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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For those interested in the work of the IETF, ISOC is inviting applicants to apply to their fellowship program to attend IETF 93 in Prague, The Czech Republic on July 19-24, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ICANN<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><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:26 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> [AfrICANN-discuss] FW: Applications Open for Internet Society Fellowship to IETF 93 (Prague, Czech Republic) **<br><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Colleagues,</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The Internet Society has announced that it is inviting applications for its latest Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF. The Fellowship programme allows engineers from emerging and developing economies to attend an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>As you know, the IETF is the Internet's premier standards-making body, responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. IETF participants represent an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet architecture.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive application process. The Internet Society is currently accepting fellowship applications for the IETF 93 in Prague, Czech Republic:</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>* IETF 93, July 19-24, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Information and links to apply can be found at: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Fellowship applications will close on 5 April, 2015.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I encourage you to apply or pass this information about this program to individuals involved in your network that have a keen interest in the Internet protocol development activities of the IETF.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF are sponsored by Afilias, Google, NBCUniversal, Microsoft, and 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