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                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          lang="EN-GB">Dear Colleagues,</span><span
                          style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span><span
                          style="" lang="EN-GB">This is a call to
                          present at AFRINIC-17 Public Policy meeting
                          and join other presenters to deliver tools,
                          knowledge, and know-how or policy ideas
                          related to Internet Number Resource Management
                          or IP networking operations to participants.<br>
                        </span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          lang="EN-GB"><b>You have 10 days left to
                            submit your proposal!</b><br>
                        </span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
                      0.0001pt;"><font color="#ffffff"><span style=""
                          lang="EN-GB">Your contribution can be in the
                          form of a presentation during a session, a
                          tutorial or a live technical demonstration. If
                          you are interested in presenting, please
                          follow the submission instructions below. <br
                            style="">
                        </span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br>
                            How to submit: </span></b></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
                      0.0001pt;"><font color="#ffffff"><b style=""><span
                            style="" lang="EN-GB"></span></b><span
                          style="" lang="EN-GB">Please see: </span><span
                          lang="EN-GB"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-17/content/call-presentations"><b
                              style=""><span style="">http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-17/content/call-presentations</span></b></a></span><b
                          style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><span
                          style="" lang="EN-GB">f</span><span style=""
                          lang="EN-GB">or information on how to submit a
                          proposal. Please read all information
                          carefully before submitting your proposal.</span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          lang="EN-GB"></span><b style=""><span style=""
                            lang="EN-GB"></span></b><span style=""
                          lang="EN-GB">Your submission should be sent
                          using the online form which can be found at: </span><span
                          style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font
                        color="#ffffff"><span lang="EN-GB"><a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-17/node/75"><span
                              style="">http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-17/node/75</span></a></span><span
                          style=""></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br>
                        </span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font
                        color="#ffffff"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Your
                          proposal should contain the following
                          information: <br>
                          * Full Name <br>
                          * Email Address <br>
                          * Affiliation <br>
                          * Title of Presentation <br>
                          * A detailed abstract or outline describing
                          the presentation <br>
                          * Draft slides for the presentation (if
                          ready/available) <br>
                          * Length of talk (minutes) </span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                      line-height: normal;"><font color="#ffffff"><span
                          style="" lang="EN-GB">* Short biography <br>
                          * Need (or not) for sponsorship or assistance
                          to attend the meeting <span style=""> </span>(travel


                          and/or accommodation, etc) <br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          <b>Important Dates</b>: <br style="">
                        </span><span style=""></span></font></p>
                    <ul type="disc">
                      <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font
                          color="#ffffff"><span style="">Meeting
                            Registration opens – 5 September 2012</span></font></li>
                      <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font
                          color="#ffffff"><span style="">Deadline for
                            presentation proposal submissions -
                            23 September 2012</span></font></li>
                      <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font
                          color="#ffffff"><span style="">Notification of
                            Acceptance of presentation proposal -
                            30 September 2012</span></font></li>
                    </ul>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          lang="EN-GB"><b>Guidelines</b>: <br>
                          <br>
                          Presentation topics can range from but are not
                          limited to: <br>
                          <br>
                          - IPv6 deployment <br>
                          - Security <br>
                          - IDN <br>
                          - Mobile IP <br>
                          - IXP <br>
                          - DNSSEC </span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          lang="EN-GB">- Internet Governance<br>
                          <br>
                          * Presentations will be fifteen (15) to thirty
                          (30) minutes in length, with approximately
                          10-15 minutes for Q&A at the end of each
                          presentation. The maximum time allotted per
                          presentation will not exceed is 45 minutes.
                          The presenter(s) will be required to submit
                          their presentation in PDF form 2 weeks before
                          the event date. <br>
                          <br>
                          * Tutorials can range from 90 minutes to half
                          a day in length. A full course outline is
                          required. <br>
                          <br>
                          * Demonstration facilities will need to be
                          agreed based on available resources on-site. <br>
                          <br>
                          * AFRINIC will provide the space, tea/lunch
                          breaks and projector equipment. <br>
                          <br>
                          * Presenters will be responsible for any
                          handouts. There are typically approximately
                          100-150 delegates. <br>
                          <br>
                          * The Meeting Coordination team and the
                          Program Committee will make selection
                          decisions.</span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          lang="EN-GB"> * Selected presenters will be
                          contacted by the Presenter Liaison to
                          coordinate logistics and details. <br>
                          <br>
                          * Note that proposals are reviewed and
                          accepted on an on-going basis and that
                          presentation slots may be filled prior to this
                          date. <br>
                          <br>
                          The audience at AFRINIC meetings is mainly
                          composed of technical network operators and
                          engineers with a wide range of experience
                          levels from beginners to seasoned
                          professionals. <br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          *** Presentations that contain any sort of
                          marketing and commercial content are usually
                          not encouraged at our meetings. <br>
                            <br>
                          <br>
                          Thank you for your contribution. <br>
                          <br>
                          Kind regards, </span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          lang="EN-GB">The AFRINIC Meeting team </span></font></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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                          lang="EN-GB">Come join us at AFRINIC-17, 24-29
                          November 2012, Khartoum Sudan</span></font></p>
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