<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></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 highlighting the selected projects from last year's RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund (CPF) and would love for you 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 opened the call for applications in May 2022. For just over 8 weeks, the Selection Committee received 39 applications from 20 different countries. In November 2022, we were pleased to announce the eight recipients of the CPF.</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;">During this RIPE NCC Open House, each of these recipients will tell you about the exciting projects they are working on. You will be able to ask them any questions and hear more about this year's call for applications.</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 Tuesday, 7 March from 12:00-13:30 UTC (13:00-14:30 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;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">The CPF 2022 recipients you’ll hear from:</strong><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;">• Wout de Natris - Elevating Demand-side Cybersecurity Through Business Procurement</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;">• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AI4NetMon 2.0</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;">• DNS Research Federation - Internet Standards Observatory</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;">• Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) - ARTEMIS Lite</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;">• iNGO European Media Platform - Internet Identifiers in Time of War</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;">• deSEC e.V. - deSEC: Secure DNSSEC Hosting (Continued Operations and Development)</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;">• University of Aberdeen - Can We Extend IPv6? - A Measurement Project</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;">• Grenoble Alps University - fpdns2: DNS Fingerprinting Tool</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-community-projects-fund-recipients-2022" style="font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-community-projects-fund-recipients-2022</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;">I hope to see you there.</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;">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>