<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi, Travis, Mai, and Ashley,<div><br></div><div>I received the submission to our in-cooperation status application form and have drafted the contract accordingly, which is attached. You may sign and return it to me or let me know if you prefer that I route the contract via Dropbox Sign.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Jessica</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM Jessica Kim <<a href="mailto:jessica@usenix.org">jessica@usenix.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks, Casey.<div><br></div><div>Hello, Travis and Mai,</div><div><br></div><div>To apply for in-cooperation status for HotStorage '26, please complete <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.usenix.org%2fconferences%2fin-cooperation-request&c=E,1,EjOj6pervPHz_YZTWHVMb9GrmdDSfaF6UqwIYb28TB5mzjKySNsVYI8GxbRMGDIeORFWu74jFGcQOovaFoqSbSpfqkD6Q_Cby0zfmfBq-MO2&typo=1" target="_blank">this very brief form</a>. For any ACM SIG-sponsored conference, the signatory must be an authorized ACM representative. In the past, Patricia Ryan, ACM's Chief Operating Officer has been that representative, and the person who has routed contracts to her is Maribel Tineo (<a href="mailto:tineo@hq.acm.org" target="_blank">tineo@hq.acm.org</a>). Please check with Maribel or your ACM SIGOPS contact to ensure that Pat continues to be the correct signatory before completing the form.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and best,</div><div>Jessica</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM Casey Henderson-Ross <<a href="mailto:casey@usenix.org" target="_blank">casey@usenix.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Travis,<div><br></div><div>My colleague Jessica Kim, cc'd, manages this program and can provide you with guidance.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br>Casey</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM Travis Janssen <<a href="mailto:Travis.Janssen@ibm.com" target="_blank">Travis.Janssen@ibm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi Casey,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I am one of the general co-chairs for
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hotstorage.org%2f2026%2f&c=E,1,wzVn-2QKyzojVzrdeiQ_spyF3LAvIlWzK4H1U9AZouj-8Wts1iQSquaTWksitJBD-Gm0_HJ-2hL3QDLhfOi35vbb-26jHwryD9HiCV13AOLTLgXPtA,,&typo=1" target="_blank">HotStorage’26</a>, which is scheduled to take place in Prague on September 28 and 29 of this year. HotStorage has been “in cooperation with USENIX” for the last few years, according to the
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.usenix.org%2fconferences%2fpast&c=E,1,mK8m-8l0cqnIN37D8sA9oPXJ0zM8DQTYJ9q7g5ScnixGDuij4aRuhFL6xY7_ghtXXS_pf3Qj9BtafCmt-NkiMrAslDwmo-OiQ1rDlqBSQtem8Eqkq74xB8dRt0Rg&typo=1" target="_blank">USENIX past conferences page</a>. However, when attempting to find an official way to continue this cooperation, I could not find any information about it on the USENIX website. One of the HotStorage steering
committee members, Vasily Tarasov, recommended that I reach out to you to initiate this process again for this year. Would you be able to help us with this, or direct us to the appropriate method for doing so? Our USENIX cooperation status is very beneficial
for improving the credibility and visibility of the conference. Thanks for your time.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Travis Janssen and Mai Zheng<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">HotStorage 2026 General Chairs</span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666">Jessica Kim </font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.7273px">(<span>she</span>/<span>her</span>)</span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"> | </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.7273px">Deputy Director </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.7273px">| USENIX Association</span></div><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:12.7273px"><a href="mailto:jessica@usenix.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">jessica@usenix.org</a> | </span></font><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.usenix.org%2f&c=E,1,dmTWP1YF0lHc60RFD1QwnElojGEOyFx4Z79jeJcttYMSfKUSGTVXpCVdldZW5k_mqF8IjYuvsuAAUI3dtatcYXC_UlkK6SCIS5rn6EoWYDTV_XDg3P0,&typo=1" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.7273px" target="_blank">https://www.usenix.org</a></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.7273px">Time zone: U.S. Pacific</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>