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 3. Inform the government about the repeater and request them to remove the repeater.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Action for the chairman OE1MCU<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Voted in favour: All unanimous in favour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></body></html>