Dear Colleagues, This email is to personally introduce myself to you all and give you some reviews abaut the Spanish Internet Users Association www.aui.es The AUI was fouded in 1995 and is a landmark since its establishment in Spain or in the Latin American Community of Nations in all matters related to Internet. Our association is made up mostly of individuals (2870) and organizations (67) (government and business). The AUI was very active in the creation of ICANN. In 1997 our director Javier Solá with Amadeu Abril, David Maher ... launched the MoU for setting up a new domain which has resulted in ICANN. Subsequently we have been spectators rather, with respect to ICANN. Some of our most relevants initiatives: - The launch NIX-NAP Spanish: http://www.espanix.net/ - Creation in 2005 of the World Day of the Internet on May 17. We are involved 18 Latin American countries (hopefully soon to be many Europeans) http://internetday.info - We started the IGFSpain a very actif group in Spain: http://www.igfspain.com - Our annual conference of the Internet now "just on-line": http://mundointernet.es/?lang=en - The platform to eliminate digital levys (tax for electronics to pay creators), which has already collected more than three million signatures in Spain: http://todoscontraelcanon.es Finally you have for my CV in http://aui.es/mps I hope I can contribute and learn everything about all of you. welcome and thanks you for your time www.MiguelPerezSubias.com President Spanish Internet Users Association - www.AUI.es ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Phone.: +34 91 302 42 59 - Mobil: +34 609 03 22 87 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------