<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465">Hello Women of OpenStack community!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465">I was just reading an article to get inspiration for a talk proposal, and there was an interesting stat in there:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465" dir="ltr">"<span style="color: rgb(82, 83, 89); font-family: freight-sans-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(247, 246, 243);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7560" class="">Rapid growth of the OpenStack community means that many summit attendees are relative newcomers. At the previous two Summits, around 50-60 percent were first-time attendees."</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465" dir="ltr">Wow, I had no idea there were generally so many newcomers! I started thinking it would be cool if the Women of OpenStack could have something on their badges, like a sticker, or maybe a pin or something (flair!) that said "Ask me about Women of OpenStack!", so that we could all be ambassadors and welcome newbies into the group. I mean, granted, being women at an OpenStack summit might imply that we know a thing or two about Women of OpenStack. But, it might give us more of an identity (like a secret handshake, but an open, welcoming, friendly one :). </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465" dir="ltr">I wanted to throw this out there and see what you thought. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465" dir="ltr">Happy New Year!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452205414661_7465" dir="ltr">- Anne McCormick</div></div></body></html>