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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hello <span style='color:black'>Lustre</span> community, <br><br>If you’re planning to attend this year’s </span><a href="https://sc18.supercomputing.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Supercomputing (SC’18) conference</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, we hope you’ll join us for the </span><a href="https://sc18.supercomputing.org/presentation/?id=bof176&sess=sess431"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Lustre Community BoF</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> on Tuesday, November 13<sup>th</sup>. Following the BoF, we’ll be hosting an OpenSFS community lunch at Biergarten. The Lustre BoF always provides a great opportunity to hear the latest Lustre news and connect with others in the industry. We hope to see you there! <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'><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'>November 13, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><a href="https://sc18.supercomputing.org/presentation/?id=bof176&sess=sess431"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Lustre Community BOF: Lustre in HPC and Emerging Data Markets: Roadmap, Features and Challenges</span></a><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=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>12:15-1:15pm; room C140/142<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>No advance registration required <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lustre-lunch-registration-51790026363"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Lustre Lunch</span></a><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=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1:30-3:00pm: Biergarten (5-minute walk)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Advance registration required – limited seats available; </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lustre-lunch-registration-51790026363"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>register online ASAP</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Have</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> a colleague who may want to attend? Feel free to forward this invite. <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'> <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'>We’re also excited to announce plans for the 2019 Lustre User Group (LUG) conference. Mark your calendars for May 14-17, 2019 in Houston, Texas. More information is available on the </span><a href="http://opensfs.org/events/lug-2019/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>LUG 2019 web page</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>. <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'><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'>We look forward to seeing you at SC’18! <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'><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'><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'>Sincerely, <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'><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'>OpenSFS Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sarp Oral, President<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kevin Harms, Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kirill Lozinskiy, Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Ken Rawlings, Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Shawn Hall, Director at Large<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>