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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 Protocol development and the work of the IETF, the Internet Society has a fellowship program to attend IETF meetings, and the call for applications for IETF 96 in Berlin, Germany is in open. If interested, please read on.<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 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:02:47 +0000<br>Subject: [programme-announce-il] ** APPLY NOW for the Internet Society Fellowship to IETF 96 - Berlin, Germany!!! **<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>Dear Colleagues,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>The Internet Society is hereby inviting applications for its latest Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF. The Fellowship programme allows technologists, engineers and researchers from emerging and developing economies to attend an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>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-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive application process. The Internet Society is currently accepting fellowship applications for the IETF 96 in Berlin, Germany:</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>* IETF 96, 17-22 July 2016, Berlin, Germany.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>Information about the programme and links to apply can be found at: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#103CC0'>http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>Fellowship applications will close on 3 April 2016.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>Please complete the <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/ietf-92-fellowship-self-assessment" target="_blank">self-assessment</a> and review the <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/node/9476" target="_blank">selection criteria</a> before applying for the Fellowship.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>I also encourage you to pass the information about the program to colleagues, friends, and individuals involved in your network that have a keen interest in the Internet protocol development activities of the IETF.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>The Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF are sponsored by Afilias, Google, NBCUniversal, Microsoft, and Verisign.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#191919'>If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Niel Harper <</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><a href="mailto:harper@isoc.org"><span style='color:#103CC0'>harper@isoc.org</span></a><span style='color:#191919'>>.</span></span><span 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