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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/20/2016 3:10 PM, Nithya Ruff
      wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">I am doing an interview with the superuser
          magazine and want to make sure to represent the sentiments and
          issues we see as a group.  Could you answer these 2-3
          questions for me. I will aggregate and represent the answer in
          my Q&A.   Thank you in advance for your input and
          perspectives. <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Q:
            What obstacles do you think women face when getting involved
            in the OpenStack community?  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> Geek culture is still not female friendly<br>
      </o:p></p>
    Access to resources and support in their companies<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Q:
            There are always a lot of debates in the OpenStack community
            - which one is the most important, now?</span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Q.
            Why do you believe it is important for the OpenStack
            community to be diverse?
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    Diversity spawns creativity and innovation!<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank You,</span><span
            style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Nithya A.
              Ruff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Director,
              SanDisk Open Source Strategy, CTO Office
            </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">WIN Board
              Member</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">SanDisk
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          </span><span style="color:#7F7F7F">951 SanDisk Drive,
            Milpitas, CA 95035<br>
            T: + (408-801-7068)| M: + (510-378-3159)</span><span
            style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="color:#7F7F7F"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:Nithya.Ruff@SanDisk.com"><span
                style="font-family:"Times New
                Roman",serif;color:blue">Nithya.Ruff@SanDisk.com</span></a>       
          </span><span style="color:#0070C0">Twitter:</span><span
            style="color:#7F7F7F"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="https://twitter.com/nithyaruff">
              <span style="font-family:"Times New
                Roman",serif;color:blue">@nithyaruff</span></a> 
          </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Beth Cohen                                                            
Luth Computer Specialists, Inc.
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Cell 617-721-7256                                                                  
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