Sad news... The last emails I exchanged with him were very friendly and
with a touch of humor, and that's how I will remember him.
Warm regards,
Nuno
On 7 February 2014 07:27, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I echo the words of others here at this truly sad news... It was indeed
> an honour to have known him he will be sorely missed but fondly
> remembered...
>
> CLO from my Mobile phone
> On 07/02/2014 5:29 PM, "Edward Morris" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Marie-laure,
>>
>> A very beautiful tribute to a very courageous man.
>>
>> I only had the fortune of knowing Allain for a little over a year. It
>> was at the intercessional meeting in Los Angeles last January when I was
>> really able to spend a bit of time with him. You mention golf but I need to
>> add the man knew his baseball and hockey as well. He was misguided in his
>> support of the Habs but we shared a love for Les Expos de Montreal. As an
>> ex-pat in Europe longing for good baseball talk, I can't begin to tell you
>> how much I enjoyed swapping stories with Allain of our mutual experiences
>> at Jarry Park and the Big O.
>>
>> Courageous is not a term I use lightly. The way Allain faced his illness
>> was both courageous and remarkable. I was lucky to continue to share short
>> e-mails with Allain for most of last year and, although appreciative of the
>> prayers that were said for him, he expressed more concern about the people
>> and causes he fought for than he did about himself. A class act and a true
>> inspiration.
>>
>> R.I.P. Allain. I was an honour to have known you.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: marie-laure Lemineur <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 22:14:33 -0600
>> Subject: Obituary Alain Berranger
>>
>> Alain Berranger sadly passed away shortly before Christmas 2013 after a
>> long illness.
>>
>> Within the GNSO he was better known as being the first elected Chair of
>> ICANN's Not-For-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) from 2011
>> when the Constituency was first formed, after ICANN 41 in Singapore, until
>> July 2013. He was originally appointed as the Acting Vice-Chair in 2011,
>> and later won the Constituency's first elections.
>> He rose to the challenge successfully. Today, NPOC is what it is
>> because of Alain's continuous effort to strengthen the Constituency. He
>> truly believed in the key role Not-for-Profits should and could play in the
>> GNSO and the ICANN ecosystem as a whole. He strove to strengthen its
>> Executive Committee by recruiting new members and constantly encouraged
>> them to contribute to the policy issues at hand. His commitment to the NPOC
>> mission was reflected through the numerous Working Groups he joined and
>> actively participated in while he was Chair.
>>
>> His professional achievements outside the GNSO are numerous. After
>> completing his Bachelors degree, he joined Noranda Inc. and then worked for
>> Touche Ross Daihatsu, Tecsult, as well as for Dominion Bridge. Alain served
>> as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee at the Global Knowledge
>> Partnership foundation from 2009 to 2011, moving on to become a member of
>> the Board. He was an Executive-in-residence at Schulich School of Business
>> at York University in Toronto. Alain also filled the position of Vice Chair
>> of the Canadian Foundation for the Americas for two years and from 1996 to
>> 2006 he acted as Director of Partnerships and Business Development for the
>> International Development Research Center of the Canadian Government.
>>
>> Much of his career was focused on international development. To that
>> intent, he worked with aid agencies, management and engineering consulting
>> firms, as well as with the private sector. He travelled extensively,
>> undertaking assignments for Expedia in Mexico, Microsoft, the Omar Dengo
>> Foundation and the CRUSA Foundation both in Costa Rica, UNDP in Egypt and
>> Vietnam, the Chasquinet Foundation in Ecuador. He conducted training in
>> strategic partnering and resource mobilization for civil society,
>> foundations, government and development agencies.
>>
>> Whilst we deeply mourn his passing, we should remember that Alain gave
>> us numerous reasons to be grateful and to celebrate his life. Alain was
>> unique. He was at home on a Golf course, spending a lot of time spinning
>> the balls and spinning the wheels of business, but he was equally at home
>> everywhere in the world where those passed by economic developments needed
>> support to get economic development going. As a pioneer, he bridged worlds,
>> bravely he often performed tight rope acts to unite what seemingly did not
>> belong together. To us he was always a reliable colleague whose friendship
>> has made us better people and the world we inhabit a better place to be.
>> Alain loved life and he loved to enjoy everything on offer but what made
>> him so important was that he was equally prepared to put in the hard work
>> that after completion makes achievements even sweeter. Alain has left his
>> mark with everything he did. It remains for us to honor his life by
>> continuing his legacy by taking what his life has taught us and to move
>> forward with his spirit on our side.
>>
>>
>>
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