<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>My name is Michael Oghia. I'm a long-time RIPE community member, and currently the Director of Communications & External Relations at the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (<a href="https://sdialliance.org">SDIA</a>) – a non-profit network of more than 65 organisations working to catalyse the transition to a sustainable digital economy.</div><div><br></div><div>Mirjam recently encouraged me to join this WG given the recent discussion about the NCC's (now paused) cloud plans. She mentioned that the topic of a good European alternative came up in the discussion, which is why I'm eager to share my latest RIPE Labs post with you all since it's relevant.</div><div><br></div><div>Over the summer, SDIA published a three-part series introducing our manifesto for a sustainable European cloud, one that’s open-source, fair, and creates economic opportunities for all. Such digital infrastructure will reflect European values, and provide a blueprint that others around the world can draw inspiration from to further develop their own digital economies.<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div>The post, published today, provides a summary of each part, an invitation to read them, and a call to action to help us make our vision a reality. You can read it at:<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://labs.ripe.net/author/michael_oghia/help-us-build-a-sustainable-european-cloud/">https://labs.ripe.net/author/michael_oghia/help-us-build-a-sustainable-european-cloud/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>In case anyone would like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to reach out.</div></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Best,</font></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">-Michael</font></font></font><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">__________________</font></font></font></font></font></div><div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Director of Communications & External Relations</font></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (</font></font><a href="https://sdialliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">SDIA</font></font></a><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">)</font></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">ICT sustainability advocate | </font></font></span><a href="https://internetrightsandprinciples.org/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">IRPC</font></font></a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> Steering Committee member</font></font></span><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Belgrade, Serbia </font></font></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">(UTC+2)</font></font></span><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> | </font></font></font><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Twitter</font></font></a> </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">| </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">LinkedIn</font></a></font></span></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"></font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"></font></a></font></span></div></div></div></div>
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