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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi everyone- The AfPIF Program Committee is now seeking volunteers from the community to join the AfPIF-2019 Program Committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Eligibility: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anyone interested in the peering and interconnection ecosystem and is willing to volunteer some time and expertise to the cause of AfPIF can apply. There are no restrictions, be it age, geography, stakeholder group, affiliation, etc. However, preference will be given to applicants who have attended at least one previous AfPIF meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please see the charter that is available here: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/afpif-program-committee-governance-structure">http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/afpif-program-committee-governance-structure</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Submission Information is available here: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://www.afpif.org/call-for-volunteers-to-join-the-afpif-program-committee/">https://www.afpif.org/call-for-volunteers-to-join-the-afpif-program-committee/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Submission Deadline is 28 September 2018</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanking you,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Betel Hailu</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>AfPIF Comms</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#D84C06'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#D84C06'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>