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<P>Dear friends and colleagues, <BR><BR>First of all, thanks to all those who congratulated ISOC-CAT on ICANN's decision to establish the <STRONG>.CAT</STRONG> TLD last week. It is a tremendous boost to Catalan culture and the millions of speakers of our language! <BR><BR>As I am sure you know, the chapters of those of you who are based in Europe will very soon be asked to decide who will host the <STRONG>Legal Entity of the ISOC European Coordination Council</STRONG> (ISOC-ECC). <A href="http://www.isoc-ecc.org/" target=_blank>http://www.isoc-ecc.org</A> <BR><BR>As you will be able to see for yourselves, there are two candidatures, oddly enough both from this western corner of Europe: <STRONG>A Coruņa</STRONG>, in Galicia, and <STRONG>Barcelona</STRONG>, in Catalonia. <BR><BR>I am personally very glad that the ISOC-ECC office will, one way or another, be close by. Nevertheless, I cannot but invite you to read carefully through the <STRONG>Catalan Chapter</STRONG>'s candidature, and to contact us if you need clarification of any particular point before you cast your vote. <A href="http://www.isoc-ecc.org/docs/CAT-Candidature.pdf" target=_blank>http://www.isoc-ecc.org/docs/CAT-Candidature.pdf </A>(PDF).<BR><BR>Best wishes, <BR><BR>Miquel <BR><FONT color=red><BR>Miquel Strubell-Trueta <BR>Member of the board of <STRONG>ISOC Catalan Chapter</STRONG><BR><STRONG>Barcelona</STRONG> <BR>email: <A href="mailto:mstrubell@uoc.edu" target=_blank>mstrubell@uoc.edu</A> <BR><A href="http://www.isoc-cat.org/" target=_blank>Internet Society - Catalan Chapter</A> <BR><BR></P></FONT></FONT></html>