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Taking the obvious/outliers out of the convo, given the issues we have (as
I expressed in an earlier email) a suboptimal and highly subjective
process, it's really a crap-shot whether a talk will be a vendorfest or not
based on two paragraphs and 4 bullet points.

Best,
Ruben

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Mark Collier <mark at openstack.org> wrote:

> +1
>
> On February 13, 2017 11:44:40 AM "Ferry, Courtney (Contractor)" <
> Courtney_Ferry at comcast.com> wrote:
>
>> Agreed on sales pitches passed off as presentations being a bad thing –
>> I’ve walked out on a few.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have attended presentations from vendors that were good, however, when
>> the sales pitch was kept to the last 5 minutes of the talk.  The ones that
>> worked for me were given by vendors that provided a supported version of an
>> OpenStack project and gave a talk or lab on that project.  If they keep the
>> bulk of the presentation to the open source technology, then give their
>> product a plug at the end, I think it’s cool.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Courtney
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Mark Collier <mark at openstack.org>
>> *Date: *Monday, February 13, 2017 at 12:25 PM
>> *To: *"Ruben D. Orduz" <rubenoz at gmail.com>, "SaintRossy, James" <
>> James_SaintRossy at cable.comcast.com>
>> *Cc: *"openstack-track-chairs at lists.openstack.org" <
>> openstack-track-chairs at lists.openstack.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] Guidance on Vendor Specific
>> Presentations?
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm my opinion, straight up sales pitches are bad.
>>
>> That said, if a particular technology is widely adopted as part of
>> Openstack clouds out in the world (like a plug in), I could see how an
>> expert on the technology could provide value for attendees by talking about
>> it at the summit, even if that technology is closed source. People who'd
>> never consider a closed source plug in would simply not attend that
>> session.
>>
>> So I guess I'd say it's not black and white, more about whether there's a
>> significant audience for the topic and if the speaker has the expertise to
>> convey it.
>>
>> My 2 cents
>>
>> On February 13, 2017 10:48:21 AM "Ruben D. Orduz" <rubenoz at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, it absolutely should have bearing. I vaguely remember in the initial
>> guidance email it specifies that we should not select proposals that are
>> perceived as sales pitches or vendor specific.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ruben
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:29 AM, SaintRossy, James <
>> James_SaintRossy at comcast.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m a 1st time track chair so pardon my ignorance if this question seems
>> obvious.  In my initial review for the storage track I see several
>> presentations that are vendor specific and possibly closed source.  Should
>> that have any bearing on our evaluations?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, James.
>>
>>
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