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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Congratulations from Armenia Chapter!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org> on behalf of Nick Hyrka via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br><b>Reply-To: </b>Nick Hyrka <hyrka@isoc.org><br><b>Date: </b>Monday, March 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM<br><b>To: </b>"chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br><b>Cc: </b>'Vladislav Bidikov' <vladislav.bidikov@finki.ukim.mk><br><b>Subject: </b>[Chapter-delegates] Welcome Internet Society North Macedonia Chapter!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I am pleased to announce that we have a new Chapter - ISOC<span lang=EN-GB> </span>North Macedonia.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The founding leadership of this chapter is composed of the volunteers listed below: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Chapter President</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Vladislav Bidikov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Chapter Board Members</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vladislav Bidikov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anastas Mishev<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kiril Kjiroski<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Martin Dinev<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jovan Bidikov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Join us in welcoming ISOC North Macedonia to the community and congratulate the chapter officers and representatives who have worked to achieve full status as an Internet Society Chapter. <br><br>Chapter Leaders, thank you for your input during the community "peer review" phase, during which we received only supportive comments. A special note of gratitude goes to Cristian Copcea, our ISOC Romania Chapter President, for providing guidance to the North Macedonia members in developing their chapter. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We look forward to working with this new chapter to grow, mobilise, and engage our community in building, promoting, and defending an Internet for everyone.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don’t hesitate to contact us at Chapter Support <a href="mailto:chapter-support@isoc.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:chapter-support@isoc.org">chapter-support@isoc.org</a> if you have any questions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none'>Nick Hyrka,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'> Regional Community Engagement Manager, Europe<br></span><a href="mailto:hyrka@isoc.org" title="mailto:hyrka@isoc.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0078D4;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>hyrka@isoc.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none'> <br><img border=0 width=132 height=67 style='width:1.375in;height:.6979in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DBA273.4DD84740" alt="signature_1689764823"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Give a gift of opportunity. </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3nUsQmJ" target="_blank" title="https://bit.ly/3nUsQmJ"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0078D7;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>D</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0078D7;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>onate today.</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Support s</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>trong encryption </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>- </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Join the </span><a href="https://www.globalencryption.org/join/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none'>Global Encryption Coalition</span></a><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>_______________________________________________ As a Chapter Leader, you are automatically added to the Internet Society‚s Chapter Leaders Community Group and the Chapter Delegates e-list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://community.internetsociety.org. The Internet Society has a legitimate interest to communicate with its chapter leaders, you will therefore remain subscribed for the duration of your term and will be unsubscribed automatically when your term ends. Please note that the archive of this list is publicly accessible and may be viewed by anyone. By submitting information to this list and contributing to the communications, you acknowledge that the contents will be publicly visible. View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/ <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>