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    Dear Michele,<br>
    <br>
    in a bit of a rush at present, but re: why so many people funded to
    come to ICANN meetings, it is all part of building a balanced
    multistakeholder community. In fact some of the people that were
    funded to come were also from governments and they brought back
    their experience to their government, which had positive political
    implications back there. These implications cannot be calculated by
    exact science, like a return on investment. But they have had an
    impact in other fora such as on the ITU discussions, OECD, and
    government stances out there.<br>
    As for funding people to go to non-ICANN events, there are two
    reasons:<br>
    1. the people that go to these non-ICANN events are the community
    face of ICANN and have managed to improve ICANN's image greatly
    through engaging with the rest of the world<br>
    2. the people that have gone to these non-ICANN events have managed
    to bring more people in the ICANN processes that ended up in
    leadership positions. <br>
    <br>
    In fact with the GDPR we have a case in point about why ICANN needs
    to engage out there: whilst GDPR development was going on in
    Brussels for several years, nobody at ICANN listened when community
    members pointed out that it was important to be not only aware but
    engage in the discussions. ICANN's failure to address this because
    it was too busy looking at its own self image of IANA Stewardship
    Transition & ICANN Accountability, has now put it in front of a
    serious problem, namely that it is completely unprepared a few
    months from enforcement. So OK now we're working on GDPR, but what
    else is out there, waiting to bite us? There is a continuum of more
    stuff coming our way and having community members out there as both
    lookouts and emissaries is way cheaper than having a department of
    over 50 staff working on this. In fact, supporting the community to
    perform this task is a very economical way to do it as you don't
    need to pay them salaries.<br>
    <br>
    But I do agree, though, that there should be improvements to the
    accountability of who is sent out there, with "bad actors", those
    who are using the system for tourism, being blacklisted so they do
    not continue to abuse the system. <br>
    <br>
    Kindest regards,<br>
    <br>
    Olivier<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/02/2018 13:15, Michele Neylon -
      Blacknight wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Well I’d like to see
            proper data showing the value that the investment has
            brought.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I also wonder why on
            earth ICANN funds so many people to attend non-ICANN events
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
              lang="EN-US">Mr Michele Neylon</span><span
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Roberto Gaetano
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com"><roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com></a><br>
              <b>Date: </b>Friday 23 February 2018 at 13:56<br>
              <b>To: </b>Michele Neylon <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com"><michele@blacknight.com></a><br>
              <b>Cc: </b>S Van Gelder <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:svg@milathan.ltd"><svg@milathan.ltd></a>, Euralo
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org"><euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org></a><br>
              <b>Subject: </b>Re: [EURO-Discuss] Should EURALO sign a
              petition? Should you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Michele, <o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">I agree with you  - the matter is very
            complex, that’s why I have difficulties in reducing it to a
            petition yes/no. What we need to do is to have a deeper
            analysis on the budget and the priorities.
            <o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">This said, my gut feeling is that the
              cuts do not apply in a fair way neither geopolitically nor
              by stakeholder type. But this is a consequence of he fact
              that there is no discussion about the priorities. The big
              question is whether outreach, in particular towards the
              less represented stakeholder (Internet users), is a
              priority and whether geopolitical representation is a
              priority. If we fail to stand up and bringing this issue
              to the table, with data and convincing arguments and not
              just gut feeling or self-serving arguments, then we cannot
              complain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Roberto<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                <br>
                <o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">On 23.02.2018, at 13:11, Michele
                    Neylon - Blacknight <<a
                      href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">michele@blacknight.com</a>>
                    wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Roberto</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
                        There’s a much deeper issue – ICANN has spent a
                        lot of money on a load of different programmes
                        but has very little data to measure the ROI /
                        KPIs etc</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">If EURALO or
                        anyone else wants to submit comments on the
                        budget cuts they should be pragmatic and
                        realistic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">There is no
                        way that ICANN can keep spending money that it
                        does not have.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Michele</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">--</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mr Michele
                          Neylon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Blacknight
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Ireland
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                            style="font-size:12.0pt">From:<span
                              class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt">EURO-Discuss <<a
                            href="mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org"
                            moz-do-not-send="true">euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>>
                          on behalf of Roberto Gaetano <<a
                            href="mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com"
                            moz-do-not-send="true">roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com</a>><br>
                          <b>Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday
                          21 February 2018 at 23:07<br>
                          <b>To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>S
                          Van Gelder <<a
                            href="mailto:svg@milathan.ltd"
                            moz-do-not-send="true">svg@milathan.ltd</a>><br>
                          <b>Cc:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Euralo
                          <<a
                            href="mailto:euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org"
                            moz-do-not-send="true">euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br>
                          <b>Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re:
                          [EURO-Discuss] Should EURALO sign a petition?
