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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Olivier, so it was still doable – well done and thanks for the great news!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Matthias<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>_______________________</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ing. Matthias M. Hudobnik</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#9BBB59'><a href="mailto:matthias@hudobnik.at"><span style='color:#9BBB59'>matthias@hudobnik.at</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#9BBB59'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#9BBB59'><a href="http://www.hudobnik.at/"><span style='color:#9BBB59'>http://www.hudobnik.at</span></a></span><u><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#9BBB59'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> EURO-Discuss [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 13. November 2018 13:49<br><b>An:</b> Discussion for At-Large Europe<br><b>Betreff:</b> [EURO-Discuss] TODAY: EURALO signing MoU with CENTR at IGF Paris<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear colleagues,<br><br>I am delighted to be able to announce to you that today, Tuesday 13th November 2018, Jörg Schweiger, representative for DENIC, Chair of the Board of Directors of CENTR, the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries, and I will be co-signing a Memorandum of Understanding for the Purpose of Collaboration between our respective organisations.<br><br>EURALO has already signed a similar memorandum with RIPE NCC at last year's ICANN meeting in Abu Dhabi. This time, we are mutually agreeing to collaborate by:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'>1)<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Regularly updating each other on areas and activities of mutual interest;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'>2) Encouraging awareness of each other’s activities and mission among their respective members;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'>3)<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Promoting Internet development in the European region by encouraging participation in fora relating to Internet standards, policy development and Internet governance;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'>4)<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Promoting an open, bottom-up, multistakeholder Internet governance model;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'>5)<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Raising awareness about the DNS and its importance in maintaining an open Internet;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'>6)<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Collaborating on joint capacity-building events and related activities of mutual interest, including meetings, training courses, projects and workshops in the areas of Internet policy and Internet governance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are attending the Paris Internet Governance Forum, please join us for a small but historical signing ceremony that will take place at 18:20 at the AFNIC desk, which is the desk in the main entrance hall, opposite Hall 1. Jörg and I will sign the document and some group pictures will be taken. I hope that as many members of EURALO will be present for the group pictures and would also like to extend this invitation to participants from other RALOs to join for the pictures and the refreshments served afterwards.<br><br>See you there!<br><br>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br>EURALO Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>