<div>Dear Nii,</div>
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<div>Congratulations!!! Tu le mérites!!</div>
<div>It's lovely to see this recognition of your hard work for internet growing in Africa and developing countries!</div>
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<div>Best Regards,<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/12/6, Dandjinou Pierre <<a href="mailto:pdandjinou@gmail.com">pdandjinou@gmail.com</a>>:</span>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Please join me and congratulate Nii Quaynor who has just be awarded the Jon Postel Award. </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Award, a crystal ball and a 20.000 $ check was handed to him by </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Lynn St.Amour, CEO and President of ISOC , at the 70th IETF in Vancouver , a meeting attended by motre than 1,000 participants.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In his brief address, Nii indicates that the award was both a recognition and a call for a more pronounced African participation to the development of the Internet. He intends to donate the money to the african ict fund being contemplated by Afrinic as a contribution to training and exposing african young engineers and network professionals.
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You will agree with me that Nii , as one of the african pionners of Internet development amply deserves the reward. </span> </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For m</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ore about the Jon Postel award please see
<a title="http://www.isoc.org/awards/" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.isoc.org/awards/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org/awards/</a>.</span></font></div><span class="sg">
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