                          Should you?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">My personal opinion is
                        that the question is not about the budget cuts -
                        if cuts are needed, let it be so - but how the
                        cuts are affecting the different stakeholders.
                        The question for me is whether the impact of the
                        cuts on the different stakeholder groups is fair
                        or whether there is one part of the community
                        that is affected more than others.<o:p></o:p></a></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Still,
                          the question of whether a petition is in order
                          or not holds. But on the other question, that
                          is whether the affected communities should
                          raise the issue, my position is “Yes,
                          definitively”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Andrei
                          is right. We need data. What is the
                          foreseeable consequence of this budget cut on
                          internet users? My personal opinion is that in
                          the users community most of the outreach is
                          through the means that are now been reduced.
                          This will simply mean that we put further
                          obstacles to user participation. But we need
                          more than just personal opinions if we want to
                          build a case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Roberto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">On
                                21.02.2018, at 22:15, Stéphane Van
                                Gelder - Milathan <</span><a
                                href="mailto:svg@milathan.ltd"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                  style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
                                    style="color:purple">svg@milathan.ltd</span></span><span
                                  style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
                                style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">>
                                wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Completely
                                  agree with Andrei. I oppose the
                                  signing of a petition to oppose cuts.
                                  I would add to his reasons the fact
                                  that the Board Chair and the CEO have
                                  both laid down extremely well
                                  articulated arguments for why budget
                                  cuts are needed. I would worry that a
                                  EURALO response through a petition
                                  would not only look political, it
                                  would look immature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">If
                                    we have strong arguments as to why
                                    some cuts should not happen, let’s
                                    produce them through the usual ICANN
                                    discussion channels open to us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Stéphane <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                      <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">On
                                          21 Feb 2018, at 21:24, Andrei
                                          Kolesnikov <</span><a
                                          href="mailto:andrei@rol.ru"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
                                              style="color:purple">andrei@rol.ru</span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
                                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">>
                                          wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">I'm
                                            against signing any petition
                                            on</span><a
                                            href="http://change.org/"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:purple">change.org</span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
                                            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">,
                                            because it sounds political.
                                            If community  is against the
                                            cut, this must be
                                            articulated with facts,
                                            numbers and names. I don't
                                            like personnel cost
                                            increase, but this is
                                            another issue. --andrei<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                              style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">2018-02-21
                                              20:06 GMT+03:00 Olivier MJ
                                              Crépin-Leblond <</span><a
                                              href="mailto:ocl@gih.com"
                                              target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:purple">ocl@gih.com</span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
                                              style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Dear colleagues,<br>
                                                <br>
                                                on yesterday's EURALO
                                                monthly call, the
                                                following Action Item
                                                was recorded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a
                                                    href="https://community.icann.org/display/%7Eolivier.crepin-leblond"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:purple">Olivier
                                                        Crepin-Leblond</span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
                                                    style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> Olivier
                                                    to follow up on the
                                                    EURALO mailing list
                                                    on the suggestion
                                                    from Oksana for
                                                    EURALO support the
                                                    petition against
                                                    reduction of the
                                                    ICANN fellowship as
                                                    well as to write an
                                                    EURALO statement
                                                    against the CROP
                                                    elimination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><br>
                                                  As you know, the ICANN
                                                  FY19 budget is
                                                  undergoing to
                                                  reduction. This will
                                                  mean that some
                                                  programmes are frozen,
                                                  whilst others are
                                                  actually reduced. The
                                                  current draft of the
                                                  program is showing
                                                  drastic cuts in
                                                  community engagement
                                                  and policy. The
                                                  Fellowship is being
                                                  slashed, and so is the
                                                  NextGen program. The
                                                  Community Regional
                                                  Outreach Pilot Program
                                                  (CROP) which was
                                                  confirmed into the
                                                  main budget as it was
                                                  seen as being so
                                                  helpful, is being
                                                  cancelled altogether.
