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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This is a heads-up that the 2025 Nominations and Elections process for the Chapter Advisory Council Steering Committee (ChAC SC) is about to launch. The Nominations & Elections Process & Timeline
is available here: <a href="https://isoc.box.com/s/d51awk1wtkaetbn0qi3zmv4q3lgggmfl" target="_blank">
https://isoc.box.com/s/d51awk1wtkaetbn0qi3zmv4q3lgggmfl</a>. The nomination period will begin Monday, 23 September.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To be able to participate in the ChAC SC elections, please do make sure that your chapter has identified a Chapters Advisory Council Representative (ChAC Rep). The current list is available
here: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/chapters-advisory-council/list-of-representatives/" target="_blank">
https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/chapters-advisory-council/list-of-representatives/</a>. Your Chapter's AMS Admins can update the name of your ChAC Representative directly in the Community Portal (AMS); add the Chapter Advisory Council Representative
role as one of your chapter's officers, or reach out to your regional Community Engagement Manager if you need help with this.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Chapters Advisory Council (ChAC) brings together representatives from Internet Society chapters around the world, and is the voice of the chapters to the Internet Society President & CEO
and Board of Trustees. The ChAC Steering Committee is a group of nine (9) geographically diverse members elected from among the ChAC representatives to lead the Committee’s discussions and draft recommendations on the topics brought forward by the chapters.
More background on the Chapter Advisory Council, its purpose and mode of participation is available here:
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/chapters-advisory-council/" target="_blank">
https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/chapters-advisory-council/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none">Rama Rejman (she/her)</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<span style="background:white">Community Compliance and Governance Specialist, Community Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:rejman@isoc.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">rejman@isoc.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="80" height="38" style="width:.8333in;height:.3958in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB09D5.0BE06160" alt="signature_1056792626"></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Give a gift of opportunity. <u><a href="https://bit.ly/3nUsQmJ" target="_blank" title="https://bit.ly/3nUsQmJ"><span style="color:#0563C1">Donate today.</span></a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Read about work we’re proud of in our <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/year-in-review/2023/" title="https://www.internetsociety.org/year-in-review/2023/"><span style="color:#0563C1">2023
Year in Review Report</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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