<div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent">Dear colleagues, </span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br style="font-size:12.8px"></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">On behalf of the <a href="https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/" target="_blank"><b>Freedom Online Coalition</b></a></span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b>,</b> you are cordially invited to join us at the <b><u><a href="http://sched.co/4c1W" target="_blank">FOC Open Forum</a></u></b> on </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">I</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">GF Day Three</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, taking place </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">from 12:00 to 13:00 on <a href="http://sched.co/4c1W" target="_blank">Thursday</a></span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://sched.co/4c1W" target="_blank">, November 12</a></span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, in </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">workshop room 3.</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> For more details, please see below.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We hope to see you there!</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">On behalf of the FOC Support Unit,</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Aditi</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">-----------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center"><font color="#002060" face="times new 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 Online</a>)  on key issues of concern to Internet freedom.</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:22.4px"><font face="times new roman, serif">At this IGF Open Forum, we invite the IGF community to engage in a Q&A with FOC member states, the FOC Secretariat and the co-chairs of the Working Groups on Coalition activities.</font></p></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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