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.



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From: marie-laure Lemineur <[log in to unmask]>
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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.