<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div>Dear OSI Alumni and Advocate Circle Members,</div><div><br></div><div><b>tl;dr: </b>You’re invited to showcase your open source ideas (projects, practices, passions, interests, and issues) via a new virtual meet-up we’re calling OSIdeas. </div><div>Add your OSIdea: <a href="https://bit.ly/3cW4bH1">https://bit.ly/3cW4bH1</a></div><div>Contact info: <a href="mailto:osideas@lists.opensource.org">osideas@lists.opensource.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>The OSI is honored each year to include some of open source software’s most influential leaders, innovative practitioners, and committed advocates in our board elections. With the potential of this group to help both the OSI and the broader open source community, we'd like to better engage both the OSI Board Alumni and Advocate Circle members. </div><div><br></div><div>In order to tap the wealth of experience and expertise, as well as the collaborative spirit of our board alumni and candidates, the OSI has started up a new advocacy and awareness program. We’re inviting you to share your ideas, interests, and issues affecting open source software, development, projects, and communities at a virtual meet-up, we’re calling “OSIdeas.”</div><div><br></div><div>OSIdeas will be hosted and promoted by the OSI as a virtual meet-up online to bring the open source community together around topics of interest. As a dedicated open source advocate, committed contributor, and expert in the field we hope you will consider presenting.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested, please go to our scheduling page (<a href="https://bit.ly/3cW4bH1">https://bit.ly/3cW4bH1</a>) to suggest a topic. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to email.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Casey, Patrick & Travin</div><div><a href="mailto:osideas@lists.opensource.org">osideas@lists.opensource.org</a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><span><div></div></span></div></body></html>