From admin at opensfs.org  Thu Feb  2 17:28:20 2017
From: admin at opensfs.org (OpenSFS Administration)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 09:28:20 -0800
Subject: [Discuss] OpenSFS Board Nomination Opportunity
Message-ID: <000501d27d79$bf62be40$3e283ac0$@opensfs.org>

Members of the OpenSFS Community -

 

The OpenSFS Nominating Committee (ONC) would like to solicit your help with
the election of OpenSFS Board Members.  The actual election takes place
during and in advance of this year's Lustre User Group (LUG) meeting.   The
ONC is charged with formally nominating candidates for each Board position
two months prior to the actual election.  

 

We are looking to identify OpenSFS members who are interested in filling any
of the five open Board positions.  These positions and their terms are
described below.   Board Members must be OpenSFS members (or be affiliated
with a member).  This is your chance to make a difference with OpenSFS
and/or to let us know of other qualified individuals that are interested.
And if you aren't a member, and want a shot at being on the Board,
membership is cheap!

 

Board Positions are (from the OpenSFS bylaws):

 

President (Term: Two years and then two years as Director-At-Large)

The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and
shall have general supervision over the affairs to the Corporation, subject,
however, to the control of the Board. The President shall, if present,
preside at all Annual Meetings, and at all meetings of the Board. In
general, the President shall perform all the duties incident to the office
of the chief executive officer of a corporation and such other duties as are
provided for by these Bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to the
President by the Board.

 

Vice President (Term: One year for this first election cycle)

At the request of the President, or in the President's absence the Vice
President shall perform all duties of the President and in so acting shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. The Vice President shall perform such other duties as may from
time be assigned to the Vice President by the President or by the Board.

 

Secretary (Term: One year for this first election cycle)

The Secretary shall act as Secretary of all meetings of the Board, and of
the Members of the Corporation, and shall keep the minutes thereof in the
proper medium to be provided for that purpose. The Secretary shall cause all
notices required to be given by the Corporation to be duly given and served;
shall have charge of the other books, records and papers of the Corporation;
shall cause the report, statements and other documents required by law to be
properly kept and filed; shall maintain a current list of Members and
Participants, and be responsible for Membership applications; shall act as
editor for correspondence received for publication and distribute this
information at intervals not greater than six months; and shall, in general,
perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Secretary by the Board or
by the President.

 

Treasurer (Term: Two years)

The Treasurer shall collect, and keep account of all moneys received and
expended for the use of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit sums
received by the Corporation in the name of the Corporation in such
depositories as shall be approved by the Board; prepare appropriate
financial reports for review by the Board; and be a member of the Finance
Committee.

 

Director-At-Large (Term: Two years):

A Director-At-Large <duties not described in bylaws> is a full voting member
of the OpenSFS Board.

 

For our community-based organization to be successful we need your help and
participation.  Please contact Mark Gary (gary1 at llnl.gov
<mailto:gary1 at llnl.gov> ) with your interest or your suggestions for
candidates by 2/14/17.  All names put forward will be given full
consideration by the ONC.

 

Thank you in advance for your participation.  

 

Sincerely, Mark Gary (on behalf of the OpenSFS Nominating Committee)

 

<Please note that there is a second avenue for nomination outside of the ONC
process. An eligible member can be nominated by the petition of two or more
Member Delegates.>

 

ONC Members:

Kent Blancett

Dustin Leverman

Mark Gary

 

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From admin at opensfs.org  Fri Feb  3 17:11:49 2017
From: admin at opensfs.org (OpenSFS Administration)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 09:11:49 -0800
Subject: [Discuss] Lustre User Group 2017: Call for participation
Message-ID: <002a01d27e40$9bda2fe0$d38e8fa0$@opensfs.org>

Lustre User Group 2017: Call for participation

 

https://easychair.org/cfp/LUG2017

 

The Lustre User Group (LUG) conference is the primary venue for discussion
and seminars on the Lustre parallel file system.

