<div dir="ltr">Hello CC friends! 👋🏽<div><br></div><div>Happy new month!</div><div><br></div><div>So many of you have been busy this quarter laying the groundwork for your chapters - recruiting individuals and institutions as members, having consultative meetings and brainstorming projects and objectives you'd like to achieve. A lot of this is great work and I'm proud of what you've achieved so far.</div><div><br></div><div>In the last week, I've focused on jurisdictions that haven't had a chapter and are looking to start one, and chapters that haven't began this process or those that are just starting out.</div><div><br></div><div>It's normal to get many questions, emails and requests for calls from this group and while I've got a somewhat standard set of responses, I've wondered if it would be better for these groups to learn from the experiences of those who are much further ahead in the process.</div><div><br></div><div>It's my intention to ask a few community members to share their experiences in laying the groundwork for their chapter for the benefit of those who are just starting out.</div><div><br></div><div>Would you be interested in this?</div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Simeon Oriko</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Simeon Oriko </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Network Manager, Creative Commons</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Invest in an open future. Support Creative Commons today: <a href="http://bit.ly/19IjSKl" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/19IjSKl</a> </font></div></div></div></div></div>
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