[Hotstorage-generalchairs] Fwd: RE: HotStorage'26: In Cooperation with USENIX

[Travis Janssen]

Hi Jessica,
Ashley forwarded the signed document to the general chairs (and we
approve it, if that matters), so I'm forwarding it to you for final
signature. Please let us know if any additional steps are required
here. Thanks for your assistance with this!
-Travis Janssen and Mai Zheng
 HotStorage'26 General Chairs

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From: Ashley Cozzi <acozzi at hq.acm.org>
To: Travis Janssen <Travis.Janssen at ibm.com>,
generalchairs26 at hotstorage.org <generalchairs26 at hotstorage.org>
Cc: Tendo Mutanda <mutanda at hq.acm.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: HotStorage'26: In Cooperation with USENIX
Date: 06/02/2026 11:40:53 AM

Hi Travis and Mai, If the attached has your approval, please forward to
Jessica. I’d also like to take this opportunity to introduce you to
Tendo Mutanda. Tendo recently joined ACM with many years of non-profit
and volunteer experience. Tendo
 

 
 



Hi Travis and Mai,
 
If the attached has your approval, please forward to Jessica.
 
I’d also like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Tendo
Mutanda.Tendo recently joined ACM with many years of non-profit and
volunteer experience. Tendo will be taken over as the ACM Program
Coordinator for Hot Storage. I understand that your activity will be
managed under the SOSP conference but if there is anything you need,
please let Tendo know. 
 
Best regards,
Ashley
 
Ashley Cozzi
Associate Director- SIG Services & Conference Operations
Association for Computing Machinery
1601 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY, 10019
(212) 626-0614
 


From: Jessica Kim <jessica at usenix.org>
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 3:03 PM
To: Ashley Cozzi <acozzi at hq.acm.org>
Cc: Travis Janssen <Travis.Janssen at ibm.com>;
generalchairs26 at hotstorage.org
Subject: Re: HotStorage'26: In Cooperation with USENIX
 




Hi, Travis, Mai, and Ashley,


 


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.


 


Best,


Jessica
 




On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM Jessica Kim <jessica at usenix.org> wrote:
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> Hello, Travis and Mai,
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> To apply for in-cooperation status for HotStorage '26,
> please completethis very brief form. 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 (tineo at hq.acm.org). Please check with Maribel or
> your ACM SIGOPS contact to ensure that Pat continues to be the
> correct signatory before completing the form.
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> Thanks and best,
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> Jessica
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> On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM Casey Henderson-Ross
> <casey at usenix.org> wrote:
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> > Hi Travis,
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> > My colleague Jessica Kim, cc'd, manages this program and can
> > provide you with guidance.
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> > Best,
> > Casey
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> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM Travis Janssen
> > <Travis.Janssen at ibm.com> wrote:
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> > > Hi Casey,
> > > I am one of the general co-chairs forHotStorage’26, 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 theUSENIX past conferences page.
> > > 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.
> > >  
> > > Travis Janssen and Mai Zheng
> > > HotStorage 2026 General Chairs
> > 
> 




 


 
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Travis Janssen <Travis.Janssen at ibm.com>
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