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<tt>Dear Friends,</tt><tt> </tt><br>
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<tt> </tt><tt>Here's the IFF Weekly update for January 23 - 27. </tt><tt>If
you have something to feature in the next IFF Weekly, send it over
as soon as possible! <br>
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</tt><tt><tt>### <b>*UPDATE: Session Approvals & Travel Grants</b><b>*
</b>###<b><br>
</b>This week, we wanted to share first an important status
update for everyone on the following:<br>
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<b>+ Session Approvals:</b> <br>
<b>All presenters</b> have been sent notification emails
indicating which of their sessions have been approved, in
addition to a follow-up email with next steps. If you have <b>*not*</b>
received these emails, then your session submissions were not
approved for the final program.<br>
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<b>+ Travel Grants:<br>
</b>As of now, we have awarded <b>all currently available funds</b>
for IFF travel grants.<b> </b>If you were notified that you
were on the waiting list, but have not received an email stating
that you have been awarded a travel grant, we will not be able
to provide one <b>unless additional funding becomes available.</b><b><br>
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<tt> ###<b> *Upcoming Events* </b>### <br>
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</tt><b><tt>*FOSSDEM 2017*<br>
</tt></b><tt>When: February 4 - 5<br>
Where: Brussels, Belgium<br>
<br>
FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the
widespread use of free and open source software. A free and
non-commercial event organised by the community for the community,
the goal is to provide free and open source software developers
and communities a place to meet to get in touch with other
developers and projects, and be informed about the latest
developments in the open source & free software worlds. <br>
<br>
Find out more here: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://fosdem.org/2017/">https://fosdem.org/2017/</a></tt><b><tt><br>
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</tt><b><tt>*RightsCon 2017*</tt></b><tt><br>
</tt><tt>When: March 29 - 31</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Where: Brussels, Belgium</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>RightsCon 2017 is coming to the center of the European
Union: Brussels! Hosted by Access Now, RightsCon is where the
world’s human rights experts, business leaders, technologists,
engineers, investors, activists, and government representatives
come together to share ideas, build strategies, showcase new
technologies, and create tomorrow’s internet.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Check back via this link for full program coming soon:</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.rightscon.org/program/">https://www.rightscon.org/program/</a><br>
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<tt> ### <b>*Job Opportunities*</b> ### </tt><br>
<br>
<tt>✎ </tt><tt><b>*Ford Foundation Technology Fellowship*</b></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Organization:
Ford Foundation</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Location: New York, NY</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Full description and application:</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </tt><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ford-foundation.forms.fm/technology-fellows">https://ford-foundation.forms.fm/technology-fellows</a><br>
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✎ <b>*Systems Administrator*</b></tt><b><tt> </tt></b><br>
<pre>Organization: Access Now
Location: Global
Full description and application:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.accessnow.org/system-administrator-global/">https://www.accessnow.org/system-administrator-global/</a>
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<tt><tt>✎ <b>*Web Applications Engineer*</b></tt><b><tt> </tt></b><br>
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<pre>Organization: Internews
Location: London, UK</pre>
<tt>Full description and application:
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=657">https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=657</a></tt><br>
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<tt> Have a great week! <br>
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<tt> The IFF Team </tt><br>
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