<div dir="ltr">So I checked out their website &quot;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">The Manitoba Internet Exchange is a not-for-profit corporation mandated to act as a junction between multiple IP networks. Its members are able to directly connect with one another over an unmetered ethernet connection, to exchange local Internet traffic. </span>&quot;<div>So I am a bit confused as to why anyone would want to do this.</div><div>What is gained by this?<br><br>On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 8:49:59 PM UTC-5, athompso wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">
  

    
  
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    FYI.<br>
    <div>-Adam (one of the outgoing
      directors)<br>
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            <td>[MBIX-Members] MBIX AGM May 4th, 2016</td>
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            <td>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:12:56 -0500</td>
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            <td>Bill Reid <a href="javascript:" target="_blank" gdf-obfuscated-mailto="NF2INvEfBgAJ" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href=&#39;javascript:&#39;;return true;" onclick="this.href=&#39;javascript:&#39;;return true;">&lt;bil...@shaw.ca&gt;</a></td>
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            <td>MBIX Members <a href="javascript:" target="_blank" gdf-obfuscated-mailto="NF2INvEfBgAJ" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href=&#39;javascript:&#39;;return true;" onclick="this.href=&#39;javascript:&#39;;return true;">&lt;mem...@lists.mbix.ca&gt;</a></td>
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            <td><a href="javascript:" target="_blank" gdf-obfuscated-mailto="NF2INvEfBgAJ" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href=&#39;javascript:&#39;;return true;" onclick="this.href=&#39;javascript:&#39;;return true;">mem...@lists.mbix.ca</a> <a href="javascript:" target="_blank" gdf-obfuscated-mailto="NF2INvEfBgAJ" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href=&#39;javascript:&#39;;return true;" onclick="this.href=&#39;javascript:&#39;;return true;">&lt;mem...@lists.mbix.ca&gt;</a></td>
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      <div align="left">  <img alt="" src="https://groups.google.com/a/skullspace.ca/group/discuss/attach/61ff136885d34/?part=0.0.1.1&amp;authuser=1" align="left" height="94" width="125"> <b>Manitoba Internet Exchange Annual
          General Meeting</b><br>
                          Wednesday May 4<sup>th</sup>, 2016<br>
                                       4 to 6 p.m.<br>
                               AGM to start at 4:30 p.m.<br>
                                  <a href="http://www.kingshead.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href=&#39;http://www.google.com/url?q\75http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kingshead.ca%2F\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNEoME5Zba5soDZ88rpl5FSOiRwGwg&#39;;return true;" onclick="this.href=&#39;http://www.google.com/url?q\75http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kingshead.ca%2F\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNEoME5Zba5soDZ88rpl5FSOiRwGwg&#39;;return true;">King&#39;s Head Pub</a><br>
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                                      <wbr>                  Open to all
        interested in IXs<br>
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        MBIX will be holding its 4<sup>th</sup> AGM next month. There
        are 4 Board of Director positions open for election.<br>
        Jacques Latour from CIRA will give an update on Canadian IXs.<br>
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         We will have a social time before and after the meeting.<br>
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        Drinks and snacks will be provided by CIRA and MBIX.<br>
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        Look forward to seeing you on May 4<sup>th</sup>,<br>
        Bill<br>
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