<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;">Thanks, Samba.<div><br></div><div>Effah,<div><br></div><div>Please ensure that all mails going forward copies the organising committee as a standing rule. </div><div><br></div><div>I have also just subscribed Edward Mendy to this mailing list so that we are fully aligned and can jointly intervene or follow up as required, including on logistics being covered by WACREN.</div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 30 Jan 2026, at 19:26, Samba Sowe <batchsowe86@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="auto">Greetings,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A letter was sent to them confirming the venue. <br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="color:rgb(128,255,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Samba Sowe<br clear="none">Director of Science Technology and Innovation <br clear="none">Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology<br clear="none">Opposite Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry<br clear="none">Senegambia Highway<br clear="none">Bijilo<br clear="none">The Gambia<br clear="none">West Africa<br clear="none">Mob: (220) 204 0321 / (220) 316 0194 / (220) 648 5038</font></span></span></div><font style="background-color:rgb(0,0,255)"><div><br></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 at 18:59, Effah Amponsah <<a href="mailto:effah.amponsah@wacren.net">effah.amponsah@wacren.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<div><p>Dear Samba , Edward</p><p><br>
</p><p>Please confirm if MOHERST/GAMREN has officially booked BICC as
the venue for the Conference. Of late, my mails to Ramatoulie
(BICC) concerning some logistics WACREN is paying for, have not
received any responses.</p><p><br>
</p><p>Thank you</p></div><div><p><br>
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<div>On 1/27/2026 3:39 PM,
<a href="mailto:abigail.essel@wacren.net" target="_blank">abigail.essel@wacren.net</a> wrote:<br>
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Meeting invite shared, and we would be on standby for the
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Abigail Essel<br>
Project Manager/Chef de Projet | <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<a style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:left" href="http://www.wacren.net/" target="_blank">WACREN</a></span><br>
M: +233 501100457</div>
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<div id="m_-8848541703916181671divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Edward A
Mendy <a href="mailto:edwardamendy@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><edwardamendy@yahoo.com></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 27, 2026 3:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Omo Oaiya <a href="mailto:omo.oaiya@wacren.net" target="_blank"><omo.oaiya@wacren.net></a>; Hydara
Mbemba <a href="mailto:hmbemba@utg.edu.gm" target="_blank"><hmbemba@utg.edu.gm></a>; <a href="mailto:abigail.essel@wacren.net" target="_blank">abigail.essel@wacren.net</a>
<a href="mailto:abigail.essel@wacren.net" target="_blank"><abigail.essel@wacren.net></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Samba Sowe <a href="mailto:batchsowe86@gmail.com" target="_blank"><batchsowe86@gmail.com></a>; Serign
Omar Lowe Nicolas <a href="mailto:serign.omar.lowe@gmail.com" target="_blank"><serign.omar.lowe@gmail.com></a>; Abigail
Essel <a href="mailto:pmo@wacren.net" target="_blank"><pmo@wacren.net></a>; Effah Amponsah
<a href="mailto:effah.amponsah@wacren.net" target="_blank"><effah.amponsah@wacren.net></a>; WACREN CEO
<a href="mailto:ceo@wacren.net" target="_blank"><ceo@wacren.net></a>; 'netops' <a href="mailto:netops@wacren.net" target="_blank"><netops@wacren.net></a>;
sysops <a href="mailto:sysops@wacren.net" target="_blank"><sysops@wacren.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: GAMREN Readiness - WACREN 2026</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you for you swift
respond in <span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">creating
the activity tracker. </span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I
am presently in Brussels, but I will confirm
submission the letters on Monday in the meeting.</span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Edward A. Mendy</div>
<div dir="ltr">Principal Science Technology and
Innovation Officer</div>
<div dir="ltr">Ministry of Higher Education, Research,
Science and Technology</div>
<div dir="ltr">The Gambia</div>
<div dir="ltr">Mob: (+220) 9841890 / <span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">(+220)
3999868 / <span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">(+220)
2277978</span></span></div>
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<div>On Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 03:11:20 PM GMT,
<a href="mailto:abigail.essel@wacren.net" target="_blank">abigail.essel@wacren.net</a> <a href="mailto:abigail.essel@wacren.net" target="_blank"><abigail.essel@wacren.net></a>
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Dear Edward & GAMREN team,</div>
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Following from the conversations and actions
described below, I have created the below activity
tracker so we can use to monitor progress and ensure
readiness before the conference.</div>
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Can you please review the pending actions and
provide some updates in the comments section.</div>
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<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999OWA933d8d96-409e-c3e1-03ae-357d507a6933" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nDT--ZVLLiTyQvRrcYuJ3ixbXmERpxX5/edit?gid=923829543#gid=923829543" target="_blank">GAMREN Activity Tracker-
WACREN 2026.xlsx - Google Sheets</a></div>
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Also,<u> please confirm that the letters
referenced in your email below have formally
being submitted.</u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On
standby for your confirmation for a meeting this
Monday, sometime between 12:00 and 14:00 GMT.
