Hello Lustre community members, SC'13 is around the corner and we're looking forward to seeing you at this year's event! Be sure to mark your calendars to attend the Lustre related events and spread the word about these sessions - more details are below. Lustre related SC sessions: . SC'13 BoF Session: The Lustre Community - At the Intersection of HPC and Big Data o Tuesday, November 19th: 12:15-1:15pm in room(s) 405/406/407 o Speakers include: Jeff Layton, Intel; Paul Nowoczynski, DataDirect Networks; Shinji Sumimoto, Fujitsu; Sorin Fabish, EMC; Torben Kling Peterson, Xyratex; Eric Barton, Intel; Tommy Minyard, TACC, OpenSFS Community Board member . OpenSFS booth party - stop by to join us for drinks and meet others in the community! o Tuesday, November 19th: 4:00-6:00pm at the OpenSFS booth (#4125) . OpenSFS presentation: "Community Developed Scalable File Systems" o Wednesday, November 20th: 2:00-2:15pm at the Xyratex booth (#2107) o Tommy Minyard, OpenSFS Community Board member, TACC . OpenSFS presentation: "Community Involvement in the Lustre File System" o Wednesday, November 20th: 4:30-4:45pm at the DDN booth (#1307) o Chris Morrone, OpenSFS CDWG Chair, LLNL Interested in winning an iPad mini? Be sure to stop by the OpenSFS booth (#4125), or one of our participant booths, to pick up the OpenSFS passport. The passport is a fun way to interact with OpenSFS participants by collecting stamps from 7 participating booths. Return the completed passport to the OpenSFS booth for a chance to win your iPad mini! (Lustre not included.) Lastly, we encourage you to spread the word about the SC events planned for the Lustre community! More information is available on our <http://www.opensfs.org/events/sc13/> web site. We have also prepared the attached social media/website content for your marketing teams to use in promoting SC'13. We look forward to seeing you at SC'13 and encourage you to take advantage of the opportunities to join these events! Sincerely, OpenSFS Administration Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. is a strong and growing nonprofit organization dedicated to the success of the LustreR file system. OpenSFS was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and <http://lustre.opensfs.org/download-lustre/> free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing the Lustre file system and delivering <http://lustre.opensfs.org/community-lustre-roadmap/> new releases on behalf of the open source community. Through working groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, OpenSFS harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of the Lustre file system worldwide.