Rafik 
It was a pleasure to have you as our chair for the past years. My first icann meeting was LA and you welcomed me, provided support when needed. You have been a great chair!

I wish you all the best for the future and welcome the new chair. I trust Trapani will do great ad well.

Regards from the DRCongo!

Arsene Tungali,
Rudi International 

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Anriette Esterhuysen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Dear Rafik
>
>A special thank you to you from me, and also on behalf of everyone in
>APC. During you term as chair you have helped me to understand the
>ever-confusing world of ICANN. This is a world that I have seen emerge
>and grow but which remains hard to grasp for those of us who are not
>fully immersed in it.
>
>You were always there when I had a question, and you always provided
>clear and easy to understand answers.
>
>So thanks very, very much.
>
>Tapani, really looking forward to working with you. You have been a
>voice of calm and reason in the IGF internet rights and principles
>context and as the discussion about human rights in ICANN intensifies it
>is a really good for NCSG to have chair with expertise in this area.
>
>Best wishes to you both.
>
>Anriette
>
>
>On 22/10/2015 10:44, Milan, Stefania wrote:
>> Dear Rafik
>> 
>> thanks you so much for your energy, dedication and commitment over these
>> intense years.
>> 
>> You did an amazing job, and you will be missed.
>> 
>> Stefania
>> 
>> 
>> stefaniamilan.net || @annliffey
>> fingerprint: 7606 4526 3D24 20B2 C850  EA42 A497 CB70 04B5 A3B
>> 
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>> *Da:* NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]> per conto di Rafik
>> Dammak <[log in to unmask]>
>> *Inviato:* giovedì 22 ottobre 2015 10.03
>> *A:* [log in to unmask]
>> *Oggetto:* my last day as NCSG chair
>>  
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I am sending this last email as NCSG chair , since my term ends with the
>> last day of Dublin meeting. Tapani is officially the NCSG chair after
>> the ICANN board session this afternoon, I wish him good luck and keen to
>> offer him my support for the coming months. 
>> 
>> I wanted to thank all NCSG members who trusted me for  2 years, also the
>> NCSG officers. I really enjoyed serving in such role and hoped to do
>> more things. I could do some things, not succeeding on others and some
>> that I couldn't do yet. 
>> I trust Tapani will do more and being successful to reach the goals he
>> set, following his strategy and get inputs. He needs all our support and
>> help for the challenges ahead.
>> 
>> My focus was to improve the operational side of NCSG like membership
>> management, being able to influence more policy by regular submitting
>> public comment, and more important being able to engage our members and
>> let them more involved in policy making process, to communicate and
>> collaborate with other groups and communicate better about NCSG
>> activities.  That was built in what my predecessors did and I am passing
>> this now to the new chair. I will also make a self-evaluation and
>> self-criticism in timely manner.  I did the hand-over with Taapni and
>> everything should be ok. You will also receive details of recordings of
>> NCSG sessions in Dublin meeting and there will be follow-up.
>> 
>> of course, I will continue my involvement and will be happy to  support
>> our members on my personal capacity and respond to your questions.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
>> Rafik Dammak
>> 
>> former NCSG chair
>> 
>>  
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