<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hi everyone, </span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Session voting is now open for the November 2017 OpenStack Summit in Sydney!</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/vote-for-speakers" class=""><b class="">VOTE HERE</b></a></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hurry, voting closes <b class="">Tuesday, August 1 at 11:59pm Pacific Time (Wednesday, August 2 at 6:59am UTC). </b></span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Track Chairs will ultimately determine the final schedule. Community votes are meant to help inform the decision, but are not considered to be the deciding factor. Track chairs exercise judgment in their area of expertise and help ensure diversity. View full details of the session selection process </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/call-for-presentations/selection-process" class="">here</a><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continue to visit </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/" class="">https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/</a><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38;"> for all Summit-related information.</span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">REGISTER</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Register <a href="https://openstacksummit2017sydney.eventbrite.com" class="">HERE</a> before prices increase in early September!</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VISA APPLICATION PROCESS</span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="line-height: 16px;">All non-Australian residents will need a visa to travel to Australia. More information about the visa process can be found </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/travel/" class="">HERE</a><span class="" style="line-height: 16px;">.</span></div></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TRAVEL SUPPORT PROGRAM</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">August 22</span><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the last day to submit applications. Please submit your applications </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/travel/" class="">HERE</a><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by 11:59pm Pacific Time (August 23 at 6:59am UTC). </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">If you have any questions, please email <a href="mailto:summit@openstack.org" class="">summit@openstack.org</a>.</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Cheers,</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Kendall</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
Kendall Waters<br class="">OpenStack Marketing<br class=""><a href="mailto:kendall@openstack.org" class="">kendall@openstack.org</a><br class=""><br class="">
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