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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Call for Presentations: Lustre User Group 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'>Denver Marriott City Center ~ April 13-15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Are you interested in presenting your company’s best practices, case studies, or business experiences to over 200+ Lustre-focused attendees? Want to get answers to specific Lustre development challenges, find out about new development features, get details on project updates, or learn from edge-case implementations? Then we want to hear from you! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Don’t miss your chance to submit a presentation for the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://opensfs.org/events/lug-2015/">13th annual Lustre® User Group (LUG) conference</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> on April 13-15 at the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Denver Marriott City Center</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> in Denver, Colorado! OpenSFS relies on the real world experience of the open source Lustre community members to provide valuable sessions to LUG attendees. We’re pleased to extend a call for presentations to solicit topics from Lustre users.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>All LUG presentations will be 30 minutes, with a total of 25-30 speaking opportunities available. We encourage you to review the agendas and caliber of presentations at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.opensfs.org/past-events/">past LUG events</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Submission deadline is February 6, 2015!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>To submit an abstract:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Visit the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><a href="http://opensfs.org/lug-call-for-presentations/">LUG 2015 Call for Presentations web page</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>An abstract is only required for the submission process; presentation materials will be requested once abstracts are reviewed and selected<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This year, OpenSFS is excited to include panel discussions and poster sessions in the LUG agenda:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Panel discussions are the ideal forum for hearing from leading developers, vendors, and users of Lustre as they debate future requirements, explore upcoming enhancements, and share real world best practices. If you’d like to suggest a topic for a panel discussion – or be part of a panel, please contact </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:panelist@opensfs.org">admin@opensfs.org</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Poster sessions provide an opportunity for informal, interactive presentation and discussion of diverse topics related to Lustre technology. <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Visit the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><a href="http://opensfs.org/lug-call-for-presentations/">LUG 2015 Call for Presentations web page</a> for more information on the submission process. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Registration will open in February and additional event logistics are included on the LUG </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://opensfs.org/events/lug-2015/">event page</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. Please contact </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:admin@opensfs.org">admin@opensfs.org</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:mediumblue'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>if you have any questions. <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>OpenSFS LUG Planning Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>_________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>OpenSFS Administration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>3855 SW 153<sup>rd</sup> Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Twitter: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://twitter.com/opensfs">@OpenSFS</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Email: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:admin@opensfs.org">admin@opensfs.org</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> | Website: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.opensfs.org">www.opensfs.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:106%;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.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>