Wonderful news! Wolfgang truly deserves this.. for his own efforts and
for the many others that he inspired.
Anriette
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Senior advisor global and regional internet governance
Association for Progressive Communications
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On 2022/09/19 05:54, Flávio Rech Wagner wrote:
> Congratulations, Wolfgang! This award is extremely well deserved for
> your so many initiatives, contributions and achievements in capacity
> building.
>
> All the best,
>
> Flávio
>
>
>> For those who didn’t attend in person, or watch live, the Opening
>> ceremony of ICANN 75, once of the highlight was the Tarek Kamel Award
>> for Capacity Building, a prestigious award for those who helped build
>> the community, was awarded to Wolfgang Kleinwächter, who is a
>> participant on this mailing list, a very long term member of the
>> NCSG, and someone who has been a participant at ICANN in many
>> different roles, including representing NCSG on NomCom, being a GNSO
>> Councillor, ALAC and an ICANN Board member. He also thoroughly
>> deserves the award for creating and running the Meissen School of
>> Internet Governance, which has helped many people learn about
>> Internet governance over the years.
>> I personally was very glad I didn’t sleep in and was able to see
>> the award announcement live, I only wish Wolfgang could have been
>> here in person in Kuala Lumpur. It is notable, for both this award
>> and the Ethos award, that NCSG is well represented, as it contains so
>> many of the communities best people, Wolfgang definitely among them.
>> So congratulations Wolfgang!
>>
>> David
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