<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType downloadurl="http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType downloadurl="http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" 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href="mailto:johnleong@ieee.org">johnleong@ieee.org</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=rtl style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=Section1 dir=rtl> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A href="mailto:ncc-regional-middle-east-admin@ripe.net">ncc-regional-middle-east-admin@ripe.net</A> [mailto:ncc-regional-middle-east-admin@ripe.net] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Alireza Kashian<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:52 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:ncc-regional-middle-east@ripe.net">ncc-regional-middle-east@ripe.net</A><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [ncc-regional-middle-east] More Contacts, More Synchronization, More Cooperation<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Importance:</SPAN></B> High</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear Colleagues @ Ripe Ncc</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">First of all I should say thanks to Axel Pawlik and Ripe NCC's staff to help growing up discussion around Middle East IP Networking by making mailing list and arranging regional meetings.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">During past 2 years, I have been involved in Internet Governance negotiations and I realized that we don't have very strong participation from middle east region in both consultations and publishing.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I think <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> countries need to have more contacts, more synchronization and more cooperation on some of regional tasks like development of Internet Exchange Points.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">At the begging we would need to know each other much more and even invite our colleagues join the mailing lists.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It will be my pleasure to share my contact info here:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">[I am working with Supreme Council of ICT in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> as an Advisor.]</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Alireza Kashian</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Supreme Council of ICT</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PoBox</SPAN></FONT></st1:Street><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 16315-1639</SPAN></FONT></st1:address><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tehran</st1:City> , <st1:country-region w:st="on">IRAN</st1:country-region></st1:place></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Email: <A href="mailto:a_kashian@iran.info">a_kashian@iran.info</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tel: +98 21 8873 3022</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Fax: +98 21 8874 2224</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regards,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Alireza Kashian</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>