https://twitter.com/nithyaruff">@nithyaruff</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> Barrett, Carol L [<a href="mailto:carol.l.barrett@intel.com">mailto:carol.l.barrett@intel.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 02, 2015 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amy Marrich; <a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Women-of-openstack] Meeting today</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Amy – Good question. I think we should cancel this week and pickup next week. In addition to Tokyo follow-up and setting action plan, I think we
should also discuss frequency for meetings. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Beth – Can you send out a cancelation for today’s meeting?<br>
Thanks<br>
Carol</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> Amy Marrich [<a href="mailto:Amy.Marrich@rackspace.com">mailto:Amy.Marrich@rackspace.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 02, 2015 8:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Women-of-openstack] Meeting today</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Hey guys,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">I was assuming the meeting for today was cancelled but saw it on my calendar still. Were we planning on meeting? Someone was asking on channel so wanted to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Thanks,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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