 

This year's conference is being held in Bloomington, Indiana May 30-June 2,
2017. Early registration for LUG17 is now open.  Register before March 15 to
save over $50. <http://opensfs.org/lug-2017/> 

 

The LUG Planning Committee is particularly seeking presentations on:

 * Experiences running the newer community releases - 2.8 and 2.9 - in
production

 * Experiences using the new features in those releases (DNE2, SSK, UID/GID
mapping, etc.)

 * Best practices and practical experiences in deploying, monitoring, and
operating Lustre

 * Pushing the boundaries with non-traditional deployments

 

Submission guidelines

 

You only need an abstract for the submission process; we will request
presentation materials once abstracts are reviewed and selected. Abstracts
should be a minimum of 250 words and should provide a clear description of
the planned presentation and its goals.

 

The abstract submission deadline is February 26, 2017, midnight (PST).

 

The submission web page for LUG 2017 is at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lug2017

 

You will need to create a user account on EasyChair if you don't already
have one.

 

Please see https://easychair.org/cfp/LUG2017 for detailed submission
guidelines.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Bloomington at LUG 2017!  

 

Best regards,

 

LUG Planning Committee

 

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From admin at opensfs.org  Mon Feb 13 17:51:19 2017
From: admin at opensfs.org (OpenSFS Administration)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:51:19 -0800
Subject: [Discuss] February 14th Deadline: OpenSFS Board Nomination
	Opportunity
Message-ID: <000501d28621$c8e02060$5aa06120$@opensfs.org>

Hello OpenSFS Community members, 

 

As a reminder, February 14th is the deadline to submit nominations for the
upcoming OpenSFS Board election. If you are interested in serving as an
OpenSFS Board member, or would like to nominate an individual, please submit
this information to Mark Gary (gary1 at llnl.gov) by 2/14/17. 

 

Sincerely, 

OpenSFS Nominating Committee

 

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Subject: [Discuss] OpenSFS Board Nomination Opportunity

 

Members of the OpenSFS Community -

 

The OpenSFS Nominating Committee (ONC) would like to solicit your help with
the election of OpenSFS Board Members.  The actual election takes place
during and in advance of this year's Lustre User Group (LUG) meeting.   The
ONC is charged with formally nominating candidates for each Board position
two months prior to the actual election.  

 

We are looking to identify OpenSFS members who are interested in filling any
of the five open Board positions.  These positions and their terms are
described below.   Board Members must be OpenSFS members (or be affiliated
with a member).  This is your chance to make a difference with OpenSFS
and/or to let us know of other qualified individuals that are interested.
And if you aren't a member, and want a shot at being on the Board,
membership is cheap!

 

Board Positions are (from the OpenSFS bylaws):

 

President (Term: Two years and then two years as Director-At-Large)

The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and
shall have general supervision over the affairs to the Corporation, subject,
however, to the control of the Board. The President shall, if present,
preside at all Annual Meetings, and at all meetings of the Board. In
general, the President shall perform all the duties incident to the office
of the chief executive officer of a corporation and such other duties as are
provided for by these Bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to the
President by the Board.

 

Vice President (Term: One year for this first election cycle)

At the request of the President, or in the President's absence the Vice
President shall perform all duties of the President and in so acting shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. The Vice President shall perform such other duties as may from
time be assigned to the Vice President by the President or by the Board.

 

Secretary (Term: One year for this first election cycle)

The Secretary shall act as Secretary of all meetings of the Board, and of
the Members of the Corporation, and shall keep the minutes thereof in the
proper medium to be provided for that purpose. The Secretary shall cause all
notices required to be given by the Corporation to be duly given and served;
shall have charge of the other books, records and papers of the Corporation;
shall cause the report, statements and other documents required by law to be
properly kept and filed; shall maintain a current list of Members and
Participants, and be responsible for Membership applications; shall act as
editor for correspondence received for publication and distribute this
information at intervals not greater than six months; and shall, in general,
perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Secretary by the Board or
by the President.

 

Treasurer (Term: Two years)

The Treasurer shall collect, and keep account of all moneys received and
expended for the use of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit sums
received by the Corporation in the name of the Corporation in such
depositories as shall be approved by the Board; prepare appropriate
financial reports for review by the Board; and be a member of the Finance
Committee.

