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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hallo Veni,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>hello everybody,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You were asking for the links to the discussion forum for the elections.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The question and answers of the candidates can be found in Connect. Both forums are closed and visible to invited users only. There is a forum setup on connect for the chapters candidates and another one for the organizational members.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Invitations were send out to all voting delegates and to the members of the chapter-delegates list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you need support accessing those, please send an email to <a href="mailto:elections@isoc.org">elections@isoc.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And yes I understand your reservations to use Connect. For the time being (for this year´s election) it is the medium provided to us and used by ISOC. Be assured that your complains are received.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We heard voices who do not like to use mailing lists for this kind of question and answer exchange and believe the format of social media and of a discussion forum is better suited. But there are also people who prefer text only mailing lists.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For the time being questions from the delegates list are copied manually into Connect. You can setup your preferences in Connect to receive all questions and answers in email-format or as digest if you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I know this is less than optimal but best we can achieve for this election<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hans Peter Dittler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(election committee chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hans Peter Dittler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>CEO Braintec Netzwerk-Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>President ISOC.DE (Internet Society German Chapter e.V.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Member of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>