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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 14.6667px;">Salaam Community,</span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> Are you interested in hosting MENOG 20 & Peering Forum on one of the following dates:</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">23,24,25,26,27 February 2020</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">15,16,17,18,19 March 2020</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">MENOG depends on a local host in supporting the organisation and</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">delivery of the meeting.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Roles and Responsibilities:</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Roles and Responsibilities of the local host can be found at:</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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Hosting the Middle East Network Operator Group Meeting and Peering Forum (MENOG) What is MENOG? The Middle East Network Operator Group Meeting and Peering Forum is the largest, non-commercial, technical, educational and community-oriented activity in the Middle
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">How you can benefit as a MENOG Host</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Hosting a MENOG Meeting guarantees your organisation excellent</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">visibility in the Middle East. After we confirm you as Host, we’ll</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">promote your vital contribution by:</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* Mentioning your organisation’s name in the opening and closing</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">plenaries and in announcements throughout the meeting</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* Allowing you to make a short welcome speech during the opening plenary</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">(no sales pitches please)</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* Displaying your logo on the MENOG website, in printed meeting</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">material, on participant badges, on the intermission slides, and on</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">roll-up banners at the meeting</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* Providing space in the coffee break area where you can display one</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">promotional roll-up banner during both days of the meeting</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Interested?</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">If you’d like to host the MENOG 20 & Peering Forum, please email us at</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">menog@ripe.net before 15 August 2019.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Your host proposal should be as detailed as possible and we require the</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">following information from you:</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* The name of your organization and a short explanation of why you would</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">like to become a MENOG Meeting Host</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* The city in which you are proposing to host the meeting with some</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">highlights that explain why MENOG attendees might wish to visit this city.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* Information on any requirements, laws, policies (etc.) operative in</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">the proposed meeting location that might affect the meeting or its</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">organisation. For example, you must let us know about any special visa</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">requirements, any permits we would need to obtain to hold a meeting in</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">the proposed location, and so on.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* If known, an outline of how you propose to arrange Internet</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">connectivity to the meeting venue</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* A list of at least two suitable meeting venues (hotels and/or</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">conference centres)</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">* A list of venues that can host social events (museums, clubs,</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">restaurants, etc.) with a capacity between 150 and 200.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">We also invite you to provide any additional information that you think</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">would support your proposal to host the MENOG 20 & Peering Forum.</span><br>
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