<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Congratulations and welcome to the Internet Society Community.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">On behalf of the Internet Society Kenya Chapter and on my own behalf as the President , I extend my gratitudes and congratulatory message to the new ISOC Canada Ontario Chapter.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Lets join other chapters in learning and peer exchange together to build a vibrant community of internet users.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM Kyle Shulman via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-6628651876818399840">




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Dear Colleagues,</div>
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I am pleased to announce we have a new Internet Society chapter,  the Internet Society Canada Ontario Chapter!</div>
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The founding leadership of this chapter is composed of the volunteers listed below: </div>
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<b>Chapter President</b></div>
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Waqar Ahmad</div>
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<b>Chapter Board Members</b></div>
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Bibi Rookayya Gulmahamed </div>
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Zulgar Naygen </div>
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Glenn McKnight </div>
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Joan Kerr </div>
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Mohibul Mahmad</div>
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Join us in welcoming the Canada Ontario Chapter to the community and congratulate the chapter officers and representatives who have worked to achieve full status as an Internet Society Chapter. <br>
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Chapter Leaders, thank you for your input during the community "peer review" phase earlier this year, during which we received only supportive comments. </div>
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We look forward to working with this chapter to grow, mobilize, and engage our community in building, promoting, and defending an Internet for everyone.</div>
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<span style="color:black">Please reach out to us at Chapter Support </span><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><u><a style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" title="mailto:chapter-support@isoc.org" id="m_8804425063468306702OWA19abe987-fc04-72ac-a208-b6c086aecf68" href="mailto:chapter-support@isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-support@isoc.org</a></u></span><span style="color:black"> if
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Best regards,</div>
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Kyle Shulman</div>
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Senior Manager, Community Engagement</div>
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