<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-5117cdca-7fff-8dfa-605c-270224847ef7" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Hi everyone,</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">FYI - the CFP is now open for the first</span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> <u class="">Open Infrastructure Summit</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> (<i class="">formerly the OpenStack Summit</i>) which will be held in Denver, Colorado April 29 - May 1, 2019. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Wednesday, <b class="">*January 23* is the deadline</b> to </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019/call-for-presentations" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Submit presentations</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class="">The Open Infrastructure Summit is organized by OSF and designed to be a place where open source infrastructure communities can come together and collaborate in the open. Kata Containers will have a large and prominent presence at the event so please submit talks to the CFP and plan to attend!</font></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019/call-for-presentations" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">SUBMIT YOUR PRESENTATION</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Important info:</span></div><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Based on previous Program Committee and attendee feedback, we have added / updated three Tracks: Security, Getting Started, and Open Development (previously Open Source Community). You can find the Track descriptions </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019/summit-categories" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">All of the OSF pilot projects —including Airship, Kata Containers, StarlingX and Zuul — will be front and center alongside other open source communities like Ansible, Cloud Foundry, Docker, Kubernetes, and many more.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Open Infrastructure Summit (formerly the OpenStack Summit), has evolved to recognize our diverse audience, and to signal to the market that the event is relevant for all IT infrastructure decision makers.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">If you’re interested in influencing the Summit content, </span><a href="https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/openstackdenver2019_programmingcommitteenom" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">apply to be a Programming Committee member</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">*, where you can also find a full list of time requirements and expectations. Nominations will close on January 4, 2019. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;" class="">The content submission process for the Forum and Project Teams Gathering will be managed separately in the upcoming months.</span></div></li></ul><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">*OSF Staff will serve as the Programming Committee for the Getting Started Track.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Denver Summit registration and sponsor sales are currently open. </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Learn more</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> and email </span><a href="mailto:summit@openstack.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">summit@openstack.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> with any questions. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Please email </span><a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> with any questions or feedback.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="2" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Thanks,</span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="2" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Claire</span></font></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></span></body></html>