<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><span style="font-weight: normal; ">Dear Colleagues, members of the LAC<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222">NOG</font> Community and <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 136); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">CaribNOG</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> Supporters,</span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">The Caribbean Network Operators Group (CARIBNOG) has the pleasure of announcing and inviting you to participate in the Regional CaribNOG meeting,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">CARIBNOG Puerto Rico</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">, from 13th to 15th April. The 3 day event is being jointly supported by the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/ARIN-XXVII/hotel.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(250, 79, 22); ">American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</span></a>,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="http://www.ctu.int/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(250, 79, 22); ">the Caribbean Telecommunications Union</span></a>, Gauss Laboratories and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="http://www.isoc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(250, 79, 22); ">the Internet Society (ISOC)</span></a>.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">CaribNOG meetings place heavy emphasis on building Caribbean technical capacity by providing targeted training facilitated by industry experts. At the same time these gatherings afford participants a unique forum for exchanging ideas, sharing experiences and building the relationships so essential to creating a truly regional technical community.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">CaribNOG Puerto Rico will build on the content of the inaugural meeting and offer a more in-depth treatment of Routing Techniques and the technical considerations for the establishment of IXPs. The meeting will also continue to promote</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "> regional awareness of and participation in groups such as ISOC, ARIN, LACNIC and ICANN.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Admission to the meeting will be free of charge and open Internet Service Providers, Network Administrators, Computer Engineers, Technology Researchers and ICT Consultants and other interested stakeholders. This allows regional ICT practitioners a unique opportunity to benefit from the expertise of some of the top minds in the industry.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Location: The Caribe Hilton <a href="http://www.caribehilton.com/"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(250, 79, 22); ">http://www.caribehilton.com/</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Register Now for CaribNOG Puerto Rico: <a href="http://www.caribnog.org/events/registration/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(250, 79, 22); ">Registration</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">More information on CaribNOG Puerto Rico: <a href="http://www.caribnog.org/events/puertorico2011/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(250, 79, 22); ">http://www.caribnog.org/events/puertorico2011/</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Information on ARIN XXVII available here: <a href="https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20110125_arinxxvii.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(250, 79, 22); ">https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20110125_arinxxvii.html</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ">__________________________</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ">André Edwards</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ">CARIBNOG Communications Team</span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ">Email: </span></span><a href="mailto:andre.edwards@congressmail.com"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: blue; ">andre.edwards@gmail.com</span></span><span></span></a><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; "></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ">Web: </span></span><a href="http://www.caribnog.org/"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: blue; ">http://www.caribnog.org</span></span><span></span></a><span></span></p>
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