Propose a suitable time next week if not
convenient.</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cc'ing
my technical team to support the connectivity.</span></div>
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Abigail Essel<br clear="none">
Project Manager/Chef de Projet | <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999OWA2709c4f4-19ce-9d64-d5b5-2500d5a5f0cf" href="http://www.wacren.net/" style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:left" target="_blank">WACREN</a></span><br clear="none">
M: +233 501100457</div>
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<b>From:</b> Omo Oaiya
<a href="mailto:omo.oaiya@wacren.net" target="_blank"><omo.oaiya@wacren.net></a><br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 27, 2026 12:08 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> Hydara Mbemba
<a href="mailto:hmbemba@utg.edu.gm" target="_blank"><hmbemba@utg.edu.gm></a><br clear="none">
<b>Cc:</b> Edward A Mendy
<a href="mailto:edwardamendy@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><edwardamendy@yahoo.com></a>; Samba Sowe
<a href="mailto:batchsowe86@gmail.com" target="_blank"><batchsowe86@gmail.com></a>; Serign Omar Lowe
Nicolas <a href="mailto:serign.omar.lowe@gmail.com" target="_blank"><serign.omar.lowe@gmail.com></a>;
Abigail Essel <a href="mailto:pmo@wacren.net" target="_blank"><pmo@wacren.net></a>; Effah
Amponsah <a href="mailto:effah.amponsah@wacren.net" target="_blank"><effah.amponsah@wacren.net></a>; WACREN
CEO <a href="mailto:ceo@wacren.net" target="_blank"><ceo@wacren.net></a><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Re: GAMREN Constitution </div>
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</div><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">Dear
Colleagues,</p><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">Greetings
from Lomé.</p><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">Thank
you all for your efforts in moving this forward. </p><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">As we
approach the conference, we will need to schedule
weekly status meetings, even if brief. May I
propose Mondays, sometime between 11:00 and 14:00
GMT?</p><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">Abigail,<br clear="none">
Please provide a tracker so we can stay on top of
the actions identified below and review progress
during these meetings.</p><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">Best
regards,</p>
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<div>On 27 Jan 2026, at 11:49, Hydara Mbemba
<a href="mailto:hmbemba@utg.edu.gm" target="_blank"><hmbemba@utg.edu.gm></a> wrote:</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Thank you. Well noted.
I will reach out to him. </div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Mbemba HYDARA </div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">On Tue, 27 Jan 2026,
11:06 Edward A Mendy, <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999OWAf30191d4-194f-b898-0c8b-1f9c4ae70785" href="mailto:edwardamendy@yahoo.com" target="_blank">edwardamendy@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
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Dear Dr. Hydara</div>
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I am presently not in the Gambia, so please
reach out to the team and coordinate the
meeting. Please consult with James Gomez,
Director of research, to facilitate a venue at
MoHERST for the review.</div>
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Edward A. Mendy</div>
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Principal Science Technology and Innovation
Officer</div>
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Ministry of Higher Education, Research,
Science and Technology</div>
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The Gambia</div>
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Mob: (+220) 9841890 / (+220) 3999868 / (+220)
2277978</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">On
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:28:32 AM
GMT, Hydara Mbemba <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999OWA4a0a46b8-114b-0526-0c3b-430508bca099" href="mailto:hmbemba@utg.edu.gm" target="_blank">hmbemba@utg.edu.gm</a>>
wrote:</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear
Edward,</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Good
morning,</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I am
proposing we reach out to the technical
team for a convenient date and time to
finalize the draft constitutions shared by
Omo ahead of the two weeks deadline .
