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<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Early bird registration for the<b> </b><a href="http://opensfs.org/events/lug-2016/">14<sup>th</sup> annual Lustre<sup>®</sup> User Group (LUG) conference</a> ends this<b> <u>Friday, March 11<sup>th</sup></u>.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Act now to take advantage of the special early bird registration discount for LUG 2016. Register this week to receive a <b>$50 discount</b> on registration. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>After March 11<sup>th</sup>, the LUG registration rate will be $575. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ec4atvk2ca30df75&llr=c9ldpiwab"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=128 height=32 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D17846.5768B9E0" alt="cid:image006.jpg@01D17846.5768B9E0"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F3AC1D;letter-spacing:2.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F3AC1D;letter-spacing:2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F3AC1D;letter-spacing:2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F3AC1D;letter-spacing:2.0pt'>EVENT OVERVIEW</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The <a href="http://opensfs.org/events/lug-2016/">14<sup>th</sup> annual Lustre<sup>®</sup> User Group (LUG) conference</a> is the industry’s primary venue for discussion and seminars on the Lustre parallel file system and other open source file system technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>LUG 2016 will be held at the <a href="http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/oregon/hilton-portland-and-executive-tower-PDXPHHH/index.html">Hilton Portland and Executive Tower</a> in Portland, Oregon on April 5<sup>th</sup> - 7<sup>th</sup>. The event will feature 35+ sessions over two and a half days from industry leading companies, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:10.5pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Cray, DDN Storage, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Seagate, Warp Mechanics, and More!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://opensfs.org/lug-2016-agenda/"><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%'>>> View the Full LUG 2016 Agenda <<</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=264 valign=top style='width:2.75in;border-top:none;border-left:solid #FFC000 1.5pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid #FFC000 1.5pt;background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F3AC1D;letter-spacing:2.0pt'>BOOK NOW & SAVE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Special hotel rates at the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/oregon/hilton-portland-and-executive-tower-PDXPHHH/index.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%'>Hilton Portland and Executive Tower</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> are available until <b>March 21<sup>st</sup></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>General Attendee Room Rate</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>$189 USD for single occupancy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Government Room Rate</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>$151 USD for single occupancy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.25in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F3AC1D;letter-spacing:2.0pt'>LUSTRE DEVELOPER DAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Developers looking for a focused opportunity to present their ideas, share current work, and learn from others will want to attend our 2nd annual Lustre Developer Day on <b>April 4th. </b> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://opensfs.org/events/lustre-developer-day/"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%'>Learn More!</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:35.85pt;line-height:105%'><b><u><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F3AC1D;letter-spacing:2.0pt'>TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MEMBER BENEFITS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:35.85pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>OpenSFS is pleased to offer one complimentary event pass to each member company of OpenSFS as a benefit of membership. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Email </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:admin@opensfs.com"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%'>admin@opensfs.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> for more information about using your company pass.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:27.7pt'><td width=653 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:489.75pt;border:solid #FFC000 1.5pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;height:27.7pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:18.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'><img border=0 width=552 height=174 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D17846.5768B9E0" alt="cid:image008.jpg@01D17846.5768B9E0"></span></i><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:18.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:18.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:18.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'>Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing the Lustre file system and delivering new releases on behalf of the open source community. Through working groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, OpenSFS harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of the Lustre file system worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:19.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:23.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:35.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:23.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'>OpenSFS Administration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:35.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:23.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'>3855 SW 153<sup>rd</sup> Drive Beaverton, OR 97003 USA | Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:35.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:23.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'>Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/opensfs"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>@OpenSFS</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'> | Email: </span><a href="mailto:admin@opensfs.org"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>admin@opensfs.org</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'> | Website: </span><a href="http://www.opensfs.org"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>www.opensfs.org</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:35.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:23.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>