<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Well, doesn't time fly! 20 years! If you look at our <a href="http://isoc-ny.org/wiki/Webcasts">old webcast</a> archive, you can see some of the stuff we got up to. Or look at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19980626004359/http://www.isoc-ny.org:80/">our website from June 98</a> so old school, it sill has the port number in the URL! I hope you'll be able to join us on Dec 20, and continue to work with us to accomplish our mission. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:766px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscribe-body" style="width:746px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990the-post"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody></tbody></table><div class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/245536862/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990size-medium gmail-m_-1855761442044704990wp-image-9675" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/isoc-ny_20th_320x163-300x153.png" alt="ISOC-NY 1997-2017" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>December 19th, 1997</strong>, <strong><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">ISOC-NY</a></strong> was formally established as an<strong> <a href="http://isoc.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Internet Society</a></strong> Chapter representing the Greater New York area. In those two decades, the City has progressed from 14.4k dial up to gigabit connections, pioneered <strong><a href="https://www.link.nyc/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">public Wi-Fi</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Open Data</a></strong>, been delegated its own <strong><a href="http://www.ownit.nyc/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Top Level Domain</a></strong>, and become a center of the digital economy. We salute our members, their colleagues, and fellows, who have worked long and hard to make all this possible. <strong>On Wednesday December 2017 at 6pm there will be a celebration party at LMHQ</strong>. Some ISOC-NY founders will be there to share some stories of the early days, while at the same time we will be looking to the present, including landmark projects such as <strong><a href="http://nycmesh.net/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">NYC Mesh</a></strong>, and the future - we have exciting initiatives in the works for 2018!</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>Join us as we celebrate 20 years of working towards an open and accessible Internet for all! The whole of the NYC Internet Community is invited! It'll be a wonderful evening with food and drinks. Come!</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>What: <a href="https://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/245536862/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">ISOC-NY's 20th Anniversary Celebration + Holiday Party</a><br>Where: LMHQ, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=150+Broadway,+20th+Floor,+Manhattan,+NYC&entry=gmail&source=g">150 Broadway, 20th Floor, Manhattan, NYC</a><br>When: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM<br>Register: <a href="https://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/245536862/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.meetup.com/isoc-<wbr>ny/events/245536862/</a></strong></p></div><p class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscribe-action-links" style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"></p><table class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990auto-width" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:auto"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9674#respond" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:10em;border:1px solid rgb(17,114,158);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:rgb(37,133,178);padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap">Comment</a></td><td> <a class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscribe-action-link" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9674#comments" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscribe-wrapper-sub" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscribe-content" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"><br></p><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div><br><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9674" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9674</a><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" class="gmail-m_-1855761442044704990subscribe-footer-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=9674&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"></div></div><br><br clear="all"></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Joly MacFie</div><div>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a> </span>218 565 9365</div></div></div>
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