<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Community,<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><a href="https://investinopen.org/">Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI)</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"> has launched the </font></span><a href="https://investinopen.org/blog/call-for-proposals-ioi-fund-for-network-adoption/">Call for Proposal for the IOI Fund for Network Adoption</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">.</font></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> (It is also available in </span><a href="https://investinopen.org/convocatoria-de-propuestas-fondo-ioi-para-la-adopcion-de-redes/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Spanish</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">, </span><a href="https://investinopen.org/appel-a-propositions-fonds-de-lioi-pour-ladoption-des-reseaux/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">French</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">, and </span><a href="https://investinopen.org/convocacao-para-propostas-ioi-fund-for-network-adoption/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Portuguese</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">.)</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Pre-applications are open until 30 April, and IOI will host two open office hour calls to answer questions (10th and 17th March).</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Thanks</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br></span></div><div><div>
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