<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-leading-[1.7]">Dear Chapter Leaders, Christine and the Community Engagement Team,</p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-leading-[1.7]">I'd like to join Sally in expressing our deep appreciation to our Chapters for a great job well done in 2025, especially in helping ISOC achieve its mission and strategic plans. Indeed, we should all celebrate during this holiday season as we approach year-end in retrospection of our accomplishments during the year. Many thanks to Sally and staff for supporting all our Chapter initiatives, helping to bring about the accomplishments recorded in our annual snapshots.</p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-leading-[1.7]">I've been privileged to witness the extraordinary work happening across our global chapter network. The energy and innovation demonstrated during Community Days and throughout the year reinforce why the chapter community remains such a vital pillar of the Internet Society's mission.</p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-leading-[1.7]">The monthly Community Snapshots have been particularly valuable for helping us stay connected to the breadth of activities happening worldwide, and we're grateful for the work your team does to capture and share these stories.</p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-leading-[1.7]">With appreciation and best wishes for the new year, cheers to more accomplishments in the years ahead!</p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-leading-[1.7]">
</p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-pre-wrap gmail-leading-[1.7]"><b><br></b></p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-pre-wrap gmail-leading-[1.7]"><b>Caleb Ogundele </b></p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-pre-wrap gmail-leading-[1.7]">Board of Trustees, </p><p class="gmail-font-claude-response-body gmail-break-words gmail-whitespace-pre-wrap gmail-leading-[1.7]">Internet Society</p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM Christine Saegesser 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">
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<div>Dear Colleagues, </div>
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<div>As we wrap up the year, we'd like to bring this <a href="https://click.mail.isoc.org/?qs=ce3ebc79825ccb984fa4ab5c18d35469083a26f449a43b0a1b99fb049bcd60d2a3d77377913a5fa704bcd409f77a83bf008852a4121e2e83d12fe06226a1b557" target="_blank">end of the year
video message from our President and CEO, Sally Wentworth</a> up in your mailboxes. </div>
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<div>Echoing Sally’s words, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your continued commitment to our shared vision of an Internet that is for Everyone. We are truly inspired by all the incredible community initiatives throughout the year that
we had a chance to celebrate together during our recent Community Days and regional calls - many of these activities can also be found in the monthly <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/tag/community-snapshots/" target="_blank">Community Snapshots on the Internet
Society website</a>. It is your expertise, your leadership, your passion, and dedication for our shared vision and mission that make us strong together. Thank you!</div>
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<div>We'd also like to use this opportunity to share with you a set of holiday themed card designs for your end-of-year outreach via <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAG7tdG82jo/TN_vryaAmv08ug74Ibr37w/edit" target="_blank">this Internet Society Canva
Link</a>. You can customize these with your <a href="https://assets.internetsociety.org/guidelines/guide/84cb806a-1844-46a2-aa00-1459bd1f0e70/page/99bbdc24-9e64-493a-8125-bd8459f16d7c" target="_blank">respective chapter logos</a>.</div>
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<div>We look very much forward to reconnecting and starting the new year with renewed energy and collaboration. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy some well-deserved rest over the coming days and weeks. Our Internet Society team will do the same and
will be back for you all on 2 January 2026.</div>
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<div>Best, </div>
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<div>Christine, on behalf of the Internet Society Community Engagement Team</div>
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<b>Christine Saegesser Baethge,</b> Sr. Director Chapters and Special Interest Groups<br>
<a href="mailto:saegesser@isoc.org" target="_blank">saegesser@isoc.org</a></div>
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