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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you all for your constructive comments, I will share them with the founders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>To: </b>Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com><br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Chapter-delegates] Chapter Formation in Saudi Arabia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Signals very positive changes. Congratulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">I think there are only Bahrain from last year and Qatar from two months ago among the chapters of Internet Society GCC. I am not sure if there is another ISOC chapter
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">I guess they should work on forming a working committee in order to must be given the license to start up a new chapter, also must include women and focus on gender diversity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">At the end I would love to say all thanks to the Founder and spiritual father of ISOC-Yemen Chapter and Member of the Global Internet Society's Board of Trustees, Dr.
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<b>To:</b> Hana Sabbagh <<a href="mailto:Sabbagh@isoc.org" target="_blank">Sabbagh@isoc.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I reviewed briefly the application but was unable to open the link to the bylaws (got a 404 page unavailable error)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Greetings all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have received <span lang="EN-US">an </span>application to form an Internet Society chapter in S<span lang="EN-US">audi Arabia, Middle East
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Find attached the application and the list of founding members.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thank you very much in advance for your feedback.<o:p></o:p></p>
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