<html><head></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Outstanding news for the Latin American & Caribbean community!!</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Congratulations Hartmut! Hope to see you soon in Singapore.</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Best wishes,</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tracy</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Chapter</div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from BlackBerry Q10</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Wende Cover</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:45 PM</div><div><b>To: </b>chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</div><div><b>Subject: </b>[Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Announces Appointment of Arthur Reilly and Hartmut Glaser to Public Interest Registry Board of Directors</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Internet Society Announces Appointment of Arthur Reilly and Hartmut Glaser to Public Interest Registry Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Internet Society today announced that Arthur Reilly and Hartmut Glaser have been appointed to three-year terms to the Public Interest Registry Board of Directors. These appointments will begin at the mid-year 2014 Public Interest Registry
Board meeting. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Art Reilly was re-appointed to the Public Interest Registry Board and has served since 2011. He has been a leader in promoting a more-inclusive Information Society and improving interoperability and quality in networks through standards
for more than 25 years. Reilly retired in April 2011 as Senior Director, Strategic Technology Policy at Cisco Systems where he was the principal representative to the International Telecommunications Union and many other UN activities on policy matters. In
this capacity, he served on numerous US delegations. Since retiring, in addition to the Public Interest Registry Board, Reilly has been active serving as a Board or Advisory Council member for several not-for-profit organizations in the areas of scientific
research and education.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A new Board member, Hartmut Glaser is the Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee/CGI.br in Brazil, the entity responsible for all activities of the Brazilian Internet community. These include the registration of
Brazil's country code top-level domain, the assignment of IP addresses in Brazil, the coordination of the Brazilian National Computer Emergency Response Team, the handling of computer security incident reports, the production of indicators and statistics on
the availability and use of the Internet in Brazil, and many other Internet-related activities. In addition, Glaser is Director of LACNIC, the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Address Registry.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“We are delighted to welcome Hartmut to the Public Interest Registry Board and we appreciate Art’s continued contributions in guiding the organization,” said Kathy Brown, President and CEO of the Internet Society. “The Public Interest Registry
is fortunate to have a talented and diverse group of individuals who are committed to serving the global community, and ensuring that the Public Interest Registry is well-positioned to advance its mission. We also thank Raimundo Beca for his dedication and
service to this organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Art Reilly and Hartmut Glaser join the following Directors on the Board:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Maarten Botterman (Chair), Director of GNKS Consult BV<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Erik Huizer, CTO at SURFnet <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Roberto Gaetano, Retired from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Amitabh Singhal, Director of Telxess Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. and Vcon Services Ltd.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Ingrid Srinath, Executive Director of CHILDLINE India Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">•Kathy Brown serves as liaison to the Public Interest Registry Board in her capacity as President and CEO of the Internet Society<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information on the Public Interest Registry, please visit
<a href="http://www.pir.org">www.pir.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-announces-appointment-arthur-reilly-and-hartmut-glaser-public-interest">http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-announces-appointment-arthur-reilly-and-hartmut-glaser-public-interest</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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