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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'>Hi everyone- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'>Each year, the Internet Society awards the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award to an individual or an organization that has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'>The award committee places particular emphasis on candidates who have supported and enabled others in addition to their own specific actions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'>Nominations may be submitted by self-nomination or by a third party. The deadline for nominations is <b>15 May 2019</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'>For more information, see: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/postel">https://www.internetsociety.org/postel</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>Betel Hailu </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#919191'>| </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D6D6D'>Communications Coordinator – Africa Regional Bureau </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#919191'>|</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'> Internet Society</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>skype: betty.hailu | <u><a href="http://www.InternetSociety.org"><span style='color:#44546A'>www.InternetSociety.org</span></a> </u>| </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>Follow Us </span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><img border=0 width=25 height=23 style='width:.2604in;height:.2395in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D50581.A2F4A600" alt="iption: Macintosh HD:Users:betelhailu:Desktop:facebook.png"></span></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ISOC_Africa"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'><img border=0 width=22 height=23 style='width:.2291in;height:.2395in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D50581.A2F4A600" alt="iption: Macintosh HD:Users:betelhailu:Desktop:twitter.png"></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>