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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=572560420-19012007>I nominate Aviram Gutman as co-chair of the EWG of
the IBTA .</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=572560420-19012007>He is
Sr. Director of SW Development at Mellanox. He has been involved for almost 7
years and is working on both IB and Ethernet in his current capacity . All
Mellanox developed and released software to date has been contributed as open
source software .</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Sheffler</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>VP
Worldwide Sales</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mellanox Technologies,
Inc.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone: (408) 916-0003</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Email: daves@mellanox.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Dave Sheffler
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 19, 2007 12:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Jamie Riotto
(jriotto)'; openfabrics-ewg@openib.org; openib-promoters@openib.org;
openib-general@openib.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Openib-promoters] OFA EWG
(Enterprise Working Group) seeking Co-Chair
nominations...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=074040220-19012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
nominate Aviram Gutman Sr. Director of SW Development at Mellanox , active in
both IB and Ethernet development .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Sheffler</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>VP
Worldwide Sales</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mellanox Technologies,
Inc.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone: (408) 916-0003</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Email: daves@mellanox.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
openib-promoters-bounces@openib.org
[mailto:openib-promoters-bounces@openib.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jamie Riotto
(jriotto)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
openfabrics-ewg@openib.org; openib-promoters@openib.org;
openib-general@openib.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Openib-promoters] OFA EWG
(Enterprise Working Group) seeking Co-Chair
nominations...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Open
Fabrics Community,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am currently
Chairperson for the Enterprise Working Group (EWG) committee for OFA. By way
of quick introduction,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>the EWG was
formed to promote</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>a single
commercial release of the OFA stack, in order to encourage all participating
OFA members to test, package and</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>support a
unified release. The alternative was to have each company take different
snap shots at different times, and </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>release
independently of one another (which we felt would confuse and frustrate
customers). This resulted in the successful</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>release of OFED
1.1, and continues to drive the process in the form of OFED 1.2 which is the
next scheduled release.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>In order to
insure fair and balanced management of this process, I am seeking a Co-Chair
to help drive these efforts moving </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>forward. The
ideal person would have a fair understanding of the technical issues
invovled in a release, and perhaps more</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>importantly, a
broad view of the evolving industry requirements in order to help steer the
inevitable trade-offs made between </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>new technology
introductions and current customer stability. If you, or someone you know,
would be willing to contribute</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>to the OFA
community in this regard, please consider submitting them as a nomination
for Co-Chair of the EWG.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007></SPAN><SPAN
class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>All nominations should be
submitted to me directly at <A
href="mailto:jriotto@cisco.com">jriotto@cisco.com</A>. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very
much - jamie</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Jamie
Riotto</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sr. Director
Engineering</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Server Virtualization
Business Unit (SVBU)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cisco
Systems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>408-853-7813</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>jriotto@cisco.com</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>