<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Reminder, the<b class=""> October 1st</b> deadline is approaching. We\u2019re looking for at least a few RFEs (Requests For Enhancements) for this first forum, so if you\u2019re interesting in promoting your RFE please reach out to one of us, or even here on the list.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Kristy<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 7, 2018, at 3:00 AM, Simon Thompson (Spectrum Scale User Group Chair) <<a href="mailto:chair@spectrumscale.org" class="">chair@spectrumscale.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">GPFS/Spectrum Scale Users,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Here\u2019s a long-ish note about our plans to try and improve the RFE process. We\u2019ve tried to include a tl;dr version if you just read the headers. You\u2019ll find the details underneath ;-) and reading to the end is ideal.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><br class="">IMPROVING THE RFE PROCESS<br class="">As you\u2019ve heard on the list, and at some of the in-person User Group events, we\u2019ve been talking about ways we can improve the RFE process. We\u2019d like to begin having an RFE forum, and have it be de-coupled from the in-person events because we know not everyone can travel. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS ON-LINE<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">In general terms, we\u2019d have regular on-line events, where RFEs could be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">very briefly</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(5 minutes, lightning talk) presented by the requester. There would then be time for brief follow-on discussion and questions. The session would be recorded to deal with large time zone differences. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The live meeting is planned for October 10<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2018, at 4PM BST (that should be 11am EST if we worked is out right!)<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">FOLLOW UP POLL<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">A poll, independent of current RFE voting, would be conducted a couple days after the recording was available to gather votes and feedback on the RFEs submitted \u2014we may collect site name, to see how many votes are coming from a certain site.<br class=""><br class="">MAY NOT GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME<br class="">We view this supplemental RFE process as organic, that is, we\u2019ll learn as we go and make modifications. The overall goal here is to highlight the RFEs that matter the most to the largest number of UG members by providing a venue for people to speak about their RFEs and collect feedback from fellow community members.<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">RFE PRESENTERS WANTED, SUBMISSION DEADLINE OCTOBER 1ST<br class=""></b>We\u2019d like to guide a small handful of RFE submitters through this process the first time around, so if you\u2019re interested in being a presenter, let us know now. We\u2019re planning on doing the online meeting and poll for the first time in mid-October, so the submission deadline for your RFE is October 1st. If it\u2019s useful, when you\u2019re drafting your RFE feel free to use the list as a sounding board for feedback. Often sites have similar needs and you may find someone to collaborate with on your RFE to make it useful to more sites, and thereby get more votes. Some guidelines are here: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o8nN39DTU32qj_EFia5wRhnvfvNfr3cI/view?usp=sharing" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o8nN39DTU32qj_EFia5wRhnvfvNfr3cI/view?usp=sharing</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You can submit you RFE by email to:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:rfe@spectrumscaleug.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rfe@spectrumscaleug.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="" class="">PARTICIPANTS (AKA YOU!!), VIEW AND VOTE<br class=""></span></b><span style="" class="">We are seeking very good participation in the RFE on-line events needed to make this an effective method of Spectrum Scale Community and IBM Developer collaboration. <b class=""> It is to your benefit to participate and help set priorities on Spectrum Scale enhancements!! </b>We want to make this process light lifting for you as a participant. We will limit the duration of the meeting to 1 hour to minimize the use of your valuable time. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Please register for the online meeting via Eventbrite (<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectrum-scale-request-for-enhancements-voting-tickets-49979954389" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectrum-scale-request-for-enhancements-voting-tickets-49979954389</a>) \u2013 we\u2019ll send details of how to join the online meeting nearer the time.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks!<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Simon, Kristy, Bob, Bryan and Carl!<o:p class=""></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">gpfsug-discuss mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">gpfsug-discuss at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://spectrumscale.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">spectrumscale.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>