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The Road to Tokyo Registration is open https://openstacksummitoctober2015tokyo.eventbrite.com/ Discounted hotel room blocks are now available https://www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/tokyo-and-travel/#hotels Get your OpenStack Summit Tokyo visa in five steps http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/get-your-openstack-summit-tokyo-visa-in-five-steps Superuser Awards nominations now open http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/superuser-awards-nominations-now-open Interested in being a Tokyo Summit Sponsor? https://www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/sponsors/ Reports from Previous Events None this week Deadlines and Contributors Notifications Full list of mid-cycle sprints (meetups) https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints Product WG Liberty Meetup: August 20-21-12, 2015 @Cisco, San Jose, CA http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/product-wg/2015-July/000520.html OpenStack Ops Mid-Cycle Meetup August 18, 2015, Palo Alto, CA https://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-ops-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-17703258924  http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-August/071577.html Security Advisories and Notices [openstack-announce] [OSSA 2015-014] Glance v2 API host file disclosure through qcow2 backing file (CVE-2015-5163)  http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-August/000527.html Tips ‘n Tricks By John Dickinson: Formatting security patches http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-August/071569.html By Nicole Martinelli: What you need to know about tags in OpenStack http://what%20you%20need%20to%20know%20about%20tags%20in%20openstack/ Upcoming Events https://www.openstack.org/community/events Aug 12 - 14, 2015 https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/IronicLibertySprint Ironic Midcycle Sprint https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/IronicLibertySprint Seattle, WA, US https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/IronicLibertySprint Aug 12 - 13, 2015 https://groups.openstack.org/groups/new-york-city/operating-openstack-ansible Operating OpenStack with Ansible https://groups.openstack.org/groups/new-york-city/operating-openstack-ansible New York, NY, US https://groups.openstack.org/groups/new-york-city/operating-openstack-ansible Aug 17 - 20, 2015 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openstack-designate-2015-summer-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-17833181526 Designate Mid-cycle Meetup https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openstack-designate-2015-summer-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-17833181526 Austin, TX, US https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openstack-designate-2015-summer-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-17833181526 Aug 18 - 19, 2015 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-ops-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-17703258924 OpenStack Ops Mid-Cycle Meetup https://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-ops-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-17703258924 Palo Alto, California, US https://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-ops-mid-cycle-meetup-tickets-17703258924 Aug 19 - 21, 2015 https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/China_OpenStack_Hackathon China Liberty Hackathon https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/China_OpenStack_Hackathon Xian, Shanxi, CN https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/China_OpenStack_Hackathon Aug 20, 2015 http://www.openstackseattle.com/ OpenStack Day Seattle 2015 http://www.openstackseattle.com/ Seattle, WA, US http://www.openstackseattle.com/ Aug 20 - 21, 2015 https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/Product_WGLibertySprint Product Working Group Midcycle https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/Product_WGLibertySprint San Jose, CA, US https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/Product_WGLibertySprint Aug 25, 2015 http://www.tesora.com/troveday/2015-openstack-trove-day/ OpenStack Trove Day 2015 http://www.tesora.com/troveday/2015-openstack-trove-day/ San Jose, CA, US http://www.tesora.com/troveday/2015-openstack-trove-day/ Aug 26 - 27, 2015 http://www.openstacksv.com/ OpenStack Silicon Valley http://www.openstacksv.com/ Mountain View, California, US http://www.openstacksv.com/ Aug 26 - 28, 2015 https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/TroveLibertySprint Trove Midcycle Sprint https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/TroveLibertySprint Sunnyvale, CA, US https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/TroveLibertySprint Aug 27, 2015 http://www.meetup.com/OpenStackRomania/events/222910344/ OpenStack Nova Deep Dive Meetup http://www.meetup.com/OpenStackRomania/events/222910344/ Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, RO http://www.meetup.com/OpenStackRomania/events/222910344/ Aug 27, 2015 http://www.meetup.com/openstack-utah/events/224050965/ Networking with LXC Containers http://www.meetup.com/openstack-utah/events/224050965/ Lehi, Utah, US http://www.meetup.com/openstack-utah/events/224050965/ Aug 28, 2015 Discuss and Lean About OpenStack, Denver, CO, US http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Denver/events/224039103/ Aug 31, 2015 Australian OpenStack User Group - Quarterly Brisbane Meetup, Brisbane, AUS http://www.meetup.com/Australian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/223094464/ Sept 1-4, 2015 Security Midcycle Sprint Seattle, WA, US https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Sprints/SecurityLibertySprint Sept 1, 2015 Sydney Meetup Sydney, AUS http://www.meetup.com/Australian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/220202322/ Sept 2-3, 2015 Operations Best Practices & Visibility into Virtual Infrastructure (#24) Washington D.C., DC, US http://www.meetup.com/OpenStackDC/events/222850942/ Sept 3, 2015 OpenStack How-to part 5 Storage Prague, CZ http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Czech-User-Group-Meetup/events/222955565/ Sept 3, 2015 Neutron Advanced Services talk San Francisco, CA, US http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/215648162/ Sep 03, 2015 OpenStack How-to part 5 - StoragePrague, CZ http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Czech-User-Group-Meetup/events/222955565/ Sep 03, 2015 OpenStack How-to part 8 - DB as a Service Prague, CZ http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Czech-User-Group-Meetup/events/221143290/ Sep 03 - 04, 2015 Build an OpenStack Cloud! Bring your Laptop Glen Allen, VA, US http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Richmond/events/224593249/ Sep 04, 2015 Neutron Advanced Services talk http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/215648162/ Sep 04, 2015 SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/215648062/ Sep 08, 2015 Manchester OpenStack Meetup Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB http://www.meetup.com/Manchester-OpenStack-Meetup/events/223737111/ Sep 08, 2015 11th Swiss OpenStack User Group Meetup with Docker Zürich, CH http://www.meetup.com/openstack-ch/events/224118314/ Sep 08, 2015 First OpenStack Meetup Manchester, GB http://www.meetup.com/Manchester-OpenStack-Meetup/events/223737111/ Sep 14 - 15, 2015 Extensibility in OpenStack Swift and what you can do with it! (#25)Washington D.C., DC, US http://www.meetup.com/OpenStackDC/events/223978615/ Other News [openstack-dev] Stackforge namespace retirement http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-August/071816.html [openstack-dev] [Glance] glance_store and glance  http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-August/071577.html The OpenStack big tent  http://drbacchus.com/bigtent/ Technical Committee Highlights August 11, 2015 https://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/08/technical-committee-highlights-august-11-2015/