<font face="arial" size="2"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">The next North American Bureau webcast will be held this Friday, Oct. 12, at 1900 UTC. This webcast will feature <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Marci Harris, CEO of POPVOX, and Rachna Choudhry, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of POPVOX (See </span><a class="ot-anchor" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" href="https://www.popvox.com/about/team">https://www.popvox.com/about/team</a><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">). Marci and Rachna will tell us all about POPVOX and describe how you can leverage POPVOX to learn about, track and influence the development of legislation with a focus on bills that have an impact on the Internet.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">This event will be webcast live on the following channels:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/1/events/ck06lrk3m0g4bgv41odklrvg8uc">Google+ Hangout</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/popvox">Livestream</a></span></li>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Special thanks goes to USTelecom for sponsoring this webcast by hosting the event in their DC office. ( See </span><a class="ot-anchor" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" href="http://www.ustelecom.org/">http://www.ustelecom.org</a> )</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">In case you missed it, here are highlights from last week's interview with Link Hoewing of Verizon:</p>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://youtu.be/XsiaJDkzr3M">Overview of Verizon's Internet & Technology Policy Group</a> (5:05)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://youtu.be/JWbwBP4RUjs">Discussion on IP Interconnection and IXPs</a> (2:10)</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://youtu.be/tfxHxmgRK90">Update on Verizon's FiOS deployment in New York City</a> (1:33)</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://youtu.be/GuigFrRYdwA">Verizon's top Internet policy issues</a> (6:20)</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://youtu.be/IwVgZR5JEl0">The role of government regulation of the Internet</a> (1:38)</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://youtu.be/cy_TgKdJ8F0">Update on Verizon's new technologies</a> (4:44)</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://youtu.be/7dtx-TrMhtQ">Complete webcast</a> (1 hour)</li>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Best regards,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Paul Brigner</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Regional Bureau Director, North America</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Internet Society</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">"The Internet is for Everyone"</span></p>
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