<div dir="auto">Dear Sohini,<div dir="auto">We fully support the establishment of ISOC Laos chapter.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">Asrat </div><div dir="auto">ISOC Ethiopia Chapter President </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 06:58 Sohini Rajiyung 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)">Hope you are well.<br>
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We recently received the application to start an <b>Internet Society Chapter in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)</b>. I have attached their application and kindly invite you to review it and share your comments by
<b>2 April 2026</b>. <br>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)">If you know of any active Internet Society members in Laos who are interested in joining this initiative, please let me know via <a href="mailto:rajiyung@isoc.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rajiyung@isoc.org</a> . I will happily connect
them to the volunteers who submitted this application.<br>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)">Your comments and input will help us make a final decision on this application and move to the next steps.<br>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)">Thank you very much in advance for your feedback!<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Sohini</span></p>
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