Yes, welcome back Norbert and know that we appreciate your efforts even when there are setbacks...!

Dr. Milton Mueller
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://www.digital-convergence.org
http://www.internetgovernance.org


>>> Carlos Afonso <[log in to unmask]> 2/14/2006 12:11 PM >>>
What can I say, dear compa, except WELCOME BACK?

:)

fraternal regards

--c.a.

Norbert Klein wrote:

> Dear NCUC,
>
> this mail is a first note after a while * from mail in my box I can
> see that some of you were wondering if I still exist.
>
> To make it short: I was plagued by three problems * my harddisk
> crashed, the second loss within a year, and this time it took part of
> by backup away too; my health was not always the best, which may be
> related to the third problem: our organization is in a crisis ever
> since a support application did not work out, and there is no
> agreement yet among us why this happened, and how to get over it.
>
> I am sorry that I could not be available for NCUC and especially in
> relation to GNSO affairs which I see on the list. I am now doing as
> much as possible reading through the "piles" of e-mail and hope to be
> available again from now on.
>
> If you have a young and strong replacement, now living in a country
> like Cambodia where it is still more tricky than in some other places
> to recover from an harddisk crash (and from some medical problems),
> and in a time zone where the next GNSO teleconference is not at 2 a.m.
> - I am happy to turn over my role to someone else. But I will try,
> from now on again, to live up to your expectations.
>
> FYI - I hope to be also at the GNSO and other ICANN events end of
> March in Wellington.
>
>
> Norbert Klein
>
>

-- 

Carlos A. Afonso
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