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<div dir="ltr">Hi Alex,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">The request was received and is h der review by our accounting department. Please note that the Google invoicing process requires additional steps so this process will take some time.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Best regards,</div>
<div dir="ltr">Ashley</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On May 28, 2026, at 4:05 PM, Alex Merenstein <alex.merenstein@ibm.com> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Ashley, we added a sponsor to CMS on Monday and the company says they still have not received an invoice. Can you please check if there is anything holding the invoice up? Or is there someone else I should
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ashley Cozzi <acozzi@hq.acm.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2026 4:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Zheng, Mai [E CPE] <mai@iastate.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> generalchairs26@hotstorage.org; Alex Merenstein <alex.merenstein@ibm.com>; Gatla, Om <om.gatla@netapp.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] RE: CMS account for Hotstorage 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Hi Alex and Om, I have set you up in the system to request invoices for HotStorage 2026. You should have received 2 emails: one with the link and one with the passcode.
When you submit an invoice, any additional information that needs to be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Alex and Om,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have set you up in the system to request invoices for HotStorage 2026. You should have received 2 emails: one with the link and one with the passcode. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When you submit an invoice, any additional information that needs to be included on the invoice or as part of the payment process can be included in the notes section of the request. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It should take 3 business days for the invoice to be sent to the contact provided. Kindly let your contacts know to check their spam folder as sometimes the invoice can get placed there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For more information about Corporate Support, please visit the</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.acm.org_special-2Dinterest-2Dgroups_volunteer-2Dresources_conference-2Dplanning_conference-2Dfinances-23corporate&d=DwMFAg&c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ&r=58aB_MDMB6FhwB1lvarZ_pgAvn27m7ouU4DDYNNkfPM&m=9QxAowjvMTypJaTuUnJ6MS5nSkKYSUh0yCm7Wt3Kx443gj_hsSetNBwi0y0_J2u8&s=iWTH7DQFl3vhhtaS7YhJSV7MGJlZBLoDaT5Tqipe1qY&e="><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ashley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ashley Cozzi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Associate Director- SIG Services & Conference Operations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Association for Computing Machinery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Zheng, Mai [E CPE] <</span><a href="mailto:mai@iastate.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mai@iastate.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ashley Cozzi <</span><a href="mailto:acozzi@hq.acm.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">acozzi@hq.acm.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:generalchairs26@hotstorage.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">generalchairs26@hotstorage.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">; Alex Merenstein <</span><a href="mailto:alex.merenstein@ibm.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">alex.merenstein@ibm.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>;
Gatla, Om <</span><a href="mailto:om.gatla@netapp.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">om.gatla@netapp.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> CMS account for Hotstorage 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Dear Ashley Cozzi,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">We are the organizers of ACM HotStorage’26 and we are writing to request an ACM SIG Conference Management System (CMS) account for HotStorage’26. Could you please help set up a CMS account and
share the credentials with our sponsorship co-chairs (Alex/Om cc'ed)? </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Thanks for your help! If any other information is needed, please let us know!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Thanks, </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Travis Janssen and Mai Zheng</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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