<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Hello everyone,</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">We are hosting a RIPE NCC Open House to discuss the challenges faced by the network operators in Ukraine. Anyone interested is welcome to join.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">We would like to provide a platform for the Ukrainian Internet community to reach out to the broader RIPE Community, and for the RIPE Community to understand what Ukrainian operators are going through and find ways they could help.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">This online event will take place on Thursday, 2 March from 12:00-14:00 UTC (13:00-15:00 CET).</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">The speakers will be announced soon.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Find more information and the registration link at:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-ukraine" style="font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-ukraine</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Kind Regards,</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Alastair Strachan</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">RIPE NCC</span></body></html>