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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'>cc. AALOA distribution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'>cc. BRAID distribution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'>On behalf of the BRAID consortium, thank you for your support in having us join the AALOA – it is a pleasure to be welcomed into the AALOA community, and we are happy to be a part of the work of the community as you endeavour to shape a path forward for technology and policy as it relates to ambient assistive living. We look forward to identifying some excellent opportunities to collaborate in the coming months, and to meeting individual members as our work together proceeds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'>Thanks again, and best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'>Kush<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Kush Wadhwa</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Managing Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>GSI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'><a href="mailto:kwadhwa@globalseci.com"><span style='color:blue'>kwadhwa@globalseci.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>+44 (0) 20-7993-5039<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>+ 44 (0) 20-7993-4431<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'><a href="http://www.globalseci.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.globalseci.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Francesco Furfari [mailto:francesco.furfari@isti.cnr.it] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> supporters@aaloa.org<br><b>Cc:</b> 'R. Benjamin Knapp'; Kush Wadhwa<br><b>Subject:</b> [News] BRAID project joins AALOA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear all<br><br>I'm glad to announce that BRAID project (<a href="http://braidproject.org/">http://braidproject.org/</a>) requested to join AALOA and the governing board and many promoters unanimously accepted it.<br>You can look the vote results at <a href="http://aaloa.org/pipermail/promoters/2011/000085.html">http://aaloa.org/pipermail/promoters/2011/000085.html</a><br><br><b>R. Benjamin Knapp</b> from Queen's University Belfast, Coordinator of BRAID and <b>Kusha Wadhwa</b> from Global Security Intelligence (UK) will be the contact points for BRAID within AALOA.<br><br>Soon I will update the Manifesto and logos in the website, and a new press release will be published.<br>(it is also a new opportunity for all the individuals who joined AALOA to check their affiliation is correct)<br><br>Welcome on board BRAID !!<br><br>BRs,<br>Francesco<br><span class=moz-txt-tag>-- </span><br>Francesco Furfari <br>Institute of Information Science and Technologies “A. Faedo” (ISTI) <br>National Research Council (CNR) <br>Wireless Networks Laboratory <br>Via G. Moruzzi, 1 – 56124 Pisa, Italy <br>Phone +39 050 315 3069 Fax +39 050 315 2040 <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>