<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">The Africa Internet Summit – Register Now!</span><o:p></o:p></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">AFRINIC, AfNOG and the Af* organisations will meet in Djibouti for two week from 25 May-6 June for the 2014 edition of the Africa Internet Summit (AIS). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">The AIS is a multi-stakeholder event that brings together hundreds of local, regional and international participants, seasoned ICT experts and key players in the global Internet community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Register now to:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> * </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Attend training sessions on Internet number resources management, IPv6 for both technical and non-technical audiences and in-depth tutorials on RPKI, DNSSEC and more<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> * </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Share knowledge, experience and best current practices on IP address management and distribution policies, IPv6 deployment, IXPs and other technical topics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> * </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Discuss current hot topics and events such as the WTCD, the IANA Globalisation Process and other Internet governance issues</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">* To register for the AIS meeting please see: <a href="http://www.internetsummitafrica.org/">http://www.internetsummitafrica.org/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Meeting Highlights:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">- AFRINIC-20 Public Policy Meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">AFRINIC will hold its 20<sup>th</sup> Public Policy meeting from 4-6 June during the AIS 2014. The AFRINIC-20 Meeting will focus on knowledge share, regional best practice and discussions on Internet number resource policy development. The following policy will be under discussion during the meeting: <br></span><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/842-academic-ipv4-allocation--afpub-2013-gen-001-draft-03--under-discussion"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Academic IPv4 Allocation | AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-03 |</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Join us to have your say. Find out more about the AFRINIC Policy Development Process and how you can take part online at: <br></span><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Find out more about the AFRINIC-20 Meeting online at <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/999-afrinic20ais2014">http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/999-afrinic20ais2014</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">- AFRINIC Elections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">During t</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">he AFRINIC-20 Meeting, the AFRINIC Annual General Members Meeting (AGM) will take place. During the AGM, Board elections for the following seats will be held:<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Indian Ocean regional seat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Central Africa regional seat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Non-geographical seat</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Elections for a Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) co-chair will also be held. One of the current co-chair’s, Emile Milandou, mandate has come to term.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">For more information about elections please see:<br><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/elections">http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/elections</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Other highlights of the meeting include the Annual General Members Meeting (for AFRINIC Members only), during which AFRINIC Board Elections for the following seats will be held:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Indian Ocean regional seat</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Central Africa regional seat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Non-geographical seat</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; "><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Other elections will include the election of a Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) co-chair, as the current co-chair, Emile Milandou’s, mandate comes to term.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">For more information about elections please see:<br><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/elections">http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/elections</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">- AfricaCERT Day<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">Dedicated to Cyber Security, the AfricaCERT Day takes place on 31 May. The AfricaCERT Team will also be present at the AIS 2014 for various training sessions. Find out more about AfricaCERT at: <a href="http://www.africacert.org/home/">http://www.africacert.org/home/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">For more information on the AIS’14 please see: <a href="http://www.internetsummitafrica.org/">http://www.internetsummitafrica.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; ">or contact us on: <a href="mailto:secretariat@internetsummitafrica.org"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">secretariat@internetsummitafrica.org</span></a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; ">Vymala Thuron</p><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; 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