<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Sigh. I guess I should have known better than to send this out without having a cup of tea first. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The survey link in the original email is also from the last PTG. Please use this survey link: <a href="https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/oct2020_vptg_survey" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/oct2020_vptg_survey</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">-Kendall (diablo_rojo)</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 9:44 AM Kendall Nelson <<a href="mailto:kennelson11@gmail.com">kennelson11@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Apologies for the confusion- the ethercalc I linked in the first email is the one from the previous PTG. Please use this ethercalc to signup for the October PTG: </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://ethercalc.openstack.org/7xp2pcbh1ncb" target="_blank">https://ethercalc.openstack.org/7xp2pcbh1ncb</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Sorry again for the confusion!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">-Kendall (diablo_rojo)</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 9:19 AM Kendall Nelson <<a href="mailto:kennelson11@gmail.com" target="_blank">kennelson11@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid7" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">Greetings!</span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid9" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">As you hopefully already know, our next PTG will be virtual again, and held from Monday October 26th to Friday October 30th. We will have the same schedule set up available as last time with three windows of time spread across the day to cover all timezones with breaks in between.</span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid10" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid11" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px">To signup your team, you must complete </b></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px">BOTH</u></b></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> the survey[1] AND reserve time in the ethercalc[2] by September 11th at 7:00 UTC.</b></span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid12" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid13" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">We ask that the PTL/SIG Chair/Team lead sign up for time to have their discussions in with 4 rules/guidelines. </span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid14" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid15" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">1. Cross project discussions (like SIGs or support project teams) should be scheduled towards the start of the week so that any discussions that might shape those of other teams happen first.</span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid16" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">2. No team should sign up for more than 4 hours per UTC day to help keep participants actively engaged. </span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid17" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">3. No team should sign up for more than 16 hours across all time slots to avoid burning out our contributors and to enable participation in multiple teams discussions.</span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid18" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid19" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">Again, you need to fill out BOTH the ethercalc AND the survey to complete your team's sign up.</span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid20" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid21" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">If you have any issues with signing up your team, due to conflict or otherwise, please let me know! While we are trying to empower you to make your own decisions as to when you meet and for how long (after all, you know your needs and teams timezones better than we do), we are here to help!</span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid22" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid23" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">Once your team is signed up, please register! And remind your team to register! Registration is free, but since it will be how we contact you with passwords, event details, etc. it is still important!</span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid24" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid25" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">Continue to check back for updates at <a href="http://openstack.org/ptg" target="_blank">openstack.org/ptg</a>. </span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid26" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid27" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">-the Kendalls (diablo_rojo & wendallkaters)</span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid28" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid29" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid30" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">[1] Team Survey: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px"><a href="https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/june2020_virtual_ptg_survey" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/june2020_virtual_ptg_survey</a></span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid31" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">[2] Ethercalc Signup: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px"><a href="https://ethercalc.openstack.org/126u8ek25noy" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">https://ethercalc.openstack.org/126u8ek25noy</a></span></div><div id="gmail-m_511040076354071798gmail-m_530906828683822958gmail-magicdomid32" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px">[3] PTG Registration: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px"><a href="https://october2020ptg.eventbrite.com/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">https://october2020ptg.eventbrite.com</a></span></div></div></div>
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