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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dear Chapter Delegates,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>I am honored to be nominated for the Chapter Advisory Council Steering Committee and I hope that you will consider voting for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>I am currently serving as the President of ISOC Lebanon Chapter and I have been engaged in the Internet ecosystem and actively involved with ISOC since 1993.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>My predominant interests at this phase are the bottom-up multi-stakeholder Internet governance, concentration of the Internet, and the empowerment of ISOC chapters as I believe that the chapters have a crucial role to play in the transformation of the Internet Society into a real international bottom-up multistakeholder organization. I’ve been, for a while now, actively involved in these areas at the national, regional and international levels and within special working groups formed by ICANN, ISOC and WEF. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>My professional experience spans from Higher Education and Healthcare in a 501(c) US accredited university, to the establishment of the .lb ccTLD registry and managing it as a pro bono registry operated by volunteers, to the co-founding of ISOC Lebanon Chapter, Beirut Internet Exchange and the Lebanese Internet Center. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Throughout my carrier I embraced leadership and administrative responsibilities and transitioned away from strictly technical computing and networking into strategic, governance, regulatory, policy development, lobbying and fundraising space. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>You can find out more about me and my background at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bukhalidn/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/bukhalidn/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>I am happy answering any questions you might have, on this forum or to my email below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Kindest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Nabil Bukhalid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222'><img border=0 width=201 height=39 style='width:2.0937in;height:.4062in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D47A83.F7812F10"></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#000099'>Nabil Bukhalid<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>President</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>P.O.Box 113-6596, Hamra, Lebanon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>M</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>: +961 (0)3 779116<span style='color:gray'><br><b><a href="mailto:nabil.bukhalid@isoc.org.lb" target="_blank">E</a></b>: </span><span style='color:#222222'><a href="mailto:nabil.bukhalid@isoc.org.lb" target="_blank">nabil.bukhalid@isoc.org.lb</a></span><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><a href="http://www.isoc.org.lb/" target="_blank">W</a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222'><a href="http://www.isoc.org.lb/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org.lb</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>