Thank you.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Regards</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Mbemba
HYDARA </div>
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2026, 12:30 Edward A
Mendy, <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999OWA02eab21c-68b0-6d61-0b59-ff3ac73bb001" href="mailto:edwardamendy@yahoo.com" target="_blank">edwardamendy@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
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Dear All</div>
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Please find below the action point of
the GAMREN Technical Committee Meeting
held yesterday at MoHERST.</div>
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<span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"><b>Action
Point of the GAMREN’s Technical
Committee’s Meeting held on
Thursday 22<sup>nd</sup> January
2026</b></span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">1.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">MoHERST
to Coordinate and ensure that GAMREN
is registered as a legal entity
within the next 2 weeks.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">2.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">GAMREN
Technical Committee to review and
finalize the draft constitution
shared by Omo by the end of next
week.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">3.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">MoHERST
to formally request GAMTEL to
Reserve the following domain names
for GAMREN within 2 days.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">4.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Saloum
to provide specifications of the
aggregated switch for GAMREN as soon
as possible</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">5.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">WARDIP
PC to facilitate the procurement of
the aggregated switch and a rack as
soon as the specifications are
provided.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">6.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">MoHERST
to formally request the booking of
the BICC for the WACREN Annual
Conference within 2 days.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">7.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">GAMTEL
to establish the fiber link at UTG
by the end of next week</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">8.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">MoHERST
to formally request GAMTEL for
co-location space at the Serekunda
exchange within 2 days.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:150%;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">9.</span><span style="font-family:New;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span><span style="font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">UTG IT
Department in consultation with
WAREN Communication Officer to
develop GAMREN’s website within 1
week.</span></p>
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I am please to inform you that for
action points 3, 6, and 8 the letters
are ready and submitted to MoHERST
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Principal Science Technology and
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Ministry of Higher Education,
Research, Science and Technology</div>
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The Gambia</div>
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Mob: (+220) 9841890 / (+220) 3999868 /
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Thursday, January 22, 2026 at
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<div id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999x_m_-7527595349668227909yiv5705419034m_2459695907869435403yiv1889943870"><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thank you
to the GM team for a productive
visit. I was very encouraged by
the interactions.</span></p><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We look
forward to receiving the signed
WACREN Conference MOU from
MoHERST tomorrow, as they
formally write to ICC regarding
the venues and to the Presidency
concerning the conference and
the President’s launch of
GAMREN.</span></p><p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">See you
all online.</span></p>
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2026, at 18:02, Hydara Mbemba
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear Omo </div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thank you
for the link and the meeting
takeaways. These points are
well noted. We will do the
needful as agreed.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Regards</div>
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HYDARA </div>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2026, 16:52 Omo
Oaiya, <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999OWA581e50e6-ce3d-bce7-baa8-55d2740701cd" href="mailto:omo.oaiya@wacren.net" target="_blank">omo.oaiya@wacren.net</a>>
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Edward took detailed notes
and will share the
timelines, but I wanted to
share the draft constitution
I mentioned in the meeting
and some of the key issues
that need to be completed by
March 1 </div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Governance</b> -
leading to the establishment
of GAMREN as a leagl entity</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- GAMREN
registration (I have
provided a draft
constitution at
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LYvwi21rUuFPSD5fUEORWMpeFNWX2AOZv_jj4bCuCrs/edit?usp=sharing</a> )</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Technical</b> -
leading to the activation of
the GAMREN connection to
WACREN and provision of the
service to UTG</div>
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Purchase of an aggregation
device to link all the UTG
campuses. GAMTEL to provide
specs. WACREN to facilitate
purchase if needed.</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Write
to the regstrar (GAMTEL) to
reserve the following names
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ren.gm</a>. <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999OWA32fd56eb-5342-1ae7-054e-2779f033ec27" href="http://eduid.gm/" target="_blank">
eduid.gm</a> and <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" id="m_-8848541703916181671x_yiv1650527999OWAfb49ea6c-8201-c957-65d5-2adb6b2a0e34" href="http://eduroam.gm/" target="_blank">
eduroam.gm</a></div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Write
to GAMTEL for colocation at
the IX and reserve a 42U
rack for GAMREN</div>
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Finalise the fibre
connections to the UTG
campuses</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">best
wishes,</div>
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WACREN</a><br clear="none">
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536 269 987</div>
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