<div dir="ltr">Happy Friday friends! 👋🏾<div><br></div><div>I reached out to a few countries this week inviting them to f<a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/global-network-strategy/blob/master/docs/Guide_for_creating_a_chapter.md">ormally organize themselves into chapters</a>. Many are doing so and below is a list of countries that will be hosting the first Chapter meeting very soon:</div><div><ul><li><b>Bangladesh</b>: 23rd June 2018, 3 pm at <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Plaza AR, Sobhanbag (near sobhanbag mosque), Dhanmondi, Dhaka.</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><b>Ghana</b>: 28th July 2018</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><b>Taiwan</b>: 30th June 2018</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><b>United Kingdom</b>: 30th June 2018, 1 pm</span></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Many other countries are hosting informal meetups/consultations soon to discuss the formal chapter organization process in their countries. They are:</span></font></div><div><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Bulgaria</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Kenya</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Chile</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Jordan</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Nepal</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Egypt</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Tanzania</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">India</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Nigeria</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Argentina</span></font></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Are you aware of plans to form a CC Chapter in your country? If not, please reach out to me and I'll put you in touch with local organizing teams.</span></font></div></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div>2 Chapters have so far had their first meeting and elected their officials (Hooray!) They are as follows:</div><div><ul><li><b>CC Australia</b><br></li><ul><li><b>Public Lead</b>: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Nicolas Suzor</span></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Representative to the Global Network Council</b>: <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Jessica Stevens</span></span></font></li></ul><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>CC Ecuador</b></span></font></li><ul><li><b style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;white-space:normal">Public Lead</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:400;white-space:normal">: </span></b><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Sara Bolaños</span></font></li><li><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><b>Representative to the Global Network Council</b><span style="font-weight:400">: </span></b><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Andrés Delgado-Ron</font></li></ul></ul><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Congratulations to these teams!<br><br></font>Many more chapters need to be set up! Game on good people of the commons!</div><div><br></div><div>'Til next Friday!</div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Simeon Oriko</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" 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 M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