                                                  It is a terrible state
                                                  of affairs, as it
                                                  appears that ICANN has
                                                  targeted community
                                                  initiatives for
                                                  outreach and
                                                  engagement to a much
                                                  greater extent that
                                                  other programmes and
                                                  the cuts, as a
                                                  percentage of the
                                                  budget for outreach
                                                  and engagement
                                                  initiatives are way
                                                  larger than for other
                                                  programmes.<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  You might has seen a
                                                  petition out there,
                                                  entitled "Stop the
                                                  ICANN Budget Cuts and
                                                  Save the Fellowship
                                                  Program!"<br>
                                                  On last night's EURALO
                                                  call, Oksana Prykhodko
                                                  asked whether EURALO
                                                  could be inclined to
                                                  sign this petition:<br>
                                                </span><a
href="https://www.change.org/p/icann-stop-the-icann-budget-cuts-and-save-the-fellowship-program"
                                                  target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:purple">https://www.change.org/p/icann-stop-the-icann-budget-cuts-and-save-the-fellowship-program</span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
                                                  style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  The signing of a
                                                  petition is highly
                                                  unusual for a RALO. I
                                                  can recall several
                                                  occurrences of a RALO
                                                  releasing its own
                                                  Statement. I can also
                                                  recall EURALO
                                                  supporting EuroDIG as
                                                  a partner - and this
                                                  translates to the
                                                  EURALO Chair
                                                  (previously Wolf
                                                  Ludwig and now yours
                                                  truly) being active in
                                                  the organisation of
                                                  EuroDIG. If my memory
                                                  serves me right, the
                                                  only time EURALO has
                                                  signed a Petition,
                                                  might be the signature
                                                  for support of
                                                  NetMundial outcomes.
                                                  Perhaps can Wolf help
                                                  with other potential
                                                  occurences?<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  At the end of the day,
                                                  there are no rules on
                                                  whether EURALO may or
                                                  may not sign this
                                                  petition. So the
                                                  decision is in your
                                                  hands, the EURALO
                                                  members.<span
                                                    class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Should EURALO sign the
                                                  petition?<br>
                                                  Should your ALS sign
                                                  the petition?<span
                                                    class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Kindest regards,<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Olivier MJ
                                                  Crépin-Leblond<br>
                                                  EURALO Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                <br>
                                                Homepage for the region:<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a
                                                href="http://www.euralo.org/"
                                                target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:purple">http://www.euralo.org</span></span><span
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                                                style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                            <br clear="all">
                                            <br>
                                            --<span
                                              class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Andrey Kolesnikov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="color:purple">RIPN.NET</span></span><span
                                                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                              style="color:purple">EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</span></span><span
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                                          href="https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss"
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style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
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                                          <br>
                                          Homepage for the region: </span><a
                                          href="http://www.euralo.org"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">http://www.euralo.org</span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span
                                          style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <br>
                                Homepage for the region:
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.euralo.org">http://www.euralo.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Homepage for the region: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.euralo.org">http://www.euralo.org</a></pre>
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