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ISOC Africa Regional </span><span style="font-weight: 300;">Bureau</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 300;"> is running an </span><span style="font-weight: 300;">initiative</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 300;"> titled
"The IETF Africa initiative" whose main objectives are to increase the awareness of Open Internet Standards on the continent and also to increase the participation of African engineers at the </span><a href="http://ietf.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 300; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;">IETF</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 300;">.</span></font></span></div>
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survey is open to anyone in Africa who has an interest in Open Internet Standards and the <a href="http://ietf.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;">IETF</a>.</font></span></div>
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provide your input that will be used to determine the focus areas and Working Groups of the <a href="http://ietf.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;">IETF</a> that
are most interesting to people in the African region. This input will be used to guide which IETF Areas and Working Groups that the initiative should focus on in order to reach the objectives mentioned above.</font></span></div>
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order to make an informed decision, please read about the <a href="https://www.ietf.org/iesg/area.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;">IETF
Areas</a> and read about the <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;">specific
working groups</a> under those areas by clicking on the <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;">names
of the working groups on the page</a>. <br>
The current IETF General Area (gen) which currently consists of the "<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/mtgvenue/documents/" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;">mtgvenue"</a> Working
Group is deliberately left out. Your name and email address will not be published.</font></span></div>
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survey will be closed on the 12th of January 2017. </font></span></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Calibri">Regards</font></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Calibri">Kevin G. Chege</font></div>
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