<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;
panose-1:2 11 0 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Hind Light";
panose-1:2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#467886;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;}
span.apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.outlook-search-highlight
{mso-style-name:outlook-search-highlight;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:1264538075;
mso-list-template-ids:809286232;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1990941982;
mso-list-template-ids:338989762;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0cm;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0cm;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="en-CR" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container">
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">Dear Global
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light"">Chapter Leaders<span style="color:#212121">,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">With so many threats to encryption around the world, 2025 has been quite a year of action. We’ve fully stopped threats to encryption in several countries and held back even more.
Thank you all for the work you do!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">With the fifth annual Global Encryption Day (GED) coming up quickly on 21 October, we have the opportunity to tell the world why encryption matters and to shine a light at the
places where it is under threat. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">Next week, the Internet Society will be providing more information about this year’s Global Encryption Day including messaging and some of the different
activities we have planned. As you’ll see on the homepage, we are taking a more humorous approach this year, using the analogy that without encryption, using the Internet would be like sharing your secrets with a parrot (more to come on that).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light"">Global Encryption Day 2025 homepage:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.globalencryption.org/2025/07/global-encryption-day-2025/" title="https://www.globalencryption.org/2025/07/global-encryption-day-2025/"><span style="color:#96607D">https://www.globalencryption.org/2025/07/global-encryption-day-2025/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">However, my favorite part about Global Encryption Day each year is seeing the ways this community uses GED to bring the message about strong encryption to different communities
around the world. As in previous years, we are highlighting community Global Encryption Day events on the Global Encryption Coalition website.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light"">Global Encryption Day Events:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.globalencryption.org/events/ged/ged-2025/events/" title="https://www.globalencryption.org/events/ged/ged-2025/events/"><span style="color:#96607D">https://www.globalencryption.org/events/ged/ged-2025/events/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">If you are planning an event for Global Encryption Day, let us know!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> Fill out
this form and we will add your event to the event list! Form:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.globalencryption.org/events/ged/ged-2025/event-registration/" title="https://www.globalencryption.org/events/ged/ged-2025/event-registration/"><span style="color:#96607D">https://www.globalencryption.org/events/ged/ged-2025/event-registration/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">Last, but not least, the GEC Steering Committee is hosting the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>3<sup>rd</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Global Encryption
Day Summit “A Shield in Uncertain Times: The Role of Encryption”.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>It will take place on October 21<sup>st</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>online, and we will be sending the registration link soon.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">We will be reaching out early next week with more details on Global Encryption Day plans. But in the meantime, if you have events – let us and the world know!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">For further questions, please contact Ryan Polk at polk@isoc.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">Thank you</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">Nancy Quirós, Community Engagement Manager, LAC <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">On</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">behalf</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121">of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/author/polk/" title="https://www.internetsociety.org/author/polk/"><span style="color:#96607D">Rayn
Polk</span></a>, Director of Internet Policy</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Hind Light""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>