
01 July 2008, 11:44am
The SDI Regional Newsletters for July 2008 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org
You may also download them directly from the links below (see Editor's Choice links).
SDI-Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter
Portuguese translations of the newsletter are posted as they arrive and may be downloaded at http://gsdi.org/newsletters.asp
SDI-Asia Pacific Newsletter
Chinese translations of the newsletter are posted as they arrive and may be downloaded at http://gsdi.org/newsletters.asp
Past and current SDI Regional newsletters are also accessible in the archives at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp
Please forward the newsletters to others that may be interested.
ANNOUNCEMENTS DURING THE MONTH
If you want to be kept up to date on announcements in your region of the world throughout the month or want to contribute announcements to others in your region, subscribe to the appropriate SDI discussion lists at
http://www.gsdi.org/discussionlists.asp
Among the several discussion list offerings include:
SDI-Africa Discussion List
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa
SDI-AP (Asia-Pacific) Discussion List
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-asiapacific
SDI-LAC (Latin America and Caribbean) Discussion List
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-latinamericacaribbean
SDI Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter (Spanish)
SDI Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter (English)
SDI Africa Newsletter (English)
SDI Asia-Pacific News Letter (English)
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