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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT BY YVES RUGGERI
PRESIDENT OF THE SUBOPTIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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s you may have heard, this year SubOptic Association opens an exciting new chapter in its history. After thirty years of staging successful events, SubOptic association has decided to expand its scope and open its membership to everyone in the subsea cable industry. Thus, in addition to the cycle of SubOptic conferences - the next to be held in New Orleans in spring 2019 - SubOptic is enlarging its range of activities to become a membership-based trade association for the undersea cable sector. In May at ITW, we will unveil the Association’s revamped constitution, elect a new Executive Committee, and lay plans for future projects for the sector including seminars, working groups, networking events and more. I am grateful that SubOptic has always been able to count on the readers of SubTel Forum as an active contributors to SubOptic. In that spirit, I am writing to invite you to join us for the inaugural members’ meeting in Chicago on Sunday, May 14. 2017. Your reply indicating your company’s willingness to be a SubOptic member is sufficient for your full participation in the inaugural meeting, including voting for the EC and, if you wish, putting forward your candidacy for the EC or one of its subcommittees. Details about May event registration and membership are available on our website. Looking forward to your confirmation (by email or via the website) and to seeing you or one of your colleagues at our morning launch event in Chicago on May 14! Kind regards,
Yves Ruggeri President, SubOptic 2016 Executive Committee
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