<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Dear RIPE members</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><font face="HelveticaNeue"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><font face="HelveticaNeue"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Vietsch Foundation was created during 2014 in memory of Karel Vietsch, former Secretary </span></font><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue;">General of the Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association. (TERENA). </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue;">Each year the Vietsch Foundation will award a Medal of Honour to individuals who have contributed </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue;">to the development of a service, technology or approach that will be of enduring value to the </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue;">community. Since RARE and subsequently TERENA has had a close relationship with RIPE and some of you may remember Karel, </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px;">I am writing on behalf of the Vietsch Foundation board of Trustees to invite you to consider nominating a recipient for the 2017 Vietsch Foundation Medal.</span></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br></span></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="HelveticaNeue"><span style="font-size: 14px;">More details including how to nominate someone can be found in the attached PDF document.</span></font></div><font face="HelveticaNeue"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><div class="bloop_sign" id="bloop_sign_1481133421348592896"><div><font face="HelveticaNeue"><span style="font-size: 14px;">-- <br>secretary<br>Sent with Airmail</span></font></div></div></body></html>