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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your posts, Chris and Marilyn. I support the direction you are both going with this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>RA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ron Andruff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>RNA Partners<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.rnapartners.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.rnapartners.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Chaplow<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 20, 2014 13:37<br><b>To:</b> 'bc - GNSO list'<br><b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] local Business Engagement events.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Elisa,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the call today, you asked for opinions and guidance of where Chris Mondni should be going with the local Business Engagement events.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Most previous events have seen a very low turnout of local business leaders. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I appreciate it is difficult to organize remotely but we need attendance of 100+ to make this worthwhile to do outreach for ICANN, for the BC, and for ourselves. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The only way is via local business organizations such as Chamber of Commerce and get them on board and excited anout a meeting for <u>their members</u> that ICANN funds. It is an opportunity for their members to learn about ICANN and BC and meet us, the travelling business people in town.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am member of a number of chambers, and I am thinking about it from the other side. If it was properly and well advance promoted within the Chamber there would be a good turnout. Perhaps that needs a Chamber committee member well on board. If not and the invite is just emails and phone calls then the chamber might just send a few along as a courtesy. I don’t know the organizational route to date but the outcome in the past has been the latter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Again it may need a ICANN and/or BC member to make an advance visit to personally meet and present to the chamber committee and get them so on board. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Too late for Singapore but in time for London and LA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Chris Chaplow<br>Managing Director</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'><br><b>Andalucia.com S.L.</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><span style='color:black'>Avenida del Carmen 9<br>Ed. </span></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo<br>1ª Planta, Oficina 30<br>Estepona, 29680<br>Malaga, Spain<br><b>Tel: + (34) 952 897 865<br>Fax: + (34) 952 897 874<br></b></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:chris@andalucia.com"><b>chris@andalucia.com</b></a><b><br></b>Web: <a href="http://www.andalucia.com/"><b>www.andalucia.com</b></a><span style='color:black'><br></span><b><span style='color:#0B850A'>Information about Andalucia, Spain.</span></b></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>