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<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666">Dear Member,</font></td>
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<div align="right"><b><font face="Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666">December 2014</font></b></div>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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We'd like to thank you for your support in
2014 and wish you a very merry festive
season. <br>
<br>
To see when our office is closed for the
holidays, please <a href="#opening">skip</a>
to the end of this message.</font><br>
<p>Uptime update<font face="Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></font><br>
We're celebrating our first (nearly)
full calendar year at our new data
centre, where we have had no downtime,
other than our occasional scheduled
server maintenance. We have two
independent power supplies which we are
able to switch between automatically if
one goes down, but have not needed to
all year. Both power supplies are from
100% wind and tidal renewables.<br>
<br>
Find out more about the complexities of
renewable power on our site at <a
href="http://www.gn.apc.org/about/our-green-credentials">http://www.gn.apc.org/about/our-green-credentials</a><br>
<br>
We have plans in 2015 to continue to
improve our systems to provide seamless
service and defend against online
attacks.<br>
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<p wrap=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666"> </font>GreenNet
site directory <br>
<font color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></font><font
color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666">For many years,
GreenNet maintained a list of
progressive organisations and
links to their websites. At the
moment this directory is at <a
href="http://www.gn.apc.org/network/tag-cloud">http://www.gn.apc.org/network/tag-cloud</a>
and we're currently in the process
of belatedly bringing it up to
date. If you have a site hosted
with or designed by GreenNet, we
will presume that you are happy to
be added to this list </font></font></font></font><font
color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666"><font
color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666">– </font></font></font></font></font>
if for any reason, you're not,
please say. Also, if you know any
great new online resources for
activists in the fields of peace,
environment or human rights that
we might miss, then please do let
us know by email to <a
href="mailto:directory@gn.apc.org">directory@gn.apc.org</a></font></font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666"> </font></font></font></font></p>
<p>Legal news...<br>
<font color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
Our case against GCHQ about
unwarranted intrusion and hacking
continues, after the Investigatory
Powers Tribunal ruled in <a
href="https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/3">a
linked case</a> that the tapping
of undersea cables was in principle
legal.<br>
</font></font></font></p>
<font color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2" color="#666666"> The UK
government has until 5 January 2015
to submit evidence in the case we
are taking along with Privacy
International, Greenhost (NL),
JinboNet (S Korea), May First /
People Link (US/Mexico), Riseup
(US), MangoNet (Zimbabwe), and Chaos
Computer Club (Germany). We'll keep
you posted.<br>
</font></font></font></font>
<p>Techie Christmas Carol<br>
</p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2" color="#666666">To the tune of
"While Shepherds Watched":<br>
<br>
</font><font color="#666666"><font
size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif"><i>While techies watched
their servers by night<br>
All bolted in the racks<br>
The update from Debian came down <br>
To stop break-in attacks</i><i><br>
</i><i> </i><i><br>
</i><i> "Fear not" said it, for news
reports <br>
Had seized their troubled minds <br>
"Glad tidings of fixes I bring <br>
To you and all mankind"</i><i><br>
</i><i> </i><i><br>
</i><i> etc.<br>
</i></font></font></font><br>
<font color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666">Well, Andrew here
amused us with it. You may hear
about encryption and security
holes, but we have them
well-covered with the help of the
free software community.<br>
</font></font></font></font><font
color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></font>Christmas Opening
<br>
<font color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></font><font
color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font
face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666"><a
name="opening"></a>The
GreenNet office will be closed
from midday on 24th December
2014 and will reopen fully on
Monday 5th January 2015.<br>
</font></b><br>
As always, we will be monitoring our
servers throughout the festive
period. If you have an urgent query
during this time, please send an
email to <a
href="mailto:support@gn.apc.org">support@gn.apc.org</a>
or leave a message on 020 7065 0942.
We'll do our best to respond as soon
as we can. <br>
</font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#666666"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Meanwhile
don't forget to switch off your own
devices (don't leave them on
standby) and have a lovely break! </font></font></font><br>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2" color="#666666">With all our
best wishes for a peaceful and happy
holiday, Andrew, Cedric, Ed, Howard,
Ian, Liz, Marek and Sarah<br>
<br>
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<h4><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
color="#666666">GreenNet is the ethical Internet Service
Provider that has been connecting people and groups who
work for peace, the environment, gender equality and
human rights since 1986.</font></h4>
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