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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hi all, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Fyi - I would like to draw your attention to an article by the Internet Society President and CEO, Kathy Brown, that was published yesterday in <i><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/295021-inaccurate-rhetoric-must-not-short-circuit-internet-transition" style="color: purple;">The
Hill</a></i>. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Its publication comes at a key moment: On September 30, the contract between the US Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) is set to expire. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dawit</span></p>
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