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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Welcome, welcome!<br>
As someone, who was born in the capital, Skopje, I am very happy
to see this particular chapter joining! <br>
Hope to be able to meet you at some point there!<br>
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best,<br>
Veni<br>
chair of ISOC - Bulgaria<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/31/25 10:46, Nick Hyrka via
Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I</span> am pleased to <span
lang="EN-US">
announce</span> that we have a new Chapter<span lang="EN-US"> -
ISOC</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-US">North
Macedonia.<br>
<br>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The founding leadership of <span
lang="EN-US">this</span> chapter <span lang="EN-US">is </span>composed
of the volunteers listed below: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Chapter President</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vladislav Bidikov<span lang="EN-US"><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Chapter Board Member</b><b><span
lang="EN-US">s</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vladislav Bidikov<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A</span>nastas 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">Join us in welcoming ISOC <span
lang="EN-US">North Macedonia</span> to the <span
lang="EN-US">c</span>ommunity and congratulat<span
lang="EN-US">e</span> the chapter officers and
representatives who have worked to achieve full status as an
Internet Society Chapter. <span lang="EN-US"><br>
<br>
Chapter Leaders, thank</span> you for your input during the
community "peer review" phase<span lang="EN-US">, during which
we received only supportive comments</span>. <span
lang="EN-US">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. <br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to working with
this new chapter to grow, mobili<span lang="EN-US">s</span>e,
and engage our community in building, promoting, and defending
an Internet for everyone.<span lang="EN-US"><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></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"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">chapter-support@isoc.org</a> if
you have any questions. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Nick</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Hyrka,</span><span
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Community Engagement Manager, Europe<br>
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Best regards,
Veni
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.veni.com">https://www.veni.com</a>
pgp:5BA1366E <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:veni@veni.com">veni@veni.com</a>
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