 

Director-At-Large (Term: Two years):

A Director-At-Large <duties not described in bylaws> is a full voting member
of the OpenSFS Board.

 

For our community-based organization to be successful we need your help and
participation.  Please contact Mark Gary (gary1 at llnl.gov
<mailto:gary1 at llnl.gov> ) with your interest or your suggestions for
candidates by 2/14/17.  All names put forward will be given full
consideration by the ONC.

 

Thank you in advance for your participation.  

 

Sincerely, Mark Gary (on behalf of the OpenSFS Nominating Committee)

 

<Please note that there is a second avenue for nomination outside of the ONC
process. An eligible member can be nominated by the petition of two or more
Member Delegates.>

 

ONC Members:

Kent Blancett

Dustin Leverman

Mark Gary

 

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From admin at opensfs.org  Wed Feb 22 20:56:04 2017
From: admin at opensfs.org (OpenSFS Administration)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:56:04 -0800
Subject: [Discuss] LUG17 abstracts due 2/26 - early bird ends 3/15
Message-ID: <008401d28d4e$163b8290$42b287b0$@opensfs.org>

Want to present at LUG? Be sure to submit your abstract by the February 26th
deadline:  <https://easychair.org/cfp/LUG2017>
https://easychair.org/cfp/LUG2017. Accepted abstracts will be notified in
time to take advantage of early bird registration.

We have a great week planned - including a range of presentations on best
practices and boundary-pushing deployments as well as a hackathon.  

Networking opportunities abound with an opening reception sponsored by DDN,
Dinner and a Show sponsored by Intel, and a pub crawl sponsored by
WARP/HGST.

See the conference overview at  <https://lug17.sched.com/list/descriptions/>
lug17.sched.com/list/descriptions/. 

Time is running out for LUG17 early bird registration! Register now at
<http://opensfs.org/lug-2017/> opensfs.org/lug-2017/ to take advantage of
the early bird rate of $499. After March 15, fees increase substantially.

Questions about the conference? Contact pti at iu.edu. 

We look forward to seeing you in Bloomington!

 

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From admin at opensfs.org  Wed Feb 22 22:34:46 2017
From: admin at opensfs.org (OpenSFS Administration)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:34:46 -0800
Subject: [Discuss] OpenSFS Requirements Gathering Process
Message-ID: <009401d28d5b$de9717b0$9bc54710$@opensfs.org>

Hello, 

 

OpenSFS will be voting for new features and enhancements to be made for the
Lustre filesystem. These features and enhancements will be submitted to a
ticket tracking system via representation from each Member organization.
These requests will be collected and merged by the OpenSFS organization,
then Member organizations will be able to vote on these over a two-week
period. Each Member organization will have ten votes that will be used to
determine ranking of features and enhancements. Member organizations can
cast their votes on a single item or distribute them among the items as they
see fit. Once this list has been collected, the OpenSFS Board will organize
and evaluate the final list before submitting it to the OpenSFS Partners.
Partners will then provide feedback and have direct discussions with the
OpenSFS Board. The OpenSFS Board will then provide a summary of the Partner
feedback and thus allow action items to be created to act on the final list
of features and enhancements.

 

This system will provide a tangible benefit to Members as it will allow for
a collaborative list of features and enhancements, which would otherwise be
difficult to collect. With all Members informed on this submitted list, it
will be easier to gain community-wide traction on specific and needed
features and enhancements to Lustre. Direct Participant feedback will also
help improve and focus these submitted ideas to allow for achievable
success, benefiting the whole Lustre community.

 

OpenSFS Partners benefit from having the collected experience of Members
generating ideas for the future of Lustre, while still being able to provide
feedback and help steer the process. This will foster collaboration between
the Lustre community and its vendors, which will allow for a unified front
for ideas and suggestions. This will allow for a higher likelihood of
features and enhancements being accepted and included in future versions of
Lustre.

 

This email is being shared with the community as an overview of our plans
and process. Additional details and a specific call to action will be
provided in the coming weeks. 

 

Sincerely, 

OpenSFS Administration 

 

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